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1. nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jan-2024 03:41:20 JST nixCraft 🐧

   Is tmux or gnu/screen worth learning? Be honest.

   • Zeki Çatav 🤔 ☕ 🕯️🎶 (catavz@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jan-2024 03:44:55 JST Zeki Çatav 🤔 ☕ 🕯️🎶

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     @nixCraft Tmux.

   • Florian Xaver (wosrediinanatour@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jan-2024 03:45:13 JST Florian Xaver

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     @nixCraft tmux...the one and only. Super handy when working on command line.

   • Markus Peuhkuri (puhuri@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jan-2024 03:52:00 JST Markus Peuhkuri

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     @nixCraft
     If screen is not installed on system, it will be installed soon. In addition to keep long running operations (file transfer, compression, etc..) live even if ssh connection breaks (or you go offline), it works also as serial terminal:
     screen /dev/ttyUSB0 9600
     Not yet found any reason to switch tmux.

   • Steve Downey (sdowney@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jan-2024 03:55:54 JST Steve Downey

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     @nixCraft If you work on a remote machine, absolutely. Useful even on the machine right in front of you.

   • grefeng (grefeng@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jan-2024 03:56:30 JST grefeng

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     @nixCraft Absolutely. I use it every day and it is very helpful.

   • BigLinter (biglinter@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jan-2024 03:58:03 JST BigLinter

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     @nixCraft yes

   • Sean Payne (seantpayne@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jan-2024 04:01:28 JST Sean Payne

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     @nixCraft

     Anytime I SSH into a remote server, I immediately run screen before starting my work. I've had too many bad experiences with network instability or VPNs cutting out.

   • boxspring (boxspring@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jan-2024 04:05:37 JST boxspring

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     @nixCraft Yes. I use screen 100% of the time that I’m logged into Linux/Unix machines and have for decades. I’d guess that if starting from scratch tmux might be the way to go, but it doesn’t have anything I need enough to warrant switching.

   • Michael Kohne (mhkohne@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jan-2024 04:40:24 JST Michael Kohne

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     @nixCraft I've been VERY happy to have figured out screen many years back. It's been very useful on so many occasions, even with something as simple as not losing my session when the network flakes. Wonderful tools. NOTE: tmux and screen work somewhat differently, and I've never bothered to figure out tmux, because I learned screen first. It may be that it's better in some ways? It's never been better enough for me to bother.

   • Steffen (stbu@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jan-2024 05:20:33 JST Steffen

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     @nixCraft definitely YES! I use tmux and it’s worth the initial effort, but once you’ve found your own setup with your customization and layout you will never want to go back

   • Stephen McNamara (noflcl@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jan-2024 05:22:12 JST Stephen McNamara

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     @nixCraft yes! Enable it in your `.bashrc` everywhere and never leave it.

   • El_Al (el_al@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jan-2024 05:28:10 JST El_Al

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     @nixCraft Yes!
     Tmux has greatly improved my personal workflow for any kind of tasks and usage.
     It is highly customizable and versatile. Fits perfectly (for me) with Vim, and other CLI tools of my taste.
     It's also a 'life saviour' when working from a TTY, and, even from termux.
     Haven't tried screen, but i'm sure that it is just as good.
     I recommend y'all to give it a shot:)

   • thedarkpleco (thedarkpleco@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jan-2024 05:30:35 JST thedarkpleco

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     @nixCraft tmux changed the way I administrate my machines. It allows me to keep terminals open with the info I want to see and directories I know I will want to use when I login. It is incredibly useful and fun to customize.

   • Georgimus Prime (georgeeyong@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jan-2024 05:40:12 JST Georgimus Prime

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     @nixCraft I can't do without them (and byobu) at this point.

   • TheMobRulez (themobrulez@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jan-2024 06:53:55 JST TheMobRulez

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     @nixCraft I use screen all the time. But maybe tmux is better

   • briankenn (briankenn@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jan-2024 08:10:41 JST briankenn

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     @nixCraft I use screen everyday.

   • Hatsu (hatsusixty@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jan-2024 10:58:49 JST Hatsu

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     @nixCraft i do think so. i don't use any advanced features, i only use windows and panes, so it was definitely worth it for me. also, i always have a session running in the background and i have my terminal configured to connect to an existing session every time i open it, so i don't loose any work if i close the terminal by accident while i'm doing something.