[ale] Tmux, where have you been alll my life?

[Steve Litt]

On Wed, 14 Sep 2016 10:38:12 -0400
James Sumners <james.sumners at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 10:27 AM, DJ-Pfulio <DJPfulio at jdpfu.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > I use x2go for that - it provides my complete desktop, not just
> > terminals. Actually don't need it very often, checking the progress
> > via log files (created by tee) handles it mostly.
> >  
> 
> Some of us don't install X on our servers unless we are forced to by
> shitty "enterprise" software :)

I just finished switching my backup server from Debian to Void Linux.
This thing is usually headless, but sometimes I pick it up with a
SVGA/PS-2 KVM switch. Not only is this thing devoid of X so I don't
have to worry about X stopping it from booting, but it doesn't even run
a framebuffer, so that my KVM attached Samsung monitor can interpret
its output without trying all sorts of resolutions.

It boots reliably in about 8 seconds, because it runs only the daemons
and software it needs to run to be a backup server. If I need to
connect to it, I ssh into a CLI interface, and I like it that way.

SteveT

Steve Litt 
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