How do you use the Scheduled Tasks in Ubuntu?

hi.

Linux scheduler or "cron daemon" is supposed to run jobs 'silently' without any pop-up messages.


You may either use a kind of 'reminder': http://www.ubuntugeek.com/reminder-ng-a-reminder-application-for-gnome.html

or customize 'scheduler' to open files in GUI. So instead of 'ls', write something like 'DISPLAY=:0.0 gedit /path/to/file.txt'. Replace file.txt with your file.
If it will not work, run as superuser 'xauth +'.

Regards,
Arty

Oops, with 'xauth' there is an error.

Run as _normal_ user in GUI:

xhost +localhost

then test a schedule job

I'd use something like "Kontact" (if you are using Kubuntu or Linux Mint based on the KDE GUI it is included in the default installation), or "evolution" (that is as far as I know included by default on the Gnome based GUI distro's). These are both PIM's (Personal Information Managers) that combine with an Email Client, Address Book, Calender etc. In those apps you can enter your schedules and reminders, they work similar to Outlook or Lotus notes in the Windows world. Another tool you can use is thunderbird. Although thunderbird by itself is just an email client, there are many "addons" you can add to it, which include calendars etc, which you can then also setup with reminders etc.

i noticed the tasks list in evolution - i'll give that a try and let you know

so far, i don't see how to make an reminder in evolution