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| 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 |
| artful aardvark 17.10 | <reply> Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful Aardvark) will be the 27th release of Ubuntu. It is due to be released in October 2017. Discussion in #ubuntu+1 | Pici Added on: 2017-04-20 18:18:35 Never edited Requested 24 times |
| 14.10 | <reply> Ubuntu 14.10 (Utopic Unicorn) was the 21st release of Ubuntu. Support ended on July 23rd, 2015. See !eol, !eolupgrade and http://ubottu.com/y/utopic | Pici Added on: 2014-04-23 17:33:34 Last edited by genii Last modified: 2016-01-11 21:48:30 Requested 24 times |
| web3.0-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> Welcome to - http://html5zombo.com/ | Pici Added on: 2011-09-07 19:54:45 Never edited Requested 24 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 24 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 |
| 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 http://help.ubuntu.c…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 Pici Last modified: 2011-11-02 12:38:08 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 22 times |
| ot-#ubuntu-ops | <deleted><reply> And the magical fairies came in and stole the crown from underneath the apple tree... | Mez Added on: 2008-06-11 14:45:54 Last edited by rww Last modified: 2014-03-21 04:57:32 Requested 22 times |
| kwallet | a subsystem that provides a convenient and secure way to manage all your passwords. More information is available at http://help.ubuntu.c…ty/kwallet | Hobbsee Added on: 2008-05-28 09:52:29 Last edited by Myrtti Last modified: 2008-05-28 09:55:06 Requested 22 times |
| fish-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> <>< ><> <>< ><> | Spec Added on: 2008-03-21 17:32:05 Last edited by Spec Last modified: 2008-03-21 17:38:22 Requested 22 times |
| mda | <reply> A Mail Delivery Agent (MDA) is the server software for local delivery and rewriting of messages. The default MDA (and !MTA) on Ubuntu is !postfix ("procmail" or "dovecot" can also be used). See also !MailServer and !MUA | LjL Added on: 2007-12-11 16:27:06 Last edited by LjL Last modified: 2007-12-11 16:29:37 Requested 22 times |
| recon-#ubuntu-offtopic | <deleted><reply> recon stands for something related to lousy Internet service providers. | LjL Added on: 2007-11-24 04:02:09 Last edited by bazhang Last modified: 2010-05-18 10:40:06 Requested 22 times |
| ddebs | See http://people.ubuntu…tti/ddebs/ and https://lists.ubuntu…00195.html for documentation | Hobbsee Added on: 2007-01-22 04:07:44 Never edited Requested 22 times |
| ubunto | <reply> It's spelled Ubuntu! with a U! *Ubuntu*! | LjL Added on: 2007-01-18 01:38:51 Never edited Requested 22 times |
| debconf | a configuration management system. All packages that support debconf are configured when they are being installed. If you want to change a configuration option later, you can do so using dpkg-reconfigure | Seveas Added on: 2006-06-18 17:57:00 Never edited Requested 22 times |
| latest kde | <deleted><reply>The latest version of KDE is 3.5.4, and Kubuntu packages are available at: http://kubuntu.org/a…de-354.php | apokryphos Added on: 2006-06-18 16:46:04 Last edited by rww Last modified: 2011-09-09 04:49:41 Requested 22 times |
| linux-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. | dax Added on: 2016-04-11 02:00:47 Never edited Requested 21 times |
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