TagSpaces with Syncthing is the combination you have been looking for — While no-cloud, offline note taking solutions like everyone’s favourite TagSpaces are still the privacy-conscious user’s best choice; cloud based apps, like the ever-popular Evernote, or the newer contestant Notion have the very distinct advantage of your notes always being available. Well, as long as you have Internet. …

If you have the right app for it — TagSpaces’ new Markdown editor marks it down as the best note-taking app, hands down, no contest. If that sounds like an exaggerated claim, read on, I might even convince you. If you have not read my (last) review, you probably should: You might learn more about why this software is…

And the alternative solution that delivered on its promises — My quest for a suitable Evernote replacement, after the company decided to restrict access to my own data, proved to be a short one. …

Deep inside you know it makes sense — This article originally appeared on The Tao of Linux Blog. Reprinted with permission. Debian is one of the oldest Linux distributions around, and its stable version is well-respected as a robust and reliable OS for the server. When it comes to using Debian on the Desktop, however, the consensus seems…

An obituary — Common Sense was born into an illustrious family, as a love-child of Educated Intelligence and Logical Thinking, and started dying sometime around when people began to rationalise bigotry, racism, nationalism, bipartisan politics, false patriotism, overdrawn political correctness, hero worship of war criminals, and mindless consumption, among others. Common Sense suffered…

A s Evernote recently changed its pricing plans, restricting free access to only two devices, the interest in alternative note taking applications had seen a sudden surge. As people have started to look for a better, or at least more affordable solution, the many shortcomings of the most popular note…