I thought some members of the Devuan community made something superior
to wicd *and* that silly dbus enthusiast network-manager.

SteveT


golinux@??? said on Sat, 18 Sep 2021 11:27:01 -0500

>Thanks for responding.
>
>wicd has indeed been removed from Chimaera. Sadly, there are reports
>of frustration that the available options are not as intuitive as
>wicd. However, there is hope! Someone is looking at transitioning wicd
>to python3 so keep your fingers crossed.
>
>To fill a gap, rrq has provided a "classic" networking "how-to" that
>will be included in the www documentation. It is already available on
>the netinstall isos:
>https://git.devuan.org/devuan/installer-iso/src/branch/wip/docs/docs/docs/network-configuration.html
>
>golinux
>
>On 2021-09-18 10:12, Ludovic Bellière via Dng wrote:
>> Hello golinux.
>>
>> I found a reference to a dead software used in the *Network
>> Configuration*
>> section. wicd is recommended as network manager, however it is no
>> longer
>> distributed by debian. It has been removed because it is written in
>> python2, and
>> there has been no release since 2014.
>>
>> As I do not use any manager on my system, I remain unaware of a
>> possible
>> replacement. I did, however, look quickly and noticed connman which
>> advertize
>> itself as a slim and low on resources.
>>
>> As a quick poll, does anybody has a preferred network manager?
>>
>>

>>              Ludovic

>>
>> On Thu, 16 Sep 2021, golinux@??? wrote:
>>
>>> Request to the Devuan community . . .
>>>
>>> As we get closer to the Chimaera release, we'd appreciate some
>>> feedback on whether the existing documentation listed below, which
>>> is applicable to all releases, is still useful/accurate and should
>>> be carried forward for use in Chimaera.
>>>
>>> These documents were written by dev1fanboy aka chillfan who
>>> provided updates/corrections from Jessie through Beowulf. Sadly, he
>>> has not been seen for a very long time or responded to email
>>> queries.
>>>
>>> You can find the docs that need reviewing here:
>>> https://www.devuan.org/os/documentation/dev1fanboy/
>>>
>>> All releases
>>>
>>> General information
>>> Installing Devuan
>>> Full disk encryption
>>> Network configuration
>>> Devuan without D-Bus
>>> D-Bus free software
>>> Minimal xorg install
>>> Minimal XFCE install
>>>
>>> Your comments and/or corrections especially on technical issues
>>> would be most appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> The WWW Team
>>
>>
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