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On Ubuntu, sometimes I like to do Ctrl-Alt-F3 to get into a tty, login, and then do `sudo init 3` to shutdown everything pertaining to the graphical shell. The
by iib 6y ago
On Ubuntu, sometimes I like to do Ctrl-Alt-F3 to get into a tty, login, and then do `sudo init 3` to shutdown everything pertaining to the graphical shell. The interaction with the computer is much faster there.
After I get bored, I do either `sudo init 7` to be sure, but mostly just Ctrl-Alt-F1, which brings me back to my graphical shell.
This method has the advantage that you are always on the same system, not needing anything else. Oh, also the music works, if you don't kill the GUI with the first `init` call.
Coupled with tmux, emacs/vim, nvlc, lynx, and coreutils, you can really be more productive there, from the extra speed, less memory requirements, and less available distractions.
EDIT: I could not find the actual link to the library either on HN or in the OP, so I am linking it here [1], for the convenience of myself and others.
[1] https://github.com/willmcgugan/rich https://github.com/willmcgugan/rich
- teddyh 6y ago> sudo init 3` to shutdown everything pertaining to the graphical shell The modern systemd equivalent is: systemctl isolate multi-user > sudo init 7 […] which brings me back to my graphical shell. systemctl isolate graphical or systemctl isolate default
- naikrovek 6y agoCan anyone explain why systemd exists besides just saying "Leonart"? The way people just replace things instead of addressing the issues in the old things bothers me. init.d wasn't multithreaded. Ok, so give it threads. Etc.
- teddyh 6y agoLennart explains it quite well in his initial blog post project announcement: http://0pointer.net/blog/projects/systemd http://0pointer.net/blog/projects/systemd
- Anthony-G 6y agoI do something similar with a similar toolset – except that I use mutt for email, don’t use it for music and I’ve been experimenting with other browsers such as w3m and (e)links. I do this mostly for the distraction-free experience. My workstation defaults to booting into the equivalent of run-level 3 (no display manager) and when I get tired of being in text mode, I just run `startx` for the graphical interface.
- ta988 6y agoI have wayland (sway) when logging in on tty1, a terminal in the others to achieve something like that without having to use a DM.
- jakearmitage 6y agoI wish I could do that, but I depend on JIRA + Slack + GitLab (code reviews) to do my work and they force me to use Firefox/Chrome. :(
- mixmastamyk 6y agoIf you run fbterm on the console, you can get much improved unicode and color support.