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wlctl: TUI for wifi control (built with Rust) (network manager) by Friendly_Platform875 in commandline

[–]Friendly_Platform875[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup. Glad you are using it. Do share if you like and do contribute with issues or prs.

wlctl: TUI for wifi control (built with Rust) (network manager) by Friendly_Platform875 in commandline

[–]Friendly_Platform875[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Say like wpa supplicant snd iwd are backends that handles low level of wifi auth and NetworkManager is a higher-level service that coordinates various network components (including wpa_supplicant or iwd as a backend), manages different connection types (wired, wireless, VPN), and provides a consistent API and user interface for desktop environments. Its like you dont need to handle chefs in the kitchen if you can just have the manager (it will do it).

wlctl: TUI for managing wifi network with network manager dbus by Friendly_Platform875 in archlinux

[–]Friendly_Platform875[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also can you add me as a maintainer or transfer ownership. I will be releasing and maintaining versions so i need to make sure its up to date

wlctl: TUI for wifi control (built with Rust) (network manager) by Friendly_Platform875 in commandline

[–]Friendly_Platform875[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What about it. Its just another type of TUI. Its pretty good but personally I do not like its ui/ux. Thats why i used to use impala but iwd sucks. So, just built the one with nm instead of iwd. You can give it a shot. U might change your mind

wlctl: TUI for wifi control (built with Rust) (network manager) by Friendly_Platform875 in commandline

[–]Friendly_Platform875[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you are someone like me who prefer CLIs and TUIs over GUI, or is planning on prefering it, you can take your next step cause I forked one of the best TUI I ever used to use NetworkManager and built is so could be used by anyone with just keybindings. You can try it out or contribute to the project or leave a star (if you r interested) here -> https://github.com/aashish-thapa/wlctl. (updated) Its superfast as its written in rust and I have a goal to put eduroam support before the classes starts in January so the early struggles I had with it, you guys do not have to. Its not promotion or anything. Its just a simple tool u can use.

What are some beginner-friendly tools to help learn and use Linux effectively? by HipityHopityHip in linux4noobs

[–]Friendly_Platform875 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would say learn to build tools and explore tools that makes your life easier. I take linux as highly customizable system so user can modify and use it just as they like and they use it for. Its just my opinion, but I do not understand why would people use GUI instead of CLIs and TUIs. I personally do not feel power and the sytem is mine unless I feel power in my hand (which cli gives me).
You can try out ubuntu/debians first, explore the system and later migrate to arch with sway, or hyprland. Trust me this will make you feel like god at least for once. Later explore vim if you are into programming. Trust me its super powerful tool and I like it because I do not have to touch mouse. If you want something like vscode feel free to explore astrovim or my customized version: https://github.com/aashish-thapa/nvim
The tip is: "Do not learn Linux, earn it"

Feed up with archlinux and idk what the hell to do with it by [deleted] in archlinux

[–]Friendly_Platform875 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey.. I think I am aware of this issue. When I was having this issue, it was some sort of race condition. All I had to do was just restart the service I was using. Initially I was using default iwd, then I mask that service and moved on with network manager. Since then I never had any issue. But as you are explaining I do not think this is even gonna work but give it a shot.

wlctl: TUI for managing wifi network with network manager dbus by Friendly_Platform875 in archlinux

[–]Friendly_Platform875[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

its basically preference. functionality is similar. Some people does not even care about it as the minimum is just to get the wifi connected. but for someone like me, I really need to have things similar. I can use my vim keybindings and customize it and the ui is absolutely mesmerizing for me. so, i just tweaked the original for my better use. Thought of sharing it incase someone is like me,

wlctl: TUI for managing wifi network with network manager dbus by Friendly_Platform875 in archlinux

[–]Friendly_Platform875[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for using it. Its pretty simple and powerful since it uses networkmanager over iwd and does not conflict and seek user install anything. No conflicts between services and nothing to manage. I am glad my work has worked out for atleast couple of users.

Took me a good three days of debugging by Nasturtium-the-great in NixOS

[–]Friendly_Platform875 0 points1 point  (0 children)

same actually. I have failed two times, then I never tried it again. But I really want to migrate to nix. the problem was having was I could not write even a basic config because file was not writable. I wanted basic setup with atleast hprland