FreeMind is a premier free mind-mapping software written in Java and therefore a multi-platform high productivity tool.
It claims that its operation and navigation is faster than that of MindManager (a commercial software only for Windows).
A mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks, or other items linked to and arranged around a central key word or idea. Mind maps are used to generate, visualize, structure, and classify ideas, and as an aid in study, organization, problem solving, decision making, and writing.
Install instructions
I highly recommend to install the latest release candidate 0.9.0rc3. Just unpack the archive somewhere and launch freemind with one of the startup scripts for your platform (and of course, make sure you have Java installed).
Automatic updates
If you want to get automatic updates, use Ubuntu's package management.
sudo -s
echo "deb http://eric.lavar.de/comp/linux/debian/ unstable/deb-src http://eric.lavar.de/comp/linux/debian/ unstable/
deb http://eric.lavar.de/comp/linux/debian/ experimental/
deb-src http://eric.lavar.de/comp/linux/debian/ experimental/" > /tmp/freemind.list
mv /tmp/freemind.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d
aptitude update
aptitude install freemind
exit
At the moment, this will install Release Candidate 1-2, not the latest one.
If I may recommend you the new mind mapping solution http://dropmind.com, represented by the platform friendly http://desktop.dropmind.com and online application created in Silverlight http://web.dropmind.com.
ReplyDeleteI would love to hear your feedback.
Have a great day.
/Natalija