GNOME Activity Journal explained

GNOME Activity Journal
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Developer:GNOME Activity Journal developers
Latest Release Version:1.0.0
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Programming Language:Python
Platform:GNOME
License:GNU General Public License v3 and Creative Commons - Attribution Share Alike

GNOME Activity Journal is a semantic desktop browser-like application for the GNOME desktop environment. Instead of providing direct access to the hierarchical file system like most file managers, GNOME Activity Journal uses the Zeitgeist framework to classify files according to metadata. This includes time and date of previous accesses, location of use (using GPS positioning), file type, tagging and more. In addition to local files, GNOME Activity Journal also organizes web browsing history, email and other data sources.

GNOME Activity Journal was ported to GTK3 and Python3 in version 1.0.0. It is available as part of Debian, Fedora, Arch Linux (AUR) and Ubuntu.[1]

History

GNOME Activity Journal's inclusion in GNOME 3.0 was initially rejected with the provided reason being that it did not integrate well in the whole desktop and looked more like a standalone application,[2] but that decision was revisited at the GNOME Boston Summit and integration with GNOME is once again planned.[3]

Ubuntu shipped Zeitgeist as a standard part of their new desktop environment, Unity,[4] [5] in Ubuntu 11.04.[6] Gnome Activity Journal is not shipped by default, but the Unity Dash makes use of Zeitgeist.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Versions for gnome-activity-journal. Repology.
  2. Web site: New module decisions for 3.0. Vincent Untz. 13 April 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20140425120616/http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnome.devel.announce/101. 25 April 2014. dead.
  3. Web site: Federico Mena Quintero - November 2010 Activity Log. Federico Mena Quintero.
  4. Web site: Ubuntu embraces Unity and Wayland. Or, GNU/Linux is exciting again. Tony Mobily. Free Software Magazine. 6 November 2010. 6 November 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101109084258/http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/ubuntu_embraces_unity_and_wayland_or_gnu_linux_exciting_again. 9 November 2010. dead.
  5. Web site: Shuttleworth: Unity shell will be default desktop in Ubuntu 11.04. 26 October 2010. 6 November 2010. Ars Technica. Ryan Paul.
  6. Web site: Details of package zeitgeist in natty. Ubuntu. 2011. 5 May 2011.

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