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Note-taking Software for Unix?

Posted by Cliff on from the ditch-the-pencil-and-pad dept.

donniejones18 asks: "I've been trying to find note-taking software for my university classes, work, etc. but all I can seem to discover is Windows-based software, such as OneNote or GoBinder. I would like to know what software Slashdot readers use for note-taking in Linux? If not, would anyone be interested in working together on this project? Ideally the software would support the insertion of PDFs, images, and other documents for handwritten annotation from a tablet PC, PDA or by mouse from a PC."

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  1. It's been discussed before by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Previous note software topic
    http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/06/21/211825 8

  2. Use Openoffice, note software is limited by linzeal · · Score: 3, Informative

    Use openoffice so you can add pictures, spreadsheets and crap as well as being able to save them in a PDF format for printing on campus. I have used OO for 3 years of uni note taking, happily.

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  3. But Why?!? by BigFlirt · · Score: 3, Informative

    It seems to me like you're making a mountain out of a molehill. Just suck it up and write in a notebook. You'll spend more time on the solution to your contrived problem than paying attention in class, which is what you shoulda been doing in the first place.

  4. notecase is nice by nri · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://notecase.sourceforge.net/ is really nice.
    especially the tree view on the left.
    Also if you dual boot, then you can use the same dat file.

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  5. Freemind... by sarguin · · Score: 4, Informative

    Freemind is a mind map tool written in Java. I use it on Linux and Windows. I can live without it for my day to day work... http://freemind.sf.net

  6. LyX by Azraael · · Score: 4, Informative

    I've been using LyX (http://www.lyx.org/) to take research notes for quite some time. It has all the advantages of Latex (it runs latex in the background to generate the PS, PDF, etc..) combined with a sexy GUI with floating menus for the math stuff (so you don't have to remember all of those "crazy" names) as well as letting you directly type the ones you do know by heart... All in all, the best thing since sliced bread... at least for note taking (notes in sliced bread tend to get mouldy after a couple of weeks!)