This is my first post to the list -- first off, I totally love DCS. I've been using it for about 10 months in my office now ,and it is a real joy to have shared calendars which everyone can edit, rather than shuffle around calendar files only one person could edit. My server had been running on an Ubuntu 7.10 desktop system, and is now on an 8.10 system. Clients include Leopard based Macs -- iCal connects and syncs without a hitch -- 100% reliable. My problem is with linux clients. Here are my complaints: Sunbird (0.8 & 0.9): very hard to configure and never gives a useful error message. Once Sunbird is working, it takes about 5-10 minutes to load a calendar. This is annoying in usage, but infuriating when trying to configure Sunbird -- one is never sure if the config is wrong, or it is just Sunbird being molasses slow as usual. Chandler: Because of a dependency issue, attempting to delete the interfering file on the Ubuntu 8.10 system means removal of open office. I need both. Mulberry: It runs on the 8.10 system but is incredibly difficult to understand. The directions for configuring mulberry say to choose "new account" from the "accounts" preference panel. I've looked through every menu and have not found any such or similar thing. So I haven't been able to try out Mulberry yet. It looks pretty ugly on Ubuntu, but at this point, aesthetics don't matter to me one bit. If it works, I'd use it and love it. So my question: What Linux client should I use? Is Chandler worth the nightmare of keeping two separate libraries installed so I can run a calender and open office? Does Mulberry work and if so, how is configed? Does Sunbird give problems with large calendars for other people? If no, how do you tweak it to make it work? Thank you, Odin
On 9 Feb 2009, at 22:47, odinm wrote:
... My problem is with linux clients. Here are my complaints: ... Chandler: Because of a dependency issue, attempting to delete the interfering file on the Ubuntu 8.10 system means removal of open office. I need both. ... Is Chandler worth the nightmare of keeping two separate libraries installed so I can run a calender and open office?
If you have a spare PC lying around - and I assume you do - it might be worth giving another distro a spin & seeing if its package-manager can handle the co-existence of OpenOffice & Chandler. I have been using Gentoo some years and have found it to handle library stuffs quite well. Stroller.
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