

The fact that its developers provide a PPA for Ubuntu and Debian, Fedora, and openSUSE packages is just the cherry on top. This means that FocusWriter is probably the only one (maybe someone can show me another so I can review it) that gathers under one umbrella almost anything you might want as a writer. There are a couple of alternatives, but they are not free. This kind of apps are quite common on other platforms, but not on Linux. This is the reason there are quite a few applications out there that focus on stuff like writing goals, for example, and that try to provide the minimum number of features that a writer might need. Surprisingly, a lot of people who want to write expect to start perfectly, so they think that if they have the proper tools right from the beginning, then it will actually be easier to take up writing. FocusWriter is trying to fill a void in the life of an aspiring writer by taking away one of the usual excuses: "I can't find a proper text editor to do my work." The truth is that the step between wanting to write a novel and actually doing it is a long one.


There are a lot of people out there who might say that they are writing a novel if you asked them what they've done lately. FocusWriter is best described as a writing environment, and it's one of the most famous writing apps that allow people to focus on their work, without any kind of distractions.
