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

  • jcarax@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    My big takeaway from this thread is that, wow, people actually use that feature. I use OneNote at work, and I absolutely loathe that if I click a bit too low, I end up outside my note.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, that’s my #1 reason to not use it. I’ve got a long list of reasons to dislike OneNote, but that’s the big one.

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        1 year ago

        Unfortunately I deal with sensitive data in my notes, so I’m restricted. Can’t even sync my notebook off my local SSD.

    • MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 year ago

      It’s basically the main feature of onenote that I use, being able to make technical notes and tables about circuits or cabling that I’m designing and drag them around to arrange it all is really nice.

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        Ah, I see. I think. I’m mostly troubleshooting through logs, packet captures, configurations, etc.