Hi Janina,
I agree that dumb terminals are a thing of the past and and that nowadays
every one uses a full-featured computer (or a smartphone) to communicate
in a
network.
This being said to communicate with my VPS using a Linux console aka tty
or a graphical terminal like mate-terminal makes zero difference. Idem to
upload files to the Slint repositories @ slackware.uk.
A an aside I am still convinced that generally speaking using a GUI instead
of TUI doesn't bring more efficiency. Obviously there are exceptions
like CAD
images creation.
I have a blind friend who keeps a lot of tty opened (as you do) and
never uses
a graphical environment.
But you are right, most people use only a graphical environment.
Cheers,
Didier
Le 25/02/2021 à 14:46, Janina Sajka a écrit :
Hi, Didier:
I should maybe clarify that I'm thinking of my own personal environment.
I live alone. I do not work in an office, Though I currently work for one of the
larger companies on the planet, I use their VPN on the laptop they
provided--not Linux.
I understand about multi-user console environments, but I can't think of
any company, university department, whatever, adopting those today. Even
were one to construct such a thing today, it's unlikely it would use
dumb terminals.
Far more likely, imo, is personalized cloud-based logins. Even here the
local terminal is likely a full PC (Mac, whatever) where there are
unlikely to be multiple logins.
If we instead think of a LAN for the family, I can see multiple users,
but still not based on console logins but rather on graphical logins.
Do you disagree?
Janina
Didier Spaier writes:
Hi Janina,
(maybe off topic) answer in line:
Le 25/02/2021 à 10:06, Janina Sajka a écrit :
Not in my wildest do I see a multi-user console system.
How funny. This may be true for a personal computer.
But I am old enough to remember computers accessed by many users, each
through
a physical terminal (think: industrial ones, or VT 100) These terminals had
no
graphical ability. I even wrote specs for two systems used this way a long
time
ago (I am 72, sorry about that).
Cheers,
Didier
