How on earth do I set Manjaro to use Open DNS?

[omano]

@FloatyMcBoatFace

I googled for 12 hours and did not find the GUI instructions

@omano

It is the featured result with keywords KDE CHANGE DNS

@FloatyMcBoatFace

even here: Networking - Manjaro Linux

The wiki is apparently not talking about any desktop specific way to do things. There are many different desktop with many different applications.

@FloatyMcBoatFace

What it leaves out is that the common sense thing to do would be to set the thing to MANUAL because you are, manually, changing the DNS settings…

Manual is also a valid way, if you know all the proper parameters, which automatic sets for you. It is actually the same on Windows for example.

[Leebut]

@FloatyMcBoatFace

This is why nobody uses Linux.

Mate. Linux is everywhere. It is the backbone of the internet, as well as part of embedded devices, keyboard synths and electronic pianos, stage lighting rigs, smart TVs, IoT, Android (based on the Linux kernel), Chromebooks (ChromeOS was developed from Linux) and the list goes on. So, I would say that more people than you think use Linux to some extent.

Linux does not make things complicated. Linux offers choices.

@FloatyMcBoatFace

HOWEVER, THAT’S NOT THE CASE, YOU SET IT TO AUTOMATIC ADDRESS ONLY!!!

Maybe that makes sense to someone, but not normal people.

I agree that having ‘Automatic (DHCP) …’ twice is not intuitive, but normal people, if they don’t know which one, might try working through the list of options from top to bottom until one works.

I suggest you disable IPv6 in the network manager GUI unless you have OpenDNS’s IPv6 addresses.

[FloatyMcBoatFace]

@omano

It is actually the same on Windows for example.

Guess what it is on a Mac?

[FloatyMcBoatFace]

@Leebut

Mate. Linux is everywhere. It is the backbone of the internet, as well as part of embedded devices, keyboard synths and electronic pianos, stage lighting rigs, smart TVs, IoT, Android (based on the Linux kernel), Chromebooks (ChromeOS was developed from Linux) and the list goes on. So, I would say that more people than you think use Linux to some extent.

Linux does not make things complicated. Linux offers choices.

Baloney.

Linux is not used by normal every day people for normal every day things, for a reason. hate it all you want, but its the truth. I am just a glutton for punishment or I would already have completely given up.

[cscs]

@FloatyMcBoatFace

or I would already have completely given up.

Please do. Or at least keep your uninformed commentary to yourself.
Your rants about your own ineptitude being the fault of something you fail to understand will no longer be tolerated.
Go pollute the mac boards with it if you like