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Subject: [gentoo-user] GPRS/3G packages galore
From: Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>
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Wow, there have just been a whole slew of GPRS/3G packages added to
portage.  This is really great to see, and I can be a great
contributor as far as providing network info.

http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-misc/mobile-broadband-provider-info
http://blogs.gnome.org/dcbw/2009/06/22/mobile-broadband-assistant-makes-it-easy/

http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-misc/modemmanager
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager-list/2008-July/msg00276.html

http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-misc/ofono?ts=2009-08-24T13:20:40Z
http://mobilemanager.movilforum.com/index.php/Home

I also noticed:

http://mobilemanager.movilforum.com/index.php/Home

Network Manager seems to be the integration platform of choice.  Does
anyone know if there are rumblings about integrating any of this with
wicd?  Has anyone tried any of this stuff?

- Grant