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#kubuntu #kubuntu-offtopic	the official Kubuntu support channel, for all Kubuntu-related questions. Please use #kubuntu-offtopic for general chatter. Thanks!	apokryphos Added on: 2006-06-18 16:53:12 Never edited Requested 140 times
#ubuntu #ubuntu-offtopic offtopic chat ontopic	<reply> #ubuntu is the Ubuntu support channel, for all Ubuntu-related support questions. Please register with NickServ (see /msg ubottu !register) and use #ubuntu-offtopic for other topics (though our !guidelines apply there too). Thanks!	Seveas Added on: 2006-06-18 16:42:16 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2016-03-24 15:16:29 Requested 25559 times
#ubuntu+1	the channel for discussions about the upcoming, in development, not ready yet edition of Ubuntu	Seveas Added on: 2006-06-17 23:11:04 Never edited Requested 1 times
06:00:55 < rww> !no, isitout-#ubuntu-release-party	<deleted><alias> isitout	rww Added on: 2014-04-17 00:17:07 Last edited by rww Last modified: 2014-04-17 00:17:19 Requested 0 times
06:01:17 < rww> !no, isitout	<deleted><reply> Not yet! It's due out some time on the 17th :)	rww Added on: 2014-04-17 00:17:02 Last edited by rww Last modified: 2014-04-17 00:17:26 Requested 0 times
10.4	<reply> Its 10.04!!	Pici Added on: 2010-05-06 13:21:43 Never edited Requested 6 times
11.04	<reply> Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) was the fourteenth release of Ubuntu. Desktop support ended on October 28, 2012. See !upgrade, !lts and !eol for more details.	Pici Added on: 2010-08-17 18:38:39 Last edited by IdleOne Last modified: 2012-10-28 23:58:30 Requested 104 times
11.10	<reply> Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) was the fifteenth release of Ubuntu. Desktop support ended on May 9, 2013. See !upgrade, !lts and !eol for more details.	Pici Added on: 2011-03-07 17:32:51 Last edited by jrib Last modified: 2013-06-17 19:26:23 Requested 119 times
14.10	<reply> Ubuntu 14.10 (Utopic Unicorn) was the 21st release of Ubuntu. Support ended on July 23rd, 2015. See !eol and https://ubottu.com/y/utopic	Pici Added on: 2014-04-23 17:33:34 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2018-01-21 23:50:38 Requested 26 times
16.04.2	rescheduled to February 16th due to several last minute issues with building and testing the ISOs. You can install the 16.04(.1) ISOs and run the updates if you are in a hurry.	dax Added on: 2017-02-14 01:26:40 Never edited Requested 6 times
19.04 disco dingo	<reply> Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo) is the 30th release of Ubuntu, supported until January 2020. Release Notes: http://ubottu.com/y/dingo	hggdh Added on: 2019-02-03 16:08:22 Last edited by Pici Last modified: 2019-04-18 13:24:24 Requested 31 times
1sustainableresource	<deleted><reply> the only everlasting, sustainable resources are human stupidity, ignorance and avarice.	nickrud Added on: 2008-07-12 01:27:35 Last edited by Pici Last modified: 2009-02-18 17:46:11 Requested 6 times
3dchess	<reply> If you are trying to enable 3d effects in the GNOME chess game, please see https://launchpad.ne…bugs/71593	jrib Added on: 2007-06-20 17:46:57 Last edited by jrib Last modified: 2007-06-20 17:47:10 Requested 29 times
3rdparty	<reply> Packages contained in 3rd party repositories are not included in Ubuntu for a reason. Whether this be poor packaging standards, bugs or malicious authors. You should trust the maintainers of these repositories before using them. See http://ubuntuforums.…p?t=297814 for consequences.	ompaul Added on: 2008-02-24 22:00:39 Last edited by PriceChild Last modified: 2008-02-24 22:13:37 Requested 14 times
42	the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.	Madpilot Added on: 2009-05-08 16:36:36 Last edited by Jordan_U Last modified: 2013-12-11 06:12:35 Requested 179 times
42-#ubuntu-offtopic	<deleted>the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.	Jordan_U Added on: 2013-12-11 06:10:11 Last edited by Jordan_U Last modified: 2013-12-11 06:11:16 Requested 0 times
5-a-day 5aday	a community event where each person will take 5 bugs a day and work on them. Everyone is invited to help no matter your abilities! More information available at https://wiki.ubuntu.…om/5-A-Day	nixternal Added on: 2008-02-18 21:31:26 Never edited Requested 13 times
64bit whicharch	<reply> AMD64 and Intel 64 are fully supported architectures on Ubuntu. Consider using 64-bit if your memory ussage exceeds 4GB. See https://help.ubuntu.…_and_64bit	apokryphos Added on: 2006-06-18 00:18:56 Last edited by LjL Last modified: 2011-08-03 22:44:30 Requested 48 times
8ball-#ubuntu-offtopic	<reply> Outlook not so good. mutt better.	rww Added on: 2011-01-05 08:29:01 Never edited Requested 13 times
a netsplit	when two IRC servers of the same network (like freenode) disconnect from each other, so users	Pici Added on: 2015-06-17 16:46:12 Never edited Requested 1 times
abs	<reply> Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide, obtainable with ${package-manager} install abs-guide, is a quick and comprehensive guide to bash (command line) scripting in *nix systems. It is also viewable via web at http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/	Myrtti Added on: 2008-05-14 10:49:55 Last edited by Myrtti Last modified: 2008-05-14 10:53:33 Requested 221 times
accessibility a11y	<reply> Information about the Ubuntu Accessibility Team can be found on the wiki at https://wiki.ubuntu.…essibility or by joining #ubuntu-accessibility	Pici Added on: 2010-10-31 23:54:11 Last edited by Pici Last modified: 2010-10-31 23:55:59 Requested 9 times
ack	<reply> fin	LjL Added on: 2008-01-31 22:50:39 Never edited Requested 20 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.…uggingACPI	hggdh Added on: 2018-12-21 04:01:07 Last edited by hggdh Last modified: 2018-12-21 04:02:08 Requested 25 times
acronym acronyms	<deleted><alias> noob	Pici Added on: 2007-11-08 18:51:52 Last edited by knome Last modified: 2014-03-19 19:40:55 Requested 0 times
activedirectory ad	<reply> You can learn more about ActiveDirectory intergration at https://help.ubuntu.…nbindHowto	imbrandon Added on: 2006-06-23 22:07:05 Never edited Requested 82 times
addfact	<reply> To add a factoid to the bot, use the following form (the factoid will then be forwarded to the ops to approve): !foo is <reply> bar	jussi Added on: 2010-08-30 08:43:55 Never edited Requested 15 times
addingfs	<reply>If you are adding space to your Ubuntu installation mounting a newly created unix filesystem (ext3, xfs, jfs, etc) you can not set permissions (read, write, etc) filesystem-wide like you do when mounting filesystems that do not support unix permissions (vfat, ntfs, hfs, etc). See !permissions and !fstab	jrib Added on: 2008-02-12 15:52:30 Last edited by jrib Last modified: 2008-02-12 15:58:35 Requested 50 times
addppa	<reply> A !ppa can be added using a single command � sudo add-apt-repository ppa:user/ppa-name � See https://help.ubuntu.…ing%20PPAs for more details	oCean Added on: 2011-07-10 12:27:52 Last edited by rww Last modified: 2014-09-10 02:13:04 Requested 206 times
adduser users user useradd	<reply> To add new users to your Ubuntu system, follow the instructions at https://help.ubuntu.…UsersHowto - For administrative privileges, users need to be made members of the group "sudo" - See !sudo	LjL Added on: 2006-11-24 17:00:44 Last edited by jrib Last modified: 2013-06-27 20:30:10 Requested 528 times
adept	<deleted><reply> Adept is the package manager for Kubuntu versions 9.04 and earlier. Howto: https://wiki.ubuntu.…AdeptHowto See !muon for the current Kubuntu package manager.	Seveas Added on: 2006-06-18 16:00:12 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2014-05-09 15:00:32 Requested 499 times
adept crash fix	<deleted><alias> aptlock	uniq Added on: 2006-06-23 19:48:04 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2014-05-09 15:02:48 Requested 1016 times
adept fix	<deleted><alias> aptlock	LjL Added on: 2006-12-14 01:09:40 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2014-05-09 15:02:11 Requested 0 times
adept fix crash	<deleted><alias> aptlock	fdoving Added on: 2006-12-17 16:30:07 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2014-05-09 15:05:40 Requested 0 times
adept unlock	<deleted><alias> aptlock	LjL Added on: 2007-01-27 01:07:45 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2014-05-09 15:05:33 Requested 0 times
adept-crash-fix	<deleted><reply> If Adept crashed on you and you're left with a locked database, try typing this in a terminal (such as Konsole): "sudo fuser -vki /var/lib/dpkg/lock ; sudo dpkg --configure -a"	uniq Added on: 2006-06-23 19:49:28 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2014-05-09 15:05:02 Requested 23 times
adeptcrash	<deleted><alias> aptlock	Jucato Added on: 2007-10-21 15:27:46 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2014-05-09 15:01:47 Requested 0 times
adeptcrashfix	<deleted><alias> aptlock	LjL Added on: 2006-12-14 01:09:01 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2014-05-09 15:02:03 Requested 0 times
adeptfix	<deleted><alias> aptlock	LjL Added on: 2006-12-14 01:09:36 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2014-05-09 15:01:29 Requested 0 times
adlens shopping onlinesearch	<reply> To hide online search results in Ubuntu Unity, go to System Settings > Security and Privacy > Search and toggle the option off.	genii-around Added on: 2012-09-24 17:47:39 Last edited by rww Last modified: 2015-01-07 06:32:10 Requested 237 times
admingroup	<reply> Up through Ubuntu 11.10, administrator privileges using sudo was granted to the "admin" Unix group. In Ubuntu 12.04, privileges are granted to the "sudo" group, for consistency with upstream and Debian. For compatibility, the "admin" group will continue to have access in 12.04.	tonyyarusso Added on: 2012-05-04 20:50:58 Last edited by tonyyarusso Last modified: 2012-05-04 20:55:41 Requested 7 times
adsl pppoe dsl	<reply> Setting up an ADSL/PPPoE connection? Look at https://help.ubuntu.…/ADSLPPPoE	Seveas Added on: 2006-06-19 08:52:29 Never edited Requested 688 times
afrix-#ubuntu-offtopic	<reply> He's Batman.	SonikkuAmerica Added on: 2016-12-18 02:40:01 Never edited Requested 16 times
aiglx	<reply> AIGLX is a project that aims to enable GL-accelerated effects on a standard desktop. Supported cards: Nvidia: GeForce3 or newer; ATI: Radeon 7000 through X800; Intel: i810 or newer. Howto: https://help.ubuntu.…iteManager For older Nvidia or newer ATI cards see !xgl	gnomefreak Added on: 2006-08-24 00:17:52 Last edited by IdleOne Last modified: 2012-10-13 23:27:51 Requested 330 times
alanbell no	<deleted><reply>Can't be bothered. Find Pici.	mneptok Added on: 2012-01-11 15:08:12 Last edited by funkyHat Last modified: 2012-01-11 15:15:06 Requested 1 times
alcarte	<deleted><reply> Alacarte Menu Editor is an easy-to-use menu editor for GNOME; older versions were called smeg. You can get it at http://www.realistan…/alacarte/	apokryphos Added on: 2006-06-19 12:33:21 Last edited by Pici Last modified: 2009-05-18 23:46:28 Requested 19 times
alis alist	<reply> Alis is an IRC service to help you find channels. For help on using it, see "/msg Alis help list" or ask in #freenode. Example usage: "/msg Alis list http"	Pici Added on: 2010-10-14 13:31:41 Last edited by krytarik Last modified: 2016-11-25 04:07:56 Requested 2846 times
alot	<reply>Do you like to hug alot? - http://hyperboleanda…thing.html	mneptok Added on: 2010-04-19 18:39:06 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2016-03-31 15:21:42 Requested 201 times
already asked for comments, i don't think having a second bot do it	<deleted>going to be more fruitful.	Flannel Added on: 2011-08-28 10:10:59 Last edited by Flannel Last modified: 2011-08-28 10:11:40 Requested 1 times
already understands !factoids in removal/ban messages and it	<deleted>going to have +o so it can remove bans. We could create a new !trigger telling the bot to set a +b on the last removal	IdleOne Added on: 2012-09-28 20:20:58 Last edited by IdleOne Last modified: 2012-09-28 20:22:20 Requested 0 times