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I use Obsidian every day, and this never occurred to me.

If I may ask, what's so good about obsidian? I've been hearing a lot about it but I don't understand why it would be better than just writing in a notepad or google docs or something

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For me, random order.

  1. It's open source
  2. It functions fully offline
  3. It's multi-platform
  4. There's a plugin system so it's programmable
  5. It's not spyware

Edit: oh and if I paste a html table in it, it converts it to markdown, so I use it on the laptop to post nice tables on SN sometimes.

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It’s open source?

Obsidian is not open source. You are free to lift the hood, and examine the car’s engine. You have not been granted the keys to the factory.
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Hmm you're actually right, so now I'm wondering what code I reviewed

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202 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 10 Dec 2025

me too 👀

Obsidian not being open source was one of the reasons I didn’t even start using it, haha

(But not necessarily a good reason, since I did use other closed-source software, like NVIDIA drivers.)

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Thanks for correcting me. It's very confronting to not be able to trust my memory, but I'm glad (or I tell myself I am) that at least I know.

I guess I have to take more notes and doublecheck every note I write just in case, but now I should probably find something different than Obsidian to do that in, oof.

PS:

since I did use other closed-source software, like NVIDIA drivers

Open source firmware is almost impossible, so don't give yourself too much shit for that one.

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Ahahah! That’s from 2022, is there any chance it became open-source since then?

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The hardest part of SayBoard on Graphene (not sure about stock google android because I've not used that since I flashed my Pixel 2) is that whenever I've shut down my mic (every time after a call, by habit, lol) and I start dictation, I have to cycle through keyboards a whole loop for it to work. That's about all the friction I've got.

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I have to give this a try

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