OT: Linux Alarm Clock Suggestions?

[Peter Garrett]

On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 14:00:19 +0700
Chanchao <custom at freenet.de> wrote:

> Hello Edwin,
> 
> Friday, June 10, 2005, 1:44:10 PM, you wrote:
> 
> E> Strangely enough, I am having difficulty finding an alarm clock for
> E> Ubuntu... Google throws up nothing and sourceforge gives me a bunch of
> E> alarm clocks for Windows and Mac OS X.
> 
> :-) I just KNOW this is going to get answered with a "Huh.. An alarm
> clock is built in!" followed by an incredibly cryptical cron-entry. :)
> 
> E> I don't need anything fancy. Just something that will play a .MP3 at a
> E> certain time. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks.
> 
> " man cron "
> 
> Easy!
> 
> (I have to admit there's a very gratifying cruelty to answering Linux
> questions.  Intoxicating, almost. :)
> 
> Cheers,
> Chanchao

Heh....

sleep 8h && cat /dev/urandom > /dev/dsp

That would wake the dead !  <grin>


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