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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Network monitor and configuration applet
From:       Ryan <p0z3r () earthlink ! net>
Date:       2005-11-19 16:43:29
Message-ID: 200511191143.29855.p0z3r () earthlink ! net
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On Saturday 19 November 2005 05:03, Sven Burmeister wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I just saw this screenshot of Gnome and it seems to have a small
> panel-applet installed by default that handles wireless/wired network
> connections and can enable/disable as well as configure them.
>
> http://shots.osdir.com/slideshows/slideshow.php?release=506&slide=13
> http://shots.osdir.com/slideshows/slideshow.php?release=506&slide=15

I think that this is called NetworkManager and is developed by some of the 
Fedora/Red Hat guys.

>
> I guess that almost any computer has a network-card and/or WLAN-card, so it
> is not reasonable, why the user should have to explicitly start some
> application for WLAN (kwifi) and another service (knemo) for wired-network
> and another app for configuring it.
>
> Combining links to wirless/wired monitoring/configuration into one little
> applet would do the trick and should be enabled by default.

I think I've complained about this in my blog before:
http://www.p0z3r.org/2005/10/osdw-omg.html

>
> Sven

Coincidentally, if any Linspire guys are listening.. tell Sean I said hi and 
that I'd really like to try out his network manager applet made of kparts 
using python bindings.  I think he was still working on it when I saw him 
last.

cheers,
-Ryan
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