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

submitted 9 months ago by zerakith@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They're not talking about a virtual machine. There is no "booting up".

You can have multiple desktops in linux, I personally use three, which you can switch between using a keyboard shortcut (or widget/ taskbar item).

It's kinda like turning one computer into multiple computers that you hop between on demand.

I have one for gaming and entertainment, one for work, and a third for personal projects.

[–] captainjaneway@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

How does resource management work for desktops? Is the computer running all of the processes in the background as though they are just minimized?

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yes. Or out of focus. If you have one monitor, three virtual desktops would be like having three monitors. Looking at a different one, doesn't stop anything running on another. You can also "send" a window on one desktop to another, equivalent to dragging a window from one monitor to another when using two or more.

KDE Activities is a similar feature, but it can actually suspend everything running in a certain "activity" when you switch to another, if that's something you want.

[–] zerakith@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

Ah KDE activities might be what I'm looking for then. I am planning to transition from Gnome to KDE very soon.

[–] moody@lemmings.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's essentially the same as having more monitors, except you can only see the active ones. Nothing changes except what your displays are showing.

[–] zerakith@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

Ah thanks for the clarification. I never did manage to use Virtual Desktops effectively but it sounds like the problem was me trying to use them within the workflow rather than for different projects. I always found it difficult to switch compared with just having an extra monitor.

I do worry it might be quite resource intensive just sitting loads in the background though.

I'm going to give it a try!