Jim Campbell wrote: > Hey All, > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Radomir Dopieralski > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 10:26 PM, Jim Campbell > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Charlie Kravetz > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > wrote: > >> > >> On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:48:13 -0600 > >> Jim Campbell <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> > >> > Hi All, > >> > > >> > I'd like to recommend Gnote as a note-taking application for > the Xubuntu > >> > default installation. Gnote is an actively maintained C++ > ongoing fork > >> > of > >> > Tomboy. I know that Xfce has a notes plugin, but the > functionality of > >> > Gnote > >> > is much better. > >> > > >> > Here's information on the Lucid package: > >> > http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/gnote > >> > Here's information on the software itself: > http://live.gnome.org/Gnote > >> > Commit info to show maintenance: > http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnote/ > >> > > >> > I am not necessarily recommending it for the default panel > installation, > >> > but > >> > just to be included. I've used it extensively from within > Xubuntu > >> > Karmic > >> > and have been very impressed with how it works. It does not > require the > >> > xfapplets plugin to appear in the notification area. > >> > > >> > What do you think? > >> > > >> > Jim > >> > >> I personally install tomboy on all my systems. I tend to use it > for a > >> lot of notes. Is it possible to port the tomboy notes to gnote? > Do I > >> lose any functionality? > > > > Charlie, Tomboy notes can be imported into and opened in Gnote. > I'll provide > > further info about the other differences tonight. > > Sorry for adding to the confusion, but I wanted to point out that zim > is also a very nice note-taking application. > > > > Others can feel free to chime in with their thoughts, but here is a > rundown on some of the different options for note applications: > > == Xfce4-notes-plugin: > + After ~20 min of use uses 4mb of writeable memory > + Can be set to sit in the panel > + Easy to add notes and change between notes > - Can't create notebooks (sets of notes around a topic) > - Can't search notes > - Can't link between notes > > == Gnote > ~ After ~20 minutes of use, uses about 6.5 mb of writeable memory > ~ Can sit in the notification area . . . not sure how it can be set to > go there all the time, or if the user would need to launch it each time > + Easy to add notes and change between notes > + Can create notebooks, search between notes > + Easy to link between notes, output to HTML, > + Can import tomboy notes > + several other plugins > > == Zim > - Confusing start up UI > - Uses 9.2mb of writeable memory on startup > + Seems pretty powerful if you are familiar with how to use it. > + The Sheep likes it > +-x2 - I didn't really spend much time using it after the somewhat > confusing UI at startup. > > This is a note taking application. It will not make users switch from > Windows. But Gnote has pretty much all the features of Tomboy (just a > few releases behind), and can provide good note-taking functionality > with a minimal memory penalty compared to xfce4-notes-plugin. > > Your friend, > > Jim For comparison,
how much writeable memory would Tomboy use after ~20 minutes of use? -- Pasi Lallinaho Xubuntu Marketing Lead Web-designer, graphic artist IRC: knome @ freenode
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