[Nix-dev] optional packages for KDE

[Tony White]

2009/12/4 Wolfgang Jeltsch <g9ks157k at acme.softbase.org>:
> Am Freitag, 4. Dezember 2009 19:14:34 schrieben Sie:
>> 2009/12/4 Wolfgang Jeltsch <g9ks157k at acme.softbase.org>:
>> >> Although it needs improvements because using /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
>> >> is not ideal and the expression only works if you have iwlan0. Any other
>> >> device name will fail.
>> >
>> > Isn’t wlan0 more common?
>>
>> it works for wlan0 only.
>
> Ah, okay. Before, you said that it only works for iwlan0, not wlan0. That’s
> why I asked why you don’t use wlan0.
>
>> > Do you think, a user should have to become root in order to connect to
>> > some wireless network when on the road? Consider a shared business laptop
>> > where only some member of the technical stuff has admin rights.
>>
>> Maybe we did not have this use case until now... we could think of a
>> way of handling that. I have not found any working-by-default solution
>> and I end up writing my scripts runnable through sudo.
>
> So to come back to my original point: It might be good to support the Network
> Manager Plasma widget. :-)
>
> Best wishes,
> Wolfgang
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Hi Wolfgang,
I would rather try to use nix to deal with network configurations.
It's nice that there will be a network manager plasmoid released with
kde 4.4 but to use it, you will want networkmanager. Networkmanager
probably isn't in nixpkgs and that would be your place to start if you
want to start creating the expressions.

I have to admit that I've been using network manager on fedora 12 and
to be honest, I'm not that impressed.

Any distributor that provides DVD media images for their distribution
will have a full compliment of kde available on one disc. Mandriva are
well known as providing the most well maintained set of kde packages
in the industry.
Sabayon Linux also provide excellent kde if you want a more source
based experience and sidux is good if you like debian.

Thanks,
Tony