Linux / UNIX Desktop Fun: Interactive Aquarium

Fsh is an entertaining interactive desktop aquarium. It was created as an alternative to Gnome easter egg called "Free the fish" for other operating systems.

Type alt + f2Type free the fishPress [Enter] key.

To kill fish type alt + f2 and type command:

pkill gnome-panel

From the project home page:

Fsh was created because I wanted fish on my desktop. I have a coworker running Linux, and there's a feature (freethefish) that lets you have a fish swimming around on your desktop. I'm running Windows, so obviously, if I wanted a fish, I was going to have to do it myself.

Since then, fsh has added a number of features. You can have basic fsh, ninja fsh, invisible ninja fsh, sharks, laser sharks and barracuda. Sharks will eat anything except other sharks, while barracuda will eat basic and ninja fsh. Ninja fsh take the fight to the predators, and actively hunt down sharks and barracuda. Laser sharks will shoot at anything they can eat once it lines up with their laser.

You can customize how many of each fsh you get, along with a number of other parameters (like whether predators eat or just kill, whether to show blood on kills, etc) using the fshConfig program.

Type the following wget command to grab fsh:
$ wget http://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net/project/fsh/fsh.jar
Sample outputs:

 --2012-09-09 10:54:31-- http://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net/project/fsh/fsh.jarResolving nchc.dl.sourceforge.net... 211.79.60.17, 2001:e10:ffff:1f02::17Connecting to nchc.dl.sourceforge.net|211.79.60.17|:80... connected.HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OKLength: 122216 (119K) [application/java-archive]Saving to: `fsh.jar' 100%[==========================================================>] 1,22,216 176K/s in 0.7s 2012-09-09 10:54:32 (176 KB/s) - `fsh.jar' saved [122216/122216] 

You need java to run fsh. See how to install and configure java. Type the following command to run fsh:
$ java -jar fsh.jar
Sample outputs:

Fig.01: Fsh in action

You can download Fsh by visiting this page. If you enjoyed this desktop fun app, you may also like to use the following apps on Linux:

Terminal ASCII AquariumRun Steam Locomotive On Your DesktopLet it Snow On Your DesktopSummon Swarms Of Penguins To Waddle About The DesktopText Mode Box and Comment Drawing

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