Creating a very nice spectrum display of an audio file is very simple to do. The FFmpeg utility is the best way to generate such a useful audio waveform demonstration. This command will generate a 2560×1080 resolution waveform display of the file underground_01.ogg ffplay -f lavfi ‘amovie=undergrnd_01.ogg, asplit [a][out1]; [a]…
Read MoreA color terminal on Linux can print a wide variety of colors. But how many colors can it print? The colortest utility can show this. Install it like this. ┌──[[email protected]]─[~/Documents] └──╼ ╼ $ sudo apt-get install colortest┌──[[email protected]]─[~/Documents] └──╼ ╼ $ sudo apt-get install colortest Then run it to get a…
Read MorePlay a music file in your terminal with a nice visualization, using this one-liner. This is very nice way to get a simple animation whilst playing a music file. MPV does support a massive amount of playing options, and using a visualization while playing music is another hidden feature. mpv…
Read MoreThis photograph shows an elevator display screen that is displaying an Ubuntu Unity desktop environment with the updates manager prompting for updates to be installed. This is strange, this is not necessarily the most reliable desktop environment and running this on a computer in an elevator seems like a very…
Read MoreUsing tightvnc to connect to a remote Linux machine is a good way to access a graphical desktop on a remote Linux box. Firstly; install the tightvnc server on the target machine to be accessed. homer@deusexmachina ~ $ sudo apt-get install tightvncserver [sudo] password for homer: Reading package lists… Done…
Read MoreThis picture posted by Aenigma @ Reddit shows a machine at Best Buy that is advertising a Nintendo product powered by a recent distribution of Ubuntu. I do not know what release it is but it looks like 12.04. Hard to tell when you can only see the bootsplash. But…
Read MoreUbuntu developers are working on a next generation display server known as Mir. A system-level component targeted as a replacement for the X window server system to unlock next-generation user experiences for devices ranging from Linux desktop to mobile devices powered by Ubuntu. This document outlines the motivation for the…
Read MoreThis screen spotted in a Best Buy retail store is running a Nintendo display and appears to be using Ubuntu 12.04. Best Buy do not seem to have a very tolerant attitude towards the Ubuntu Linux distribution, but they are using it in a limited capacity to run display screens….
Read MoreThis is my /etc/default/grub file, and this is how I got my GRUB 2 boot menu to display by default with Linux Mint 12. You just need to add the GRUB_HIDDEN=0 line to the menu and ensure the rest of the file looks like my example and the menu will…
Read MoreThere is a solution on this page that will help with the display of Chinese characters on the Virtual Terminal display. http://askubuntu.com/questions/25187/how-to-make-the-vt-display-chinese-characters.
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