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c.f http://www.jwz.org/blog/2011/01/cathode-vintage-terminal-emu...

tl;dr: The xscreensaver package has a program that does something very like this. It's open-source, and works on both linux and OS X.



Nice. Works on Ubuntu, and it's free. I got my jollies for a couple minutes, realized how much I prefer readable text and smaller but legible font sizes, and closed it.


Ideally, this CRT-ness could be a Compiz plug-in. Let's say you could CRT-ize a window by pressing Meta-C or something like it.

Then just open a terminal full-screen, apply the plug-in and enjoy your vintage computer.

For best effect, change your font to a VT-100-like one (I prefer the 3278-like one, but that's a taste thing).

BTW, how hard is it to write a Compiz plug-in?




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