System Config Tools Cleanup Project - tools to eliminate/replace

[Ralf Corsepius]

Matthew Woehlke wrote:
> Ralf Corsepius wrote:
>> Actually, I feel s-c-network should be revived and NetworkManager be 
>> made strictly optional.
> 
> I'd actually have to disagree. I *love* NM on my Asus (netbook).
Congratulations.

For me,
- NM doesn't work on any machine w/ WLAN
- NM is just bloated ballast on machines w/o WLAN


 >  It's
> great for laptops (or other computers that tend to move around and need 
> to deal with "foreign" networks,
Seemingly it's sufficiently functional for some people in such 
situation. I don't have such demands.

> especially wireless networks), and it's 
> "okay" for desktops. 
Yes, it works "sufficiently" on my desktops, but ... at which price?
... Instability caused by silly "dark magic",
... no cli
... no network profiles
... bloat



(For one, it handles Verizon CDMA modems out of the
> box, much better even that on Windoze, which is why I'd much rather use 
> NM when dealing with one of those.) However, it's not yet up-to-snuff 
> (and possibly inferior) for servers or other "complicated" network 
> setups, and it's maybe at "break even" for static setups.
My network isn't compliated (static IPs, static topologic, yp based 
autofs, DHCP).

It's just that NM can't handle it properly.


Ralf