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title: Greetd
description:
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date: 2024-03-09T02:49:24.073Z
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## Running a browser tab/window
## Running `bpytop` (or any other terminal program) {.tabset}
## Running `bpytop` (or any other terminal program)
[`bpytop`](https://github.com/aristocratos/bpytop) is a great little resource monitor. I have a server with a small display that doesn't do much but show a login screen all day, and I figured why not just have the display run a resource monitor?
> Don't forget to [fix the graphs](/dotfiles/bpytop#fix-the-graphs) {.is-info}
### Method 1: Direct to the VT
### Tabs {.tabset}
#### Method 1: Direct to the VT
You can launch any program directly to the VT and skip the X server or Wayland compositor nonsense. However, keep in mind that the VT can be pretty limited when it comes to the features we expect from a modern terminal program.
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user = "thurstylark"
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### Method 2: Using `fbterm`
#### Method 2: Using `fbterm`
[`fbterm`](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Fbterm) is a **f**rame **b**uffer **term**inal emulator which basically boils down to being a better VT.
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This should give you more flexibility with font sizing and configuration through `fbterm`'s [configuration file](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Fbterm#Configuration_file).
### Method 3: Using `cage` and a graphical terminal emulator
#### Method 3: Using `cage` and a graphical terminal emulator
This will be less performant than the other methods, but will afford you many more features. This is the method I actually use for this use-case.