[OGo-Users] Newbie question: OGo, Ubuntu, CalDAV/GroupDAV

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> a couple of months ago, we decided to test out some groupware  
> solutions for our chair (about 20 users) and found that OGo seems to  
> fit best for our needs. However, there have been a couple of bugs and  
> annoyances with it, so we decided to again compare what's on the market.
> Still, OGo is a hot candidate, mainly because of CalDAV / GroupDAV  
> support. We need write access to calendaring data and we need it for  
> Windows, Linux and Mac users. But, while on the OGo Website we see  
> the ads for GroupDAV support and while OGo is listed as one of the

"ads"?

> solutions on the GroupDAV site, we could only download and test  
> Instant OGo which obviously doesn't manage write access. At least our  

Why could you not download the Open Source packages?
ftp://ftp.opengroupware.org/

> tests with Kontact and Sunbird failed.

I don't believe the Kontact's GroupDAV connector is viable;  development
seems to have completely stalled.  The latest Sunbird, in CalDAV mode,
work fairly well in my tests.  The inverse.ca Thunderbird connector (for
address books) works pretty well assuming you don't have too much
information.

> > kontact --version
> > Qt: 3.3.6
> > KDE: 3.5.5
> > Kontact: 1.2.3
> So, my question is: where to get a newer version of OGo?

ftp://ftp.opengroupware.org/

> We are currently using Ubuntu Edgy and would definitely prefer a  

The only Ubuntu packages I've aware of are at
ftp://ftp.opengroupware.org/nightly/packages/debian/dists/ubuntu704/trunk/binary-i386  And I don't know what 7.0.4 corresponds to (with Debian/Ubuntus stupid habit of naming distributions verses just using the version number).

However choosing a solution based on your distribution is very
wrong-headed.  The distribution and OS should be chosen in order to host
your solution.  The solution is the point/purpose, not the OS or build
of the OS.

> package for that distro. Should we go for the source package of the  
> newest unstable release, try the Feisty package of 1.1.6/yummy (the  
> list of distros is changing quite a lot between point releases) or  

I'm not certain I understand what "list of distros is changing quite a
lot between point releases" means.  The list of distros for which there
are or have been ongoing/nightly builds is
ftp://ftp.opengroupware.org/nightly/packages (some of the very old
distributions are no longer updated).

> stick with 1.0.0? We would like to try out CalDAV / GroupDAV before  
> we judge, if we want to deploy OGo ...

1.0.0 is very old and will certainly NOT work as a CalDAV/GroupDAV
provider.  If you want to use CalDAV/GroupDAV you need a current
version.