[kde-linux] KWifiManager ?

[Anne Wilson]

On Friday 09 October 2009 12:44:40 Dr. Edgar Alwers wrote:
> On Friday 09 October 2009 00:47:11 James Tyrer wrote:
> > Sorry to say that I don't have a network.  An optional dependency for
> > KDEBase is the the NetworkManager program:
> >
> > http://projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/
> 
> Unfortunately, this program does only compile for one of eight distros. I
>  am building my system by my own ( Linux From Scratch ), and the program
>  does not build !!
> BTW: I hope this is an error and a unique case ! I do not like _absolutely_
> the idea, to be dependent of a distro when using Linux ! It looks for me
>  like the first step to a windows-surrogat !
> 
This is a complete misunderstanding of the world of linux.  You would be no 
more dependent on a distro than you are dependent on a detergent brand to do 
your laundry.  You may choose the convenience of pre-prepared packages in a 
distro, but the underlying linux is the same, and every application that runs 
on one distro will also run on another (except, of course, where you are 
running a development or testing version, when a different version may not be 
quite as state-of-the-art).  None of your data is affected by the distro of 
your choice.

Anne 
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