Comment 38 for bug 386900

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Marcus Haslam (marcus-haslam) wrote : Re: [Bug 386900] Re: "Auto eth0" in notifications is confusing

I'm out of the office until 1st August.

On 26 Apr 2011, at 22:50, Bug Watch Updater
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> ** Changed in: network-manager
>       Status: New => Fix Released
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> Title:
>  "Auto eth0" in notifications is confusing
>
> Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
>  Triaged
> Status in NetworkManager:
>  Fix Released
> Status in Network Manager GNOME Applet:
>  New
> Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu:
>  Triaged
>
> Bug description:
>  Hi,
>
>  When I first starting using Ubuntu (a couple of years ago) I really
>  had to look up what "eth0" was. And I still think this is really
>  confusing and potentially scaring for non-tech people.
>
>  "Connected to Auto eth0" or "Could not connect to Auto eth0" doesn't
>  really sounds that good?
>
>  Maybe changing Auto to Standard or Default? Maybe "Connected to wired
>  network (eth0)"?
>
>  There is surely a more elegant way for fixing this, but my English
>  isn't that good.
>
>  Thanks