Obsidian is now free for work - Obsidian
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I mean all the plug-ins should work
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Why would they donate server space to you on top of giving you free (beer) software?
The way some of you think is very odd to me.
Back up your own shit or pay for sync.
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Same. I've never heard of the Obsidian in the OP, so I was hoping they somehow left Microsoft and were looking for a game designer or something.
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The community plugin “Google Drive Sync” is free, open source, and lets you (clunkily but effectively) bypass Obsydian Sync. One less server to manage.
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The canvas built in is the easiest UI I’ve used to make mind maps, I’d surely miss it if I had to migrate.
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It's a very, very different approach having everything as a bullet point though.
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Switched from Onenote to obsidian. There was a small learning curve and I had to install some plugins, but I love it. It looks amazing and runs so much faster than OneNote ever did.
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Thanks for the rare, rational comment regarding Obsidian. Many people here seem to think releasing software as closed source automatically means you have something to hide; seemingly forgetting we live in a capitalist system in which you must constantly sell your services to survive. (I am saying this as someone who adores FOSS and donates to most of my homelab software on a regular basis).
I think a more productive way to look at is: is the closed source dev friendly (or at least non-hostile) to the open source community? In the case of Obsidian, they haven't done anything egregious, and regularly contribute to open source plugins. Furthermore, the notes are stored as markdown files. This gives the user strong resistance against potential enshittification, so even if they did go rogue you can just move to some other text editor lol. Granted, you would miss out on plugins but otherwise that's a good reason to keep your plugin usage light and plan your Obsidian vault accordingly.
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The android app want to quit when you hit the back button and it drives my nuts
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I think it’s ok for people to profit off of their IP
I absolutely agree. That doesn't mean the software has to be closed source though, a lot of software works well when sold with paid support, especially to companies.
If the price is low enough, companies will often just pay even if they don't need the support.
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dam thats a lot for a sync. I guess its supporting the project.
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Note linking is what did it for me a few years back. It’s possible in OneNote, and clunky as hell.
I was sold the moment I read links can be wiki style in Obsidian.
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Yeah but you learn it and it’s a far more organized approach
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I said absolutely nothing to indicate that I felt that way so I don't know WTF you're on about.
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it's ok for people to profit off of their IP
Absolutely. I just have trust issues with closed source software and platforms. Burned too many times.
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i use notally for quick notes and reminders but i needed another organizer for longer text
i started trying notesnook after reading your comment and it looks like what i needed. I really like its customizability. I wish there was an option to choose fonts from file.
The only problem is that constant login reminder. Is there a way to get rid of it?
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Fwiw, they've open sourced the specification behind canvas, so there's a good chance any OSS Obsidian "forks" that pop up if they do enshittify will be able to support it.
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I would love to move off OneNote but the lack of alternatives that support inking is disappointing.
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Yeah they even say if you don't like what they do in the future you can easily pickup your md files and take them elsewhere.
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Holy shit this is huge. I can finally use obsidian at work! I was avoiding it due to the license and using Logseq. Which, to be fair, did admirably. But it's much more and Outliner or journaling system than a knowledge base I feel.
