Chromium OS Builds for non-Chromebook Machines!
So excited for this. A user going by the name of hexxeh has created a website which automatically builds the latest versions of Google’s Chromium OS. I downloaded an image, but unfortunately, the latest builds don’t work on my machine. I get a kernel panic upon boot. I’ll try it on my brother’s laptop later, and hopefully that will work.
BUT, the most important thing is that hexxeh was able to get Chromium OS working on his Raspberry Pi! I have one ordered and will hopefully get one within the next month. Very excited about that.
This is too awesome.
I probably post too much John Frusciante. This was the first song I really liked by him. The unusual sound that appears as the melody is actually two guitar tracks being played in reverse.
Jukebox is available for download!
I’ve decided to go ahead and give out the source code for my Jukebox project. It’s not much, but I figured it’s better to let people take a look if they want. I am offering no promises that this will compile on your system, but I’m just getting it out there. You can post in the comments if you’re having trouble, but I’m not yet familiar enough with C++ to offer much help.
So here is my first release. Dependencies are a c++ compiler, the ncurses library, and the FMOD Ex library installed. I have compiled this project on both Linux and Windows, but it may take a bit more work to compile under Windows which I have outlined in the README.
I have included the program compiled under a Linux i686 machine. You will need to recompile if you are not using Linux or if you have a 64-bit operating system.
Download mirror
Enjoy! I added some screenshots to an imgur album here. Any comments? You can message my Tumblr account, add a comment to the post, reblog with a comment, or send me an email to the email listed in the README.
What about the source code?
I have also made the two source files available for online viewing on Codepad:
Jukebox.cpp - Contains main() and most of the jukebox and ncurses logic.
player.h - Contains the Player class which accesses the FMOD sound library.
Instructions
Jukebox is controlled completely through your keyboard. Here are some keys to know:
- Arrow keys. Up and down change your song selection.
- Use Space to start a song.
- Press ‘p’ to toggle pause/play.
- Press ‘n’ to play the next song.
- Press ‘c’ to change the color scheme, and ‘i’ to invert colors.
- Press 1-3 to sort by a column. 1 sorts by the first column, 2 sorts by the second, and so on.
- Press 0 to randomly sort all the songs, also known as shuffling.
- Press ‘q’ to quit.
Thanks for taking a look! Any feedback is more than welcome.
This is the latest project I’ve been working on. It’s a jukebox mp3/ogg player that is run completely in the command line. Written in C++, this jukebox uses the ncurses library (or pdcurses on Windows) to create a user interface. The program reads files out of a directory and sorts them according to their tags. The program also supports color changing if your terminal supports it. The best part about this is that it weighs in at only 5 MB of memory usage! Very lightweight.
I might write more on this later and release the code if I get around to it. Here’s another screenshot so you can get an idea of how it looks with different color schemes:
I'm a thoughtful seventeen-year-old guy with an affinity for learning. My interests include computer science, evolutionary biology, neuroscience, philosophy, tech policy, and physics. I also enjoy sports, competing in basketball, bowling, and cross-country. You can expect me to stay up-to-date with current events, science discoveries, and tech tricks.
