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Hey everyone,

I am looking for an alternative for OneNote for Linux. A clone would be perfect, the interface of it and the ability to paste pictures into a very wide notes field is great. Please help me!

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[–] wifienyabledcat@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Obsidian is what I use mostly, it syncs great with syncthing across all my devices. It doesn't have drawing support, so whenever I need to doodle something I end up in samsung notes again.

[–] harry_meadows@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

The Excalidraw plugin may do the trick.

[–] yungsinatra@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Can you use that with a tablet to make hand written notes?

[–] numbermess@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can, but there is no form of exporting your handwritten notes. There's also sort of a tendency to "bend" what you've just written a bit after you lift your stylus. Like it's vectorizing and slightly correcting the path you just drew.

I have had moderate success using the built-in Scribble feature to convey my handwriting into text in the main editor. It's not super great but is serviceable. It's real opinionated about when and where new paragraphs should appear.

[–] yungsinatra@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Ah, if Obsidian would've supported hand written notes using a stylus or something, I would've switched instantly. It's sad cause I don't want to keep using Samsung Notes tbh, but it feels like my best option so far.