Ubuntu Gets a Remastered 5.1 Surround Log-in Sound!

If you have installed a 5.1 Surround Sound system on your computer that happens to be running Ubuntu Linux instead of MS Windows :D, then wouldn't it be nice if you could make/add an awesome 5.1 surround log-in sound?.

I mean, of course you can find a 5.1 audio file but wouldn't it make everything so much better if we somehow find a re-mastered 5.1 version of the current official Ubuntu Log-in sound?. Well, thanks to Dustin Kirkland (an Ubuntu core developer and an active member of the Ubuntu Server development staff), we now actually have a re-mastered, official 5.1 surround sound for Ubuntu!.

"my life be like oooooh  aaaaaaah, oooooooh " ;-)...

Although I don't have a 5.1 system thus I haven't tested it (because I can't! :/) but Dustin is kind enough to provide us with a PPA channel which makes the installation is A breeze!.

So, as a result, you can install the 5.1 log-in sound in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal, 11.10, 10.10 and 10.04 by using the below commands.

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:kirkland/sound

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-sounds

Now, log-out of the system and re-login and if everything went well then you should hear it:

Starting off with the center speaker, going towards the front left and right channels then going into the back left/right speakers while the bongo rocking the hell out of your world using your Sub Woofer!. Enjoy!.

Install Audacity in Ubuntu, An Advanced Audio Editor for Linux

Audacity is one of the oldest and advanced audio editors that can be used on a lot of different types of OS other than GNU Linux. Although by default it only supports "Free" formats only, but thanks to the plug-in support, you can easily add the mp3 compatibility and expand its features as well. 

Main GUI

Main features...

*. Supports MP3, OGG Vorbis, WAV and AIFF.

*. Live recording.

*. Encode audio tracks with various changes (low/high bit-rates, etc).

*. Edit - Cut, Copy, Mix tracks graphically.

*. Add effects.

*. Change pitch or speed settings.

*. Record up to 16 channels at once.

*. Play files reversely. 

*. Load Raw audio files.

*. Various audio analyzing methods (Spectrograms, etc).

So, if you run Ubuntu and want to install Audacity using daily build PPA channel, then open the Terminal and issue the below command.

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:audacity-team/daily

    sudo apt-get update

    sudo apt-get install audacity