Alacritty, because the config is simple YAML and it can display with zero window embellishments or other UI. It's great for tiling window managers in particular. The font rendering is great and you can adjust padding, margin, etc. to tweak readability for your tastes. I'm a fan of plain background with good contrast color, larger than normal font, and a clean one character wide padding around the terminal. It feels a…
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#92Re: Ask HN: Which Linux terminal emulator do you prefer and why?
#93Alacritty, because the config is simple YAML and it can display with zero window embellishments or other UI. It's great for tiling window managers in particular. The font rendering is great and you can adjust padding, margin, etc. to tweak readability for your tastes. I'm a fan of plain background with good contrast color, larger than normal font, and a clean one character wide padding around the terminal. It feels a…
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#94Re: Ask HN: Which Linux terminal emulator do you prefer and why?
#95Re: Ask HN: Which Linux terminal emulator do you prefer and why?
#96I use it on macOS and Linux with essentially the same configuration file, no issue at all.
And the maintainer is a cool human being, which is always a plus.
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#97Re: Ask HN: Which Linux terminal emulator do you prefer and why?
#98Kitty is an amazing terminal if you are willing to spend some time to learn and customize it. Take a look at the screencast on its website, it is super powerful and will make your coworkers and friends jealous. https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/
The kitty.conf [1] is pretty powerful and allows a lot of customizations. It also has emoji support so you can make everything pretty in your PS1 :D
Re: Ask HN: Which Linux terminal emulator do you prefer and why?
#99Re: Ask HN: Which Linux terminal emulator do you prefer and why?
#100The vim like navigation of terminal output history is also handy for finding things.