Joachim Schrod wrote:
> Hi,
>
> What do you guys use for a simple appointment or reminder manager?
> Nothing fancy; I'd like to input a date/time and get a popup or an
> email some time ahead that the appointment is up.
>
> Integration in email or some other personal information manager is not
> needed; in fact, I would prefer a standalone application since I use
> Emacs for mail and actually manage my appointments on another system.
> It's just that I don't want to forget the next telecon when I'm deeply
> buried in work. ;-) I.e., Evolution or Kontact are too heavy for my
> taste.
>
> iCal object support would be nice, but is not a must. I would prefer a
> GUI, but that is neither a showstopper.
>
> Up to now, I have used plan (http://www.bitrot.de/plan.html) for that
> task, but that has been thrown out of SUSE for some time. Before I
> install it manually again on a new system, I'd like to get some
> opinion about potential substitute applications.
>
> Thanks in advance for any opinions,
>
> Joachim
I am using Kalarm, it has a lot of flexability in that it will give you
an alarm,
send email or execute a program of your choosing. The author has been
quite supportive too. Years ago I just used the ascii based calendar
reminder service that used to be on Unix systems and also available
on Linux.
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