Dan Williams wrote:
I'd also point out that there are three different NetworkManager
GUIs,
and one TUI:
1) GNOME Shell network settings - not really targeted for server
environments, has a smaller set of options that are suitable for
desktop/workstation use-cases
2) nm-connection-editor - presents a larger set of options than #1, and
only modifies *saved configuration*, not runtime configuration. eg, it
is basically a much more capable system-config-network but without the
"up/down" buttons
3) KDE's network configuration dialogs
4) nmtui - a slightly simpler version of nm-connection-editor intended
for GUI-less environments, like a more capable
system-config-network-tui
#2 and #4 obviously run much better in desktop environments like LXDE,
XFCE, etc where the full GNOME stack is not available.
It's important to note which one you're talking about when suggesting
improvements, since they are developed by different projects and each
one has a different target audience. That said, I understand it can be
confusing which one is for who and available where...
I bet most users aren't even aware that there are multiple user
interfaces for network configuration, and therefore they also aren't
aware that there is a need to specify which of them one is talking
about.
What's the recommended way for a user to find out which of the three
GUIs it is that pops up when one clicks on a menu entry, when the
window title is something generic like "network configuration" and
there is no about dialog? Run "ps -ef" and look for recently started
processes?
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Björn Persson