Re: Fwd: Alternative to network-manager
On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:31:06 +0000
Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir@cohens.org.il> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 09:48:46AM -0500, Brian McKee wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 7:56 AM, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
> > <eduardo@kalinowski.com.br> wrote:
> > > I know network-manager often does more bad than good, so I would
> > > like to avoid using it.
> >
> > Debateable, but hey - it's your computer.
>
>
> I was actually surprised to find it enabled by default in some recent
> Lenny installations.
>
> >
> > > So, is there any other graphical tool that allows for easy set-up of
> > > networking (especially wireless), listing networks in reach and allowing
> > > automatic connection to them?
> >
> > Try http://wicd.sourceforge.net
>
> Anybody bothered packaging it for Debian?
>
From the download page on sourceforge it turns that you should add to apt
sources:
deb http://apt.wicd.net sid extras
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