Before I start, I should probably introduce myself a little. My name’s Phil, and I run a blog at twistedethics.com, but I’ll be cross-posting all the good stuff on to here as well. By day, I’m responsible for the IT within a small company in the United Kingdom. We run a mixed-OS network, so you can be sure I’ll be blogging about both Linux and Windows. I’m also a big fan of open-source alternatives for home and business, so you’ll be seeing plenty of that stuff too. Which, conveniently, leads me to my first blog post!
In a bid to save money where we can, and detach ourselves from Microsoft reliance, we’ve deployed Thunderbird as a replacement for Outlook across a few workstations. We’ve found that when people switch from Microsoft Outlook to Mozilla Thunderbird they often miss having the calendar/task features. Fortunately, you can add Calendar and Task functionality to Thunderbird with the Lightning add-on.
- Go to the Lightning download page
- Right click on the download link and Save As… (If you don’t, Firefox might try to install the add-on itself.)
- Open up Thunderbird and click on Tools > Add-ons
- Install the Lightning file you just downloaded
- Once you’re done, restart Thunderbird, and start using your new Calendar feature!
- If you need Holiday calendars, you can get them here
I’ve only tested this in Windows, but it should work on Linux and the Mac just fine, too.
This article was originally published at twistedethics.com.
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Thanks Phil and Let Me Be The First To Welcome You To The AtA Family!
Great first post and we are looking to hear more about tech life in the UK – and if it differs @ all from ours in the U S of A!
Thanks Phil and Let Me Be The First To Welcome You To The AtA Family!
Great first post and we are looking to hear more about tech life in the UK – and if it differs @ all from ours in the U S of A!
Thunderbird is the shiznite! Great article. Welcome aboard Phil!
We use thunderbird here for years now. it is the great software. now does calender task? better than the outlook
Awesome article. Great to have people on board from across the pond. Very well written article, and I have at least 5 people here at work that use thunderbird and will greatly benefit from this- Kudos!
Installed it and I have to say…..
What a sexy application. Nice find and welcome.
Welcome to my favorite blog! Long time reader first time commenter.
Great to see you guys diversifying – is there a mac guy around?
Thunderbird is the shiznite! Great article. Welcome aboard Phil!
We use thunderbird here for years now. it is the great software. now does calender task? better than the outlook
Awesome article. Great to have people on board from across the pond. Very well written article, and I have at least 5 people here at work that use thunderbird and will greatly benefit from this- Kudos!
Installed it and I have to say…..
What a sexy application. Nice find and welcome.
Welcome to my favorite blog! Long time reader first time commenter.
Great to see you guys diversifying – is there a mac guy around?
Cool post!! Another alternative is running Evolution for Outlook functionality without the price.
Its native OS is Linux but there is a Win32 port:
http://shellter.sourceforge.net/evolution/
Doesnt work with Vista though:(
Cool post!! Another alternative is running Evolution for Outlook functionality without the price.
Its native OS is Linux but there is a Win32 port:
Doesnt “>http://shellter.sourceforge.net/evolution/
Doesnt “>
Doesnt “>http://shellter.sourceforge.net/evolution/
Doesnt work with Vista though:(
Cool post!! Another alternative is running Evolution for Outlook functionality without the price.
Its native OS is Linux but there is a Win32 port:
Doesnt “>http://shellter.sourceforge.net/evolution/
Doesnt “>
Doesnt “>http://shellter.sourceforge.net/evolution/
Doesnt work with Vista though:(
Glad to see your still around Psymon!
Glad to see your still around Psymon!