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I read somewhere (not sure where) about wicd to manage internet instead of network-manager. And thus far in my experience it really isn’t bad at all.

Good:
Has more granular control over networks. Including a place to have scripts run at pre-connect, post-connect, and disconnect. I think I could use that to avoid problems at shutdown with cifs mounted shares. Also, you can specify your own DNS servers for either general or for each network specifically.
The little computers in the notification area actually light up with network activity. Kinda cool.
WiCD runs before your gui is up and running. So I am connected to my wireless the second that I can use my mouse. Very cool.

Bummer:
I do like the simple menu that pops up with network-manager. It was a very easy way to manage which network you were connected to. wicd feels something like Windows wireless connection dialog. Only to a certain degree, but enough I guess.

So, I am still using it, overall I think that I like it. More possibly later.

Tags: Application Review, Networking

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