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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. fortune! by blunte · · Score: 4, Funny

    that was too easy. was this a trick question?

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    1. Re:fortune! by Ricwot · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's a program that is viable for enterprise systems, we just rename it to fortune-500

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  2. Bleeding Edge by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The version of ls that comes with Fedora Core 2 is 5.2.1. Incredible software! Would use again! A+++++!!!!

  3. Well ... by mios · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... some folks start X from the command line, soo ...

  4. plugins for lynx... by rivaldufus · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm working on a Java plugin, a Flash plugin, and a google bar - as well as a popup blocker and an anti-spyware plugin.

  5. playlists, sounds over complicated by DrSkwid · · Score: 4, Funny

    isn't that what stdin is for ?

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  6. Re:One word . . . by Draoi · · Score: 5, Funny
    Thank you for re-introducing me to NetHack. It took me five years to wean myself off that, and now I've found a MacOS X version. There goes *my* working day ... :-)

    As they say on the site;

    Thank you for the latest release of gradewrecker. My GPA just went in the corner and shot itself.
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  7. Re:Why? by mattrumpus · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've got one good reason. At some places of work IM clients are banned and its easier to pretend a text based client is real work...

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  8. Re:One word . . . by Ricwot · · Score: 4, Funny

    Due to a combination of Beer, Coffee and NetHack, lectures were missed, assignments lost in the darkness, and I failed the year by 0.1 marks :'(

  9. Re:Why? by haystor · · Score: 3, Funny

    One does not wonder if something exists for Emacs. One believes.

    That is to say, yes.

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  10. startx by FedeTXF · · Score: 5, Funny

    The best command line tool is startx. It gives you all the power of a full graphical environment within the console.

  11. Killemall by Bill,+Shooter+of+Bul · · Score: 3, Funny

    I have a batch script that runs killall and starts playing the metallica album.

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  12. Parent is NOT "funny" by BerntB · · Score: 4, Funny
    [..] NetHack. It took me five years to wean myself off that
    wtf, moderated "funny"? Should be "Insightful". Stupid moderators.

    And, yes, I've lost quite a few months myself... :-(

    On the other hand, real life is for users that can't handle nethack. If it wasn't for another console application that has hooked me, I'd reinstall!

    My real favorite console application is Perl.

    Both incredible power/expresiveness -- and with the syntax, crazy extensions and humour in the Perl tradition, it's like playing a game! :-)

    Yes, yes, Python fans -- my adventure is someone elses horror game. :-)

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