sebastiancarlos@lemmy.sdf.org to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agoAre Terminal Multiplexers a Fad?sebastiancarlos.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down116cross-posted to: programmerhumor@lemmy.ml
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minus-squaremvirts@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·11 months agoI’ll take higher bandwidth on a single ssh session over multiple ssh sessions any day. Plus terminal multiplexers also provide persistent sessions.
minus-squaresebastiancarlos@lemmy.sdf.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoHey, just wondering, how using a terminal multiplexer adds “more bandwidth” to your ssh session? What do you mean by more bandwidth?
minus-squaremvirts@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoMostly just the terminal commands to draw the tmux borders and move the cursor around for vsplits. For long running commands with lots of output tmux saves bandwidth, especially if I switch to a different screen.
I’ll take higher bandwidth on a single ssh session over multiple ssh sessions any day. Plus terminal multiplexers also provide persistent sessions.
Hey, just wondering, how using a terminal multiplexer adds “more bandwidth” to your ssh session? What do you mean by more bandwidth?
Mostly just the terminal commands to draw the tmux borders and move the cursor around for vsplits. For long running commands with lots of output tmux saves bandwidth, especially if I switch to a different screen.