Re: [Linux-users] Time recording software...

2014-06-10 Thread Davin Pearson
Why not use Emacs for this. Emacs is free and open source. I have written a file called d-time.el that operates a countdown timer for telling you when something needs to be done. On 29 May 2014 20:37, Steve Holdoway st...@greengecko.co.nz wrote: Does anyone have any recommendations for a

Re: [Linux-users] Time recording software...

2014-06-10 Thread Steve Holdoway
Eeeuw (: I am using kimai now thanks. http://www.kimai.org/ Seems to be working OK so far, although not perfect. Cheers, Steve On Tue, 2014-06-10 at 23:53 +, Davin Pearson wrote: Why not use Emacs for this. Emacs is free and open source. I have written a file called d-time.el that

Re: [Linux-users] Time recording software...

2014-06-10 Thread Chris Hellyar
'Urro, In a total co-incidence of sorts as I'm currently self-unemployed and needed a time collection tool as well. :-) I installed a copy of Kimai on a cloud box and have found it's excellent for tracking time against customers/projects/tasks.. I'm generating manual invoices anyway, so

Re: [Linux-users] Time recording software...

2014-05-29 Thread Slosh
On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 08:37:26AM +1200, Steve Holdoway wrote: Does anyone have any recommendations for a decent time recording software - open source of course - that I can use to replace the old exercise book approach??? I use Hamster http://projecthamster.wordpress.com/ It's in the Debian

Re: [Linux-users] Time recording software...

2014-05-29 Thread C. Falconer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Slosh wrote, On 30/05/14 09:12: On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 08:37:26AM +1200, Steve Holdoway wrote: Does anyone have any recommendations for a decent time recording software - open source of course - that I can use to replace the old exercise book

Re: [Linux-users] Time recording software...

2014-05-29 Thread Steve Holdoway
Bah, requires gtk3, and that ain't going to run on CentOS 6 ): On Fri, 2014-05-30 at 10:40 +1200, C. Falconer wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Slosh wrote, On 30/05/14 09:12: On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 08:37:26AM +1200, Steve Holdoway wrote: Does anyone have any

Re: [Linux-users] Time recording software...

2014-05-29 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Fri, 2014-05-30 at 12:25 +1200, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: On Fri 30 May 2014 10:50:47 NZST +1200, Steve Holdoway wrote: Bah, requires gtk3, and that ain't going to run on CentOS 6 ): Wt?!??? Why not? gtk3 is hardly new. It's FOSS, and should just be a compiler away. Volker Even more

Re: [Linux-users] Time recording software...

2014-05-29 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
On Fri 30 May 2014 12:36:04 NZST +1200, Steve Holdoway wrote: Even more specifically it requires v. 3.10 or higher, and that's not going to happen on my work machines. I'm curious as to why. It's an application you use on your desktop. Or in any case, you'd be the only one using it so access

Re: [Linux-users] Time recording software...

2014-05-29 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Fri, 2014-05-30 at 13:32 +1200, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: On Fri 30 May 2014 12:36:04 NZST +1200, Steve Holdoway wrote: Even more specifically it requires v. 3.10 or higher, and that's not going to happen on my work machines. I'm curious as to why. It's an application you use on your

Re: [Linux-users] Time recording software...

2014-05-29 Thread Steve Holdoway
Doesn't look very current any more unfortunately - certainly seemed to be the best fit. On Fri, 2014-05-30 at 09:23 +1200, Jim Cheetham wrote: Online, http://tracklr.com/ is developed run by NZ Chch people. When I cared about billing/time tracking, I used it successfully. -jim On 30 May

Re: [Linux-users] Time recording software...

2014-05-29 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
On Fri 30 May 2014 13:44:26 NZST +1200, Steve Holdoway wrote: Because my workstation is exactly that, and is built with a close approximation of the same packages to the servers I manage. OK. Other ways to achieve that, this is one. Sure it's got a GUI - the standard CentOS GUI - but it

Re: [Linux-users] Time recording software...

2014-05-29 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Fri, 2014-05-30 at 14:55 +1200, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: On Fri 30 May 2014 13:44:26 NZST +1200, Steve Holdoway wrote: Because my workstation is exactly that, and is built with a close approximation of the same packages to the servers I manage. OK. Other ways to achieve that, this is

Re: [Linux-users] Time recording software...

2014-05-29 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
One thing that a career in the IT industry has taught me is that if someone requires the latest and greatest version of something ( or if the documentation is complete crap ), then treat it as alpha software at best until proved otherwise. Agreed. We differ on whether installing gtk3