From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 13 14:15:01 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 E732E37B401 for ; Sun, 13 Apr 2003 14:15:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from joloxbox.joshualokken.com (12-225-249-250.client.attbi.com [12.225.249.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 396B743FB1 for ; Sun, 13 Apr 2003 14:15:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from joshualokken@attbi.com) Received: from joloxbox.joshualokken.com (localhost.joshualokken.com [127.0.0.1])h3DLFa4H010094; Sun, 13 Apr 2003 14:15:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from joshualokken@attbi.com) Received: (from jolok@localhost) by joloxbox.joshualokken.com (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h3DLFSKp010093; Sun, 13 Apr 2003 14:15:28 -0700 (PDT) X-Authentication-Warning: joloxbox.joshualokken.com: jolok set sender to joshualokken@attbi.com using -f Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 14:15:28 -0700 From: Joshua Lokken To: Adam Message-ID: <20030413211528.GA10017@joloxbox.joshualokken.com> References: <1050260919.94705.5.camel@jake> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1050260919.94705.5.camel@jake> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Organization: little to none X-OS: FreeBSD joloxbox.joshualokken.com 4.8-STABLE i386 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 21:15:02 -0000 * Adam (blueeskimo@gmx.net) wrote: ==> 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. cmp3 is a *great* console mp3 player/playlist generator :) -- Joshua