to do

http://kmandla.wordpress.com/category/linux/arch-linux/arch-linux-forums-arch-linux-linux-2/
http://terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2009/09/08/vim-add-line-numbersde/
http://kmandla.wordpress.com/projects/set-up-ubuntu-for-speed/
http://extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2114115,00.asp

ratpoison

i have been using ratpoison for a few years now, to the exclusion of all others.


http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=68622

my philosphy

as i experience more in life and (hopefully) become wiser by experience, i find that i am leaning towards a particular stance, which seems to be getting stronger with time. i have arrived at this independently, but i also realise that others have trodden this path before (and long before and much more than) me. i find my philosophy epitomised by

Console Ahoy!

I am gravitating more and more towards the console, as I find the keyboard far more handy than the mouse. Also, X apps have a slight overhead over console apps, and I am not that much into bells n whistles, if I can get it done quicker and simpler. Agreed, there is a learning curve, but I find it worth it.

http://ratpoison.nongnu.org/inspiration.html

Please suggest your favourite console apps...

http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/05/17/more-terminal-programs-you-should-be-using-like-a-pro/
http://linuxgazette.net/139/misc/lg/doing_everything_at_the_console.html
http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/05/21/a-day-without-x/
http://www.insidesocal.com/click/2007/05/a_month_on_the_command_line_da.html
http://debianhelp.co.uk/resources.htm

The only reason I am listing this is because this is "interesting".
http://webpages.mr.net/bobz/ttyquake/

links2

"links2 -g" seems to be good enough for me on most websites, if do I need to go graphical.

CSS Support is lacking, or I don't know how to enable it.

Most websites abuse flash, and I am happy surfing without it. Flash could be a potential(?) problem on links2, but you could create a mime association. I find it easier to pass the link (rather than download it in its entirety) directly to mplayer as an argument. mplayer can play it as it streams in.

I found this tip on a website: "all that's necessary is an entry in ~/.links2/links.cfg:"
association "Flash Player" "application/x-shockwave-flash" "swf-player %"

TinyCoreLinux

My initial look at TCL has been very encouraging...

http://tinycorelinux.com/

DSL??? NOT!!!

I stopped using DSL on a regular basis, a few months ago. By now, I am not using it at all. One of the reasons is DSL maintainers moving away from the stated core aim of keeping it within 50M. DSL is on the road to becoming bloatware, so it seems. Although, this personally shouldn't matter much, as I have never kept up with their latest versions. I continued with DSL3, and never liked DSL4 much. The older versions were more than sufficient for me.

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