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Monday, 20 October 2014

17 Command Line Replacements For GUI-Based Apps On Linux

Email: These email apps work from the command line. When it comes to email apps, the premier Linux client is Thunderbird. The following are console-based replacements to that.

1. Mutt

2. Alpine

3. Slrn

IRC/IM: In the GUI-based chat clients, Pidgin pretty much leads the pack. But here again, there are console-based replacements that are available. Here are three that you can use.

4. Irssi

5. Weechat

6. CenterIM

RSS: These two command line-based RSS readers are considered by many to be the best that are available today.

7. Newsbeuter

8. Snownews

Calendar: This one could take a little getting used to. Calendar and To-Do apps are also available that work from the command line. 

9. Taskwarrior

10. Calcurse

11. Emacs Org Mode

File Management and Editing: Editing and file management are very important activities, not only on Linux but on any platform. Here are the apps that can bring these to the command line.

12. Midnight Commander

13. Vim

14. GNU Emacs

15. GNU Nano

Terminal: While some use GNU Screen, Tmux is the more newer addition to the terminal segment. Try them out and see if it works for you.

16. GNU Screen

17. Tmux

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