Wanted, a simple GUI calendar that uses local files, not evolution server dependent

[Dave Stevens]

On Mon, 13 Jan 2020 19:32:35 +0000
Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:

> I want a GUI calendar that I can use when off line, so that rules out
> Google Calendar and anything else like that.  It *can* be web based
> though because I run apache2 on my system.  However a simple GTK GUI
> would be ideal.
> 
> I thought gnome-calendar was what I wanted but it uses the evolution
> server which means that although it writes to local files it doesn't
> write them directly which makes synchronising across two systems
> almost impossible.
> 
> So is there anything out there with an interface like gnome-calendar
> (or even like Google calendar) but which simply writes its data to
> local files?  I have tried gnome-calendar without evolution data
> server installed but it doesn't work at all, it's wholly dependent on
> evolution even for its interface to other calendars (or so it seems
> anyway, if anyone can show me otherwise I'd be pleased to know).
> 
> While Osmo and Orage write to local files their GUI interface is
> rather clunky IMHO.
> 

I use gnome-calendar locally with good usability and results

d

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