Setup Skype mic on Kubuntu 8.10 intrepid

I finally managed to set up skype on Kubuntu 8.10 with KDE 4.2 RC1. I installed Skype from its website which asked me to download the .deb file. I install using right click and “install using GDebi package installer”.
The problem I had was that I couldn record my voice. When I made a test call, [...]

Upload web contents to sourceforge

to upload your web contents to sourceforge web project server:
$ rsync -avz myhtml/ ,@web.sourceforge.net:htdocs/

Installing OpenOffice 3.0 in Kubuntu Intrepid 8.10

I tried to use the PPA package:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ubuntu intrepid main
However, OpenOffice 3.0 cannot open any file. I can start a new file, but cannot open file. So I remove them and tried the one from the openoffice.org website.
I downloaded the *deb.tar.gz file, then before installing it, I remove .openoffice* folder from my home directory.
Then unzip [...]

Using Eclipse with Subversion

For a detail instruction to install the plugin in Eclipse which enable Subversion, go to:
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-ecl-subversion/
There are some differences with the version which I am using in Kubuntu. So I will list down again briefly.
1. Open Eclipse, click menu “Help->Software Updates->Find and Install”
2. click the option, “Search for new features to install”, and then “Next” button.
3. [...]

Programming C/C++ using Eclipse with the use of CDT

I am developing C/C++ codes in Linux, and luckily Eclipse has a plugin called CDT to be used for C/C++ language. To install Eclipse and CDT plugin in Kubuntu/Ubuntu, just type:
sudo apt-get install eclipse eclipse-cdt

Installing flash player for Opera browser in Ubuntu/Kubuntu Intrepid 8.10

I installed Opera and I began to love it. However, it can’t detect the flash player which firefox detect. It turns out that it is not in the path. If you visit a page that has flash, it will ask you to install the flash player. After you go to the Adobe site, select “.deb [...]