- its old. A stable version is on every distro. Trying to start a screen session is more likely to succeed on any given box than a tmux session. I see my friends wrestle with their tmux setup being more recent on one box than another and their nested sessions get screwed up. I never have any issue.
- I know it, and for my simple use it does everything perfectly. I can split panes, I can detach and come back, I can nest sessions.
- screen can attach to serial terminals.
What's the killer feature of tmux that I'm missing out on?
Try out Byobu. It's built on tmux, and it's nicer to use than screen, I find. Stupid name, but has some conveniences. Mostly I just use F2 to create a parallel terminal and F3/4 to cycle through them.
Why do I use screen over tmux?:
- its old. A stable version is on every distro. Trying to start a screen session is more likely to succeed on any given box than a tmux session. I see my friends wrestle with their tmux setup being more recent on one box than another and their nested sessions get screwed up. I never have any issue.
- I know it, and for my simple use it does everything perfectly. I can split panes, I can detach and come back, I can nest sessions.
- screen can attach to serial terminals.
What's the killer feature of tmux that I'm missing out on?