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Alacritty, Konsole, or something else? Which terminal emulator do you recommend? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So, Konsole shipped by default with KDE Plasma, my current Desktop Environment. While I don't have a problem with it, I am interested in what other people are using, because there very likely is something better out there.

Specifically I've seen talk of Kitty and Alacritty, although I've also read that the dev of Kitty is allegedly kind of a jerk, so I am specifically interested in how Konsole matches up to Alacritty in your experience, but other suggestions and general terminal emulator discussion are also welcome!

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

since you seem to consider alacritty, which is pretty minimal in features, maybe give foot a shot as well. i find it fits best into tiling wm land (sway, river, etc.) so might not be your cup of tea...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Been using foot for like 5 years now. It just gels so damn well with tiling wms and super fast.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

what does it better than any other terminal for twms?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

It does pretty much nothing in terms of fancy windowing and layout features. No tab interface, split screens, etc. I let those handled by my TWM and it just starts really fast.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I use i3 and don't have a mouse. Rn I'm using Alacritty because I want to keep things minimal. Is foot a good fit for my usecase?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

not sure for i3, i think foot is wayland-only. but i have the same setup with sway and am very happy