In the spirit of learning Linux, especially (but not just) Ubuntu...

[Matthew Flaschen]

Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
> I'm merely a home user and mainly interested in day-to-day stuff like
> browsing, email, Usenet, mailing lists, etc. although I am also
> interested in sysadmin stuff as Elder Daughter is now a Ubuntu user,
> too. (and knows less than I)

You can do all that through emacs, which can run with or without a GUI.

Matt Flaschen