On 07/04/2018 01:25 AM, KatolaZ wrote:
On Wed, Jul 04, 2018 at 12:54:28AM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote:
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It sounds like you are talking about network manager. I don't believe wicd
has the traits you are talking about. As for me it's handy to connect and
disconnect, mostly disconnect while using multimedia. I've never heard of
wicd doing anything wrong,
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That's because probably you haven't needed to use wicd for something
more specific than "configure wlan0" :)
I used wicd for several years, and I had always to swear against the
gods of three or four religions to have it do what I wanted. The
hardest thing was to convince wicd that I wanted a *specific* wi-fi
connection among the several available: it kept choosing what it
preferred, probably on the basis of "signal strength", and kept
disconnecting and reconecting every time somebody entered the room or
moved a chair. I had to manually disable the connections I didn't want
to use, then manually re-enable them.
That sounds like network manager was installed at the time and not a
wicd problem, wicd gets blamed because you can see it in your tray,
while NM is in the background messing with your connection.
I may be wrong but I don't think network manager is good or helpful in
any way, causes way to many problems and confusion for the average user.
I guess they eventually fixed that introducing priorities, but still,
IMHO a software should do what I tell it to do, not what it likes or
wishes...
Anyway, it's mainly a matter of preference here, and luckily we have
enough alternatives so far :)
Thanks,
--
Jimmy Johnson
Devuan Jessie - KDE 4.14.2 - AMD A8-7600 - EXT4 at sda2
Registered Linux User #380263
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