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I've been watching mosh for years, but I kept running into some sort of environment/locale issue that was getting in the way. Finally, a couple months ago I go
by linsomniac 5y ago
I've been watching mosh for years, but I kept running into some sort of environment/locale issue that was getting in the way. Finally, a couple months ago I got "Linux (Beta)" available for my Chromebook and switched to using it rather than a Chrome SSH plugin to login to my work computers.
I started up mosh and it's been glorious! I used to have to reconnect every time my chromebook went to sleep for any length of time, but now I've had a single session open for ~6 weeks.
It has a nice banner when it loses connectivity, so I immediately know there are network/VPN issues. I don't love the "Control-^" escape key, because it interferes with "Last buffer" in vi, but otherwise it's worked flawlessly.
A decade or so ago I pointed a client at mosh, he had a rural property with satellite Internet and he managed a bunch of other peoples computers. He was overjoyed with mosh!
- eminence32 5y ago> I don't love the "Control-^" escape key, because it interferes with "Last buffer" in vi, but otherwise it's worked flawlessly. In case you didn't know, you can change the escape key to something that fits better for you. See the mosh man page (MOSH_ESCAPE_KEY).