Why use a different terminal?

• terminator

  37 1,962 7.7 Python

  multiple GNOME terminals in one window

  

I use Terminator because it supports tiling. So I can start and arrange multiple terminals in one main window. So for example I can install the updates in one terminal with SSH on another machine while I compile something locally in another terminal. This is clearer for me than starting the terminal emulator multiple times.

• foot

  2 118 4.1 C

  Unofficial Mirror: A fast, lightweight and minimalistic Wayland terminal emulator

I don't use wayland but some people use foot. It claims to be fast, lightweight and minimalistic.

• WorkOS

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  The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  

• mpv

  830 25,960 9.9 C

  🎥 Command line video player

  

Another post left me on a rabbit hole reading up on mpv and their GitHub states the system requirements as

• guake

  28 4,341 4.7 Python

  Drop-down terminal for GNOME

  

If you use the terminal a fair bit, look into quake-style, drop-down terminals. There's guake for Gnome, yakuake for KDE, and probably others. It's convenient to just press one button to open / close it.

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