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Enhancing terminals with byobu on Ubuntu 9.10
Written for byobu by Dustin Kirkland on 2009-11-12
Byobu is a Japanese term for decorative screens . A Japanese byobu screen looks as below.
You can achieve similar decorative effects on your gnome terminal or xterm , or Konsole with Byobu software available from ubuntu launchpad. Infact, the new ubuntu 9.10 ships it by default. On earlier versions of ubuntu you can install byobu from the PPA here.
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Ubuntu Polishes GNU Screen
Written for byobu by Dustin Kirkland on 2009-06-04
Article from Enterprise Networking Planet.
"GNU Screen is a terminal multiplexer program that Linux folk have used for ages. It allows you to turn one terminal into many, and run processes even after logging out. In this article we will give a brief overview of screen usage for the uninitiated, then talk about how Ubuntu’s defaults and new screen-profiles package have taught us about new and wonderful features of screen."
As of byobu-2.6, you must launch using 'byobu' rather than 'screen'.
Written for byobu by Dustin Kirkland on 2009-06-02
As of byobu-2.6, you must launch using 'byobu' rather than 'screen'.
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Geef je Ubuntu-server wat bling met byobu
Written for byobu by Dustin Kirkland on 2009-05-13
Article from Techworld (Dutch).
Translated to English:
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"Met het programma GNU screen kun je meerdere terminalsessies tegelijk in één terminalvenster draaien. Programma's kunnen er ook mee blijven draaien nadat je uitgelogd bent. En in Ubuntu 9.04 is het gebruik van screen nog veel gemakkelijker gemaakt. "
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Ubuntu brings advanced Screen features to the masses
Written for byobu by Dustin Kirkland on 2009-04-28
Article from Ars Technica.
"The latest version of Ubuntu includes some nifty embellishments to the GNU Screen program. These improvements make some of Screen's more sophisticated features accessible to users."
