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NetworkManager Applet Changelog

What's new in NetworkManager Applet 1.8.24

Oct 9, 2019
  • Fixed external UI mode without interactive secrets.
  • Ad-Hoc networks now support WPA2 authentication.
  • Support for SAE authentication (WPA3 Personal) was added.
  • Fixed applet operation on graphical servers other than X11 (such as Wayland).
  • Various other bug fixes and enhancements.
  • Added EXPERIMENTAL libnma-gtk4 library for use with GTK4. Not recommended for production use!
  • Updated translations.

New in NetworkManager Applet 1.8.22 (May 29, 2019)

  • The applet's secret agent can now utilize external UI mode for VPN plugins that support it.
  • The Wi-Fi-related items in the applet menu are now sorted more reasonably.
  • Various improvements to the Mobile Wizard and Certificate Chooser usability.
  • Render a QR code in the applet's connection info dialog.
  • Improved the applet's info dialog appearance.
  • Updated translations.

New in NetworkManager Applet 1.8.20 (Feb 13, 2019)

  • Build of libnm-gtk, a libnm-glib compatibility library, is disabled by default. It can be enabled by passing --with-libnm-gtk to configure script. Nobody should need it by now. Users that still use this are encouraged to let us know before the libnm-glib support is removed for good.
  • Improve the mobile broadband wizard (issue#15).
  • Fix a bug in the wifi dialog that made widgets disappear when selecting a different device (rh#1665653).
  • Support secret agent hints needed when using IWD as wireless backend.
  • Update Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, French, Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, Slovak and Turkish translations.

New in NetworkManager Applet 1.8.18 (Sep 12, 2018)

  • libnma: fix wrongly showing hidden GUI elements, which causes connection editing to behave wrong (issue#20).
  • libnma, c-e: fix translation issues in GUI due to missing gettext domain (bgo#792285).
  • Update Croatian, German, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, and Turkish translations.

New in NetworkManager Applet 1.8.16 (Aug 7, 2018)

  • Fix various issues that causes GtkApplication to quit at the wrong time.
  • Read the Mobile Providers database from a build-time determined location.
  • Modernize Gtk+ 3.0 use in preparations for Gtk+ 4.0.
  • Update Brazilian Portuguese, Polish, Turkish, German translation.

New in NetworkManager Applet 1.8.12 (May 29, 2018)

  • Allow creation of PPPeE connection without a parent interface.
  • Add an option to set a connection as Metered.
  • Make the form layout consistent with GNOME UI style.
  • Convert editor into a GtkApplication with an app menu.
  • Fix a potential crash in the certificate picker with no modules.
  • Fix build warnings with GCC 8.
  • Support building against Ayatana AppIndicator.
  • Updated Brazilian Portuguese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, French, German, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, Serbian and Spanish translations.

New in NetworkManager Applet 1.8.10 (Dec 27, 2017)

  • Don't request secrets for Bluetooth connections. Works around a bug in GNOME Shell secret agent.
  • Fix a bug that caused invalid connections to be non-editable (and thus not fixable).

New in NetworkManager Applet 1.8.6 (Nov 28, 2017)

  • Added an option to build with Meson build system.
  • Fixed a possible crash after editing Wi-Fi connections.
  • Updated Danish, Dutch and German translations.

New in NetworkManager Applet 1.8.4 (Oct 25, 2017)

  • nm-c-e: Major rework of the nm-connection-editor UI.
  • nm-c-e: Add support for MACsec.
  • nm-c-e: Add support for new PPPoE connections not limited to ethernet.
  • nm-c-e: Add support for bridge's group-forward-mask property.
  • applet: Fix nm-applet's status icon when a VPN has the default route.
  • applet: Always center dialogs on the screen.
  • libnma: Fix handling empty password for certificate chooser.
  • po: Updated Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Galician, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Lithuanian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Serbian, Spanish translations.
  • Various bugfixes and minor improvements.

New in NetworkManager Applet 1.8.2 (Jun 17, 2017)

  • It is now possible to secure the connections that use TLS, TTLS and PEAP authentications by specifying a Domain name to verify the remote certificate subject against.
  • The TTLS and PEAP EAP methods now utilize the certificate chooser that is capable of choosing an object from a PKCS#11 token.
  • When activating a VPN connection, the routes to the VPN server are now added whichever device has a default route regardless of its kind.
  • The applet now lists the Wi-Fi network connection profiles even if they are enslaved to another connection.
  • Fixed a crash after editing a connection with 802.1x security setting.
  • Updated Italian, Spanish and Japanese translations.

New in NetworkManager Applet 1.7.1 (Mar 31, 2017)

  • Warn editor users if certificates have wrong SELinux labels
  • Added a PKCS#11 capable certificate chooser to EAP-TLS
  • Prevent the use from opening a file open dialog if they don't have permission to edit connections (e.g. in the login manager session) (CVE-2017-6590)

New in NetworkManager Applet 1.4.4 (Jan 30, 2017)

  • Added the capability to start inport of a VPN connection from the command line with "nm-connection-editor --import" option
  • Allow editing of Ethernet link properties, such as link speed or duplex setting
  • Added support for creating and editing IP tunnel connections
  • Added support for editing Proxy setting whe built with NetworkManager 1.6 or newer
  • Added support for TTLS/MSCHAPV2 method
  • Improved the cloned MAC address selection
  • Lot of bug fixes
  • Translation updates

New in NetworkManager Applet 1.2.6 (Dec 4, 2016)

  • Updated Brazilian Portuguese, Croatian, Czech, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Polish, Serbian, Slovak and Swedish translations.
  • Fixed handling of 802.1X secrets in the applet and the connection editor.
  • Other minor improvements.

New in NetworkManager Applet 1.4.2 (Oct 24, 2016)

  • Removed UI property that required gtk3 >= 3.16
  • Added a workaround for broken strict matching with old Jansson versions

New in NetworkManager Applet 1.2.4 (Aug 3, 2016)

  • Updated Slovak, Hungarian, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Indonesian, Czech, German and Polish translations.
  • Improved error reporting in the wireless security page.
  • Fixed some crashes.

New in NetworkManager Applet 1.2.2 (May 30, 2016)

  • Connecting to multiple VPNs from the applet is now possible
  • Updated German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish and Swedish translations
  • A minor crash bugfix

New in NetworkManager Applet 0.9.8.8 (Nov 12, 2013)

  • nm-applet is now started under GNOME 3 again (but never acts as a "secret agent" under GNOME Shell). This fixes the lack of password dialogs in some GNOME-3-based sessions (#709410), and fixes the lack of a mobile broadband PIN unlock dialog under GNOME Shell.
  • Updated translations
  • Fixed a warning when closing the VPN import/export dialogs
  • Made nm-applet use g_debug(); set G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=nm-applet to see logging now

New in NetworkManager Applet 0.9.8.2 (Jun 8, 2013)

  • Updated translations
  • Conversion from gnome-keyring to libsecret; libsecret is now required to build
  • Editor no longer overwrites master interface name with the master UUID
  • Fix crashes when using ModemManager 0.7/0.8
  • Fix allowed values for VLAN ID and MTU in the editor
  • Preserve existing PPP LCP echo failure and interval values
  • Ensure Bridge STP checkbox values are saved
  • Hide BSSID for Wi-Fi Ad-Hoc connections (it's autocreated by the kernel)
  • Ensure IPv6 next-hop/gateway values are sane
  • Fix problems with the MAC address combo box on various pages
  • Only request secrets from the user when allowed to
  • Fix running with GTK+ 2.x
  • Fix signal icons to work with newer libpng
  • Don't show Wi-Fi Security combo when not required
  • Improve applet icon size handling
  • Show more helpful errors when VPN plugins are not installed

New in NetworkManager Applet 0.8.5.91 (Jul 29, 2011)

  • Fix crashes with Bluetooth DUN setup
  • Improve usability of entering IP addresses and routes
  • Validate IP addresses and routes on-the-fly
  • Allow "_" as a valid character for GSM APNs
  • Ensure Enter/Return activate the default button in dialogs
  • Show (optional) notifications on GSM and CDMA registration state changes

New in NetworkManager Applet 0.8.4 (Apr 22, 2011)

  • Don't show access points named "Free Public Wifi"
  • Fixes for converting 802.1x certificate-based connections
  • Fix an issue causing editor pages to be insensitive

New in NetworkManager Applet 0.8.3.995 (Feb 24, 2011)

  • Many updated translations
  • Conversion to GtkBuilder; glade is no longer a build requirement
  • Fixes for newer libnotify versions
  • Allow MD5 as a wired 802.1x EAP method
  • Show IPv6 information in Connection Information dialog
  • Completely fix crashes due to missing icons
  • Make VPN notifications respect user's "Enable Notifications" preference

New in NetworkManager Applet 0.8.2 (Nov 5, 2010)

  • Many updated translations
  • Hide mobile broadband PIN code when it's entered
  • Ensure Enable Wireless and Enable Networking always correctly sensitized
  • Fix handling of slow mobile broadband devices when entering a PIN
  • Startup performance improvements
  • Easier keyboard navigation of the connection editor
  • Show VPN connection notification even if VPN provides none
  • Fix handling of VPN secrets when moving connections from system to user