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submitted 1 year ago by Suck_on_my_Presence@beehaw.org to c/foss@beehaw.org

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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 🙃

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 1 year ago (22 children)

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 1 year ago (19 children)

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

[–] das@lemellem.dasonic.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

Logseq has a "whiteboard" feature which is the closest I've seen.

OneNote has been the only tool Ive failed to find a close alternative to, which is a shame because I hate the new simplified versions of OneNote.

I will say though, the linking available on Obsidian and Logseq is fantastic for d&d notes and worth ditching OneNote anyway (for me it was at least).

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