Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Lee <ny6p01@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] recommended applications
Date: Sun, 24 May 2015 15:03:07
Message-Id: CABpw4G9vwN=iPF49XUQJvRb9_i8qwHa02XQ1Brw6zFApuq-ifw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] recommended applications by behrouz khosravi
1 On May 24, 2015 3:33 AM, "behrouz khosravi" <bz.khosravi@×××××.com> wrote:
2 >
3 > Hello everyone. After spending about a year in the world of linux (and
4 mostly beloved gentoo!) I have realized that the key to a stable and fast
5 machine is to keep the system as small as possible.
6 > So I am going to use console based tools mostly. I will also replace KDE
7 with i3wm.
8 >
9 > What do you recommend as a replacement for kmail? (is mutt a good choise?)
10
11 Mutt is hard to beat
12
13 >
14 > What about IRC client?
15
16 You'll want IRSSI
17
18 >
19 > Torrent client?
20
21 rtorrent
22
23 >
24 > I know that I can use google! but I would like to know your opinion.
25 > Thanks for your time.
26
27 Ymmv, but this is what I use. Also there are several good apps that run in
28 an x session without KDE. Others c@n offer advice on them.