Evernote

What works

• Browsing notes
• Editing notes
  • Format (altough bold text sometimes look weird)
  • Copy/Paste/Cut
  • Zoom
  • Attaching files
  • Opening attachements
  • Search and replace
  • Undo/Redo
• Tags
• Searching
• The trash
• Quick access "bookmarks"
• Toolbar customization
• Status bar
• Tray icon
• HTML export
• Synchronization
  • If the synchronization seems to hang, quit and restart Evernote.

What does not

• Note presentation: it freezes Evernote !
• Annotations: it does nothing
• Sometimes, Evernote doesn't stop completely

Workarounds

What was not tested

• Configuring and using several accounts
• Restarting after changing the language
• Printing notes
• Importing documents from the cloud

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU:
• Driver:

Additional Comments

The version tested was 6.4.2.3788. The tooltips make the window lose focus. Use a virtual desktop to fix this. -> See https://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#How_do_I_get_Wine_to_launch_an_application_in_a_virtual_desktop.3F

To make Evernote work properly, you must use wine in 32-bit mode and install ie8 with winetricks.

Here's how to do it:

1. Install winetricks with your package manager if it's not already installed.
2. Run the following commands in a terminal:
   
1. export WINEPREFIX="wineprefix_path"
2. export WINEARCH=win32
3. winetricks -q ie8
4. wine "evernote_installer_path"
3. Follow the installer's instructions

The evernote executable is now located at "wineprefix_path/drive_c/Program Files/Evernote/Evernote/Evernote.exe"

Here is how to make Evernote work with q4wine, a gui for wine.

Preparation steps:

1. Make sure you have winetricks and q4wine installed (look for them in your package manager).
   
2. Make sure that your terminal is properly configured in q4wine:
1. Opens the options menu: File > Options
2. Select "General" and opens the "Utils" tab
3. Enter the path of your terminal, for instance "/usr/bin/gnome-terminal" if you use gnome.
   
4. Enter "-e" as an argument (without the quotes, as always), so that q4wine can execute command just after opening a terminal.
3. Download evernote for windows, from the evernote website.
   

Installation steps:

1. In q4wine, create a new prefix with architecture "win32"
2. Right click on the prefix > console > open console in prefix directory
3. In the terminal window, type "winetricks -q ie8" (without the quotes) and press Enter. Wait for the ie8 installation to finish.
4. In the prefix, run the Evernote installer.

Information for creating a launch icon:

The program's path is Program Files/Evernote/Evernote/Evernote.exe

Installing Internet Explorer 8 with PlayOnLinux doesn't make Evernote work: the note edition panel remains blank.

You really need to use winetricks to install ie8. Follow the instructions of the how-to for wine.