How to get an instant wireless connection automatically with PCLinux?

[Joble]

You finally going to updrade to 2010.07?

[joseppi]

I did put 2010.07 on one of my systems and I have continued to do the ongoing updates every few days. (and sometimes updates break what used to work and I have to reboot.)

However, with the never-ending parade of annoying problems (mostly with KDE 4.4, I think), I just can't waste any more time on it. For me, 2009 with KDE 3.5 works far, far better.  I can see only problems and no benefit with KDE 4.4.  I would like to see a list of whatever supposed improvements KDE 4 has over KDE 3.5.

[Joble]

Well, wireless for one.  I never had to configure my wireless, it was automatically detected and netapplet provided a list of available connections.  Now I know that's not the instant access you're talking about, I understand what you're asking, and it probably depends on your hardware too.  But there have been improvements.  Sorry to hear you're having problems with it.

[joseppi]

Well, wireless for one. (snip) Sorry to hear you're having problems with it.

Thanks Joble. The automatic wireless instant-connect that I previously mentioned as working on the slax live cd is with KDE 3.5. My problems with KDE4 are not with wireless. That's a separate issue, I think.

I have not bothered to compile a list of KDE4 problems, and probably won't because it seems nobody really cares.  There are plenty of articles and forum discussions in which KDE 4 problems are pretty thoroughly discussed.  Here's just one:

http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3887001/KDE-3-vs-KDE-4-Which-Linux-Desktop-Is-Right-for-You.htm

Bottom line, KDE 4 seems to be mostly about eye candy, glitz, glitter ... and bloatware ... and lots of important KDE 3 features and functions that have been discarded.

Thank goodness we still have PCL 2009 and KDE 3.5.

[5]

click to connect and have all your passwords fly around in plain text, or encrypt and authenticate?

btw, if the wifi is open, its free for all to use, has not been broken into (imho on the services theft). would you sue your friend staying over for using the net link? dont think so, but serious and security aware ISPs do provide you with the wireless modem preconfigured with a wpa2 security enabled and if you do a hard reset, it gets back to factory defaults. the only thing to take care of is to change the default user/administaror password and disable modem wireless administration

check the mac logs from time to time as well