On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 10:58:37AM +1200, Yuri de Groot wrote:
> I find switching VTs quicker than clicking on a xterm shortcut.
ONE xterm; screen;
switching screens is just as fast as switching VTs,
and you can add more on the fly as needed.
switching VTs actually still requires you to log in at least once
on each new VT you start using, no need for that in screen.
as added bonus, you get to keep the running sessions even if you log out,
and you can start X apps from them (which you can't easely from a VT
(by virtue of the fact that DISPLAY is alredy set, if you start screen
from within X, which is not the case in a VT))
screen actually is a desktop in itself.
it is a CLI desktop as opposed to GUI desktops.
since the initial question was not explicitly limited to GUI desktops
i'll change my mind and state that actually screen is my preffered
desktop. the main reason being, that it keeps running,
and that i can access it from everywhere on this globe
(that feature is quite relevant for me :-)
in theory those things would also be possible with X,
but less practically so...
greetings, martin.
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