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Re: Show HN: Termbox – Launch a Linux terminal with two clicks

#53
post #4

over capacity. anyone have a screenshot for what the terminal looks like? Is there a countdown timer?

Here's what it looked like for me: https://s29.postimg.org/ch1n7wkg7/termbox.png

I clicked "Launch" and that's what I got, no errors or anything.

Re: Show HN: Termbox – Launch a Linux terminal with two clicks

#54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

After I got past the "over capacity" error I got to a screen like the above, but without the terminal. Javascript error: index.js:2371 Uncaught TypeError: this.base.append is not a function

Interesting, what browser and OS are you using?

Google Chrome: 50.0.2661.102 (64-bit) running on Arch linux.

Re: Show HN: Termbox – Launch a Linux terminal with two clicks

#55
post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same here. Chromium: "Version 53.0.2785.143 built on Debian stretch/sid, running on Debian stretch/sid (64-bit)"

That's odd, probably a bug in preact but I can't reproduce it. I've deployed a fix nonetheless.

index.js:2371 Uncaught TypeError: a.base.append is not a function

Still getting an error. As before, only header and footer visible.

Re: Show HN: Termbox – Launch a Linux terminal with two clicks

#56
post #2

Termbox is somewhat similar to the recently announced dply.co, but I think our approach is much better for the following reasons: * The interface is super streamlined. Open the page, confirm captcha, click launch - boom, you got a terminal. The planned SSH support will be similar to that - no web page, just do ssh root@ubuntu.termbox.io and you get logged in to a Ubuntu box. * We use VM based containers (hypercontain…

Thank you so much! For me a great possibility to test my post-install script! https://github.com/Cyclenerd/postinstall

Re: Show HN: Termbox – Launch a Linux terminal with two clicks

#59
I wonder if this can be used to hide malicious activity or even as a form of honeypot. Its simple to create such service then post/advertise on reddit, and simply monitor all commands the users execute. Soon you will have a trove of all sort of malicious scripts used for crawling, automated purchasing, phishing, spamming etc. You can also use the service yourself to get lost in the crowd.
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