How to disable Network Manager on Linux | Linux Today

How to disable Network Manager on Linux

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Feb 24, 2014

Network Manager is a feature-rich network configuration service which is used by default in most Linux desktop environments nowadays. While Network Manager comes with various sophisticated features, you might just prefer the old plain network service. This tutorial describes how to disable Network Manager in various Linux desktop environments.

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