On Tue, 2010-11-16 at 12:12 -0500, William L. Thomson Jr. wrote: > > Most common for Gentoo or other devs who are frequently on IRC to run a > IRC chat client in a screen session on a server. That way no matter what > machine they are on, etc, always have access. Also provides for > ridiculous log in times ;)
Also I commonly used it when updating machines remotely via my cell phone. While Android is great, and ConnectBot is a good SSH client. The connection gets dropped/disconnected. If your in the midst of compiling/updating and your ssh session ends. You get the joy of starting all over again. With screen, I would log in, start a session, start my updates. If I lost connection who cares. Just log back in, reconnect to my screen session etc. Also you can do some cool stuff with the dual option, to have more than one person/terminal viewing a single terminal. Thats pretty cool if you like say start doing updates or something that you want the output visual for someone local to the machine. But your the one doing the updates remotely. Kinda like VNC or Remote Desktop, but its just a shell, with more than one person connected. There can be some delays and other funkiness as a result, on the remote end. Screen can be a life saver and very useful in many of circumstances. Never under estimate the power of screen :) Or for you Spaceballers, The power of the Schwartz! -- William L. Thomson Jr. Obsidian-Studios, Inc. http://www.obsidian-studios.com This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message. Any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml Unsubscribe [email protected]
