Rainlendar - Best organisation app ever?

[Mazza558]

...I think it might just be. I didn't know it was available on Linux until today, and I'm happily using it on Ubuntu for a few hours now.

For those who don't know, it's a transparent calendar app for your desktop (runs on any environment and with/without compiz, as far as I know). It's very easy to use, and very powerful for such a small program, and lets you add todo lists and everything. If you have a ton of things happening in the next year, add all those important deadlines for things, important occasions, and they'll pop up automatically in the todo list or events list when you get within a few days of them happening. You can also set alarms to remind you of things to do. To top it all off, it looks gorgeous in my opinion, considering it's just a calendar app.

Screenies:

http://www.rainlendar.net/cms/images/stories/image-calendar.pnghttp://www.rainlendar.net/cms/images/stories/image-event.png

http://www.rainlendar.net/cms/images/stories/image-todo.png

It's available in deb format on the main page, HERE. (http://www.rainlendar.net/cms/index.php)

[gashcr]

looks pretty cool. Seems the kind of app I've always looked for, simple yet powerful and good looking

[Sciophobia]

Google Calendar + RememberTheMilk.com for me, can get my stuff anywhere and theres tons of things that use the API.

[Mazza558]

Google Calendar + RememberTheMilk.com for me, can get my stuff anywhere and theres tons of things that use the API.

I think this is useful if you'll be without net access for any length of time, and I think it's more convenient and streamlined to have your calendar on your desktop.

[Kingsley]

Google Calendar + RememberTheMilk.com for me, can get my stuff anywhere and theres tons of things that use the API.
+1 for Google Calendar. It can even send a reminder to my cell phone about events that are coming up on my schedule.

This Rainlendar program does look cool. I'll probably mess around with it this weekend.

[Mazza558]

Just a small note - If you set Rainlendar to load on startup, even if it is set to "On Desktop" as opposed to floating, it will remain on the top of a maximised window (e.g firefox). To fix this, set it to "on bottom" instead.

[cetheriel]

still floats over everything, whenever i switch desktops...

[billgoldberg]

The calender looks nice.

But I don't need reminders from my computer to remember important things.

[estyles]

But I don't need reminders from my computer to remember important things.

That's odd, I find a computer to be better at remembering things than I am.

[billgoldberg]

That's odd, I find a computer to be better at remembering things than I am.

Look at the examples in the screenshots.

Math exam: If you need to look at your computer to tell you when the exam is, you're going to fail it.

Clean house, do laundry, wash dishes -> I wouldn't like to visit that house.

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[estyles]

Look at the examples in the screenshots.

Math exam: If you need to look at your computer to tell you when the exam is, you're going to fail it.

Clean house, do laundry, wash dishes -> I wouldn't like to visit that house.

Sure, because those are obviously the only things you can put on there - certainly couldn't think of any events that might be worth putting in an organizer? ;)

[cetheriel]

my favorites are meetings, plays, gigs, exhibitions, most of what i schedule is cultural stuff i attend to. some non-regular lectures...that kind of stuff

[SergeantScar]

I just thought i would point out that with the Pro version you can sink with google calendar. So anything you add to your Rainlendar will be put on a google calendar. then, im sure from there you can set it to sink with your phone or whatever.

i love the app, been using it for over a year.

pro version is free to try, just has some annoying text but not enough to bug me that much. just running into trouble with my google calender sink with 64 bit ubuntu.. still can't figure that one out...

[altonbr]

Is there an alternative I can use in Ubuntu? I liked it for Windows back in '05 when I was in school, but it's changed too much since and doesn't integrate too well with the Ubuntu desktop...

[ticopelp]

Look at the examples in the screenshots.

Math exam: If you need to look at your computer to tell you when the exam is, you're going to fail it.

Clean house, do laundry, wash dishes -> I wouldn't like to visit that house.

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Well thanks for stopping by to let everyone know how superior you are. It really added a lot to the discussion.

[Ghost_Mazal]

Where does rainlendar store your data ?

First thing I always think of is backups.

[cariboo]

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