Teasing Me With Text: The Best UNIX Console Apps

Or, Why My Wife Makes Fun of My Geekiness

After several attempts to live solely on the console, here are the best apps I've found:

Links: a superior web browser alternative to Lynx that formats things correctly on your screen.

Mutt and PINE: Two great email clients that allow you to work much more quickly than with any graphical client.

Nano: My favorite text editor. I refuse to feel guilty that it's easy to use!

mICQ: a very nice ICQ client that works much better than the various AIM console clients that are out there.

Finally, last, and well yes, basically least, Seatris: This is the best -- the best! -- of all the console tetris games. It takes me back to wasting hours in the various UC Santa Cruz computer labs.

Um, Go Banana Slugs! Go Stevenson College! I think that takes care of this year's quota of school spirit.
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You forgot NetHack!