GNOME Activity Journal is a
semantic desktop browser-like application for the
GNOME
A gnome is a mythological creature and diminutive spirit in Renaissance magic and alchemy, first introduced by Paracelsus in the 16th century and later adopted by more recent authors including those of modern fantasy literature. Its characte ...
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
Metadata is "data that provides information about other data", but not the content of the data, such as the text of a message or the image itself. There are many distinct types of metadata, including:
* Descriptive metadata – the descriptive ...
. This includes time and date of previous accesses, location of use (using
GPS
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positioning),
file type,
tagging and more. In addition to local files, GNOME Activity Journal also organizes
web
Web most often refers to:
* Spider web, a silken structure created by the animal
* World Wide Web or the Web, an Internet-based hypertext system
Web, WEB, or the Web may also refer to:
Computing
* WEB, a literate programming system created by ...
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.
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, but that decision was revisited at the GNOME Boston Summit and integration with GNOME is once again planned.
shipped Zeitgeist as a standard part of their new desktop environment,
Unity,
in Ubuntu 11.04.
Gnome Activity Journal is not shipped by default, but the Unity Dash makes use of Zeitgeist.
Screenshots
File:GNOME Activity Journal.png, Main Activities View
File:GNOME Activity Journal Search.png, Search Activities
File:GNOME Activity Journal - Thumbview.png, Activities Thumbnail
See also
*
Zeitgeist (software)
References
External links
Gnome Activity Journal on GNOME wiki
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