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From: "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Anybody Using IPv6?
Date: Sat, 17 May 2025 20:50:22 +0200
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On 2025-05-17 20:01, vallor wrote:
> On Thu, 15 May 2025 18:42:47 +0000, Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> wrote in
> <pan$e6d88$f019cb49$2e3cccf9$253bfbf1@linux.rocks>:
> 
>> GNU/Linux has total IPv6 capabilities but this is also fully
>> configurable.
>>
>> Since I operate a standalone workstation that is only connected to the
>> Internet via Comcast, my system and software configuration only includes
>> IPv4.  (My local network certainly does not require it.)
>>
>> IOW, I don't need IPv6 and therefore I exclude it.
>>
>> Does anybody use or need IPv6?
>>
>> I suppose that since the vast majority of GNU/Linux users depend on a
>> distro and that since most distros automatically enable IPv6 the answer
>> is that most users have IPv6 enabled whether they need it or not.
> 
> (It's considered good netiquette to announce a followup-to when
> crossposting.  Please consider doing that in the future.)

Absolutely. I did not notice when I replied earlier. I do not read the 
advocacy group, never will.

My answer was "certainly".


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Cheers,
        Carlos E.R.