Re: Anyone still use only use the Terminal?

On Thu, 17 Apr 2025 11:08:03 -0000 (UTC), Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com>
wrote in <slrn1001o8j.lgn.rotflol2@geidiprime.bvh>:
 

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.
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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.

 I'm much more comfortable with terminal windows, for all the reasons
that have been mentioned.
 However, when I boot a new kernel, I boot it single-user to the
recovery console, bring up networking, drop to a root shell,
then use the console to compile and install the NVIDIA drivers.
 After that, I "telinit 5" to bring up graphics and the display manager.
 (Back in the day (mid 90's), I used to use Linux with just the vty's,
until my colleagues dragged me kicking and screaming into the
world of the X Window System.  After that, I've not gone back.)