I am typing this from a text based browser on my son's laptop over my wireless which was configured using wpa_supplicant. I have to admit, it took quite a bit of work.
I know I can do most everything using the command line including:
*browsing the internet
*use gmail
*use a mail client
*edit documents
*ssh, telnet, etc
*chat using text based clients
*listen to music
Some tasks I cannot do:
*use a virtual machine
*remote desktop
*use flash
*use gnucash
*view movies
*view images (maybe)
Still, there is something pure and almost liberating of the thought of using only the command line and text based tools. It might be an interesting experiment during my break.
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