On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 10:30 AM, Dustin Kirkland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Matt, et al.- > > I agree 100% that w3m is completely unnecessary on a modern Ubuntu > desktop machine. No argument there. > > On a server without X, however, I think that some form of an > interactive text web browser is still useful. I know of 3 in Ubuntu > main, (w3m, lynx, elinks). I can't speak for the state of upstream > development of any of those. They may be other alternatives. > > But I do see a distinct difference between w3m/lynx/elinks and > wget/curl. The latter are useful for scripting the downloading of > files/content and then acting on it. The former are more interactive, > and allow for web searching, following links, reading pages. > > We can debate whether an interactive text browser belongs in the > default server seed, or if we simply document how to install and use > it in the Server Guide. I'd like to see an interactive web browser > remain on the server, though. > > > :-Dustin >
I think an interactive web browser is completely unnecessary on a server. You should do your browsing from a workstation, and then use wget or sftp to transfer any files you need to the server. James -- ubuntu-server mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
