Hour 16. Command-Line Applications
Command-line applications might seem like a rather archaic way to work in today's world of graphical user interfaces. However, they can still be quite powerful and definitely have some advantages. For one thing, they can be run on virtually any computer because they don't require very many system resources. The other advantage is that they can be run remotely from any terminal emulator with some kind of network access to the FreeBSD system that your application is on. For example, this means that you can take your Windows or Macintosh laptop to the other side of the world, connect to the Internet, log in to your FreeBSD system that is 5,000 miles away, and work with applications on it without requiring any ...
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