Comments on: A Virtually Virtual Terminal

A Virtually Virtual Terminal

benzo8 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:18:32 -0800

cb.vu is a javascript virtual terminal which opens up full window in your browser and lets you fiddle with some UNIX goodness without being connected to a server, or affecting anything in The Real World whatsoever. Try creating, copying and reading files (and, particularly, read the about.txt), or playing one of the games provided. It even has an implementation of vi!

It's a loss-leader for the payoff - Colin's Unix Tool Box, not a unique idea by any means, but a useful reference all the same, if you're just taking those first steps towards Linux...

By: DU

DU — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:29:52 -0800

All programs expand in features until they simulate UNIX. This is really awesome and stupid and awesome. (Although if you are taking first steps towards Linux, use the graphical tools and Ubuntu, not the command line.)

By: pyramid termite

pyramid termite — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:33:49 -0800

the weather feature's nice - the chat is, well, interesting Welcome to cb.vu. You might be interested in the Unix Toolbox. > Hello. How are you today? i'm dead > I know--it's tragic. it's really hard to get room service, too > I'm not sure I understand. Would you like me to show you around this web site?

By: nicolin

nicolin — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:35:17 -0800

thank you, this time I'll probably make it.

By: griphus

griphus — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:36:58 -0800

I beat ~~the internet~~ cb.vu. The end guy is hard.

By: caution live frogs

caution live frogs — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:06:05 -0800

No tab completion? Meh. Also, rm -rf * doesn't do anything.

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:13:29 -0800

By: Reverend John

Reverend John — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:37:11 -0800

[www@cb.vu]~> cc hello.c cc: Command not found.

By: DreamerFi

DreamerFi — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:55:17 -0800

All programs expand in features until they simulate UNIX. It used to be 'All programs expand in features until they can send mail' but this phrase was disproved by Microsoft Exchange.

By: 5MeoCMP

5MeoCMP — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:00:02 -0800

Cute, but wake me when someone implements Minix in Javascript.

By: Pope Guilty

Pope Guilty — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:19:10 -0800

So how long until it becomes emacs?

By: Artw

Artw — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:45:57 -0800

That bit where you have to shout to wake up the gnome is impossible to guess without hints.

By: Gary

Gary — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:24:58 -0800

They should implement lynx so I can use it to surf the web. Or did I just blow your mind?

By: eclectist

eclectist — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:45:20 -0800

It would be great if there was ssh so I could login to my machine from any location without needing to install a ssh client first (putty). Although that is usually not a problem. I did get kicked out of a library once, violated some rule about "no downloads". Javassh, OpenSSH, and MindTerm, right off the top of my head. There's another one that uses knockd and a filter for /var/spool/mail to execute commands via email, but that requires digging.

By: eclectist

eclectist — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:50:37 -0800

The second link should be Trilead. OpenSSH is the pufferfish, not the water in which it swims.

By: mmagin

mmagin — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:08:10 -0800

[www@cb.vu]~> sort sort: Command not found. [www@cb.vu]~> uniq uniq: Command not found. [www@cb.vu]~> join join: Command not found. [www@cb.vu]~> wc wc: Command not found. [www@cb.vu]~> head head: Command not found. [www@cb.vu]~> tail tail: Command not found. [www@cb.vu]~>

By: Gary

Gary — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:04:08 -0800

[www@cb.vu]~> su Password: [root@cb.vu]~> rm sitemap.xml rm sitemap.xml: Permission denied. [root@cb.vu]~> rm termlib.js rm termlib.js: Permission denied. [root@cb.vu]~> rm index.html rm index.html: Permission denied. [root@cb.vu]~> rm -r * -r: No such file or directory. [root@cb.vu]~>

By: m94402

m94402 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:45:05 -0800

come on, give him some credit - this is cool ...

By: Gary

Gary — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:36:42 -0800

It is cool. Interested people should also look at the mass:werk termlib library he built it on (linked to in the help command). It's free for private and academic use. The mass:werk guy has a similar app called JS/UIX which has piping working, but lacks some of the fun and games. He provides more information about how it internally works.