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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.