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  • Interesting idea. If you really break it down, the “terminal with command buttons” is similar in concept to saving each of the commands as a script and putting those scripts in a directory to act as “buttons.”

    I’ve also seen some programs such as Kopia, a backup tool, that provide a GUI with the equivalent terminal commands for what is bring done shown at the bottom.

    I don’t think what you’re describing exists, probably because experts don’t need it and beginners would prefer a full GUI.

    There is Nushell, which promises more helpful error responses for the terminal, but its too early for it to be targeted at beginners in my opinion.



  • Agreed on Mailspring, especially if OP wants a modern interface (although I think the new Thunderbird looks fine).

    The only thing missing from Mailspring for me is seeing what folders my emails are in when I run a search. Otherwise, it’s the only non-CLI client I’ve found that let’s me use the keyboard to select multiple emails and move them to a folder, something I do in Gmail. If anyone knows of others, let me know! I’ve tried Claws, Evolution, Geary, KMail, and Thunderbird in addition to Mutt and aerc in hopes of finding something to replace Gmail…





  • Thin clients! I “upgraded” from a RPi3 to an HP T630 that I got new off of eBay for $65, including power supply (and case). I was able to upgrade the M.2 storage easily. I use mine as a home server running over a dozen Docker containers. It’s x86 instead of ARM too.

    The only bad part was installing Linux. It took a while for me to figure out where the UEFI expected the boot files and documentation isn’t great.














  • In the screenshots of people setups, there are always fancy terminals.

    Ha, they’re just showing off their hacker side for the screenshot, plus terminals resize nicely. Tiling window managers work well for most apps. The only GUI issues I’ve had are some pop-up windows being tiled instead of floating, but that’s an easy fix. They’re not for everyone, but they work great with GUI apps.