On 07/13/2014 08:05 PM, Michael . wrote:
I don't particularly like WICD anyway and much prefer Network Manager. I do not know if Network Manager KDE witll work with Trinity though.
Isn't this on R14? Why is wicd being used instead of network-manager-tde?
Assuming that means why does ExeGNU "live" use wicd, reasons are wicd is DE-independent (ExeGNU also has a minimal XFCE), requires relatively few dependencies and actually works. Any required reconfiguration to suit an interface other than wlan0 should be quite minor. In an installation, you use what you choose.
RE firmware: ExeGNU is intended to support the Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG) https://www.debian.org/social_contract .. If you need non-free firmware you must add it yourself, as documented by https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi
Some other distros may have a less strict attitude towards closed-source (or even have corporate partnerships) and include such firmware.
Sorry for any inconveniece!
David