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Date 2024-11-25 22:18 +0100
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On Mon, 25 Nov 2024, Retrograde wrote:

> From the «text is good enough» department:
> Title: Using (only) a Linux terminal for my personal computing in 2024
> Author: Thom Holwerda
> Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 22:13:32 +0000
> Link: https://www.osnews.com/story/141194/using-only-a-linux-terminal-for-my-personal-computing-in-2024/
>
>
> A month and a bit ago, I wondered if I could cope with a terminal-only
> computer[1].
> […]
>
> The only way to really find out was to give it a go.
>
> My goal was to see what it was like to use a terminal-only computer for my
> personal computing for two weeks, and more if I fancied it.
> ↫ Neil’s blog[2]
>
> I tried to do this too, once.
>
> Once.
>
> Doing everything from the terminal just isn’t viable for me, mostly because I
> didn’t grow up with it. Our family’s first computer ran MS-DOS (with a Windows
> 3.1 installation we never used), and I’m pretty sure the experience of using
> MS-DOS as my first CLI ruined me for life. My mental model for computing didn’t
> start forming properly until Windows 95 came out, and as such, computing is
> inherently graphical for me, and no matter how many amazing CLI and TUI
> applications are out there – and there are many, many amazing ones – my brain
> just isn’t compatible with it.
>
> There are a few tasks I prefer doing with the command line, like updating my
> computers or editing system files using Nano, but for everything else I’m just
> faster and more comfortable with a graphical user interface. This comes down to
> not knowing most commands by heart, and often not even knowing the options and
> flags for the most basic of commands, meaning even very basic operations that
> people comfortable using the command line do without even thinking, take me
> ages.
>
> I’m glad any modern Linux distribution – I use Fedora KDE on all my computers –
> offers both paths for almost anything you could do on your computer, and unless
> I specifically opt to do so, I literally – literally literally – never have to
> touch the command line.
>
> Links:
> [1]: https://neilzone.co.uk/2024/10/could-i-cope-with-a-terminal-only-computer/ (link)
> [2]: https://neilzone.co.uk/2024/11/using-only-a-linux-terminal-for-my-personal-computing-in-2024/ (link)
>

Fascinating experiment. I would not be able to do it. I need a browser to 
run my business, manage my finances etc. so terminal only, while nice, 
would be very difficult without some serious programming and hacking 
around problems.

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terminal only for two weeks Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> - 2024-11-25 13:34 +0000
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  Re: terminal only for two weeks Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-11-25 21:52 +0000
    Re: terminal only for two weeks Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2024-11-26 03:18 -0400
      Re: terminal only for two weeks Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-11-26 21:28 +0000
    Re: terminal only for two weeks yeti <yeti@tilde.institute> - 2024-11-26 09:22 +0042
      Re: terminal only for two weeks Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-11-26 21:24 +0000
    Re: terminal only for two weeks candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-11-30 01:20 +0000
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        Re: terminal only for two weeks candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-12-01 20:40 +0000
      Re: terminal only for two weeks Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-11-30 03:52 +0000
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          Re: terminal only for two weeks Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-12-01 23:24 +0000
            Re: terminal only for two weeks candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-12-02 02:00 +0000
              Re: terminal only for two weeks Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-12-02 05:41 +0000
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                Re: terminal only for two weeks Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-11-28 06:42 +0000
                Re: terminal only for two weeks D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-11-28 10:56 +0100
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            Re: terminal only for two weeks Oregonian Haruspex <no_email@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-04 06:11 +0000
              Re: terminal only for two weeks Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-12-04 06:42 +0000
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                Re: terminal only for two weeks not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2024-12-08 07:52 +1000
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                Re: terminal only for two weeks Bozo User <anthk@disroot.org> - 2025-01-12 23:01 +0000
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