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OneNote on my foldable laptop. I use it to take notes in uni simply because it's the best option out of all the ones I've tried. I like OneNote's stabilization and infinite canvas. What annoys me tho is that you cannot set the canvas to paged, so if you're planning on exporting to pdf you have no idea where the page boundaries are.
With the last Windows 11 update they fucked it up tho and now the app is garbage anyways
Notesnook is free, e2ee, nice ui, and has cloud sync. Recommmend
Not really the same thing at all if there's no handwriting support.
Joplin.
Not FOSS, but I'm a big One Note user for work and wanted to find something for my personal life and most likely will use it for my next professional role in at least some capacity...Notion is by far the most customizable and complete solution that's also user friendly because of existing user templates. I've been SERIOUSLY impressed and I've been trying everything I can find.
Best part is that the phone and computer apps are both very capable. One Note on phone is the worst companion app.
notion is also not FOSS though. and i had bad experiences with the mobile app when cell service is bad.
AnyType is an open-source alternative to Notion which recently launched:
https://anytype.io/
I use OneNote at work and Joplin, saved to a cloud drive, at home. It's not as good, but close enough for my needs. I can access my personal notes on all my pcs and my phone.
Rnote is pretty good for handwritten notes, the canvas can be paged too.
I'll give that a shot! OneNote is literally unusable since the last Windows update because the on-screen keyboard keeps popping up everytime I touch the screen. then it goes away immediately and leaves a bugged white rectangle on the canvas