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Old 02-19-2008, 03:53 PM
J Boehm
 
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Default Re: Text based applications

On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 15:19:23 +0200, Henrik N. wrote:

> Hi there!
>
> Strictly speaking I'm not running Slackware on my laptop - I'm running
> Vector Linux. Well, they are kind of related and it is not relevant to my
> question anyway.
>
> I got myself an old Thinkpad with just 32mb of RAM. I've been looking
> around for cheap RAM upgrades but sofar hasn't been succesfull.
>
> The computer runs Fluxbox and IceWM ok, at least when I use programs like
> Abiword, Dillo etc., but it is of course much more responsive in console
> mode. I don't mind the console and I found a lot of nice programs to
> increase my productivity:
>
> * Nano (editor): word processing
> * mc: file manager and ssh client
> * mp3blaster: great jukebox program
> * centericq: messenger . was about 2 days compiling, but this is a sweet
> program!
> * links: web browser
> * mutt: mail client
>
> What I really miss is a good Calendar/PIM program which is text based and
> relatively easy to use. Also, does anyone else have any suggestions about
> "must have" console based applications?
>
> Thanks!


If you are on the console, try mlist !!! It will change the way you are
using the system.
JB

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