CALENDARS Get a better calendar
Modern life is hectic, and keeping on top of where you’re supposed to be or whose birthday is coming up can be almost impossible without the help of a calendar. If you’re currently relying on a paper calendar scrawled with notes hanging in the kitchen, how about moving it into the digital sphere where it can be dynamically updated as circumstances change? Better still, set yourself a series of reminders and that crucial anniversary won’t creep up on you unawares.
In this tutorial we’ll take a close look at the default calendar app supplied in Ubuntu, but we’ll also go further and examine several more powerful alternatives, including options that can be integrated directly with your email and contacts, making it easier to organise meetings and integrate invitations from other people into your own calendar too.
As you’d expect, a calendar app provides similar functionality to the paper calendar on your wall. Use it to record all kinds of forthcoming ‘events’, from the personal (birthdays, holidays, doctor’s appointments and so on) to the professional (meetings, deadlines and more). The app offers several key advantages: one, you can record as much information as you like, switching view from weekly to monthly as required for a detailed look at the day ahead or for an overview. Secondly, you
