svn tip: define own dir name

When using svn checkout, one can tell the name the directory should have:

svn co http://url myDir

In this example, the directory will be called myDir.

This tip is particularly handy, when people working on the same project want to have different directory names.

Nice Ubuntu themes for Jaunty and Intrepid

Today I have received a link from StumbleUpon community - themes for Ubuntu interpid and jaunty

Enjoy!

MP3 support in Amarok problem

Got a problem with Amarok playing MP3.

It played the music yesterday, but after upgrade of the system started complaining "No MP3 support". Installing all kind of codecs and reinstalling amarok didn't help. Though root user was able to play mp3 files in amarok without any problem. The solution was just to remove .xine folder from the home directory.

Thanks to the thread

Lightning 0.9 problem with thunderbird 2.0

OK, that is the most bizarre problem and solution ever.

Lightning 0.9 add-on for thunderbird 2.0 didn't allow to create any calendar and failed to work with Google calendars as well. The reason was that thunderbird 2.0 could not figure out the proper timezone. The solution is to install libstdc++5 and reinstall Lightning 0.9.

Thanks to the solution here