#gnuscreen — Public Fediverse posts
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Burned some time over the last week or so fiddling with GNU Screen hardstatus changes they made in version 5.x. There wasn't a ton of info out there, so I infodumped my notes into a semi-coherent blog post:
https://www.pingle.org/2026/04/26/screen-5-status-color-changes
Also had some fun playing with truecolor terminal settings and clients, but I left most of that out. We've come a long way since 16 color terminals. (And kitty pushes that even further. Story for another day, perhaps.)
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🚨 Oh no! GNU Screen has "security issues"—quick, everyone panic! Meanwhile, the tech wizards are too busy inventing new buzzwords and password-cracking supertools that sound like rejected Marvel villains to actually fix anything. 🙄🔧
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/12/1 #GNUScreen #Security #Issues #Panic #TechBuzzwords #PasswordCracking #MarvelVillains #HackerNews #ngated -
@kd since I switched from #mIRC to a CLI client, I use #GNUScreen and ssh from my phone if I need to.