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best linux terminal emulator (lemmy.ml)

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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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[–] rotopenguin@infosec.pub 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'm somewhere between Kitty and Ptyxis.

[–] jonwyattphillips@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

Ptyxis is default on Bluefin, which I'm on now.

Recommend. Really nice container integration with distrobox.

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[–] aordogvan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months 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.

[–] EuCaue@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

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

[–] 30p87@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago

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

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago

Foot is the best

[–] Pherenike@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Good, updated article: https://itsfoss.com/linux-terminal-emulators/

[–] spleaque@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

http://contour-terminal.org/

[–] hjjanger@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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

[–] Spyder@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

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

[–] TruePe4rl@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months 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.

[–] snekmuffin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago (1 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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