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This is an article about preferring to use Linux over Windows, not using the Linux console without graphics. The author's screenshots clearly show a GUI. Sorry

• blueflow 2y ago
  "Console" is too generic to be pedantic about it. I mean, the Steam Deck also qualifies as Linux Console...
  • subsection1h 2y ago
    "Linux console" is a specific thing: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Linux_console https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Linux_console https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_console https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_console
    • blueflow 2y ago
      No, the word "console" is too generic too assume that "Linux console" can only refer to the virtual terminal that is built into the Linux kernel. Look here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Console#Computing_and_video_games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Console#Computing_and_video_ga... "Command-line interface" as used by the author of this article is also listed.
• ykonstant 2y ago
  I am someone who uses the console a lot; I do rely on fbterm for sanity, though, and I don't know how reliable/secure it is long term. Arch, for instance, does not include it in its repositories, though Void does.
• bigfatkitten 2y ago
  I did for a number of years in the late 90s/early 2000s. Debian briefly, and then OpenBSD. I had mutt for mail, slrn for usenet, BitchX for IRC, Lynx for the web, vim as an editor and mpg123 to play music. What would I need X11 for?