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Add to SafariWhen comparing Screen vs abduco + dvtm, the Slant community recommends Screen for most people. In the question“What are the best terminal multiplexers?” Screen is ranked 2nd while abduco + dvtm is ranked 5th. The most important reason people chose Screen is:
Screen allows multiple terminals (screens) within a single screen number, so when you reconnect they will all be there.
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Pros
Pro Preserve your session
Screen allows multiple terminals (screens) within a single screen number, so when you reconnect they will all be there.
Pro It is installed by default on a lot of systems including macOS
Pro Supports shared sessions
More than one user can be connected to a single screen session.
Pro Also works as serial port terminal
This is actually very valuable for embedded or networking work.
Pro Simpler and cleaner than tmux or screen
Contains less code. Does not have to be backwards compatible. Two separate tools, each doing its job: session management may be used separately from tiling window/pane management.
Pro Intuitive/carefully chosen keyboard shortcuts
There are the 13 shortcuts that let you accomplish the vast majority of what you'll ever need (Mod is ctrl-g by default):
Window manipulation:
Mod-c to create a window, Mod-l/h to adjust window size, Mod-j/k to change window, Mod-n to select nth window in view, Mod-enter to swap with master window, Mod-space to change layout.
Tagging:
Mod-t n to tag a window with the nth tag (1..5), Mod-T n to add/remove tag n to/from the window, Mod-v to view all windows with tag n, Mod-V to add/remove all windows with tag n to/from view, Mod-0 to view all windows.
Pro Fairly feature-complete and stable
Cons
Con Scrolling becomes tricky
You can no longer scroll with your mouse wheel, unless you do Ctra-a + Escape first
Con Doesn't work too well with ssh X connections
If you have an X connection over ssh within screen, it likely won't reconnect when you reconnect your screen.
Con Not as widely/consistently available as similar tools
This isn't too unexpected since it's not as popular, but it can be annoying; even Ubuntu's repo version is 3 years out of date and lacks the tag features.
Con Not so actively developed
Even though other options don't see updates often as well. Despite this, it's fairly feature-complete and very stable.
