Take the 2-minute tour ×  I'm using Gnome/Debian and I'm
constantly always opening new console windows ( I have my
Windows key mapped to invoke gnome-terminal ).  It's a bit
frustrating because after a few hours of work I'll have say, 20
windows open and I don't know which is which.  Aside from the
obvious ( closing them more often ), I'm looking for any advice
for better window management. I've tried xmonad in the past but
it's a vim-like curve and kinda hard to get used to.
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down vote accepted  Use a single terminal window. Run GNU screen
share|improve this answer +1 An additional benefit is that
screen also works in SSH sessions, so you can use the same
commands for local and remote work. And if you want to, you can
still have multiple console windows, each with a screen
session... –  sleske Aug 9 '10 at 21:29 You can even have the
same screen session open in several terminal windows if you
like. Put "multiuser on" into your .screenc and use "s