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From: John McCue <jmccue@qball.jmcunx.com>
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Subject: Re: terminal only for two weeks
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 03:13:32 -0000 (UTC)
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Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> 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.

I am glad you tried, sure it was a nice and very different
experience.

<snip>
> 
> Doing everything from the terminal just isn't viable for me,
> mostly because I didn't grow up with it.

Fair enough, but at least you tried to see what things were
like for us old people.  But yes, big changes like this are
hard to deal with.

I started before DOS existed on minis and I remember when
GUIs became a thing.  I had to be dragged kicking and
screaming into that environment :)  Still I pretty much live
in Xterms and only need a GUI for browsing and html email.

<snip>

Nice post!

-- 
csh(1) - "An elegant shell, for a more... civilized age."
                     - Paraphrasing Star Wars