[Bug 278386] Re: KDE Network Manager in Intrepid is a huge step backwards!

[Christian A. Reiter]

Today I recognized the update: KDE uses the Gnome Network manager.
It looks nice with the gtk-qt4-engine. At the first moment I thought - wow - Kubuntu has a new KNetworkmanager - and it looks good, and integrates into the surface.

I happily tried to connect to a WLAN network, was asked for the password (cool, just WPA/WPA2 for selection - it detected it right - like in Gnome... KDE has learnt!)
BAM. And then It tried to save this password in the Gnome keyring.
This is not possible.

Besides the crashes of the widgets (analog clock), the 5-minutes-crashes of skim and the crappy graphics distortions  when menus are "fading in", and the missing kontact icon - besides that it has no working network manager?
I really am a very deep-hearted KDE fanboy - but this is FAR away from being good software.
I don't speak of the technology behind it -  Qt, plasmoids, SVGs etc. are awesome.
But it seems the way Ubuntu is treating KDE looks like - let's make them switch to Gnome.

First concept: software must work.
Secondly it should have glitter and fadein/out and thingies.

A Gnome network manager that can't cope with KWallet is inacceptable, correct me if I am wrong.
Yes, I am angry.

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KDE Network Manager in Intrepid is a huge step backwards!
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/278386
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