On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 6:52 AM, Ranjan Maitra <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 5 Oct 2011 08:44:44 -0500 Rex Dieter <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Ranjan Maitra wrote: >> >> > This morning, I have been trying out wicd/wicd-gtk in place of >> > NetworkManager. This works pretty well so far. So, I was trying to >> > erase NetworkManager-gtk and this is what I get: >> >> It's a runtime library, required by certain applications to... detect >> network status (obviously, only functional if actually using NetworkManager, >> mind you). In short, leave 'em alone. > > Thanks very much! It appears that geoclue is what requires libnm > (inexplicably in my thinking) and the others are all in a > cascading effect wrt geoclue. > > On the other hand, I was wondering: is there a benefit to using > NetworkManager over wicd? Just curious, because both seem to have the > same functionality: I like that wicd provides me with more scanning > information. But does this additional information come at a price? Both > are from the fedora repos.
wicd doesn't support mobile broadband adapters, PPoE, VPNs, or IPv6, among other things. > Many thanks and best wishes, > Ranjan -T.C. -- users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
