GNU Screen: sessions that survive an SSH drop

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

A long apt upgrade, a migration, a build — then the laptop sleeps. SSH dies, the process gets SIGHUP and dies with it. GNU Screen keeps the terminal on the server: disconnect, come back, the work is still there.

It is not a nohup replacement and not “another SSH”. It is a multiplexer: named sessions, several windows inside one, a shared session for two people. On older RHEL/Debian boxes screen is often already installed when tmux is not.

ssh-connection-manager: a TUI for hosts in ~/.ssh/config

Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

When ~/.ssh/config holds dozens of stands, bastions, and jump hosts, memorizing aliases stops being fun. ssh-connection-manager is a TUI on top of ordinary OpenSSH: a host list, a filter, a connect via the system ssh, and a way to append a new block to the config.

The CLI command is ssh-connect. Repository: gitlab.com/unsorted-projects/ssh-connection-manager.

Why not another SSH client

The client already exists: the system ssh. What is missing is navigation over the config file.

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GNU Screen: sessions that survive an SSH drop

ssh-connection-manager: a TUI for hosts in ~/.ssh/config

Why not another SSH client