(Internet.com)Wireless management on Linux is a bit of a hodge-podge, especially for roaming users. NetworkManager, KWifiManager, and various other utilities that have come and gone all attempt to make managing different network connections easy. NetworkManager and KWifiManager do a pretty good job, though you often have to finick and fuss a fair bit. wicd (pronounced "wicked"), the wireless interface connection daemon, tries to do the job better, so we're going to give it a test drive.
The short story is: On a system with a single supported wireless interface it works very well. I like it better than NetworkManager, which to me is vexing; I always remove it. It's similar to KWifiManager, which I like a lot. Some differences are wicd only creates profiles for wired interfaces, while KWifiManager manages wireless profiles. But KWifiManager requires root privileges to create profiles. KWifiManager seems less picky about interfaces. I tried it on two Thinkpads: an older R32 and a newer T61. The R32 runs Debian Testing, and has an antique, onboard Prism 1 wireless interface. The T61 has the onboard Intel Pro 3945ABG wireless chipset, and runs both Sidux and Kubuntu Hardy Heron. I also have a PC Card Atheros-based wireless G interface.
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