No ttyUSB0 in arduino IDE Ubuntu

Ok,
now what is the output of the 'groups' command?
It should list you as a member of group dialout

wayoda@rebooter:~$ groups
wayoda adm dialout cdrom plugdev lpadmin admin sambashare

if not add yourself to this group

sudo adduser blaise dialout

and start the IDE to check if you can now see the board
Eberhard