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I've been seeing tmux posts a lot the last couple of years, but I can't pull myself away from screen which I've been using for what almost a decade now?

It has a higher chance of being installed by default on a remote system I don't have root on, and works just fine for everything I need so I haven't had a reason to switch yet.

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If you happened to have mastered screen, all the more power to you. I know there can be a lot of power in screens rc and scripting.

Tmux was easier for me to understand and the default packages are much easier than patched screen.

Also, there seems to be a steady stream of features released for tmux. I've heard screen can be quite stagnant.

i switched over just a couple of weeks ago, and i've got to say, i really like tmux. i just find it a little more flexible with regard to split layouts, etc.

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