Kitty, though I have been looking into st as I recently switched to dwm.
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I use vterm in emacs if I'm doing something quick, but if I'm actually using the terminal for a task, I use blackbox because it integrates nicely with gnome. I just use vterm if I'm using exwm.
i used to use urxvt but i had some issues with certain fonts and symbols loading, so i’ve since switched over to kitty, and it works fine for me
Basically what Silva said. When I'm going out of my way to install something, kitty. Else I roll with my DE's default, which in my case is usually gnome-terminal.
Plain ol bash
But I'm using yakuake which makes it beyond amazingly cool. Been using g that for over a decade and I'd never stop using that.
Terminology with screen and zsh.
@kevincox For light tasks, I will make use of either vterm (if I'm in Emacs) or Alacritty (if I'm not).
If I need to get down to serious work (such as working on shells and text files both locally and remotely), I'll jump into eshell, using TRAMP when I need to go remote or sudo (or both) to edit files. I'll still use vterm if I need something that does screen redrawing, such as apt.
I mostly use the default terminal emulator in the desktop environment I use, currently this is the gnome terminal.
What are the main reasons one want to use another terminal emulator? IMHO if I can reszie the window and the font and font size is good or configurable it is fine..
Refresh speed, font rendering, integrated features like multiplexing, theming…
Alacritty....rust it all
I'm liking Warp, Tabby and Wezterm currently. Working on a config for my NixOS Hyprland and planning to see how foot does in comparison. Blackbox was pretty cool, but didn't use it much.
As a newb, Tabby has been really nice for me to quickly open the SFTP window so I can orient myself in the file structure. It's been really great.
Emacs!
But I don't want to die!
Lots of terminal jokes you could have chosen.
I prefer C6 out of Chicago O’Hare.
Tilda, because I could drop it down my screen anytime with one key tap.
XTerm. I used to use rxvt-unicode, but it only supports 256 colors and gave me grief when I tried to get some emacs color theme working. There's only one thing I miss, which is that rxvt-unicode reflows lines when you resize the terminal, which xterm won't do. Oh and urxvtc starts very slightly faster, but no big deal.
I also looked at kitty, and I like that the author of that one tries to champion new features, like full keyboard support on par with X11 apps. But it takes noticeably longer to start and the latency also feels worse.