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I am using tomboy for some of my notes and i use editpad lite on xp for notes.
I am looking for a good cross platform application to keep notes on both environments. Kinda getting to be a pain. I dont want to use word but something small that I can leave running like notepad or tomboy. This way I can save the notes to USB and not have to worry about syncing them manually. Just use the copy on the USB stick and back up to linux/xp once and a while.
I am also looking for a good stand alone calendar that can handle multiple accounts (if thats the right word)
Basically I do some side work and I want to keep track of my hours for each client on a separate calendar put notes in to what I did , why and when etc.
Then may be export it excel or openoffice to create an invoice of sorts.
Anyone doing this?
What do you use?
I am running Ubuntu 9.10 and I looked in the addons but nothing really jumps out at me for what I want.
For the notes stuff you can use vim in both Linux and Windows (of course you'll have to install it on the latter). This creates ascii text files and they are portable.
For the notes stuff you can use vim in both Linux and Windows (of course you'll have to install it on the latter). This creates ascii text files and they are portable.
I love Freemind for notes. I started using it a year or so ago and have never looked back. It organizes my notes so well, supports hyper links, and a lot more that I haven't had time to get into.
I love Freemind for notes. I started using it a year or so ago and have never looked back. It organizes my notes so well, supports hyper links, and a lot more that I haven't had time to get into.
wow freemind is a bit more complex than i was looking for that is crazy sw. I just needed a simple note taking file with a search and some basic formatting..
Freemind may look complicated, but it's really very easy at least for the note taking I do. And it organizes things around topics (nodes) so well. I used to just make text notes or outlines in word/open office text, but I found freemind is EASIER. At least for me.
Last edited by vrmartin2; 01-07-2010 at 12:33 PM.
Reason: correction
Thunderbird has Lightning add-on, and it runs on both Linux and Windows. Also, you should be able to install a version of Thunderbird that resides on USB Flash memory for portability.
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