Tips & tricks

Unix-y Windows 3.x Windows 2k Windows 7 Mac OS OpenBSD Linux plan9/9front

Software for Unix, Linux, BSD, ...

Desktop environments/window managers

• cwm
• ctwm
• dwm
• englightement
• i3
• icewm
• lxde
• ratpoison
• sway
• windowmaker/gnustep

Email clients

• alpine
• claws-mail
• mutt
• sylpheed

File browser

• lf
• ranger

File-sync

• nextcloud-desktop

Gemini browser

• amfora
• bombadillo

Gopher browser

• Emacs elpher
• sacc

Image viewer

• feh
• nsxiv

IRC

• catgirl
• Emacs erc
• irssi
• hexchat
• weechat

Media player

• mpv

Music player

• mpd/mpc - OpenBSD, FreeBSD guide
• mpv
• ogg123

PDF viewer

• Emacs pdf-tools
• mupdf
• poppler-utils (convert pdf to txt)
• zathura

RSS reader

• Emacs elfeed
• newsboat

Terminal emulator

• st
• xterm

Text editor

• Emacs
• nano/pico
• leafpad
• mousepad
• vi/nvi/vim

USENET client

• nn
• slrn
• tin

Web browser

• badwolf
• Emacs eww
• links2
• luakit
• lynx
• netsurf
• qutebrowser
• surf-browser
• vimb
• w3m

Linux

Limiting RAM and CPUs with the GRUB bootloader

• edit /etc/default/grub
• add/edit line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="mem=512M maxcpus=1"
• run grub-update
• reboot

MacOS

Headcrash's list of software for:

• Mac OS 10.6.8 Snow Leopard

OpenBSD

Limiting RAM on OpenBSD

• edit /etc/boot.conf
• add: machine mem =512M
• reboot

plan9

Limiting RAM and CPU in plan9

In plan9.ini

• *nomp=1
• *ncpu=1
• *maxmem=512M

Windows 3.x

• Windows 3.x resources

Windows 2K

Tekk's guide on how to survive with Windows 2K.

• Win 2k essentials

Windows 7

unsigned's Nokia Booklet retro-station guide, with software tips for Windows 7.

• Nokia Booklet retro-station

Quirks

Finger without finger daemon

See https://plan.cat