On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 12:07:09PM -0500, Scott Lavender wrote: > Hello all, > > Just wanted to update you on the progress for the gnome-network-admin > package for Ubuntu Studio. First, just a reminder as to why we use > gnome-network-admin rather than network-manager. > > It is my understanding that network-admin was chosen because network-manager > has the potential to put a dynamic and indeterminate load on the cpu while > it is searching and connecting to new wifi connections it finds available.
I believe too that this was the case. However, users such as me might require network-manager due to only having 3G mobile broadband connection, which AIUI only work with NM. Currently it's quite a bit of pain to make that switch for a regular user. > Recently Chris Coulson updated gnome-network-admin to enable the interface > again for Ubuntu Studio users! If you see Chris on the forums or in IRC you > might give him a big thanks if you appreciate this change. Yes, that's super-cool! What's his IRC nick? > The only quirk I found was that I could not start it unless I used the > terminal and typed 'network-admin'. I had the network applet on my top > panel but it would not start network-admin when I clicked the Configure > button. I suspect that's a bug. I'll see if I have time to test this tonight. > I hope you find this news encouraging and I am happy to report the progress. Well, seeing as I hope to have DSL sometime in the near future, it's definitely good news. :) Thanks for the report! -- Jaska
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