[stegosaurus]

I have used CLI based interfaces with fluxbox and urxvt wherever possible for a long time now. It started when I found myself with only a laptop with low resources.

Nowadays I have a half-decent machine but I still keep resource usage low where possible. The only 'GUI' application I use on a regular basis is the web browser. Media is handled by cmus/mpv.

Widescreen monitors make it easy to have a permanent tmux sidebar. So 20-30% of the screen is made up of terminals at all times, the rest can be a web browser/IDE. Or, three panes side by side with terminals at left, vim at centre, firefox at right.

I find it cathartic. It's also really easy to knock together scripts and run them with watch. For example I have one that shows me clockspeeds, battery life, uptime, etc and takes up 2 lines on the screen.

I also find hotkey based navigation easier than futzing around with the mouse - goes doubly when i'm working mobile on a laptop.