WICD and KNetworkManager

[Adam McGreggor]

On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 08:08:50AM +0200, Nigel Ridley wrote:
> I recently bought a Dell 1525 Inspiron laptop and am planning on setting up a wireless 
> router at home. I would also like to be able to use 'hotspots' and wireless connections at 
> friend's homes.
> 
> I read on this list that WICD is superior to KNetworkManager. I also read an interesting 
> article about WICD [http://www.linux.com/feature/118224] where one of the comments was 
> that one should uninstall KNetworkManager as it conflicts with WICD.
> 
> Any comments or recommendations/suggestions?

interfaces(5) and iwlist(8)?

It certainly was the case that people had significant problems with
those GUI things...

In the end, I guess it comes down to what you prefer/what works for you.