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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.

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[–] theshyprisoner@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I actually am using a manual Arch install. What i meant by gaining confidence is completely abandoning xorg and using the tty only.

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Look into terminal multiplexers like screen or tmux, they are a sort of "window" system for tty.

There are text-only browsers but I'm not sure they'll be usable on today's websites. May want to set your tty to a graphical mode (framebuffer) and use a mixed-mode browser that can render images and some other stuff.

[–] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 months ago

Lynx is surprisingly capable, but it depends on how the website's been built.

[–] theshyprisoner@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 months ago

I'll look into that, thanks.