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| From | Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> |
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: Will Linux ever be able to give consumers what they want? |
| Date | 16 Aug 2014 22:43:26 GMT |
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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) -- Using UNIX since v6 (1975)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org
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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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