<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Jim Campbell wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:cc5454021001202230w50752ee8yc40650201d5222f5@mail.gmail.com" type="cite">Hey All, <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Radomir Dopieralski <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:xubuntu@sheep.art.pl">xubuntu@sheep.art.pl</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div> <div class="h5">On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 10:26 PM, Jim Campbell <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:jwcampbell@gmail.com">jwcampbell@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Charlie Kravetz > <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:cjk@teamcharliesangels.com">cjk@teamcharliesangels.com</a>> wrote: >> >> On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:48:13 -0600 >> Jim Campbell <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:jwcampbell@gmail.com">jwcampbell@gmail.com</a>> 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: >> > <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/gnote" target="_blank">http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/gnote</a> >> > Here's information on the software itself: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://live.gnome.org/Gnote" target="_blank">http://live.gnome.org/Gnote</a> >> > Commit info to show maintenance: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnote/" target="_blank">http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnote/</a> >> > >> > 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. </div> </div> Sorry for adding to the confusion, but I wanted to point out that zim is also a very nice note-taking application. </blockquote> <div> 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 </div> </div> </blockquote> For comparison, how much writeable memory would Tomboy use after ~20 minutes of use? <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- Pasi Lallinaho Xubuntu Marketing Lead Web-designer, graphic artist IRC: knome @ freenode </pre> </body> </html>