Jennifer Moore 😷

#AskFedi: Is there a calendar which can run locally on a Linux laptop, which

• when given permission, can view events from a Google Calendar account

• without reciprocally showing Google the rest of what's in my schedule?

I'm not sure if that's a thing!

Asking because I currently have a work role where Google Calendar is the chosen one, and I don't like the idea of telling Google my personal business (more than it already knows), but sometimes it would be useful to see all of it together.

Bonus points if it lets you select event colours from a colour picker. I do like a nice colour code :-)

#Linux #calendars #CalendarSoftware #privacy

Apr 3 at 7:32amWeb
Show threadJennifer Moore 😷Apr 4

Calendar software update...

@neil @diazona @hyc @woof @mementomori @avoca @xanderekpl @samuel

Thanks all, I went and did a bit of reading based on your recommendations, and I have a much better sense now of the calendar territory. (and SuperProductivity, not exactly a calendar but interesting)

And then... When I was imagining the different options in use, I realised that _none_ of them was exactly what I wanted, because of the frustrating smallness of a laptop screen when I want to look at the whole year! What I was actually craving was a physical year-planner display which can be hung on a wall. Non-electronic solution :-)

Thinking it over, I also remembered I can supplement that with reminders from Remind. I use that for recurring things already, like "renew library books" or "put bins out", but there's nothing to stop me putting in a few one-off events as well if it would be useful.

So thanks for the food for thought assisting my thought-experiments, and I shall bookmark this thread in case I do need one of the other ones later :-)

#calendars #CalendarSoftware

Show threadHoward Chu @ SymasApr 4
@unchartedworlds side note... I've had to pay property tax routinely, twice a year, since 1993. Last year was the first time I put a reminder in my Seamonkey calendar. This year was the first time I got a reminder and paid on time :P
Show threadAvocaApr 4

@unchartedworlds @neil @diazona @hyc @woof @mementomori @xanderekpl @samuel

No problem, thanks for the update.

But, just to "throw the cat amongst the pigeons", for less than US$50.00 you could pick-up a second-hand 27" flatscreen monitor plus matching cables and wall mount that instead. Most laptops are capable of running an external monitor as well as the 'lappy' screen.

At least it would be dynamic.

Show threadJennifer Moore 😷Apr 4

@avoca

Yes you're right, and I've actually thought before about the advantages of having the planning stuff up on a big monitor on the wall! But my current laptop can only drive 2 screens, and I already need those for working on, so there would be a whole other level of palaver to having a wall display one as well - either new laptop with more outputs, or else having a different machine driving that one. Plus I like the peace and quiet of switching everything off sometimes, and then it's handy if noticeboards and suchlike still exist :-)

Show threadTomiApr 3

@unchartedworlds
It maybe not 1-1 what you described but maybe my workflow is what you are looking for.

I'm using #SuperProductivity. Its local first productivity tool with timeboxing.
You create there your tasks and schedules (locally)
you can use external providers like Google calendar to see your work calendar as addon
Nevertheless Your tasks stays local

Show threaduname -aApr 3
@unchartedworlds a text editor
Show threadAvocaApr 3

@unchartedworlds

Depends on whether you're prepared to pay for it.

But, Proton Calender is meant to be very much privacy focussed.

Not sure about your requirements, but @neil makes a valid point.

Show threadDavid ZaslavskyApr 3
@avoca @unchartedworlds @neil Proton is quite limited in terms of what it can import from other calendar servers.
Show threadmementomoriApr 3

@unchartedworlds
https://github.com/GNOME/gnome-calendar maybe otherwise thunderbird or evolution

Or

https://www.getmailspring.com/

GitHub - GNOME/gnome-calendar: Read-only mirror of https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-calendar

Read-only mirror of https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-calendar - GNOME/gnome-calendar

GitHub
Show threadTaasz/WoofApr 3
@unchartedworlds Thunderbird would work, it can sync or subscribe to calendars.
Show threadサムエルはコーヒーをたくさんのみます。Apr 4
@unchartedworlds i think gnome calendar and evolution both fit these requirements 🤔️
Show threadMarjorieRApr 4

@unchartedworlds sorry a bit late in replying: I didn't have my Linux PC to hand yesterday to check the details.

I use Evolution, which is an alternative to Thunderbird as a mail client.
But it also includes a calendar and a contacts list, which can be synced to Google. And it also has Tasks and Memos if those are your thing.
You can also sync entries in family and friends google calendars if both you and they want to share. And I also have birthdays and (UK) holidays.
And you can also create 'personal' calendar and contacts entries that are not synced.
Personal, your google and your friends google, etc. would all be coloured separately
There are various views (day,work week, week, month, annual, list) but not anything that would usefully printable.

I hate having to use Google but as I want to share my calendar and contact with my android devices that is what I largely use.