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Pop-up notifications on linux

Alternatives:
  • notify-send hello # works, but disappears too fast, and can easily be missed
  • growl # advanced, haven't figured out how to use it
  • knotify # apt-get install kde-baseapps-bin
  • zenity # zenity --warning --text "meeting is now"
Hook one of these into your calendar application.

Or for IRC, using pidgin, try one of:
Or write your own pidgin plugin like I did, to use a notification system of your choice: