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From: "J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Noob WiFi question (yes-or-no answer will suffice) [SOLVED]
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 07:31:18
Message-Id: 1684065.31sZu55WhJ@andromeda
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Noob WiFi question (yes-or-no answer will suffice) [SOLVED] by Mick
1 On Monday, October 06, 2014 11:06:03 PM Mick wrote:
2 > On Monday 06 Oct 2014 11:53:54 Neil Bothwick wrote:
3 > > On Fri, 03 Oct 2014 21:21:03 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
4 > > > nm has come a long way of late it seems. Perhaps I should revise my
5 > > > stance on it :-)
6 > >
7 > > The main reason wicd development has stopped is that the developer
8 > > started using NetworkManager.
9 >
10 > Am I the only one still using /etc/conf.d/net and wpa_cli / wpa_gui?
11
12 For wired desktops, I use the /etc/conf.d/net file.
13 For laptops, where I need to connect to different WIFI networks regularly, I
14 like the way NM just seems to work.
15 I always had issues with wpa_cli/wpa_gui, even when following how-tos online.
16
17 Never mind trying to connect to different VPNs.
18
19 --
20 Joost

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