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About 95% of the work that I do is on Linux. But I run a Windows laptop. Why? Because of the Outlook Calendar. It's kind of amazing that so many tech companies
by johnvanommen 8y ago
About 95% of the work that I do is on Linux. But I run a Windows laptop. Why? Because of the Outlook Calendar. It's kind of amazing that so many tech companies run on Linux, but the Outlook Calendar just won't go away.
Nearly everything else in Windows I can replicate in Linux; Excel Spreadsheets, Microsoft Word, they all have Linux equivalents. But Calendar? Nope.
I've seen solutions online, and I tried them, but none of them worked seamlessly. In particular, there's a plugin for Thunderbird. But it wouldn't connect with Office 365's calendar. (Email worked perfectly fine.)
- 18pfsmt 8y agoThe relevant add-ons are Lightning and Exchange Calendar https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird/addon/lightning/ https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird/addon/lightning/ https://github.com/ExchangeCalendar/exchangecalendar/ https://github.com/ExchangeCalendar/exchangecalendar/
- abeyer 8y agoIs there mail client integration now, too? That was the big missing link the last time I tried them... the inability to accept and/or reply on meeting invites and handle both the email and the calendar part. I was always able to view my calendar from linux, and could even edit/update personal calendar events, but I always had to fall back to windows or web to handle meeting invites. Pretty much everyone who uses O365 calendar is going to be using emailed invites and they need to work to make this a solution, but I never saw much traction on addressing that issue.
- SteveCoast 8y agoOnly works if your Exchange exposes the web interface.