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From: Baho Utot on 7 Apr 2010 19:47
Sidney Lambe wrote:

> On comp.os.linux.misc, Baho Utot <baho-utot(a)invalid.com> wrote:
>> Sidney Lambe wrote:
>>
>>> On comp.os.linux.misc, Mark Hobley
>>> <markhobley(a)hotpop.donottypethisbit.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> [delete]
>>>
>>>> I am quite surprised at how few console mode applications are
>>>> available on Linux.
>>>
>>> ????????!!!!
>>>
>>> Let's see. I don't run X on this box at all. I surf the web with
>>> a browser (links2) which displays images and does javascript
>>> (though I don't) and frames and so forth. I edit images. I do
>>> mail and news and ssh and telnet and IRC and IM and run a web
>>> server and an FTP server and display and edit and create PDF
>>> files and run a packet sniffer and have an excellent text editor
>>> and create web pages and compile complex software and download
>>> music from a certain well-known file-sharing network. I have a
>>> superb window manager (GNU screen -- 9 open windows at present
>>> -- no mouse involved and it has cut&paste capabilities that far
>>> exceed anything available in a GUI window manager.)
>>>
>>> Currently using 43MB of RAM and 2% of my CPU's capacity with
>>> a system load average of 7%.
>>>
>>> I have 964 executable binaries on my box, and none of them
>>> require a GUI.
>>>
>>> I'd guess that there are probably another 10,000+ console apps
>>> easily available for free.
>>>
>>> I suggest you check out sourceforge.net and ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/
>>> just for starters.
>>>
>>> Sid
>>
>> Why?
>
> Wow. Someone who is even stupider than the guy I responded to
> here. I wouldn't have thought that was possible.
>
> <plonk>
>
> Sid


Oh wow, I've been plonked by the Sid again!

Seeing that he doesn't read my replies how is that possible?


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