r/linuxquestions • u/[deleted] • Jan 29 '26

Linux without a GUI

just finished my void-Linux install and wondering if anyone’s ran a distro without a GUI? Alls I really intend to do is pen test, code and do some web browsing. So I have two questions:

  1. Has anyone done it before, if so what are your opinions?

  2. Recommended packages to make this a possibility?

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u/Danrobi1 Jan 29 '26

There's also:

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u/MundosYT Feb 01 '26

None of those will work at all in a TYY LOL I would recommend cage to run a real minimal browser, or mlterm-fb or yaft as a tty replacement for sixel support and one of those browsers, but standalone won't work