Re: Anyone still use only use the Terminal?

Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com> writes:

Subject says it all.
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I'm curious whether there are people who do all their computing, or part
of it, without a GUI at all.  That is, just plain Text Mode.

I'd begin by asking the guy behind FreeDOS.

  https://freedos.org/

While I use a GUI mostly, there are times I just want to discard the GUI
and switch to the Framebuffer and just use text mode.  Its not just for
'retro' reasons, but having a purely text based set up does reduce
distraction!  The fact that nothing else is visible (except the TMUX
modeline) and nothing else is going on, just creates a different
experience, one more conducive to single minded focus.  The mental
map of what is going on is different, cleaner.
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Just want to hear other peoples thought, whether they find this too.

(*) A computer built to last 50 years

You might also be interested in communities that are forming around
ideas such as the Forever Computer

  https://ploum.net/2022-12-03-reinventing-how-we-use-computers.html

You'll pointers there for mailing lists.

(*) Dusk OS

Another interesting project that's related is Dusk OS.

  http://duskos.org

(*) BSD system, CWM, GNU EMACS

The GNU EMACS is way more than a text editor, in which you can handle
mail and news---all in essentially a plain-text interface, with all the
advantages of a GUI.  (If X Windows is not available, you can still use
it in a text-only interface, which is a wonderful feature of the
system.)

Window managers such as CWM give you the sense of a text interface with
all the advantages of a GUI, being able to see your graphical browser,
watch videos or whatever whenever you want and getting all windows out
of the way when you'd like to.  You'd need to learn to use it, of
course, but it's doable---I use it.  (My system is essentially OpenBSD
running cwm, GNU EMACS, Firefox, xfe [for a file explorer
Microsoft-like], qpdfview, evince and xterm---a good deal of
configuration of X with Fira Code installed, and EMACS running in daemon
mode for quick loading if new frames, that is, windows).  Feel free to
get in touch if you'd like to come this way.  I'd give you support and
directions.