Similar! I was using Debian on a compaq dual 200MHz Pentium Pro desktop until about '02. I was pretty much 100% of the time on the shell so I really didn't nee

Similar! I was using Debian on a compaq dual 200MHz Pentium Pro desktop until about '02. I was pretty much 100% of the time on the shell so I really didn't need anything more. Mutt for email, irssi for IRC, links for browser, vi for the editor and a 512k ADSL connection. That was about it. The whole machine cost me 10GBP (about $15). It replaced an old Sun machine I found in a skip in 1997. I bought my first new computer in 2004 :) The console rocks.