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Hey all, I'm a Linux baby and just discovered all my Onenote notes for DnD aren't transferable to my new machine ๐Ÿ™ƒ

I've seen a few alternatives, specifically Joplin, mentioned, but what I'm looking for is an editor that lets me move notes all around or type in random places like Onenote. I found Spiral, but it's not my favorite, though it does have what I need so far, if at a very bare and basic level.

Can anyone recommend anything with the 'type anywhere' functionality? I'm not even wholly invested in it being FOSS, but this seemed like the best place to ask. Thanks y'all

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[-] Father_Redbeard@lemmy.ml 25 points 8 months ago

Not FOSS but I see so many YouTubers that DM talk about Obsidian for notes. I use it and love it myself, just not for DnD stuff.

Logseq and Joplin are FOSS and are often brought up. Joplins android app is garbage, if that matters to you.

Acreom isn't FOSS yet, but it's on the roadmap and I liked that one.

Notesnook is FOSS but has some features behind a paywall that might be deal breakers for some folks.

[-] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 8 months ago

It doesn't look like any of those have the basic feature of placing things where you want inside a page like onenote does.

[-] jcarax@beehaw.org 18 points 8 months ago

My big takeaway from this thread is that, wow, people actually use that feature. I use OneNote at work, and I absolutely loathe that if I click a bit too low, I end up outside my note.

[-] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 8 months ago

It's basically the main feature of onenote that I use, being able to make technical notes and tables about circuits or cabling that I'm designing and drag them around to arrange it all is really nice.

[-] jcarax@beehaw.org 1 points 8 months ago

Ah, I see. I think. I'm mostly troubleshooting through logs, packet captures, configurations, etc.

[-] irasponsible@beehaw.org 3 points 8 months ago

Yeah, that's my #1 reason to not use it. I've got a long list of reasons to dislike OneNote, but that's the big one.

[-] jcarax@beehaw.org 1 points 8 months ago

Unfortunately I deal with sensitive data in my notes, so I'm restricted. Can't even sync my notebook off my local SSD.

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