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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. kids these days ... by p2sam · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Being a recent undergrad myself ... What the hell is wrong with the good old fashioned 3 ring binder? Using a note book or PDA is way over kill for the over priced joke of an education that you're getting.

    1. Re:kids these days ... by HalWasRight · · Score: 4, Interesting

      I'm dyslexic. I can barely write with a pen and paper, but I can type well. Taking notes on a laptop was the only way I got through many of my classes.

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      "This mission is too important to allow you to jeopardize it." -- HAL
  3. It's called a text file by ratatask · · Score: 5, Insightful

    See e.g. here
    Use tools such as mv(1), mkdir(1) , ln(1) and grep to organize,

  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. Re:Er... by Nasarius · · Score: 4, Insightful
    I always read the book ahead of time

    Precisely. If you want to do well, reading the relevant chapters before lecture is key. Take notes while reading the textbook (I only use this as an aid to concentration, but it can be very useful if your professor follows the textbook closely) and do the problems. Go to lecture with a decent understanding of the material. The notes you take should only be a rough outline to refresh your memory, plus details about difficult concepts.

    Taking copious, multimedia notes seems like a waste of time to me. Anyway, that's just my strategy; I'm sure it won't work for everyone.

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  7. 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!)

  8. I'd mod +1 Insightful by Noksagt · · Score: 4, Insightful

    But I just blew my last mod point.

    43 folders just ran an article about making one big text file, which followed up on an O'Reilly post on the same topic. Bottom line is that one thing all productive geeks share is that they stay organized by just adding stuff to a plain text file. It is a good life hack, which is intrinsically cross-platform & easy to use & small.