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   kaia (kaia@brotka.st)'s status on Monday, 25-Aug-2025 18:03:50 JST kaia
   "So you gotta install `networkmanager` package and `network-manager-applet` (mark the spelling` and then systemd enable `NetworkManager` (mixed case!), otherwise it will not work"
   
   why is Arch like this :sad:
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     N33R (n33r@fops.cloud)'s status on Monday, 25-Aug-2025 18:07:10 JST N33R

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     @kaia just use dhcpd
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     Kallisti (kallisti@infosec.exchange)'s status on Monday, 25-Aug-2025 18:08:47 JST Kallisti

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     @kaia It's a gatekeeping mechanism to keep down the number of people exclaiming that they use Arch, btw.

     It's for the greater good.

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     Phantasm (phnt@fluffytail.org)'s status on Monday, 25-Aug-2025 18:08:54 JST Phantasm

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     @kaia That's how the actual projects are named upstream. And all the executables are also nm* without a dash while the applet executable is nm-applet
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     rose (rose@social.pinkro.se)'s status on Monday, 25-Aug-2025 18:10:19 JST rose

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     @kaia arch has a guideline that dictates that every package should be all lowercase
     but also they try to not patch much about packages so they just end up with this weird situation
     though it's also funny because as far as I know networkmanager is the only program that has an uppercase sysd service
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     Simon Eilting (eseilt@mastodon.scot)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Aug-2025 01:54:26 JST Simon Eilting

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     @kaia Pfft, that's just your individual perspective as one of those people who install NM with the unusual goal of using it for its intended purpose. You can't expect them to cater to such a rare use case.

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