Linux based GTD

I'm starting to sort things out in my Linux based system. I've tried using Evolution, which is sort of an Outlook clone. It's a good looking program and the Palm sync seems to work fairly well. There are a couple of problems. The Todos don't sync and this seems to be a documented problem. The other issue is that it puts memos into a separate folder, much like Mac Notetaker. You can edit them with a text editor, which is nice. I really prefer to have it all in one spot.

I'm now using J-Pilot, which I like a lot better. It's closer to Palm desktop. I have the sync working for everything. I haven't tried installing Palm programs with it yet, but seems like it would work. And it will even read memo32 databases from pedit. So this looks like a keeper. I'll check back on Evolution at some point to see if they have the bugs worked out.

The other program I've found, that I really like, is Remind. It's text based but I am using the tk version for the gui. (I'm having some problems getting it to store reminders from the command line. I think I can get that sorted out this weekend when I have time.) I really like having that reminder come up when I open up the computer. It's very straight forward. I understand that I can sync reminders with my Palm using Pilot-link. Haven't had a chance to try that yet.

All in all, I'm really happy to be using Linux. I don't have to worry about upgrades or whether something will run on my version of the OS or not. The video problem is gone and it's totally stable. The bits of unix I know are starting to come back to me. I just need to transition the PC over too and set up a network.