Re: Running X programs from bash w/ framebuffer

[Jeremy Abbott <jkbullfrog@comcast.net>]

What about a possible shell equivalent of XMMS, or at least an mp3 
player with a que, I already know I can run elm as opposed to 
Thunderbird?  Also, is there a better (i.e. graphical) web-broweser that 
runs from the command line?  The only browsers I know of are links and lynx.

Eric Bambach wrote:

>Hi,
> I would say no. The X server isnt all too bloated if you use a lightweight 
>window manager . Firefox, Openoffice, Xmms all use toolkits that need a 
>backend X server to talk to. What gives you the impressions that X is that 
>bloated? I would say just bite the bullet and search out a simple window 
>manager. Sorry if anything doesn't make sense Im quite tired today, but I 
>hope that answers your question.
>
>On Tuesday 11 January 2005 02:41 pm, you wrote:
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>>This may seem really newbieish, but I have been running Gentoo for quite
>>some time now.
>>
>>Is it possible to forego X altogether, and run things like firefox,
>>thunderbird, etc through the framebuffer from a bashprompt, rather than
>>starting X and going from there.  The reason I ask, is I hate the bloat
>>of Gnome and KDE, and don't have the time to learn to configure fvwm or
>>fluxbox, etc.  In addition, the X server has a lot to it that I don't
>>really need.  This is just a personal desktop, and aside from setting up
>>samba to share mp3's with my fiance's computer (across the room), I
>>don't do provide any servers.  I also generally don't use any graphical
>>utilities for setting up or maintaing the system.  The only progs I
>>really use in X are, Firefox, Thunderbird, XMMS, Openoffice, and
>>occasionally KDevelop... mostly for editing my fvwm config.
>>
>>Thanks in advance for any help.
>>
>>Jeremy Abbott
>>jkbullfrog@comcast.net
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