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To: Omar Radwan <toxemicsquire4@gmail.com>
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On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 4:19 PM, Omar Radwan <toxemicsquire4@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It doesn't seem to be the case:
>>
>> http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/basicnet/networkmanager.html
>
> That's strangely peculiar. On debian, network manager wouldn't dare run
> except with systemd installed.

it is probably a matter of configuration -- no hard dependency outside of debian

> But even if so, I still do think that wicd is
> the better option.

networkmanager is actively developed and maintained with many people involved

https://www.openhub.net/p/network-manager
vs
https://www.openhub.net/p/wicd

also, networkmanager is a dependency of GNOME


best regards