Calendar application with simple events list (not days, weeks or months) - any suggestions?

[sktsee]

On Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:02:55 +0000, Chris G wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 11:03:55AM -0800, NoOp wrote:
>> On 01/08/2010 08:47 AM, Chris G wrote:
>> > I'm looking for a calendar/task application that's capable of showing
>> > upcoming events as a simple list as opposed to showing a day, week or
>> > month view.
>> > 
>> > I.e. I want to see, say, the next ten events regardless of how far
>> > apart they are.  If they're all tomorrow then I will just see ten
>> > events tomorrow, if they're all months ahead I will *still* see the
>> > next ten events spaced over several months.
>> > 
>> > Can anyone suggest an application that can show things this way?
>> > Apart from the viewing requirement I just want a fairly simple
>> > task/calendar application.
>> > 
>> > 
>> Perhaps lightning (if you are using Thunderbird or SeaMonkey), or
>> sunbird if you want a stand alone.
>> 
>> http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/
>> 
>> The task window will show task for: Today, Tomorrow, Soon.
>> 
>> both are also in the repositories, but I install directly from
>> mozilla.org. In the repo's, lightning is 'lightning-extension'.
>> 
> I've been playing with Sunbird, it's sort of OK but not ideal.
> 
>     I would like to be able to get rid of the calendar view completely.
> 
>     I'd like to see dates on the task list, i.e. without having to open
>     the tasks.

Gtg (Getting Things Gnome) might meet your requirements. Here's its 
homepage: http://gtg.fritalk.com 

The developer also lists other task managers for Gnome and links to their 
project pages on his site, so you can check out some of those as well. 

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