byobu-screen(1) byobu byobu-screen(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

byobu-screen - Launch byobu with screen as the backend

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

**byobu-screen** launches [**byobu**(1)](/man/os/byobu/byobu.1) with [**screen**(1)](/man/os/byobu/screen.1) as the backend window manager.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**byobu**(1)](/man/os/byobu/byobu.1), [**screen**(1)](/man/os/byobu/screen.1)

[*https://byobu.org*](https://byobu.org)

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

This manpage and the utility were written by Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@byobu.org> for Ubuntu systems (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document and the utility under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 published by the Free Software Foundation.

The complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in */usr/share/common-licenses/GPL* on Debian/Ubuntu systems, or in */usr/share/doc/fedora-release-\*/GPL* on Fedora systems, or on the web at *http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt*.

10 Aug 2011 byobu

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Document: byobu-screen(1) from byobu 7.20-r1 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/dustinkirkland/byobu