Ubuntu Server Guide

byobu: documentation should refer to tmux

Bug #1038612 reported by Jonathan Davies
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Bug Description

GNU Screen hasn't seen a release since 2008:

- http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/screen/

On https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/serverguide/byobu.html - we should referencing 'tmux' instead of screen.

Jonathan Davies (jpds)
Changed in serverguide:
status: New → Confirmed
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Doug Smythies (dsmythies) wrote :

No new release of Screen since 2008. So. Maybe it is so good that no new version is needed. I have only ever observed people referring to and recommending Screen, and never heard of tmux.
Myself, I have never used either. Setting this one to won't fix.

Changed in serverguide:
status: Confirmed → Won't Fix
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Jonathan Davies (jpds) wrote :

If we are writing byobu documentation, then instead of referring to screen, we should be referring to its default backend that is actually used on an Ubuntu system. See: /etc/byobu/backend .

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Jonathan Davies (jpds) wrote :

Also, there might be the fact that there have been no new releases; as it's been abandoned(?).

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