Spyke

No. They are an invaluable tool. I also use a tiling WM. I feel they work better with larger screens that offer more real estate.

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lemmy.world

I'll take higher bandwidth on a single ssh session over multiple ssh sessions any day. Plus terminal multiplexers also provide persistent sessions.

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lemmy.sdf.org

Hey, just wondering, how using a terminal multiplexer adds "more bandwidth" to your ssh session? What do you mean by more bandwidth?

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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.

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Sorry you're getting downvoted to hell, good article. Just so people know, the guy in the article uses a terminal multiplexer too, and is simply talking about some limitations. The titles clickbait and it starts off quite critical but that's to be expected in this day and age

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If they're a fad, they've been a fad for over 35 years, so no longer a fad. Get it?

I don't understand articles like this. Terminal multiplexers are tools that help people. And they're great tools especially when you work in environments where persistent sessions save your ass.

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There is a saying from when the newspaper world that when a headline asks a question the answer is no.

Multiplexers are critical to my workflow due to bandwidth limitations and intermittency. mosh+tmux saves my butt daily.

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