I second this. Edgy without network-manager by default is not a good experience out-of- the-box.
I tried using the networking in administration to setup my wireless card. It didn't work, even though the tool said it had setup the card. Installing network-manager was of no use since nm-applet only mentioned a Wired Connection. -- Network-manager should be installed by default https://launchpad.net/bugs/59014 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs