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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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[–] furrowsofar@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You absolutely can. I used terminals for the first 20 years of my computer use. Just install Debian or other OS without the graphical environment. Like others said use in crtl-alt and one of the function keys can also get you there. The biggest issue is handling images and typesetting. Never tried libsvga type programs but yes they should exist. Back in the day though we just printed a lot more stuff. Also Tex and Latex was a lot more used. ASCII art was also a thing.

So yes pretty much everything can be done in the terminal environment. Some stuff is actually more productive. I still use it for many things.