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Recomendations for Calender app (feddit.uk)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi all.

Currently using microsoft products on a work laptop however I'm looking for an open source alternative for a calendar app.

At a min. I would want to it work on android and/or BOTH windows 11 and Linux Mint (so it would cover usage for both partner and myself). I'm a 'plug and play' sort of person when it comes to Linux so nothing too complicated.

If it can sync between devices that would be great but not a deal breaker in any way.

All other functionality is fine to be bare bones, I don't need it to do reminders or send email, just a basic calendar

Any suggestions and thanks all.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I have been using calendar.txt for about 2 years now. Works fine and easy to sync.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We started with plain text. Then everything got more complicated, and everything came with its own incrutable DB. Now we've come full circle: todo.txt, calendar.txt, plain text markup documents[^1].

Some things don't need to be more complex than they are.

[^1]: Some people never left simple and straightforward, but it feels like the Eternal September happened, and fewer people stayed with simple, and now it's getting popular again.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wait til they find the security enhancements of the analog pen and paper

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Harder to encrypt though, so I question "more secure."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Harder to backup and synchronize also

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Cheers. Will have a look.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

DDG it to get a file, else it is quite simple to generate and customize your own. I do it a bit different from the “official” way, but whatever works, very flexible.