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The Latest And Greatest Console Applications?

Posted by timothy on from the oggenc-sure-works-nicely dept.

An anonymous reader writes "While the 'Linux on the desktop' battle has yet to be won, KDE and Gnome are making great progress. There are too many apps to list on the cutting edge of software development for the X environment. But what about those of us stuck with old machines? Or who just want to work with the console? What console-based apps, that are undergoing just as much development as their X counterparts, do you use? Things like instant messengers and bittorrent clients, for example..."

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  1. Don't lose your head by Hot+Summer+Nights · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Like he did.

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  2. good one! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    While the 'Linux on the desktop' battle has yet to be won

    Ha ha haha haha haha hah!
    Oooooooh, hahahahahahahahahha!!!

    Oh, okay. Carry on.

  3. Re:One Word: by gralem · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    emacs...What a dork... the one-word answer is (of course) "vi"

  4. Re:Personal Choices by rozz · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    I live in text mode. Here's a selection of my preferred apps.

    A group of Neanderthals called .. they want their apps back

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