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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Recommendations for a FOSS Cross-Platform Note-Taking Application (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 1 year ago by OrkneyKomodo@lemmy.sdf.org 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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[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (16 children)

Joplin has multiple sync options. Other than Nextcloud, you can use OneDrive, Dropbox, and they have a subscription service as well.

Obsidian is another to look at, but you need to either pay for sync or bring your own sync (~~though I don't know that you can sync to mobile without using their sync~~ edit: see below comment by @fossisfun@lemmy.ml that explains how to do it).

I think it's probably helpful to know if sync across platforms is important to you, and if so, whether you're willing to pay for it. I'm not sure that there are really many alternatives to an app provided for free with free syncing - that costs money to provide and honestly I'd be a bit dubious about using a service like that.

[–] sapo@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's also plenty of FOSS obsidianlikes. Logseq looks promising, but I'm sticking with Obsidian because I rely a lot on some of the extensions.

Either way, migrating is as easy as opening the same folder in one app or the other, so you might as well try.

[–] fossisfun@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

I didn't know about Logseq! Looks really interesting and since there's a Flatpak available, I'll give it a try. Thanks for mentioning it!

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