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Blanket: Ambient Noise App For Linux

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Blanket: Ambient Noise App For Linux

#1 Post by sunrat »

This is really cool! Blanket generates background sounds to calm your day. Or noisy sounds if your day is too calm.

https://www.linuxuprising.com/2021/04/b ... linux.html

It's not in the Debian repo but the MX version installed and runs perfectly for me in Bullseye. Download from here:- https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/pool/main/b/blanket/
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sudo apt install ./blanket_0.5.0+git20211008-1~mx21+1_all.deb
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Re: Blanket: Ambient Noise App For Linux

#2 Post by NFT5 »

I've had an app like that for years. Makes a noise if it's quiet, gives you something to do when you're relaxing......

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#3 Post by Dai_trying »

NFT5 wrote: 2023-03-18 10:34 I've had an app like that for years. Makes a noise if it's quiet, gives you something to do when you're relaxing......

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The only problem with that is when you try to

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it takes half your system away!

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NFT5 wrote: 2023-03-18 10:34 I've had an app like that for years. Makes a noise if it's quiet, gives you something to do when you're relaxing......

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Never installed that one. I did several times

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but it always crashed after a while.
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Re: Blanket: Ambient Noise App For Linux

#5 Post by cds60601 »

NFT5 wrote: 2023-03-18 10:34 I've had an app like that for years. Makes a noise if it's quiet, gives you something to do when you're relaxing......

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Re: Blanket: Ambient Noise App For Linux

#6 Post by donald »

Why install all of this stuff when you could simply sleep in the server room? :D
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Re: Blanket: Ambient Noise App For Linux

#7 Post by d76 »

Thanks for this, nice program.

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mpv http://198.27.120.235:8850
but it's good to have lightweight offline option.

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Re: Blanket: Ambient Noise App For Linux

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d76 wrote: 2023-03-18 19:44I normally use

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mpv http://198.27.120.235:8850
but it's good to have lightweight offline option.
I like how the balance of different sounds can be adjusted to one's preference. Birds, waves, wind, thunder, party, etc., and there is a nice range of sounds.
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donald wrote: 2023-03-18 16:43 Why install all of this stuff when you could simply sleep in the server room? :D
I guess if you installed wife, you might have to do that sometimes anyway. :lol:
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Re: Blanket: Ambient Noise App For Linux

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sunrat wrote: 2023-03-18 22:43
donald wrote: 2023-03-18 16:43 Why install all of this stuff when you could simply sleep in the server room? :D
I guess if you installed wife, you might have to do that sometimes anyway. :lol:
lol when I first started working for myself my office was in our bedroom which had 2 giant unracked servers running on a reinforced nightstand, the server noise gave off heat and white noise. Later when we moved and I had a proper rack/office I couldn't sleep at home until I put a fan in the corner, I still keep a fan running in the bedroom to this day for that type of white noise. :)

The Ambient Noise app is pretty neat though.
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Re: Blanket: Ambient Noise App For Linux

#11 Post by BBQdave »

My ambient noise, to go to sleep, is old Mystery Science Theatre 3000 shows.
It's comforting to know Joel and the bots are working through an "experiment" :)

Fans are going here too. My wife can't sleep unless there's a breeze going, even in winter.
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NFT5 wrote: 2023-03-18 10:34 I've had an app like that for years. Makes a noise if it's quiet, gives you something to do when you're relaxing......

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sudo apt install wife && sudo apt install selective deafness
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#13 Post by Chaussettes »

This is really nice thanks. The rain sounds are perfect.
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Re: Blanket: Ambient Noise App For Linux

#14 Post by kent_dorfman766 »

Well, would rather have her making some noise than no noise at all. Quiet means I did something wrong and she's fuming for the inevitable blow-up.

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