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Hi, |
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On Sun, 24 May 2015 15:02:13 +0430 behrouz khosravi wrote: |
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> Hello everyone. After spending about a year in the world of linux (and |
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> mostly beloved gentoo!) I have realized that the key to a stable and fast |
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> machine is to keep the system as small as possible. |
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> So I am going to use console based tools mostly. I will also replace KDE |
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> with i3wm. |
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> What do you recommend as a replacement for kmail? (is mutt a good choise?) |
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I depends on personal preferences. I'm not sure why, but I always |
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had problems with intensive mail traffic and mutt. Also many mails |
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are html-base and mutt is not the best way to deal with them. |
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(I know that html mails are disgusting, but too many people use |
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them these days to disregard this trend completely.) |
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So I use sylpheed. It is GUI-based, can read html mails (but not |
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write them, he-he). So it suits me well. Your mileage may vary, of |
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course. |
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> What about IRC client? |
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Use irssi. It is a reliable and highly configurable CLI solution. |
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> Torrent client? |
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Use transmission. Just compile it without qt* and gtk flags. This |
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is a client-server application, so transmission-daemon runs as |
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system service as unpriviledged user and all management is done via |
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nice CLI tool transmission-remote. Also transmission is |
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fully-fledged solution supporting all trends like dht, utp and |
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so on. You'll love it. |
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> I know that I can use google! but I would like to know your opinion. |
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Browser-based solution can't be lightweight, so I try to avoid them |
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whenever possible. |
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Best regards, |
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Andrew Savchenko |
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