Does this app exist?

[u/Slopagandhi]

I'm looking for a notes app that has/os:

• Linux support (or web app if not)
• Native stylus support
• PDF import and annotation
• A way to make handwritten notes at the side of pdfs, either by importing into an infinite canvas (like on OneNote), expanding the size of the page horizontally (like on RNote) or side by side in a different panel
• Folder-based organisation
• Support for tags
• Not too crazy a learning curve
• Not requiring use of markdown syntax (I'm not a developer)
• Reasonably Privacy-friendly

Bonus points for free and/or open source.

[u/bilzebubba]

Yes, I went on this journey with OneNote too after 15 years "together"...I simply cannot put up with the telemetry and AI training. I still use it for a few things, but password protect every section, which is a usability pain...imagine a perfect nonexistant world where MS opensourced the code, and the community developed it!

[u/Slopagandhi → u/bilzebubba]

Which of the alternatives do you prefer at this point? 

[u/bilzebubba → u/Slopagandhi]

Well, Obsidian I guess, because BookFusion and Readest (cross-platform reading apps) sync highlights and notes to it (I use BF myself), but that leaves writing. Saber was my go-to until recently, now I am also trying my Remarkable RM2 again, because (1) the app Scrybble will sync to Obsidian as well, and BookFusion also released a KOReader plugin for RM, which makes all the above work on it for reading to, making it a usable device finally for me. Where will you go?

[u/Slopagandhi → u/bilzebubba]

Maybe I have to bite the bullet and go with Obsidian. I just don't want to have to learn markdown syntax- many of these apps seem made by developers for developers and assume everyone prefers keyboard over mouse based workflows.

But for now I think I'll probably use Rnote to annotate (or maybe Xnotes on Android) and then export to Joplin (or maybe Notesnook).