Next on the agenda to highlight are these bordered areas scattered throughout:

This box represents a shell window, whether that be a gnome-terminal or a

putty window, etc. Statements within the borders can be typed exactly as

shown into your own command prompt, except for some items explained below.

Comments are prefaced by a '#' (hash) character. These statements are

not meant to be run, and are just extra info or explanations of the

highlighted command.

As used within the context of this document, any word beginning with

a '$' (dollar) sign are place holders that need to be replaced with a

valid user-provided value when actually typing the command out. It is

up to a user to know whether to substitute with a value, or if valid to

type the example command verbatim including the dollar sign '$WORD',

depending on if '$WORD' exists as a pre-defined variable or not.

(Hint type 'set' at the command line to get a full listing)

For example $USER can be the personal username ID that was typed to log

into the system, the shell variable as is, or replaced with the ID of

another valid user on the system.

Values between two '# #' (hash) character are optional parameters

' (less-than, greater-than) sign are optional parameters -->

Now onwards to the important task of conquering the command line!

(or just skip to the fun stuff).

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▶ Browse the World Wide Web

Access sites, in the awesomeness of pure text! (yes it is possible)

Read articles or complete your search from the comfort of your console.

Some functions like banking may be a stretch too far...

⏺ w3m -more recent browser with usual interface of arrow/letter keys but even mouse clicks

Able to better render more complex HTML structure like frames, tables & divs.

Supports some javascript, as well as display images inline when w3m-img

extension is installed .

📄 Go to Man page

🖼 View screenshot

Some examples:

(note: press [q] key to QUIT; [Shift]+[h] to display help)

⏺ lynx -one of the first text based browser; navigate via arrow & letter keys

Being around for a longer period, program is stable with many backend

options and widely installed by default. Can still talk Gopher, WAIS,

and NNTP as well, unlike its GUI-laden brethen (ahem, Mozilla and IE)

📄 Go to Man page

🖼 View screenshot

Some examples:

(note: press [q] key to QUIT; [h] to bring up help files)

⏺ elinks -menu driven with console mouse, alongside arrow/letter keys; sports multiple tabs

Fork of the older links browser with additions for a modern web. Highly

customizable UI via configuration file. Correct frame and table rendering.

Additional support for BitTorrent, finger, Gopher, SMB and NNTP.

📄 Go to Man page

🖼 View screenshot

Some examples:

(note: press [q] key to QUIT -or- mouse click on File menu at top;

[Alt]+[h] to activate help menu, then press [k] for Keys)

⏺ links -older; mainly menu driven using the mouse, with a few command keys

Still around! Developed as a novice friendly alternative to lynx, by

adding a mouse supported menu system to mimic a GUI-based browser. Now

mostly replaced by elinks but may be the only option depending on the

system logged into.

📄 Go to Man page

🖼 View screenshot

Some examples:

(note: press [q] key to QUIT -or- mouse click File menu at top;

[Alt]+[h] to activate help menu)

▶ Go Gopher hunting

No not the rodents out back digging into and dining on your vegatable garden

-the virtual kind out in Gopherspace. There is a whole new (old) world out

there to burrow into for the back-to-the-basics mindset.

⏺ gopher -the OG master Gopher helps browse gopher holes via arrow & letter keys

📄 Go to Man page

🖼 View screenshot

Some examples:

(note: press [q] key to QUIT; [?] to display help)

⏺ bombadillo -a newer client meant to be fast by using key bindings to navigate, like vi

📄 Go to Man page

🖼 View screenshot

Some examples:

(note: press [q] key to QUIT)

⏺ sacc -basic client using both arrow & user-definable single key "shortcuts" to move around

📄 Go to Man page

🖼 View screenshot

Some examples:

(note: press [q] key to QUIT)

▶ Launch into a space capsule with Gemini

A budding new universe ready to be explored by the adventurous.

Gemni sites harken back to the good old days before the internet universe

got sucked into a black hole of corporate influence and AD-ridden pages

(as the Geminauts are want to say).

⏺ bombadillo -a newer client meant to be fast by using key bindings to navigate, like vi

📄 Go to Man page

🖼 View screenshot

Some examples:

(note: press [q] key to QUIT)

▶ Get chatty, on IRC

Long before there were tweets, zoomin' or instant messaging, real-time

communication and online conferencing in chat rooms could already be had with

Internet Relay Chat. Even through much behind the scenes changes and the

arrival of other fancy new tech IRC continues to prove its usefulness. Still

the backbone for discussion and collaboration with many open source projects.

⏺ weechat -the kitchen sink of IRC clients; command line driven & some command keys; multi-pane windows

256 colors; customizable bars; horizontal & vertical window splits; smart

filtering; proxy support; multi-server connections even within one app

instance; remote control of a currently running instance; extensible via

any of 8 suported scripting languages! What can it NOT do?

📄 Go to Man page

🖼 View screenshot

Some examples:

(note: to QUIT, type: /quit then [Enter];

get help, type: /help then [Enter])

⏺ irssi -completely command line driven recall back to the origins of IRC; split-windows AND tabs

Supports color, themeing and scripts to extend the featureset. Broad set

of commands for adding & arranging custom windows is a feature to give

other IRC clients a run for their money. Has many extra built-in commands

as shortcuts for various tasks, provides multi-tab support, and connections

to multiple servers within an instance is possible.

📄 Go to Man page

🖼 View screenshot

Some examples:

(note: to QUIT, type: /quit then [Enter];

get help, type: /help then [Enter])

⏺ catgirl -simple UI; operate mainly by typing commands but some command keys; offers virtual windows

For those overwhelmed by the dizzying options of other clients and have

less demanding needs such as: only using official core IRC commands, log

into a single server at a time, join less than a handful of channels, etc.

This fits the bill with a primary interface of a single command line for

user input. Still, there is color highlighting, tab-completion, emacs-style

key bindings when typing messages, message filtering startup options, split

scrolling, and switching between virtual windows. One caveat is that with a

focus on security as one of the design principle, there is no support for

plain-text connections (normally port 6667).

📄 Go to Man page

🖼 View screenshot

Some examples:

(note: to QUIT, type: /quit then [Enter];

get help, type: /help then [Enter])

▶ Access personal inbox

"Why should I write this down, that’s riveted, Screw’d to my memory?"

~William Shakespeare

Follow the Great Bard's advice: send self-reminders, quick notes, and

ideas to that magnificent West End revival for later review - without

ever leaving the terminal.

⏺ mutt -navigation and message management via arrow & letter keys

Supports advanced features like OpenPGP, MIME, and sort by thread.

Pseudo address book function through use of 'alias' & 'group' option.

📄 Go to Man page

🖼 View screenshot

Some examples:

(note: press [q] key to QUIT; [?] to display help)

⏺ alpine -geared toward the novice user; UI is mix of arrow and function keys

Multi-function email & news client. Supports personal address book as well

as searching a central LDAP server.

📄 Go to Man page

🖼 View screenshot

Some examples:

(note: press [q] key to QUIT; [?] to access help)

⏺ mail -no frills email frontend using only typed command keys, but fast

📄 Go to Man page

🖼 View screenshot

Some examples:

(note: press [q] key to QUIT; [?] to list command options)

▶ Read News groups

Get the latest headlines.

⏺ tin -navigation and message management via arrow & letter keys

Full-screen easy to use Usenet newsreader, dedicated to providing every news-

-related feature possible under the sun even if no one asked. Birthed near

the beginnings of the internet, and still chugging along decades later.

📄 Go to Man page

🖼 View screenshot

Some examples:

(note: press [Shift]+[q] to force QUIT; [h] to display help)

⏺ alpine -geared toward the novice user; UI is mix of arrow and function keys

Multi-function email & news client. Supports personal address book as well

as searching a central LDAP server.

📄 Go to Man page

🖼 View screenshot

Some examples:

(note: press [q] key to QUIT; [?] to access help)

▶ Jabber away with XMPP instant messaging

Already have a "buddy" list to keep in touch with? IM came about to allow

a more decentralized and personal chat option. Instead of requiring every-

one to log into the same server and fight for unique names to communicate,

it became much simpler for people to form their own virtual private chat

groups just by knowing the email-like ID of other users. These IDs stay

the same across the fediverse (& with no worries about nick hi-jacking).

⏺ profanity -operate mainly by typing commands but some command keys; offers virtual windows

Straightforward client with a single command line for input. Supports

chat list and group aliases. Will only connect to one account per

instance, but allows creating and switching among multiple windows,

each with different lists for the ability to have virtual rooms.

📄 Go to Man page

🖼 View screenshot

Some examples:

(note: to QUIT, type: /quit then [Enter];

get help, type: /help then [Enter])

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