pine and mutt are both still common solutions. As for browsing, there's a lot you can't do still. edbrowse, w3m and elinks are all good (and some do some things better than others), but not amazing and there's still a lot of stuff they won't work with. On 4/26/2012 8:27 AM, John Heim wrote: > My netbook broke down and I'm thinking of going back to the linux > command line & speakup on a computer on a board (something like a > Raspberry Pie). Instead of buying a new computer, I was thinking of > using one of the under powered machines I can get for free and then > using speakup. It would have the advantage that ssh would be rock > solid and that's what I need the most when I'm on the road. What web > browser and email program do people prefer? > > > I used to use pine as my primary mail program. That was a few years > ago though. I mean, I used pine even on a system with a GUI. How > about mutt? Anybody like that? > > Then for browser, I've used lynx and edbrowse but only for testing > purposes. If I work at it, can I get proficient enough to browse the > web about as easily as I would in a GUI? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Take care, Ty Web: http://tds-solutions.net The Aspen project: a light-weight barebones mud engine http://code.google.com/p/aspenmud Sent from my toaster.
