Re: MX Linux

Charlie Gibbs <[email protected]>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 2026-06-23, rbowman <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, 23 Jun 2026 04:32:24 -0400, c186282 wrote:
>
>> On 6/22/26 09:46, rbowman wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 22 Jun 2026 09:27:22 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:
>>> 
>>>> rbowman wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> a clean, up to date document on creating a bridge for QEMU would be
>>>>> nice. Screwing around with 'sudo ip link ....' makes me nervous. It
>>>>> took a bit to get rid of the bridge on the Fedora box.
>>>>
>>>> What's wrong with bridged networking (for wired ethernet)?
>>>>
>>>> Adding a switch is exactly what you'd do in the world of physical
>>>> networks, a L2 switch is just a multi-port bridge ...
>>> 
>>> Nothing would be wrong if it had worked. Perhaps I didn't create the
>>> bridge correctly.
>> 
>>    VBox, it Just Works first time  :-)
>
> After you find a distro where it will work at all...

I've occasionally had it work on my Debian/VBox setup,
but generally it doesn't.  I haven't worried much about
it because most of the time when I need it there's a
handy Ethernet cable I can plug in.

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