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what is the best linux terminal? I have been using alacritty for years and have been doing well. But I don't think kitty and st. I was wondering if any new projects have come out in recent years.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Surprised nobody mentioned Yakuake. Just discovered it's just for kde. Been using it for years. It hides at the top of my screen and slides down when the cursor hits the top. Full desktop when not used and can access it no matter which app I'm using.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Tilix is great, complete for my needs.

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

I don't know why more people haven't mentioned tilix.

Makes me wonder if I'm missing out by using it 😂

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Hahah, maybe we are! But it's damn good.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

ghostty looks promising, but it's in "closed beta" for now. When it's released, it will be public and open source. :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Foot is the best

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Foot because it's sway default. It's also configurable, has shortcuts and sixel support.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I run multiple terminal apps. I thought I would try a few, and I never deleted any of them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Xterm for me. As others have shown there are other ones that are newer than that but Xterm has become my favorite.

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

all of the fancy features that other terminals provide, I get with Tmux, so any emulator for me. I like transparent themes and that's easy to set up in Alacritty, so that's what I usually get

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I consider st a great choice when using i3 or dwm. Customizing it takes time, but RAM usage is what I usually check and in case of st it is comically small.

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