Comments on: Stupid Geek Tricks: Watch Movies in Your Linux Terminal Window

By: J Cathers

J Cathers — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:11:35 +0000

I don’t even see the lines of code anymore – like right now, I’m seeing a woman wearing a red dress…

By: sunil

sunil — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:57:06 +0000

Another reason to use linux over windows

By: airflow

airflow — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:34:14 +0000

Virtually indistinguishable from Dwarf Fortress!

By: Derek

Derek — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:16:39 +0000

Nice. I like it!

By: Nikesh

Nikesh — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:48:34 +0000

“Now that was truly a Stupid Geek Trick!” but awesome and shows the power of Linux

By: debager

debager — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:14:35 +0000

I watched The Matrix years ago using this method. I had to sit way back & squint, but it was an immersive experience

By: Sean

Sean — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:54:13 +0000

I watched The Matrix years ago using this method. I had to sit way back & squint, but it was an immersive experience

By: watching movies online

watching movies online — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:54:40 +0000

heheh. I love these ASCIIs there are sooooooo many site out there allowing you to watch or download movies for free today. rrrau! this is just mental. linked to one of my favorites

By: Ron

Ron — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:08:11 +0000

@Steve, Windows users have also been able to watch star wars in the command terminal over telnet. I don’t suppose that is geek enough though, since it is Microsoft. Us Windows users will go cry in our corner, which is nicer than the Linux living room btw.

By: Bamsa

Bamsa — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:04:23 +0000

This is a pretty sweet geek trick. I was unable to get it to work over SSH, however. I was given an error initializing/opening the video output device. Blah.