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Provide a simple graphical interface to manage _any_ type of network connection  
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Priority : Medium
Definition : New (Needs guidance)
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Written by Alan Pope the 28 Feb 08 at 13:50. Global category: Internet & Networking. In development
A single unified tool should be provided which allows the user to connect to a network (or internet) via any supported method. It would also be useful to provide an extension to this tool to manage firewall rules and network connection sharing.

Developer comments
We’re currently designing this graphical interface, with the Internet connection part powered by ConnectionManager.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NetworkSettings

—mpt
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Selected solution (#1): Single Unified Network Tool
Written by Alan Pope the 28 Feb 08 at 13:50.
A single unified tool should be provided which allows the user to connect to a network (or internet) via any supported method. It would also be useful to provide an extension to this tool to manage firewall rules and network connection sharing.
113
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Selected solution (#2): Add functionality for configuring multiple IP addresses to Network Manager GUI
Written by sanketmedhi the 30 Apr 09 at 13:52.
There should be a functionality in Network Manager to configure multiple IP addresses for the same network interface.

This is mainly to make the system more user friendly especially for non-technical users and in par with other systems.
64
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Selected solution (#3): Create context-sensitive help for network setup
Written by dbneeley the 28 Apr 09 at 04:57.
A simple, context-sensitive help file could explain what the various fields and options mean in simple terms so that new users can more quickly and accurately understand what they are being asked to do.
83
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Selected solution (#5): Implement concurrent connections to NetworkManager
Written by neziric the 24 Apr 09 at 14:26.
It would be great if one could be connected to Internet using ppp0 and LAN using eth0 at the same time (or even eth0 and eth1, etc...).
69
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Selected solution (#6): Add "Automatically connect to VPN..." option to wireless network settings
Written by nickpick the 29 May 09 at 18:54.
Add a drop-down list (or another similar way) allowing the user to select a VPN network he wants to connect to automatically -once the connection with the specified, not just any, WiFi network- has been established.

Example:

+ Automatically connect to VPN...
-- none (default)
-- University_VPN_Example
-- Corporate_VPN_Example
-- Home_server_VPN-Example
42
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Selected solution (#7): Allow network connection categories
Written by timnwells the 4 Jun 09 at 03:51.
Allow network connections to be put into categories so services/shares can be enabled and disabled based on category. So that I can share directories and media at home but not work or public networks.
55
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Selected solution (#8): Easy windows domain support
Written by timnwells the 4 Jun 09 at 03:54.
Make it easy to connect to and use the features of windows domains which are common in a lot of offices. Including authentication and shared directories.
Perhaps on the login screen detect the fact that the currently active network connection has a domain associated and allow authentication to that as an option.
41
votes
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Selected solution (#9): Detect networked media applications
Written by timnwells the 4 Jun 09 at 04:05.
Detect media shares on a network os independantly and allow for streaming from shared media sources such as windows media player/center or rhythmbox/amarok/totem/etc
64
votes
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Selected solution (#10): Windows 7 "Homegroup" compatibility
Written by timnwells the 4 Jun 09 at 04:11.
Add the ability for ubuntu computers to participate in the new Windows 7 homegroups and have access to the functionality the "Homegroup" provides.
66
votes
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Selected solution (#11): Sharing Internet and network configuration automatically.
Written by nq6 the 13 Aug 09 at 02:39.
#view the outline of the idea.

Ubuntu - Idea

The new user can not share your internet with other computers or put two computers with Ubuntu in a network easily.

Below is the commands for the user to perform these tasks. This is not simple for a new user. Install packages, use the terminal, set the ip manually, type in the link of the Nautilus Ip of the other machine.

#commands to the two computers
sudo apt-get install samba system-config-samba

#commands to the computer that shares the Internet
sudo su
modprobe iptable_nat
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth1 -j MASQUERADE

#command to view the other ubuntu in the network - the PC 1
sudo su
ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.2 up
smb://192.168.0.1/

#command to view the other ubuntu in the network - the PC 2
sudo su
ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1 up
smb://192.168.0.2/

Who has two network devices, you want to share internet and create a network between two PCs, it has to be experienced and know many commands. This is not ideal. The Ubuntu aims to ease.
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Selected solution (#13): Create something like in Win XP
Written by viejoyoda the 13 Feb 10 at 14:54.
Last time i have to connect two computers with a regular ethernet cable, was really imposible to share internet and folders... finally i have to restart from my windows xp partition and then apply the network configuration assistant, it was like 20 secs. for success!!!
Regular users don't have to manage a cybercafe or protect a meil server or a bank from "attacks", why is it so difficult!
By the way it could be useful to choose between "network-manager" and "wicd". I prefer Wicd.

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Improve gThumb image viewer; make it default photo manager/organizer  
Written by sancho panza the 28 Feb 08 at 23:46. Related project: F-Spot Photo Manager. Won't implement
F-Spot is a relatively clumsy photo-manager. Some issues are:
1) It completely ignores my organization of photos into folders and imposes its own schemes and tries to make a duplicate copy of all photos to "import" it into the F-spot collection. Why can't the organizer respect the organization that the user already has and build up on that?
2) Image rendering is noticably slower than gThumb. Each image takes some time to fully rendered/are fuzzy.
3) In full screen mode, I'm forced to have some form of transition effect between images and the slideshow is jittery, including the fullscreen toolbar.
4) When I delete pics from outside (say, Nautilus), it doesnt autoremove pics from db the next time I run it.
5) F-spot manager does not open when image is opened from Nautilus.

gThumb is so much better in all these aspects. Moreover, you can also choose to work with your collection in Nautilus if you feel like, without having to open the photo manager every time you need to touch your photos.
121
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Solution #1: Make gThumb default manager
Written by sancho panza the 28 Feb 08 at 23:46.
Set gThumb as default photomanager.
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Solution #2: Add features listed above to F-spot.
Written by sancho panza the 16 Feb 09 at 16:54.
Improve the usability of F-spot by fixing the above bugs and more, and integrating it well with the file manager.
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Solution #3: Add more features to F-spot problems and improve base
Written by LioBino the 28 Oct 09 at 15:09.
F-spot is not a bad program, just a program that is incomplete. The program needs more functionality in terms of image editing and applying filters and scaling. F-spot needs to respect also the organization of the photos from users, folders and others. It would be great if f-spot automatically scan the photos found in the user's personal folder.

See the 28 comments or propose a solution (latest comment the 22 Jul 11 at 08:41) >>