• mightyfoolish@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    That is pretty annoying. I’m thinking of buying a new GPU myself. My Internet also runs off PCIE so I could go through the same thing as well? I wish I had another GPU to try this out.

    I did look it up, it seems to come from the way BIOS names resources. Im surprised software such as Network Manager does not pick up on stuff like this.

    https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/744194/why-does-my-network-interfaces-name-change-when-i-plug-a-different-pcie-device

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      9 months ago

      It certainly could happen. You won’t have a problem, either NM will figure it out or you can easy change the network manually. It’s just that Linux is inaccessible to a typical person until stuff like that doesn’t happen:

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          9 months ago

          I’ve had hundreds of GPUs, I’m a gaming hobbyist and help other people out, but I’m really super green in Linux. Lots of PC gaming fanboys out there with nothing but Windows experience.

          • alsimoneau@lemmy.ca
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            9 months ago

            I’d still argue that you’re not the typical “buys computer at a store” user.