Texttop – An interactive X Linux desktop rendered in TTY and streamable over SSH

Re:Texttop – An interactive X Linux desktop rendered in TTY ... by jaytaylor on Thursday January 04, 2018 @11:26PM (#16076524)

This looks amazingly cool!

And I apparently starred the repo previously, but don't remember ever having seen this particular badass shit before.

Am I losing it?

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Re:Texttop – An interactive X Linux desktop rendered in TTY ... by mdaniel on Friday January 05, 2018 @12:48AM (#16076821)

If your situation is anything like mine, it goes much more like: "oh, neat; I'll look at that tonight" followed by a browser bounce, or something else becoming a bigger priority, lather, rinse, repeat.

There is so much great content -- both "empty calories" and otherwise -- that it is so easy to get buried under it. I came to HN to retrieve _one specific link_ and ended up with 7 new browser tabs open, counting this one.

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Re:Texttop – An interactive X Linux desktop rendered in TTY ... by nerflad on Friday January 05, 2018 @02:36AM (#16077183)

HN Tabs are like an unstoppable cancer. I'm on XFCE and I have a whole workspace dedicated to over a year's worth of articles, books, discussions, etc from HN that "I'll eventually get around to reading".

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Re:Texttop – An interactive X Linux desktop rendered in TTY ... by mdaniel on Friday January 05, 2018 @03:07AM (#16077278)

To say nothing of the gigs of research paper PDFs; hey, we're all going to need _something_ to do during retirement, right?

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Re:Texttop – An interactive X Linux desktop rendered in TTY ... by StavrosK on Friday January 05, 2018 @05:12AM (#16077717)

I use https://www.linkpack.io/ on iOS as my black hole for links.

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Re:Texttop – An interactive X Linux desktop rendered in TTY ... by Fnoord on Friday January 05, 2018 @11:42AM (#16079654)

Didn't know about that one. Pocket would also work, esp if you're using Firefox. Also works on the Kobo e-reader.

Other options I'm aware of are conventional bookmarks, and OneTab.

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Re:Texttop – An interactive X Linux desktop rendered in TTY ... by oneeyedpigeon on Friday January 05, 2018 @04:42AM (#16077588)

I just upvote articles I want to read later, then get around to revisiting that list once in a blue moon. But at least it reduces tab bloat.

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Re:Texttop – An interactive X Linux desktop rendered in TTY ... by eric-hu on Friday January 05, 2018 @02:39AM (#16077193)

I block HN on my computer etc hosts file. If I want something to stick, I have to discover it on mobile or my iPad and jump through an extra hoop to get new links on my desktop. I find the added friction is nice for reducing "empty calorie" links.

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Re:Texttop – An interactive X Linux desktop rendered in TTY ... by mdaniel on Friday January 05, 2018 @03:11AM (#16077294)

reducing "empty calorie" links

Heh, I actually meant things like "LA to Vegas", "Family Guy", and the like, but yes, I can believe there are empty calorie HN links, too

I presume you're aware of the "noprocrast" and "minaway" settings on your HN profile? Using `/etc/hosts` is some hard-core HN Addicts Anonymous level stuff :-)

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Re:Texttop – An interactive X Linux desktop rendered in TTY ... by sandinmytea on Friday January 05, 2018 @10:25AM (#16079115)

No desktop/laptop screws up a lot. No consistent access. No feeling I will not be persistently made to make mistakes re: worse than prior...

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Re:Texttop – An interactive X Linux desktop rendered in TTY ... by namanyayg on Friday January 05, 2018 @02:59AM (#16077255)

This was posted on a lot of places are year or so ago (probably around the time it was released). I remember checking it out earlier for sure. Do you think you might've stumbled upon it from HN/Reddit and starred to show support etc?

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