An Update to 'Window Managers?'
Way back, I wrote a quick blurb on Window Managers for running under X.
Well, a while back I switched to Ubuntu for my OS of choice. As you may know, the fine folks at Ubuntu switched to default window manager to something called Unity, which caused a stir. I tried it for a while, but decided that it was too heavy, and too mouse-centric.
So, what to do? Well, I went back to my old standby wmfs, Window Manager From Scratch. This is a modern WM with systray support, full Ximirama and Xrandr support, tiles, and is mainly driven from the keyboard. Life is good.
Screen - terminal multiplexer
Screen - terminal multiplexer
I usually have one screen running at all time, and in that screen session, I ssh to various hosts that I am working, and have screen running on those hosts.
Additional Links
- gnu screen - Google Search
- GNU Screen - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)
- GNU Screen - Summary [Savannah]
- GNU Screen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- GNU Screen - Jonathan McPherson
- Remote terminal session management using screen How to use screen to detach from and share terminal sessions
- screen - The Terminal Multiplexer Power Sessions with Screen
Window Manager for tty?
Window Manager for tty?
The package screen is something that has been around for a long time.
With screen, you can have many session running on on tty, and you can switch to another session with out touching a mouse. With the proper configuration, you can get notified if there is some change (like if you have a IM client up) or if there is no output (say, if you are watching a compile session).