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'Specto' is an amazing application available in the Ubuntu repository that lets you keep track of a website,email client,folder,file,process and even a port.'Specto' provides a very simple and easy to use GUI.
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Its pretty easy to get started.
Simply click on the 'ADD' button under the 'Edit' menu or on the toolbar to add a new "watch".Provide a name to your watch and choose the "Watch Type" that determines the nature of the task.Also,customize the refresh interval.Other options provided in this window would depend on the "Watch Type".
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To further customize the notifications,click on 'Preferences' under the 'Edit' menu.Here you would get to customize the duration of the pop up and enable sounds.
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Specto 0.22
Jean-Francois Fortin Tam
http://specto.sourceforge.net
1 comment:
You should really try specto 0.3!
It is not yet in the repositories, but you can download a deb from our homepage (specto.sf.net)
A lot of bugs have been fixed and it offers a lot of new functions!g
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