On 01/12/2018 08:48 AM, Foxtrot Mike via arch-general wrote:
Hi,
I use arch with i3wm. Been using for around 3 years. Still lovin it. Dont really need a network manager when netctl can handle my wifi pretty nicely. Actually I prefer typing over mouse-ing, so I would always prefer a tool like netctl over mouse-driven tools such as network manager.
Please keep in mind that NetworkManager is primarily a backgrounded daemon, with two CLI reference frontends -- nmtui and nmcli. network-manager-applet, which most people think of as "NetworkManager", is actually a thirdparty GUI for NetworkManager, developed by some of the same people as a separate project. Said GUI is not even installed with networkmanager, it is a completely separate package that *depends* on networkmanager. Please learn more about your system/tools before passing judgment on them. -- Eli Schwartz