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An Update to 'Window Managers?'

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:12:00 -0700

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

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:06:00 -0700

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?

Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:01:00 -0700

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).

Window Managers?

Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:07:00 -0700

Window Managers?

Why would a web site dedicated to the CLI have a section on Window Managers? Well, simple.

Some times, you just have to have X running. Some web sites I have to do research at use Flash, or photo editing/managing, or my iPod (none of the CLI tools let me manage play lists very easily).

Plus, I cannot get the same resolution on the console as I can under X.