@lanodan @mia windows' DNS resolution is integrated with the network configuration panel if memory serves me right (which means it dumps things in the registry)

And yeah, it's specifically because the DHCP client mangles resolv.conf that some distros sub in something like Dnsmasq - it's easier to just override it with 127.0.0.1 in all applications and then redirect it to what's needed than trying to untangle which part of the stack set the DNS *this time*.