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Who needs a GUI? How to live in a Linux terminal.

Bryan Lunduke recently tried living completely in a Linux shell for 30 days. What follows are his favorite shell applications for handling some of the most common bits of computer functionality (web browsing, word processing, email, social media, etc.). With a few obvious holes. Because being text-only is hard.

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