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Tangential ask HN: what is a good Linux desktop to do app that supports monthly recurring tasks (I have some accounting stuff that I need to remember to do every month). I’ll use for daily adhoc tasks too, but any app (or pencil and paper) can handle them.

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I keep going back to the todoist app. It works OK but there is something about it it doesn’t click with me. Maybe there’s a little too much white space in the design and it looks like a webpage instead of an app that fits into the desktop.

I also really like elementary planner, but its sync feature doesn’t work perfectly with Todoist … which is more or less required for me because I need my todo list on my Phone. It is going through a major revision right now so I’m hopeful that it gets even better.

Both support recurring monthly reminders. If I were you, I would try elementary’s planner first. It was designed for elementary distro desktop, but it works just fine in gnome

its the empty space and how when you click on a task to edit it makes a modal pop out. I would prefer a slide in on the right side how wunderlist does it. I am currently trying out remember the milk, it just lacks some things todoist does well.

Isn't that what calendars are for? Most of the time they are pre-installed on all OSes and they handle recurring schedules and notifications. On Linux I use Thunderbird for email with the Thunderbird Lightning Calendar [1]. I sync phone and desktop using CalDAV.

[1] https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/calendar/

In my mind I put those reminders in the group of “things to do”. Just like I need to do whatever task of the day, I need to do that accounting tasks if the happens to be the first week of the month. So I like them to be in the same place.

Btw, I decided for Todoist. The recurring reminder is on the premium plan, but I am using a good enough process: I set the recurring tasks to have a deadline of, e.g. the 5th of next month. Then, when I get there, I will set the deadline for the next month and so on. And I grouped these tasks in a group named “Recurring”.

I have exactly this issue too. And I still procrastinate and don’t do them and sometimes get fines. I need something that prevents me using my phone or computer until it is done. Which probably means I’d just pretend it is and fake tick it off.

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