More on Linux (so okay, not strictly relevant to outlining - perhaps)

Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
May 11, 2018 at 04:42 PM

Dr Andus wrote:
@Alexander,
> >I wonder how your Linux experiment is going.

Actually, quite well. It never became my main working OS, but I have a second notebook which I often turn to. Recently, my main notebook went kaput so the Linux one became my main portable machine for a couple of weeks. I was quite amazed by its easy setup. It recognised and installed my external (DisplayLink compatible) graphics card straight away. At my office, as soon as I attempted to print, it identified all printers available on the network and so on…

The main reason for sticking to Windows is my team’s collaboration with many others relying on Microsoft Office, and in particular Word’s Track Changes mode. Apparently correctly running MS Office is one of the key objectives of Crossover, but the issue is quite complex, so I have not used it on work as yet.

>Seeing Google’s announcement today (in a nutshell, Chromebooks will be
>able to run Linux apps directly within Chrome OS, without the need for
>any special workarounds, as currently is the case), there is a chance I
>might develop an unhealthy interest in outliner tools on Linux in the
>foreseable future ;-)

This reads quite impressive; I wonder how the performance experience will be on the less powerful chromebooks. A serious advantage of Linux is its performance on low budget hardware. I believe most Linux afficcionados would never dream of running Linux on a virtual machine within a proprietary OS.

Re tools on Linux, I mostly rely on web applications and multiplatform programmes, so these are subgroups of what I have in Windows :

- Google G Suite
- Dropbox

- Sublime Text

- B-Folders
- Brainstorm (fine under Crossover)
- Cmap Tools
- Evernote
- Gingko
- Kanban Tool
- Mindomo
- Notecase Pro
- Treesheets
- Zenkit

To try out in the near future: MyBase, the new Brain, Komodo Edit, Visual Studio Code