An Easter Egg Collection
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Google-Earth Flight Simulator
- Start Google Earth
- Click on the earth
- Press Alt-Ctrl-A
- Release your inner "Maverick"
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The Book of Mozilla
- Start any version of Firefox
- In the URL bar, type "about:mozilla" (without the quotes)
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Gnome's version of "Wanda the Fish":
- Press Alt-F2
- When the "Run Application" dialog box opens, type "free the fish" (don't type the quotes) and press enter
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A "Space Invaders" or "Galaxia" type game in Gnome:
- Press Alt-F2
- When the "Run Application" dialog box opens, type "gegls from outer space" (again, leave out the quotes) and press enter
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Zen-dude in Zenity
- Start Zenity by typing "zenity --about" in the command shell
- When the "About" dialog box opens, type the word "zen"
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"Star Wars" game in Open Office
- Open up a spreadsheet in Open Office
- In an empty cell, type "=game()" (don't type the quotes) and press enter
- Open Office will display "say what?" in the cell
- In another cell, type "=GAME("StarWars")" and press enter
Note: this will only work once! To play again, you must close and restart Open Office. -
Tic-Tac-Toe in Open Office
- Start Open Office's spreadsheet program
- In any cell type "=GAME(A2:C4;"TicTacToe")"
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Eliza
- Open up emacs
- Hit "Enter"
- Press "Escape"
- Type "xdoctor"
- Tell Eliza all about it :)
- To exit, hit Ctrl-X Ctrl-C