future of network manager applet

BeS · 2011-12-15 16:29:54

Hi,

For many years I'm usung the network manager applet on XFCE and consider it the best way to manage different network configurations on XFCE. Now with GNOME3 the network manager applet no longer exists in a way which is usable for XFCE. Therefore I wonder what will happen in regard of XFCE? Will the XFCE devs maintain the nm-applet in the future, will there be a completely different application in the future? Who knows what will happen to network managing on XFCE?

cheers,
Björn

Last edited by BeS (2011-12-15 16:31:11)

angstrom · 2011-12-15 17:04:59

I never use NetworkManager and but use wicd. It works with different type of wifi and wired network. It have gui and console mode. It have every needs that a netbook may required.

Ion Silverbolt · 2011-12-16 04:43:43

I also use wicd. It's not quite as sophisticated, but it's lighter and it does the job.

BeS · 2011-12-22 10:38:41

Thanks for your answer. I know wicd. It is a really nice tool but with one drawback: It stores all passwords in plain text. For me this is a absolute no-go since for eduroam the wlan password is the same as the password of my system account and this is something I don't want to store as plain text. Therefore I would prefer to stick with network manager.

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