Does Sticky Notes run on Linux?

Verdict: No

No. Sticky Notes is part of Windows and does not run on Linux, but your notes are already synced to your Microsoft account and open at onenote.com/stickynotes in a browser.

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Sticky Notes ships with Windows and there is no Linux version. It is not sold separately and cannot be installed anywhere else.

Your notes are not stuck on the old machine, though, which is the part most people worry about. As long as you were signed in, Sticky Notes syncs to your Microsoft account. Go to onenote.com/stickynotes in Firefox or Chrome on Linux, sign in with the same account, and every note is there. They also appear in Outlook on the web and in the OneNote apps on a phone. Do this once before you wipe the Windows PC and you will know nothing was left behind.

For day to day use on Linux, a browser tab is a poor substitute for little yellow squares on your desktop. Most Linux desktops have a small sticky notes applet available in their app store, and any simple notes app covers the same job. Joplin is the more capable choice if the notes are worth keeping and searching.

What to use instead of Sticky Notes

Joplin

Close matchFree with paid extras

Notebooks, tags and search, and it syncs to storage you already have. More app than a sticky note needs, but it keeps things safe.

Your files: No Sticky Notes import. Copy the text out of the web version and paste it in.

GNOME Text Editor

Different way of workingFree

Already installed on most systems. Opens instantly, remembers unsaved scraps, and does nothing else.

Your files: Plain text files only.

This doesn't have to stop you

One stubborn program doesn't have to decide the whole question. You can keep Windows on the same PC and restart into it only when you need Sticky Notes. Everything else you do can move.

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