I don't think the author has actually spent real time without X. Some of his choices aren't very good compared to the alternatives.
Mutt is great, Alpine is also good for those that don't want to spend time tweaking mutt.
As well as elinks there's also w3m. I've used both interchangeably.
Centerim is probably the best general console chat client (although finch - Pidgin's console brother is also good). IRSSI is a good IRC client, but BitchX is undoubtably more popular.
Raggle is ok but has been slow for some time (at least for me) compared to Snownews.
For Music use MOC (Music-On-Console) or MPD. I'd go with MPD if you want to remotely control the music.
FWIW my main personal laptop is a P3-850 with 256mb of RAM. I do use X, but mainly as a placeholder for terminal sessions in Awesome.
If you have strong opinions, the web is calling out for a topic-website focussed on people who want to live entirely in the console: it could compare console utils, give tips to people on how to set it up just right, that sort of thing.
Mutt is great, Alpine is also good for those that don't want to spend time tweaking mutt.
As well as elinks there's also w3m. I've used both interchangeably.
Centerim is probably the best general console chat client (although finch - Pidgin's console brother is also good). IRSSI is a good IRC client, but BitchX is undoubtably more popular.
Raggle is ok but has been slow for some time (at least for me) compared to Snownews.
For Music use MOC (Music-On-Console) or MPD. I'd go with MPD if you want to remotely control the music.
FWIW my main personal laptop is a P3-850 with 256mb of RAM. I do use X, but mainly as a placeholder for terminal sessions in Awesome.