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Pick one and use it. I personally use screen, because it's what I learnt years & years ago. I also like that sometimes it's there by default when I login to a

by j0rd 10y ago

Pick one and use it. I personally use screen, because it's what I learnt years & years ago. I also like that sometimes it's there by default when I login to a new server. ...but most linux "power users" prefer tmux.

andrewfromx 10y ago
exactly what I thought. Screen is there by default always and tmux would have to be installed sometimes. So maybe I should pick screen even though tmux is more modern and better? Tough choice really. I could see myself on some server someday without the time/option to install tmux and trying to learn screen in 5 mins.
- weitzj 10y ago
  I use vim to be prepared for a new server, but do not stay with screen to be prepared. I only once had a need (easy copy paste in terminal) to get tmux running on a server with no SSH, so I installed it. For all other machines, which do not have tmux installed I use my local machine and SSH/MOSH with my local tmux. If there is a need to have a long running command on a server, I use tmux to detach the session, fallback to screen for detaching, fallback to SSH nohub
  - j0rd 10y ago
    cheatmode is have a local statically compiled version of tmux ready to godmode servers you can SCP files to (all of em, if you've got ssh most likely) That's what I'd do, if a server doesn't have screen/vim and sysadmins are being a nuisance.
    - weitzj 10y ago
      Brilliant!
    - tanderson92 10y ago
      Unfortunately, the most recent tmux will not build statically.
- j0rd 10y ago
  I keep a pretty sparse toolset. vim+screen and always use them together even on my laptop. So when I SSH into a box, I pretty much have my "full" toolset just as I would locally. For me, this is important. That coupled with the fact I have my vimrc memorized, I'm pretty much good on all modern servers.
  - marktangotango 10y ago
    This is the approach I adopt as well. Customization is nice, but the basic tools offer a lot of functionality if you choose to learn and more so adopt them. Vim tiny some distros ship can be a problem though.

by j0rd 10y ago

andrewfromx 10y ago

exactly what I thought. Screen is there by default always and tmux would have to be installed sometimes. So maybe I should pick screen even though tmux is more modern and better? Tough choice really. I could see myself on some server someday without the time/option to install tmux and trying to learn screen in 5 mins.

weitzj 10y ago
I use vim to be prepared for a new server, but do not stay with screen to be prepared. I only once had a need (easy copy paste in terminal) to get tmux running on a server with no SSH, so I installed it. For all other machines, which do not have tmux installed I use my local machine and SSH/MOSH with my local tmux. If there is a need to have a long running command on a server, I use tmux to detach the session, fallback to screen for detaching, fallback to SSH nohub
- j0rd 10y ago
  cheatmode is have a local statically compiled version of tmux ready to godmode servers you can SCP files to (all of em, if you've got ssh most likely) That's what I'd do, if a server doesn't have screen/vim and sysadmins are being a nuisance.
  - weitzj 10y ago
    Brilliant!
  - tanderson92 10y ago
    Unfortunately, the most recent tmux will not build statically.
j0rd 10y ago
I keep a pretty sparse toolset. vim+screen and always use them together even on my laptop. So when I SSH into a box, I pretty much have my "full" toolset just as I would locally. For me, this is important. That coupled with the fact I have my vimrc memorized, I'm pretty much good on all modern servers.
- marktangotango 10y ago
  This is the approach I adopt as well. Customization is nice, but the basic tools offer a lot of functionality if you choose to learn and more so adopt them. Vim tiny some distros ship can be a problem though.