Re: gnote vs Tomboy

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On Wed, 2011-01-12 at 13:06 -0700, Phil Meyer wrote:
> On 01/11/2011 04:21 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > Several versions of Fedora ago the default note taking software was
> > switched from tomboy to note supposedly because note was a more
> > efficient binary program.
> >
> > Now it turns out that the latest version of tomboy which can be yum
> > installed includes the feature to allow you to synchronize the notes on
> > several machines including Windows and Mac.
> >
> > I tried installing tomboy but the installation left me unsure about how
> > to do the installation complete with the gnote notes.
> >
> > Has anyone tried this and have some tips about the conversion. Am I
> > correct that the tomboy database was located  in a file called .tomboy
> > in your home directory. Would copying the gnote database to .tomboy do
> > the trick?
> 
> 
> The reason Fedora switched from Tomboy was its dependence on mono:
> 
> Resolving Dependencies
> --> Running transaction check
> ---> Package tomboy.x86_64 0:1.3.2-1.fc14 set to be installed
> --> Processing Dependency: mono(NDesk.DBus.GLib) = 1.0.0.0 for package: 
> tomboy-1.3.2-1.fc14.x86_64
> 
> 
> Mono is not 'safe' or free (as in free from patent encumbrance).
> 
> You are likely to find little sympathy for purveyors of mono based 
> applications these days.  Even if they made you coffee!
> 
> Good Luck!

I have heard that argument before. The fwaact is currently tomcat is
actively being developed and gnote is not. Rahul assurews us that
sinchronation is in gnotes future and he inmplies that Snowy might work
with gnotewws . We will have to wait and see. We are actively running
three computers at our house and I believe that synchronizing the
databases on these three machines will  be useful. In that I disagree
with Rahul's opinion that it is not that important.

Disclaimer: I don't really know whether or not gnote is being actively
worked on by Fedora developers but it had stayed the same for a long
time and its man page is dated 2004.
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