Il giorno gio, 02/04/2009 alle 20.15 +0200, Hotnuma ha scritto: > Alessandro Pellizzari wrote: > > I had a look to the source, and it seems that all it does is calling > > ifconfig/iwconfig to bring interfaces up or down. > > > > I also think it would be better to ditch it in favor of > > gnome-network-manager, or a light network-manager client written in pure > > gtk for LXDE. > > > gnome-network-manager is not very lightweight...
I know, but it is lighter that wicd (it doesn't need python), and I suggested to implement a lighter client. > A good way IMHO is to configure /etc/network/interfaces manually, > with static IP addresses when possible. The boot time is much more > faster than with nm-applet/gnome-network-manager indeed. OK, but this is valid for a "fixed" PC. The point of NM (and of LXNM) should be to allow a user to connect to different networks without resorting to manually configure them. I want to be able to see what networks are available, and click on the one I am interested, maybe entering WEP/WPA key and being online. If LXNM can't do this, I think it is useless and should be removed. Then the user will be able to choose between manually configuring it or using NM + g-n-m. I think there is a need for a "middle line": a lighter NM client, without VPN or similar capabilities, but with at least eth, wifi (wep +wpa) and maybe ppp, but that could be a dedicated software. Bye. -- Alessandro Pellizzari ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Lxde-list mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxde-list
