Hi, Similar to Kabikaboo is another minimal note-taker called ‘Zim-Wiki’. It’s available for easy install through the download center. I’ve experienced a few hiccups with Kabikaboo, but Zim-Wiki appears to rock solid, and as easy a way to organize a hierarchical outline, or even the entire book. And, do you have any thoughts on Ywriter on Ubuntu (12.04) running under WINE? I want to write using Ubuntu.
Mark – Zim-Wiki looks pretty cool. I’ll have to install and play with it. I have not used Ywriter with WINE. But I can recommend the program I use for novel writing – Plume Creator. A quick search for Plume on this site will pull up om many posts on it. Thanks for your comment!
But due to the fact that it’s pretty unstable, and not officially supported, you may want to try using something else. I use Plume Creator. Plume is Alpha software, but it runs more stable than Scrivener does on Ubuntu. Plume works very similar to Scrivener.
I have looked at both Trelby and Kabikaboo before. Trelby is primarily for screenplays, although I think they have a novel afterthought. Kabikaboo is great for organizing things for a novel, but other than that, it’s not really any better than a simple text editor.
I wrote my last novel primarily in Gedit using a hierarchical file system. It’s doable, just not as easy as Scrivener.
The last time I booted into Scrivener on Linux it was back to being twitchy, so I’m back to the Mac for finishing my WIP. I really hope they get the Linux port stable soon.
Hi Ken.
Scrivener is IMHO the best writer’s app, but very unstable (really unusuable) in ubuntu… however I find two excellent apps, they are kabikaboo (https://launchpad.net/kabikaboo), and trelby (http://www.trelby.org/), and as a tandem, they do the job… maybe you can consider use them as an option.
Hi, Similar to Kabikaboo is another minimal note-taker called ‘Zim-Wiki’. It’s available for easy install through the download center. I’ve experienced a few hiccups with Kabikaboo, but Zim-Wiki appears to rock solid, and as easy a way to organize a hierarchical outline, or even the entire book. And, do you have any thoughts on Ywriter on Ubuntu (12.04) running under WINE? I want to write using Ubuntu.
Mark – Zim-Wiki looks pretty cool. I’ll have to install and play with it. I have not used Ywriter with WINE. But I can recommend the program I use for novel writing – Plume Creator. A quick search for Plume on this site will pull up om many posts on it. Thanks for your comment!
Benjamin,
You can find the latest Scrivener for Linux here: http://www.literatureandlatte.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=19838
But due to the fact that it’s pretty unstable, and not officially supported, you may want to try using something else. I use Plume Creator. Plume is Alpha software, but it runs more stable than Scrivener does on Ubuntu. Plume works very similar to Scrivener.
You can find Plume Creator here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/plume-creator/
Which is the latest version of Scrivener for Ubuntu (12.10)? Anyone have a link?
Hi Toni,
I have looked at both Trelby and Kabikaboo before. Trelby is primarily for screenplays, although I think they have a novel afterthought. Kabikaboo is great for organizing things for a novel, but other than that, it’s not really any better than a simple text editor.
I wrote my last novel primarily in Gedit using a hierarchical file system. It’s doable, just not as easy as Scrivener.
The last time I booted into Scrivener on Linux it was back to being twitchy, so I’m back to the Mac for finishing my WIP. I really hope they get the Linux port stable soon.
Thanks for the comment!
Hi Ken.
Scrivener is IMHO the best writer’s app, but very unstable (really unusuable) in ubuntu… however I find two excellent apps, they are kabikaboo (https://launchpad.net/kabikaboo), and trelby (http://www.trelby.org/), and as a tandem, they do the job… maybe you can consider use them as an option.