I have been thinking about features that could make Ubuntu Budgie even more user-friendly & one idea is to have a lightweight, built-in note-taking app that integrates directly with the desktop environment.
Many users (myself included) often need a quick way to jot down reminders, code snippets, or to-do lists without opening a heavy app. Something simple, minimal, and designed with Budgie’s aesthetics in mind could make the workflow smoother.
Right now, people often install third-party apps like Simplenote, Joplin, or Sticky Notes alternatives, but they don’t always blend seamlessly with the Budgie design language. A native solution could provide tight integration with notifications, the Raven sidebar, or even quick-launch shortcuts.
This would not only help developers but also regular users who want something fast and distraction-free.
So, my suggestion is: could the Ubuntu Budgie team consider a built-in note-taking solution in future releases? It doesn’t need to be feature-heavy—just clean, reliable, and fast. Checked Budgie Applets guide for reference.
I recently read about NotebookLM, which got me thinking about how not es and ideas can be better managed in a desktop workflow. A Budgie-native solution could be a real quality-of-life improvement for the community.
a nice idea would be having the ability to encrypt notes and the “top” would be being able to share notes with android/ios devices (but it would mean too porting quicknote on android/ios and I fear that it would mean a huge lot of job!).
Actually I use Standard Notes, that comes as AppImage and (old) deb too: this way I can sync encrypted notes both on pc(s) and on mobile(s).
My dream (impossible, but let me dream anyway) is to have budgie as mobile OS too
Not advanced as dedicated full featured notes apps but you could switch the location of quicknote from its local folder (via budgie desktop settings) to your favourite cloud folder such as Dropbox or Nextcloud. Then the sync will occur automatically and you can use any notes app on android/apple that similarly can save and sync via the same cloud provider.
From a good cloud provider point of view - the sync of files is encrypted anyway.
If you are referring to encrypting a file so that you have to “unlock” it before editing you’ll need to move away from a standard text based file format to something “proprietary” - or using something like gnupg to encrypt the text file before saving - and at the other-end use your private key to unencrypt it. So that kind of rules out lots of note taking apps unless they provide that sort of open-source encryption technique.
sorry for being so late but I had to wake up from vacations and get back to work
Encrypting some of my files (like S/MIME signatures) with gnupg before loading them to cloud is what I’m doing usually; I was just thinking about a budgie notes applet somehow like standard notes.
Something simple, minimal, and designed with Budgie’s aesthetics in mind could make the workflow smoother.
A native solution could provide tight integration with notifications, the Raven sidebar, or even quick-launch shortcuts. 
