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How was it? What programs did you use?

I want to try it, but the browser thing is a deal breaker I think.

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[–] Trainzkid@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 years ago (8 children)

I try to make a habit of using the terminal for as much as I can, which honestly is a lot. I've even found a way to use it at work.

One day, I plan to run Linux without a window manager, maybe even without xorg entirely, using the tty's exclusively.

[–] SudoDnfDashY@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 years ago (6 children)

How do you plan to browse the internet?

[–] Trainzkid@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 years ago (2 children)

There are things like w3m and other text browsers. I could maybe even get away with curl if I knew it better.

I watch a lot of YouTube, so I could maybe utilize the YouTube downloader cli tool so I can watch them locally.

[–] flbn@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago

dude i tried this cause i also watch a lot (admittedly, too much) youtube and it's just too much of a bother on my slow ass machine. invidious helps.

[–] tmpod 2 points 3 years ago

Some video players (like mpv) allow you to stream directly from Youtube, with no need to download the full thing.

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