Byobu should be enabled by default for initial login to Ubuntu Server
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ubuntu Server papercuts |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
byobu |
Invalid
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Wishlist
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Unassigned | ||
byobu (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Wishlist
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Unassigned | ||
Maverick |
Won't Fix
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Server users typically use screen to maintain a persistent, but detachable session on their servers to enable processes to continue whilst disconnected.
Byobu presents the most important server status information to a user, taking up only two lines of a terminal session to present that information, negating the need to run commands when a user remembers to check system status information.
It would seem an obvious choice to enable byobu by default on connection to a server, allowing the user to see near real time, configurable, status information about the server, combined with the detachable nature of screen. The default installation should provide minimal information, with Menu:<F9> showing so that new users are able to quickly configure it.
Changed in byobu: | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
Changed in byobu (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
Changed in byobu: | |
status: | Triaged → Invalid |
Changed in byobu (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → Fix Committed |
I disagree.
There are limitations to using byobu as default, the main issue being that the scrollback doesn't work as you'd expect (you cant use a normal graphical terminal's scrollback functionality) - which is one of the reasons that people won't take it up at my workplace. It also interferes with some of the standard commands for vim (mainly for switching between tabs)
While, for those experienced, they can get around these, they are major problems for those not used to screen/byobu