Questions related to calendar support provided by Ubuntu and other calendar applications.
Questions tagged [calendar]
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How to set Monday as the first day of the week in GNOME 2 Calendar applet?
What is the recommended way to change the first day of the week to Monday (instead of Sunday, as in the screenshot below)?
I couldn't find anything related in Clock Preferences, nor in System -> Preferences, or System -> Administration.
This…
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Latest update to Thunderbird 60.2.1 on 18.04 - Lightning calendar missing
After completing an Ubuntu automatic software update (15 Oct 2018) that included Thunderbird 60.2.1 the Lightning calendar is now missing.
When I click on Thunderbird's Add-On tab to see if there's an update for Lightning I'm told that all the…
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How can I show the week numbers in the calendar shown at the top in GNOME Shell?
I would like to display the week numbers in the calendar that is shown in Ubuntu with GNOME shell v3.26 when clicking on the date in bar at the top of the screen.
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Turn off calendar notifications - Ubuntu 20.04
My Google calendar notifications keep popping up. Every single one of them. I have turned off Firefox notifications in the Settings menu. I tried this but there is no preference menu in my Ubuntu 20.4.
Example:
Please, does anyone know how to turn…
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Is there a command to display a Calendar in the terminal?
When working in the terminal it's inconvenient navigating up to the systray to display the current calendar. Is there a command that will display a calendar from the terminal?
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How to sync gnome-calendar with an online calendar?
I thought it was awesome that Ubuntu 16.04 shipped with gnome-calendar, but I noticed that holidays were not included. I also noticed that there is an option to sync the calendar with an online one, how do I do this? I don't know of any online…
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Calendar constantly requiring Google authentication on 17.10
I recently upgraded from 17.04 to 17.10.
The GNOME Calendar application displays a popup requesting my password for my linked Google account.
It does so whenever launched explicitly, and at times on its own.
When I type my (correct) password, the…
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Monday as first day in GNOME Shell (instead of Sunday)
I've been dealing with different regional settings (US, Canada and other locations in English, as well as other countries and languages), but I cannot get GNOME Shell Calendar to begin with Monday, instead of Sunday. I have even modified the en_US…
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How to get GNOME Shell Calendar to sync with Google Calendar with Thunderbird installed?
On GNOME Shell, I want to use the Calendar and have it synced with my Google Calendar account, but I have Thunderbird on my computer. I have seen a couple of posts making Thunderbird default through the means of the terminal, but those changes did…
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How to stop evolution-alarm-notify
A few months ago, I started getting these pop-ups from evolution-alarm-notify. They are some kind of calendar reminder. But they are horribly inaccurate. They either don't reflect any changes I have made to calendar events or they include all…
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How to change Gnome Shell calendar default application?
In Gnome shell calendar menu, when I click on "Open Calendar" it tries to open Evolution - even if it's not installed - Is it possible to change the default calendar?
P.S. Gnome shell Calendar does not follow default calendar application
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What is the default calendar program?
I've noticed that Ubuntu doesn't come with a default calendar program... why not?
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How do I change the calendar language?
I installed ubuntu 13.04 with the default language English, yet the calendar is displayed in local language ( Arabic ) , is there a way to change the calendar language to English ?
Screen shot:
user153958
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Is there a way to add Google Calendar notifications to the indicator message applet?
Is there a way to have Google Calendar notifications through the message indicator applet without using Evolution? Something similar perhaps to "Gmailwatcher"?
Or
Is there a way to integrate Google Calendar with reminders into the calendar in…
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Alternative to Microsoft Outlook
I recently switched to Ubuntu from Windows 10. I used to rely heavily on MS Outlook, and still do, and I want something similar in Ubuntu.
I need an alternative that provides/supports/integrates (not sure what the appropriate word is) email,…
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