XPost: alt.comp.freeware, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: Hank@nospam.invalid   
      
   Maria Sophia wrote on 2/6/2026 4:06 PM:   
   > Obsidian cross-platform note-taking stream-of-consciousness database app   
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   > Is anyone else using the cross-platform Obsidian note-taking database app?   
   > Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, iOS     
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   > I just installed it on Windows and Android, but I'd like to get ideas.   
   > Windows:   
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   > Android:   
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   > BACKGROUND:   
   > I was looking for an app for saving my many stream-of-thought ideas when I   
   > ran into Obsidian, which I put into a database folder on Android & Windows.   
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   > It's gonna take some getting used to, but it's a "personal knowledge base".   
   > Technically, it's is a knowledge-management tool built on top of a Markdown   
   > editor.   
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   > Since privacy is a million things of which most people only know a half   
   > dozen, it's important to note that Obsidian notes live on our machine, not   
   > in a cloud database where we can link notes together like a personal   
   > Wikipedia knowledge graph that can grow with hundreds of community plugins.   
   > a. To-do manager   
   > b. Zettelkasten system (ala Niklas Luhmann)   
   > c. Daily journal   
   > d. Code snippet library   
   > e. Research notebook   
   > f. PDF annotator   
   > g. Task tracker   
   > h. Personal wiki   
   > i. Writing environment   
   >     etc.   
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   > Perhaps similar-ecosystem apps might be Notion, Evernote, Logseq or Joplin.   
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   > Notion is a cloud workspace with databases and collaboration. Obsidian is a   
   > local knowledge base built from plain text.   
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   > Evernote is a note collector. Obsidian is a note connector.   
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   > Logseq is an outliner at heart. Obsidian is a document editor at heart.   
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   > Joplin is a secure Evernote alternative. Obsidian is a knowledge graph   
   > and writing environment.   
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   > What I like about the promise of Obsidian over some of those above is...   
   > A. full ownership of our data   
   > B. a flexible writing environment   
   > C. a knowledge graph   
   > D. a massive plugin ecosystem   
   > E. no dependence on a cloud service   
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   > Is anyone else using the cross-platform Obsidian note-taking database app?   
   > What do you think of it?   
      
   Great tutorial Mary.   
      
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