Re: adding stuff to the base installation to make user experience better

[Alistair Crooks <agc%pkgsrc.org@localhost>]

On 6 July 2017 at 08:52, Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 06, 2017 at 11:23:09AM -0400, Christos Zoulas wrote:
>> 1. A text browser in base. "lynx" or "links" come to mind, I don't
>>    mind which, both are GPL2.
>
> No. Seriously, no.

Well, this is 2017, and not having any kind of browser in base is not
super useful.

To Christos's list, I'd add w3m, which is kinda BSD-licensed, other
components of it are not. (Personally, I use lynx, but whatever. I
don't need X11 in the mix).

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FWIW, my use case for a text browser is as a man page viewer,
hyperlink jumping is invaluable - have used that since at least 2008.

Best,
Alistair