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?

  • DetachablePianist@lemmy.mlEnglish
    9·
    1 year ago

    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.

    • r0ertel@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      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.

    • irmadlad@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      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.