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What is your most useful Linux app which others might not know about (please don't just give the name but a link and why it is good for you) ? (feddit.org)

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Why software do you use in your day-to-day computing which might not be well-known?

For me, there are ~~two~~ three things for personal information management:

for shopping receipts, notes and such, I write them down using vim on a small Gemini PDA with a keyboard. I transfer them via scp to a Raspberry Pi home server on from there to my main PC. Because it runs on Sailfish OS, it also runs calendar (via CalDav) and mail nicely - and without any FAANG server.
for things like manuals and stuff that is needed every few months ("what was just the number of our gas meter?" "what is the process to clean the dishwasher?") , I have a Gollum Wiki which I have running on my Laptop and the home Raspi server. This is a very simple web wiki which supports several markup languages (like Markdown, MediaWiki, reStructuredText, and Creole), and stores them via git. For me, it is perfect to organize personal information around the home.
for work, I use Zim wiki. It is very nice for collecting and organizing snippets of information.
oh, and I love Inkscape(a powerful vector drawing program), Xournal (a program you can write with a tablet on and annotate PDFs), and Shotwell (a simple photo manager). The great thing about Shotwell is that it supports nicely to filter your photos by quality - and doing that again and again with a critical eye makes you a better photographer.

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[–] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I tried logseq to manage my notes at work and it just didn't click with me.

I ended up using QOwnNotes https://www.qownnotes.org/ which might be not as polished, but it is very easy to start with. I don't need nor want cloud/sync, and since this ones notes are plain .md files in a folder, it's easy to back up (or edit) externally when needed. I like it for what it does.

[–] confusedwiseman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 hours ago

Glad you found one that worked for you.

As far as I’m aware, Logseq also just uses .md files. I back those up regularly and I do use the cloud sync. The cloud sync lets me alternate use between my computer and my tablet for work. I could use just one device, but this was a significant advantage for me.

I also keep a separate log for personal work which I can add to via special shortcuts from my phone.