Interesting article about .screenrc profiles that offer some unique status bars with GNU Screen under Ubuntu 9.04 For any that are interested, this is my .screenrc hardstatus alwayslastline hardstatus string ‘%{= kG}[ %{G}%H %{g}][%= %{=kw}%?%-Lw%?%{r}(%{W}%n*%f%t%?(%u)%?%{r})%{w}%?%+Lw%?%?%= %{g}][%{B}%Y-%m-%d %{W}%c %{g}]‘ # # Default screens # syntax: screen -t NameOfScreen ScreenNumber ShellCommand screen -t “Work SSH” 0 /home/name/workssh [...]

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When SSH’ing into a linux box, you may want to run a VM headless (that is, not dependent on the console X session). TO RDP into your windows box (assuming you are running a Windows VM over Linux), you’ll want to be sure to engage your -L port:ip-address-of-VirtualBoxHost:port, port forwarding. Assuming you have VirtualBox remote [...]

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