Does Linux Have a Good Task Manager Program

[pstefanini]

I just tried Pagico and didn't like the logic, and it just confused me. As much as I enjoy Linux, I haven't found anything as good as Windows Outlook Task Manager, unless folks out there know or can recommend. Phil

[-grubby]

gnome-system-monitor is nice looking and works pretty well except it's kind of a CPU hog.

[OutOfReach]

My two favorite ones are gnome-system-monitor and the system monitor that comes with KDE.
But TBH gnome-system-monitor, in my eyes, is a bit better. I cannot honestly find a better system monitor. (though, as I said, KDE's system monitor comes close)

[LookTJ]

What are you looking for in a task manager program?

htop shows processes and other stuff like uptime and cpu percentage I believe

[mohitchawla]

If its about killing some tasks (and to view general information about them) then:

ps aux lists the necessary stuff and you can kill or view, as need be.

[mobilediesel]

gnome-system-monitor is nice looking and works pretty well except it's kind of a CPU hog.

Yeah I love when I run the system monitor and it's using more CPU than any other process.

[y@w]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the OP isn't talking about system tasks.. He is talking about a "to-do" list like you can do in Outlook (He mentions Outlook as an example).. There are quite a few out there.. If you're looking for an Outlook replacement, Evolution is quite good as well as Zimbra Desktop (http://www.zimbra.com/products/desktop.html). If you're looking for more project management software, I haven't used any desktop apps for Linux, but a quick Google search showed Taskjuggler (http://www.taskjuggler.org/screenshots_ide.php) which looked pretty cool.

[yther]

I just tried Pagico and didn't like the logic, and it just confused me. As much as I enjoy Linux, I haven't found anything as good as Windows Outlook Task Manager, unless folks out there know or can recommend. Phil

I do believe he's talking about time management or task tracking, not process managing or monitoring. :)

Erm, well, have you tried Evolution? It seems designed to be very similar to Outlook, so there shouldn't be much of a learning curve. It also does e-mail. ;)

Thunderbird is another e-mail program, but it has a plugin called Lightning (which is not very, very frightening) to provide a calendar and task management system. Honestly, it's not as nice as Outlook's, but since I've never felt like buying Outlook that's what I use, and I don't use it much. I use Thunderbird for e-mail.

I'm sure other people will have other ideas; after all, this is a Linux forum. :)

(Edit due to cross-posting: Ewwww, Taskjuggler looked cool, but when I tried it I discovered that managing tasks by editing code is not for me.)

[Noblacktie]

Tasque? (http://live.gnome.org/Tasque)

People need to read more than just the thread title before hitting "Reply"

[LookTJ]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the OP isn't talking about system tasks.. He is talking about a "to-do" list like you can do in Outlook (He mentions Outlook as an example).. There are quite a few out there.. If you're looking for an Outlook replacement, Evolution is quite good as well as Zimbra Desktop (http://www.zimbra.com/products/desktop.html). If you're looking for more project management software, I haven't used any desktop apps for Linux, but a quick Google search showed Taskjuggler (http://www.taskjuggler.org/screenshots_ide.php) which looked pretty cool.
Good thought. :) it's either a "task manager"(resources) or "task management"(to do list).

as for task management, I know a couple of websites that offer this service. I don't know a good product or software for Linux because I rarely use these sorts of things :)

best of luck:D

[cb951303]

You can use Lightning (made by mozilla) or RememberFox add-on with Mozilla Thunderbird.

Also I'm prettu sure evolution has a plugin for this.

[Dragonbite]

If you are using KDE (Kubuntu) then you could use Kontact which includes email, calendar, RSS, tasks (http://kontact.org/components.php#notes), contacts and more!

It is KDE's closest equivalent to Outlook and may be able to get just the notes part, or to install the whole Kontact application.

[pstefanini]

Thank you all for the input. I'm sorry I was not clearer in my question. That's excellent feedback from all of you. I have Evolution but switched at some point so that is worth a try. I will also try Lightning and may get back to you all in this forum when I do (I'll put it on my task manager)!! Thank you all again! PhilS

[bleutyler]

I juggle between two applications in Ubuntu 10.04 for managing my time and making sure things get done.

Tasque - A very simple "To-Do" List that I have pop up on boot. It hides on the panel when I close. This is as close to a pen and paper to-do list as I found. Very simple to use. You can check tasks off the list as you complete them.



KTimeTracker - When I have to monitor how long I spend doing tasks, then I use this. I can double click a task to begin a stopwatch to monitor how long I have been on the task. I can also create subtasks to items. More sophisticated than Tasque.

[23meg]

Also try GTG (http://gtg.fritalk.com) + Hamster (http://projecthamster.wordpress.com/about/) (they integrate well).

[Cam42]

I tend to use google tasks, built into GMail and Google Calendar.

[Dragonbite]

I tend to use google tasks, built into GMail and Google Calendar.

It would be so much better if it could be pulled into Evolution or Thunderbird like Google calendar or contacts!

[tjktyler]

Getting Things Gnome seems to work well for me. It also has a plugin to integrate with Remember the Milk, if you're interested.