Life on the Command Line (2011)
A few weeks ago, I realized that I no longer use graphical applications.
That’s right. I don’t do anything with gui apps anymore, except surf the Web. And what’s interesting about that, is that I rarely use cloudy, ajaxy replacements for desktop applications. Just about everything I do, I do exclusively on the command line. And I do what everyone else does: manage email, write things, listen to music, manage my todo list, keep track of my schedule, and chat with people. I also do a few things that most people don’t do: including write software, analyze data, and keep track of students and their grades. But whatever the case, I do all of it on the lowly command line. I literally go for months without opening a single graphical desktop application. In fact, I don’t — strictly speaking — have a desktop on my computer. ...
-- Stephen Ramsay
For my own uses, whilst I heavily use Android tablets, my preference is a full Linux desktop or laptop. On Android the single most useful application I have, and The One Thing Which Does Not Precisely Suck, is Termux, a Linux userland environment with nearly 2,000 installable Free Software packages.
I'd make heavier use of console-based web clients (w3m) if less of the Web wasn't broken using one. I'm ... begining to explore Gemini.
HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30389399
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