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I’ve been surprised to know that most of developers use a standard terminal emulator on their Linux-based computers, which either gnome-terminal or konsole. Today I would like to talk about two alternatives.
What’s the problem with common emulators?
The main problem, in my opinion, is upon creating a new session, you must open another window or tab and switch between than again and again. It’s rather boring and time consuming. Basically, if you develop an application with Rails (or Django) you usually need more then two terminal sessions – one for the server’s output, other ones for the development console and your favorite version control system.
Another problem is the fast accessibility. When you have a few windows/tabs, you lose time on finding the terminal window you need, opening and closing it.
One more thing: I’m going to describe terminals for Gnome desktop environment, I think if you like it, it it will be easy to find alternatives for the desktop engine you use.
