From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF0DC138CCF for ; Sun, 24 May 2015 15:03:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 42BD6E0BFF; Sun, 24 May 2015 15:03:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qk0-f178.google.com (mail-qk0-f178.google.com [209.85.220.178]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1AD0EE0A7F for ; Sun, 24 May 2015 15:03:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qkgv12 with SMTP id v12so48140742qkg.0 for ; Sun, 24 May 2015 08:02:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=P1kEi7rThVy0kumB0UyQGqUoNnbhJptJ8z9tVKGOrNU=; b=iEHd45FxZ4Q5Y64TmCrONvY7//it71A7KiFu5PhrUJHvIym/MT9NbLeMf9V9NTlyUD hiRqTxNj2Issnk6frKQiMcXIx+fMKmriPIbWFTNqCJ31BMC6zuROSRBLHF3bPCRBxaGx ZMYX6XQlSt6nmAcQwol++q94iKRPtjiYGzkRPkZwk8zXwjohHKIJOWWtSV6yub52yChw HhGXYx/Q6sPWyrfP6onwT+c6OfVe5ZrjUWhcVlAn40TYJNjXin6LwOb+9g3iGnl16Vuj Z/C89RilTNFXQR7ZSYKSYwXegF7qtqchfN/iEtjYUpYS2hYWzxsIZ31W5r24pRN8Qia5 /HFg== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.140.234.84 with SMTP id f81mr3238681qhc.49.1432479779472; Sun, 24 May 2015 08:02:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.84.72 with HTTP; Sun, 24 May 2015 08:02:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.84.72 with HTTP; Sun, 24 May 2015 08:02:59 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 24 May 2015 08:02:59 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] recommended applications From: Lee To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c13178674a440516d53042 X-Archives-Salt: c936ede7-b780-417e-8b3a-d1eadbdc2ff8 X-Archives-Hash: 316e9e01765902f2c6b20610a7b000f8 --001a11c13178674a440516d53042 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On May 24, 2015 3:33 AM, "behrouz khosravi" wrote: > > Hello everyone. After spending about a year in the world of linux (and mostly beloved gentoo!) I have realized that the key to a stable and fast machine is to keep the system as small as possible. > So I am going to use console based tools mostly. I will also replace KDE with i3wm. > > What do you recommend as a replacement for kmail? (is mutt a good choise?) Mutt is hard to beat > > What about IRC client? You'll want IRSSI > > Torrent client? rtorrent > > I know that I can use google! but I would like to know your opinion. > Thanks for your time. Ymmv, but this is what I use. Also there are several good apps that run in an x session without KDE. Others c@n offer advice on them. --001a11c13178674a440516d53042 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On May 24, 2015 3:33 AM, "behrouz khosravi" <bz.khosravi@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone. After spending about a year in the world of linux (and= mostly beloved gentoo!) I have realized that the key to a stable and fast = machine is to keep the system as small as possible.
> So I am going to use console based tools mostly. I will also replace K= DE with i3wm.
>
> What do you recommend as a replacement for kmail? (is mutt a good choi= se?)

Mutt is hard to beat

>
> What about IRC client?

You'll=C2=A0 want IRSSI

>
> Torrent client?

rtorrent

>
> I know that I can use google! but I would like to know your opinion. > Thanks for your time.

Ymmv, but this is what I use. Also there are several good ap= ps that run in an x session=C2=A0 without KDE. Others c@n offer advice on t= hem.

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