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On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Pasi Lallinaho <[email protected]> wrote: > Jim Campbell wrote: > > Hey All, > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Radomir Dopieralski <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 10:26 PM, Jim Campbell <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Charlie Kravetz >> > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:48:13 -0600 >> >> Jim Campbell <[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 > > > -- > xubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel > > -- A. C. Censi accensi [em] gmail [ponto] com accensi [em] montreal [ponto] com [ponto] br
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