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Randlin: Add links as app

2026-02-22T22:01:56Z

Add links as app

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	\| Web Browser \|\| Phantom Satellite \|\| phantomsatellite-gtk2 \|\| Slightly faster than ArcticFox, medium compatibility, good JavaScript		\| Web Browser \|\| Phantom Satellite \|\| phantomsatellite-gtk2 \|\| Slightly faster than ArcticFox, medium compatibility, good JavaScript
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			\|Web Browser
			\|Links / xlinks
			\|links
			\|Similar to Lynx, but also has a fast, quite responsive GUI mode under X with picture support
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Waterpear: add tcsh and lynx

2025-06-20T10:26:51Z

add tcsh and lynx

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	\| Xorg Terminal Emulator \|\| Suckless Terminal \|\| st \|\| About the same as XTerm, a little bit slower		\| Xorg Terminal Emulator \|\| Suckless Terminal \|\| st \|\| About the same as XTerm, a little bit slower
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			\| Shell \|\| tcsh \|\| tcsh \|\| Starts faster than bash. Note that the tcsh syntax is different from bash/zsh/sh for advanced features and scripting.
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			\| Text Web Browser \|\| Lynx \|\| lynx \|\| Probably the best performance you're going to get out of a Wii-Linux browser. Does not even attempt CSS or JavaScript.
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	\| Web Browser \|\| NetSurf \|\| netsurf \|\| Not all too fast, medium compatibility, no functional JavaScript		\| Web Browser \|\| NetSurf \|\| netsurf \|\| Not all too fast, medium compatibility, no functional JavaScript

Techflash: Fix st, it's not actually faster

2025-05-08T14:47:22Z

Fix st, it's not actually faster

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	\| Xorg Terminal Emulator \|\| XTerm \|\| xterm \|\| Blazingly fast, but may want to do some configuration to make it look nicer		\| Xorg Terminal Emulator \|\| XTerm \|\| xterm \|\| Blazingly fast, but may want to do some configuration to make it look nicer
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	\| Xorg Terminal Emulator \|\| Suckless Terminal \|\| st \|\| ~~Surprisingly faster than~~ XTerm ~~in some ways~~		\| Xorg Terminal Emulator \|\| Suckless Terminal \|\| st \|\| About the same as XTerm, a little bit slower
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	\| Web Browser \|\| NetSurf \|\| netsurf \|\| Not all too fast, medium compatibility, no functional JavaScript		\| Web Browser \|\| NetSurf \|\| netsurf \|\| Not all too fast, medium compatibility, no functional JavaScript

Brewy: added a some others credit

2025-05-08T14:42:27Z

added a some others credit

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	Here's a list of apps for [[Wii-Linux]], curated by Techflash, to help you get the most out of your Linux experience.		Here's a list of apps for [[Wii-Linux]], curated by Techflash and some others, to help you get the most out of your Linux experience.
	Most of these will need additional on-disk swap space. <code>helpmii</code> can instruct you how to do that fairly easily.		Most of these will need additional on-disk swap space. <code>helpmii</code> can instruct you how to do that fairly easily.

87.16.164.65: done some fixes to this and added programs - Brewy

2025-05-08T14:39:00Z

done some fixes to this and added programs - Brewy

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	\| Xorg Terminal Emulator \|\| XTerm \|\| xterm \|\| Blazingly fast, but may want to do some configuration to make it look nicer		\| Xorg Terminal Emulator \|\| XTerm \|\| xterm \|\| Blazingly fast, but may want to do some configuration to make it look nicer
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	\| Xorg Terminal Emulator \|\| Suckless Terminal \|\| st \|\| Surprisingly faster than XTerm in some ways		\| Xorg Terminal Emulator \|\| Suckless Terminal \|\| st \|\| Surprisingly faster than XTerm in some ways
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87.16.164.65 at 14:38, 8 May 2025

2025-05-08T14:38:21Z

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	\| Xorg Window Manager \|\| i3wm \|\| i3 \|\| Faster, but not very friendly to new users		\| Xorg Window Manager \|\| i3wm \|\| i3 \|\| Faster, but not very friendly to new users
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			\| Xorg Window Manager \|\| JWM \|\| jwm \|\| Fast, Needs additional configuration to look good
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	\| Xorg Window Manager \|\| IceWM \|\| icewm \|\| Still relatively fast, but friendlier to new users		\| Xorg Window Manager \|\| IceWM \|\| icewm \|\| Still relatively fast, but friendlier to new users
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	\| Xorg ~~Termainal~~ Emulator \|\| XTerm \|\| xterm \|\| Blazingly fast, but may want to do some configuration to make it look nicer		\| Xorg Terminal Emulator \|\| XTerm \|\| xterm \|\| Blazingly fast, but may want to do some configuration to make it look nicer
			\| Xorg Terminal Emulator \|\| Suckless Terminal \|\| st \|\| Surprisingly faster than XTerm in some ways
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	\| Web Browser \|\| NetSurf \|\| netsurf \|\| Not all too fast, medium compatibility, no functional JavaScript		\| Web Browser \|\| NetSurf \|\| netsurf \|\| Not all too fast, medium compatibility, no functional JavaScript
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	\| Audio Playback \|\| aplay \|\| alsa-utils \|\| Works great, but only for WAV files or raw audio		\| Audio Playback \|\| aplay \|\| alsa-utils \|\| Works great, but only for WAV files or raw audio
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			\| Audio Playback \|\| Mpg123 \|\| mpg123 \|\| Works great, but only for MP3 Files
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	\| Audio Playback \|\| play / sox \|\| sox \|\| Works great for all formats I threw at it, but you'll<br> need to install the "optional dependencies" for most formats.<br>pacman will list these out after the package is installed.		\| Audio Playback \|\| play / sox \|\| sox \|\| Works great for all formats I threw at it, but you'll<br> need to install the "optional dependencies" for most formats.<br>pacman will list these out after the package is installed.
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Techflash: Update web browsers

2025-05-08T14:15:25Z

Update web browsers

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	\| Xorg Termainal Emulator \|\| XTerm \|\| xterm \|\| Blazingly fast, but may want to do some configuration to make it look nicer		\| Xorg Termainal Emulator \|\| XTerm \|\| xterm \|\| Blazingly fast, but may want to do some configuration to make it look nicer
	\|-		\|-
	\| Web Browser \|\| NetSurf \|\| netsurf \|\| Not all too fast, medium compatibility		\| Web Browser \|\| NetSurf \|\| netsurf \|\| Not all too fast, medium compatibility, no functional JavaScript
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			\| Web Browser \|\| ArcticFox \|\| arcticfox \|\| Very slow, decent compatibility, good JavaScript
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			\| Web Browser \|\| Phantom Satellite \|\| phantomsatellite-gtk2 \|\| Slightly faster than ArcticFox, medium compatibility, good JavaScript
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Techflash: Add apps for audio playback

2025-03-29T19:38:04Z

Add apps for audio playback

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	\| Discord Client \|\| Abaddon \|\| abaddon \|\| Dreadfully slow, takes '''minutes''' to load<br>Requires very fast swap to be remotely usable		\| Discord Client \|\| Abaddon \|\| abaddon \|\| Dreadfully slow, takes '''minutes''' to load<br>Requires very fast swap to be remotely usable
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			\| Audio Playback \|\| aplay \|\| alsa-utils \|\| Works great, but only for WAV files or raw audio
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			\| Audio Playback \|\| play / sox \|\| sox \|\| Works great for all formats I threw at it, but you'll<br> need to install the "optional dependencies" for most formats.<br>pacman will list these out after the package is installed.
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Techflash: Add recommended apps page

2024-11-07T21:22:51Z

Add recommended apps page

New page

Here's a list of apps for [[Wii-Linux]], curated by Techflash, to help you get the most out of your Linux experience.
Most of these will need additional on-disk swap space. <code>helpmii</code> can instruct you how to do that fairly easily.

{| class="wikitable"
! App Type !! App Name !! [[ArchPOWER]] package name !! Notes
|-
| Xorg Window Manager || i3wm || i3 || Faster, but not very friendly to new users
|-
| Xorg Window Manager || IceWM || icewm || Still relatively fast, but friendlier to new users
|-
| Xorg Termainal Emulator || XTerm || xterm || Blazingly fast, but may want to do some configuration to make it look nicer
|-
| Web Browser || NetSurf || netsurf || Not all too fast, medium compatibility
|-

| Discord Client || Abaddon || abaddon || Dreadfully slow, takes '''minutes''' to load<br>Requires very fast swap to be remotely usable
|}