never leave the terminal

[@NetworkChuck]

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[@dtgamer2288]

Teach us about doing attack on any social media account with linux. 🙂

[@ranitsarkhel652]

Can you please tell me the font you are using

[@dtgamer2288]

@@ranitsarkhel652 Why any prob, and please can see you ID 👮🧑‍💻

[@dtgamer2288]

@@ranitsarkhel652 why, do you have any prob? Can I see your ID 👮🧑‍💻

[@SnordCranston23]

My first thought as well. It was very handy in the "old" days.

[@howardelton6273]

Lol. I used this on a Sun Unix machine in 1995. When you started describing it I thought "He can't be talking about Lynx can he?" haha. Awesome memory!

[@o1-preview]

shit, I though he was going to use emacs

[@degerdi]

I used to have to hack the Solaris 9 machine on base once a year when someone forgot the password

[@dtgamer2288]

@@degerdi wtf !

[@degerdi]

@@dtgamer2288 it wasnt hard, red hat you can reset the admin password at login if you don’t disable the feature, windows you just need a boot disk to launch a command prompt

[@siamhie]

I thought the same thing. I just wasn't sure if he was going to use links or lynx.

[@ny4i]

I love how stuff I used 25 years is new to people. :) That’s cool to see. I still use Lynx to test a suspect link from my ISP’s shell interface for lots of protection. Good recommendation.

[@ulkesh99]

Welcome to 30 years ago, there, Chuck :) I clicked on this video going "Maybe there's something newer I haven't heard of...", but no, it's lynx, that I used decades ago when at a text-based-only terminal at the library of my university. I give it credit, it does its job very well. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

[@kandym3478]

There is a more modern terminal browser you can try :) It's called browsh

[@mattiashedman8845]

When I started as a web dev in the late ninties, we had two demands, first page where nver to be bigger than 20 kb and all sites we built should wotk in lynx as well.

[@tgroves4831]

I had a coworker that was visually impaired that used this browser with a screen reader. Give it a try.

[@captainharlock31]

I'm using linx for many years. I's perfect for cli apps like newsboat which is rss reader. If you nedd to read something and don't want to leave terminal it's also good.

[@No-user-g4u]

How do u done

[@TheGoldenPro]

There's a tool just like this called browsh; instead of reinventing the browser wheel, it just uses the Firefox engine, so it's actually able to somewhat load sites that require JavaScript to render elements. Pretty cool project!

[@oalfodr]

What do you mean by reinventing the wheel? Lynx is 13 years older than Firefox. First release was 32 years ago and it is the oldest maintained browser

[@Skaffa]

​​​@@oalfodrdepends if you count Netscape in. then it would only be a 2 year difference

[@Adaminkton]

The problem is, that it doesn't work in pure CLI like on a gui-less server installation. I want someone to make it work without any graphics session so bad, by using monochrome ASCII only.

[@the_potmo]

well not really reinventing since this has been around since at least 1991

[@monad_tcp]

​@@Adaminkton maybe what you want is a browser that renders the page to a png and then renders the png to the terminal using x-term256 extensions to use text mode chars as pixels.

[@tbimages38345]

I got to use this browser way back in 1996 at Middle Tennessee State University on an HP-9000 shell account. I would dial in using a 14.4 modem and telnet into the system. Kermit terminal emulator on DOS. Fun times!

[@PPriser]

Throw back to the early days of the internet where it was 56K dialup, shell account, and no PPP graphic protocols.

[@mystixa]

Lynx has always been amazing with its ability to display complex websites. They do really well. Its also a good way to check websites for accessibility as some readers for the blind are based on lynx, or at least there used to be many that were.

[@Adders-bm5cs]

I was just talking with a coworker about using Linux vs windows and saw this pop up. 😂 must be a sign from the tech gods!

[@monad_tcp]

Windows is kinda a good terminal emulator for Linux. It's better than any Linux DE because it actually properly renders text.

[@NorthernChimp]

Start by showing them you can have the same Chrome as on Windows though - introduce the scary cat later 😉

[@JoelRivera3]

Chuck why not create a script to upload your subscriber count that runs once a month connecting to the KZbin API. You could make a short video about it. You can use crontab to run the script and choose your language of choice to run the script.

[@geraldmaravanyika3976]

This^

[@etziowingeler3173]

Sure you can automate everything, but sometimes it may be actually easier to just open the site and look at the subscriber count

[@mmohta1]

This brings back memories ... loved lynx. When you started I was thinking lynx immediately. Used from 1996-2000. It was bandwidth friendly at the time.

[@JohnSmith_1331]

And a lot of the time it was practically the only way to get online and troubleshoot when startx wouldn't work or whatever.

[@3eyedgod]

I used to use this in my old company in bash scripts to get log files (using --dump) hosted on our intranet and then use grep to parse through the data.

[@anthonyrussano]

wget

[@kitfo18]

I'm using this at work for a few things. One side effect I found is it gets past web blockers and I think I know why. The site loads before the url has a chance to verify if it is on the not allowed list. This would also depend on the kind of web filter you are using and all but yeah fun haha.

[@paaao]

I don't remember how I did it, but in the 90s I had a terminal only PC running slackware without xwindows installed yet (true terminal/console mode). I found a program that would render jpegs and gifs, etc.. So I could follow a link in lynx to a picture (I was young so most often they were the type that mom would not approve of) and they would load full screen. Still not sure how it was all possible without any GUI at all, but it worked great.

[@Trucker494]

Lynx is AWSOME! I use it to check public IPs in headless systems.

[@samuelwilliam1710]

ive been looking for a video like this for ages 😭😭ima save this to media wallet so i can come back to this video

[@drooplug]

I work in a olace that doesn't allow me to have my phone and free access to the web. The one website I found that I do have access to is a cloud provider. I setup a linux jump server so I can access the greater web using lynx. I could use a windows machine, but it isn't worth the cost. It's helpful when I want to research something for work.

[@yosefsheinfil4320]

I like to read news stuff, but msn for example has lots of pics and videos. I just want to read the content. Definitely going to try this.

[@codeman99-dev]

Did you know that someone made a fork of chrome that can render in a terminal? It's call Carbonyl.

[@Anon0nline]

w3m>lynx>links(2)>elinks>browsh (though browsh can play youtube if configured correctly; or at least it used to be able to?)

[@LisSolitudinous]

I want a terminal that can "render" web pages, play videos and music, BE it's own desktop environment... I am sure something like that will pop up eventually

[@brianhursey]

Late erly 2000s it was more usable because everything was html. Would use it in my Unix class.

[@MikePainstill]

Lynx is maximally lightweight and is compatible with Tor network! The only problem is that it’s traceable while Dillo isn’t.

[@romayojr]

chuck: "never leave the terminal" terminal: 1:27 "am i a joke to you"

[@developer_v]

real

[@johnmatheus3371]

You got me at 0:12 tbh

[@LunatiSenpai]

So, lynx has been a handy tool for me for years in web development. Specifically it's very useful for getting a good idea of what a website will look like to someone with disabilities who listens to it. Seeing how your menus are laid out, how your alt text shows up, and generally getting an idea of how someone might hear your website is important for section 508 or wcag for the blind. It's generally quicker than Jaws or Orca on a fresh machine to setup. This is also how your typical web crawler will see your site. Can they access the links? Is the most important information at the top? Did we describe the images properly? This plays into SEO as well. That and, you don't have to leave the terminal, which is always a plus.

[@Ferrolune]

Maybe I should play around with browsh or even carbonyl again, there's something about that pixelated low quality videos that just nostalgic.

[@jamesbrown8766]

I have used lynx to test website compliance with government requirements for accessibility-things like alternate text for graphics, logical order of content, etc.

[@renaissancelawyer]

Lynx was all I had in my dorm room in 1993. Between Lynx and Gopher, I thought the Internet could get no better.

[@Clips439]

Amazing video! you are the best and have helped me in my IT journey Keep going!

[@abdo_bakr]

Can you be my friend?

[@criativocriacao]

This is awesome for very old computers that do not require any graphical interface. You can get and download files locally much faster IIF you know what you are looking for,

[@NorthernChimp]

For web developers, this browser is also nice to test accessibility without disturbing your coworkers (or family). If your site is fine with it, it will be with a screen reader too :)

[@dreyfusfunkt]

This has been around since the 90s, and is quite handy! It came about shortly after Gopher was becoming less ubiquitous.

[@TurboTimTravels]

You got me as soon as I seen a cup of coffee.

[@ArturdeSousaRocha]

Will I use it? I have used it, extensively, in the past! There used to be a time when it was good enough for a big chunk of the internet. Also it might be a great way for testing websites for accessibility.

[@dannguyen4999]

Hey guys, does Mr. Chuck have any videos explaining "API"? I'm still a bit fuzzy on the concept.

[@john005_]

Thank you for doing this. Best tutorial.

[@JohnSmith_1331]

I used to use Lynx all of the time doing new linux installs in the mid 90's whenever I needed to troubleshoot the installs. I just assumed everyone who's ever used linux knew about this.

[@Barnardrab]

I'm giving this video a like because the ability to access the web while limited to text data from the command line makes data mining more efficient. I'm curious about how this could be used to write a web crawler to extract structured information from Wikipedia. Also, that was a clever segue to your sponsor. Too many other youtubers abruptly interrupt their own content and jump to a completely unrelated tangent, breaking your chain of thought and it is absolutely irritating.

[@sergeantsapient]

I think it might be useful if you're designing websites to work with assistive devices. It gives you an idea of how functional the site is when using a screenreader.

[@rv.s3]

5:39 I Still Use Windows 7 in My Potato System.😭

[@A_M_R_]

I often use it in my alpine VM sometimes. Also it comes baked into github cli (not git) so if you are logging github into an enviornment with no GUI, you can

[@LukeMauerman]

You young'uns don't know that Lynx used to be all we had. Plus we had to walk a mile in the snow uphill to establish TCP IP

[@DavidMiller-kv4we]

This little browser is AWESOME and it's been a part of every single Linux rig I've ever ran. :D

[@markkoops2611]

I first experienced the Web at college running lynx at a vt100 terminal back in 94

[@angelmeier4382]

I think that as a newbie who would like to make some bash scripts from time to time, it would be much easier to use this in a script and read a specific line in the output, than trying to figure out a website's API. Dunno if I'm correct tho.

[@franku2011]

Yooo this is superrrrr cool. Thanks for sharing

[@AnonymousVv3]

Do oem then tether just remember if you have a contract with a phone you may lose it. And dual boot

[@Guccitucci2006]

You are one of the greatest teachers'. 👏👏👏☕☕

[@I-use-Archbtw]

i was using it while installing gentoo to check handbook i was to lazy to switch on phone so new tty and lynx pretty great browser i always have it as backup to firefox

[@monad5]

w3m and browsh has more features, like display images

[@gimcrack555]

I try all terminal browsers. w3m is the best one, with some tweaking.

[@laskyb4275]

Can be used for scraping I guess

[@DhanodHerath]

This is what i've been looking for!

[@WoodyWilliams]

Hahaha! Dammit, Chuck! I was thinking the same thing when seeing those options: That's too much for me :)

[@samwallflower7875]

I've been watching your channel for a few years now, and you have given me the courage to try linux, lol. I was thinking of grabbing a bee-link or geek-dom mini pc. Are either of the adequate for The job? Thanks 🙂

[@johnbaldwin143]

I use it quite often TBH. It can be very useful!

[@YouArentValid]

I love Lynx for reading news ❤

[@kamenopixel]

I used lynx when bbs was the only way to have access to internet through dial up. Usually was combined with some background download of new mp3 format. Yeap it was early of 90 with my Amiga 500 and a terminal program

[@stefanocurtoni9623]

I used to use links2 or w3m on a very old laptop, but I think this might be better.

[@lolbro5325]

your vids help me so much thank you

[@abduvik]

There might be a way to play videos directly in the terminal by using tools like youtube-dl and then converting it into an ASCII art design. This way, it can theoretically play them in the terminal but the quality will be highly questionable 😅

[@Skaffa]

theres already libraries for that. no clue why they didnt decide to put it in

[@wislord]

Carbonyl - take a look.

[@abduvik]

@@wislord That's just amazing 🤩 Thank you for sharing it.

[@armisis]

How'd you not know about lynx till now? It's 32 years old! Hehe I've been using it back to my Slackware days... You got me beaten some levels, still trying to get my ai rig working but it's not got nvidia just AMD Radion

[@raspberrypimilitant2242]

Interesting. Can this be used on a raspberry pi 4 with a 3.5inch touchscreen on the go say in my car with a mobile hotspot and used for more like Wikipedia or text guides for things I wonder 🤔 I would have to start on a larger monitor and figure out the quirky way to navigate first I assume.

[@corewarrior]

Text based browsers are often usedas the basis for creating browsers for the visual impaired, btw.

[@jayadityadev]

Man, I really wish if you could make a video showcasing how you setup your windows terminal so sleek, including wsl distros

[@gabormiklay9209]

Terminal is best for configuring every aspect of the system. It's text based, so everything is displayed (don't have to wait for the updated UI) and you can insert even new options,. that's not in the text yet. Although it's not an html/css/javascript wizard. Also: cookies, https are not welcomed... 😜

[@sk9la]

Chuck, maybe next time you can demo w3m and elinks text browsers I prefer w3m, it's easier to navigate with it than lynx. What's your favorite one ?

[@matt_milack]

I want to shift my career to IT. I'm very interested in Linux, networking, servers and databases for last 2-3 years, so I would really love to become Linux sysadmin. Today I talked to my friend who is senior developer and he told me that basically no one wants Linux sysadmins anymore, and that he wishes me a lot of luck to obtain this or any similar role, and that basically the only realistic jr. roles I can count on obtaining are this-or-that variant of developer and software engineer roles. Would you say that he's right?

[@bvince4672]

Hey NetworkChuck. I’ve been following a lot of your tutorials but I fail most of them. Are there any help resources?

[@hacking4good]

Looks good, and if you ever come to Finland - I offer free coffee (we drink it the most in the world anyway) ☕

[@aoayoola7]

Lynx is old and I remember using it back in college

[@yaroze]

Wow a blast from the past!

[@royboivin]

lynx and elinks have been around sense the 90s. elinks is the newer more feature rich version

[@redneq]

Um SIR! Can you make a video about your bash enhancement. Notice a home icon and other identifiers, never seen that

[@erickcalzada5026]

Does anybody know what keyboard he is using?

[@foss_sound]

@networkchuck Are you using Win as main os? I wonder what a pro level user and hacker thinks about this because of all the potential sniffing from MS and known security issues compared to Linux.

[@RedishCreator]

Please do a video on hacking a phone, i got my friends to sign a contract where they allow me to hack their phones so i wanna prank them

[@abhijeetultimate]

chuck: im so tired of switching between terminal and browser smart chuck: use terminal browser

[@ISSAC_15]

That said, I can use chatgpt with lynx in terminal?

[@abhii8713]

Coffee time ☕

[@kandym3478]

You should try browsh next

[@looppaddleanimation9488]

Yup no chrome, no firefox, no safari, no microsofe edge. I use lynx browser on my terminal.

[@ashwinikpatil5905]

Thank you for this

[@UtkarshSingh-ne3yt]

how did you mod the terminal so beautifully please please make a small video about .

[@anthonyrussano]

zsh and ohmyzsh

[@Darkstormyrain]

I forgot about lynx. I think I started using this around (not sure). The time of slack ware 2

[@MrXeroliphe]

Finds, literally the oldest browser in existence, "Hey guys check out this browser" :D :D I feel old now.

[@EdVeal]

I used lynx many years ago (1993-96) as the web was just getting going.

[@mitchellsmith4601]

I can’t BELIEVE Lynx still works. After thirty years?

[@AlaaSaidAhmad]

What is your daily Linux distro

[@drabjan]

I tried it because I wanted to save resources, but I found it not very usable. I don't use it at all. You don't have a clue how long is the page and where are you on the page. It's confusing but still cool 🙂.

[@RandomEG1234]

hey chuck, i have a question, how do you make a bad usb without a rubber ducky file?

[@LowellAlb]

It was a cool demo of text-only browser

[@balcopc]

Glad you finally started using Linux and associated applications. It's a way better mouse trap, wouldn't you agree? 😀

[@bubbajorge3414]

Dude what is your keyboard? It's super satisfying.

[@ml4319]

I think it is a Keychron Q series.

[@EthicalHacker101]

How do u make your terminal so fancy 😮

[@hlmpf]

will you make more podcast episodes sometime?

[@ItsQualitycontent]

Ive been wandering about using something simular to this for a more human readable web scraper for ollama