<s>
Desktop	B-Application
notes	I-Application
are	O
computer	B-Application
applications	I-Application
that	O
allow	O
putting	O
Post-it	O
note-like	O
windows	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
,	O
with	O
reminders	O
,	O
short	O
notes	O
and	O
other	O
clippings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
earliest-known	O
desktop	O
note	O
application	O
is	O
"	O
Note	O
pad	O
"	O
made	O
for	O
the	O
GEOS	B-Device
system	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
in	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
,	O
the	O
Stickies	B-Application
application	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Jens	O
Alfke	O
and	O
included	O
in	O
System	O
7.5	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
applications	O
have	O
duplicated	O
the	O
functionality	O
of	O
Stickies	B-Application
on	O
other	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
macOS	B-Application
has	O
its	O
own	O
built-in	O
desktop	O
note	O
functionality	O
with	O
the	O
Stickies	B-Application
application	O
and	O
,	O
from	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
Tiger	I-Application
through	O
macOS	B-Device
Mojave	I-Device
,	O
with	O
Dashboard	B-Application
,	O
an	O
application	O
that	O
has	O
notes	O
and	O
other	O
desktop	O
widgets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
desktop	O
note	O
applications	O
have	O
been	O
included	O
by	O
default	O
since	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
,	O
which	O
has	O
the	O
Notes	O
"	O
gadget	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
,	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
Vista	B-Application
,	O
this	O
functionality	O
is	O
replaced	O
by	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
application	O
called	O
Sticky	O
Notes	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
notes	O
can	O
be	O
freely	O
repositioned	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
desktop	B-Application
notes	I-Application
have	O
existed	O
for	O
a	O
long	O
period	O
of	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GNOME	B-Application
desktop	I-Application
environment	I-Application
has	O
a	O
built	O
in	O
"	O
sticky	O
notes	O
"	O
feature	O
available	O
,	O
whereas	O
KDE	B-Application
(	O
K	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
Environment	I-Application
)	O
has	O
a	O
desktop	B-Application
notes	I-Application
application	O
called	O
Knote	O
.	O
</s>
