Meaning of question: netmanager or openrc? in gui installer

Meaning of question: netmanager or openrc? in gui installer?

Installing CLDX on Acer Aspire One netbook: I chose openrc, just because. ;(
Not really a problem, I can install again if necessary. Using wired at present.

Hi !

With GUI, I Prefer NetworkManager because you can use GUI applets (XFCE Network applet)

You can change easily with

cl-setup-network --netconf networkmanager

:wink:

Thanks, I’ll try that.

So, does OpenRC also manage wifi?
Long time Debian user, new to Calculate.

Humm… I dont know for wifi.

I use NetworkManager on desktops and openRC only on my server (Ethernet)

Well, actually, in the Calculate Console, I found the Net Manager.
wifi wasn’t running with OpenRC, so I tried NetManager;
and now wifi is running, although there is no visible icon.

Thanks again, I’ll keep digging.

To have the icon, you can install the package in your desktop.

I think the package is gnome-extra/nm-applet

So, does OpenRC also manage wifi?

Append to /etc/conf.d/net

modules=( "wpa_supplicant" )

Configure wpa_supplicant for wifi SSID:

wpa_passphrase ssid password > /etc/conf.d/wpa_supplicant.conf

Restart /etc/init.d/wlan0.