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  What software can I use to remind me of daily tasks? Mario Castelán Castro  <marioxcc.MT@yandex.com> - 2015-10-09 23:20 +0200
    Re: What software can I use to remind me of daily tasks? Gary Dale <garydale@torfree.net> - 2015-10-09 23:50 +0200
    Re: What software can I use to remind me of daily tasks? Francesco Ariis <fa-ml@ariis.it> - 2015-10-10 00:00 +0200
      Re: What software can I use to remind me of daily tasks? Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> - 2015-10-10 12:40 +0200
        Re: What software can I use to remind me of daily tasks? Andre N Batista <andrenbatista@gmail.com> - 2015-10-10 22:20 +0200
    Re: What software can I use to remind me of daily tasks? Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-10 00:00 +0200
    Re: What software can I use to remind me of daily tasks? Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI <renaud@olgiati-in-paraguay.org> - 2015-10-10 00:50 +0200
    Re: What software can I use to remind me of daily tasks? Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-10-10 17:00 +0200
    Re: What software can I use to remind me of daily tasks? Mario Castelán Castro  <marioxcc.MT@yandex.com> - 2015-10-10 18:00 +0200
    Re: What software can I use to remind me of daily tasks? Mart van de Wege <mvdwege@gmail.com> - 2015-10-11 22:10 +0200
      Re: What software can I use to remind me of daily tasks? Mario Castelán Castro  <marioxcc.MT@yandex.com> - 2015-10-11 23:00 +0200
        Re: What software can I use to remind me of daily tasks? Mart van de Wege <mvdwege@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 13:00 +0200
    Re: What software can I use to remind me of daily tasks? Ralph Katz <ralph.katz@rcn.com> - 2015-10-12 18:20 +0200
      Re: What software can I use to remind me of daily tasks? Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-10-13 05:10 +0200

#158734 — What software can I use to remind me of daily tasks?

Hello.

I'm looking for a free (as in freedom) software that will remind me of 
daily tasks. That is it: one in which I can program reminders to be 
shown daily at a certain hour as a window to catch my attention or as a 
sound. I have searched in the web, but I have only found unmaintained 
software that doesn't do this.

Thanks in advance.

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#158737

On 09/10/15 05:08 PM, Mario Castelán Castro wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I'm looking for a free (as in freedom) software that will remind me of 
> daily tasks. That is it: one in which I can program reminders to be 
> shown daily at a certain hour as a window to catch my attention or as 
> a sound. I have searched in the web, but I have only found 
> unmaintained software that doesn't do this.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>

Any desktop organizer can do that. I use KDE so Kontact is my tool of 
choice. Just set it to remind you of scheduled activities. If you need 
to do something every day, set it to repeat daily.

You can also set a cron job to e-mail reminders to you if you need them 
while away from your computer but receive e-mail on a smartphone.

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#158740

On Fri, Oct 09, 2015 at 04:08:31PM -0500, Mario Castelán Castro wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> I'm looking for a free (as in freedom) software that will remind me of daily
> tasks. That is it: one in which I can program reminders to be shown daily at
> a certain hour as a window to catch my attention or as a sound. I have
> searched in the web, but I have only found unmaintained software that
> doesn't do this.

Hello Mario,
    there are a number of them in Debian: kalarm, tkremind,
email-reminder to name a few. They are all slightly different
so play around with them and let us know if they work for your
tasks

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#158752

On 2015-10-09, Francesco Ariis <fa-ml@ariis.it> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 09, 2015 at 04:08:31PM -0500, Mario Castelán Castro wrote:
>> Hello.
>> 
>> I'm looking for a free (as in freedom) software that will remind me of daily
>> tasks. That is it: one in which I can program reminders to be shown daily at
>> a certain hour as a window to catch my attention or as a sound. I have
>> searched in the web, but I have only found unmaintained software that
>> doesn't do this.
>
> Hello Mario,
>     there are a number of them in Debian: kalarm, tkremind,
> email-reminder to name a few. They are all slightly different
> so play around with them and let us know if they work for your
> tasks

Hi,

If you're a GNOME 3 user, gnome-clocks is a handy addition to that list.
It's likely that evolution offers similar functionality, but I don't use
it and so I can't cofirm that.

-- 

Liam

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#158801

On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 10:33:33AM +0000, Liam O'Toole wrote:
> On 2015-10-09, Francesco Ariis <fa-ml@ariis.it> wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 09, 2015 at 04:08:31PM -0500, Mario Castelán Castro wrote:
> >> Hello.
> >> 
> >> I'm looking for a free (as in freedom) software that will remind me of daily
> >> tasks. That is it: one in which I can program reminders to be shown daily at
> >> a certain hour as a window to catch my attention or as a sound. I have
> >> searched in the web, but I have only found unmaintained software that
> >> doesn't do this.
> >
> > Hello Mario,
> >     there are a number of them in Debian: kalarm, tkremind,
> > email-reminder to name a few. They are all slightly different
> > so play around with them and let us know if they work for your
> > tasks
> 
> Hi,
> 
> If you're a GNOME 3 user, gnome-clocks is a handy addition to that list.
> It's likely that evolution offers similar functionality, but I don't use
> it and so I can't cofirm that.

1 1/2 oz of cron jobs		Shake with unbroken shell
1 /dev/tty			and pour unrestrained
10 oz of echo			into FUCKUP.
1 text editor of choice
007 ASCII
proper sleep

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#158741

On Friday 09 October 2015 22:08:31 Mario Castelán Castro wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I'm looking for a free (as in freedom) software that will remind me of
> daily tasks. That is it: one in which I can program reminders to be
> shown daily at a certain hour as a window to catch my attention or as a
> sound. I have searched in the web, but I have only found unmaintained
> software that doesn't do this.
>
> Thanks in advance.

I use the Trinity version of KOrganizer.  It is maintained and reminds me 
well.  In fact, it nags me until I dismiss it.

Lisi

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#158746

On Fri, 09 Oct 2015 16:08:31 -0500
Mario Castelán Castro <marioxcc.MT@yandex.com> wrote:

> Hello.
> 
> I'm looking for a free (as in freedom) software that will remind me of 
> daily tasks. That is it: one in which I can program reminders to be 
> shown daily at a certain hour as a window to catch my attention or as a 
> sound. I have searched in the web, but I have only found unmaintained 
> software that doesn't do this.

You can use cron to launch scripts like the following:

#!/bin/bash
export DISPLAY=:0.0
gxmessage -borderless -buttons "Close:0" -center -borderless -font "sans bold 24" "   Warning: Time to go to bed   "


Cheers,
 
Ron.
-- 
                   Dieu n'est pas pour les gros batalions,
                     mais pour ceux qui tirent le mieux.
                                               -- Voltaire
                                    
                   -- http://www.olgiati-in-paraguay.org --
 

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#158756

On Fri, Oct 09, 2015 at 04:08:31PM -0500, Mario Castelán Castro wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> I'm looking for a free (as in freedom) software that will remind me of daily
> tasks. That is it: one in which I can program reminders to be shown daily at
> a certain hour as a window to catch my attention or as a sound. I have
> searched in the web, but I have only found unmaintained software that
> doesn't do this.

apt-cache show remind

-- 
"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people
who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the 
oppressing." --- Malcolm X

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#158759

Thanks to everybody who replied. I will be trying those solutions.

> If you're a GNOME 3 user, gnome-clocks is a handy addition to that list.
> It's likely that evolution offers similar functionality, but I don't use
> it and so I can't cofirm that.

No, I use LXDE. GNOME makes me sick, but thanks for the suggestion. :)

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#158905

Mario Castelán Castro  <marioxcc.MT@yandex.com> writes:

> Hello.
>
> I'm looking for a free (as in freedom) software that will remind me of
> daily tasks. That is it: one in which I can program reminders to be
> shown daily at a certain hour as a window to catch my attention or as
> a sound. I have searched in the web, but I have only found
> unmaintained software that doesn't do this.
>
Emacs Org-mode will work, if you install the org-alert package from elpa.

Mart

-- 
"We will need a longer wall when the revolution comes."
    --- AJS, quoting an uncertain source.

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#158913

Thanks too. I use Emacs, but I don't have it always open because I only 
use it for editing notes and software. A stand-alone program is 
therefore more suitable for me. I have tried KAlarm and it seems to do 
the job fine.

El 11/10/15 a las 14:52, Mart van de Wege escribió:
> Mario Castelán Castro  <marioxcc.MT@yandex.com> writes:
>
>> Hello.
>>
>> I'm looking for a free (as in freedom) software that will remind me of
>> daily tasks. That is it: one in which I can program reminders to be
>> shown daily at a certain hour as a window to catch my attention or as
>> a sound. I have searched in the web, but I have only found
>> unmaintained software that doesn't do this.
>>
> Emacs Org-mode will work, if you install the org-alert package from elpa.
>
> Mart
>

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#158952

Mario Castelán Castro  <marioxcc.MT@yandex.com> writes:

> Thanks too. I use Emacs, but I don't have it always open because I
> only use it for editing notes and software. A stand-alone program is
> therefore more suitable for me. I have tried KAlarm and it seems to do
> the job fine.
>
You can run emacs in server-mode of course. If you drop a service unit
in .config/systemd/user you can start it at login.

Mart

-- 
"We will need a longer wall when the revolution comes."
    --- AJS, quoting an uncertain source.

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#158976

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On 10/09/2015 05:08 PM, Mario Castelán Castro wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> I'm looking for a free (as in freedom) software that will remind me of
> daily tasks. That is it: one in which I can program reminders to be
> shown daily at a certain hour as a window to catch my attention or as a
> sound. I have searched in the web, but I have only found unmaintained
> software that doesn't do this.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> 

Adding to the good suggestions already posted,
1) I use gkrellm-reminder which provides a nice gui to set the time and
commands or sounds you require.  Also the clock in gkrellm itself can
set an alarm or sound.

2) ~$ man calendar
    to check out capabilities you already have installed.
3) ~$ apt-cache search remind
    for more packages to review.

Have fun!
Ralph

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#159002

On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 12:12:11PM -0400, Ralph Katz wrote:
> On 10/09/2015 05:08 PM, Mario Castelán Castro wrote:
> > Hello.
> > 
> > I'm looking for a free (as in freedom) software that will remind me of
> > daily tasks. That is it: one in which I can program reminders to be
> > shown daily at a certain hour as a window to catch my attention or as a
> > sound. I have searched in the web, but I have only found unmaintained
> > software that doesn't do this.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance.
> > 
> > 
> 
> Adding to the good suggestions already posted,
> 1) I use gkrellm-reminder which provides a nice gui to set the time and
> commands or sounds you require.  Also the clock in gkrellm itself can
> set an alarm or sound.
> 
> 2) ~$ man calendar
>     to check out capabilities you already have installed.
> 3) ~$ apt-cache search remind
>     for more packages to review.

I found a link to an article on remind

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3529

linked from:

https://www.roaringpenguin.com/wiki/index.php/Remind_FAQ

-- 
"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people
who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the 
oppressing." --- Malcolm X

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