On Monday 22 July 2013 23:37:35 Alexandre Couture wrote:
> > On 07/22/2013 02:25 PM, Calvin Morrison wrote:
> > > I use squeese. nm-applet is from the network-manager-applet package,
> >
> > The problem is making it work on Wheezy.  I suppose I could go back to
> > Squeeze, but it seems better to put new installs on XFCE for now, if it
> > comes to that.  XFCE has a really good network applet, and most users
> > don't really notice the difference as long as everything they need works.
> >
> > --
>
> I'd have to say that every time I had to/wanted to use Debian systems, I
> had this kind of problems. If it is not super important for you to use a
> Debian-based distro, I would really recommend you to try PCLinuxOS or
> Mageia.

A Mageia user of my acquaintance is currently complaining that wireless 
connections are dodgy.  He is thinking of using something else for a bit in 
the hope that the probem will be ironed out.

> They comes with tons of easy to use administration and networking 
> tools. And they works with any desktop environment you want to use, even
> small window managers. No need to know by heart console lines to write to
> do ... things.

Lisi