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Is it possible to use exclusively a TTY on Linux? (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago by Ignacio@beehaw.org to c/chat@beehaw.org
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Hello everyone.

As the title says, I'm considering to ditch my graphical environment, because I find it very distracting, especially because I can think about playing video games or browsing the web mindlessly when I should be studying. And when I'm studying, those thoughts wander inside my head, and it sucks.

So, moving to a TTY environment, and using terminal programs, is the only way I find to avoid those intrusive thoughts and any other distraction. But I'm afraid that I'll be very limited somehow, because there aren't enough programs to fulfill my needs, or because those programs cannot perform as many tasks as their graphical counterparts.

I know some programs that I can use, like Links, Vim/Emacs, mpd, Ranger, and tmux, as well as some rogue-like games, like DCSS, Angband and NetHack. I also heard about framebuffer, but I don't know how it works.

Did any of you experimented with TTY? How long did you last inside it?

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[–] midnight@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why not just move to a minimal window manager?
I use i3 with no bar, and it’s pretty low distraction compared to a full desktop environment.

Definitely get comfortable with the terminal, vim and shell scripting can do pretty much anything. Although you will have a much nicer time with a terminal emulator like kitty or alacrity imo. Idk how sensitive you are to this sort of thing, but as a fellow adhd-er, customizing the font and colors makes a big difference for comfort and distraction.

I think you’re really going to need a web browser, but you could always just use a site blocker extension. Otherwise if you really can go without a browser, just uninstall it. Same with something like steam.

[–] spencer@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

As someone who grew up on OS X and Windows, I was really surprised by how easily I made the switch to i3. It seems scary not having as much "direct" control over windows, but I mainly would have things fullscreen or side-by-side anyways. The workspace model also works really well for me.