Peter Lustig's unlustiger verschollener Sohn mit weirden Interessen und Gadsen.
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I use a mix of
- Search bar, very powerful
- The graph overview, which allows me to "hunt" for the thing I need
- Filters
- And a lot of tags, aliases and crosslinks
Do it!
I had some initial problems in the beginning, because I was used to linear note taking apps like OneNote or Joplin, but once I watched a guide on how it works, it clicked and now it's my second nature. I even began to write my hand written notes in Logseq style!
TL;DR, if you don't wanna watch any guides/ read docs:
- Indentation matters. Logseq works with a parent-child hierarchy
- You usually don't open or create new pages, you write everything in your journal and link stuff there.
- Use links, either with
[[Link]]or#Tag, which are the same. They crosslink different topics and reveal connections. - Make use of plugins. There are thousands of it. Especially the Graph Analysis plugin should be included by default.
Yeah, definitely, especially at work.It really helped me to switch off my "work brain", because I know, that everything I did today is written down, and I don't have to keep things in my mind anymore after work. Doing that was a blessing for my stress level and mental health.
It also gives me the edge above my colleagues that I "remember" everything I did in the last months, which is nice when my boss wants to know details of a project I did a year ago.
I basically can't even remember what I did 5 minutes ago (ADHD says hello), but I know exactly where I can find that knowledge. This frees up my working memory (psychological term, not related to work) immensely. It's basically like transfering more tasks onto your hard drive instead of keeping it in the RAM.
It's also great to give me an graphical overview of all I think and work on all day, and unveals connections I never thought of between different topics.
For private use, it's also great as a journal, though I gave up on that because I'm too busy for it and it cost too much time in my everyday life. But I still use it daily for normal note taking, e.g. results of some experiments at home, hobbies, thoughts, and much more.
If you have a spare laptop/ PC, I insist you to try Nextcloud.
It's super easy to install, you actually just download the Docker all-in-one container and it runs in less than 10 minutes. You don't have much to loose.I'm relatively happy with it.
I mean, to be fair, NC isn't perfect. It sometimes feels a bit wonky and tries to do everything, while exceeding at nothing.But it's damn comfortable to set up and maintain.
It doesn't perfectly cover your use case, but everything else (individual services, including web server, database, etc.) is less centralised and more complicated to set up.Since NC AIO is inside a container, all data are too. It's a relatively straightforward file system afaik.Backup also is included, but you have to do it manually by default and it stops the services while doing it.
For offloading large files, you might look into 3rd party tools. NC is basically a remote drive you can connect to with most programs that support it.
Logseq.
It's a non-linear note taking app that allows smart linking and is made as a second brain.
It makes use of the Zettelkasten system, where, in theory, you make notes of everything and categorize it. Over time, you offload your brain and make it free for more productive stuff.
Logseq is often considered as a FOSS alternative to Obsidian.
AUR for niche stuff, Flatpak for everything else.
I personally prefer Flatpak because:
- It's simple
- It's the recommended way of installation for most distros, especially image based ones, like Fedora Atomic for example
- It's accessible for everyone more easily
- It works most of the time
I use the AUR in a Distrobox container for software I can't find any other installation method. For me, it's to cumbersome to hop into the terminal and proceed with the installation.For Flatpaks, it's just one click and it's done.
Because it's outdated. They are a lot of work and can cause package conflicts or errors, making the whole system less reliable.
If you need something, that's not in your package manager, then use Distrobox and create an Arch container, and use the AUR for example.You can export the program after installing, and it integrates better into your system.
By doing that, the devs have to do the work only once and you will have less problems.
I'm also thinking about moving my server from Debian to Fedora, especially the Atomic variant (uBlue CoreOS).
I think you should consider the IOT/ CoreOS variant instead of the regular Fedora Server version.
Debian is a great server distro because of its stability (in terms of update frequency) and spread of use, but Fedora Atomic is way more robust and lower maintenance.
Regular Fedora is too unstable (too many updates) for my taste as a server, and on Atomic, I can always just roll back and wait until something is fixed (which should never happen anyway, but just in case).
If you consider Fedora as server, then use the immutable versions, they offer more benefits, one of which is the strong separation between the host OS and the user/ programs.
Regarding your questions:
- 2 major updates a year. On desktop, you just click "Update to Fedora 41" for example, but on server, you have to do this manually, which can be very annoying. And if you missed it for a year, good luck...One of the reasons why I recommended the image based variants is that you can upgrade more easily and revert those changes, in case it causes trouble, and freely rebase between various editions.
- You can use uBlue/ set up staged updates on Atomic, which I would recommend. It then downloads and applies updates on your future image. The next time you boot up the server, it will boot into the updated image without downtime. On regular Fedora, you can maybe set up a cron job or search for a option in the DNF config.
- Never had trouble with SELinux. Fedora has it set up fine for me, and I never had to deal with it.
- I don't have an Intel Arc, but uBlue has all the codecs already bundled into it. It should work fine ootb. But my information is more based on desktop use, maybe you also have to enable an option in Docker or so.
- Regarding RAID, first back up everything, as you said. But it should also be easily possible on Fedora Atomic too. If it works on Debian, then it will work on Fedora too. And if the tool you used isn't available on Fedora, use Distrobox and create a Debian container.
I have to disagree, at least in my experience.Windows causes more problems, both for my mum and myself.
Her only purpose of a PC is basically to open a web browser, answer some mails and plug in a USB from time to time. For her, Mint never made one single problem, except when the hard drive failed.She really liked the "boringness" and the old Windows charme.
And for me, Linux never made any big troubles in general. When I used Tumbleweed, there were a few papercuts (e.g. graphical glitches, program freezes, etc.) due to the bleeding edge, but nothing major.And since I use Fedora Atomic, I completely forget that I use an OS in general. I never have to update anything, I can't break my stuff, etc..It's the most "boring" and user friendly OS I've used, even more than removed and Windows. Only Android/ iOS are better in that regard.
But I've never seen my OS just borking itself. If that should ever happen, I can easily roll back in a second and it will work again.
And you need to have at least a rough understanding of what's happening to fix it.
If you can fix Windows (which made way more problems after updates for me) then fixing Linux is way easier. And if you're an average person, then you go to a local repair shop and say "My PC broke" and they reinstall Windows for you.
I get the same messages, despite using uBlue.It's because of Flatpak.
I disabled the notifications and enabled daily/ weekly auto-updates of Flatpaks, otherwise I would get spammed to oblivion.
I never had any (major) problems with Nextcloud yet.
I just have following "conflicts" with it:
But, as I said, the ease of use and amount of features is still great. I don't want to spend three weekends just troubleshooting my server and searching for/ installing dozens of individial services. And for that, it's good enough.