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?

Opolork

Hi.

Quick and easy ways, please. It would basically be an alternative to having a physical notepad and pen with me.

Thanks.

Ida_

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.

wgarcia

@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.

Ian

@Opolork I know it is very low tech, but if you want siimple have you tried sending yourself an email?

Opolork

@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.

Opolork

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.

wgarcia

@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.

arubislander

@wgarcia You can also send messages to yourself on Telegram, it is called Saved Messages.

wgarcia

@arubislander Good point, and I see that it is also available in Teleports.

kugiigi

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.

Opolork

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.

amazones

For notes i use emacs with org-mode on desktop, on my ubuntu touch phone i have created a webapp with webber for organice and it works, just without the offline mode, perhaps noble will have better support for PWA apps. you also need a webdav server for that to synchronize notes with computer. It sucks that i need internet connection (or else it'll sign me outta my webdav server), but its alright for writing/reading notes.

Opolork

Hi @amazones. Thanks but Emacs is not my cup of tea.

Rondarius

@Opolork
There is an app called Gotify on the app store. You need to set up a self hosted server. I haven't tried it myself but it looks interesting.

Opolork

Hi @Rondarius. Thanks, but that's overkill for my use case.

GooglyBear

@amazones Were you able to install any emacs packages? I really want to do PDF, HTML and audio annotation (bookmarks/highlights and comments) with emacs, but I would want it to work universally (not just on my desktop, but on my phone as well).

Something else I would like to try is this: https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/kiwix.html

GooglyBear

@wgarcia Yes, on 24.04-1.1 on Fairphone 5 the button to connect to Evernote does not do anything. Do you have any tips on setting up sync with NextCloud, such as any resources which were useful to you in the process? It could greatly benefit others on the forums (including me )

GooglyBear

@Opolork The draft email method is quite clever ~~and I would use it if it worked on my gmail, but unfortunately it doesn't.~~

The sync is not instant, but it works eventually: perfect while I'm transitioning to UT!

Moem

@kugiigi 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?:

Using Telegram's saved messages is the least private but easiest.

DeltaTouch might be more private, and just as easy.

projectmoon

@GooglyBear JotIt Notes on the OpenStore can sync with Nextcloud Notes.