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[Matrix Mole <matrixm AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

I've heard people talk about a program called screen, and did a search for 
it through google and fond a little about it (found its man page to be 
exact).

My question, why is it needed? On a remote machine, you can usually open 
as many telnet windows as you need. Physically logged into linux machine, 
you have the virtual consoles. I've never used more than a few console 
windows at the same time, so why would someone need the power that screen 
allows?  I will admit, it looks really useful, but I just can't see the 
need for it with the options that already exist. Anyone care to offer me 
their own viewpoints on this program?

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