[ubuntu-uk] Mindmapping (was Loading Fiesty into Mac mini)

[I C McNab]

TheVeech wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-04-29 at 07:29 +0100, I C McNab wrote:
>> TheVeech wrote:
>> >> On Sat, 2007-04-28 at 22:16 +0100, Robin Menneer wrote:
>> [SNIP]
>> >> Nowadays (IIRC like Alan Pope) I'm sticking to GNOME programs, 
>> >> avoiding KDE. I use laptops as a rule, so this prevents resource 
>> >> waste seeing as though there's only one task I rely on -
>> >> mindmapping - that isn't well covered by GNOME.
>> 
>> I noticed your mention of mindmapping.  What app do you use?
>> 
>> --
>> Ian
> 
> Hi.  I've used:
> 
> Vym
> http://www.insilmaril.de/vym/
> 
> Kdissert
> http://freehackers.org/~tnagy/kdissert.html
> 
> and
> Freemind
> http://freehackers.org/~tnagy/kdissert.html
> 
> There's some other apps that look interesting, but these three seem to
> be the major ones.  I've heard OO.org being recommended, too, but this
> slows down the process.  I didn't rate Vym.  Kdissert I preferred out of
> all of them, but I can't justify installing the KDE libraries for one or
> two applications.  Freemind, I'm waiting for version 0.9.0, which will
> hopefully work with java 6.
> 
> There is a GNOME app: Labyrinth, I think, but, IIRC, it's in a very
> early stage of development.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mind_Mapping_software
> 
> 


Thanks for all the info.  From what you say, sounds like there's nothing 
quite like, say, MindManager (only on that other OS), then.  :-(

I'll follow up your recommendations.

Best wishes
--
Ian