Notices by NetworkManager (networkmanager@fosstodon.org)

@mntmn thank you sir! (if it is what we think it is)

@mntmn About every desktop out there (#GNOME, #KDE, #Cinnamon, #Budgie, ...) ships some GUI for NM. Typically it shows some status indication, has a limited ability to create connections (VPNs or hw devices + DHCP only), connect to a Wi-Fi. They also respond to requests for passwords.

Then there's the GNOME Control Center (KDE, again, likely has its own thing) that can edit connection profiles, but not necessarily start/stop them (shell does that). I think KDE Plasma has its own thing.

@mntmn funny thing is that we keep hearing this, but none of us use it and we tend to have trouble understanding why would someone use it instead of nmcli. We maintain it just because we take the users' word for that they find it useful.

@mntmn Short answer: probably not.

Long answer:

The previous responses seem to fall into three categories: things that are not GUI, things that are not modern and things that are neither modern nor GUI.

I believe it's because the question includes a contradiction. Modern application design focuses on what does the program do, not what is the backend. NetworkManager provides a lot of functionality that doesn't necessarily translate well to a GUI app design.

@mntmn also running NetworkManager? because you should be!