Decided to see if there was a terminal emulator that would work on Steam Link and found one called "Cool Retro Term" made by Swordfish90.[github.com]

You can find the build setup here[github.com] as well as a pre-built here[github.com].


Some things to note:

• If you run into compiling issues (mostly with unable to find Qt), you may have to compile Qt found in "external/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.9.1". Run the "build_steamlink.sh" in there and it will build it... may take a while though.
  
• Mouse use (right clicking for example) is broken and will probably cause the Steam Link to crash.
  
• Turned off quite a few effects to try to make cool retro term run at a reasonable speed... If you wish to customize it either modify the settings in "crt-src/app/qml/ApplicationSettings.qml" or ssh into the Steam Link and modify the sqlite file located at "/home/apps/crt/.home/.local/share/cool-retro-term/QML/OfflineStorage/Databases".

Also you can take prebuilt armhf packages from debian and copy their binaries/libraries to the bin/lib folder in the .home directory of crt and run them.

Enjoy.