The quickest and effective way I've come across to take notes on a laptop. Is by using Pandoc & Markdown. You can create presentation slides, PDFs or craft a resume. Vim makes it even a lot easier with 'Vim Macros' and 'abbreviations'; Although that would be the subject for another post.
Windows users always brag about their lovely watermark notification (Activate Windows) , today it's no longer the case, Linux has got your back.
One downside of using a GUI (Graphical) application is you loose the ability to automate things. In this post i'll try to cover and highlight some unix tools, as well as some terminal aliases that will make your life easier 😃.
Learn English from podcasts , games, or structured Mooc platforms , whatever you prefer! I'm sure you will still find some useful links that works for you.