I have always been discovering new things about Linux distros while distro hopping. And when I get something I really like, I just copy the package name and make sure I install it in every distro I use in the future.

Let me start:

  1. Clipboard manager (Gpaste)
  2. KDE connect
  • Jerald@lemmy.mlOP
    2·
    2 years ago

    I didn’t know about tmux. I haven’t heard much about it. What’s it’s purpose and what use would it have for a general user?

    • Normal Mode@mastodon.social
      2·
      2 years ago

      @Owell1984 @eshep It has 2 basic functions:

      1. It allows you to add (effectively) tab pages to your shell, and split each page into multiple windows. Yes your terminal can likely do this, but this is running inside your shell, so it works the same way if you’re logged in locally or running over SSH.

      1/2

      • Normal Mode@mastodon.social
        5·
        2 years ago

        @Owell1984 @eshep 2. Your tmux session runs in a server process, so if you close the enclosing terminal or disconnect from your SSH session, everything in your tmux session keeps running and you can reconnect to it later on.

        You can also have a bunch of tmux sessions running in a single tmux server, and switch between them with a couple of keystrokes.

        Once you start using tmux (or screen) it’s very hard to imagine going back to life without it!

        2/2

    • Jason@aus.social
      2·
      2 years ago

      @Owell1984 @eshep tmux and Vim are the 2 things I return to every couple of years. I commit to using them everywhere so everything gets stuck in muscle memory and it all becomes second nature. And then I get sick of it and say screw that (for a year or two).