In
free software, Zeitgeist is a
software service which logs the
user
Ancient Egyptian roles
* User (ancient Egyptian official), an ancient Egyptian nomarch (governor) of the Eighth Dynasty
* Useramen, an ancient Egyptian vizier also called "User"
Other uses
* User (computing), a person (or software) using an ...
s's activities and events, anywhere from files opened to websites visited and conversations. It makes this information readily available for other applications to use in the form of timelines and statistics. It is able to establish relationships between items based on similarity and usage patterns by applying data association algorithms such as "
Winepi" and "
Apriori".
Zeitgeist is the main engine and logic behind
GNOME Activity Journal
GNOME Activity Journal is a semantic desktop browser-like application for the GNOME desktop environment. Instead of providing direct access to the hierarchical file system like most file managers, GNOME Activity Journal uses the Zeitgeist fram ...
which is currently seen to become one of the main means of viewing and managing activities in
GNOME
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version 3.0.
Features
* Zeitgeist currently logs file usage, web activity, plus chat and email conversations. More to come.
* Zeitgeist allows any application to store this information and makes it readily available over a
DBus API.
* Zeitgeist figures out which are a user’s most used items, not only in general, but also applying time scoping as in “What was most relevant to me, while I was working on project X, for a month last year?”.
* Using
machine-learning
Machine learning (ML) is a field of inquiry devoted to understanding and building methods that 'learn', that is, methods that leverage data to improve performance on some set of tasks. It is seen as a part of artificial intelligence.
Machine ...
algorithms, Zeitgeist can establish relationships between items based on similarity and usage patterns.
* Zeitgeist is light-weight and supports extensions to enhance its engine’s core feature set.
* Extensions reside within the same process as the engine’s core logic. They can be used to include information about activity and experience beyond the desktop, such as geo-logging and
geo-tagging.
Applications
*
GNOME Activity Journal
GNOME Activity Journal is a semantic desktop browser-like application for the GNOME desktop environment. Instead of providing direct access to the hierarchical file system like most file managers, GNOME Activity Journal uses the Zeitgeist fram ...
*
Docky
GNOME Do (often referred to as Do) is a free and open-source application launcher for Linux originally created by David Siegel, and currently maintained by Alex Launi. Like other application launchers, it allows searching for applications and fil ...
*
AWN
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* Awn Access to Justice Network in Gaza Strip, Legal Aid Network operate in Gaza Strip, Palestine
* Animation World Network, an online organization for animators
* Avant Window Navigator, a dock-like bar that tracks open windows ...
*
Unity
* Synapse Launcher
References
Linux Magazine - Gran Canaria: GNOME Zeitgeist Tracks What You've DoneLWN - Erlandsen: What We Talk About When We Talk About Zeitgeist
External links
Zeitgeist description on GNOME wikiFormer Zeitgeist project page on Launchpad
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