Life on the Command Line

[Peter Garrett]

On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:35:53 +0000
Rosalind Mitchell <rcm at swimbarrow.co.uk> wrote:

> How far do others manage to get using text-based applications only?  Any
> real hidden gems I should be aware of?

At the risk of being accused of self-promotion... Have a look at the INX
live CD linked in my .sig   :) Start with watching the slideshow at:

http://inx.maincontent.net/album/1.png.html

Others have mentioned quite a few apps...

There is also the fbi program, which is a console-only image viewer
( included in INX) The associated fbgs program displays pdf, too.

A couple of other file managers : linm, vifm
Graphical browsing with svga or framebuffer: links2 -g ( also called as
xlinks2)

Currently "INX" has no hard drive installer, but this is being worked on.
The new installer will be simple to begin with - currently it completely
wipes the hard drive and installs the INX system, which is actually Ubuntu
7.04 underneath. We have an installer working in qemu, ( or virtualbox),
for anyone interested in playing with the install script and testing it. 

(mailto: inx-one at optusnet.com.au)

INX will probably continue to be 7.04 for the moment, since the Gutsy and
Hardy kernels seem to have problems with the frame-buffer. I am also
looking at solutions to that issue.

-- 
"INX Is Not X" based on Ubuntu 7.04 Live CD: http://inx.maincontent.net
Screenshots slideshow: http://inx.maincontent.net/album/1.png.html
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