tty only desktop

Sometimes you don’t need a full X server setup + window manager. Below are some of the tools I use for my tty only desktops.

• mpv video.mp4 --vo=drm Play MPV videos direct without a window manager or X.
• mpv video.mp4 --no-video Play MPV video audio only.
• mpv audio.mp3 Play MPV audio files.
• vim Text editor.
• bc -l Best Calculator.
• ranger File manager.
• mocp TUI (Text User Interface) music player.
• apm FreeBSD check laptop power.
• cat /sys/class/power_supply/*/capacity Linux check laptop power.
• sensors Check system temperature sensors.
• htop Task manager.
• tmuxTerminal multiplexer.
• irssiIRC chat.
• cal Calendar.
• youtube-dl Downloading content to play on MPV.
• speedtest-cli TUI for speedtest.net
• mps-youtube TUI for YouTube.
• stig TUI for Transmission torrent client.

Also see

• My blog post: Everyday Termux uses