6 ways to map your mind with Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 15, 2011

[ Thanks to linuxaria for this link.
]

“Freemind: This is perhaps one of the most famous software in
this category, FreeMind is a premier free mind-mapping software
written in Java. The developer are proud that the operation and
navigation of FreeMind is faster than that of MindManager because
of one-click ‘fold / unfold’ and ‘follow link’ operations.

“You can create nodes with child and sibling nodes and add
icons, clouds, notes and custom formatting for better presentation.
The nodes can be expanded or collapsed, or interactively linked to
local files, other maps, online resources and more. You can also
insert encrypted nodes or create encrypted maps for sesitive
projects. The finished maps can be exported to HTML, clickable
XHTML, Open Office document, image file and other formats.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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