On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Christoph Wickert <christoph.wickert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Am Mittwoch, den 25.03.2009, 01:56 -0500 schrieb Arthur Pemberton: > >> >> > It's useful for laptops which travel a lot (not even all laptops, cause many >> > of them are used as desktop-replacements). >> >> It's useful for desktops as well. > > If your desktop is connected to the internet via ethernet, what is the > use of NetworkManager? Or if the desktop is not connected to the > internet at all, what's it's use? The same reason I first tried NetworkManager and got thoroughly burned... the base network script don't handle losing and resuming connections. Listen, I've been burned by NM in its early days, and I recognize that it isn't ready yet. I just don't support those who say that NM should be retired. -- Fedora 9 : sulphur is good for the skin ( www.pembo13.com ) -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list