you need to learn tmux RIGHT NOW!!

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A hands-on beginner tutorial on tmux, a terminal multiplexer that runs terminal programs inside a persistent terminal session. The creator demos it on a cloud Linux VM from sponsor Linode by Akamai — he cites a $5/month Ubuntu machine and a $100 credit for 60 days for new users — starting with his favorite use case: starting work over SSH, detaching, and reattaching later from another computer with everything still running. He then explains tmux’s three layers: sessions, windows, and panes. Viewers learn to create and name sessions, list them, attach to a specific one, and kill one, then split panes, navigate and resize them, use preset layouts, create and rename windows, and jump between everything with the session/window chooser. He closes with copy mode, recommending two config lines in ~/.tmux.conf to enable the mouse and Vi keys so text can be selected and pasted entirely from the keyboard. Throughout, he stresses that the Ctrl-B prefix shortcuts feel awkward at first but become second nature with practice, making users far more productive on Linux whether programming, scanning, or running long jobs.

Key takeaways

Detach with Ctrl-B then D and reattach later with tmux a; sessions keep running through disconnects, and tmux ls lists them
Manage named sessions with tmux new -s , attach to a specific one with tmux a -t , and end one with tmux kill-session -t
Ctrl-B is the prefix key: % and " split panes, arrow keys move between panes, Ctrl-B then W opens the session/window chooser, and Ctrl-B then C creates a window
Use preset layouts with Ctrl-B plus Alt-1 through Alt-5 instead of manually resizing panes, and rename a window with Ctrl-B then comma
For copy mode, add ‘set -g mouse on’ and Vi mode-keys to ~/.tmux.conf, then enter with Ctrl-B [, select with Space/Enter, and paste with Ctrl-B ]

Episode details: published December 30, 2023 · 17:46 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are NetworkChuck’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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