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From: Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: WiFi on old Thinkpad
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2020 18:10:16
Message-Id: 2199850.ElGaqSPkdT@peak
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: WiFi on old Thinkpad by Grant Edwards
1 On Monday, 21 December 2020 15:08:20 GMT Grant Edwards wrote:
2 > On 2020-12-21, Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
3 > > What does the team think is the best way to get WiFi going? Is
4 > > wpa-supplicant a good idea?
5 >
6 > I've never used anything else.
7 >
8 > > That's what the handbook recommends, but I think I remember
9 > > something like wicd being better.
10 >
11 > Better how?
12
13 Easier to use, more flexible, less constrained by config settings, ... Something
14 like that, but it was a long time ago.
15
16 --
17 Regards,
18 Peter.