This is cool: http://osxdaily.com/2011/01/27/the-ultimate-retro-terminal-cathode/
Are there any similar applications for Ubuntu?
This is cool: http://osxdaily.com/2011/01/27/the-ultimate-retro-terminal-cathode/
Are there any similar applications for Ubuntu?
There is a new (actually one year old) terminal emulator project that does exactly what you want: cool-retro-term (and I agree, it's really cool!).
Ubuntu users can install it from this ppa: ppa:bugs-launchpad-net-falkensweb/cool-retro-term
or compile it from source:
sudo apt-get install build-essential qmlscene qt5-qmake qt5-default qtdeclarative5-dev qtdeclarative5-controls-plugin qtdeclarative5-qtquick2-plugin libqt5qml-graphicaleffects qtdeclarative5-dialogs-plugin qtdeclarative5-localstorage-plugin qtdeclarative5-window-plugin
git clone --recursive https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term.git
cd cool-retro-term
qmake && make
./cool-retro-term
There are none like Cathode for Ubuntu. It's an OSX thing.
apple2
module of the xscreensaver
package can be used as a terminal emulator (most likely you'll need the real package and not the stripped one that Ubuntu distributes).
May 1, 2012 at 2:30
From sil's comment:
Happily, the apple2 screensaver works fine: install the xscreensaver-data-extra package and then run as: /usr/lib/xscreensaver/apple2 -text -fast -program bash
(I copied this into a separate answer because being just a comment I almost miss it. It's just too amazing that this existed for such a long time and very little people knew about it.)
I am big fan of cathode look. But there is no terminal out their made specifically keeping cathode/vintage terminal in mind.
I installed Yakuake (terminal dropdown emulator) and it had the option of customizing its appearance. Select the Green on Black option. This is not so bad.
I guess every terminal, even the one that comes default with Ubuntu have customizing properties. You can always choose a green font,a black backgroud and voilaa!!
I've just stumbled upon terminology
, which is the terminal shipping with the enlightenment window manager. It's defaults already have a quite nice retro feel and it is available in the ubuntu main repo.
apt install terminology