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

submitted 9 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] 10 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Many have already mentioned Obsidian, I too ventured to it from Joplin and couldn't be happier.

Other (FOSS) tools I use for productivity... GUI tools:

nocodb - a web-based database which can be accessed over API too
I'm keeping an eye on vikunja.io, hope to have it mature and implement more features regarding project management
paperless-ngx, make order of your paper-mess.

CLI tools:

Fish - a very nice and modern shell
chezmoi - a really nice dotfile manager
lsd instead of ls, dust instead of du, zoxide instead of cd
kopia - awesome backup tool. How backup is related to productivity? Disaster recovery ;-)

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Just because the phrasing of this post implies Obsidian is OSS, just FYI to others, it isn't 😢

Also +1 for Vikunja! 👍

[–] Falcon 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Try bare git repos over chemo, I’ve been much happier with that over chezmoi

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Useful suggestions, thank you!

I'm going to try some of the more FOSS options (I'm on Joplin at the moment) first but if they don't work out I'm going to give Obsidian a try.