Comments on: Hodgepodge of Miscellany, part 1 of 2: FSM, OO.o, Tomboy http://www.movingtofreedom.org/2007/10/07/hodgepodge-of-miscellany-part-1-of-2-fsm-ooo-tomboy/ free software, free culture, free association Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:42:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Scott Carpenter http://www.movingtofreedom.org/2007/10/07/hodgepodge-of-miscellany-part-1-of-2-fsm-ooo-tomboy/#comment-3261 Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:07:19 +0000 http://www.movingtofreedom.org/2007/10/07/hodgepodge-of-miscellany-part-1-of-2-fsm-ooo-tomboy/#comment-3261 Hi, Hoàng. It's not that Google Notes being non-free is a huge problem for me, although it might be true that notes are a core "computing" function that I'd rather "own" the software for. I prefer a local application for privacy and better functionality. I really like the simplicity of Tomboy. It's designed very well for how I like to take notes. Maybe I'll end up using it and work on a Java version with the features I want to use. (Thanks for the pointer to Plasma. It's hard to tell from that page what the application is supposed to be.) Hi, Hoàng. It’s not that Google Notes being non-free is a huge problem for me, although it might be true that notes are a core “computing” function that I’d rather “own” the software for.

I prefer a local application for privacy and better functionality. I really like the simplicity of Tomboy. It’s designed very well for how I like to take notes. Maybe I’ll end up using it and work on a Java version with the features I want to use.

(Thanks for the pointer to Plasma. It’s hard to tell from that page what the application is supposed to be.)

]]> by: Hoàng Đức Hiếu http://www.movingtofreedom.org/2007/10/07/hodgepodge-of-miscellany-part-1-of-2-fsm-ooo-tomboy/#comment-3260 Mon, 08 Oct 2007 06:13:52 +0000 http://www.movingtofreedom.org/2007/10/07/hodgepodge-of-miscellany-part-1-of-2-fsm-ooo-tomboy/#comment-3260 I don't know whether Google Notes is free software, but I agree with RMS that that's not the question to ask about Internet services. From <a href="http://www.fsfe.org/en/advocacy/audio_videos" title="the speech in Sweden" rel="nofollow">Free Software and Beyond: Human Rights in the Use of Software and Other Published Works</a>, <a href="http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Free_Software_and_Beyond:_Human_Rights_in_the_Use_of_Software_and_Other_Published_Works" rel="nofollow">transcription on Wikisource</a>: <blockquote cite="http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Free_Software_and_Beyond:_Human_Rights_in_the_Use_of_Software_and_Other_Published_Works"> [Audience member 4:] Web applications are inherently evil then? [Richard Stallman:] Yes, for doing your computation, you shouldn't use a web application. You should use software that you can install on your computer, you should do your computing on your computer. </blockquote> I don't have a note-taking habit at all, but I may use some <a href="http://plasma.kde.org/" title="currently, works like alpha software" rel="nofollow">plasmoids</a> if the need rises. I don’t know whether Google Notes is free software, but I agree with RMS that that’s not the question to ask about Internet services. From Free Software and Beyond: Human Rights in the Use of Software and Other Published Works, transcription on Wikisource:

[Audience member 4:]

Web applications are inherently evil then?

[Richard Stallman:]

Yes, for doing your computation, you shouldn’t use a web application. You should use software that you can install on your computer, you should do your computing on your computer.

I don’t have a note-taking habit at all, but I may use some plasmoids if the need rises.

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