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| 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 184 times |
| dash | <reply>/bin/sh links to the DASH shell in all releases since Ubuntu Edgy (6.10). Since DASH is not 100% compatible with the BASH shell, some scripts might break. You can make scripts execute using BASH by changing the first line of the script to « #! /bin/bash | See also https://wiki.ubuntu.…ashAsBinSh | LjL Added on: 2006-10-15 22:19:13 Last edited by Pricey Last modified: 2013-12-03 13:39:35 Requested 183 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 182 times |
| dmsuperman-#ubuntu-offtopic $hr$ |
<deleted><reply> Stabbity stab. | Amaranth Added on: 2009-03-19 03:02:42 Last edited by Myrtti Last modified: 2009-06-14 09:47:52 Requested 182 times |
| owner $hr$ |
<reply> This bot is owned by Pici, and hosted on a Linode - http://linode.com - Questions about ubottu should be asked in #ubuntu-bots-team or #ubuntu-bots-devel | Seveas Added on: 2007-03-31 16:28:04 Last edited by Pici Last modified: 2015-08-04 21:59:54 Requested 181 times |
| php | <reply> PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language. A command-line only version can be installed in Ubuntu with the "php5-cli" package. See also !lamp for integrated server PHP. The Ubuntu server PHP5 guide is found at https://help.ubuntu.…/php5.html | Seveas Added on: 2006-06-18 02:23:01 Last edited by knome Last modified: 2015-07-27 16:44:01 Requested 180 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 179 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 179 times |
| schedule | <deleted><reply> A schedule of Trusty Tahr (14.04) release milestones can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.…seSchedule | Seveas Added on: 2006-07-05 20:51:52 Last edited by genii Last modified: 2014-02-18 17:46:18 Requested 177 times |
| 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 177 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 176 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 175 times |
| etiquette-#ubuntu-offtopic | <deleted><reply> Unsure how you should behave on this channel? See !CoC, !Guidelines, !Offtopic, !Language, !Attitude, !Repeat, !Enter, !Paste, !NickSpam, !AskTheBot, !Offtopic4Offtopic - and most importantly, use common sense :-) | LjL Added on: 2007-01-22 02:17:50 Last edited by rww Last modified: 2014-01-18 06:15:25 Requested 174 times |
| thunderbird | <deleted><reply> Thunderbird is a free email client, capable of close cooperation with Firefox (both by the Mozilla Foundation). To make Thunderbird links open in Firefox, see http://ubuntuforums.…hp?t=60427 | gnomefreak Added on: 2006-06-21 03:07:12 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2016-03-31 15:22:36 Requested 174 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 174 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 173 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 173 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 168 times |
| yum | <reply>Uh, don't you mean !apt ? | elky Added on: 2009-03-17 11:23:24 Never edited 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 |
| 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 165 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 |
| usn | <reply> Please see https://usn.ubuntu.com/ for information about recent Ubuntu security updates. | ompaul Added on: 2007-06-26 23:19:27 Last edited by Pici Last modified: 2018-05-07 18:31:40 Requested 165 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 |
| 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 160 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| amd ati fglrx amdgpu | <reply> Open drivers for AMD cards: amdgpu (cards >= GCN1.2 aka GCN 3rd gen), radeon (older cards). AMD has a closed driver named amdgpu-pro that supports the same cards as amdgpu, but it is generally unnecessary. FGLRX is not supported in any current Ubuntu version or in this channel. For info on GCN levels, see https://en.wikipedia…sing_units | knome Added on: 2015-08-03 19:17:31 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2019-09-23 00:47:05 Requested 153 times |
| quietirc | <deleted><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 dax Last modified: 2019-10-28 14:57:12 Requested 153 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 |
| artful aardvark 17.10 | <reply> Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful Aardvark) was the 27th release of Ubuntu. Support ended on July 19th, 2018. See !eol and https://lists.ubuntu…04483.html | Pici Added on: 2017-04-20 18:18:35 Last edited by hggdh Last modified: 2018-08-22 13:14:19 Requested 152 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 148 times |
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