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Re: "I am thinking about going terminal only. however I don't..."
i try to solve this problem by using gentoo use flags, and deciding on dependencies myself at compile time.
Jul 18 · 5 months ago
ok, another comment.
if you will write some programs and you would like them to be cli or to work in console, you may consider using C library like newt to create uis but in console.
and here i would like to tell that freepascal has a set of libraries called freevision - very advanced to create terminal user interfaces.
and most importantly. what would you use to connect to wifi? i would suggest you avoid using heavy desktop environments, since they are already underlying complexity and heavy burden on the cpu. then how do you connect to wifi without ui tools?
i suggest using wpa_supplicant directly. you probably have network manager service in your distribution.
just disable it. use some lightweight window manager where you open your terminals. and wpa_supplicant to connect to wireless networks directly.
❄ space_elf · Sep 17 at 18:10:
I like using ytfzf for youtube in cli :)
I love pushing the limits of what can be done in the terminal. I'm using Arch Linux with AwesomeWM and try to use the terminal to do as much as possible.
all the best, let me add a recommendation - mc a.k.a. midnight commander - you'll wonder why you used a gui file manager after using it
I have been trying to/considering going full console as well, so I really appreciate the contributions from everyone here!
I have a question though! Are there any "office" packs for console anymore? I like to do spreadsheets of stuff and a console would be epic for this, typing tools as well.
A little input tidbit, in my search for console things, I found i3 which is a Linux WM, that is based on a console first, tiling system, basically ignoring the mouse. Most of it's tools is configured or even directly used from a console.
I am thinking about going terminal only. however I don't know how could I achieve it since I need some GUI apps for work and university. for IRC I could use weechat which would work fine but what about youtube,telegram,github? there is no way I could use them inside terminal. but what I could do is use as much terminal as I can!
💬 freedom2932 · 22 comments · 8 likes · Jul 17 · 5 months ago