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 Screen is a powerful program that allows your terminal session to use
 multiple windows and retain context among multiple logins.
 This version of screen is configured with a task bar at the bottom of
-the window that shows system status, pending updates, and tabs for
-open windows.
+the window that shows: open windows, the current-OS, reboot-required,
+updates-available, system-load, cpu-info, memory-info, and date/time.
 
 Key mappings:
 F2    Create a new window    |  F6    Detach from the session