Xpad For Linux

Xpad is a completely free, open source and very customizable note taking or sticky note application that can be used every time you want to write down things to remember.

Key features include the ability to change the font style, color scheme, window decoration, as well as individual settings of each note. It provides support for system tray and integrates well on any open source desktop environment.

With its highly customizable GTK+ graphical user interface, Xpad offers independent pad windows (also known as basic text boxes) for writing notes. It stores all notes locally, on your disk drive, in readable UTF-8 plain text files.

When opening the program for the first time, a welcome screen will present the most important parts of the application, so make sure you read everything, as you will learn how to access the preferences, how the try icon works, how to change window decorations, fonts and colors, or about the keyboard shortcuts.

While the program is written entirely in the C programming language, it uses the GTK+ GUI toolkit for its graphical user interface. It is designed to be used on any desktop environment, as long as the GTK+ requirement is met.

The best way to install the Xpad application it to use the binary packages from the default software repositories of your GNU/Linux distribution. A source archive is also available for download on the dedicated download section (see link above).

In conclusion, Xpad is a great little utility for your Linux desktop, as it allows you to write down everything important to you. Unfortunately, Xpad will not allow you to automatically synchronize your notes across multiple computers, only manually by copying the notes from and to the ~/.config/xpad folder.