name resolution

[Tom H]

On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 12:11 PM, Xen <list at xenhideout.nl> wrote:
> Tom H schreef op 24-11-2017 9:47:
>>
>> Lennart re-implemented Apple's Bonjour as avahi, in the same way that
>> MS's smb was re-implemented by others as samba.
>
> No one forced anyone to use SMB *or else*.
>
> I don't think we need to be educated on the word "reimplementation".
>
> The difference is in the coercion.

If there's coercion, it's from Ubuntu not avahi or its developers. But
it's not full coercion. If you want to use ".local" as an internal
domain name and you only use Linux and BSD on your lan, you can.

Ubuntu's decided that its users benefit from having avahi run by
default. You have the choice of disabling it if you don't like or want
it, just like you can disable other default daemons and features.