I am not a programmer. I came to Leo a decade or so ago. Leo was the only tool that met my three criteria when I was shopping for an information manager.
1. Runs native on Linux. After 5 years owning a white box computer retailer, I was sick of Windows in all its iterations. My last day at work I built myself a nice computer and installed Slackware on it. That was in 2001. There was no way I was ever going back to Windows. 2. Runs offline. I live in a rural area. From 2008-2011 we had 56k dial-up as our only Internet option. Did you know that a vast portion of the Internet, including services like file hosting and most applications, will not work with dial-up? 3. Supports clones. Clones are the bomb when it comes to organizing long, intricate documents. Fiction, non-fiction, technical; clones are the only solution for many problems. I have, of course, kept my eye on new software and to date Leo still stands alone when it comes to my criteria. New software continues to come rolling down the pike though. But I already have an enormous amount of information in Leo. I don't imagine I would ever switch without a seriously compelling reason. Chris On Thursday, January 17, 2019 at 10:13:21 AM UTC-8, Edward K. Ream wrote: > > There are two main reasons to use Leo: > > 1. Programmers use Leo's API to write powerful scripts. > > 2. Non programmers use clones to organize data. > > So if you *aren't* a programmer, and you *don't* use clones, then why, > exactly, are you using Leo? You would be much better off with TheBrain > <https://www.thebrain.com/support/tutorials>. Really. > > Edward > > P.S. Imo, all programmers should use clones, but that's a matter of the > next posting. > > EKR > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
