From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Efraim Flashner Subject: Re: NetworkManager instead of =?utf-8?Q?Wi?= =?utf-8?B?Y2QgaW4g4oCYJWRlc2t0b3Atc2VydmljZXPigJk/?= Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2017 21:31:12 +0300 Message-ID: <20170730183112.GA2406@macbook42.flashner.co.il> References: <87iniaf06l.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ibTvN161/egqYuK8" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42657) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dbszo-00058V-7o for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Jul 2017 14:31:21 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dbszl-0000tG-0V for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Jul 2017 14:31:20 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87iniaf06l.fsf@gnu.org> 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 --ibTvN161/egqYuK8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 04:50:58PM +0200, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote: > Hello Guix! >=20 > Shouldn=E2=80=99t we replace Wicd with NetworkManager in =E2=80=98%deskto= p-services=E2=80=99? >=20 > 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 >=20 > Thoughts? >=20 > 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? >=20 > Thanks, > Ludo=E2=80=99. >=20 For its integration with gnome to me it makes sense to have our gnome desktop use network manager. I'm currently using connman on my debian system. I'm not sure I'd really recommend it, but I've found it to be easier to use than raw command line ifconfig and dhclient. --=20 Efraim Flashner =D7=90=D7=A4=D7=A8=D7=99=D7=9D = =D7=A4=D7=9C=D7=A9=D7=A0=D7=A8 GPG key =3D A28B F40C 3E55 1372 662D 14F7 41AA E7DC CA3D 8351 Confidentiality cannot be guaranteed on emails sent or received unencrypted --ibTvN161/egqYuK8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCgAdFiEEoov0DD5VE3JmLRT3Qarn3Mo9g1EFAll+JegACgkQQarn3Mo9 g1FZyA/+L8T6tVn61qUijtitsiO2VbDeV8Xh0JbZatrh/wHQ2wpPBzIua8xdT/yN IGJ1Zrnn+JcDVJ5jBYPXSEV9vV+qjEXvcGmBrmGEtY4CfiCoBVwZIE9bg//WNHCj mgZiKM3XBS2/G5oexwOfzaAqsPc6+/BKbjHDskXBrC8sCmO/kBXinSSmoZfHDZ44 5zNxypMHRTbyKc8bCPUe66ztXgbSPwak3sIB0XjIYqJNWYdEmuoTYUGy/pmE24xM LUtlxlNeBDnh/OOHYxr3cyAkaTcVhv+CADVhcuOsSzq6VY6yFTA8GlFva0DVVZlX K6VEzITZ8iH6JDtq1SwmrUY09QzGTOc8eMzO0eb1dxDa0F6s5y7J6oon5GLfsdDJ 73GzSL60vuCHNS3UJ5P+rAHEfNNEtNjZ1/1aqpBfKZeGavDRdDyAi4zzVmQtODzM kEvIo4sMVB61i6Inmb3gzxrQl3mWm5kzTOeD463O9+bJAZJFo9MTkATb9nZULg52 hj8GD/GHn0AqLrkYDgLjVzjYfrmL2IAWmHG/vLdXelIesMtUykAT6q0mRhE8wx+o XuZNhZQXfu/uQGC6w1HhWNGTqpqr7kfRp60jM62YYgGlllV5fhEbbEFFJIGZ3e1h zjFKf6GmeQDcRR3F6+NiNf7iTt5PrW9iPSohAGVen92bGpuyivk= =W9tD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ibTvN161/egqYuK8--