Evernote != Tomboy Notes

By On February 17, 2009 · 11 Comments

Evernote on WINE

The reality of the same information on multiple devices and platforms is starting to become a reality. But there's always a edge case. Take for example Notes. I use Tomboy Notes on my Ubuntu Laptop because its lightweight, fast, wiki based and saves in little linked XML files (great data portability). And rather that get sucked into using Outlook notes again or even one note, I've switched to using Evernote on everything else (thanks Nicole for the heads up on this service) including my windows mobile phones and the ipod touch. But does Evernote have a Linux client? No. Instead I'm forced to use the web version which is no good when I'm in a meeting room with no connection. What the notes world needs is for Tomboynotes to support Evernote's API and i'm not the only one saying this…

Use the Evernote API (http://www.evernote.com/about/developer/api/) to sync Tomboy notes –> Evernote, and possibly Evernote –> Tomboy (though obviously images, etc. wouldn't sync into Tomboy…perhaps include a link to the note online in that case?)

I was thinking this would be the perfect reason to use something like Conduit if it supported the Evernote API. Its all a pipe dream, in the end I broke down and cheated by installed Evernote under wine. Boy its ugly and gets on my nervious, I really would like a native version or better still the sync option.

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  • Dale L.

    There is a LINUX version of Evernote – it’s called Nevernote and you can find it here:
    http://nevernote.sourceforge.net/
    There’s just a few requirements to get it running… follow the instructions and visit their forum!

    You can choose between 32 bit or 64.

    I got it working fine and it runs well…!

    After that, you can add the evernote webclipper to your browser…

  • Dale L.

    There is a LINUX version of Evernote – it’s called Nevernote and you can find it here:
    http://nevernote.sourceforge.net/
    There’s just a few requirements to get it running… follow the instructions and visit their forum!

    You can choose between 32 bit or 64.

    I got it working fine and it runs well…!

    After that, you can add the evernote webclipper to your browser…

  • http://cubicgarden.myopenid.com/ Ian Forrester

    Ah thanks dale,

    I’ll give it a try but to be honest I’ve pretty much gone TomboyNotes with Snowy. Although I do miss the ability to draw and add media in the note. Will give it a try… Thank again

  • http://cubicgarden.myopenid.com/ Ian Forrester

    Ah thanks dale,

    I’ll give it a try but to be honest I’ve pretty much gone TomboyNotes with Snowy. Although I do miss the ability to draw and add media in the note. Will give it a try… Thank again

  • Dale L.

    There is a new version of NEVERNOTE (v.90). This is a .deb package with simple click & install. You can launch the application from the INTERNET menu. This is a big step to making the software accessible. Afterall, not everyone is familiar with .tar files or qtjambi files… and so the .deb package takes care of all of that…! The application is solid and there is an active developer. It’s well worth looking into…

    • http://cubicgarden.myopenid.com/ Ian Forrester

      Ah thanks, will give it a whirl!

  • Dale L.

    There is a new version of NEVERNOTE (v.90). This is a .deb package with simple click & install. You can launch the application from the INTERNET menu. This is a big step to making the software accessible. Afterall, not everyone is familiar with .tar files or qtjambi files… and so the .deb package takes care of all of that…! The application is solid and there is an active developer. It’s well worth looking into…

    • http://cubicgarden.myopenid.com/ Ian Forrester

      Ah thanks, will give it a whirl!

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