Getting Things GNOME, a simple and functional task manager

about getting things gnome

In the next article we are going to take a look at Getting Things Gnome. if you are looking for a task manager or an app to manage a to-do list on Gnu/Linux, you might like to try this program.

Today users can find different applications for managing tasks from the Ubuntu desktop. Among all the available ones, we can find Getting Things GNOME, which It will allow us to organize our personal tasks and TODO list items from the GNOME desktop environment., and which is also inspired by the methodology »Getting Things Done».

Getting Things Gnome is designed with flexibility, adaptability, and ease of use in mind, so its user interface and workflow can be used as more than just simple to-do software. The program seeks to offer help when it comes to keeping track of everything we need to do, from small tasks to large projects.

General features of Gnome Things Gnome

gtg preferences

  • This project is community-driven, and 100% free and open source. It works offline.
  • The program has a graphical user interface that fits many workflows.
  • It is translated into most languages, among which is Spanish.
  • When we start the program, We will see some notes that will help us better understand how it works the program.
  • In addition, we are going to meet a flexible labeling system. Labels can be hierarchical or not, they can have an assigned color and/or an emblem icon.

edit a task with gtg

  • We will have the possibility of search and save. Here we will find a customization capacity similar to labels.
  • The program will also have natural language parsing capabilities and a free-form task text editor.
  • Supports dates like 'today', 'tomorrow', 'thursday', '14', 'now' and the ISO 8601 standard, anywhere in the user interface.
  • As well we can use keywords like 'date:', and it detects @tags anywhere in the title or description.
  • We can quickly create multiple subtasks using * or – as if they were bulleted lists.
  • It will also allow us to create infinite subtasks.
  • Allows add detailed notes and descriptions within a task, if required.
  • Includes a 'actionable' task view mode. These are tasks that don't have a start date set in the future, don't have dependencies/subtasks blocking them, and aren't tagged with a tag set to be excluded from the work view.
  • Will allow us defer tasks to the next few days or to a custom date.
  • It has emoji support.

keyboard shortcuts available

  • includes some keyboard shortcuts to work with the program.
  • We can drag and drop to rearrange tasks.
  • Includes dark mode and plugin support.

These are just some of the features of the program. They can consult all of them in detail from the project website.

Install Getting Things GNOME

We can find this application available to install on Ubuntu as a Flatpak package. If you use Ubuntu 20.04 and you still do not have this technology enabled on your computer, you can continue The Guide that a colleague posted on this blog some time ago.

When you can install this type of packages on your computer, you will only need to open a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and write the install command:

install gtg flatpak

flatpak install https://dl.flathub.org/repo/appstream/org.gnome.GTG.flatpakref

When the installation process is complete, you can start the application looking for its corresponding launcher in our team, or we can also choose to write in the terminal:

getting things gnome launcher

flatpak run org.gnome.GTG

uninstall

For remove the Flatpak package from this program, it will only be necessary to open a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and write the following in it:

uninstall getting things gnome

flatpak uninstall --delete-data org.gnome.GTG

Getting Things GNOME seeks to help us keep track of everything we need to do and need to know, from small tasks to large projects. It can learn more about this project and its operation from the project's GitHub repository.


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