It's coming soon to a GNU/Linux distro near you

Dec 16, 2017 19:40 GMT  ·  By

GNOME developer Beniamino Galvani announced the availability of the first point release of the NetworkManager 1.10 open-source network connection manager software.

NetworkManager is the most popular network connection manager tool these days, coming pre-installed with numerous GNU/Linux distributions. The latest stable release, NetworkManager 1.10.2, is here about five weeks after the launch of NetworkManager 1.10.0 to add a handful of new features and improvements.

Among the new features that were implemented in NetworkManager 1.10.2, we can mention support for the "onlink" attribute for IPv4 routes, initial support for tc queueing disciplines and filters, as well as a new Update2() D-Bus method that can introduce more flexibility when updating the connection settings.

Abstraction for team connections, other improvements

NetworkManager 1.10.2 also comes with a couple of improvements, such as the ability to wait longer for the carrier to show up after changing the maximum transmission unit (MTU), and support for exposing team configuration items as separate properties due to the implementation of abstraction for team connections.

Many other bug fixes and improvements are included in this release, which should soon hit the stable software repositories of your favorite GNU/Linux distribution, so make sure that you update your NetworkManager to version 1.10.2 as soon as possible. It's already in the Arch Linux repos, and it's coming soon to more distros.

If you can't wait or you fancy compiling software from sources, you can download the NetworkManager 1.10.2 source tarball right now from our website, compile it for your hardware architecture, and install it manually. Always keep your packages up-to-date in order to benefit from the latest technologies and stay safe from attacks. Check out the attached changelog below for more details.

NetworkManager 1.10.2 Changes