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I have an old PC running a couple of VMs and it has an old 19" display and keyboard for emergencies. It's text only (80x25, maybe), no Wayland. What cool thing can I put on the display? Are there any text based graphs or charts?

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Something cool & useful? htop. Something cool but useless? cmatrix

There are also various text-based screensavers like the windows pipes and such, but I don't have those project names handy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

windows pipes

Wow! Just had a flashback to the screensaver era. If you're ever bored, there is some neat history behind the Flying Toasters screensaver.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

AfterDark was awesome

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I had plain old top and it was boring. I did not know how many alternatives there were.

I'll also have to check out cmatrix.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My uni lecturer me mentioned btop to me. Haven't looked back

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

I discovered it a couple weeks ago. Love it.