不让用户配置的软件都不是自由软件

[GNiux]

An unconfigurable software is not a free software

The NetworkManager in Ubuntu makes me annoyed. I guess here is right place to complain this issue.

It took me a whole evening to seek the configuration file for NetworkManager's dnsmasq (actually dnsmasq-base). The result was bad. Seems not a file for configuring 'dnsmasq', even though I created dnsmasq.conf in /etc .

The dnsmasq is not complete, being only dnsmas-base. What's worse is NetworkManager doesn't allow fully installed dnsmasq. See Ubuntu 's page:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Dnsmasq

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Note that the package "dnsmasq" interferes with Network Manager which can use "dnsmasq-base" to provide DHCP services when sharing an internet connection. Therefore, if you use network manager (fine in simple set-ups only), then install dnsmasq-base, but not dnsmasq. If you have a more complicated set-up, uninstall network manager, use dnsmasq, or similar software (bind9, dhcpd, etc), and configure things by hand.
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Are they conflicted? And why?

Thus I was looking for solution in NetworkManager. However there are very few places to configure NetworkManager except a few lines!!

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkManager

This is what I want to argue,

An unconfigurable / unhackable software is not a free software.

It limits the use for end users. Don't tell me that I can modify the source code or something. The majority of users don't have the ability to manage the C language. Right?

I know NetworkManager is so convenient to setup wifi connection. And I know I can just change to an alternative.
But the thing is, it finally just constrained the freedom for users!!! And it just interferes too much to the availability of other softwares.

[GNiux]

后来我发现我需要修正自己的论点，不讨论一个软件自由不自由了，而是说：一个无法配置的软件没有“尊重用户的自由”(respect your freedom)。


V2 检测有误 @Livid 。我用的是 WP :P

[GNiux]

后来又琢磨，向 NM 这样的，对其他软件进行干涉（如限制其他软件的安装，或强制安装其他软件），都是在*限制用户的自主使用*。

这不就和 win 环境的各种流氓软件，一样了…… s***

所以问题来了，在类 UNIX 发行版中，到现在有没有哪一款，真正实现了 UNIX 的哲学： do one thing and do it well 。——不要干涉其他软件。