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| xkcd | possibly the greatest geeky webcomic ever. It even makes jokes about Ubuntu. http://www.xkcd.com/ and especially the one about 'sudo make me a sandwich' - http://xkcd.com/c149.html | Added by Madpilot Date: 2007-06-04 10:22:02 Last edited by Madpilot Date: 2007-06-04 10:25:19 Requested 69 times |
| syn | <reply> FIN... FIN!!!... GO AWAY!!! FIN. | Added by Spec Date: 2007-10-16 22:09:20 Last edited by Seveas Date: 2008-02-20 08:09:36 Requested 69 times |
| sysresccd | <reply> SystemRescueCd is a Linux system on a bootable CD-ROM. It contains a number of admin tools including gparted and partimage. http://sysresccd.org/Main_Page | Added by ompaul Date: 2007-02-27 21:16:25 Last edited by Seveas Date: 2007-03-04 12:21:38 Requested 68 times |
| np | <reply> The Nepali Ubuntu Local Community is in #ubuntu-np - Also see: http://wiki.ubuntu.org.np | Added by LjL Date: 2008-03-19 00:46:57 Last edited by PriceChild Date: 2008-04-17 21:20:15 Requested 68 times |
| th | <reply> Please type /join #ubuntu-th for Ubuntu in Thailand. | Added by elkbuntu Date: 2008-12-01 09:04:30 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-06-26 02:59:58 Requested 68 times |
| boys-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> ♪ Bad boys, bad boys, watcha gonna do, watcha gonna do when they come for you ♫ | Added by Seveas Date: 2007-01-12 02:37:17 Requested 67 times |
| names | <reply> Ubuntu has an $adjective $animal naming scheme, summarized (and with a list of suggested words which you can add to) at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DevelopmentCodeNames | Added by tonyyarusso Date: 2007-04-13 06:43:42 Requested 67 times |
| thunar | a file manager for !Xfce. It is a lightweight alternative to !Nautilus and is quite similar. More info at: http://thunar.xfce.org/index.html - Want to Replace Nautilus with Thunar? See http://psychocats.net/ubuntu/nonautilusplease | Added by elkbuntu Date: 2007-05-01 14:11:07 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:43:12 Requested 67 times |
| ffe | <reply> Feature Freeze Exception. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FreezeExceptionProcess for the freeze exception process. | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2008-04-15 15:48:48 Last edited by nhandler Date: 2010-02-21 16:35:38 Requested 67 times |
| handbrake | a an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows. - http://handbrake.fr | Added by mneptok Date: 2009-02-06 18:55:25 Requested 67 times |
| donate donation donations | <reply>To donate to Ubuntu, you can !participate or go to http://www.ubuntu.com/community/get-involved/donate | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 10:32:01 Last edited by Tm_T Date: 2010-08-30 21:02:45 Requested 66 times |
| shaddap | <reply> :X | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-08-06 23:02:55 Requested 66 times |
| mobile | <deleted><reply>Learn more about Ubuntu Mobile at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MobileAndEmbedded | Added by Amaranth Date: 2007-07-14 05:17:59 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-01-02 03:08:09 Requested 66 times |
| wikipedia | <deleted>a free online encyclopedia, you can find it at http://wikipedia.org | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-08-23 14:39:11 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-07-08 06:01:19 Requested 65 times |
| path | <reply>The $PATH variable tells the shell where to look for the commands you tell it to run. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EnvironmentVariables#File-location_related_variables | Added by Pricey Date: 2013-05-30 22:47:48 Last edited by AlanBell Date: 2013-11-27 11:22:08 Requested 65 times |
| 20.10 groovy gorilla | <reply> Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) was the 33rd release of Ubuntu, support ended July 22nd, 2021. See !eol and https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2021-June/000269.html | Added by housecat Date: 2020-04-24 15:16:26 Last edited by krytarik Date: 2021-07-22 19:07:05 Requested 65 times |
| googleearth earth | <reply> Google Earth is available as the package "googleearth-package" in !Multiverse. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GoogleEarth | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:38:52 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:38:33 Requested 64 times |
| gary | <deleted><reply> be afraid, be *very* afraid | Added by ompaul Date: 2007-12-27 10:20:10 Last edited by Pricey Date: 2009-06-13 13:19:35 Requested 64 times |
| spoon | <reply> There is no spoon. | Added by Amaranth Date: 2008-04-24 09:16:13 Requested 64 times |
| locate | a command-line file search utility. To make sure its cache is up to date run: sudo updatedb | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 20:30:01 Last edited by bimberi Date: 2007-02-12 00:38:25 Requested 63 times |
| lsb | <reply> The Linux Standard Base, or LSB, is a joint project by several Linux distributions under the organizational structure of The Free Standards Group to standardize the internal structure of Linux-based operating systems. The LSB is based on the POSIX specification, the Single UNIX Specification, and several other open standards, but extends them in certain areas. | Added by Hawkwind Date: 2007-01-15 09:14:12 Requested 63 times |
| putty | <reply> PuTTY is an !SSH client for Windows. Please see: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ for it's homepage and downloads. See also !scp (Secure CoPy) | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 15:42:53 Last edited by genii Date: 2009-06-01 13:39:10 Requested 62 times |
| meetings meeting ircmeetings | <reply> Team meetings are held in #ubuntu-meeting - See « /msg $nick logs » for transcripts. | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-01-07 15:49:31 Last edited by m4v Date: 2013-02-28 16:57:26 Requested 62 times |
| xp | <reply> XP, or "eXtreme Programming" is a style of programming, for more information see: http://www.extremeprogramming.org/ | Added by Spec Date: 2007-07-17 21:04:07 Last edited by Spec Date: 2007-07-17 21:04:51 Requested 62 times |
| meta | <deleted><reply> If you would like to help in #*ubuntu* but it just goes too fast to spot interesting questions, try joining #ubuntu-meta and watching for questions there (note that it is NOT a support channel, however, and questions should still be answered in #*ubuntu*) | Added by LjL Date: 2008-01-01 22:30:19 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-03-19 19:56:09 Requested 62 times |
| xfce4-panel xfce-panels panels-#xubuntu panel-#xubuntu xfce4-panels | <reply> Did your panels disappear? Press alt+f2 and run: xfce4-panel | See also: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/XubuntuPanels | Added by Pici Date: 2009-02-12 13:12:32 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2015-12-01 20:43:58 Requested 62 times |
| acpi | <reply> to debug ACPI issues on ubuntu make sure your bios is up to date and follow the procedure here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingACPI | Added by hggdh Date: 2018-12-21 04:01:07 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2018-12-21 04:02:08 Requested 62 times |
| bootlog | <reply> To show errors during boot and shutdown, edit the kernel command line: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelBootParameters and replace "quiet splash" by "debug systemd.log_level=info". Disable "Full screen logo" and "Fastboot" options in your BIOS setup, or hit 'Esc' when the logo shows on power up. | Added by hggdh Date: 2019-07-29 16:30:49 Last edited by tomreyn Date: 2023-10-26 12:36:26 Requested 62 times |
| pronounce | <reply> To learn how to pronounce Ubuntu, point your movie player at /usr/share/example-content/Experience ubuntu.ogg | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 00:44:41 Last edited by Seveas Date: 2007-10-17 21:59:19 Requested 61 times |
| smartphone portables nokia | <reply> Guides for smartphones and portable devices can be found here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PortableDevices/ | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 12:29:44 Last edited by Pici Date: 2007-12-31 14:09:55 Requested 61 times |
| ubuntu-gnome | <reply> Ubuntu GNOME is a supported !flavor of Ubuntu that uses !GNOME as the default desktop environment instead of Unity. For more info or to download, see http://www.ubuntugnome.org/ or https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/OneStopPage | Added by IdleOne Date: 2013-12-24 02:03:19 Requested 61 times |
| winusb woeusb woe-usb | <reply> Ubuntu does not have a recommended tool for preparing bootable Windows installation USBs. If you need one, consider using Microsoft's media creation tool from a Windows computer (see ##windows for support). If this is not an option, there are third-party unsupported tools like WoeUSB ( https://github.com/slacka/WoeUSB , sudo snap install --edge woe-usb ) that might work. | Added by Jordan_U Date: 2015-08-11 22:32:49 Last edited by dax Date: 2019-05-10 17:42:35 Requested 61 times |
| jding | <deleted><reply> jdong | Added by Pici Date: 2008-01-24 03:35:00 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2009-06-18 22:31:07 Requested 60 times |
| regression-alert | <deleted><reply> bdmurray, cjwatson, cyphermox, Daviey, didrocks, doko, infinity, jdstrand, mdeslaur, pitti, RAOF, seb128, stgraber: Reporting regression in a stable release update; investigate severity, start an incident report, perhaps have the package blacklisted from the archive | Added by jussi Date: 2010-06-28 12:01:54 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2016-04-19 20:15:10 Requested 60 times |
| mate | <reply> Ubuntu MATE is a supported !flavor of Ubuntu that uses MATE as the default desktop environment. It functions similarly to older versions of GNOME. For more information, see https://ubuntu-mate.org/ | Added by dax Date: 2016-03-29 14:47:42 Requested 60 times |
| xhangs | <reply> If the GUI hangs after logging in, use <ctrl><alt><f1> to switch to text mode. Log in and do: rm .{X,ICE}authority | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 10:51:08 Requested 59 times |
| classroom | <reply> The Ubuntu Classroom is a project which aims to tutor users about Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Xubuntu through biweekly sessions in #ubuntu-classroom - For more information visit https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Classroom | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-14 18:53:27 Requested 59 times |
| test again | <deleted><reply>Failed again. | Added by Amaranth Date: 2006-09-03 22:05:05 Last edited by Pici Date: 2011-04-08 23:02:34 Requested 59 times |
| coc-jbj | <reply> a/s/l? | Added by Seveas Date: 2007-03-27 17:37:09 Requested 59 times |
| xterm | <deleted><reply> If with all the cute terminals that are around you're still using xterm, then you deserve any problem you're experiencing with it. Go away. | Added by LjL Date: 2008-04-06 02:15:21 Last edited by rww Date: 2015-10-23 18:28:15 Requested 59 times |
| jeos | <reply> JeOS (pronounced "Juice") is Just enough Operating System. It is an efficient variant of the Ubuntu Server operating system, configured specifically for virtual appliances. See http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/serveredition/jeos for more information. | Added by Pici Date: 2007-12-11 15:45:22 Requested 58 times |
| translate | <reply> Translate Ubuntu into your own language, important translations that are needed are listed first. See https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/ | Added by Seveas Date: 2008-01-24 12:41:12 Requested 58 times |
| lt lithuanian | <reply> Šiame kanale bendraujama anglų kalba. Jei ieškote pagalbos lietuvių kalba, prisijunkite prie #ubuntu-lt kanalo. | Added by LjL Date: 2008-10-27 14:38:05 Requested 58 times |
| ops-#kubuntu-offtopic | <reply> Help! imbrandon, Riddell, Hobbsee, thoreauputic, apokryphos, Nalioth, tritium, Tm_T, robotgeek, gnomefreak, jpds, tsimpson, genii, acheronuk, jussi01, kkathman or vorian! | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 23:41:30 Last edited by dax Date: 2018-01-03 18:41:56 Requested 57 times |
| teamspeak | the proprietry VoIP software see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/TeamSpeak For a open source alternative consider using Mumble http://mumble.sourceforge.net/ | Added by ompaul Date: 2007-11-23 21:04:16 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:43:42 Requested 57 times |
| voip | <reply> VoIP is Voice over IP. The default VoIP client for Ubuntu is !Ekiga. There is also an xmpp voice component in !Empathy. Kubuntu Clients include Kphone and Twinkle. Proprietary Clients include !Skype and Gizmo5. VoIP server applications include Asterisk and Yate ( both in repositories ), FreePBX, and SipX. | Added by genii Date: 2009-11-12 21:12:45 Last edited by genii Date: 2009-11-12 21:45:39 Requested 57 times |
| picasa | <reply>You can no longer use picasa in linux natively. It's !wine !appdb profile can be found at http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=2024 | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-11-06 00:04:39 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-13 23:21:44 Requested 56 times |
| gimpshop | <deleted>a hack that makes The Gimp look and feel more like Photoshop. A .deb for Ubuntu is available via http://plasticbugs.com/?page_id=294 | Added by bimberi Date: 2006-11-27 00:59:13 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-13 23:38:00 Requested 56 times |
| startup-#kubuntu | <reply> To make programs start up automatically when you log into your KDE session, run all programs that you want to be started and close all other programs, then select 'Save Session' in the K menu. Alternatively, create a !symlink to the wanted program in ~/.kde/Autostart - See !boot for starting non-interactive programs at boot | Added by LjL Date: 2007-12-15 15:47:48 Requested 56 times |
| gnutella | <reply> Some Gnutella clients: GTK-Gnutella (GTK, stand-alone), gifTui, giFToxic (GTK, based on giFT), Apollon (KDE, based on giFT), mldonkey-gui (GTK, based on MLDonkey), KMLDonkey (KDE, based on MLDonkey) - See also !P2P | Added by LjL Date: 2007-09-28 20:01:51 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-09-07 11:30:12 Requested 55 times |
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