OK, I tried putty from home (WIMxP) to my ssh server (KNOPPIX) at work. Now I can access my files and run console apps. I've not used a console only version of Linux in eons. What apps do you find useful in this kind of setup?

I seem to remember lynx for surfing, pico for editting, talk for IMing and pine for email. Of these only lynx is in KNOPPIX. I apt-get installed talk but can't get it to work.....

TIA,
AJG