How to Use GoForIt to manage your to-do list on Ubuntu

Task Management is one of the most important and challenging tasks in work and daily life. When you assume more and more responsibilities at work, your performance will be directly linked to your ability to manage tasks. If some of your work needs to be completed on your computer, you will be happy to know that there are multiple applications that claim to help ease the burden of task management. Even if most of these software services Windows users, there are still many choices in Linux. In this article, we will discuss such a software: GoForIt .&

Task Management is one of the most important and challenging tasks in work and daily life. When you assume more and more responsibilities at work, your performance will be directly linked to your ability to manage tasks.

If some of your work needs to be completed on your computer, you will be happy to know that there are multiple applications that claim to help ease the burden of task management. Even if most of these software services Windows users, there are still many choices in Linux. In this article, we will discuss such a software: Go For It.

 

Go For It

Go For It (GFI), developed by Manuel Kehl, claims: "This is an easy-To-use, stylish and elegant productivity software that features a To-Do List, and integrates a timer that allows you to focus on the current transaction." The timer function of this software is particularly interesting. It also allows you to pause and relax for a while before you continue working.

 

Download and install

Users who use Debian systems (such as Ubuntu) can easily install the software by running the following terminal commands:

1. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mank319/go-for-it
2. sudoapt-get update
3. sudoapt-get install go-for-it

After the preceding command is executed, you can use this command to run the application:

1. go-for-it

 

Use and Configuration

When you run GFI for the first time, its interface looks like this:

Gfi-first-run

As you can see, the interface consists of three tabs: To-Do, Timer, and Done ).To-do listThe page is a task list (the four tasks shown in are generated by default-you can click the box in the header to delete them ),TimerThe page contains the task timer, andCompletePage is the list of completed tasks. There is a text box at the bottom. You can enter the task description here and click "+" to add the task to the list above.

For example, I added a task named "MTE-research-work" to the list and clicked it, as shown in:

Gfi-task-added

Then I enterTimerPage, here I can see a timer set for the current "MTE-reaserch-work" task, timed for 25 minutes.

Gfi-active-task-timer

Of course, you can set the timer to any value you like. However, I did not modify it. Instead, I directly click the Start button below to Start the timer. Once the remaining time is 60 seconds, GFI will give a prompt.

Gfi-first-notification-new

Once the time arrives, it will remind me to take a 5-minute break.

Gfi-time-up-notification-new

After five minutes, I can enable the timer for my task again.

Gfi-break-time-up-new

After the task is completed, you can clickTimerThe "Done" button on the page, and then the task will start fromTo-do listPage transferredCompletePage.

Gfi-task-done

GFI also allows you to slightly adjust its settings. For example, the settings window shown in contains some options, allowing you to modify the default task duration, rest duration, and prompt time.

Gfi-settings

GFI saves the to-do list in TODO.txt format, which facilitates synchronization between mobile devices, you can also use other front-end programs to edit tasks. For more information, see here.

You can also watch the dynamic display of GFI through video.

 

Conclusion

As you can see, GFI is a simple, clear, and easy-to-use task management software. Although it does not provide a rich set of functions, it implements its commitment, and the timer integration is particularly useful. If you are looking For an open-source Linux task management software that implements basic functions, Go For It is worth a try.

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