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does anyone have a terminal setup with gorgeous colors/background/etc over ssh without a display manager? Looking for a lightweight server side environment. I keep searching for headless / framebuffer / DRM setups and there seems to be a few out there, wondering if these exist in a practical workflow.

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This is a confusing question. If the terminal emulator is using the server's frame buffer, then it is running on the server end. If the terminal emulator is 'over SSH', then the actual terminal emulator runs on the client end.

They are two very different setups, the former being covered by the likes of zhcon, jfbterm, fbpad, and my virtual terminal system; and the latter being a wide range of things depending from what one's desires are on the client.

I would like the server to take a theme (gruvbox dark) and then any client that connects gets served the theme, background, foreground, etc.

bonus if lightweight vector instructions carry over too, gradient backgrounds, rainbow effects, etc.

it should be pretty lightweight to send vector instructions.

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