on 18:10 Thu 03 Mar, Les Mikesell (lesmikesell at 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. -- Dr. Ed Morbius, Chief Scientist / | Robot Wrangler / Staff Psychologist | When you seek unlimited power Krell Power Systems Unlimited | Go to Krell!