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Old 5th November 2009
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The crtl-alt-f1 thing is often called a Virtual TeleTYpewriter or 'vtty', since it uses a series of virtual tty interfaces in order to multiplex the hardware into acting like several consoles without having to run additional software like window, screen, or tmux.
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