I rely greatly on my Lightning Calendar extension in Thunderbird, so there was much furrowing of the brows when Lightning just wouldn’t work. After trying this and that, I found the solution. Many modern Linux distributions, and obviously Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex, only package libstdc++6, which is incompatible with Lightning. You need to install libstdc++5, which [...]
Of course, being Irish, I have to mention this one! Excellent. Litreoir GaelSpell do Mhozilla 4.1.1, by Kevin Scannell, released on Oct 18, 2006 Litreoir saor in aisce don Ghaeilge, cruthaithe ag Kevin Scannell. A free Irish spellchecker. Works with: Firefox 2.0b1 – 3.0a1 ALL SeaMonkey 1.1a – 1.5a ALL Thunderbird 2.0a1 – 3.0a1 ALL [...]
I suppose it was inevitable that I would move to Linux as I’ve been using open source software for quite some time. One of the programs I used on Windows was Thunderbird. And as I have mentioned elsewhere, I have quite a few mail folders and it got to the stage that I had email [...]
I tended to use open source wherever I could in XP, so my email client was Thunderbird. However I have several email addresses, mainly because I’ve several websites, and within my main email account I’ve up to a dozen folders for regular correspondents. Mail from those correspondents zips into its own folder, saving me having [...]