unencumbered terminal emulators

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Simon--er, no...it was Brian K. White--said:
> 
> Who needs a terminal emulator on linux?

Indeed.  I've never understood the reason for having putty on linux when
you have tonnes of VCs, a gazillion xterm flavours, and the real openssh.
> 
> Who in there right mind would allow a linux terminal emulator to issue 
> exec() calls on the client from the server?

Not I.  :)

> It's not encumbered, you're just lazy. 

Okay, that was just uncalled-for.  He was insulting Windows, more or less.

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