Tomboy, one of my favorite note-taking apps, previews a really great upcoming feature with it's new update this week. Tomboy 0.15.1's new Web synchronization add-in allows users to sync notes across multiple computers and share them with others. The heavy lifting is done by Snowy, a new Web app that's being designed specifically with Tomboy in mind.

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If you're looking for a way to take and organize notes, hardcore Linux users will tell you that Vim or Emacs is the only way to go. While they're both excellent solutions, neither are for the faint of heart. There are plenty of note management options out there -- Tomboy and BasKet, for instance -- but why not ratchet things up a notch and create a digital journal instead.