hello John, thank you for your extensive review. Will certainly have a look (already gave it a glance)! My first impression is that Obsidian fits my (moderate) needs perfectly, but am always curious and on the lookout for the best fit - and before this thread had not heard of Logseq, so some personal reviewing to do this weekend.
Cheerio all! Op dinsdag 5 april 2022 om 08:15:26 UTC+2 schreef [email protected]: > > Hi Derek, > > As Mark pointed out, Obsidian isn't open source, and I'd add, it's free > for non-commercial use but if you mix work projects and personal notes in > one big collection (with separate branches/folders for different types of > projects, etc), then you'll likely exceed their personal-use-only free > license. > > More importantly to me, Logseq being open source means I can run it > locally on my machine even without Internet access, modifying it however I > want to add features, run it locally on my home network, experiment with > different use-cases that others may not care about. It really depends on > your own needs and goals. > > And especially for me, I'm working on other software that deals with > Structured Data and then pairs with Logseq to handle the Unstructure Data > type content (aka "Free-form Markdown outlines" in Logseq, Obsidian, etc), > so my needs are probably even weirder than most people's... :-) > > So... Logseq may or may not fit your needs, but especially since it's > completely free and open source, seems like it's worth checking out before > committing to any one product and spending time migrating previous notes > and everything into whichever one you choose. > > Cheers, > > -John > > > On Monday, April 4, 2022 at 1:49:40 PM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > >> hi John, thanks for your reply! Could you point out the advantages of >> Logseq when compared to Obsidian? The points you mentioned about Logsec are >> equally applicable to Obsidian (free, open source, very dedicated team of >> developers, frequent updates). >> >> cheers, Derek. >> >> Op zondag 3 april 2022 om 20:02:41 UTC+2 schreef [email protected]: >> >>> >>> I've seen lots and lots of people talking about Logseq online as a >>> competitor/substitute for Obsidian, especially since it's free, >>> open-source, and has a small team of developers (I think six?) that crank >>> out new code releases every other day at a shocking pace. 😊 >>> >>> I'd used other notes- and outlining-apps in the past, including Dynalist >>> from the creators of Obsidian, but in the past couple months, I've played >>> with Logseq quite a bit, then started using it daily, then migrated over >>> YEARS of old notes, and I'm loving it so far. Also, having all my notes in >>> an open-source app with Markdown files in the underlying directories means >>> I'm never locked into anything and I can already seamlessly migrate to >>> other notes apps that use the Markdown format. >>> >>> I liked it enough that I signed up on OpenCollective to donate monthly >>> to their Logseq open-source project and hopefully keep the momentum going >>> with all their many improvements. >>> >>> Anyway, check it out if you can... >>> >>> -John >>> >>> >>> On Saturday, April 2, 2022 at 2:34:36 AM UTC-7 [email protected] >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I agree with all the opinions here .. will give a try with Obsidian .. >>>> >>>> thanks everyone >>>> >>>> On Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 7:07 AM Fletcher Kauffman < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I second, third, fourth everyone else here in saying "Nah" as a >>>>> personal wiki, but I will often a different suggestion: look at Joplin >>>>> for >>>>> a personal Wiki, if you want open source, and particularly if you're >>>>> looking for functionality like Evernote. >>>>> >>>>> I, myself, will be checking out Obsidian and *praying* this doesn't >>>>> mean a *third* migration of all of my note stuff in 12 months. >>>>> >>>>> On Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 12:16:59 AM UTC-7 Christoph wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On 30.03.2022 23:39, Mark Levison wrote: >>>>>> > Srini - I love MLO, I think I'm one of it's earliest users. As much >>>>>> as I >>>>>> > love it, I can't see using as a Wiki. It doesn't support cross >>>>>> linking etc. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > If you enjoy Markdown, have you looked at Obsidian? Ugly UI, >>>>>> powerful app. >>>>>> >>>>>> Same recommendation from me. MLO is great, but not as a personal >>>>>> wiki. >>>>>> Note that you can link between Obsidian and MLO using special URLs. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- Christoph >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/a899a899-e240-4ecc-bdcb-a3a270d5c2b0n%40googlegroups.com >>>>> >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/a899a899-e240-4ecc-bdcb-a3a270d5c2b0n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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