When I used to use Windows there were some hidden software and text commands that we call Easter Eggs. Well they also have this on Linux. Here I show you some of them.
I found out about it from another Linux user. This is Arch but Ubuntu also has this It's the weather one: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IENSMizDpIw.html&t
5:40 top & htop are two completely separate programs. both were written by different people. top was made back in 1984 while htop was made years later, in 2004. htop was created and is intended as an alternative to top, as htop is more interactive than the former.
Other similar programs that are worth knowing about are "iotop" and "powertop". "iotop" tells you which program are reading/writing the most data. "powertop" estimates which programs are causing your computer to use the most energy, which is very useful when using a laptop.
i have seen a few of your videos, i'm a linux enthusiast and i love your content :) i hope you're having a great year and a great time, and a big thanks
Thanks. I have been using Linux full time for 2 years now after switching from Windows. It is going so well. Everything I used to do on Windows can be done on Linux. I only wish I had known that sooner instead of staying on Windows 8 all these years. In fact I find it easier to do things on Linux that what I did on Windows. Also I don't have any of the slowness and crashing I had with Windows 8.
6:39. Actually that should work on every Linux distro. The error message you get, "bash: curl: command not found" is actually because curl isn't installed on your system. Curl normally comes pre-installed on debain so I am not sure why yours doesn't have it. You can run, "sudo apt install curl" and that should work!😊
Yes it's on Ubuntu and it's on Linux Mint but it's not on Debian. It is in Synaptic so I could install it if I want to. Maybe it was in previous versions of Debian but they removed it in the later versions. I have updated my system with the Debian Bookworm Backports. And when I checked there is a Curl but only the backports version but I could install that and then install the weather program. It's called Ansiweather and it does depend on Curl but I could install the backports version since that is the only one in Synaptic.
Interesting factoid: a lot of these Easter eggs are also available on other popular operating systems, such as FreeBSD (basically a free operating system but without the Linux kernel) and Apple's macOS. This is because many of these are not only Linux Easter eggs, but also UNIX Easter eggs. I had never heard of the minesweeper Easter egg. Great find!
Yes I was surprised as I didn't expect to see a clock that looks exactly like the clock on Windows 3.1 on Linux. Linux still uses Xorg and a lot of these apps are X-11 apps. Which the system depends on to make it run or for backward compatibility. That's probably why they are still there. Though I don't think many people would use them as there are more modern apps that work better. Though you can use them if you want. As for the game in Aptitude, I don't know why it's there. It's interesting though but I cannot play the game. Terminal apps are not as easy to use as GUI aps.
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Another one is glxgears! It's like the Directx cube that used to be in older versions of Windows. I don't know if it will be installed on Debian or if it will need to be downloaded first though. And glxinfo which is like Dxdiag but in text form.
I have just tried it on Debian and it works. It looks like a screensaver. Thanks. Are you using Linux or Windows? I used to use Windows 7 as well as Windows XP and I don't remember seeing it in Windows. Windows had other easter eggs though.
@@AndreaBorman Cool! I'm using both Windows 11 and Linux Mint! I still love and use Windows a lot but I also love Linux too. I even have Red Hat 5.2 set up in the 86box emulator to see what the old LInux of the 1990s was like, and what I've found out is that it used to be one seriously grumpy and fickle OS back then, even setting up the CDRom was a chore with old Linux, thank goodness it got better xD
@@robertgordon103 Linux is similar to Windows in a lot of ways when you think about it but has none of the risks or viruses like Windows. Yes you can dual boot Windows with Linux but I don't like Windows 11 or Windows 10. I like the old Windows better but Windows XP and Windows 7 are no longer supported. So there is no going back to that. So I am on Linux full time now. Red Hat that's the only version of Linux that is not free. You have to pay to use it. I would have thought Debian or Zorin Os would be better as they are set up for Windows users in mind and it doesn't cost you any money to use it. There are many other Ubuntu and Debian based distros you could try.
@@AndreaBorman Oh I don't mean using Red Hat as my daily OS today, I installed the 1998 version in a virtual machine because I wanted to see what 90s Linux was like. Old versions like 5.2 can still be used and downloaded today to play with in virtual machines. It was given out for free with a lot of books and magazines back then I read. I use Linux Mint and Windows 11 as my daily OS.
@@robertgordon103 From what I read on the web Red Hat is still around but you have to pay to use it. At least you do with the latest version but Fedora which is based on it is free to use. I wouldn't use Fedora or Arch because as an ex Windows user I have just started to learn Linux. I have been on Linux for 2 years now and have gotten to know Linux Mint and now Debian very well. Both are Apt based but arch and Fedora are completely different. They use a different package manager and a different system with different commands. So if I used those distros I would have to go back to the beginning and start all over again. Also Arch and Fedora are not very stable that's why I stick with Ubuntu and Debian based Linux. Those are the best ones I think. Debian is great as you can install what desktop you want and choose to have a full install or a minimal instal with just the desktop environment and you choose what software or web browser you want. Ubuntu also has this option but it also has Snaps which I don't like. Linux Mint gives you the full desktop with many software such as media players you might not use as I prefer VLC. But that's nothing because you can change that and new users coming over from Windows won't know what software to install. That's why I think Mint provide a full desktop and you don't get as much choice as they don't do KDE. Although they used to do more desktops but Mint is stable and you can always change the desktop environment once you update everything. Linux Mint is the best one to start with and it is very stable.
Those are not really easter eggs :) Those are just old X11 applications, from before GTK/Gnome or KDE were things. From the terminal, you can use "man xgc" (or any other commands) to get information about those commands. You may also have text-based games. On my OpenBSD desktop, I have "tetris" in the terminal :) They are "hidden" because there is no .desktop file for those. But I think you could create a .desktop file and they would appear in your menu.
You can. I use a menu editor called Menulibre or if I am on another desktop like KDE I use the KDE menu editor. Sometimes the software does not always appear on the start menu but it's easy to add it. You can create a shortcut to anything you want in both your start menu and desktop. You just put in the command or the path to where the program file or item is then put a name for the program and add an icon. It's the same on Linux as it is on Windows except that you have tools such as a menu editor to help you. I don't know about OpenBSD as I have never used it. I should think it's the same.
There are a lot of apps that have a terminal version even though they are also GUI app a terminal version also gets installed. Timeshift and GUFW Firewall also has this. I think this is because if you ever get locked out of your desktop or your system cannot boot. You can book into Recovery Mode or the TTY and access these tools to recover your system. if you are in Recovery Mode only the terminal apps will work. With Timeshift for example you can still restore your system.
