While I enjoy using openSuse 11.1 Linux (since switching over from Windows) one thing that has consistently bugged me is the Network Manager. It was always problematic with regards to wireless networks. And googling will show many posts pointing out that it is bugged. So for the life of me I just don’t understand why it was included with the openSuse releases when it is so clearly broken.
However, I have discovered an alternative that works!
Wicd is an open source wired and wireless network manager for Linux which aims to provide a simple interface to connect to networks with a wide variety of settings.
Now when this software even has a page on the official openSuse website, why is it not in the official release?
Tags: Linux, network, Network Manager, openSuse, Wicd, wireless
July 25th, 2009 at 9:11 am
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