{"id":9508,"date":"2019-02-10T07:38:54","date_gmt":"2019-02-10T07:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/?p=9508"},"modified":"2019-02-10T07:38:54","modified_gmt":"2019-02-10T07:38:54","slug":"impress-your-friends-with-this-fake-hollywood-hacker-terminal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2019\/02\/10\/impress-your-friends-with-this-fake-hollywood-hacker-terminal\/","title":{"rendered":"Impress Your Friends with This Fake Hollywood Hacker Terminal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Hollywood movies, hacking always seems interesting, especially because the whole action is spiced up with fancy desktop environments\/backgrounds, rapidly uncontrolled typing (with loud typing noise\/keystrokes) and rapid scrolling of command output on colorful terminals.<\/p>\n<p>To make it all seem real, the hackers normally keep on explaining real-world hacking concepts (and mentioning used tools\/commands) while breaking into computer systems or networks and the action gets done in a matter of seconds or minutes, which is far different from the practical real-world scenario.<\/p>\n<p>However, if you want to get a feel of hacking in the movies, easily on your Linux console, then you need to install the\u00a0<strong>Hollywood terminal<\/strong>\u00a0emulator: developed by Canonical\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Dustin Kirkland<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Watch how Hollywood Terminal works:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rVMn3xk5mcY?rel=0&amp;controls=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"720\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This terminal emulator produces Hollywood melodrama technobabble in your byobu console. In this article, we will show you how to setup the byubo console and Hollywood movies hackers\u2019 terminal emulator in Ubuntu and it\u2019s derivatives such as Linux Mint, Kubuntu etc.<\/p>\n<p>First, add the appropriate repository to your system software sources, then update the packages\u2019 sources list and finally install the packages as follows:<\/p>\n<pre>$ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:hollywood\/ppa\r\n$ sudo apt-get update\r\n$ sudo apt-get install byobu hollywood\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>To launch\u00a0<strong>Hollywood terminal<\/strong>\u00a0type:<\/p>\n<pre>$ hollywood\r\n<\/pre>\n<div id=\"attachment_27200\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Hollywood-Terminal-for-Linux.png\" alt=\"Hollywood Terminal for Linux\" width=\"720\" height=\"340\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hollywood Terminal for Linux<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>To stop it, simply press\u00a0<strong>[Ctrl+C]<\/strong>\u00a0to kill the hollywood script itself, then type exit to quit the byobu console.<\/p>\n<p>To set the number of splits to divide your screen, use the\u00a0<code>-s<\/code>\u00a0flag.<\/p>\n<pre>$ hollywood -s 4\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>You can turn off the theme song, using\u00a0<code>-q<\/code>\u00a0flag like this.<\/p>\n<pre>$ hollywood -q\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>You might also like to read these following related articles on Linux Terminal.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/terminator-a-linux-terminal-emulator-to-manage-multiple-terminal-windows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terminator \u2013 A Terminal Emulator to Manage Multiple Terminal Windows on Linux<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/terminix-tiling-terminal-emulator-for-linux\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terminix \u2013 A New GTK 3 Tiling Terminal Emulator for Linux<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/shell-in-a-box-a-web-based-ssh-terminal-to-access-remote-linux-servers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shell In A Box \u2013 A Web-Based SSH Terminal to Access Remote Linux Servers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/nautilus-terminal-an-embedded-terminal-for-nautilus-file-browser-in-gnome\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nautilus Terminal \u2013 An Embedded Terminal for Nautilus File Browser in GNOME<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/install-guake-terminal-ubuntu-mint-fedora\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guake \u2013 A Drop-Down Terminal for Gnome Desktops<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/gotty-share-linux-terminal-in-web-browser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GoTTY \u2013 Share Your Linux Terminal (TTY) as a Web Application<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>That\u2019s all. Hope you find this interesting but remember real life hacking is complicated, you need to take time to learn, understand and penetrate operating systems or applications and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>If you know of any similar fancy command line utilities out there, do share with us including any other thoughts about this article<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Hollywood movies, hacking always seems interesting, especially because the whole action is spiced up with fancy desktop environments\/backgrounds, rapidly uncontrolled typing (with loud typing noise\/keystrokes) and rapid scrolling of command output on colorful terminals. 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