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tmux or zsh?

Reza Khademi on November 16, 2021

This is my first article on dev.to, so go easy on me! what is tmux? tmux is an open-source terminal multiplexer for Linux operating di...
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Allan Jacquet-Cretides • Edited

Why do you want to choose between them?
Those are like... two different things 😅

I'm using both for exemple:
my shell is ZSH and I'm using it in my kitty terminal when the first things I do is starting tmux because I have the habit to use it instead of terminal shortcuts that can change when switching terminal (and it also protecting myself in case I quit after a bad stroke 😂).

And yes I'm using vim but my main IDE is Jetbrain's and I even open VsCode in some occasion 😂

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Nicolás Danelón

ask to choose between tmux or zsh is like compare French fries with hamburgers. you can use (or eat) both together

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Retiago Drago

So do I! I'm using both VSCode and zsh as my main shell on WSL 2.0.

You can check out my first article as well to make your terminal feel like home!

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Amir Sadeghi • Edited

Image good job

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Cyrus Wyett

Created an account to say that this is the dumbest thing I've ever read. You can use zsh on tmux.

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Injamul Mohammad Mollah

Why not both?

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مهدی نیازی

هر دو

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Jeklah

Why should you choose? Use both in wsl 2.0, that's what I do. When I have needed to use vscode, I use zsh. If I need more than one terminal I switch to wsl. Easy.