What is Workaholic?

Workaholic is a program which shows a window to remind you to take a break after a period of time by showing a transparent window with a progress bar. You can skip rests, or postpone these for 5 or 10 minutes.

Installation

If you use Debian, Ubuntu, or another distro which uses deb packages, you can download the deb package (workaholic-0.2.0.deb) and simply double-click on it to launch the installer, or you can add my repository to your sources.list file, so that your distro can inform you of new releases.

If you choose the second method, open the file /etc/apt/sources.list with your favorite editor as root and add this line:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/zootropo/ubuntu hardy main

Update the list of packages writing sudo aptitude update on the terminal, and install the application by writing sudo aptitude install workaholic.

If you use Archlinux, you can find the PKGBUILD at the ArchLinux User-community Repository.

If you use other distribution, download the tar.gz: workaholic-0.2.0.tar.gz, uncompress it, and execute the command make install with root privileges.

Usage

To start the program run Applications -> Accessories -> Workaholic.

The program sits on your systray waiting for the period of time you specified at the preferences dialog, when it will show the window reminding you to take a break.

You may want to start the program automatically when you start your computer. You can do this in Gnome at System -> Preferences -> Sessions -> Startup Program -> Add.

Support

You can help us by clicking on the donate button. Donations will be made through PayPal, guaranteeing a secure transaction.

Thank you! We really appreciate your support.

Changelog

v0.2.0 - February 22, 2008

• Added python-imaging dependency
• Added preferences dialog
• Option to choose the time between breaks
• Option to choose the duration of breaks
• Option to choose the sound to play when starting and ending a break

v0.1.0 - February 11, 2008 (Initial release)

• Show a borderless transparent window each hour to remind to take a rest.
• Progress bar with the time elapsed for the current break.
• Options to postpone the break 5 or 10 minutes.
• Option to skip the break.
• Status icon with a tooltip with the time of the next break.

Uninstall

If you ever need to uninstall the application just run the command aptitude purge workaholic as root if you installed it using the deb package, or execute the command make uninstall from the tar.gz file if you installed it using this method.

Have a question? a bug to report? a feature to propose?

You can report bugs, propose new features, and ask related questions at the project page at Launchpad.