linux Ware Weekly #13 (Note managers)
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From: Wheel on 17 May 2010 19:50 wrote: > On Mon, 17 May 2010 12:46:29 +0000 (UTC) "Whirled.Peas" <peas(a)earth.org> > wrote: > >> Most people who use Ubuntu or another distro that uses Gnome by default >> are already aware of Tomboy. Tomboy is a GNOME desktop note-taking >> application > > Note that Tomboy requires the installation of Mono, which is the Linux > implementation of the Microsoft .NET framework. There are those in the > FOSS community who warn against using Mono, since it infringes on > several Microsoft patents. So far MS has chosen not to enforce those > patents with regard to Mono, the key phrase being "so far". The fear is > that, should MS decide in the future to enforce the patents, developers > would either have to withdraw their programs which run on Mono, or pay a > royalty to MS. Thank you for the info'. May as well look elsewhere before it becomes a favourite.
From: Wheel on 17 May 2010 19:58 �Q� wrote: > In <news:hsrdr5$2jk$1(a)news.datemas.de>, > Whirled.Peas <peas(a)earth.org> wrote: > >> BasKet Note Pads >> Homepage: http://basket.kde.org/ >> BasKet Note Pads is a great program. BasKet Note Pads is a KDE >> program for organizing, sharing, and taking notes. It can manage >> various types of information such as to-do lists, links, pictures, >> and other types, similar to a scrapbook. It has evolved from a simple >> sticky-note-type application into a powerful program used to collect >> data of many types, and it neatly organizes the whole thing. This >> application provide as many baskets as you wish, and you can drag and >> drop various objects (text, URLs, images, sounds...) into it. Of the >> programs listed in this line-up, it is probably my favorite, despite >> the KDE dependencies. > > BasKet is my favorite, too, but it depends on KDE3 stuff that's not > being maintained or supported by anyone. There's a new BasKet in beta > testing and they hope to release a version for Qt4/KDE4 within a few > months. In the meantime, I'm getting by with Zim. I missed the; "Of the programs listed in this line-up, it is probably my favourite, despite the KDE dependencies." Again.. thank you for the info'.
From: Craig on 17 May 2010 21:07 On 05/17/2010 05:46 AM, Whirled.Peas wrote: > The Linux Ware Weekly #13... > > This week we are going to look at note managers.... > > BasKet Note Pads > Homepage: http://basket.kde.org/ > ...Of the programs listed in this line-up, > it is probably my favorite, despite the KDE dependencies. Ditto. I like the free-form, relatively uncomplicated nature of it. Best reason to go KDE, or at least, install the dependencies. I'm looking forward to the next version. .... > RedNotebook > Homepage: http://digitaldump.wordpress.com/projects/rednotebook/ You mentioned this in your write-up but I do want to highlight its "word cloud" feature. It's very cool. A couple more "note managers" I've played with... CherryTree Homepage: http://open.vitaminap.it/en/cherrytree.htm Straight-forward, it is fast & colorful. Its import/export is pretty limited at this point. "A Hierarchical Note Taking Application, featuring Rich Text and Syntax Highlighting." By Giuseppe Penone. Task Coach Homepage: http://www.taskcoach.org OK... So not a note manager but, it's a very smart task & todo organizer. "It grew out of a frustration that most task managers do not provide facilities for composite tasks." By Frank Niessink & Jérôme Laheurte. TEA Homepage: http://tea-editor.sourceforge.net y.a. "not a note manager" but a text editor with some smart note-managing capabilities. The tabbed interface is a bit odd at first but really makes sense after a while. "TEA is the text editor for UNIX-like systems and Windows. With an ultimate small size TEA provides you hundreds of functions." by Peter Semiletov Thank you again for this wonderful series. I've learned some good stuff here. -- -Craig
From: Greg on 18 May 2010 03:38 On Tue, 18 May 2010 00:46:01 +0100, Wheel <tyre(a)hub.axle> wrote: >Whirled.Peas wrote: >> The Linux Ware Weekly #13 >> >> Welcome to the Linux Ware Weekly, ... >> >> This week we are going to look at note managers. Before I started using >> Linux full time, I was a big fan of TreePad (http://www.treepad.com/). I >> liked the hierarchical organization and the tree outline structure worked >> well for me in organizing teaching notes. When I moved to Linux, I missed >> Treepad. However, there are some applications that are every bit as good, >> if not better, and they come at no cost, which is something I don't miss >> about TreePad. TreePad did release a Linux version of their “lite�? >> software, but development has ceased and they now recommend running one >> of their premium version in Wine. That is a less than ideal solution, so >> far as I am concerned. > A couple of others: Notecase http://notecase.sourceforge.net/ (in Ubuntu/Mint/ repositories) My Favorite: Cherry Tree http://open.vitaminap.it/en/cherrytree.htm (Deb file for Ubuntu available for download from site) Also both are available for Windows users with the appropriate GTK libaries. Greg
From: Wheel on 18 May 2010 15:36
Greg wrote: > On Tue, 18 May 2010 00:46:01 +0100, Wheel <tyre(a)hub.axle> wrote: > >> Whirled.Peas wrote: >>> The Linux Ware Weekly #13 >>> >>> Welcome to the Linux Ware Weekly, ... >>> >>> This week we are going to look at note managers. Before I started using >>> Linux full time, I was a big fan of TreePad (http://www.treepad.com/). I >>> liked the hierarchical organization and the tree outline structure worked >>> well for me in organizing teaching notes. When I moved to Linux, I missed >>> Treepad. However, there are some applications that are every bit as good, >>> if not better, and they come at no cost, which is something I don't miss >>> about TreePad. TreePad did release a Linux version of their “lite�? >>> software, but development has ceased and they now recommend running one >>> of their premium version in Wine. That is a less than ideal solution, so >>> far as I am concerned. > A couple of others: > Notecase http://notecase.sourceforge.net/ (in Ubuntu/Mint/ > repositories) > > My Favorite: Cherry Tree http://open.vitaminap.it/en/cherrytree.htm > (Deb file for Ubuntu available for download from site) > > Also both are available for Windows users with the appropriate GTK > libaries. Notecase looks like a dead end to be starting with; one the other hand, CherryTree is the one I'm going for. Simple to use, slick, and a future feature list to look forward to. I'm already part way through organising the software downloaded outside the inbuilt package managers; formatting, graphics, clickable links to sites, links to downloaded packages that initiate installs with a click (not yet found a way to use relative paths), etc. Well that's Tomboy gone: CherryTree works for me. Thank you. |