Post #791256

2026-03-25 12:40 UTC

Do you want your computer to sound like an 80s #scifi device with lots of bleeps and bloops and swoops? Are you running #linux? https://github.com/jamestomasino/beep This is my recreation of an old program from nullsoft called 'beep' that does just that. The more stuff your computer is doing (cpu, mem, network, etc) the more it beeps and boops. Enjoy!

Replies (7)

@tomasino@tilde.zone 2026-03-25 22:35

Are you on macOS? I've tried to create a port for homebrew. I don't have a mac to verify if this worked well, but you can give this a try: brew tap jamestomasino/beep brew install jamestomasino/beep/beep

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@SnowBlind2005@social.vivaldi.net 2026-03-25 12:46

@tomasino@tilde.zone Users are forgetting the mechanical noises that computers used to make. It was weird going from mechanical hard drives to SSD. SILENCE. Or the old school floppy disk noises. Or the dot matrix printers. At least you knew it was doing something. Now we sit there wondering if it's 'doing something'.

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@ephzero@masto.snoozetown.org 2026-03-25 12:51

@tomasino@tilde.zone Of course we do!

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@monospace@floss.social 2026-03-25 13:29

@tomasino@tilde.zone Beepboop++ Ada++ 🥰

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@d2718@hachyderm.io 2026-03-25 14:13

@tomasino@tilde.zone Combined with my mechanical keyboard, this can help make me _truly_ insufferable at work!

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@rooktallon@dragonscave.space 2026-03-25 16:59

@jaybird110127@dragonscave.space @tomasino@tilde.zone No, but I'd love to hear it in action as I love beping souns.

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@m3tti@functional.cafe 2026-03-28 21:54

@tomasino@tilde.zone this is so good

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