On Tue, 3 Jan 2017 11:06:53 +0100
Jaromil <jaromil@???> wrote:

> On Mon, 02 Jan 2017, Jaromil wrote:
>
> > what a pity Debian has switched to Google's DNS by default.
>
> for the record and the sake of historical correctness:
>
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=761658
>
> there is however an issue we need to look at for Devuan: it seems the
> default dns resolver for our distribution is also back to 8.8.8.8, at
> least someone on irc backfired to this thread with this claim.

What's wrong with 8.8.8.8? It's Google's public DNS, and for me, it
always works. There are two kinds of people: Those who like Google, and
those who hate it. The first group can take pride in using Google's
public DNS, while the latter group is reassured that using 8.8.8.8 puts
no money in Google's pocket.

Using 8.8.8.8 and its companion 8.8.4.4 has solved all sorts of
problems for me where the local access point's dhcp gave me a busted
dns or no dns at all.

SteveT

Steve Litt
December 2016 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century
http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21