[ENG][RPi]The Matrix Screensaver for Raspberry Pi

One of my favorite movie is “The Matrix” and the cool thing of this movie is the black screen with all the letters running. I think it would be awesome if I put it on my Raspberry Pi’s Screensaver. So I search on the Google and found “CMatrix” written by Chris Allegretta. It’s very easy, just apt-get it and run !

Let’s do it !

Step 1 : Get the cmatrix

• Open the Terminal and type the command

sudo apt-get install cmatrix

Step 2 : Run cmatrix

• Type the command

cmatrix

• That’s it ! We got our The Matrix Screensaver.

• If you want to exit just press Ctrl+C .

Step 3 : Options and Buttons

• The following options is used with “cmatrix” command e.g. -a

cmatrix -a

• Options:
  -a: Asynchronous scroll, more like the movie/original screensaver
  -b: Partial bold text mode
  -B: All bold text mode
  -f: Force the linux $TERM type to on
  -l: Linux support for linux console matrix.fnt font
  -n: No bold text mode
  -o: Use “old-style” scrolling — less like the movie, more like the Win/Mac screensaver.
  -s: “Screen saver” mode. Any key aborts (default is “eye candy” mode, must abort with control C)
  -x: X window mode, use if your xterm is using mtx.pcf
  -u [update]: Update delay (0–9, default 4).
  -C [color]: Use color for matrix (default green).
• Keystrokes available while running (not available in -s mode):
  a: Toggle asynch mode
  b: Enable partial bold text
  B: Enable all bold text
  n: Disable bold text
  0–9: Change update delay
  ! @ # $ % ^ & ): Change the color of the matrix to the corresponding color: ! — red, @ — green, # — yellow, $ — blue, % — magenta, ^ — cyan, & — white, ) — black.

Ref.

• http://www.asty.org/cmatrix/
• http://www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk/2013/01/matrix-pi-running-cmatrix-on-the-raspberry-pi/