Tool for switching networks (WiFi and non) easily?

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 09:25:16PM -0700, Ed Fletcher wrote:
> Way, way back on the 10th of November 2004, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> |
> | We're integrating a tool called NetworkManager in Hoary.
> |
> | http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/NetworkManager
> |
> 
> I don't see this in Synaptic on Hoary.  I used this tool a lot with
> Warty and really liked it.  The Wiki page Matt mentions hasn't been
> touched in 4 months.  And the page the Wiki points to where I got it
> last time (http://people.ubuntu.com/~thom/network-manager/) is just as old.
> 
> Does NetworkManager load under Hoary?  Or is there another wifi manager
> included instead?
> 
> Matt - I don't mean to hold your feet to the fire with an old e-mail, I
> just found this when searching Thunderbird for the NetworkManager link.

That was quite early in the Hoary release cycle; we later decided that it
wasn't the right time to integrate it yet.  We're revisiting it for Breezy,
and will be discussing this at next week's Ubuntu Down Under conference.

-- 
 - mdz