[GTALUG] Alternative to KOrganizer (KDE) ?

[Blaise Alleyne]

On 13/08/15 07:54 AM, Giles Orr wrote:
> On 13 August 2015 at 02:00, William Park <opengeometry at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>> KOrganizer is a calendar program in KDE.  And, it's the only thing
>> that's tying me to KDE desktop.
>>
>> What calendar program do you guys use in other desktops?  I know of and
>> test drove
>>     - Evolution (GNOME)
>>     - Orage (XFCE)
>> But, they can't pull me off KDE, yet.
> 
> I use Google Calendar, which is brilliant AND co-ordinates with my
> phone.  It also gives my entire life schedule to Google, totally
> compromising my privacy.  I suspect you're being more reasonable and
> avoiding this route: more power to you.  Sadly, all calendars in my
> life are now measured by the great - but privacy destroying - Google
> Calendar, and all others have failed.  <sigh>
> 

I wrote about my experience degooglifying my calendar a few years ago:
http://blaise.ca/blog/2013/05/18/degooglifying-part-iv-calendar/

tldr: it's totally possible to use a CalDAV server like ownCloud, and sync with
Android using Davdroid, and use other CalDAV clients on the desktop like Lightning.