Sunbird - windows and Linux sharing the same calender file

[Stephen]

Dear All

I duel boot a Dell machine with XP and Kubunto 8.10. At Linux boot up
the Linux machine also mounts the XP partition and I access the user
files from within Linux and so do not have to create copies anywhere
else. In addition I have arranged it so that Thunderbird in Linux
points to and uses the mail folders of Thunderbird on the XP partition
as well. This way it does not matter which OS I am in. I can send and
receive e-mail without worrying about copying folders from one OS to the
other.

I now have Sunbird on the XP and Kubuntu machines. I want to know if it
is possible to do the same with Sunbird as well. I have not yet managed
to find the location of the calender files in either XP or Linux and so
start experimenting. I have managed to import and export, though.

Thanks and wait to hear

Stephen

[Damian]

I'd like to know the answer to this to.

Damian

[Martin Feitag]

Damian schrieb:

Share your WindowsXP default directory with Linux b creating a link:
cd ~/.mozilla/sunbird
mv xyzbla3k2.default xyzbla3k2.default.bak
ln -s /media/yourmounteddatapartition/profilefolder/Application
Data/Mozilla/Sunbird/Profiles/zkb83fg.default xyzbla3k2.default

Where xyzbla3k2.default is Sunbirds profile under under Linux, while
zkb83fg.default is from the Windows installation. (This is just an
example, of course those weird numbers always differ! they're random,
use yours ;-) )
regards

Martin

[GAReed]

Another option might be to use Google Calendar, either the gdata
provider or CalDAV support. In this option, you do not need to worry
about writable partitions, etc. Other posts can help you set this up
if you decide to go with this option.
GAReed

[Stefan Sitter]

In my opinion the simplest solution: Create an empty text file in a
shared location that can be accessed from both system. Change the
file extension to .ics. On both system open Sunbird and execute File
> Open Calendar File and browse to the .ics file. Done.

[ODB]

This is what I was going to recommend. Not only do I dual boot some
systems, I have multiple computers. Using Google calendar with
Mozilla solves both problems for me. I'd recommend backing up your
calendar periodically though as it is a little easier to accidentally
wipe out a web calendar via an errant program or command. - ODB

[John]

I use google calendar and its not let me down yet, I even have it
connected to my phone, and it synchs with all my computers. I think
Google Calendar is the best option.

John.

[Damian]

Is there a good solution other than Google calendar? I grow less and
less trusting of google as they acquire more and more of our
information. I'm not giving them my calendar too.

Damian

[gNeandr]

I share your opinion about Google >:o .. seems to become a similar
situation as with M$ .. being everywhere for everything, but the privacy
isn't enough respected.

OK, think Stefan's posting is the best to share ICS data files between
WIN&Linux. No "external" location for your private data!!! We propose
the same for ReminderFox!

G�nter

[Damian]

If I were to use this for two different users on different machines.
What would happen if both people were looking at the same .ics file at
the same time?

Thanks
Damian

[Damian]

Yea, Google is seeming even worse than M$ to me. M$ were just massive
and monopolising. Google are getting all of peoples most private data
(email, calendar, the files they work on) and people are giving it to
them gladly.

I'll go for the lo-fi method you mentioned.

Thanks
Damian

[Stefan Sitter]

Damian wrote:
> If I were to use this for two different users on different
> machines. What would happen if both people were looking at the
> same .ics file at the same time?

Concurrent editing of remote calendars by multiple users might lose
data as written in the Sunbird 0.9 release notes. When reading the
calendar the ics file content is loaded into Sunbird and stored in
memory. When editing the calendar the complete content is written
back from memory to the ics file. If two users edit the calendar the
file content from one user can overwrite the file content from the
other user.

Workaround is to always reload the file before editing, either
manually or automatically every X minutes via the corresponding
preference option. In Sunbird 1.0pre there was a security mechanism
added that should prevent such concurrent editing.

Another possibility is creating multiple ics files, one for each
user. Each user subscribes its 'private' ics file in read-write mode
and all other ics files in read-only mode.

Stefan

[Damian]

Thanks for that Stefan