Le Jeu 13 novembre 2008 14:46, NN_il_Confusionario a écrit : >> and games > old svgalib games exist. However the only game I have ever used is > tetris inside dos navigator inside dosemu (even if there are native text > only games for unix).
You should try Tetrinet ;-) A Networked multiplayer Tetris ! ;-) >> and image processing software (like gimp) > i do not use it (but I have seen it), and I agree that nothing of this > kind has ever existed in linux, dos or whatever for the console. ImageMagick for altering the images and there are viewer in framebuffer mode (fbi ?). >> and instant messengers > i do not use them, but the first "instant messanger", talk on unix and > phone on vax, is text based. There are many more, even with "modern" > protocols. "write" for old fashion, "centericq" for new protocols or Jabber client with a gateway and "ircssi" for *everything* about IRC. >> ATM, I have 5 terminals open plus claws plus firefox plus plan plus >> emacs, I'm logged in on two consoles and gnome-panel is running (to >> provide a few icons, the dictionary plugin and a clock). Eventually add >> gimp, gaim, gnumeric or openoffice, ekiga. How would I do that with >> only 6 available consoles? If all such application would exists in console mode, you should use something like screen. >> Maybe it's possible to get more consoles? If You can have a lot of more consoles (up to 64, if I good remember), but as you only have 12 F-Keys, you will have to deal with modifier-Keys (Alt, Ctrl, Meta) >> Still I'm not really understanding how you see using consoles (almost) >> exclusively as so superior to using applications and terminals with >> X11 I understand him, I use X to launch a lot of xterm in which I use GNU/screen with 'mutt', 'slrn', 'irssi', 'ssh' ! It is far more efficient to use console programs with key shortcuts than a mouse with menus. In French, I often say "Il n'y a pas de meilleur outil que celui avec lequel on est habitué à travailler" (might be poorly translated as : "There is no better tool than the one with which we usually work"), I think it is the eternal problem... vi/emacs, X/console, GNUS/mutt, ... Fanfan -- http://www.cerbelle.net - http://www.afdm-idf.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
