[Gllug] C/C++ mentor

[Paul Cupis]

On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 07:40:11PM +0000, Mike Brodbelt wrote:
> salsaman wrote:
> > The Gnome window manager uses gtk+ with some gnome-specific extensions.
> > GTK+ apps run equally well under any window manager.
> 
> Some do. Some don't - several apps are very irritating in this regard.
> The NetworkManager daemon communicates with the user via a frontend
> applet. In theory there could be many options, but in practice there is
> only one today. It's a GTK applet, and it requires you to be running a
> panel with a system notification area. If you aren't, it still runs, but
> you can't actually see anything, so it's useless.
> 
> Is this app "part of GNOME"? I would argue that it should be independent
> of GNOME, and the requirement for a running panel is misdesign. There is
> a visible creep in some areas though, where GNOME developers are
> developing GTK apps that don't stand alone...

NetworkManager has GNOME and KDE frontends, as well as a commandline
program "nm-tool" which reports on NetworkManagers status.

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