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corbin.loftis
January 27th, 2014, 01:32 AM
I realize that there is an Everpad client for Ubuntu, but it isn't working right on my computer. I've tried purging and reinstalling, but it still causes an error. Is there perhaps an open source alternative to Evernote that I can use? Right now I'm just saving my notes as .odt documents in Ubuntu One. THANKS!

Audiosurfer
January 27th, 2014, 02:02 AM
Don't know all the functions of Evernote so I can't say if it's a perfect replacement but I've been enjoying using Springseed as a note-taking app on my computer. It can sync to Dropbox too which is a nice plus. The website is here if you wanna check it out: http://getspringseed.com/

TheFu
January 27th, 2014, 02:07 AM
I've never used evernote - don't really know that much about it, but
* Tomboy
* BasKet Notes
* ZIM
* mediawiki
are methods to take notes under Linux. Most are local-only solutions, but ..

Another option is the visit the alternativeto.net website to look for alternatives.
freecode.com also has lots of F/LOSS projects that can be searched.

Hope this helps.

tgalati4
January 27th, 2014, 02:53 AM
+1 for zim. It's easy to back up and you can write a script to sync your notebook to Ubuntu One or dropbox so you have your notes in the field. I also use evernote's web client on linux, but it is slow. The evernote developers have no plans for a real linux client.

gifford
January 27th, 2014, 07:30 PM
There is nixnote which is an evernote client for Linux. It does work and is stable as opposed to everpad.
Also, there is a great app from Google called keep that can be configured to be in the Unity launcher.

tgalati4
January 27th, 2014, 08:39 PM
nixnote (was called nevernote) works OK. It is missing some features from the Windows Evernote client and is probably equal in features with the web client.

Roasted
January 27th, 2014, 08:56 PM
Blunt 2c: I never understood the fascination with note-taking applications. If a service magically disappears, do I lose the notes? Even if they're not lost in the event a service tanks, I'd have to retrieve all of them and port them into a new service, no?

This is why I use regular .txt files that are stored in my ownCloud directory, synchronizing up to my own server. Others may prefer to use Dropbox for this. It's as simple as you can get but man, it does the job so well without any fuss. I've also noticed that the Scratch text editor in elementary OS auto-saves new text (assuming the document itself has already been saved and named), which makes it pretty awesome for things like this as I can type type type and it'll save after a short amount of time.

SurfaceUnits
January 28th, 2014, 04:30 AM
RedNotebook is a modern journal
It includes a calendar navigation, customizable templates, export functionality and word clouds. You can also format, tag and search your entries. RedNotebook is Free Software under the GPL (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html).

http://rednotebook.sourceforge.net/thumbnails/rednotebook-1.1-2.png

http://rednotebook.sourceforge.net/

alexan
January 28th, 2014, 09:16 AM
Evernote 5.x has reported to "gold" status (works pretty good) on Wine 1.7.2 running over Ubuntu Raring 13.04

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=28945

corbin.loftis
February 1st, 2014, 09:07 PM
Thanks everyone! I'm trying them all out now to see which one I like the best.

ugg.rock
February 9th, 2014, 04:40 PM
You can also check tagspaces, which is an open source file manager with support of tagging and ability to create and edit notes. You can download it from http://tagspaces.org/downloads

pretty_whistle
March 6th, 2014, 10:44 PM
In case anyone comes looking I have one to add: keepnote.