From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LW8oc-00076U-N0 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 08 Feb 2009 12:31:14 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7DBC2E01FA; Sun, 8 Feb 2009 12:31:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E47CE01FA for ; Sun, 8 Feb 2009 12:31:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from krikkit (krikkit.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 544FD466444 for ; Sun, 8 Feb 2009 12:30:45 +0000 (GMT) Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 12:30:40 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} xfce4 network management? Message-ID: <20090208123040.3a7c8149@krikkit> In-Reply-To: <49bf44f10902071546x54222412vd0e21038773762d@mail.gmail.com> References: <49bf44f10902071101v20481148lc3647baa6289834b@mail.gmail.com> <68b1e2610902071347x68dce03fgf0f94879b7b26e7a@mail.gmail.com> <20090207233143.702ed31b@krikkit> <49bf44f10902071546x54222412vd0e21038773762d@mail.gmail.com> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.0cvs55 (GTK+ 2.14.7; i686-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/8GRBWyUFL+RBhxGpT2Kcyuf"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: 613a3bc7-3887-433e-8aef-71ea6556a81c X-Archives-Hash: 364d5a498bd5d15562aab171764eab44 --Sig_/8GRBWyUFL+RBhxGpT2Kcyuf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 7 Feb 2009 15:46:18 -0800, Grant wrote: > > The only thing I wish it would handle, that the latest NetworkManager > > does, is 3G modem connections. =20 >=20 > Why choose wicd over NetworkManager? It was far easier to set up so that my wireless connection was available before the desktop loaded. It also handles reconnections in a more straightforward manner. That saves a lot more time than I lose by having to type "sudo pon" occasionally. --=20 Neil Bothwick I'm not closed minded, you're just wrong. --Sig_/8GRBWyUFL+RBhxGpT2Kcyuf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkmO0HQACgkQum4al0N1GQPBLQCgnmmegPop44735JWiib4TSPJy cnUAoJpQWQ8qXIqg97XhZ/yHVM0nlpeB =4vUc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/8GRBWyUFL+RBhxGpT2Kcyuf--