I've been seriously thinking of buying old software off eBay and running it in a VM just to have capable (if archaic) applications to hand that aren't filled wi

I've been seriously thinking of buying old software off eBay and running it in a VM just to have capable (if archaic) applications to hand that aren't filled with cruft. I'm also very glad for some of the terminal-based solutions I've found to substitute for bogged-down GUI applications, even when they bring their own set of usability issues with them.