FWIW: It's not the primary task of a distro to add features to applications. That the primary task up the wlassistant developers. Only IMHO, no flameware please ;)
Wireless is unfortunately not the strong side of the linux kernel :( Note: There one common pitfall with knetworkmanager: <quote> Only devices that are *not* listed in /etc/network/interfaces or which have been configured "auto" and "dhcp" (with no other options) are managed by NM. </quote> Full story in /usr/share/doc/network-manager/README.Debian -- Can not set up WPA-PSK in wlassistant https://launchpad.net/bugs/63634 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs