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I'm still torn between Craft, Obsidian, Standard Notes and Simplenote. Each of them have lots of good things, but also too many downsides. I don't want a "monster" app for notes, too many focus on creating "a knowledge base" or "documents". Notes are scribbles for me, something I just need to type to save quickly, even offline.

Scratchpad (https://sindresorhus.com/scratchpad) is something I use for this on my Mac and iPhone. But on my Linux (where I spend my free time) I'm always bummed why there can't be one-for-all note taking. Desperately need the one where I can store my command line snippets, random thoughts, idas, everything.

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Scratchpad

Quick notes, always available
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Troed Sångberg
Troed Sångberg
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FWIW I ended up running my own Nextcloud instance primarily for notes. They're .md files so locally I use other apps to modify them and then on the run I use the Nextcloud Notes client.
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Roni Laukkarinen
Roni Laukkarinen
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@troed I hosted Nextcloud/Owncloud back in the days but it's a huge mess of everything. I'm only looking for a note app, I don't need those other features.
@Troed Sångberg
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Troed Sångberg
Troed Sångberg
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I run the All-in-one dockerized install so I can't say I notice the mess though - but you're right in that it's a lot of extra functionality going unused :)
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🇨🇦️Lunatic At Large 🇨🇦️
🇨🇦️Lunatic At Large 🇨🇦️
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There's note-taking apps like globonote, gnote, keepnote and others. Which Linux are you using?
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🇨🇦️Lunatic At Large 🇨🇦️
🇨🇦️Lunatic At Large 🇨🇦️
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The ones I mentioned are Linux apps. Check to see in the app store for macOS and iPhone. I searched for note takers. If not, there's always the text editor.
Do a search for cross-platform note takers and you'll find lots.
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SanskritFritz
SanskritFritz
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You say you want a simple plain text notes app and then finish your thought with "command line snippets, random thoughts, ideas, everything". That in my eyes is contradictory. On the other hand, every single notes application fulfils that need. So, what DO you want actually?
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Roni Laukkarinen
Roni Laukkarinen
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@SanskritFritz How is that contradictory?

I need a Notes app that doesn't need 8 taps to type in notes and that has apps for each platform that I use and doesn't need you to open a web browser each time.

Obsidian gets close in this sense and I'm going to give it another chance.

@SanskritFritz
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SanskritFritz
SanskritFritz
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Obsidian is a great choice. But it is in no way simple. The greatest advantage of Obsidian IMO is that one can tinker it until it doesn't get in the way. That state is VERY different with each people.
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Roni Laukkarinen
Roni Laukkarinen
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@SanskritFritz The "simple" in my definition is the UI and non-obstructiveness. I mean how many actions you need to get to type a quick note. I'm now playing around with Obsidian (again, this is a third try or something) and it seems with plugins it can be simplified a lot.
@SanskritFritz
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James Britt
James Britt
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A thing I like about Obsidian is that the data are just text files. I can open vi or gvim and write a note, and if I store it in an Obsidian vault folder it just becomes part of that vault. So I don't have always use obsidian to get the value of its features (e.g. cross links, plugins).
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immibis
immibis
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a folder full of text files and a random text editor?
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Roni Laukkarinen
Roni Laukkarinen
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@immibis And you expect me to set it up on each device I use (I use dozens of them)?

I need all my notes available in some way and it should be as easy to write down or search for things on iPhone or a Linux.

@immibis
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Guillaume Gaullier ❄️🔬
Guillaume Gaullier ❄️🔬
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For command-line snippets, I find https://atuin.sh to be the best solution for me. It's a simple idea: your shell history goes in an sqlite database. You can then synchronize it between computers (fully end-to-end encrypted; you can self-host the server if you prefer not using their sync service). The interface is really good: you can recall commands from the whole combined history / per device / per path / per shell session; fuzzy-search the history; run command as-is or edit it.

Atuin - Magical Shell History

Sync, search and backup shell history with Atuin
atuin.sh
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Guillaume Gaullier ❄️🔬
Guillaume Gaullier ❄️🔬
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This doesn't replace notes on your command-line snippets, but makes recalling previously-run commands so much easier that I thought I'd share.
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Roni Laukkarinen
Roni Laukkarinen
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@Guillawme It's not very practical on iPhone Termius or on other computers. I switch devices a lot and use a lot of different platforms. That's why a notes app that sync between platforms in a native client would be a best solution. Also I don't use only commands, I use snippets and write down notes to accompany them. So this will not do the trick for me unfortunately...
@Guillawme
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The Peter Pan of Nerdery™ 🇦🇺
The Peter Pan of Nerdery™ 🇦🇺
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I use #Simplenote for super quick, instant notes (including a few "sticky" ones that I come back to on occasion to update), and #Obsidian for what I call "cold storage" of notes, permanent, detailed and on hand for reference any time I need them. Beyond that, #TickTick for task management. This is the result of almost two decades of attempting to simplify my life, fwiw. Linux and Obsidian will work, but best option would be their paid sync service unfortunately. It's cheapish though.
#obsidian #simplenote #ticktick
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Constantin (he/him) :nonazis:
Constantin (he/him) :nonazis:
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@dhry #TickTick is a beast! Using it for several years and its one of the few I pay for, even if the free version would cover all of my use cases. Simple Tasks, subtasks, Eisenhower View, Calendar, priorities and so much more. But you can also have one simple list with one-liners... 😌
#ticktick @The Peter Pan of Nerdery™ 🇦🇺
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Roni Laukkarinen
Roni Laukkarinen
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@ConLuegering

I use Todoist (+API) and Sunsama for tasks. Used TickTick for years but it had some frustrating things and bugs.

I'm now getting used to Obsidian for super quick notes as well. Figuring out a way how to sync to GitHub headlessly through my own server. Seems to be possible with this https://github.com/vrtmrz/livesync-bridge

@dhry


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Fedi Jedi :jedi:
Fedi Jedi :jedi:
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there is also @notesnook , crossplatform too, works on Linux and mobile apps too. I've been using it since February
@Notesnook
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Notesnook
Notesnook
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@fedijedi hi, thanks for giving Notesnook a chance! Would love to learn more about what specifically you didn't like so we can improve it.
@Fedi Jedi :jedi:
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