{"id":231088,"date":"2026-04-04T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/04\/4-reasons-i-use-screen-instead-of-tmux-on-linux\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T09:00:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T13:00:34","slug":"4-reasons-i-use-screen-instead-of-tmux-on-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/04\/4-reasons-i-use-screen-instead-of-tmux-on-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"4 reasons I use screen instead of tmux on Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"

4 reasons I use screen instead of tmux on Linux<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/reasons-use-screen-instead-of-tmux-on-linux\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-04-04 08:30:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.howtogeek.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Terminal multiplexers like screen or tmux are invaluable if you’re working on a PC over SSH or sitting in front of one that only has a command-line interface. Despite its age, screen is always my first choice. This is why.<\/p>\n

\n Screen is included in almost every distro
\n <\/h2>\n

\n You don’t have to worry about downloading another app
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Credit:\u00a0Lucas Gouveia\/How-To Geek<\/p>\n

The biggest advantage of screen over other terminal multiplexers is its ubiquity. Every Linux PC I’ve used in the last 15 years has come with screen pre-installed, whether it was the most barebone version of Debian for a headless server or a fully-fledged desktop operating system like Kubuntu.<\/p>\n

This has been especially handy when I’m working with headless servers that I don’t intend to ever put on the internet. I don’t need to worry about whether my SSH session is going to crash the long job I just queued because I don’t have the right program. Screen is going to be available.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, tmux is far from universal. There is no guarantee that I’ll always have the required permissions to install a different terminal multiplexer.<\/p>\n

\n Legacy systems support screen
\n <\/h2>\n

\n Old systems run important services
\n <\/h3>\n

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