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? -- Björn Persson
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