rxtv-unicode: daemonize and use client for faster loads
“rxvt-unicode” is a really nice terminal. You can increase loading speed and memory using, if you tend to use multiple terminals, by using the urxvtd daemon and the urxvtc client.
First, you need to launch urxvtd. This is as easy as adding a line like the following to your ~/.xinitrc:
urxvtd &
Once the daemon is running in the background, you can connect to it with urxtvc. Then a terminal launches, and you are ready to it as usual.