[throwaway8941]

My current cross-distribution method of choice is systemd-networkd. It supports a lot of configuration options and can set up VPN tunnels (like WireGuard).

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd-networkd

Here's a sample config file from my home desktop using a static IP:

  $ cat /etc/systemd/network/lan.network

  [Match]
  Name=enp3s0
  
  [Network]
  Address=192.168.100.200/24
  Gateway=192.168.100.1
  DNS=1.1.1.1
  DNS=1.0.0.1

This'll work on any systemd distribution.

netplan is one of those Canonical projects that'll probably disappear in a year or two.

[addicted]

Are there any Canonical projects, outside of Ubuntu itself, that dont just eventually fizzle out?

I feel like after all these years, Canonical has still not figured out how to make Open Source work.

Nearly everything they do leads to controversy, and them eventually accepting the community alternative with a huff.

[a1o]

I feel they do stuff in a whatever way, and that signals other developers on what matters, and leads to working on something to do that properly. Like, their solutions don't get used but if they are not done than no good solution comes up.