Comment 11 for bug 568306

You can SSH into a system and *not* launch byobu with:

  ssh -t <remote_host> bash

http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2010/06/manual-override-of-byobu-auto-launch.html

You can also modify this behavior on your hosts by making a minor
change to one line in your ~/.profile:

-`echo $- | grep -qs i` && byobu-launcher && exit 0
+`echo $- | grep -qs i` && byobu-launcher

I can perhaps make this behavior a configurable option in the F9 menu
(ie, how would you like your detach to behave?)