[Tfug] why not wicd

earljviolet at deserthowler.com earljviolet at deserthowler.com
Mon Sep 14 17:14:20 MST 2009


On Mon, September 14, 2009 11:43 am, christopher floess wrote:
> Hi, does anyone know why wicd isn't more popular among the linux
> distros? I've been using it almost as long as I've been using linux
> (which not that long actually because until last winter, I was always
> on FreeBSD), and I think it's just much better. I haven't used network
> manager in a while, so I can't remember exactly what turned me off of
> it, but wicd has been wonderful and as far I know, it's not the
> default for any of the major linuxes.
>
> Comments?

I prefer wicd but I can't get it to connect to my hidden SSID like net
manager does.

Earl








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