Life on the Command Line

Shane McKinley mckinleysh at gmail.com
Sat Dec 29 15:42:54 UTC 2007


Anything for chatting, something similar to Pidgin?

-Shane

On Dec 29, 2007 7:07 AM, 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)
>
> >
> > 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)
> >
>
> Linm seems nice, I think I'll try it on.
>
> If programs that use svga or framebuffer counts, then I'll suggest
> PrBoom (Doom 2 clone) and Xmame.sgva.
>
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