More than 2 years after the last major release, the Graphics Muse is
pleased to announce a new version of XNotesPlus, a personal information
manager (PIM) for Linux and Unix systems with full featured support for the
Palm Pilot.


Houston, Texas (Nov 12, 2001) -- Michael J. Hammel, the Graphics Muse, is
pleased to announce the release of version 3.4.0 of 
<b>
<a href="http://www.graphics-muse.org/xnotes/xnotes.html">XNotesPlus</a>,
</b>
a Personal Information Manager for the Linux and Unix desktop.
<p>
XNotesPlus includes support for all major features on the Palm Pilot,
including Memos, Todo Lists, the Address Book and Calendaring.  All
data from each feature can be downloaded from the Pilot, edited within
XNotesPlus and uploaded back to the Pilot.  Additionally, backups and
restores of a Pilot PDA can be managed from within XNotesPlus.
<p>
XNotesPlus is available in both 
<a
href="http://www.graphics-muse.org/source/XNotesPlus/XNotesPlus-v3.4.0.tar.gz">source</a>
and
<a
href="http://www.graphics-muse.org/source/XNotesPlus/XNotesPlus-v3.4.0-Linux-gtk.tar.gz">Red
Hat Linux 7.0</a>
dynamically built binary distributions.  
<p>
XNotesPlus full featured note system includes audio alarms, color coded
projects, date and calendar inserts, text search / export / import, and
integration with the XNotesPlus Address Manager to email notes to other
users.
<p>
The Address Manager also includes an integrated envelope printer for
various sized envelopes.
<p>
This release of XNotesPlus includes numerous bug fixes, many of which were
serious problems in earlier releases.  Users of older versions are highly
encouraged to upgrade.
<p>
Because of the addition of complete Pilot integration and vast stability
improvements, XNotesPlus has reached a new phase in development.  As of
this release, XNotesPlus is now considered Shareware.  Users are encouraged
to pay $10 or more if they find the program useful in order to continue
development
of the application.  Payments can be made
via the <a
href="http://www.graphics-muse.org/xnotes/xnotes.html#payments">Web
site</a> using PayPal.