From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kei Kebreau Subject: Re: NetworkManager instead of Wicd in =?utf-8?Q?=E2=80=98%desktop?= =?utf-8?Q?-services=E2=80=99=3F?= Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2017 21:35:25 -0400 Message-ID: <8760e95qxu.fsf@openmailbox.org> References: <87iniaf06l.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56408) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dbzcf-0001FQ-0P for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Jul 2017 21:35:53 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dbzcb-0001cE-Rt for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Jul 2017 21:35:53 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87iniaf06l.fsf@gnu.org> ("Ludovic \=\?utf-8\?Q\?Court\=C3\=A8s\=22'\?\= \=\?utf-8\?Q\?s\?\= message of "Sun, 30 Jul 2017 16:50:58 +0200") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: guix-devel --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) writes: > Hello Guix! > > Shouldn=E2=80=99t we replace Wicd with NetworkManager in =E2=80=98%deskto= p-services=E2=80=99? > > I=E2=80=99ve given it a try on a GuixSD GNOME installation and it appears= to > work well, and it=E2=80=99s obviously well-integrated with GNOME, whereas= Wicd > is a bit hidden (one has to know what to look for) and =E2=80=9Cforeign.= =E2=80=9D > > Thoughts? > > Now, as someone who doesn=E2=80=99t use GNOME, I wonder if NM would work = well > for me. Last time I tried it=E2=80=99s CLI was too low-level to be usabl= e, and > I don=E2=80=99t remember seeing a curses interface. Suggestions? > > Thanks, > Ludo=E2=80=99. I'm in favor of the change as long as NetworkManager's equivalents to wicd-gtk and wicd-curses are installed by default. Mark brought up nmtui; that sounds like something we should enable. Also, it would be nice to have notifications work (if they don't already) when using nm-applet. I hear that this depends on xfce4-notifyd? --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEg7ZwOtzKO2lLzi2m5qXuPBlGeg0FAll+iWAACgkQ5qXuPBlG eg25Sw/+Mn2djmjKGSky4mOQVoMqyqkHNXo3+bZPzZJcsmJCbEEHlAMNct12/G6S PcNgbfMnS/Rr9e6OD1E3+lmoZuGcRWJJiqrEQDR8TBXJ/lRlA8AHPVnH89x1qWI/ vWwkmL1bzraypjudxsnFU34UaNTabDQ0M7E+Uh7+3FFFfSY/2ZLsLff1oF8ZOGYd NyShp+kM6hKoAjnt4/rSQ393S3oIqfMxRFAfM0v7SNwcAM+7Vgo6kNtxMyPWWjOi Um7cSqqcpvYMn8Qq6hmhSndNSPqmnXd6Q7gLQfr6oYtbYjqb3qc+UDvc7MitlEvY +eL4XSjmnGdHJ3dcH+JocWSyf3FhhD6apxpWUYM9XFogKq+pT3/mqeg86z5mVm9b 7+XwZDG/TbWVexZ1jaSRsay7X1g2KlcPXQVdaJXA724hewBah9loSS4zoZmGmRwy xKe+euVw2WCLTD2YSPgmSPyssL/dcdqS6RlHBmpBrVGww6PYIYY3y+S/QYAH5NO9 KsaH5C+o7RxOi4mIXNQe9On6LJ5efD3IfNiVWkavABHytvOGHbSzQRR4MG1uiyi0 uJwer6fzvvl8pnrsUBjMq4RIgAoPwez8O/RhW5qfgalnyZE0PE2UUNeWpETSygiZ RhE0UwG7GbF+RiA7nmR8QbMoQxV6uGLvYnNSjAgPmvw3AEYh9aA= =eAcG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--