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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by EuroNutellaMan@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml
 

Hello,

I'm looking for as many cool, even if pointless, programs as I can, be them terminal programs or gui ones. What do I mean by this? I'll use some examples:

  • The Cube (I believe it was called Compiz): the one we all know and love.
  • cmatrix
  • the hollywood one
  • That one whose name I forget but basically spawns a cat that chases your cursor, I saw it showcased on Pop!_OS' mastodon.
  • wobbly windows
  • Burn my window
  • tplay

if any of you know any other fancy program like this let me know please. I want to showcase them to non-linux people to show them what can be done here but not necessarily in other OSes (particularly Windows).

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[–] fdmn@feddit.de 0 points 8 months ago
[–] quantenzitrone@feddit.de 0 points 8 months ago
  • asciiquarium
  • aalib
  • doge
  • figlet
  • sl
  • toilet
  • cli-visualizer
  • cava
  • pipes-rs
  • lolcat
  • cbonsai
  • sssnake
  • lavat
  • fortune

also probably fitting is any fetcher like neofetch onefetch and similar

[–] 7eter@feddit.de 0 points 8 months ago
[–] krash@lemmy.ml 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 0 points 8 months ago

What does hollywood do, I didnt get a thing

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)
  • Lolcat
  • sl
  • burn my windows (in GNOME and KDE afaik)
  • cube (KDE, Zorin)
  • Stealth mode of Kali that looks like CringeDows
[–] Molten_Moron@lemmings.world 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 0 points 8 months ago

Damn thats cool

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 0 points 8 months ago

cheat.sh

cheat(){
curl cheat.sh/$1
}
[–] WhiteHotaru@feddit.de 0 points 8 months ago

Thanks for asking! I am just setting up an old laptop for my kids and this is just the right thing to get them curious about the command line.