ubuntu for novices

[Thom May]

* David Feldman (mailing-lists at interfacethis.com) wrote :
> I'm surveying distributions I'd recommend to novice users, particularly  
> Windows switchers. My feeling is that Ubuntu is _almost_ there but  
> lacking one key feature and a couple less key features.
> 
> Key feature: A GUI for configuring wireless cards. The ability to enter  
> the SSID and WEP key at install time is helpful, but there's no easy  
> way to do this after the OS has been installed. Asking a novice user to  
> edit a text config file isn't really a good thing.
> 
The current plan is for Hoary to have NetworkManager:
http://people.redhat.com/dcbw/NetworkManager/ 
This should take care of your requirements for Essid/WEP etc.
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That sounds like a lot of work... Can we out source?
The Revolution will not be outsourced!
(Slick/Monique - Sinfest)