Wireless newbies -- just try NetworkManager!

[Timothy Murphy]

John W. Linville wrote:

> Please, as the first step in trying to get wireless working on Fedora,
> before you do anything else, please just try:
> 
> service NetworkManager start
> 
> Please note that I said to try that _first_.  Specifically, "first"
> does not mean "after I ran system-config-network" or "after I started
> wpa_supplicant" or even "after I tried to configure things manually".
> "First" means _first_.

Why?
What difference does it make if you try NM first or second?
Personally, I just want a WiFi application that works.
I don't care what it is.
I'll use the first one I come across that works.

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