Wicd 1.7 is out now with new features

Wicd is a wired and wireless network manager for Linux. Since, it doesn't have gnome-dependencies it can be used on almost all the Desktop Environments and hence is a popular alternative to the default Network Manager. All the wicd users will be happy to know that wicd 1.7.0 is out now. Although the new version has released within 6 months of the last release 1.6.0, it still brings some new features.

Reading wicd description, will tell you that it aims to provide a simple interface to connect to various network with a wide variety of settings. Well, in this version they have improved and added some interface features. This version, provides the connection information by just right clicking on the system tray icon, ability to show connection status using libnotify notifications.

Here is a list of major changes in wicd 1.7.0:

- Improved tray icon and GUI images (thanks to Martin Sagastume)
- Reorganized network list in the GUI for easier navigation
- New experimental ioctl backend, which is more cpu-friendly than the
  previous one
- Added a curses client (thanks to Andrew Psaltis)
- Added a right-click connection menu to the tray icon
- Added options to specify a DNS domain and search domain for static networks
- Reworked the Preferences menu to be more in line with GNOME standards
- Added support for global scripts
- Made it possible to have optional entries in encryption templates
- Added ability to show libnotify notifications on status chang

You may find the latest version here.