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| ripping rip | <reply> For information about the Sound Juicer ripping application see: https://help.ubuntu.…CDRipping. To rip an Audio CD in KDE, put it in and then put audiocd:// in the Konqueror URL bar | apokryphos Added on: 2006-06-19 13:04:46 Never edited Requested 173 times |
| ekiga sip | an Internet telephony application included with Ubuntu, which supports the SIP and H323 protocols. Information and help at https://help.ubuntu.…nity/Ekiga | LjL Added on: 2009-03-03 19:27:24 Never edited Requested 172 times |
| prevu | <deleted>an automated, personal backporting utility. Check out https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Prevu for more details | PriceChild Added on: 2007-01-17 03:41:59 Last edited by IdleOne Last modified: 2013-03-23 02:46:25 Requested 172 times |
| metapackage meta-package | <reply> A meta-package is a package that simply depends upon other packages and brings them in. It's not a real package, but a very useful package that can drag in other package versions. | Seveas Added on: 2006-06-19 13:22:35 Never edited Requested 172 times |
| nounity | <reply> Ubuntu 11.10 and higher use GNOME 3 with the !unity shell by default. To use GNOME Shell instead, from 12.10 and up install the "ubuntu-gnome-desktop" package. From 11.04 to 12.04, install the "gnome-shell" package and investigate "gnome-tweak-tool". For GNOME Fallback mode, which is similar to GNOME 2, install "gnome-panel". Both packages will place entries in the Sessions dropdown. Using Natty? See !classic | jrib Added on: 2011-10-13 15:04:36 Last edited by rww Last modified: 2014-01-21 03:56:58 Requested 171 times |
| identify | <reply> You can identify to NickServ automatically when connecting to freenode. See https://freenode.net…nswer/sasl for more information. When identifying manually, do NOT send the command from a channel's tab, as a typo will give away your password. If that happens, identify and then type « /msg NickServ set password <new-password> » in the server tab as soon as possible. | LjL Added on: 2008-02-09 03:30:18 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2018-03-29 19:56:37 Requested 171 times |
| reiserfs reiser | a journalling file system, which outperforms many others on I/O operations, but has drawbacks (such as increasing likelihood of data loss, and introducing latency unsuitable for gaming or real-time audio). Using !ext4, the default on Ubuntu, is *highly* recommended. A read-only Windows driver is available at http://p-nand-q.com/…stool.html | Seveas Added on: 2006-06-19 13:33:32 Last edited by Pici Last modified: 2011-10-31 20:06:56 Requested 171 times |
| dmb-ping | <reply> bdmurray, BenC, cyphermox, jbicha, micahg, rbasak, sil2100: DMB ping. | Pici Added on: 2011-10-24 14:42:24 Last edited by Unit193 Last modified: 2017-09-12 08:05:51 Requested 170 times |
| xorgconf xorg.conf | <reply> The /etc/X11/xorg.conf file is deprecated, but sometimes may still be needed to pass values to specific drivers. See `man xorg.conf` for file structure and syntax. For Ubuntu-specific documentation and more information, see also https://wiki.ubuntu.…m/X/Config | topyli Added on: 2011-10-28 18:26:10 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2016-03-31 15:29:06 Requested 169 times |
| smack* | <reply> Ouch, that hurt! | Amaranth Added on: 2007-08-10 23:04:10 Last edited by Amaranth Last modified: 2007-08-10 23:04:46 Requested 169 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 |
| yakkety yak 16.10 yakkity | <reply> Ubuntu Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) was the 25th release of Ubuntu. Support ended on July 20th, 2017. See !eol and https://ubottu.com/y/yakkety | Unit193 Added on: 2016-04-22 01:22:12 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2018-01-21 23:50:00 Requested 168 times |
| rainbow-#ubuntu-offtopic peace-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> 06G13i05v04e 07p08e03a09c10e 11a 02c12h06a13n05c04e07! 08M03a09k10e 11c02o12l06o13r05s 04n07o08t 03w09a10r11! 02♥ | rww Added on: 2011-03-04 06:17:01 Last edited by rww Last modified: 2016-01-03 01:19:06 Requested 167 times |
| errors | <reply> If you have problems or errors, you will need to describe/paste them. Please use the !pastebin for errors that cannot be quoted in a single IRC message | LjL Added on: 2006-12-14 19:48:01 Last edited by LjL Last modified: 2008-11-06 23:30:21 Requested 167 times |
| spam | <reply> Please don't spam | Mez Added on: 2007-02-11 16:34:50 Last edited by rww Last modified: 2014-01-18 06:12:29 Requested 166 times |
| moo-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> There are no easter eggs in this bot. | Pici Added on: 2008-02-01 20:03:32 Never edited Requested 165 times |
| yum | <reply>Uh, don't you mean !apt ? | elky Added on: 2009-03-17 11:23:24 Never edited Requested 164 times |
| squid | a caching proxy for the Web. See: https://help.ubuntu.…SquidGuard See: http://www.squid-cache.org | ompaul Added on: 2008-06-29 01:37:11 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2011-03-03 21:33:49 Requested 164 times |
| drink-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> Remember folks; don't drink and IRC! | LjL Added on: 2007-12-28 03:07:33 Last edited by rww Last modified: 2014-03-20 01:24:08 Requested 164 times |
| pi-#ubuntu-offtopic | either 3 for small values of pi, 4 for large values of pi or 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510 and then some | Pici Added on: 2007-12-28 20:13:08 Last edited by Seveas Last modified: 2008-02-03 19:42:08 Requested 163 times |
| fluxbuntu | <deleted><reply>fluxbuntu is a LPAE-standard compliant, Ubuntu-based derivative that maintains the goal of running on a wide range of mobile devices and computers (low-end & high-end). It is lightweight, swift and efficient. | Support Channel: #fluxbuntu on freenode | Homepage: http://fluxbuntu.org/ | imbrandon Added on: 2006-07-03 05:49:16 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2016-03-31 15:23:17 Requested 163 times |
| support-#ubuntu+1 offtopic-#ubuntu+1 | <reply> #ubuntu+1 handles support for the development version of Ubuntu. Please join #ubuntu for all other Ubuntu support. Chat in #ubuntu-offtopic. | Pici Added on: 2009-05-05 18:55:10 Last edited by Pici Last modified: 2009-05-05 18:55:17 Requested 162 times |
| ies4linux | <deleted><reply> is a script that quickly and effortlessly helps you install 3 versions of IE in Wine. Information can be found at http://www.tatanka.c…/Main_Page including instructions specifically for Ubuntu. ies4linux is aimed at web designers and ie-only sites, so please, don’t use any of the IEs to navigate! Use !browsers ! | elkbuntu Added on: 2007-03-29 15:19:57 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2016-03-31 15:29:49 Requested 162 times |
| deluge | a Bittorrent client, created using Python and GTK+, intended to bring a native, full-featured client to !GTK environments such as GNOME and Xfce. See http://deluge-torrent.org/ for more information or the package 'deluge-torrent' in the package repositories. | LjL Added on: 2006-12-28 20:42:49 Last edited by Unit193 Last modified: 2016-10-10 01:54:32 Requested 162 times |
| plymouth | <reply> Plymouth is an application that runs very early in the boot process (even before the root filesystem is mounted!) that provides a graphical boot animation while the boot process happens in the background. To change your Plymouth theme use « sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth && sudo update-initramfs -u » | Pici Added on: 2010-12-02 14:07:39 Last edited by Jordan_U Last modified: 2013-04-29 00:05:35 Requested 161 times |
| b white_eagle-#ubuntu-offtopic | an IRC channel mode that you don't want on your hostmask. | LjL Added on: 2007-09-18 21:26:05 Last edited by Pici Last modified: 2009-07-15 13:13:01 Requested 161 times |
| hoary hoary hedgehog hedgehog | <reply> Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog) was the second release of Ubuntu. End Of Life: October 31, 2006. See !eol for more details. | Seveas Added on: 2006-06-17 23:16:35 Last edited by Amaranth Last modified: 2007-07-31 14:18:37 Requested 159 times |
| hal open the pod bay doors-#ubuntu-offtopic | in the process of being deprecated. See https://wiki.ubuntu.…Halsectomy and http://en.wikipedia.…tion_layer for more info. | Tm_T Added on: 2008-03-01 19:27:34 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2011-03-03 21:44:22 Requested 158 times |
| truecrypt | <reply> Truecrypt is a free open-source on-the-fly disk encryption software. See https://help.ubuntu.…ddenVolume | Pici Added on: 2008-02-07 20:31:14 Last edited by Flannel Last modified: 2010-04-17 23:57:46 Requested 158 times |
| pbuilder pbuilder howto | a system to easily build packages in a clean chroot environment. To get started with PBuilder, see https://wiki.ubuntu.…ilderHowto | Hobbsee Added on: 2006-06-18 15:48:29 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2017-10-30 06:39:28 Requested 157 times |
| zfs | <reply> For information concerning ZFS and Ubuntu, see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZFS | Spec Added on: 2007-06-06 23:57:50 Never edited Requested 155 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 |
| pici | <deleted>stuck in a factoid factory! Send help! | Pici Added on: 2007-10-17 17:36:26 Last edited by Pici Last modified: 2014-07-22 13:04:22 Requested 153 times |
| netflix | <reply> If you use Netflix, there is an unofficial solution for using it in Ubuntu detailed in http://www.compholio…x-desktop/ - bug reports in https://bugs.launchp…ix-desktop | Tm_T Added on: 2012-11-19 12:48:52 Last edited by Tm_T Last modified: 2012-12-20 10:45:22 Requested 152 times |
| devilspie | a tool that can perform actions on windows when running applications. Actions include resizing, positioning, pinning etc. Use the package gdevilspie to configure from GUI, or see usage information at https://help.ubuntu.…/Devilspie | Seveas Added on: 2006-06-23 19:34:05 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2011-08-21 20:23:21 Requested 152 times |
| nouveau | an open-source nvidia driver included by default since Ubuntu 10.04. Currently, 3D rendering is only partially supported. More information can be found at http://nouveau.freed….org/wiki/ | See !nvidia for the closed-source Nvidia driver. | Hobbsee Added on: 2007-08-09 09:03:42 Last edited by rww Last modified: 2011-05-23 22:49:26 Requested 151 times |
| zip file-roller ark | <reply> Files with extensions .tar, .gz, .tgz, .zip, .bz2, .7z, .ace and other archive file formats can be opened with file-roller (GNOME), Ark (KDE), or Xarchiver (XFCE) - Also see https://help.ubuntu.…ompression | Seveas Added on: 2006-06-18 15:55:25 Last edited by tonyyarusso Last modified: 2007-07-26 06:10:54 Requested 151 times |
| openbox | a lightweight window manager. For instructions and more information see https://help.ubuntu.…ty/Openbox | gnomefreak Added on: 2006-07-20 01:50:38 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2011-03-03 21:33:22 Requested 150 times |
| apt-file | a program that can tell you which package(s) contain(s) a given filename. To install it and generate the database it needs, run "sudo apt-get install apt-file && sudo apt-file update" | Seveas Added on: 2006-06-19 13:52:18 Never edited Requested 148 times |
| cinelerra | <deleted><reply> Cinelerra is a video editor and compositor that cannot be included in Ubuntu for legal reasons. Install instructions can be found on http://cvs.cinelerra…php#ubuntu | Seveas Added on: 2006-06-19 08:27:22 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2016-03-31 15:35:12 Requested 148 times |
| sshd | <reply> SSH is the Secure SHell protocol, sshd is the server (or daemon) of SSH. For setting up the SSH server, please see: https://help.ubuntu.…erver.html . Advanced SSH uses: https://help.ubuntu.…H/Advanced . For SSH client information, see !ssh . Related: !scp (Secure CoPy) | Pici Added on: 2008-09-30 18:26:26 Last edited by knome Last modified: 2015-07-27 16:44:18 Requested 147 times |
| worst-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> This factoid is supposed to be pretty terrible. Please contact rodserling if you find a factoid worse than this, in order to improve, I mean pejorate, this useless conglomerate of words, thank you, well not really. Worst is also the dutch word for sausage. | LjL Added on: 2008-01-31 03:56:37 Last edited by Flannel Last modified: 2011-08-17 08:07:37 Requested 145 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 145 times |
| quietirc quietirssi quietxchat | <reply> To ignore joins/parts/quits in your favorite IRC client, see http://wiki.xkcd.com…t_messages | Pici Added on: 2013-11-19 16:18:33 Last edited by Pici Last modified: 2013-11-19 16:19:07 Requested 144 times |
| chromium | <reply>You can get testing builds for Chromium at https://launchpad.ne…rchive/ppa | Amaranth Added on: 2009-09-22 18:00:34 Never edited Requested 144 times |
| irccouncil ircc irc-council | <reply> The Ubuntu IRC Council is the team governance council for the the Ubuntu IRC channels on the freenode network - For serious inquiries please join #ubuntu-irc-council or email irc-council@lists.ubuntu.com - See also https://wiki.ubuntu.…IrcCouncil | Pici Added on: 2008-01-31 19:36:19 Last edited by nhandler Last modified: 2011-04-24 17:04:17 Requested 144 times |
| ignore | <reply> If you really don't wish to see the messages from a particular person on IRC, you can use /ignore nickname | Seveas Added on: 2006-06-19 08:36:26 Never edited Requested 144 times |
| proaudio | <reply> For information on professional audio tools in Ubuntu, see https://help.ubuntu.…AudioIntro | knome Added on: 2013-02-26 18:58:19 Last edited by knome Last modified: 2013-02-26 19:09:00 Requested 142 times |
| usn | <reply> Please see http://www.ubuntu.com/usn for information about recent Ubuntu security updates. | ompaul Added on: 2007-06-26 23:19:27 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2016-02-16 23:26:36 Requested 142 times |
| punctuation | <deleted><reply> Punctuation is good, but its overuse hurts readability. Please refrain from adding many ?'s or !'s to the end of your sentences. See also !enter | Seveas Added on: 2006-06-18 18:35:00 Last edited by knome Last modified: 2014-03-19 19:54:39 Requested 142 times |
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