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Posted by washere
Jan 29, 2020 at 05:13 PM
Notes Up Markdown editor:
Free plus open source, dark theme too, should work on many distros not just elementary as with many elementary os apps:
https://www.fossmint.com/notes-up-a-markdown-note-editor-manager-for-linux/amp/
https://github.com/Philip-Scott/Notes-up
Posted by jaslar
Jan 29, 2020 at 05:59 PM
Yes, I saw Notes Up. It looks like a reasonably clean Evernote alternative (with both “books” and tags). elementary apps do look good. Although Joplin adds the encryption feature that might justify my moving everything over from Simplenotes. I’m not sure Notes Up would be worth it for me, especially since I’m not sure how it works on mobile.
Posted by washere
Jan 29, 2020 at 06:16 PM
Joplin is awesome, he put in a couple of major features when I asked, dark mode/theme and even bigger: dual left columns. But using multi Markdown editors is a must for me. Some for Outliner and planning, others for fast GUI editing, etc. Can copy and paste between them anyway.
Some are getting superb on even Windows specially with GUI shortcuts, even Android (phone, Chromebook etc). Add a static site generator (I use several, needs some techie know-how/coder to setup then child’s play to post), and can be doing fab looking stuff to put online in minutes.
Posted by jaslar
Jan 29, 2020 at 06:36 PM
I think I DID find it a little dishonest. I bought in 2017 a machine from 2015. I was not aware, until two years after buying the Chromebook, that it had a software end of life. I did a fair amount of reading on Chromebooks before I bought one, too. Nor was it mentioned by the salespeople (who may not have known, either). I use my Chromebook quite a lot, and it seems to have plenty of life left in it. In some ways, this brings me back to my original post about the Mac: this is a fine machine, capable of more work, and it’s irritating to have it deliberately obsoleted by software.
But you’re right that the price point is low enough to justify a shorter life span. I’m just so CHEAP I hate to recycle what might last a little longer. But yes, there are options to convert it to Linux. One example: https://itsfoss.com/install-linux-chromebook/
Dr Andus wrote:
MadaboutDana wrote:
>>I’ve no idea about Chromebooks, alas. But the sunsetting seems to
>>me singularly dishonest, given Chrome’s minimal footprint.
>
>I don’t find this dishonest. You get good value for money.
>
>AFAIK, separate versions of Chrome OS are developed for each hardware
>model (which is partly what makes Chromebooks more secure), so with the
>proliferation of new models it would be increasingly expensive to
>develop updates for decreasing numbers of aging hardware.
>
>Considering that most Chromebooks are cheap and cheerful, the hardware
>rarely lasts more than 3 years with daily use. My Chromebooks lasted
>about 2.5 years on average.
>
>However, now that more premium and better built machines are appearing
>more frequently, Google have actually extended end of life to 8 years
>for new models from 2020 onwards.
>
>But the option is still there to convert an old Chromebook to a Linux
>machine or install CloudReady.