Updated netapplet package to 1.0.0, and patched it to use gnomesu rather than kdesu when launching YaST to configure the network settings, this speeds things up incredibly, even on my P4 3.4GHz, the delay in starting kdesu is considerable, it's hardly noticable when starting gnomesu. Might well update that patch to provide a message that's specific to netapplet then send Rob the patch. Have already sent him an en_GB translation.

Next ULB GNOME release will depend upon netapplet, and oh yes, have done a patch to patch the .desktop file to vanilla GNOME categories.

Amazing how having an essay to do really motivates me to get into some code