LightNote on Linux

LightNote also runs on Linux, as a preview: the same program, with the same file formats, distributed as an AppImage and a .deb package. What you create on one system opens on the other, and Git sync works the same way.

A keyring to remember passwords. On Linux, connection passwords, AI keys and the passwords you ask to remember are kept in the session keyring (GNOME Keyring or KWallet, through the Secret Service). Without a keyring, no password is remembered — LightNote asks again each time instead of keeping the secret in a plain-text file. With the keyring locked, the system asks for its password the first time, and the LightNote window keeps responding while it waits.

What differs from Windows. There are no global shortcuts (quick capture and sticky notes open from the tray or the app menu); screen capture on Wayland is refused, saying why; audio recording uses only the microphone (system audio is Windows-only); .m4a files do not open (.wav, .mp3 and .flac do); and the Core edition, from the Microsoft Store, does not exist on Linux.