Connectivity

GUI configuration

PantherX makes it easy to stay connected and exchange information. The default network manager is . It provides a graphical user interface for managing network connections, including VPN.

PantherX System Widget

On LXQt, widgets visualize how you’re connected to the network, and whether additional privacy features, including OpenVPN, , Proxy or Tor, are running.

  • Connected interfaces (ethernet, wifi, etc.)
  • Additional privacy features (OpenVPN, WireGuard, Proxy, Tor)
  • Assigned IP addresses (private and public)

Expert configuration

For everyone that need’s a little more control, it’s easy to disable NetworkManager and configure static networking, with or without local DNS dnsmasq cache. All this is done via the system configuration - no need to edit any configuration files, or learn about additional tools.

  • Default configuration with NetworkManager
  • Optional, static network configuration
  • Optional, local DNS cache

Read more about network configuration via system config: Guix Manual

# DNS Cache
(service dnsmasq-service-type
          (dnsmasq-configuration
           (no-resolv? #t)
            (servers '("8.8.8.8" "8.8.4.4"))))

# Static IP
(static-networking-service "eth0" ".10.10.10.112"
          #:netmask "255.255.240.0"
          #:gateway "10.10.10.1"
          #:name-servers '("127.0.0.1"))

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