Evernote Linux Client `NixNote 2` To Ditch Java For C++ / Qt, Alpha Version Available

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/02/evernote-for-linux-nevernote.html">NixNote</a> (previously Nevernote) is an unofficial open source Evernote client written in Java, but it seems this will change with the next major release and C++/Qt will be used instead.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For those not familiar with <a href="http://evernote.com/">Evernote</a>, this is a popular note-taking service that besides regular notes, supports images, video and audio, handwritten notes and basically all kind of information you could add to a note. There are Evernote applications for Windows, Mac OS X, iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry and so on, but not for Linux.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">NixNote has almost all the features present in the official Evernote application for Windows, but it's written in Java and many users have complained about its memory usage. But this will change with <b><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/nevernote/files/NixNote2-alpha/">NixNote 2</a>, an effort to rewrite Nixnote from scratch, having speed and a reduced memory footprint as the main goals</b>. According to its developer, NixNote 2 will be written in C++ using Qt's framework and there might be some Java pieces, but he's hoping to keep them to an absolute minimum.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/nixnote2.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Nixnote 2" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqmhKtBq6tkPYktAyXHg6I2Kiu_ZYzYBLCowtHhpUoIa3CTVMEhyphenhyphena9ZtdpzsYZJazmZ0aJN5WrBPOOMtFQIjOsvAF2-0AiP1DN2lucxbbSTCY6Ln80JqghYZWWNXCwFGP6rghTIE_zOKA/s320/nixnote2.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nixnote 2 alpha 3</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you want to try the latest NixNote 2 alpha 3, you can download it already, but only for 64bit. Also, remember that <b>this is an alpha version released for testing purposes only</b>, so you may find bugs and also, some features aren't working yet, like uploads to shared / linked notebooks, encrypted text in notes, you can't pin a note or color it, you can't close a notebook and more. For more info about this, visit the NixNote 2 alpha 3 <a href="http://sourceforge.net/apps/phpbb/nevernote/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=377">thread</a>.</div><br /><br /><h2>Try Nixnote2 alpha in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The latest Nixnote 2 alpha 3 is only available for 64bit</b> (no source available yet) and in my test, it <b>has worked in Ubuntu 13.04 and 13.10 </b>(I didn't test it in Ubuntu 12.10). Unfortunately, the binary is built against <i>libpoppler-qt4-4</i> which isn't available in Ubuntu 12.04, meaning that <b>the current build won't work in Precise</b>.</div><br /><b>Before proceeding, install the required dependencies:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install libpoppler-qt4-4 tidy mimetex</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Then, <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/nevernote/files/NixNote2-alpha/">download Nixnote 2 alpha</a> </b>(make sure you read the release notes before using NixNote 2 alpha!), extract the downloaded archive and simply double click "nixnote" from the extracted folder.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Important:</b> since this is alpha quality, uploads are disabled by default. To get Nixnote 2 alpha to sync with the Evernote servers do the following: in the NixNote preferences (<i>Tools > Preferences</i>), on the Debugging tab, uncheck the "Disable uploads to server" box, then click Ok:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/nixnote2-uploads.png"><img alt="Nixnote 2" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/nixnote2-uploads_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And finally, click the "Sync" button on the toolbar, enter your Evernote username and password and your notes should then sync with the Evernote servers.</div>

Evernote Linux Client `NixNote 2` To Ditch Java For C++ / Qt, Alpha Version Available

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Everpad 2.5 Released With Note Sharing, Filter By Tags, More

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Everpad is a Linux client for <a href="http://evernote.com/">Evernote</a>, a popular note taking service. The application comes with a Unity lens that supports previews, Ubuntu AppIndicator for quickly accessing your notes, supports Evernote tags, notebooks, resources, places and more.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Li40ZzLBhY0/USyt8UQvgMI/AAAAAAAAOJM/zqgeUVOtm4A/s1600/everpad-share-n-tags.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Everpad: sharing note and all notes window"><img alt="Everpad: sharing note and all notes window" border="0" height="229" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Li40ZzLBhY0/USyt8UQvgMI/AAAAAAAAOJM/zqgeUVOtm4A/s320/everpad-share-n-tags.png" title="Everpad: sharing note and all notes window" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Even though it has many Unity-specific features, Everpad isn't just for Unity and it works with <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/evernote-linux-client-everpad-available.html">GNOME Shell or KDE</a> too (it even has Krunner integration).</div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Everpad 2.5 has been released recently with some interesting new features, such as:</b></div><ul><li>note sharing;</li><li>filter by tags in all notes window;</li><li>search on the home lens in Unity Dash is now optional (to disable it: in the Everpad settings, on the Appearance tab, uncheck "Search on the home lens");</li><li>basic notebook stacks support;</li><li>interface improvements;</li><li>basic LXDE support;</li><li>many bug fixes.</li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Even though the latest Everpad 2.5 changelog mentions basic LXDE support, Everpad didn't work with Lubuntu 12.10 (LXDE) in my test: the Evernote authorization didn't work, but hopefully this will be fixed soon (I've reported the bug <a href="https://github.com/nvbn/everpad/issues/264">here</a>). This didn't occur in my tests under Ubuntu 12.10 or 12.04 with Unity.</div><ul></ul><br />Here are a few more screenshots for those who are not familiar with Everpad:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0-DMtzTEViU/USyuOPf8gsI/AAAAAAAAOJU/IkAWm5cLXGo/s1600/everpad-indicator.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Everpad AppIndicator"><img alt="" border="0" height="241" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0-DMtzTEViU/USyuOPf8gsI/AAAAAAAAOJU/IkAWm5cLXGo/s320/everpad-indicator.png" title="Everpad AppIndicator" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lQLkyBzvo2s/USyuOVg13sI/AAAAAAAAOJc/rzZZRwboJm8/s1600/everpad-previews.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Everpad: Unity lens preview"><img alt="everpad lens preview" border="0" height="179" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lQLkyBzvo2s/USyuOVg13sI/AAAAAAAAOJc/rzZZRwboJm8/s320/everpad-previews.png" title="everpad lens preview" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xZ9o5Xs1Ji4/USyuOUJJu4I/AAAAAAAAOJg/FX8tvmiA1MU/s1600/everpad-lens.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Everpad Unity lens"><img alt="Everpad lens" border="0" height="180" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xZ9o5Xs1Ji4/USyuOUJJu4I/AAAAAAAAOJg/FX8tvmiA1MU/s320/everpad-lens.png" title="Everpad lens" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Everpad in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Everpad is available in a<b> PPA for Ubuntu 12.10 and 12.04</b> (the 13.04 package failed to build). To add the PPA and install Everpad, use the following commands:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nvbn-rm/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install everpad</code></pre><br /><b>If Everpad doesn't work, try to log out and log back in!</b><br /><br />For other Linux distributions, see the Everpad <a href="https://github.com/nvbn/everpad/wiki/how-to-install">wiki</a> for installation instructions.<br /><br />If you encounter bugs, report them @ <a href="https://github.com/nvbn/everpad">GitHub</a>.

Everpad 2.5 Released With Note Sharing, Filter By Tags, More

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Evernote Linux Client `Everpad` Available For GNOME Shell, KDE

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/everpad-unity.png" rel="image_group" title="Everpad in Unity (with previews)"><img alt="Everpad Unity" src="http://img.netupd8.com/everpad-unity_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/everpad-integrates-evernote-with-ubuntu.html" title="Everpad Integrates Evernote With Ubuntu Unity (AppIndicator, Lens)">Everpad</a>, an Evernote (note taking service) client for Linux, has reached version 2.3, getting GNOME Shell support (TopIcon extension is recommended), along with other new features and improvements.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><b>Everpad features:</b><br /><ul><li>supports Evernote notes, tags, netbooks, resources, places</li><li>Unity lens with previews support</li><li>Ubuntu AppIndicator</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The latest Everpad 2.3 should now work with GNOME Shell</b>, however, since the GNOME Shell Message Tray is not intended for applications such as Everpad, it's recommended to use it with the <a href="https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/495/topicons/">TopIcon</a> extension.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/everpad-gs.png" rel="image_group" title="Everpad in GNOME Shell (with the TopIcon extension)"><img alt="Everpad GNOME Shell" src="http://img.netupd8.com/everpad-gs_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/everpad-gs_2.png" rel="image_group" title="Everpad in GNOME Shell (with the TopIcon extension)"><img alt="Everpad GNOME Shell" src="http://img.netupd8.com/everpad-gs_2.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">That's not all that's new in the latest Everpad 2.3. <b>The new version also brings drag'n'drop for images and files, printing and RTL support</b>.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Since our <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/evernote-ubuntu-client-everpad-gets.html">last post</a> on Everpad, the application has improved a lot!</b> For instance, <b>Everpad works under KDE and it even comes with Krunner integration </b>(press ALT + F2 to open Krunner, then type "create note" to quickly create a new note with Everpad, or you can search for existing notes, etc.). </div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/everpad-krunner.png" rel="image_group" title="Everpad Krunner integration"><img alt="Everpad Krunner Kubuntu" src="http://img.netupd8.com/everpad-krunner_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">There's also support for hotkeys, in note search, option to pin notes, light/dark panel icons support as well as new options to insert tables, images, checkboxes and lists in editor or change font.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Note: in my test Everpad worked under Kubuntu 12.10, but fails under Kubuntu 12.04 (I've reported the bug <a href="https://github.com/nvbn/everpad/issues/172">HERE</a>).</div><br /><br /><h2>Install Everpad in Ubuntu</h2><br /><b>The Everpad Ubuntu PPA supports Ubuntu 12.10, 12.04 and 11.10. Add the PPA and install Everpad using the commands below:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nvbn-rm/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install everpad</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To install it on other Linux distributions, see the Everpad GitHub <a href="https://github.com/nvbn/everpad/wiki/how-to-install">installation page</a>.<br /><br />Report any issues you may encounter @ <a href="https://github.com/nvbn/everpad/issues?state=open">GitHub</a>. </div>

Evernote Linux Client `Everpad` Available For GNOME Shell, KDE

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Evernote Ubuntu Client `Everpad` Gets Unity Previews Support

<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://github.com/nvbn/everpad">Everpad</a>, an application that integrates the popular note taking service `<a href="http://evernote.com/">Evernote</a>` with Unity through an AppIndicator and Unity lens, was updated recently, the new version bringing a cool new feature for Ubuntu 12.10 users: <b>support for Unity Previews</b>, being one of the first unofficial lenses which takes advantage of this new feature.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XhI32-BDnaA/UGGW1JXUbRI/AAAAAAAAKP8/mEGEafIcPxo/s1600/everpad-unity-preview.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="everpad unity dash preview" border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XhI32-BDnaA/UGGW1JXUbRI/AAAAAAAAKP8/mEGEafIcPxo/s320/everpad-unity-preview.png" title="everpad unity dash preview" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The Unity Previews feature for Everpad isn't limited to text - if you've attached an image to your note, the Everpad lens displays an image preview too. There's also an "Edit" button which opens the Everpad note editor, but hopefully, Unity will support basic editing inside the lens in the future, so applications such as Everpad can work entirely inside the lens, without the need of external UIs.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To install Everpad in Ubuntu 12.10, 12.04 or 11.10 (but obviously, the Previews feature won't work in Ubuntu 12.04 or 11.10), use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nvbn-rm/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install everpad</code></pre><br />More info about Everpad in our initial post: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/everpad-integrates-evernote-with-ubuntu.html">Everpad Integrates Evernote With Ubuntu Unity (AppIndicator, Lens)</a>

Evernote Ubuntu Client `Everpad` Gets Unity Previews Support

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Everpad Integrates Evernote With Ubuntu Unity (AppIndicator, Lens)

<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://evernote.com/">Evernote</a> is a note taking service in which the notes can be text, images, voice memos, handwritten notes or file attachments. There are Evernote clients available for Windows, Mac OSX, Android, iOS and WebOS, but there's no official Linux client.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On Linux, you can use <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/02/evernote-for-linux-nevernote.html" title="Evernote for Linux: NixNote (previously Nevernote)">NixNote (previously Nevernote)</a>, an unofficial Evernote client written in Java but if you want something lightweight, you should try <a href="https://github.com/nvbn/everpad">Everpad</a>, a new Evernote client that integrates nicely with Unity.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SSnSGXpb_kE/UFMJkJxzTHI/AAAAAAAAKIk/2UNoQvf7F6o/s1600/everpad-indicator.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="everpad indicator" border="0" height="219" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SSnSGXpb_kE/UFMJkJxzTHI/AAAAAAAAKIk/2UNoQvf7F6o/s320/everpad-indicator.png" title="everpad indicator" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Everpad is an Ubuntu AppIndicator that you can use to take notes and synchronize them with Evernote's servers as well as display your current Evernote notes.</b> Currently, it supports notes, tags, notebooks, file attachments (remember there's a 60 MB monthly limit) and places.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And even if you don't plan on using the Everpad Ubuntu AppIndicator, if you're an Evernote user you should install Everpad since it comes with a nice<b> Unity lens</b> which you can use to quickly search & display notes:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RpXMUAf4sAQ/UFMJqMBx_WI/AAAAAAAAKIs/8UauE6AFlCI/s1600/everpad-lens.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="everpad evernote lens" border="0" height="210" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RpXMUAf4sAQ/UFMJqMBx_WI/AAAAAAAAKIs/8UauE6AFlCI/s320/everpad-lens.png" title="everpad evernote lens" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Everpad lens supports filtering by notebooks, tags and places and it should become even more useful with Ubuntu 12.10's new "previews" feature.<br /><br /><b>Update:</b> the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/evernote-ubuntu-client-everpad-gets.html">Everpad lens has got previews support for Ubuntu 12.10</a>!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The lens is automatically installed when you install Everpad, but if you don't want to use it and only want the AppIndicator, you can disable it using <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/06/lens-toggle-quickly-enable-disable.html" title="Lens Toggle: Quickly Enable / Disable Unity Lenses Without Removing Them">Lens Toggle</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I_-9MCx7ZC4/UFMOwRWWPrI/AAAAAAAAKJQ/mxKwxVjZSII/s1600/everpad-new-note.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="everpad evernote create new note" border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I_-9MCx7ZC4/UFMOwRWWPrI/AAAAAAAAKJQ/mxKwxVjZSII/s320/everpad-new-note.png" title="everpad evernote create new note" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Everpad: settings dialog and the new note dialog</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Everpad in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The Everpad Ubuntu PPA supports Ubuntu 12.10, 12.04 and 11.10. Add the PPA and install Everpad using the commands below:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nvbn-rm/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install everpad</code></pre><br />Once installed, launch the AppIndicator from Dash, click it and select "Settings and Management" and on the Settings tab, click "Authorize". This will open a new tab in your default web browser, where you'll have to authorize Everpad with your Evernote account.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">That's it. Now clicking the "Last sync..." indicator menu entry will force Everpad to synchronize your note with Evernote.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For the Everpad lens to show up, log out and log back in.<br /><br /><b>If you encounter issues, report them @ <a href="https://github.com/nvbn/everpad/issues?state=open">GitHub</a>.</b></div>

Everpad Integrates Evernote With Ubuntu Unity (AppIndicator, Lens)

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