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Re: Will Linux ever be able to give consumers what they want?

From Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx>
Newsgroups comp.misc
Subject Re: Will Linux ever be able to give consumers what they want?
Date 2014-08-16 22:43 +0000
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On Sat, 16 Aug 2014 22:13:44 +0000, RS Wood wrote:

> Rich <rich@example.invalid> Wrote in message:
>> RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
>>> On 2014-08-16, Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >
>  their desktop, and very little of
>>> their software (Gimp, Transmission come to mind; that might truly be
>>> it).
>> 
>> I despise Gnome for much the same reasons.
>> 
>> If you want to reduce that list by one, then rtorrent
>> (http://rakshasa.github.io/rtorrent/) is an excellent bit-torrent
>> client, but without all the GUI fancyness.
>> 
>> But then that means it can be run inside a screen/tmux session so you
>> can connect to it from anywhere you can get ssh access to the machine,
>> and as well, you can run it on a headless box if you wish.
>> 
>> 
>> 
> That's a great tip, thanks.  I'd heard about it once before but
>  will make an effort this time to give it a look.  I'm more of a console
>  guy anyway ...

I find it very good too...definitely more of a console person! (see sig)



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Will Linux ever be able to give consumers what they want? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-08-16 04:14 +0000
  Re: Will Linux ever be able to give consumers what they want? Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2014-08-16 09:14 +0100
    Re: Will Linux ever be able to give consumers what they want? Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-08-16 13:32 +0100
      Re: Will Linux ever be able to give consumers what they want? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-08-16 15:59 +0300
  Re: Will Linux ever be able to give consumers what they want? RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-08-16 20:02 +0000
    Re: Will Linux ever be able to give consumers what they want? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-08-16 21:48 +0000
      Re: Will Linux ever be able to give consumers what they want? RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-08-16 22:13 +0000
        Re: Will Linux ever be able to give consumers what they want? Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-08-16 22:43 +0000
        Re: Will Linux ever be able to give consumers what they want? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-08-16 23:52 +0000
  Re: Will Linux ever be able to give consumers what they want? Peter Percival <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> - 2014-08-17 14:38 +0100
    Re: Will Linux ever be able to give consumers what they want? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-08-17 15:04 +0100

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