Install matplotlib on mac sierra

During matplotlib installation (for python3) some error may occured: ‘The following required packages can not be built: freetype png’ Thats why some additional steps may be required: install homebrew install pkg-config brew install pkg-config install freetype brew install freetype install matplotlib pip3 install matplotlib Enjoy!

Strange shift key behaviour when renaming files in ubuntu

There is a really puzzling behaviour in Nautilus regarding my Shift key. Consider the following scenario: Choose any file to rename During renaming i can type just fine unless i need a capital letter. If i type a capital letter (using shift) then focus shifts to some file at the same folder. Clarification: Current shortcut to change layout LShift+RShift. Solution: Change shortcut to, for example, LCtrl + LShift (System Settings -> Text Entry)and the problem disappears.

Bye bye mercurial

Has just migrated all my mercurial repositories to git. Its a little bit sad, but it will increase uniformity. More over there is gitlab which provides free private repositories as well as bitbucket. P.s. here is a simple script aimed to convert hg repo to git, maybe it will be helpful