From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 25 11:51:14 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA3A716A417 for ; Sat, 25 Nov 2006 11:51:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frankstaals@gmx.net) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 30BAF43D68 for ; Sat, 25 Nov 2006 11:50:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from frankstaals@gmx.net) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 25 Nov 2006 11:51:08 -0000 Received: from ip176-173-59-62.adsl.versatel.nl (EHLO [192.168.5.5]) [62.59.173.176] by mail.gmx.net (mp032) with SMTP; 25 Nov 2006 12:51:08 +0100 X-Authenticated: #25365336 Message-ID: <45682E2E.4040907@gmx.net> Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 12:51:10 +0100 From: Frank Staals User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061119) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Graham Bentley References: <20061124120100.334D516A670@hub.freebsd.org> <000901c70fc6$8641d0f0$1c07a8c0@CPC> In-Reply-To: <000901c70fc6$8641d0f0$1c07a8c0@CPC> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Working at Console X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 11:51:14 -0000 Graham Bentley wrote: > Hi All, > > I am interested in setting up a text based / console system. > > So far I have learnt how to recompile the kernel and get > 1024x768 console. I have 'mc' loaded because I am > familiar with that. And of course sendmail is already sending > mail. Then there is elinks for web ... > > What other apps are people using / recommend for other > tasks on this type of system for ; > > Email (mutt, pine, other?) > Word Processing > Music CD > MP3 > CD Writing > Screen ? > > and any other usefull programs that replace their X equivs ? > > Thanks ! > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > To play mp3's from commandline I usually just use mplayer, but you might also want to check out musicpd allthough that might be a little to drastic for what you want. For cd-writing I use the burncd command, it comes with the cdrecord port. If you allready had some (gui) progam to burn cd's you can count on it you allready have cdrecord installed :) For IM-programs ( don't know if you use them ) you might want to check out irssi + bitlbee -- -Frank Staals