Comments on: A Browser And A Terminal http://pthree.org/2008/10/14/a-browser-and-a-terminal/ Linux. GNU. Freedom. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:06:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6-beta3-24432 By: Kevin DuBois http://pthree.org/2008/10/14/a-browser-and-a-terminal/#comment-108825 Kevin DuBois Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:16:20 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=694#comment-108825 As cool as caca http://www.mplayerhq.hu/images/screenshots/caca-01.jpg
output is, I think I need myself a video player :D

]]> By: Lo0m http://pthree.org/2008/10/14/a-browser-and-a-terminal/#comment-108823 Lo0m Wed, 15 Oct 2008 06:13:20 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=694#comment-108823 i’m using ratpoison for a few months.. and it’s all i need.. give it a try..

]]> By: James http://pthree.org/2008/10/14/a-browser-and-a-terminal/#comment-108822 James Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:26:04 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=694#comment-108822 I dunno. I’d throw in OpenOffice.org and a PDF viewer, if you need to interact with non-nerds every now and then.

]]> By: jim http://pthree.org/2008/10/14/a-browser-and-a-terminal/#comment-108821 jim Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:59:08 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=694#comment-108821 You could go one step further. Use Lynx http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_web_browser for your browser and then all you need is a terminal OS like INX http://inx.maincontent.net/ (although not sure that’s a full on OS or not as I only played with it for a few minutes).

]]> By: hads http://pthree.org/2008/10/14/a-browser-and-a-terminal/#comment-108820 hads Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:07:04 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=694#comment-108820 Mutt does IMAP so you don’t always need extra software if you already have IMAP/SMTP

]]> By: Michael Hofmann http://pthree.org/2008/10/14/a-browser-and-a-terminal/#comment-108819 Michael Hofmann Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:50:51 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=694#comment-108819 Maybe you should test the Firefox plugin vimperator, it gives FF at least a more terminal-like feeling :-) .

]]> By: RainCT http://pthree.org/2008/10/14/a-browser-and-a-terminal/#comment-108818 RainCT Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:14:20 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=694#comment-108818 I fully agree. I’m using Openbox since several months and I found myself nearly not using the GUI at all, only for Firefox (now Epiphany, as it’s more lightweight) and a couple other programs.

Phil: I don’t know how it is with other versions, but on Intrepid Openbox + Gnome Panel + nm-applet works perfectly.

]]> By: Odd-rationale http://pthree.org/2008/10/14/a-browser-and-a-terminal/#comment-108817 Odd-rationale Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:34:18 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=694#comment-108817 Completely agree!

The pair I use is Firefox and Terminator – inside OpenBox. I use a web-based email client (Gmail for now) instead of mutt.

]]> By: Seth http://pthree.org/2008/10/14/a-browser-and-a-terminal/#comment-108816 Seth Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:35:52 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=694#comment-108816 I agree on all points. A terminal and a browser are always running on Desktops 1 and 2. GUI file managers suck. gmrun, conky, mpd, and Openbox are where it’s at. Desktops 3 and 4 are for the occasional GIMP, Audacity, Wine, gqview, etc. In fact:
screenshot.

]]> By: Phil http://pthree.org/2008/10/14/a-browser-and-a-terminal/#comment-108814 Phil Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:22:30 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=694#comment-108814 > So, from where I’m sitting, I don’t need much on my computer, which makes me wonder why I’m running a full featured desktop like GNOME or KDE in the first place.

For me it comes down to exactly two things: wifi configuration and the activity monitor. These are the only things I keep GNOME around for. There are a few lighter replacements for these, but nothing that works quite as well. It doesn’t hurt that it’s pretty easy to make GNOME stay out of the way with devilspie.

]]> By: Brit Butler http://pthree.org/2008/10/14/a-browser-and-a-terminal/#comment-108813 Brit Butler Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:15:19 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=694#comment-108813 I recently made the switch away from a full Desktop Environment and have really been enjoying it. I preferred Openbox to Fluxbox because I found it easier to configure. It’s a great window manager. I also tried Xmonad though and switch back and forth between them. Tiling window management has definite perks. Anyway, both are easy to configure, see http://www.redlinernotes.com/docs/redlinux/ for configs.

]]> By: John L http://pthree.org/2008/10/14/a-browser-and-a-terminal/#comment-108812 John L Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:07:50 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=694#comment-108812 I’ve just switched over to a similar set-up and love it. You could go even further than Fluxbox and try a tiling window manager — I’m very happy with the Awesome window manager for my terminals. newsbeuter is a great RSS reader, but I’m still looking for a music player. Anyone found a good one?

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