If online articles and blogs are any indication of things, the number of Linux users migrating to, and satisfied with, Ubuntu GNU/Linux seems to be staggering. Given that, it was only a matter of time before a capable company had the resources to offer accessible, affordable Linux desktops and notebooks that delivered the way that Apple's products have. Colorado-based System76 sent us their Darter Ultra for review, and proved that there is an OEM hardware/software combination capable of being the primary PC for the general public.
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Member since:2005-06-28
Sorry pal, but if wireless is part of a network setting app, it should offer the whole deal of features. Why? Because it is the obvious place to look at. Many people don't click the small obscure icons in the panel and instead are trying to configure/fix things under "Administration". Simply, because it's the obvious place to look at first.
Member since:2005-07-02
I have to disagree with you here Eugenia. Network Manager is the new default app for searching and connecting to Wireless networks, it's on by default and it's in an obvious place (if only because people who migrate from Windows are used to having their wireless networks accessible through the "tray").
I understand Adam might have been used to a different way of doing things, but personally (even though I'm not a Gnome user) I think the way Ubuntu does it is really the way to go.
Don't get me wrong - I'm the same way...I don't like it when they change the UI around (I could never stand the new control panel layout in XP, and always switched to classic view - don't get me started about Vista). However, this is one instance where, once past the initial annoyance, it all smooth sailing.
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2006-09-24
I know what he was referring to. Now exactly why would a network "settings" app search for an ssid? It's not for on-the-fly network switching. It's for configuring the network. Had he looked in the proper place, as in right-in-front-of-his-face he would have seen that it does search out ssids for that purpose.
Edited 2007-05-24 01:38