>> 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.
I can use screen within a VT and I log in once. And since I don't switch off my computer, it's no big deal to log in once. >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 If I want to start an X app, I [Alt]+[F2] which brings up a single commandline in kde. I type the command and the single commandline disappears and the app starts. In an xterm window I have to remember the & at the end of the line, and if I close the xterm window, all apps started from that commandline get a SIGHUP IIRC. (Unless started from within screen, I 'spose). >screen actually is a desktop in itself. >it is a CLI desktop as opposed to GUI desktops. I been reading up on 'man screen' recently and it looks pretty good. Too bad screen sessions don't survive power resets (I live on rural power supply). >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, except power resets, or when you type "shutdown" thinking that you're shutting down your vaio, but you end up shutting the server back in Austria :-) That ever happen to you, Martin? :-D >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... Regards Yuri
