Note about unreliability

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Radicale is a calendar server which allows your to synchronise your calendar across all your devices. Support for CalDAV within various systems seems rather patchy/flaky though, so use it with caution.
Radicale is a calendar server which allows your to synchronise your calendar across all your devices. Support for CalDAV within various client systems seems very patchy/flaky though, so use it with caution.
* Installation
Log into your system with:
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* Setting up on Android
Via F-droid install *DAVdroid*. Within *Android Settings* select *Accounts* then *DAVdroid*. Select *Login with URL and user name*. The URL should be https://yourmaindomainname/radicale/. Remember to include the trailing slash on the URL. If you installed Freedombone from a disk image then enter your username and the password which was shown at the start of installation. If not then the password for Radicale will be within the README file within your home directory.
In tests so far the account setup process on DAVdroid is *highly unreliable*. Often it will say that the CalDAV service can't be found, but eventually after a while it may magically work and the account will appear.
Now go to your calendar app and press the plus icon to add an event. You should notice that the calendar account selected is your username on the Freedombone system. Synchronisation should be automatic.

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Radicale is a calendar server which allows your to synchronise your calendar across all your devices. Support for CalDAV within various systems seems rather patchy/flaky though, so use it with caution.
Radicale is a calendar server which allows your to synchronise your calendar across all your devices. Support for CalDAV within various client systems seems very patchy/flaky though, so use it with caution.
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Log into your system with:
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<h2 id="orga5c3015">Setting up on Android</h2>
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Via F-droid install <b>DAVdroid</b>. Within <b>Android Settings</b> select <b>Accounts</b> then <b>DAVdroid</b>. Select <b>Login with URL and user name</b>. The URL should be <a href="https://yourmaindomainname/radicale/">https://yourmaindomainname/radicale/</a>. Remember to include the trailing slash on the URL. If you installed Freedombone from a disk image then enter your username and the password which was shown at the start of installation. If not then the password for Radicale will be within the README file within your home directory.
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In tests so far the account setup process on DAVdroid is <b>highly unreliable</b>. Often it will say that the CalDAV service can't be found, but eventually after a while it may magically work and the account will appear.
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Now go to your calendar app and press the plus icon to add an event. You should notice that the calendar account selected is your username on the Freedombone system. Synchronisation should be automatic.
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