Introduction
I have long wanted to find an application that would allow me to take notes and at the same time give me the possibility of having them available for an undetermined future. There are applications like Tomboy that apparently could satisfy that need, but when implementing it I found that this system is totally dysfunctional.
Apps like Tomboy are the real-world equivalent of using sticky notes to record time-relevant data. What I needed was more like a booklet, something to write down as much as I wanted and decide later if it is relevant or not. This is how my search led me to the application that I present to you today: RedNotebook.
Features
RedNotebook is, according to its author, a multiplatform blog and newspaper. It includes a calendar to navigate through the notes for each day, customizable templates for your notes, a spell checker, a function to export what you have written and a tagging function. It has a "Word Cloud" where the most relevant ones are displayed (As in the old blog design), although you can search for words from a search bar. RedNotebook is Free Software under the GPL license.
Installation
For Ubuntu and derivative users, you can go to the Software Center. Those who like to use the latest stable version from terminal:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rednotebook/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install rednotebook
For Fedora users:
yum install rednotebook
For Debian users
apt-get install rednotebook
RedNotbook is also available in repositories of other distros. Also the code is available on the official website.
I am waiting with you to make a small tutorial on how to use RedNotebook, taking advantage of the school recess period. Until the next installment.
Source: RedNotebook official page