What are a few straightforward ways to write notes in Ubuntu Touch and be able to get them on the Internet/WWW on my Debian PC?
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Hi.
Quick and easy ways, please. It would basically be an alternative to having a physical notepad and pen with me.
Thanks.
How can you trust that an app really won't send some company your location data, when you tell it not to? The only way you can trust a program not to do something it isn't supposed to do is if it is free software. ~ RMS
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I write notes in vi or nano in the terminal and use Syncthing between my phone and Xubuntu.
If I'm feeling the need for something more fancy, I use Libreoffice writer as a snap with an external bluetooth keyboard and sync the resulting file through Syncthing.
If it's just to send a link or something I use Teleports/Cinny to send it to myself.
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@Opolork I used to use the Notes native UB app and sync it to Evernote, which I accessed through the web in my laptop or desktop devices. But I got tired of Evernote teasing me to subscribe all the time, and I'm not sure if Notes is still working in UB to sync with Evernote.
Nowadays I use the native UB app Jotit and sync with my Nextcloud Notes server. This part is easy, setting up a Nextcloud server is not.
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@Opolork I know it is very low tech, but if you want siimple have you tried sending yourself an email?
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@wgarcia said in What are a few straightforward ways to write notes in Ubuntu Touch and be able to get them on the Internet/WWW on my Debian PC?:
This part is easy, setting up a Nextcloud server is not.
Hi @wgarcia Alas, that's a dealbreaker.
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Hi @Ian. That's certainly the simplest method so far. Perhaps I could even just put it in a draft email in UT and not even have to send it and still see it later when I check my PC at home.
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@Opolork Now I remembered another way. Set up a group in Telegram with somebody you know and than expel him/her, call it "Message to myself". Now you can write in this group and access your notes from any device that also has a Telegram client.
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@wgarcia You can also send messages to yourself on Telegram, it is called Saved Messages.
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@arubislander Good point, and I see that it is also available in Teleports.
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Using Syncthing might be the most private solution. Using Telegram's saved messages is the least private but easiest. You could perhaps find trustworthy free Nextcloud accounts and use Jotit which I guess a middle compromise in terms of privacy and ease.
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My preferred method is when out and about, to open a draft email on whatever email client/web interface on my UT smartphone I use and add to it but not send it. Then later when I open my emails on my home PC, the notes are there.
