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1. Nice effect. Some issues though, the characters don’t fade out like in the matrix film, and the text is too fast and frequent

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   1. Hi Rob,

      You can get many options from its help page. You can change color and speed too.

      sharad@sharadchhetri:~$ cmatrix --help
       Usage: cmatrix -[abBfhlsVx] [-u delay] [-C color]
       -a: Asynchronous scroll
       -b: Bold characters on
       -B: All bold characters (overrides -b)
       -f: Force the linux $TERM type to be on
       -l: Linux mode (uses matrix console font)
       -o: Use old-style scrolling
       -h: Print usage and exit
       -n: No bold characters (overrides -b and -B, default)
       -s: "Screensaver" mode, exits on first keystroke
       -x: X window mode, use if your xterm is using mtx.pcf
       -V: Print version information and exit
       -u delay (0 - 10, default 4): Screen update delay
       -C [color]: Use this color for matrix (default green)
      sharad@sharadchhetri:~$ 
      

      Regards
      Sharad

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2. I am from MAC OS (pls don’t hate me), and when I type it down it says “command not found”. I’m new to the terminal. Can u pls halp?

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   1. Hi Bob,

      In Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Desktop, run given below two command. I am not sure if you are trying the command in Linux or MacOS.

      sudo apt update
      sudo apt install cmatrix
      

      sharad@linuxworld:~$ sudo apt install cmatrix
      Reading package lists... Done
      Building dependency tree       
      Reading state information... Done
      The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
        libpango1.0-0 libpangox-1.0-0
      Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
      Suggested packages:
        cmatrix-xfont
      The following NEW packages will be installed:
        cmatrix
      0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
      Need to get 15.8 kB of archives.
      After this operation, 50.2 kB of additional disk space will be used.
      Get:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 cmatrix amd64 1.2a-5build2 [15.8 kB]
      Fetched 15.8 kB in 0s (35.8 kB/s)  
      Selecting previously unselected package cmatrix.
      (Reading database ... 205813 files and directories currently installed.)
      Preparing to unpack .../cmatrix_1.2a-5build2_amd64.deb ...
      Unpacking cmatrix (1.2a-5build2) ...
      Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
      Setting up cmatrix (1.2a-5build2) ...
      sharad@linuxworld:~$
      

      Regards
      Sharad

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3. That’s pretty cool

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4. Niche Post and Good Works, Thank You,

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5. Good
   It works

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6. umm.. it says “unable to locate package” im connect to the internet and everything, but it doesnt seem to work :/

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   1. Hi,

      Not sure which OS version you are using. But you can check with below given command , if the package is available in repo or not.

      sudo apt-get update
      apt-cache policy cmatrix
      

      Regards
      Sharad

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