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Factoid	Value	Author
nickspoon-#ubuntu-offtopic	<deleted><reply> There is no nick!	LjL Added on: 2007-04-19 22:15:09 Last edited by rww Last modified: 2011-09-02 19:11:53 Requested 99 times
slow	<reply>The Ubuntu repositories and ISO mirrors are currently under heavy load. Please consider using !torrents to download ISO images, and be patient with APT updates. Also, try changing !mirrors	LjL Added on: 2007-04-20 00:05:06 Last edited by mneptok Last modified: 2009-10-03 18:35:39 Requested 400 times
is a bot is a bot.	<reply> Yes, I can confirm that I am a bot. For more information, see https://wiki.ubuntu.…m/IRC/Bots	LjL Added on: 2007-04-20 00:19:46 Last edited by krytarik Last modified: 2016-11-26 07:33:03 Requested 214 times
interrupt	<reply> You can interrupt an upgrade during the download phase. It will resume from where it left off when you run it again later.	bimberi Added on: 2007-04-20 03:36:28 Never edited Requested 7 times
apt-torrent	<reply> The idea for using BitTorrent for pushing out updates has been registered here: https://blueprints.l…pt-torrent	bimberi Added on: 2007-04-20 04:21:59 Never edited Requested 15 times
bug-#ubuntu-devel	<reply> If you find a bug in Ubuntu or any of its derivatives, please file a bug report at: http://bugs.ubuntu.com/ IRC is not a good medium to report bugs and this channel is for development coordination.	Seveas Added on: 2007-04-20 21:46:35 Never edited Requested 12 times
omgjdong	<deleted><reply> jdong: You're going to hell.	Hobbsee Added on: 2007-04-21 05:59:34 Last edited by Myrtti Last modified: 2009-06-18 22:30:25 Requested 450 times
etch	a Debian release, its repos are not for use with Ubuntu unless you are a dev, they will break stuff.	ompaul Added on: 2007-04-22 15:09:00 Never edited Requested 5 times
debootstrap	used to create a !Debian or Ubuntu base system from scratch, without requiring the availability of !dpkg or !APT. It does this by downloading !.deb files from a mirror site, and carefully unpacking them into a directory you can eventually !chroot into. See https://wiki.ubuntu.…trapChroot for more information	LjL Added on: 2007-04-22 15:12:30 Last edited by Hobbsee Last modified: 2008-01-02 14:49:58 Requested 115 times
ompaul	<deleted>well ompaul, don't get me started about that guy	ompaul Added on: 2007-04-22 21:42:23 Last edited by rww Last modified: 2011-09-13 23:55:39 Requested 111 times
kompozer	a WYSIWYG HTML editor for easily creating web pages, and the continuation of the dead Nvu project. It is available in !Universe on !Gutsy and later releases. Note that there is a GTK incompatibility in !Intrepid and !Jaunty, so users of those releases should use the !PPA at https://launchpad.ne…rchive/ppa instead.	tonyyarusso Added on: 2007-04-23 01:47:58 Last edited by tonyyarusso Last modified: 2009-10-24 19:23:53 Requested 169 times
please helpme needhelp	<deleted><reply> Avoid following your questions with a trail of "Please, help me", "Can nobody help me?", "I really need this!", and so on. This just contributes to making the channel unreadable. If you are not answered, ask again later; but see also !repeat and !attitude	LjL Added on: 2007-04-24 03:08:34 Last edited by AlanBell Last modified: 2014-03-19 19:48:28 Requested 1462 times
wubi	<reply> Wubi was a way to install Ubuntu from within Windows, but it is no longer supported in recent versions of Ubuntu and Windows, and was never well maintained even for Ubuntu 12.04. Do not use Wubi. See !install for other options for installing Ubuntu.	tonyyarusso Added on: 2007-04-25 03:06:00 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2016-07-06 16:33:06 Requested 1927 times
ir farsi	<reply> #ubuntu-ir baraye Farsi zabanan mibashad ke channele rasmie goroohe Iran-ie ubuntu ast. #ubuntu-ir برای فارسی زبانان می‌باشد که کانال رسمی گروه ایرانی اوبونتو است.	elkbuntu Added on: 2007-04-25 12:05:43 Last edited by ompaul Last modified: 2008-03-14 22:13:26 Requested 287 times
trogdor-#ubuntuforums	<reply> http://www.homestarr…ogdor.html	Hobbsee Added on: 2007-04-26 03:36:57 Never edited Requested 21 times
hamburger-#ubuntuforums	<reply> The cornerstone of any nutritious breakfast	Hobbsee Added on: 2007-04-26 03:38:02 Never edited Requested 4 times
hamburger-#ubuntu-ohio	<reply> The cornerstone of any nutritious breakfast	Hobbsee Added on: 2007-04-26 03:38:49 Never edited Requested 10 times
twss-#ubuntuforums	<reply> That's what she said!	Hobbsee Added on: 2007-04-26 03:45:18 Never edited Requested 766 times
xfs	a high-performance journaling filesystem originally developped by Silicon Graphics for their IRIX OS. It is now fully supported by Linux so you can install Ubuntu on it if you wish. More info at http://en.wikipedia.…g/wiki/XFS	Seveas Added on: 2007-04-27 00:35:39 Never edited Requested 74 times
filesystems	<reply> ext3 and ext4 are the default filesystems in Ubuntu (and many other Linuxes). Alternative Linux filesystems include reiserfs and xfs. fat32 and ntfs are DOS/Windows filesystems. hfs and hfs+ are filesystems for the Mac. More info at http://en.wikipedia.…le_systems	Seveas Added on: 2007-04-27 00:36:30 Last edited by Myrtti Last modified: 2011-01-05 12:49:11 Requested 30 times
omgvorian-#ubuntuforums	<reply> Vorian, you are in hell.	Hobbsee Added on: 2007-04-28 04:58:14 Never edited Requested 29 times
mount-#kubuntu	<reply> Partitioning programs !PartitionManager or !GParted (see also "man mkfs" for formatting) - Mount partitions from System Settings -> (Advanced tab) Removable Devices. See also !fstab and !DiskMounter	Jucato Added on: 2007-04-29 15:21:48 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2010-10-30 01:48:22 Requested 221 times
omgamaranth	<deleted><reply> Amaranth: Get back to work!	Amaranth Added on: 2007-05-01 04:38:04 Last edited by Myrtti Last modified: 2009-06-14 12:54:18 Requested 21 times
thunar	a file manager for !Xfce. It is a lightweight alternative to !Nautilus and is quite similar. More info at: http://thunar.xfce.o…index.html - Want to Replace Nautilus with Thunar? See http://psychocats.ne…ilusplease	elkbuntu Added on: 2007-05-01 14:11:07 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2011-03-03 21:43:12 Requested 67 times
dev develop development	<reply> Interested in becoming an Ubuntu Developer? Get started here: https://wiki.ubuntu.…evelopment	bimberi Added on: 2007-05-07 05:24:52 Never edited Requested 400 times
ltsp	<reply> LTSP is the Linux Terminal Server Project, which adds thin-client support to Linux servers. See chapter 3 of the !edubuntuhandbook, http://www.ltsp.org and/or http://en.wikipedia.…er_Project	bimberi Added on: 2007-05-09 05:45:11 Last edited by bimberi Last modified: 2007-05-09 05:51:02 Requested 229 times
edubuntuhandbook	<deleted><reply> The Edubuntu Handbook is currently work-in-progress and can be browsed via http://doc.ubuntu.co…andbook/C/	bimberi Added on: 2007-05-09 05:47:22 Last edited by rww Last modified: 2015-03-13 05:57:25 Requested 29 times
handbook-#edubuntu	<deleted><alias> edubuntuhandbook	bimberi Added on: 2007-05-09 05:47:57 Last edited by rww Last modified: 2015-03-13 05:57:22 Requested 0 times
screenshots-#edubuntu	<deleted><reply> Screenshots of Edubuntu 7.04 are available at http://shots.osdir.c…mp;slide=1	bimberi Added on: 2007-05-10 07:33:04 Last edited by IdleOne Last modified: 2011-05-26 16:53:10 Requested 5 times
hobbsee	<reply> I phear the stick so shhhhh	ompaul Added on: 2007-05-10 14:42:04 Never edited Requested 93 times
paste-#ubuntu-uk	<reply> Pastebin is a service to post large texts so you don't flood the channel. The Ubuntu pastebin is at http://pastebin.ubuntu-uk.org (make sure you give us the URL for your paste - see also the #ubuntu channel topic)	PriceChild Added on: 2007-05-10 17:47:14 Last edited by PriceChild Last modified: 2007-05-10 17:48:29 Requested 155 times
xglautostart	<deleted><reply> You could edit /etc/gdm/gdm.conf-custom to start Xgl by default each time or could make a session file for it so you can choose X or Xgl by each login(the latter is often preferred). https://help.ubuntu.…anager/Xgl	PriceChild Added on: 2007-05-11 11:14:32 Last edited by Pici Last modified: 2009-05-18 23:56:41 Requested 1 times
tex latex	a language for describing a document, commonly used especially for scientific publishing. Information and instructions for installing TeX and other related packages can be found at https://help.ubuntu.…nity/LaTeX	LjL Added on: 2007-05-12 00:23:42 Never edited Requested 147 times
unix	<reply> UNIX is an operating system created in the '70s, which has many direct derivates and inspired systems like Minix and !Linux. Most "UNIX-style" systems try to somewhat adhere to the POSIX standard.	ompaul Added on: 2007-05-15 23:00:01 Last edited by LjL Last modified: 2007-09-22 14:55:29 Requested 127 times
response	https://wiki.ubuntu.…/Responses	Hobbsee Added on: 2007-05-18 02:00:14 Never edited Requested 41 times
offline sneakernet	<reply> If you need to download Ubuntu packages using another machine or OS, check the desired packages in Synaptic and select File > Generate package download script. See also !APTonCD	LjL Added on: 2007-05-18 16:23:54 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2014-05-20 15:12:14 Requested 927 times
helpersnack cookie	<reply> Wow! You're such a great helper, you deserve a cookie!	fdoving Added on: 2007-05-18 16:40:16 Never edited Requested 1981 times
intelhda snd_hda_intel hdaintel	<reply> For fixing your Intel HDA sound this page has useful information https://help.ubuntu.…SoundHowto	LjL Added on: 2007-05-20 14:18:38 Never edited Requested 737 times
cupspdf	<reply> Details on setting up "Print to PDF" are at http://ubuntu.wordpr…-cups-pdf/	bimberi Added on: 2007-05-22 06:09:42 Never edited Requested 9 times
fixadept	<deleted><alias> aptlock	LjL Added on: 2007-05-23 18:35:20 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2014-05-09 15:01:38 Requested 0 times
logs-#ubuntu-uk	<deleted><reply> Channel logs can be found at http://logs.ubuntu-eu.org/	Hobbsee Added on: 2007-05-24 14:41:02 Last edited by Tm_T Last modified: 2010-11-24 09:14:26 Requested 33 times
weekend	<reply>It's a weekend. Often on weekends the paid developers and a lot of the community may not be around to answer your question. Please be patient, wait longer than you normally would or try again during the working week.	Hobbsee Added on: 2007-05-27 13:29:23 Last edited by jussi01 Last modified: 2010-03-27 14:01:59 Requested 215 times
night	<reply> It's the middle of the night in the US and Europe, and surrounds. This means that a lot of people are likely asleep, therefore there are less potential people who can answer your question. Please be patient, and consider asking at a time when more people will be awake. This is particularly true in the quieter channels.	Hobbsee Added on: 2007-05-27 13:30:59 Last edited by Hobbsee Last modified: 2007-05-27 13:35:36 Requested 105 times
better	<deleted><alias> best	LjL Added on: 2007-05-28 23:31:45 Last edited by knome Last modified: 2014-03-19 19:32:41 Requested 0 times
tv tvcard tv card dvb tuner	<reply> http://www.linuxtv.org/ has extensive information about using TV cards under Linux. Available viewers for analog cards: Zapping, tvtime (GTK/GNOME), Kaffeine, kdetv (KDE), xawtv, motv. For digital cards: Me-TV (GNOME), Klear (KDE), dvb-utils. For both analog and digital cards, !MythTV is a powerful framework. Your card may work the !IVTV drivers. See also !TV-Out	LjL Added on: 2007-05-29 19:19:48 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2017-11-10 22:29:00 Requested 497 times
nixternal visternal vistalover	<deleted><reply> Oh no! The pointy-clicky Windows7 lover has arrived! He's rumoured to be giving out free money, and help on the MIRC client too! <nixternal> I LOVE MIRC!!!	Hobbsee Added on: 2007-05-31 09:32:53 Last edited by jussi Last modified: 2010-08-04 09:18:08 Requested 303 times
screencast record desktop screencasts	<reply> Some programs to capture your screen are Kazam, Vokoscreen & Simple Screen Recorder. Also ffmpeg/libav with x11grab option on the command line. Also see https://wiki.ubuntu.…reenCasts.	jrib Added on: 2007-06-02 14:03:35 Last edited by Pricey Last modified: 2014-01-16 16:29:46 Requested 515 times
virtualization	<reply> There are several solutions for running other operating systems (or their programs) inside Ubuntu, while using the native CPU as much as possible: !kvm is the preferred approach in Ubuntu. See also !QEmu (with !KQemu), !VirtualBox, !VMWare, as well as !WINE and !Cedega for Windows applications	jrib Added on: 2007-06-03 00:54:45 Last edited by Myrtti Last modified: 2008-07-07 22:31:09 Requested 90 times
desktopsearch strigi indexing indexers beagle kerry tracker kat pinot doodle	<reply> Services to index files for fast searching include: Beagle (front-ends: beagle, catfish, gnome-main-menu, mozilla-beagle for !GNOME; kerry, kio-beagle for !KDE; beaglefs for !CLI) - Tracker (tracker-search-tool, libdeskbar-tracker for GNOME; tracker-utils for CLI) - Strigi (strigi-applet, strigi-client for KDE, strigi-utils for CLI) - Kat (for KDE) - Pinot (and pinot-applet for GNOME) - Doodle (for CLI)	LjL Added on: 2007-06-03 17:10:31 Last edited by LjL Last modified: 2007-06-03 17:12:22 Requested 184 times
ops-#launchpad	<reply> Help! lifeless, flacoste, jml, joey	gnomefreak Added on: 2007-06-03 19:56:22 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2011-02-14 16:11:08 Requested 14 times