If you only need persistence, look into dtach. That's all it does. Both screen and tmux offer multiple persistent sessions, the difference is the command synta

If you only need persistence, look into dtach. That's all it does. Both screen and tmux offer multiple persistent sessions, the difference is the command syntax. Back when I was deciding on a terminal multiplexer I picked tmux over screen because session sharing seemed to be done in a more sane way. But then again, had I used screen for any length of time I'm sure I'd have gotten used to it.