Do I really, really need network manager?

[David Vincent]

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Michele wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> The network manager keeps causing me grief both when booting *and* when
> shutting down. I am tempted to remove it from my installation of ubuntu
> on my laptop, but I wonder what the consequences will be.
> 
> I use quite a lot the system > Administration > Network tool, is this
> related in any way to the network manager?
> 

you don't *need* it, it is just convenient.  you can switch to wicd or
you can simple disable networkmanager and go with the network tool.

http://www.google.ca/search?q=ubuntu+wicd+replace+network+manager

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/NetworkManager#head-1de145d05f957ff659f5fdb58974ec3e5864def5

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