Will uninstalling the Byobu Window Manager break my GUI?
I'm currently uninstalling redundant applications from my Ubuntu 10.10 system and I came across the Byobu Window Manager under the 'Provided by Canonical' section. Does this play any sort of critical role in window management, or is it simply a redundant application that's been included to facilitate some niche operation?
Byobu is a user-friendly wrapper around GNU Screen, which is a terminal multiplexer.
Unless you're a command line junkie or sysadmin you likely don't need it; you can remove it without it affecting your GUI.