note taking

How to install Standard Notes on ubuntu – Encrypted Note taking App

Post last modified:February 14, 2020
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Standard Notes is a free open source simple note taking app with end to end AES-256 encryption for Windows, macOS and Linux, Android, iOS and Web. It comes in two versions free and paid. Free is always free and comes with sync your notes automatically between unlimited devices with no limit, offline access, password lock protection, tag support and deleted note recovery from trash. According to them you can only decrypt the notes not even them. You can use standard notes as personal note taking, todos, passwords manager, journal and log book. It is released under AGPL-3.0 lisence.

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How to install Procyon note keeping app on Ubuntu

Post last modified:January 13, 2020
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Procyon is a free and open source note keeping or note taking application for Linux, macOS and Windows. It supports plain text and markdown for notes. You can view your current notes in preview mode. It is still in early stage and you can use it as a your simple to user personal note taking app. It is using single SQLite database to store your notes. It you want to sync function, then you need to use Dropbox or Google Drive to sync your notes. It also comes with syntax highlighting and custom highlighter for your notes.

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How to install VNote Note Taking app on Ubuntu

Post last modified:December 10, 2019
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

VNote is a free and open source note taking app in markdown for Windows, macOS and Linux. You use this app as a note taking application and also as a markdown editor. It is VIM like markdown editor for programmers and advanced users. The note management comes with folders and plain text notes support with no database. It supports HTML, PDF, PDF and images. You can insert images in your note directly from your clipboard. Some other useful features are full text search, syntax highlight, HiDPI support and themes. You can view live preview for diagrams and in place preview of images and formulas. It is released under MIT license.

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How to install FromScratch on Ubuntu – Auto Saving Note Taking app

Post last modified:November 8, 2019
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

FromScratch is a free open source note taking software for Windows, MacOS and Linux. You can also use this as a to do app. The main feature of FromScratch note taking app is auto saving of notes and you dont need to save your notes manually. Some other features are automatic indenting, note folding and checkboxes support. It also comes with dark mode, lite mode and portable mode. FromScratch is simple and distraction free note taking and to do app.

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How to install Xournal++ on Ubuntu – Handwriting Notetaking

Post last modified:November 4, 2019
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Xournal++ is a free open source handwriting note taking application for Linux, MacOS and Windows. It comes with PDF annotation and pen input from devices such as Wacom Tablets support. It is written in C++ with GTK3 and released under GNU General Public License v2.0. It also comes with Fill shape, Shape drawing, Shape resizing and rotation and Rect snapping to grid tools. It supports Plugins, audio recording and playback, Page Template, LaTeX, mage insertion, Page Preview and PDF. PNG Export option.

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How to install µPad (MicroPad) on Ubuntu – Open source note taking app

Post last modified:September 26, 2019
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

MicroPad or µPad is a free open source note taking app for Linux, windows, macOS and web. µPad comes with infinite canvas feature to organise your notes without any limits. It also comes with build in sync feature called µSync to synchronize your notes across all of your devices securely with server-side AES-256 encryption. Some other important features are Evernote Import & Markdown Import, unlimited sections, automatically link words via Hashtags, embed PDF documents in note, assign due-date, Markdown Editor and AES-256 client-side encryption.

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How to install Joplin on Ubuntu – Joplin note taking and to-do app

Post last modified:August 14, 2019
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Joplin is a free open source note taking and to-do software with synchronization functions for Linux, Windows, macOS, Android and iOS. You can put your notes in a notebooks to organize it. Your notes are available in Markdown format. The main features are search , copy, tag and modify your notes from the directly or from any other your favorite text editor. You can sync your notes with various cloud services like Nextcloud, Dropbox, OneDrive, WebDAV or the file system. You can also export notes from Evernote via .enex files.

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Tomboy-ng note taking app – How to install Tomboy-ng on Ubuntu

Post last modified:August 3, 2019
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Tomboy-ng is a free note taking app for Linux, Mac OS and Windows. Tomboy-ng allows you to synchronize your notes between Linux, Windows, Mac OS and old Tomdroid on Android. Tomboy-ng is the improved version of old tomboy note taking app, currently not in development.The new Tomboy-ng written using Free Pascal and Lazarus. It is easy to install and small in size.Some important features of Tomboy-ng are automatic linking between notes, search your note and indexing on headers, rich text markup, printing option for your notes, in-build spell checker, backup and snapshot your note for future use. You can import and export your notes in plain text, RFT, MarkDown. You can also change the font size, bold your text, highlight the text, strikeout the text, italic and add bullets in you note.

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