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what application do you guys use for time tracking in Linux. I am interested in an application that tracks what applications I use, similar to rescuetime but with will run on Linux since the Linux uploader doesn't seem to work for me

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    Maybe the solution could be to look at solving the problem with the Linux uploader? What problem are you having with it? Jan 4, 2010 at 2:44
  • it doesnt upload the time spent Jan 4, 2010 at 13:02

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Edit: Wakoopa is no longer time tracking software, so the link below is no longer relevant.


Check out Wakoopa. It will give you options on what applications to track, with your statistics nicely displayed on the web site. Linux, Mac, and Windows tracking clients are available.

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  • i started using it a week ago, looks nice .. but it doesn't give me a detailed report on productivity like rescuetime :( Dec 11, 2009 at 22:18
  • As someone else pointed out on a related answer of mine, the software by the name Wakoopa is no longer a time tracking program. :) I've edited the answer to state this, but feel free to suggest an alternative. Nov 21, 2023 at 19:04
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I got the rescuetime uploader to work on Ubuntu 10.04 by editing these two rescuetime .server files:

here is the entire install process

wget http://launchpad.net/rescuetime-linux-uploader/trunk/99/+download/rescuetime-linux-uploader-99.tar.bz2
tar xvjf rescuetime-linux-uploader-99.tar.bz2
emacs-snapshot rescuetime-linux-uploader-99/README &
sudo apt-get install epiphany-extensions
python setup.py build 
firefox firefox_extension/rescuetime-firefox-extension.xpi
#install extension in google chrome through browser

next you have to change the directory from /usr/bin to /usr/lib/bin on the third line in rescuetime_tracker.server and rescuetime_notifier.server found in /usr/lib/bonobo/server/

This can be done in a text editor or on the command line using sed:

 cd /usr/lib/bonobo/servers/
 sudo su
 for i in rescuetime*.server
 do
   sed -i 's/\/usr\/bin\/rescuetime/\/usr\/local\/bin\/rescuetime/g' $i
 done

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