As someone who codes on a remote server the whole day, mosh is absolutely necessary and it is fantastic
Advantages:
- you dont see any lag when you type, it is exactly as if you were on your local machine
- when network disconnect, the terminal freeze and when network is up again, the terminal becomes interactive again preserving everything in between
- connection is preserved as long as the terminal is open, so even after hibernation your session is preserved
Drawbacks:
- you can't scroll , but if you use tmux then it is possible . I've tried using Eternal terminal, as it allows to scroll but it doesn't perform well at all on laggy connections
- You can't detach and re attach mosh connections (same for ET)
- I'm not sure it is possible to preserve middle-click copy/paste (at least I've not managed to make it work)
- time to connect is a bit longer than normal ssh
Advantages:
- you dont see any lag when you type, it is exactly as if you were on your local machine
- when network disconnect, the terminal freeze and when network is up again, the terminal becomes interactive again preserving everything in between
- connection is preserved as long as the terminal is open, so even after hibernation your session is preserved
Drawbacks:
- you can't scroll , but if you use tmux then it is possible . I've tried using Eternal terminal, as it allows to scroll but it doesn't perform well at all on laggy connections
- You can't detach and re attach mosh connections (same for ET)
- I'm not sure it is possible to preserve middle-click copy/paste (at least I've not managed to make it work)
- time to connect is a bit longer than normal ssh