Who needs a GUI? How to live in a Linux terminal.

Who needs a GUI? How to live in a Linux terminal.

The best Linux shell apps for handling common functions
Ever consider the idea of living entirely in a Linux terminal? No graphical desktop. No modern GUI software. Just text—and nothing but text—inside a Linux shell. It may not be easy, but it’s absolutely doable. I recently tried living completely in a Linux shell for 30 days. What follows are my favorite shell applications for handling some of the most common bits of computer functionality (web browsing, word processing, etc.). With a few obvious holes. Because being text-only is hard.

Emailing within a Linux terminal
For emailing in a terminal, we are spoiled for choice. Many people recommend mutt and notmuch. Both of those are powerful and excellent, but I prefer alpine. Why? Not only does it work well, but it’s also much more of a familiar interface if you are used to GUI email software like Thunderbird.

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Gul Zaman

Manager IT | Netsuite Administrator | Infrastructure System Engineer

8y

The taste of Linux is defiantly in text / terminal. I love to work in for last 8 years. it is really frustrating moment to start on but when I have started the I love it. so I no need GUI

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