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Looking Beyond Tmux and Screen: 8 Terminal Multiplexers Worth Trying (feed.itsfoss.com)

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[–] mvirts@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Because sometimes (or always) you're using the terminal multiplexer on a remote machine over ssh with no graphical session

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[–] matcha_addict@lemy.lol 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

The tiling window manager should handle that too, right? I suppose you'd have to re-ssh, and you wouldn't land in the same directory by default, which adds extra friction.

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[–] mvirts@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago

Mainly tmuxor screen keep sessions alive on the remote server, so processes don't get killed when I disconnect.

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