> Does it take some fiddling (configuration etc) with urxvt to bring it a minimal usable state Yes. urxvt is pretty minimal and will likely be rather ugly by d

> Does it take some fiddling (configuration etc) with urxvt to bring it a minimal usable state Yes. urxvt is pretty minimal and will likely be rather ugly by default. However, you can customize pretty much everything via editing your Xresources file. In terms of advantages over gnome-terminal... it's lighter weight and considerably faster (though tbh, speed isn't that important for most people). It doesn't depend on any Gnome services/libraries, so it integrates better with e.g. a tiling WM. It's stable, in the sense of the developers won't cut <insert feature> out. The configuration is very flexible and it's extensible. However, to be honest it's not for everybody. I wouldn't even say it's for "power users", it's really mostly for minimalists and the default configuration is incredibly sparse. If you're dissatisfied with gnome-terminal, I'd probably recommend roxterm or lxterminal instead. IMO, urxvt is more one of those "I already know I want it and I know why I want it" kind of things. That said, I've been using it for a few years and I really like it.