Jason B (He/Him/His)

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Jason was an Opensource.com staff member and Red Hatter from 2013 to 2022. This profile contains his work-related articles from that time. Other contributions can be found on his personal account.

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Authored Content

Powers of two, powers of Linux: 2048 at the command line

Looking for a terminal-based game to pass the time? Look no further than 2048-cli.

Play Tetris at your Linux terminal

Recreate the magic of the 1980s with everyone's favorite tile-matching game, Tetris.

Plan your own holiday calendar at the Linux command line

Link commands together to build a colorful calendar, and then whisk it away in a snowstorm.

Take a break at the Linux command line with Nyan Cat

Rainbows, Pop-Tarts, and cats in space: What more could you want at your terminal?

Bring some color to your Linux terminal with lolcat

With this simple utility, you can add a rainbow of color to the output of any program you want.

Have a cow at the Linux command line

Bring a bovine voice to your terminal output with the cowsay utility.

Authored Comments

Jason B

15 Jan 2019

Watch YouTube videos at the Linux terminal

Good catch - I switched which video I decided to use as a demo after I had already written part of the article, and forgot to update that spot. Thanks, article updated.

Jason B

7 Jan 2019

Go on an adventure in your Linux terminal

That's awesome, thanks for sharing!