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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by box_ebony@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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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[-] turkalino@lemmy.yachts 59 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Am I the only one that’s fine with whatever the OS provides out of the box? Like, as long as I can turn the bell off and change the font, I’m chillin, and I have yet to run into a terminal that doesn’t provide those options.

Curious to hear what drives people to seek out other options (besides tiling, that I understand, I’m a tabs guy myself tho)

[-] GustavoM@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

I always do minimal installs, so eh... guess that is a "Yes and no" for me.

[-] hjjanger@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Online trends I saw on the internet was the reason I hopped around multiple terminals. Use case for me it made no difference.

There's 4 other terminals I did enjoy using but xterm became my go to after I got tired of hopping around.

[-] Petter1@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

Wen I first installed Linux I was like “I need the best fancy termanal” and wastes some time only not be satisfied with the results and installing tons of bloat. Now I always just use what I get by default from the distro I happen to be on 😂 I don’t even know what I want

[-] box_ebony@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

In my case it's resource consumption, efficiency the impact with the windows manager I use, how much is keyboard controllable. It seems strange to me that a linux user uses the default applications. The beauty of linux is the huge variety and the ability to customize. If you use allova ready-made things, a mac or windows is fine too

[-] turkalino@lemmy.yachts 2 points 3 months ago

It seems strange to me that a linux user uses the default applications

I sorta get what you’re saying, but rather than just pick any random distro and handpick every application myself, I put effort into finding a distro which has the most default apps that I’m happy with. I use KDE Neon because I like Dolphin, Konsole, Konqueror, and the pre-installed version of VLC; however, I DON’T use the default email client, text editor, etc.

[-] Quintus@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

I don't know I never felt the need to customize the terminal. I just like what it comes with. It feels wrong to change that. Black background and colored text is fine. The rest of the OS though damn it's like a fucking birthday party! Nothing's at default ffs

[-] box_ebony@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

In the past I have found myself working with laptops with few resources and small screen (eeepc). Every pixel gained was a big win, and finding equivalent lightweight, high-performance applications could make all the difference. Eventually I found the optimal solution with i3 as windows manager and alacritty was the best terminal to use together (and zsh). Since then even though I have no real need I have continued to use this approach. And in the end being careful about pc resource consumption is also an ethical choice, if the pc consumes less power it is a gain for the environment.

[-] ScreaminOctopus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Image display is an important feature for me. If konsole supported it, I'd just use that. If I'm on a gnome system I'll pretty much always change the terminal because gnome terminal has a lot of issues with font rendering that I find annoying

[-] kmacmartin@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago

konsole does support sixel images

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