Operating system Windows Joplin version 3.2.13 Desktop version info Joplin 3.2.13 (prod, win32) Client ID: cf7dcc17f2044c018e106c9e40a91205 Sync Version: 3 Profile Version: 47 Keychain Supported: No Revision: a898e17 Backup: 1.4.2 Combine notes: 1.2.2 Extra Markdown editor settings: 1.11.0 …

[image] mseliger: Is it possible to use the joplin files direct under Linux, so I don't need a sync target? I think that are the folder ressources and database.sqlite from the folder Joplin Profile. Or are the data always stored with the other profile in a folder? Hello Maria Münsterland (lol…

Hello Steph, I use another program - calibre - to manage my books. This uses SQLite as backend like Joplin. There I have one database which is stored on an exFAT drive and I have one installation of calibre in Windows and one installation in calibre in Linux Mint. Therefore I need no synchronisation…

It should work to use the same data directory for the windows and linux app, the difficulty would be that Joplin on linux does not have a portable version, while windows does. If you manually copied the data directory which you use for Joplin windows to the relevant path on linux, I think it should…

[image] mseliger: The "profile" data of calibre are stored local on Linux and on Windows and the database with the book files are stored on the exFAT. This is the solution I wish to have with Joplin. OK, that's clear fo me now

[image] mrjo118: the difficulty would be that Joplin on linux does not have a portable version, while windows does. About a possible Linux portable version : [image] Portable Joplin Appimage exclamation_question_markSupport Now, I have no idea if this th…

Hello, the problem is not that there is no portable version of Joplin for linux. The problem is that the profile folder has the data (database.sqlite and ressources) and the configuration files. In Calibre I had a configuration file in Windows and a configuration file in Linux and in the profile I …

I don't understand the relevance of how Calibre is relating to Joplin. The structure of the data folder for Joplin on Windows and Linux would be the same, though if there are architectural incompatibilites with the sqlite db on Windows vs Linux, worst case scenario it wont work. But in that case it…

[image] mseliger: In Calibre I had a configuration file in Windows and a configuration file in Linux and in the profile I define where the database is. At this moment a lot of Joplin's users would be happy to have at least the simple opportunity (whatever the OS used and whatever the number o…

FYI you can create symbolic links on Windows 10 and 11 as well. I tested my theory on Windows with the non portable Joplin, and I'm able to make the profile portable and run from a usb drive. So I suspect it will work on Linux as well. I created a folder called joplin-desktop at the root of my usb …

I've given it a go to transfer the joplin-desktop folder from my Joplin Windows app to Joplin Linux on a vm. It does indeed work with both versions, and the only thing I had to do was enter my master password, the first time I used it on a different machine

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About a possible Linux portable version :

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