Author: Peter Salisbury Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Timer Program
2008/10/17 Stephen Nelson-Smith <sanelson@???>: > I don't know if any of you are aware of the minuteur program for OSX.
> It's a simple countdown timer with a pleasant interface, which starts
> from a defined amount of time and counts down. When it gets to the
> end it either rings a bell, or fills the screen with a notification
> saying "Time's up!"
>
> I've searched high and low for a Linux equivalent that doesn't suck.
> The gnome timer applet doesn't seem to want to make a noise louder
> than an almost inaudible "click", and I've tried pointing it at a wav
> file of a bell. The kalarm program is a bit better - but it doesn't
> have a nice interface, and it's notification will only appear on the
> desktop on which it was launched - not all desktops.
>
> Can anyone point me to something better?
>
> S.
kalarm can be set to annoy you on all desktops (right click the title
bar and choose 'To Desktop/All Desktops') it can also do any or all
of: play any arbitrary sound file, email you, execute a command. sudo
chvt 1 should get your attention!
