Time is money, as goes an old saying, therefore you need to manage it very well. This then calls for proper planning of your daily schedule, future events, appointments and several other daily activities.

But you can’t keep all your plans in mind, I guess no, at least a few but not all. So you need to have certain things around you to always keep reminding you of what you want to do, the people you are hoping to meet, events you plan to attend and many more.

You can only achieve this efficiently and flexibly by using a calendar application especially on your Linux desktop. In this article, we shall walk through a brief review of some of the best calendar applications that can help us plan and manage our daily lives.

1. Korganizer

KOrganizer is a constituent of the powerful Kontact integrated information manager on KDE desktop, for purpose of calender and scheduling. It is comprehensively feature rich, some of its notable features include:

Supports multiple calendars and todo lists Supports attachment of events and todos Quick event and todo entry Undo and redo functions Alarm notifications Todo integration with agenda view Plugin for Jewish calendar dates Kontact integration Highly customizable Supports web export plus so much more

Visit Homepage: https://userbase.kde.org/KOrganizer

2. Evolution

Evolution is a comprehensive personal information management software for GNOME desktop. Its components include a calender and address book plus a mail client. It can also work on several other desktop environments including Cinnamon, MATE and KDE.

As an integrated software, it comes with several remarkable features, but for calendar functionality, it offers the following features:

Allows adding, editing and deleting of appointments Supports customization of calender layout Supports reminders for appointments and events Enables sorting and organizing of calendars Supports sending of invitations by email Supports sharing of calendar information Enables classification of appointments and vital tasks on groupware servers

Visit Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evolution

3. California

California is a simple, modern and relatively new calender app for GNOME 3 desktop environment. It enables users to easily handle their online calendars with a modern user interface.

Being a new application, it has yet a handful of features and these include:

Built on the Evolution Data Server (EDS) for all backend calender functionality Simple to setup Quick and easy to use Modern GUI

Visit Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/California

4. Day Planner

Day planner is a free and open-source calendar app developed for Linux users to easily plan and manage their time, in terms of handling appointments, events and so much more.

It also offers some brilliant features and these are:

Displays remainders Intuitive GUI Simple to use Available in several international languages Includes a separate synchronization server, therefore, users can synchronize a day planner from any location

Visit Homepage: http://www.day-planner.org

5. Lightning (Thunderbird Extension)

Lightning is an extension for the popular Mozilla Thunderbird email client, it enables users to easily organize their schedule and events. You can download it from the Mozilla website or search for it under Thunderbird extensions and install it.

Its features include:

Supports multiple calendars Enables users to create todo lists Supports entry for events Also enables users to subscribe for public calenders and many more.

Visit Homepage: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/lightning/

6. Calcurse

Calcurse is a simple yet powerful text based calender and organizer that you can also use on Linux, especially if you spend a great deal of your time on the command line.

It enables users to keep track of all daily activities that they want to perform, plans, appointments and future events that they want to accomplish, fulfill and attend.

It offers some great and remarkable features and these include:

Configurable notification system as a reminder of future events, capable of sending mails and beyond Highly customizable curses interface to meet a user’s needs Supports numerous kinds of appointments and todos Highly configurable key bindings Support for importing iCalender format files Support for UTF-8 Support for exporting to several formats including iCalender and pcal Offers an impressive non-interactive command line that supports scripts Also supports running scripts while loading or saving data plus many more

Visit Homepage: http://calcurse.org

In this brief review, we covered some of the best calender apps that you can install on your Linux desktop to help you efficiently plan and manage your daily schedule and events, plus so much more in relation to time management.

Is there any calendar app with some remarkable components missing in the list above, then give us a feedback through the comment section below.