Ubuntu For Free

Today I discovered a program that think I might be using a lot more in the future. It’s called Basket Note Pads. It’s a very versatile program for taking notes. I prefer the tree based and free form views available in this new software as compared to Tomboy or KNotes.

Some of it’s features include:

• Easily take all sort of notes
• Collect research results and share them
• Centralize your project data and reuse it
• Quickly organize your toughts in idea boxes
• Keep track of your information in a smart way
• Make intelligent To Do lists

The website is very feature packed, and offers several screen shots.

To install in Kubuntu, simply use

sudo apt-get install basket

I’d heard mention of KSquirrel in other neighborhoods before (Gentoo and Debian systems mostly) and thought anything would be better than gwenview. I was right. It’s much faster and a major improvement. It was a little tricky to install, but I was able to do it. Here’s how:

Installing KSquirrel

From the above link, click on Downloads and you’ll be taken to a page with multiple selections. You’ll need both files for the Debian binaries. In Konqueror, right click on the *-libs.deb file and use the Kubuntu package manager to install it. Mine failed, and that’s ok. Do the other file now using the same way, and it may fail again, like mine did. I fixed the install of both by using


sudo apt-get -f install


from Konsole. I was then able to launch by using alt+f2 and typing ksquirrel