What do you need for your Galaxy Note?

For me it's simple. Just get any simple or mini XXLSZ DEODEX + root it with Philz + your favorite theme.

With this you have stable version, good performance, acceptable battery life and look nice for daily usage.

Black and white...

Good performance score...

19 hours become normal... more than enough.

Long battery life...

Others you might want to consider
1. Eybee XXLSZ base
2. Eybee Bootloader
3. Mod 1 + Mod 2 +Mod 3 in a file