Recommended Text Tools

Email clients:
- mutt with mutt-ng (supports mbox, Maildir, POP3, IMAP, NNTP)
- cone (supports mbox, Maildir, POP3, IMAP, NNTP)
Text editors:
- vim
Presentations:
- tpp
RSS feedreaders:
- newsbeuter
IRC clients:
- irssi
- ii (especially useful for developing IRC bots)
Terminal multiplexers:
- GNU screen