From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 13 12:08:49 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74DB137B401 for ; Sun, 13 Apr 2003 12:08:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4337743FBF for ; Sun, 13 Apr 2003 12:08:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from blueeskimo@gmx.net) Received: (qmail 13298 invoked by uid 65534); 13 Apr 2003 19:08:46 -0000 Received: from i216-58-29-174.gta.igs.net (EHLO [216.58.29.174]) (216.58.29.174) by mail.gmx.net (mp022-rz3) with SMTP; 13 Apr 2003 21:08:46 +0200 From: Adam To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1050260919.94705.5.camel@jake> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.4 Date: 13 Apr 2003 15:08:39 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: console programs X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 19:08:49 -0000 On Sun, 2003-04-13 at 14:59, John Young wrote: > I run a P133 with 16RAM and a 4GIG drive... it's not much, but it does the trick. Since I am unable to run X, I have been looking around and haven't been able to find a good site for console programs. When I say console programs I mean applications like word processors, spreadsheets, databases, a few games etc. Any console sites I do find only have server software, and the ports seems to favor X for the kinds of applications i'm looking for. > > Can anybody please point me to a good site? / Port? > > thanx a lot Here's a list of the console apps I use regularly (all installed from ports): ICQ: centericq IRC: irssi Text Editor: nano, joe Email: mutt Database: postgresql (with psql client) Calculator: yacas, calc File Manager: mc Dictionary: dict FTP: lftp, yafc Hope this list at least gives you a starting point. -- Adam