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tinjaw:
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I now find myself in uncharted territory. I need to find an uberapp to keep my notes in while working on Linux boxen. I shall begin my quest with a Google search.
In the mean time, please talk amongst yourselves.
40hz:
I use BasKet. ( http://basket.kde.org )
There's a bit a learning curve if you plan to take advantage of its full feature set (which I don't BTW!). It's far from being perfect. But IMHO it's the best of what's out there for NIX. Even worth it if you're not running KDE as your primary desktop.
There's a quick review of Basket and four other note taking apps over at LinuxFormat Magazine. Read it here: www.tuxradar.com/content/group-test-note-takers
TreePad also has its Lite version available for Linux ( www.treepad.com/linux/treepadlite/ ). This might be the first thing you'll want to test if you're one of TP's many users over on the Windows platform. I keep meaning to give it a try, but I haven't gotten around to doing it yet.
If you want a nice quick & dirty outline/note app that gets the job done without too many frills, take a look at TuxCards. ( www.tuxcards.de ) The name says it all.
Note: TuxCards isn't found in most mainstream distro repositories, so you'll probably need to compile it for your machine.
Just my 2ยข :)
housetier:
I use "Pen & Paper" for various reasons: it works when the computer is turned off, you can add notes offline as well as online, it has 100% accurate handwriting recognition and can easily be used by multiple users. It even supports a limited history feature: you can still read old but x-ed out notes.
Oh yeah, and pen & paper lets you add freeform graphics, but no moving or audible media. The storage format is open and well-known (for I dont know how many centuries). The backend is compatible with any input device, there cannot be a driver conflict.
On the other hand, Pen & Paper is not free.
TucknDar:
it has 100% accurate handwriting recognition and can easily be used by multiple users-housetier (June 18, 2009, 01:39 PM)
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Strange, my version of pen&paper only has about 85% accurate handwriting recognitiion, and while I've tried it with multiple users, there seems to be some problems with their recognition engines :-[
steeladept:
WOW, TreePad looks really, really cool! Once I setup my computer room and have more time to test (ha. Fat chance with a two year-old and three year-old, but I can dream ;D), I think I will install this and check it out. It might be perfect for my upcoming doctoral studies.
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