I wanted to have a separate laptop where I only use the terminal for my use cases. At the moment I am somewhat confident using the terminal, but I think limiting myself to tty only would build my confidence even more. Any tips?

EDIT: I am already using nvim and I already have installed a minimal distro (Arch). I just need advice on how to actually run this system effectively.

    • theshyprisoner@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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      4 个月前

      Messaging, reading, school work, watching anime, music, web browsing (may not be able to do this one nicely though). My use cases are very simple to implement on tty-only I think.

      • steeznson@lemmy.world
        2·
        4 个月前

        It is possible to watch movie files rendered in ascii with ffmpeg but I wouldn’t recommend it. Playing videos any other way requires a graphical interface.

        Web browsing is possible with links, w3m and eww-mode on emacs.

        You will struggle with school work. Eduroam is hard to connect to using the CLI for example.

        • theshyprisoner@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
          1·
          4 个月前

          I was able to use mpv to watch some anime I had downloaded on tty. Does this mean this was only possible because I already had xorg installed and running (I was using qtile prior to that)? I’m not sure if that’s how that works though.

          • steeznson@lemmy.world
            2·
            4 个月前

            Yeah you’ve got xorg running if graphics are being drawn, like windows or specifically windows with borders