--- title: Terminal Tomfoolery: SSH Pranks to Try on Your Friends description: A collection of SSH-based pranks for Linux systems including changing input language, displaying ASCII art, creating infinite terminal spam, executing fork... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/jstffpffs twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Terminal Tomfoolery: SSH Pranks to Try on Your Friends | daily.dev og:description: A collection of SSH-based pranks for Linux systems including changing input language, displaying ASCII art, creating infinite terminal spam, executing fork... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/jstffpffs og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/jstFFPffS.png og:image:alt: Post cover image og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Terminal Tomfoolery: SSH Pranks to Try on Your Friends **[Dixit Ram](https://daily.dev/sources/heegh9lv7vd4adf6h7mep)** · [@dixitram](https://daily.dev/dixitram) · 23 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary A collection of SSH-based pranks for Linux systems including changing input language, displaying ASCII art, creating infinite terminal spam, executing fork bombs, rickrolling through browsers, and modifying wallpapers. The post covers GNOME-specific commands and includes warnings about potentially harmful pranks like fork bombs that can make systems unresponsive. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@christiantortorich** · 0 upvotes > code snippets from 2002 **@hunordori** · 0 upvotes > Good old days, when on a LAN party we changed a friend’s Windows boot sound to O-Zone: Dragostea din tei > > Turns out, Windows XP only allowed 2 minutes max 😀 --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#ssh](https://daily.dev/tags/ssh), [#bash](https://daily.dev/tags/bash), [#sysadmin](https://daily.dev/tags/sysadmin) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/jstffpffs) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/jstffpffs","headline":"Terminal Tomfoolery: SSH Pranks to Try on Your Friends","text":"Shared: Terminal Tomfoolery: SSH Pranks to Try on Your Friends","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/jstffpffs","datePublished":"2025-08-21T21:04:13.823Z","dateModified":"2025-08-21T21:04:54.347Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Dixit Ram","url":"https://daily.dev/dixitram","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VHLuHQ-F--/f_auto/v1780176590/avatars/avatar_heEGh9lV7vd4ADF6H7mEp?_a=BAMAMiWQ0","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":7530}},"image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VDukGCjf--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2002","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":23},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}],"sharedContent":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/lIGZOiSbw"},"comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"code snippets from 2002","datePublished":"2025-09-29T14:08:10.340Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/jstFFPffS#c-OaqFMtj5I","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Christian Tortorich","url":"https://daily.dev/christiantortorich","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1189465?v=4"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Good old days, when on a LAN party we changed a friend’s Windows boot sound to O-Zone: Dragostea din tei\nTurns out, Windows XP only allowed 2 minutes max 😀","datePublished":"2025-09-23T03:54:00.034Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/jstFFPffS#c-jnrImTKnF","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Hunor Dóri","url":"https://daily.dev/hunordori","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--ej_ecZnp--/f_auto/v1766332232/avatars/avatar_WGxMVU157d1bEq6RnCTIe?_a=BAMAK+ZW0"}}],"isPartOf":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/heegh9lv7vd4adf6h7mep","name":"Dixit Ram"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Dixit Ram","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/heegh9lv7vd4adf6h7mep"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Terminal Tomfoolery: SSH Pranks to Try on Your Friends"}]} ```