![]() Perhaps it’s ok on native Linux.Īt this point, I was running out of ideas. These are mostly issues with it being run inside of WSL and piped through MobaXTerm’s X-Server display. Issues with copy / pasting (due to MobaXTerm).Takes up a lot of screen real estate due to extra Windows controls being present.Looks horrendous because it’s being displayed through X-Server / MobaXTerm.This one definitely looked the coolest, but looks alone isn’t enough. Subtle UI bugs with the prompt flickering.Runs as a native Windows app, so elevating to admin isn’t easily possible.In my opinion it was the most unusable terminal out of the 3 so far for day to day usage. It didn’t take long to completely write off Terminus. Mouse events don’t get passed through to tmux.Prompt would often get hidden and come back when minimizing and restoring.UI bugs when switching between tabs (screen would blink, prompt gets hidden, etc.). ![]() Takes 4-5 seconds to initially open a new window.For the record VSCode is also an Electron app, but it’s very responsive in Windows. Maybe Hyper opens in 1 second on MacOS and has no type delay? I’m not sure since I only tried it using Windows. It adds up, and it’s a constant reminder how little some developers care about performance nowadays, which is weird because developers are the ones using terminals. The other issues are just dying to a million papercuts every day and makes it not enjoyable to use. The first one alone makes it unusable for day to day usage. Opening a new split window feels sluggish.Takes 5-6 seconds to initially open a new terminal.When opening a new split window, your prompt gets hidden behind the other window.I had it get as high as 70% CPU usage just from having terminals open. The cursor bug and CPU resource consumption makes it unusable for day to day usage. I wrote about some of these issues in more detail in the ConEmu vs Hyper article. Takes 2-3 seconds to open a new tab / split window.Had a cursor bug that made it frequently jump to the end of the line.Scrolling through the buffer is painfully slow (100x slower than other terminals).Consumes a ton of CPU when idling (~35% CPU usage with 5 terminal tabs).Even without recording videos, you still want a lightning fast terminal without weird UI bugs because you’re using it every day. It also makes for a really crummy live streaming / coding experience.īut let’s be real now. ![]() If my terminal bugs out on video while I’m recording, that means I need to go back and re-record things which isn’t fun. Instead, I just want to list the issues that each of the terminals had which made me eventually stop using them.Ī rock solid terminal without having to compromise on anything is especially important to me because I record technical video courses. If you’re looking for a super in-depth comparison on each of these, then I’m sorry to say, that’s not going to be included in this post. Spoiler alert: it’s the default Ubuntu WSL (update: wsltty) terminal with tmux. I finally found a terminal that hits all of those points and it’s going to be really surprising to some people (I know it surprised me), because it was in the least likely place to look.
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