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Software for Managing Your Bibliography?

Posted by Cliff on from the publication-tools dept.

Oliver Kayas asks: "I'm a newcomer to Linux specifically the Ubuntu distribution. I have been searching for software that will allow me to manage bibliographies for my thesis. I've come across Kile/Latex however, this only works on KDE and I am using Gnome. Under Windows I was using Endnote 8 which even allowed me to link references to documents on my hard disk so I could easily search for papers I just wanted to read. I know I could use an emulator such as Wine to use Endnote but that defeats the object of switching to Linux. I was wondering if you know of any alternatives?"

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  1. "this only works on KDE and I am using Gnome" by Uncle_Al · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I really do not understand this. How come everybody is so binary* when it comes to Linux desktop applications?

    All the time I see someone say something along the lines of "Is this great program X also available for KDE/GNOME?"

    Newsflash: You do not need to run the other desktop. You just need to install some base libraries.

    Yes, it will look a little bit out of place. But is that such a big problem for you? Take the best of both worlds and be happy...

    * yes it is a very bad joke. My appologies.