[gnome-devel-docs/dx-hackfest] platform-overview: Fill in the NetworkManager page
- From: Federico Mena Quintero <federico src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gnome-devel-docs/dx-hackfest] platform-overview: Fill in the NetworkManager page
- Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 15:02:29 +0000 (UTC)
commit 8f38f434228558542da5f0bfe41b8de9430ce454
Author: Federico Mena Quintero <federico gnome org>
Date: Fri Feb 1 15:38:01 2013 +0100
platform-overview: Fill in the NetworkManager page
Signed-off-by: Federico Mena Quintero <federico gnome org>
platform-overview/C/network-manager.page | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/platform-overview/C/network-manager.page b/platform-overview/C/network-manager.page
index d814699..8746d91 100644
--- a/platform-overview/C/network-manager.page
+++ b/platform-overview/C/network-manager.page
@@ -8,4 +8,34 @@
<title>NetworkManager</title>
+ <p>
+ NetworkManager manages a computer's network connections. It takes care of
+ DHCP negotiation to get an IP address for the computer when its networking
+ is first activated. It lets users select between different wired and
+ wireless networks, configure Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), and connect to
+ the network with modems.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ NetworkManager provides an extensive API that lets applications control
+ network connections. However, this is mostly only of interest to the
+ software that implements the core desktop itself. Regular applications can
+ use NetworkManager's API to monitor the online/offline state of the
+ computer, and perform other high-level tasks related to the network.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ The core desktop shell in GNOME has a prominent NetworkManager icon;
+ internally it uses the NetworkManager API to change network settings based
+ on the user's choices. Applications such as Evolution, which
+ need to know about the online/offline status of the computer, use
+ NetworkManager as well.
+ </p>
+
+ <list style="compact">
+ <item><p><link href="http://projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/">NetworkManager home page</link></p></item>
+ <item><p><link href="http://projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/developers/">NetworkManager API reference</link></p></item>
+ </list>
+
+
</page>
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