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I hear this a lot, and I really don't understand it. # apt-get install network-manager network-manager-applet # systemctl enable network-manager #
by nickysielicki 10y ago
I hear this a lot, and I really don't understand it.
# apt-get install network-manager network-manager-applet
# systemctl enable network-manager
# systemctl start network-manager
$ # put "nm-applet &" into your ~/.xsession
And now you're done. I think most people would find Network-Manager's applet easier to use than if they had to configure a network in Windows 10.
- misja111 10y agoIt's not the UI, the problem is that driver support for Linux is not as good as for OSX. OSX connects to wireless networks much faster, and also occasionally Linux won't connect to a network at all while OSX does. This might not be a problem when you just use your computer at home but if you are a consultant and you're at the customer's office, you just don't want to run into those connection problems which Linux occasionally gives.
- cesnja 10y agoI can give you a counter anecdote. At my university, I have the most stable wireless connection (eduroam) among my peers, using NetworkManager and a recent kernel. You just have to find a reasonably supported device - Thinkpad laptops, for example.
- erlehmann_ 10y ago> It's not the UI, the problem is that driver support for Linux is not as good as for OSX. Driver support for new hardware platforms or one where the hardware producer does not help enough might not be that good: I think Intel's Skylake platform might serve as a good example – an older Linux kernel had a bug where laptops would crash when the lid was closed; now that Skylake is older the bug has been fixed. That being said, Linux has drivers for many more stuff out of the box than every other operating system. Of course, for the perfect out of the box experience, you have to choose matching hardware – same as with OS X actually.