[SATLUG] GNU Screen guide

[Luis Garza]

Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> Sean Carolan wrote:
>   
>> For those who haven't used the screen program before, here's a guide
>> that came out in today's Red Hat magazine:
>>
>> http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/09/27/a-guide-to-gnu-screen/
>>     
>
> Hmm.
>
> "Instead of opening up several terminal instances on your desktop or
> using those ugly GNOME/KDE-based tabs, Screen can do it better and simpler."
>
> I haven't read the whole article, but this turns me off right away.
> What is ugly about a tab based terminal?  I use konsole all the time and
> can even rename the tab titles so I can go directly to whatever terminal
> I want.  I don't need to do a Ctrl-a 2 (three keystrokes) to go to a
> specific terminal.  I use a single mouse click.
>
> The primary advantage to screen, AFAICT, is that you can use it without
> a GUI. It may be a useful tool in some instances, but by bad mouthing
> other useful tools, it tends to make me discount the whole article.
>
>   -- Bruce
>
>   
I used to use screen when I would ssh into a Solaris system.  I would 
use screen to create another
screen instead of ssh-ing again and having two ssh sessions running.