<s>
Wicd	B-Language
,	O
which	O
stands	O
for	O
Wireless	B-General_Concept
Interface	O
Connection	O
Daemon	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
utility	O
to	O
manage	O
both	O
wireless	B-General_Concept
and	O
wired	O
networks	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
started	O
in	O
late	O
2006	O
with	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
Connection	O
Manager	O
,	O
which	O
eventually	O
became	O
Wicd	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wicd	B-Language
aims	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
simple	O
interface	O
to	O
connect	O
to	O
networks	O
with	O
a	O
wide	O
variety	O
of	O
settings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wicd	B-Language
will	O
only	O
automatically	O
connect	O
to	O
wireless	B-General_Concept
networks	I-General_Concept
you	O
have	O
specified	O
and	O
will	O
not	O
automatically	O
connect	O
to	O
an	O
unknown	O
network	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wicd	B-Language
supports	O
wireless	B-General_Concept
encryption	O
using	O
wpa_supplicant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
design	O
their	O
own	O
"	O
templates	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
Wicd	B-Language
to	O
connect	O
to	O
a	O
large	O
variety	O
of	O
networks	O
using	O
any	O
type	O
of	O
encryption	O
wpa_supplicant	O
supports	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wicd	B-Language
is	O
split	O
into	O
two	O
major	O
components	O
:	O
the	O
daemon	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
two	O
components	O
communicate	O
via	O
D-Bus	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
design	O
allows	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
to	O
run	O
as	O
a	O
standard	O
user	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
daemon	O
to	O
run	O
as	O
the	O
root	O
user	O
,	O
so	O
the	O
user	O
can	O
change	O
the	O
wireless	B-General_Concept
network	I-General_Concept
without	O
knowing	O
the	O
root	O
password	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
split	O
interface/daemon	O
design	O
would	O
also	O
allow	O
a	O
person	O
to	O
write	O
a	O
new	O
front-end	O
to	O
the	O
Wicd	B-Language
daemon	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
also	O
other	O
front-ends	O
available	O
for	O
many	O
DEs	O
such	O
as	O
GNOME	B-Application
,	O
Xfce	B-Language
,	O
and	O
Fluxbox	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wicd	B-Language
is	O
currently	O
available	O
in	O
some	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
Debian	O
,	O
Gentoo	B-Application
Linux	I-Application
,	O
Slackware	B-Application
,	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
and	O
Zenwalk	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
