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From: RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Anyone still use only use the Terminal?
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2025 23:21:08 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-04-17, Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Subject says it all.
>
> I'm curious whether there are people who do all their computing, or part
> of it, without a GUI at all.  That is, just plain Text Mode.
>
> While I use a GUI mostly, there are times I just want to discard the GUI
> and switch to the Framebuffer and just use text mode.  Its not just for
> 'retro' reasons, but having a purely text based set up does reduce
> distraction!  The fact that nothing else is visible (except the TMUX
> modeline) and nothing else is going on, just creates a different
> experience, one more conducive to single minded focus.  The mental
> map of what is going on is different, cleaner.
>
> Just want to hear other peoples thought, whether they find this too.

I'm responding to this post using Jstar (a variation of the JOE editor) 
under slrn. I use the CLI (and small shell scripts) regularly for writing, 
taking notes, monitoring my computer, downloading YouTube videos or 
extracting audio from these videos. I also occasionally convert audio or 
graphic files within the CLI or extract text from PDFs to create ePubs. 
There's other stuff I do too, they're just not coming to mind right now. I 
would guess that about 15-20% of my computer time is spent in the terminal.

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