Linux terminal is not as scary as you think. There are many fun stuff you can do in the terminal as well. You can display predefined or random messages, play games, or run some animation in ASCII format in the Linux terminal using various command line tools. Most of these programs should be available in the repositories of your Linux distribution.

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1. lolcat: Add colors to your terminal2. Aewan: Display ASCII text beautifully3. Cowsay: Make an ASCII cow say whatever you want4. jp2a: Convert images into ASCII art5. linuxlogo: Display the ASCII logo your Linux distro6. Neoftech: Display the Linux logo along with system info7. fortune: Get your fortune told8. pv: Make things animated9. cmatrix: Matrix like animation in ASCII10. cbonsai: Grow a bonsai in your terminalTry some more

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