on 18:10 Thu 03 Mar, Les Mikesell (lesmikesell@gmail.com) wrote:
On 3/3/2011 5:49 PM, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote:
Not that I'm intrinsically opposed to overengineering.
Don't knock it until you've tried it. A full GUI desktop, even mostly hosting a bunch of terminal windows is a lot more comfortable place to work than a screen session
I use screen *very* extensively, including locally. It works quite well.
I've forgotten - does a vi session in screen window resize correctly like it does in an xterm if you want to change it?
Yes. Assuming your termcap library/ies are consistent.
I run Linux locally, not just remotely.
NX works on Linux too. But 'locally' to me means a bunch of different machines.
I'm aware of that. However the power of tunneled X sessions (when necesary) and ssh (when not) makes having a full-desktop tool (NX, VNC, etc.) markedly less attractive.
I almost never log in directly at a linux console anymore and if I need to do something from home or remotely, I just pick the session that was my last desktop at work.
What's your desktop system?
Mostly windows at work, mac at home, but sometimes I'll be at a linux console and pick up the session there too.
That would explain a lot of your perspective.