I find that the timer on my phone does a good enough job. Otherwise there is
always sleep...
$ sleep 600 && mpg123 SomeMusic.mp3
:)
2008/10/17 Peter Salisbury <peterthevicar@???>
> 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!
>
> Personally I set a timer on my watch!
>
> HTH, Peter
>
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