Ugh.
I was so happy, because I finally thought that this would be a direct comparison of screen and tmux from someone who was very experienced in one or the other.
But, no. It was someone to whom even common features between the two were novel. I'm not saying that this is a bad article or that you shouldn't read it or that the author shouldn't have written it, but damn it, I've been using screen for years, and everywhere I turn, I see tmux, too!
But so far, the only thing anyone has been able to offer in terms of concrete differences is "tmux can do vertical splits," which will be true of the next big version of screen as well, if they ever release it.
I am officially declaring shenanigans on anyone who blurts "tmux is better" without linking me to a @#)&@#%ing objective and thorough comparison of the two apps that actually makes it seem like tmux is worth using instead. Even the very first result on Google comes up with nothing more than "tmux has some kind of client/server thing," which seems exactly the same as screen -X.
Edit: I upvoted the article to solidify that my problem is not with it, but with the context in which I read it.
I was so happy, because I finally thought that this would be a direct comparison of screen and tmux from someone who was very experienced in one or the other.
But, no. It was someone to whom even common features between the two were novel. I'm not saying that this is a bad article or that you shouldn't read it or that the author shouldn't have written it, but damn it, I've been using screen for years, and everywhere I turn, I see tmux, too!
But so far, the only thing anyone has been able to offer in terms of concrete differences is "tmux can do vertical splits," which will be true of the next big version of screen as well, if they ever release it.
I am officially declaring shenanigans on anyone who blurts "tmux is better" without linking me to a @#)&@#%ing objective and thorough comparison of the two apps that actually makes it seem like tmux is worth using instead. Even the very first result on Google comes up with nothing more than "tmux has some kind of client/server thing," which seems exactly the same as screen -X.
Edit: I upvoted the article to solidify that my problem is not with it, but with the context in which I read it.