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I am sure that many people write messages and informations down on many different places.
You can do it too using one of applications displacing informations on a desktop.


Notes

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It's a simply application available in "xfce4-goodies" package.
Run it from: Menu-> Accessories-> Notes.
 


Home page: http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/xfce4-notes-plugin


Tomboy

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Tomboy is a part of GNOME project and it is for creating and organising notes.
1. Installation:
apt-get install tomboy
2. Run it: Menu-> Accessories-> Tomboy Notes.
 


 
3. Features:
 
a. spell checking
b. auto-linking of web and email addresses
c. font styling and sizing
d. bulleting lists
e. plug-ins installation


Tomboy home page: http://projects.gnome.org/tomboy/
And on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomboy_%28software%29


Screenlets

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Screenlets installation and configuration is here: Desktop add-ons
1. Choose the "Notes" applet.
 
2. Place it on the desktop.
3. Lock the position if you want.
4. Go to: Options and tick: Auto start on login.


Home page: http://www.screenlets.org/index.php/Home
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