Indeed. I upgraded a Ubuntu installation a while ago. The network just stopped working because the developers of NetworkManager had decided that NM should no lo

Indeed. I upgraded a Ubuntu installation a while ago. The network just stopped working because the developers of NetworkManager had decided that NM should no longer manage wired network connections on some Ubuntu configurations. That is just a crappy attitude and I have to say NetworkManager is generally one of the buggiest and most unreliable pieces of software I have ever used. And I'm actually making a great effort to be polite here.