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    From Hank Rogers@Hank@nospam.invalid to comp.mobile.android,alt.comp.freeware,alt.comp.os.windows-10 on Fri Feb 6 18:52:20 2026
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    Maria Sophia wrote on 2/6/2026 4:06 PM:
    Obsidian cross-platform note-taking stream-of-consciousness database app

    Is anyone else using the cross-platform Obsidian note-taking database app? Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, iOSa <https://obsidian.md/download>

    I just installed it on Windows and Android, but I'd like to get ideas. Windows: <https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-releases/releases/download/v1.11.7/Obsidian-1.11.7.exe>

    Android:
    <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=md.obsidian>

    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.

    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.

    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
    aa etc.

    Perhaps similar-ecosystem apps might be Notion, Evernote, Logseq or Joplin.

    Notion is a cloud workspace with databases and collaboration. Obsidian is a local knowledge base built from plain text.

    Evernote is a note collector. Obsidian is a note connector.

    Logseq is an outliner at heart. Obsidian is a document editor at heart.

    Joplin is a secure Evernote alternative. Obsidian is a knowledge graph
    and writing environment.

    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

    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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