[ubuntu-in] Minimal Desktop

[Narendra Diwate]

Thanks so much. Installed FVWM, Rox-filer and links. w3m already came
with Fluxbox. This mail sent from links in basic html view. Looks
surreal as if from terminal. But fast.










On 3/30/11, Kingsly John <member+ubuntu at kingsly.net> wrote:
> +++ Narendra Diwate [2011-03-30 07:30:45]:
>
>> In order to play around and get comfortable with the command line, I have
>> just
>> installed just the core packages of Debian testing from the netinst iso on
>> a
>> test partition without much else.
>>
>> Then installed SLiM login manager and Fluxbox both of which together are
>> just
>> over a few MB in installed size. I am looking for a file manager and
>> browser
>> that are equally small and compatible. Text/console based file managers
>> are ok
>> and preferred. Any ideas.
>
> File Managers
>
> mc - Midnight Commander - a powerful file manager ( console based)
> xfm - X file and application manager
> rox-filer - A simple graphical file manager for X11
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> Browsers
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> elinks - advanced text-mode WWW browser
> arora - simple cross platform web browser
> midori - fast, lightweight graphical web browser
>
> Other console based apps for every day use finch/moc/irssi/mutt
>
> And check out FVWM too, the defaults may not be very appealing but it is
> extremely customisable.
>
> Kingsly
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Regards

Narendra Diwate