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Chromium OS Universal Chroot Environment
https://goo.gl/fd3zc?si=1
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
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Recommended terminal app for cli-extra? #1192

Closed hoosierEE closed 10 years ago

hoosierEE commented 10 years ago

I've been using crosh window but its docs say I should use secure shell instead. Which is better for cli-extra targets on crouton?

DennisLfromGA commented 10 years ago

@hoosierEE - You have secure shell installed if you're using crosh window, it's a pre-requisite according to the documentaion: "You must have Secure Shell installed for this to work:"

hoosierEE commented 10 years ago

Clearly, but the recommendation to avoid Crosh Window is confusing. Might this just be a case of "my use case is an edge case" and I should ignore the general-purpose advice?

DennisLfromGA commented 10 years ago

It's very possible that I may be misunderstanding the 'docs' but when it says: "TL;DR - Don't use crosh for ssh any more, use the Secure Shell app instead."

I understood it to mean 'crosh' via Ctrl+Alt+t in a tab, as opposed to the 'Crosh Window' app you referenced above that uses 'Secure Shell' inherently.

As far as which is better for a cli-extra session, I guess it depends if you can live with crosh (via Ctrl+Alt+t) in a tab that may get some keys eaten, or a Crosh Window with Secure Shell that doesn't - "When clicked, this app opens a new crosh window without any chrome. This way, Ctrl-N/T/etc go to crosh and aren't picked up by Chrome."

One thing to note though - you can open as many crosh's (via Ctrl+Alt+t) in a tab that you like but you can only open one Crosh Window, at least that's a limitation I've found in my experience.

hoosierEE commented 10 years ago

No, I think you've got the correct understanding. Thanks for clarifying it for me. I can live with these limitations.

drinkcat commented 10 years ago

TL;DR - Don't use crosh for ssh any more, use the Secure Shell app instead.

You are not using crosh for ssh, you are using crosh for something else. So that does not apply to you. crosh is the way to go (either as a window or as a tab)