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Mr. Picklesworth
January 20th, 2009, 07:12 PM
In a search for a terminal that would magically replace Nautilus as my desktop background (help appreciated. I don't want to use devilspie) I discovered something far cooler: Hotwire!

http://hotwire-shell.org/
It's in the repositories, too.

Like Powershell, it is aware of data types being returned by commands, rendering it really really useful at presenting information. For example, the ls command gives you a proper directory listing with icons :)

It also has a really pretty GUI.

All very technical, but I think I'll enjoy tinkering with this one.

billgoldberg
January 20th, 2009, 08:37 PM
Yeah, it looks pretty great.

It's a bit slow on my netbook.