[22:51] <cmart> Hello Netplanners! I'm struggling to achieve the following: 1. Use Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, 2. With a desktop environment installed, and 3. Network Manager either disabled or not installed at all.
[22:54] <cmart> When I `apt-get install ubuntu-desktop-minimal` and then either `apt-get purge network-manager` or `systemctl mask NetworkManager.service` (etc.), and then reboot, I get no network connectivity. Running `netplan apply` results in a Python traceback that is essentially Netplan trying and failing to start a (nonexistent or disabled) NetworkManager.service.