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What Linux "Productivity" (ideally FOSS) tools do you use? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm in a bit of a productivity rut and whilst I suspect the issue is mainly between the keyboard and chair I'm also interested in what (FOSS) tools there are that people find effective.

One of my issues at the moment is cross managing different workstreams particularly with personal projects which are more in the "if I have time category".

I'm interested in anything that helps manage time or limit distractions or anything that makes it easier to keep track of progress/next steps for project when there may be a bit of a time gap between.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Nextcloud, FreshRSS and KdeConnect come to mind.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

How do you use KDEConnect for productivity? I am currently planning a move to KDE Plasma from Gnome (when 6 comes out).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

@zerakith @FriendBesto Answering text messages right from the computer is way faster for me. Or file transfers between the smartphone and workstation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Neovim & reStructuredText

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I have found Kate to be very capable with python and rust. With Sessions I can also have my own set of notes in markdown. The plugins are plentiful and git integration is built in.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Been using Kate as just a notepad…what plugins should I be made aware of ?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Im my distro the all the plugins are included in the repo package. But you just need to Configure Kate and there is a plugins section.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

fkin love kate

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

For keeping track of tasks on my projects i use todo txt. For each of my projects will drop a file named todo.txt in the root. each line is a task, and i order them based on priority. I can walk away from it and when i start working on the project again, i have an simple way to see the list of tasks i have laid out for this project.

http://todotxt.org/

I personally find it less useful to see the "big picture" of all tasks, and this lets me focus on the details of my projects without forcing a bunch of structure.

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