INX Is Not X - Apps (was Re: Life on the Command Line)

[Rolando Pereira]

Peter Garrett wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:07:28 +0000
> Rolando Pereira <finalyugi at sapo.pt> wrote:
> 
>> Peter Garrett wrote:
>>> 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...
>>>
>> Nice job, from the screenshots there appears to use some programs that I
>> don't know.
>>
>> Is there a list with the programs that the Live CD brings? (My
>> connection is slow, so I can't just download it and see)
> 
> Ah, that has been suggested before :) I really should add such a list!
> Off the top of my head ( probably leaving things out - I am relying on
> memory here for the moment):
> 

[snip]

> 
> A couple of little games ( robotfindskitten, greed)
> cmatrix, inevitably ;)
> 

I hope you got Nethack there. You can't make a distro without it :D (Or
maybe Crawl, since it got color and more stuff)

[snip]

> sc spreadsheet
> 
> Editors:
> vim ,  including runtime

You can add ttp ( http://www.ngolde.de/tpp.html ) and you got yourself a
office suit in the command line (hum... except perhaps a Acess-like
program...)

> GNU screen, of course - with some configuration tweaks ( date, visible
> numbers etc.)
> There are some pre-configured screen sessions - for example you can type
> "monitor" or "music" or "mailscreen"...  Also an easy access menu for
> these.
> 

Are you using a custom ~/.screenrc file?

> little wrapper commands for convenience:
> google <keywords>
> wiki, wikig <keywords>  ( wikipedia in elinks or links2 -g)
> dict <keyword>  ( dictionary)
> 

I feel forced to suggest you install the Surfraw package.

It allows more search engines and you can open them with either elinks
or links2.

> 
> IRC = irssi

Perhaps you could add a msn client too.

CenterIM, allows you too connect to multiple protocols (including IRC,
but that I'll leave to irssi :)

Do you have space limit besides the size of a cd?

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