{"id":37736,"date":"2022-03-04T17:55:18","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T17:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=37736"},"modified":"2022-03-04T17:55:18","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T17:55:18","slug":"getting-things-gnome-todo-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2022\/03\/getting-things-gnome-todo-list\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Getting Things GNOME&#8217; is a Flexible ToDo list &#038; Tasks App for Ubuntu Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/gtg-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/gtg-logo-250x250.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-37737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/gtg-logo-250x250.png 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/gtg-logo-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/gtg-logo-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/gtg-logo-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/gtg-logo.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking for task manager or todo list app for Linux? &#8216;Getting Things GNOME&#8217; is worth a try!<\/p>\n<p>There are quite a few task managing apps for Linux desktop. &#8216;Getting Things GNOME&#8217; (<b>GTG<\/b> in short) is one of the best for the GNOME desktop.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m using <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.gnome.org\/Apps\/Todo\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gnome ToDo<\/a> to write down what to do in next days. It&#8217;s easy to use, and has a good-looking UI that turns dark automatically according to sunrise \/ sunset. It&#8217;s so good until I found GTG.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/gpg-main.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/gpg-main-600x388.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"388\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-37738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/gpg-main-600x388.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/gpg-main-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/gpg-main-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/gpg-main.jpg 1064w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>GTG is attractive by the flexible <b>tagging<\/b> and <b>searching<\/b> system. User may create tags either by inserting &#8216;<b>@<\/b>&#8216; with the keyword in tasks, or using the tasks&#8217; context menu. Each tag may have its own icon and color.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/gpg-edittag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/gpg-edittag-600x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-37739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/gpg-edittag-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/gpg-edittag-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/gpg-edittag-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/gpg-edittag.jpg 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The app also supports sub-task that can be easily created either from a task&#8217;s context menu. Or, just type new line started with &#8216;<b>&#8211;<\/b>&#8216; will generate a sub-task, and that line turns blue with underline and checkbox at the beginning automatically.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/gpg-edittask.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/gpg-edittask-600x460.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"460\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-37740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/gpg-edittask-600x460.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/gpg-edittask-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/gpg-edittask.jpg 669w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>GTG also features a &#8216;Actionable&#8217; view tab, that shows all &#8216;start-able&#8217; tasks, i.e. the start date is already over, or doesn&#8217;t have open subtasks. <\/p>\n<p>Other features of &#8216;Gnome Things GNOME&#8217; include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Emoji support <\/li>\n<li>Searching system (with save support)<\/li>\n<li>Easily set start date \/ due date.<\/li>\n<li>Drag &#038; drop rearrange tasks.<\/li>\n<li>&#8216;Closed&#8217; tab for done, dismiss tasks.<\/li>\n<li>Dark mode support.<\/li>\n<li>Plugin support.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How to Install Getting Things GNOME:<\/h3>\n<p>The app is available to install as Flatpak package, which could be the only downside for those having low disk space.<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, open terminal (Ubuntu may simply press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard) and run command to install flatpak daemon:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install flatpak<\/pre>\n<p>Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu 18.04 needs to add <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~flatpak\/+archive\/ubuntu\/stable\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this PPA<\/a> first before installing Flatpak.<\/p>\n<p>Next, install the ToDo app via command:<\/p>\n<pre>flatpak install https:\/\/dl.flathub.org\/repo\/appstream\/org.gnome.GTG.flatpakref<\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/flatpak-gtg.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/flatpak-gtg-600x410.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"410\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-37741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/flatpak-gtg-600x410.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/flatpak-gtg-300x205.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/flatpak-gtg-768x525.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/flatpak-gtg.webp 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Remove Getting Things GNOME:<\/h3>\n<p>To remove the Flatpak package, run command after making backup of your data:<\/p>\n<pre>flatpak uninstall --delete-data org.gnome.GTG<\/pre>\n<p>And clear useless run-times via <code>flatpak uninstall --unused<\/code>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for task manager or todo list app for Linux? &#8216;Getting Things GNOME&#8217; is worth a try! 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