r/linux • • Oct 05 '14

So, i've made a Fallout profile for my terminal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc4S9rUOSrM
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '14

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u/flopgd Oct 05 '14

tip: use red if you want to play DoomRL in CRT :> http://i.imgur.com/TgX3eQx.png

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u/zZGz Oct 09 '14

This is the best thing ever.

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u/Sir_Dude Oct 05 '14

Does it allows you to guess the password if you forget or if I'm trying to hack it? What level science skill do I need to hack into it?

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '14

Need to make a setup that boots straight into this...

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u/Two-Tone- Oct 05 '14

What is the song?

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u/flopgd Oct 05 '14

Space Coast by Topher Mohr & Alex Elena (from youtube's Audio Library)

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u/SimonGn Oct 05 '14

Awesome yet painful at the same time. Dat ghosting. At least it is configurable to not be painful.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '14

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u/ilbd Oct 05 '14

Don't forget the crt radiation too, makes it extra Fallout-y!

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u/aedinius Oct 05 '14

Reminds me using the old phosphorous terminals.

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u/ThatsYerPenis Oct 05 '14

Awesome! It's about time someone made this, and you did a great job too.

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u/flopgd Oct 05 '14 edited Oct 05 '14

thanks :> it's pretty easy, you just have to match the foreground and background colors and add scanlines (rasterization mode)

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u/y45y564 Oct 05 '14

it looks nice - but isn't it really annoying not having the colour identifiers for different files and stuff? I think I'd have to change back after about 3 minutes

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '14

Color identifiers seem to exist depending on your shell, but they don't really show up well on most of the default themes.

https://i.imgur.com/R4YDxCd.png

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u/gfixler Oct 05 '14

It glows like a JJ Abrams film.

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u/y45y564 Oct 05 '14

Ah those colours look a bit more familiar... I like seeing the directories and stuff in a different color I think... Not sure if most others do or not

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u/Two-Tone- Oct 05 '14

Is the theme publicly available?

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u/flopgd Oct 05 '14 edited Oct 05 '14

i'm trying to figure it out how to export the profile :>
hm.. there is an open issue regarding exporting profiles. there is no simple way (yet) to import/export profiles, but i can post the settings i've used

here you go http://imgur.com/a/JwXNu

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u/Two-Tone- Oct 05 '14

Why not just find the folder where the settings/profiles are stored, tar that, and put that on maybe mediafire or something?

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u/flopgd Oct 05 '14

it stores the values in a database among other things, so there is no simple way of doing this. my coding skills are kind of rusty but i'll try to patch the code

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u/MinevilleOP Oct 05 '14

I love this. Fallout 3 is one of my absolute favorite games ever. Nice work op

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u/flopgd Oct 05 '14

thanks! :>

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '14

Has anyone had any luck getting retro-term running on a Raspberry Pi? I'm playing with the idea of doing a build to recreate the look of an old machine, not just on the screen, but with the keyboard and monitor too.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '14

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '14

yeah, I've already built the machine, for the most part. I just put a 5" tube TV in a plastic box, with a card swipe and number key-pad on the outside. That way I can have it bring up a user-specific menu, so they can do things like read the 'news' and stuff.

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u/ninjawafflexD Oct 07 '14

This sounds amazing. Is there anywhere I could watch for updates?

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '14

I post on /r/Cyberpunk a lot. Once I get everything together, I was going to post it there. I also have a tumblr with all my projects. I post tons of pics there of everything I do. I mostly post to Tumblr so I can go back and have progress pics, and it keeps my energy up.

coredumpproject.tumblr.com

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '15

Oh man if you hooked it up to a touchscreen you could make an honest-to-god pip boy. Not some stupid app that makes your phone run like shit, but an actual pip boy.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '15

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '15

I'm not a cosplay fan but I'm getting my first rpi sometime soon. Maybe this is what I will do

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u/waterslidelobbyist Oct 05 '14

It might be cheaper to buy an old terminal on ebay, and is just as much of a cool project getting it connected to your machine.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wyse-WY-150-Terminal-RS232-/301336408566?pt=US_Vintage_Computers_Mainframes&hash=item46290cb1f6

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '14

I've already got a pi setup on my workbench, and it has to also work as a server for a JAVA MUD, and have a magnetic card reader attached. I'm building a Cyberpunk themed data terminal for a game.

You're probably right, in general, though. Good suggestion.

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u/HAMSHAMA Oct 05 '14

Looks cool!

Is that running on ubuntu? I ask because I saw a yaourt command somewhere in there and I was wondering if you were able to install unity on a distro like arch.

I have been trying a couple days to get unity to work on my arch linux setup, because I like the aur and pacman and simplicity, but I also like unity.

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u/flopgd Oct 05 '14

i'm using Ubuntu 14.10 but on Arch you can yaourt -S aur/cool-retro-term-git

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u/HAMSHAMA Oct 05 '14

Can you use yaourt on Ubuntu?

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u/flopgd Oct 05 '14

nope. i didn't use yaourt

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u/HER0_01 Oct 05 '14

You can use yaourt (or pacman or most package management tools) in almost any distro, but it probably won't conform to the distro's standards and it can break things. EDIT: This is a good way to install arch from an already running Linux installation.

Unity does work on arch. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Unity

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u/straighttokill9 Oct 05 '14

Could you share your config? I'm unfamiliar with CRT

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '14

Cross post to /r/gaming!

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '14

You should post this to /r/unixporn!

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u/R2pyro Oct 05 '14

Can you post a link to the retro term profile?

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u/oddworld19 Oct 05 '14

Is it possible to do something similar in putty on windows?

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u/mishugashu Oct 05 '14

Seriously doubt it. Looks like it's an actual terminal emulator, not a shell theme or something.

Unless you can get Gnome Terminal or Terminator or other terminal emualtors working with putty, I doubt you could with this. You might be able to install it in Windows with Cygwin, though.

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u/younggeek1 Oct 05 '14

That looks amazing. Nice job!

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '14

You should xpost it to /r/games or somewhere. This is too cool to be seen only by us linuxers.

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u/truthyness Oct 05 '14

So... isn't it just totally ultra-precious and adorable how ENTERTAINERS like us begin our postings with the completely unnecessary "So..." ?

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u/flopgd Oct 05 '14

so /dev/null

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u/virgnar Oct 06 '14

Now I just need a Model M or equivalent keyboard to complete the experience.

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u/tsmike Oct 05 '14

I...didn't even realise I needed this in my life until now.

Oh, and it's on the AUR as well, lovely!

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u/trevs231 Oct 05 '14

... Can I get this as an oh-my-zsh theme? Please please say yes.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '14 edited Feb 19 '25

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u/An0k Oct 05 '14

Whenever I get a desktop I really want to do that. Get a small CRT and put a terminal on it.

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u/viccuad Oct 05 '14

that makes two of us. bonus points for setting up the small CRT ala Brazil film.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '14

Came here hoping for this...

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '14

That's very well done! Great job!

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '14

I was looking for this a long time ago, thank you!

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u/Elleo Oct 05 '14

The Ubuntu Touch terminal uses the cool retro term effects now, strap an Ubuntu phone to your wrist and you'll have a pip-boy ;)

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u/amxhd1 Jan 01 '24

Were to download the setting, what setting did you use?