[Bug 386900] Re: "Auto eth0" in notifications is confusing

[Sebastien Bacher]

Seems sometime to fix this cycle, Mathieu could you review the work
there?

** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) => Mathieu Trudel (mathieu-tl)

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"Auto eth0" in notifications is confusing
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Status in NetworkManager: New
Status in Network Manager GNOME Applet: New
Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Triaged

Bug description:
Hi,

When I first starting using Ubuntu (a couple of years ago) I really had to look up what "eth0" was. And I still think this is really confusing and potentially scaring for non-tech people.

"Connected to Auto eth0" or "Could not connect to Auto eth0" doesn't  really sounds that good?

Maybe changing Auto to Standard or Default? Maybe "Connected to wired network (eth0)"?

There is surely a more elegant way for fixing this, but my English isn't that good.

Thanks