9 engineers on Hacker News describe using xterm first-hand: 2 endorse it, 2 regret it, 0 are mixed.
“I use xterm, and the visual glitch doesn't crash anything, so maybe try that?”
endorse · personal · exe34 · 2025-12-16 · source ↗ · wrong label?“xterm+ssh is still the easiest way to get my UNIX work done”
endorse · personal · 25 yr · technofiend · 2016-03-23 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I used to be happy just running multiple xterms, but I've been using Linux again recently and found myself a bit unhappy.”
regret · personal · to3m · 2014-11-27 · source ↗ · wrong label?“the mouse does not work in tmux in xterm.”
regret · personal · crazydiamond · 2012-12-01 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I had a tvtwm running a big virtual desktop, an Emacs with a bunch of frames, and a stack of Xterms.”
neutral · production · __d · 2024-07-18 · source ↗ · wrong label?“right now it runs Emacs in xterm which is pretty good”
neutral · personal · mbrock · 2016-12-02 · source ↗ · wrong label?“We'd moved off xterm to aterm and then back.”
neutral · production · KirinDave · 2016-07-07 · source ↗ · wrong label?“we run shells in xterms (or slightly modified equivalents) that emulate ancient terminals”
neutral · personal · onan_barbarian · 2014-09-08 · source ↗ · wrong label?“For the others ({}, [], |), the xterm has a customizable palette; I just tap the right button on the screen.”
neutral · personal · metageek · 2010-11-30 · source ↗ · wrong label?