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Recommendations for a FOSS Cross-Platform Note-Taking Application (lemmy.sdf.org)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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Up to now I've been using Simplenote, which has a Linux client (but also Android & iOS) & supports live collaboration on notes. However, Simplenote hasn't had a meaningful update for a long time, & it's recently been behaving strangely, e.g. notes undeleting themselves, line duplications & undeletions.

Can anyone recommend an alternative? Spinning up an ownCloud/nextcloud instance just to use Joplin feels a little overkill. I stumbled across turtl, but the project looks abandoned.

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[–] 12 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

For note taking, Joplin is pretty good, in fact I went from Simplenote to Evernote (over kill and not free) to Joplin using Dropbox for the syncing (syncing is done by Joplin, so you don't need a 'syncing' app) between my PCs, all Linux and my Android phone. Simple to set up and free. I do not use it as a Journal as that is extremely poor, but for notes, it's perfect

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    I’m rethinking how I keep notes etc and something you wrote really caught my attention; that you don’t use it for journaling but do for note-taking.

    What are the differences between note taking and journaling that requires different applications? Also, what do you use for journaling in that case?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Joplin is really good for notes, (I tried uploading a Screenshot for you, but keep getting errors) , how and what to do when installing a Linux for instance. With it's sub categories. But for me at least it's useless for a daily diary use. I've been using Diaro on my phone for years now for my personal journal, as it's perfect for noting what do on the day, though I would like to have another option without my data being stored with them, syncing straight to my Dropbox or NextCloud for instance

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Thanks for explaining. I’ve never considered using separate apps before, but I do get a little lost having everything in one app.

    What features does Diaryo have that makes it better for journaling? I always thought of journaling as just note-taking about a different subject (my day).

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    It's just that Diaro and others diary apps are setup so that you see the date, title, tags, just like a paper version, again, something that you can't easily do in Joplin

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Ahh, I get you now. That makes sense. Thanks so much for taking the time to explain this to me. For chronological stuff I might use a different app also.

    I had just been adding the newer entries above the previous. I’d put a heading on those in the format of YYY-MM-DD but that’s all manual on my part.

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