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| pamerror pamerr | <reply> If you're receiving 404 errors while updating pam today, the developers have identified a package regression and have pulled the update. For details see https://launchpad.ne…ugs/790538 | Pici Added on: 2011-05-31 13:02:22 Last edited by Pici Last modified: 2011-05-31 13:09:22 Requested 26 times |
| bothelp | <reply> For ubottu usage instructions see https://wiki.ubuntu.…UbuntuBots | For help with ubottu plugins for supybot, please ask in #ubuntu-bots | stdin Added on: 2009-03-15 13:32:10 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2017-10-30 06:45:41 Requested 26 times |
| richtlijnen coc-#ubuntu-nl | <reply> Richtlijnen voor het verblijf in #ubuntu-nl vind je op http://www.ubuntu-nl…hap/regels | Seveas Added on: 2007-11-11 18:11:27 Last edited by IdleOne Last modified: 2013-03-23 02:47:12 Requested 26 times |
| answers | <reply> Answers to various questions can be found at http://answers.launc…net/ubuntu | Spec Added on: 2007-06-22 04:31:28 Last edited by Spec Last modified: 2007-06-22 04:33:06 Requested 26 times |
| synce | <reply> Details of setting up synce-serial at: https://help.ubuntu.…ketPCHowto | ompaul Added on: 2006-08-03 11:32:16 Never edited Requested 26 times |
| esm | <reply> Canonical offers paid extended security support for 12.04 through the Ubuntu Advantage program. For more information, see https://ubuntu.com/esm . ESM is not an Ubuntu community offering; please direct questions about it to Canonical directly. | dax Added on: 2017-05-01 19:34:04 Never edited Requested 25 times |
| conga-rats | <reply> ♫ samba rumba bueno la conga cha cha cha | knome Added on: 2012-01-26 23:34:15 Last edited by Unit193 Last modified: 2015-08-17 22:40:33 Requested 25 times |
| web3.0-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> Welcome to - http://html5zombo.com/ | Pici Added on: 2011-09-07 19:54:45 Never edited Requested 25 times |
| weather-#ubuntu-offtopic attic-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply>It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue. | Flannel Added on: 2011-06-07 03:11:58 Never edited Requested 25 times |
| kpackagekit | <reply> KPackageKit is the !Kubuntu package manager that uses PackageKit | tsimpson Added on: 2009-05-01 14:10:43 Never edited Requested 25 times |
| jussi01 | <deleted><alias> jus | jussi01 Added on: 2009-01-22 19:35:32 Last edited by jussi01 Last modified: 2009-06-14 09:48:59 Requested 25 times |
| fusesmb-#xubuntu | <reply>fusesmb is a tool that allows easy access to shared folders (smb) on a network. Links with more info: https://help.ubuntu.…ty/FuseSmb | Myrtti Added on: 2008-09-17 19:48:34 Never edited Requested 25 times |
| badident | <reply> Unfortunately, your irc client has been configured with an ident containing an objectionable word. We don't allow such objectionable idents into our main channels as it offends a lot of people. Your ident is not your nickname. Once you've changed your ident, please disconnect from freenode and reconnect. You will be automatically let back into the channel you tried to join. | elkbuntu Added on: 2008-09-06 11:16:31 Last edited by mneptok Last modified: 2010-07-11 07:27:02 Requested 25 times |
| lovetoo | <deleted><reply> Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig, then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun. | Myrtti Added on: 2008-08-05 08:53:24 Last edited by Pici Last modified: 2009-12-11 17:47:26 Requested 25 times |
| vcs dvcs | <reply> Version Control Systems offered for Ubuntu: Centralized: !CVS, !Subversion | Distributed: Bazaar-NG(!bzr), Codeville, Darcs, !git, Mercurial, Monotone, SVK, tig. | Pici Added on: 2008-05-12 16:55:16 Last edited by Pici Last modified: 2008-05-14 19:11:42 Requested 25 times |
| pptp | <deleted><reply> pptp is not good according to Bruce Schneier http://schneier.com/pptp.html here the words insecurity are useful | ompaul Added on: 2008-02-03 19:01:13 Last edited by Pici Last modified: 2009-02-12 00:24:30 Requested 25 times |
| homie colloquialism | <reply> Slang and colloquialisms are not proper English. Please use proper English in our channels to make it easy for those who have it as a second language. | elkbuntu Added on: 2008-01-05 05:25:40 Last edited by elkbuntu Last modified: 2008-01-05 05:39:30 Requested 25 times |
| lolcats | <deleted><reply> i iz so bored of lolcats. speek english! | LjL Added on: 2007-12-22 22:31:46 Last edited by knome Last modified: 2014-03-19 19:38:50 Requested 25 times |
| contribute-#xubuntu | <reply> To see how you can help out with Xubuntu, please see http://xubuntu.org/contribute/ - additionally, you can join the devleoper channel #xubuntu-devel and introduce yourself (we'll reply when we're around) | LjL Added on: 2007-11-27 00:49:04 Last edited by rww Last modified: 2014-12-03 01:40:46 Requested 25 times |
| edonkey | <reply> eDonkey clients: aMule (GTK, stand-alone), mldonkey-gui (GTK, based on MLDonkey), KMLDonkey (KDE, based on MLDonkey) - See also !P2P | LjL Added on: 2007-11-03 00:23:18 Last edited by LjL Last modified: 2007-11-03 00:29:31 Requested 25 times |
| girls-#ubuntuforums | <deleted><reply> girls are the #1 reason for distractions | PriceChild Added on: 2007-01-16 16:40:01 Last edited by rww Last modified: 2011-05-25 18:48:57 Requested 25 times |
| sunbird | <reply> Mozilla Sunbird™ is a cross-platform calendar application, built upon Mozilla Toolkit. Our goal is to bring Mozilla-style ease-of-use to your calendar, without tying you to a particular storage solution. | Hawkwind Added on: 2006-10-24 04:29:32 Never edited Requested 25 times |
| udev rules | <reply> Ever wanted to make your USB-stick /dev/usbstick? Go to http://reactivated.n…rules.html to learn more about this feature. | uniq Added on: 2006-07-06 22:32:04 Never edited Requested 25 times |
| grub1 | <reply>grub 1 is the default boot manager for Ubuntu releases before 9.10 (Karmic). Lost GRUB after installing Windows? See https://help.ubuntu.…estoreGrub - GRUB how-tos: https://help.ubuntu.…/GrubHowto - See !grub for Karmic onwards | Tm_T Added on: 2011-04-15 11:24:05 Never edited Requested 24 times |
| notes | <reply> Ubuntu $curStableNum ($curStableLong) release notes can be found here: https://ubottu.com/y…$curStable | Pici Added on: 2008-10-30 18:29:35 Last edited by Pici Last modified: 2016-10-13 15:27:39 Requested 24 times |
| langpack lang-pack | <deleted><reply>A recent update broke some KDE language packs, leaving the user unable to login. (http://launchpad.net…gs/195647) This has now been fixed and an updated package is in the -updates repo. If you removed the packages with the interim fix you can reinstall them with: << sudo apt-get install language-pack-kde-en language-pack-kde-en-base >> | jussi01 Added on: 2008-02-26 19:26:10 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2011-01-30 08:26:50 Requested 24 times |
| joomla | <reply> joomla information can be had here: https://help.ubuntu.…ity/Joomla | ompaul Added on: 2008-01-20 12:55:33 Never edited Requested 24 times |
| sbuild | a system to easily build packages in a clean schroot environment. To get started with SBuild, see https://help.ubuntu.…ldLVMHowto | LaserJock Added on: 2007-11-21 06:52:27 Last edited by Hobbsee Last modified: 2007-11-21 06:53:02 Requested 24 times |
| sysinfo-#ubuntuforums | <reply> Please do not use sysinfo scripts in this channel. Doing so will result in a warning then ban. | PriceChild Added on: 2007-02-27 19:25:18 Never edited Requested 24 times |
| kbuildsycoca kmenu_update kbuildsyscoca kmenuupdate kmenu update | <reply> If your K menu is out of date, like after installing an application and not finding it in the K menu, you should type "kbuildsycoca" in a terminal to rebuild the KDE configuration cache | LjL Added on: 2006-12-29 17:19:44 Last edited by Jucato Last modified: 2007-02-19 13:24:03 Requested 24 times |
| svg | Scalable Vector Graphics, a language used for graphical applications in XML, and a W3 recommendation. SVG Editors: Inkscape, Karbon14 | apokryphos Added on: 2006-06-18 20:27:51 Never edited Requested 24 times |
| mol | MacOnLinux. For a complete howto, visit https://help.ubuntu.…LinuxHowto - No longer available in 11.10 or higher, see http://bugs.debian.org/592034 | Seveas Added on: 2006-06-18 17:57:51 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2017-10-30 06:53:29 Requested 24 times |
| build-dep builddep | a handy APT tool that will try to automatically install build (compile) dependencies for you. In the terminal: sudo apt-get build-dep package | apokryphos Added on: 2006-06-18 16:47:16 Never edited Requested 24 times |
| netplan | <reply> Netplan is a network configuration abstraction renderer which uses YAML descriptions of a network to work with either a NetworkManager or Systemd-networkd "renderer". More information at https://netplan.io/ | genii Added on: 2018-05-31 19:13:21 Never edited Requested 23 times |
| pkexec | <reply> pkexec is a PolicyKit tool that allows an authorized user to run (graphical) applications as another user. To run a graphical application (e.g. gedit) which can write to the entire filesystem, use e.g. "pkexec env DISPLAY=$DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY gedit /etc/environment", However, Gnome applications can achieve the same through Gnome VFS using e.g. "gedit | knome Added on: 2015-06-25 22:56:08 Last edited by hggdh Last modified: 2018-08-29 22:52:04 Requested 23 times |
| isitout-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> Yes, and sit out you shall. | Flannel Added on: 2014-04-17 08:21:53 Never edited Requested 23 times |
| ops-#ubuntu-touch | <reply> Help! Channel emergency! (ONLY use this trigger in emergencies) - oubiwann, corp186, popey, k1l, Corey, wgrant, idleone, and ogra. | IdleOne Added on: 2013-04-11 21:27:12 Never edited Requested 23 times |
| ubuntutv | <deleted><reply> Ubuntu TV is a strategy to bring the Ubuntu platform to TVs. Discussion happens in #ubuntu-tv and on the ubuntu-tv launchpad mailing list. Find out more at http://ubuntu.com/tv | pangolin Added on: 2012-01-11 14:32:42 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2017-11-10 22:28:34 Requested 23 times |
| softsources | <reply> Looking for your Software Sources menu item in Ubuntu 10.10/11.04? For a simple way to enable the menu item see http://tinyurl.com/24jxd6t - More information at https://help.ubuntu.…positories | Pici Added on: 2010-10-13 16:02:31 Last edited by IdleOne Last modified: 2011-05-03 16:12:39 Requested 23 times |
| botsnack-#ubuntu-offtopic | <deleted><reply> Yum! Err, I mean, APT! | Pici Added on: 2009-06-19 14:00:19 Last edited by Pici Last modified: 2009-08-06 13:34:00 Requested 23 times |
| seveas-#ubuntu-offtopic | <deleted><reply> who's got pie? Seveas has! HE STOLE YOURS. (see also !pie) | Myrtti Added on: 2009-03-17 10:58:35 Last edited by Myrtti Last modified: 2009-06-18 22:33:37 Requested 23 times |
| qtparted | <deleted><reply> QtParted is a !Qt/!KDE !GUI partitioning program. Use !Adept !KPackageKit or !Synaptic to install or type « sudo apt-get install qtparted » in a console. - QtParted is no longer available in Jaunty (9.04) and up, see !PartitionManager | stdin Added on: 2009-01-08 12:18:15 Last edited by genii-around Last modified: 2011-05-27 15:54:59 Requested 23 times |
| psp | <reply> For information on using the PlayStation Portable with Ubuntu, please read https://help.ubuntu.…munity/PSP | Spec Added on: 2008-01-02 20:55:44 Never edited Requested 23 times |
| picard | a digital audio fingerprinting/tagging program using the MusicBrainz online music database, not unlike freedb. It can be used to identify *and* tag files in your music collection. Usage instructions: http://musicbrainz.o…WithPicard ; Ubuntu installation instructions: http://musicbrainz.o…nuxInstall | gnomefreak Added on: 2006-08-26 02:31:18 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2011-03-03 21:33:31 Requested 23 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 |
| nalioth | <reply> Sorry, nalioth's repository is no longer available. | Hobbsee Added on: 2006-06-18 16:48:37 Last edited by LjL Last modified: 2007-12-23 16:58:55 Requested 23 times |
| fsf | The Free Software Foundation. See http://www.fsf.org/ | apokryphos Added on: 2006-06-18 16:01:34 Never edited Requested 23 times |
| oh | oh my! | AlanBell Added on: 2014-02-14 20:45:05 Never edited Requested 22 times |
| mom | <reply> MoM is the Ubuntu Merge-O-Matic, a website helping the MOTUs keep Ubuntu in sync with Debian. See https://merges.ubuntu.com/ | Pici Added on: 2009-05-19 00:49:05 Never edited Requested 22 times |
| newmirror | <reply> Interested in setting up a new mirror? See http://www.ubuntu.co…ntu/mirror for more info. | Pici Added on: 2009-04-22 16:45:12 Never edited Requested 22 times |
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©2006 Dennis Kaarsemaker
Edited by Terence Simpson