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tmux always seems kind of cool but I have a hard time seeing an advantage over just running multiple terminal windows, using mosh if remote.

• JasonFruit 9y ago
  Sometimes you're in an actual TTY, not a windowed terminal.
• spinningarrow 9y ago
  Being able to bring up my shell session if I accidentally quit the terminal emulator has been a really helpful feature for me.
• lloeki 9y ago
  tmux new-session -d [-s <session_name>] <command> is nohup/dtach on steroids.
• fiddlerwoaroof 9y ago
  I like the ability to close the window without losing my workspace and, for the specific case of mosh, tmux allows me to have scrollback history.
• okket 9y ago
  When working remote from a DSL line with random disconnects or stupid 24 reconnects / ip address changes, or via unreliable mobile tethering, a screen/tmux session saves you from accidentally killing important, long running jobs or missing important outputs, among other things.