Who Needs XFree86? 269
An anonymous reader writes "With this review Linux and Main says it is kicking off a project to put together a Linux machine that operates entirely in the console, including applications, without the user ever having to enter anything at a command prompt. The review is of Twin, the very cool windowing environment for the console. Applications will be added over time, and readers are invited to nominate their favorite little-known console applications."
I do. (Score:2, Informative)
If your'e using gentoo. (Score:1, Informative)
Re:Two questions (Score:4, Informative)
You can easily run X on a 333 Mhz machine.
I use a PII 333 as my server and desktop, and I have very little incentive to upgrade.
If you want to give an example of a bitty box you can't run X on, pick something lower down in the pecking order.
Favorite console app (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Favorite console app (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Two questions (Score:3, Informative)
My Pick (Score:5, Informative)
vi - IMO _the_ example of bad interface design, but it's fast once you know how to use it (actually, I use elvis, but I guess any vi-clone would do)
mutt - it's just fantastic. A little harder to use than pine, but a lot easier when you have many mailboxen (I have some maildirs and a couple of IMAP accounts)
w3m - ideal if you are on a slow machine. When run under X11 or on the framebuffer, it renders images, too
centericq - all major protocols, and file transfers. This is a program that would benefit from a point-and-click interface, though.
mp3blaster - Housemates flee in terror as the computer suddenly starts playing music while no operator is around
dcd - Yes, I have audio CDs, too
cdrecord - burning those ISOs so I can propagate Free software
abcde - Rip your audio cd, look up the track names (CDDB), and encode to your favorite format - with one command!
And, of course, the usual Unix commands, C compiler, yada, yada.
Cheers!
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Re:Step futher? (Score:4, Informative)
You can take a look at The Symbolics LispM Museum [uni-hamburg.de] for more information and pictures.
Re:plenty of toolkits like that already (Score:3, Informative)
Ratpoison (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Excellent (Score:3, Informative)
In 1993, I was using X11.
Re:Useful for Remote Server Administration (Score:2, Informative)