In Operation
The image below shows nook’s delightfully simple user interface. Not shown is the random mode option.
As you can see from the image below, there’s bags of customization available. We’re showing the default settings. The interface doesn’t let us expand the window, so we can’t show you the offline section in a single image.
The offline section reports that 1 out of 294 offline hour music files have been downloaded, and 0 out of 193 offline k.k. music files are downloaded. The interface lets us download all hourly music files and all k.k. music files, so that the program can fully function offline.
It’s pretty neat that we can customize the tune settings. Using the mouse wheel we can change any of the 16 notes effortlessly.
Summary
nook is beautifully presented. nook offers a slick interface with bags of customization. If you’re a fan of Animal Crossing and want familiar loops throughout the day, nook may well float your boat. It’s a welcome addition to our Candy series.
The software used to be available as a browser extension but the developer decided to release the program as a standalone desktop app given that he found the browser extension difficult to maintain.
Just like the Animal Crossing series, nook offers a high level of customization. It’d be even better if we could replace the hourly music with our own songs or Scruffy’s 24 looping songs that each play for an hour, giving you a wonderful 24 hour soundtrack.
Website: nook.camp
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: mn6
License: ISC License
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Complete list of articles in this series:
| Linux Candy | |
|---|---|
| ASCIIQuarium | Embrace marine life from the terminal with beautiful ASCII art |
| ASCII Art Converter | A small utility that converts images into ASCII art |
| BobRossQuotes | Collection of quotes from Bob Ross |
| Boxes | Command line ASCII boxes |
| Buoh | Online strips comics reader |
| cacafire | Color ASCII fire |
| catclock | xclock with an enhanced cat mode |
| cbonsai | Generate bonsai trees in the terminal |
| christmasfetch | Festive cheer on the desktop |
| chucknorris | Chuck Norris jokes in your terminal |
| cornyjokes | Corny jokes for the terminal |
| CMatrix | ncurses program that simulates the display from “The Matrix” |
| ctree | A Christmas tree right on your terminal |
| eDEX-UI | Sci-fi computer terminal emulator and system monitor |
| emoj | Simple tool that to find suitable emojis for pasting to your clipboard |
| Emote | Modern popup emoji picker |
| Evolvotron | Interactive generative art |
| Fantascene | Dynamic wallpaper changer |
| Fondo | Find beautiful wallpapers from Unsplash |
| gti | Typo-based curio inspired by Steam Locomotive |
| Hollywood | Fill your console with Hollywood melodrama technobabble |
| linuxwave | Generate music from the entropy of Linux |
| lolcat | Rainbows and unicorns |
| No More Secrets | Recreates the data decryption effect from the Sneakers movie |
| nook | Plays Animal Crossing hourly themes on the hour |
| nyancat | Terminal-based Pop Tart Cat Animation |
| oneko | Animal chasing fun |
| pipes.sh | Animated pipes terminal screensaver |
| ponysay | cowsay reimplemention for ponies |
| projectM | Music visualizer originally based on Milkdrop |
| pscircle | A different take on the venerable ps command |
| PyBonsai | Generates procedural ASCII art trees |
| pyjokes | One line jokes for programmers |
| Pywal | Generate color schemes on the fly |
| Relaxator | Relax to soothing sounds |
| Rusty Aquarium | Monitoring by visualization |
| Steam Locomotive | C program written in 295 lines. It's harmless fun |
| Ternimal | Animated lifeform in the terminal |
| terminal-parrot | Party parrot time |
| tetris | Tile-matching puzzle video game in your terminal |
| Variety | Wallpaper manager with many desktops and wallpaper sources |
| WallGen | Generate HQ poly wallpapers with a few arguments. |
| WallpaperDownloader | Download, change, and manage wallpapers |
| xcowsay | Displays a cow on your desktop with message |
| XDecorations | Add some festive cheer to your desktop |
| XScreenSaver | Framework and collection of screensavers |
| yosay | Like cowsay but with less cow |