Getting Things Done, the Linux way
Oct. 17th, 2010 06:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
So we've all heard about how linux tools 'do one thing and do it well' and if we're new (or even not so new, natch!) to using linux we might not really understand what that means, and the raw flexible power that offers. You know you're on your way to a power user level when you really start thinking about how you can make your computer work for you, instead of the other way around. Here's the latest way I took a bunch of command line tools and glued them together so I could really Get Things Done. (I like the GTD style, but these tools certainly are flexible enough to be used any way you want or need.)
This is all stuff that is available in the repositories for Ubuntu 10.10, I'll provide some resource links at the bottom for other distro users.
( RemindMe )
( Remind )
( Taskwarrior )
See my whole desktop.
A Gist with all of the code. Including my full .conkyrc
( Resources )
*Note: Feedback, modifications, suggestions etc. gladly accepted. Please feel free to modify to your heart's satisfaction and give us a tour around your setup. I'm always on the lookout for tweaks and new ideas.
[1] ETA: Modified the reminders.sh script, it needs to call remind with the -q and -r flags (-q to tell it not to queue timed reminders which crashes conky D: and -r to tell it to not run RUN directives, which causes other problems.)
This is all stuff that is available in the repositories for Ubuntu 10.10, I'll provide some resource links at the bottom for other distro users.
( RemindMe )
( Remind )
( Taskwarrior )
See my whole desktop.
A Gist with all of the code. Including my full .conkyrc
( Resources )
*Note: Feedback, modifications, suggestions etc. gladly accepted. Please feel free to modify to your heart's satisfaction and give us a tour around your setup. I'm always on the lookout for tweaks and new ideas.
[1] ETA: Modified the reminders.sh script, it needs to call remind with the -q and -r flags (-q to tell it not to queue timed reminders which crashes conky D: and -r to tell it to not run RUN directives, which causes other problems.)