A very simple timer/count-down application.
No one wears wristwatches anymore. Hence this application is intended for the use in tests and exams, to display the remaining time to the students/pupils. It (optionally) plays a sound and changes the color of the clock once the "last minutes", i.e. the last 5min of the exam starts.
The application itself resides in the system tray and the clock display can be hidden. This allows to use the timer for the "Pomodoro Technique".
The timer configurations are organized in independent "profiles". This allows to store and apply frequently used configurations easily.
- Clock display can be configured to be shown in full screen, "always on top" or hidden.
- Configurable clock display scheme and colors.
- Configurable sounds.
- Supports an arbitrary number of configuration profiles.
- Disables the screen saver under Windows and MacOS X.
Windows and MacOS X binaries can be obtained from the releases page. Binary packages for Ubutnu are available at my PPA (personal package archive). You can add this repository to your list of package sources to receive automatic updates on new releases of the software.
To add the PPA simply call
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:hmatuschek/ppa
sudo apt-get update
Then you can install countdown by calling
sudo apt-get install countdown
countdown - A simple timer application. Copyright (C) 2015 Hannes Matuschek
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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