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| dist-upgrade distupgrade | <reply> A dist-upgrade will install new dependencies for packages already installed and may remove packages if they are no longer needed. This will not bring you to a new release of Ubuntu, see !upgrade if that is your intention. | Hobbsee Added on: 2007-03-27 15:46:32 Last edited by Pici Last modified: 2012-01-26 13:32:57 Requested 590 times |
| rootirc | <reply> It's not technically our business, but we'd like to tell you that IRC'ing as root is a Very Bad Idea (tm). After all, doing anything as root when root is not needed is bad, and especially bad with software that connects to the Internet. | LjL Added on: 2007-09-21 17:20:07 Last edited by LjL Last modified: 2007-09-25 18:04:50 Requested 586 times |
| ltse hwe | <reply> The Ubuntu LTS enablement stacks provide newer kernel and X support for existing LTS releases, see https://wiki.ubuntu.…ementStack | IdleOne Added on: 2015-02-08 14:00:25 Last edited by Unit193 Last modified: 2015-06-28 18:48:56 Requested 579 times |
| kdesu kdesudo | <reply> In KDE use « kdesudo <program> » to run graphical applications with root privileges when you have to. Never just use "sudo"! | See http://psychocats.ne…phicalsudo to find out why. | apokryphos Added on: 2006-06-18 15:44:52 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2012-04-21 15:55:39 Requested 576 times |
| raring 13.04 ringtail | <reply> Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) was the 18th release of Ubuntu. Support ended on January 27, 2014. See !eol, !upgrade and https://ubottu.com/y/raring | Pici Added on: 2012-10-18 00:26:11 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2017-10-30 07:02:54 Requested 573 times |
| runlevels runlevel | <reply> In Ubuntu all runlevels except 0,1 and 6 are by default equal. Also keep in mind that Ubuntu now uses !Upstart instead of System V init so there is normally no /etc/inittab. | Pici Added on: 2008-11-17 16:12:48 Never edited Requested 571 times |
| sru | <reply> Stable Release Update information is at https://wiki.ubuntu.…aseUpdates | Mez Added on: 2006-10-31 21:14:37 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2017-10-30 06:45:13 Requested 571 times |
| intel | <deleted><reply>Ubuntu 9.04 has a known regression for some Intel graphics support. See https://wiki.ubuntu.…erformance and http://ubuntuforums.…?t=1130582 for more information. | Madpilot Added on: 2009-05-21 03:42:07 Last edited by gpc Last modified: 2011-01-29 23:16:52 Requested 569 times |
| dpkg | the Debian package maintenance system, which together with apt forms the basic Ubuntu package management toolkit. | Seveas Added on: 2006-06-18 00:22:05 Never edited Requested 563 times |
| stop | <deleted><reply> NOTICE - Please stop this discussion NOW. See !offtopic for things that are inappropriate to discuss in this channel. Continuing will result in action being taken. | LjL Added on: 2007-01-22 02:22:14 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2016-03-31 07:05:33 Requested 561 times |
| tty ttys | <reply> To get to the TTY terminals 3-6, use the keystroke Ctrl + Alt + F3-F6 respectively. Ctrl-Alt-F2 or Ctrl-Alt-F1 will get you back to your graphical login (Ctrl-Alt-F7 on 16.04). To change TTY resolution, see https://help.ubuntu.…Resolution | apokryphos Added on: 2006-06-18 20:53:31 Last edited by hggdh Last modified: 2019-04-27 18:14:34 Requested 559 times |
| freedom free | <reply> freedom is important. Ubuntu is as free as we can make it, which means mostly free software. See http://www.gnu.org/p…ee-sw.html and http://www.ubuntu.co…/licensing | Seveas Added on: 2006-06-17 23:51:00 Last edited by IdleOne Last modified: 2012-10-13 22:37:39 Requested 559 times |
| dapper drake dapper drake 6.06 | <reply> Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake) was the fourth release of Ubuntu. Desktop support ended on July 14th 2009, Server support ended on June 1st 2011. See !eol and !upgrade for more details. | Seveas Added on: 2006-06-17 23:17:22 Last edited by Pici Last modified: 2011-06-01 21:31:13 Requested 557 times |
| java-#kubuntu | <deleted><reply>To install a Java compiler/interpreter on Ubuntu, look at https://help.ubuntu.…unity/Java - For the Sun Java runtime install sun-java5-jre or sun-java6-jre from the !Multiverse repository. | Jucato Added on: 2007-02-22 06:51:50 Last edited by jussi01 Last modified: 2009-10-19 13:00:42 Requested 546 times |
| cedega | a project based on WINE, aimed at running Windows games on Linux. For more info, see https://help.ubuntu.…ity/Cedega | Seveas Added on: 2006-06-18 18:38:34 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2017-10-30 06:53:22 Requested 546 times |
| sorry | <reply> It's ok, I am only a bot so I cannot stay mad at you. For apologising to humans though, take a read of https://web.archive.…apologies/ | Amaranth Added on: 2007-08-10 23:05:06 Last edited by tonyyarusso Last modified: 2017-05-22 21:48:30 Requested 544 times |
| bye | <reply> Au revoir! | LjL Added on: 2008-01-22 03:51:40 Last edited by LjL Last modified: 2008-01-22 04:09:41 Requested 532 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 532 times |
| gpgerr badsig ppagpg | <reply> Getting GPG errors after adding custom repositories? Find the GPG keyword for the repository (it's 437D05B5 for the standard ones) and run « sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com <key> » | Seveas Added on: 2006-06-29 17:03:36 Last edited by nhandler Last modified: 2010-11-30 02:27:36 Requested 529 times |
| irssi | a terminal based IRC client. See https://help.ubuntu.…nity/Irssi for help. See also !screen | imbrandon Added on: 2006-06-28 01:58:13 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2011-03-03 21:41:12 Requested 525 times |
| encrypted encryption | <deleted><alias> ecryptfs | Flannel Added on: 2008-11-01 02:15:25 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2019-06-02 02:34:12 Requested 523 times |
| laptop notebook | <reply> Laptop support information can be found on https://wiki.ubuntu.…nesLaptops - http://www.linux-laptop.net/ - https://wiki.ubuntu.…estingTeam - http://tuxmobil.org | Seveas Added on: 2006-06-18 01:06:13 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2017-10-30 06:49:35 Requested 523 times |
| pony-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply>PONY! Ponyponyponyponypony! http://windowseat.ca…r_pony.jpg - NO PONIES FOR YOU! | Spec Added on: 2007-10-31 20:04:16 Last edited by elky Last modified: 2010-04-28 11:26:05 Requested 520 times |
| splash splashscreen | <reply> To change the Gnome splash screen, use gnome-splashscreen-manager or change the GConf key /apps/gnome-session/options/splash_image using !gconf-editor. | apokryphos Added on: 2006-06-19 13:16:53 Last edited by Myrtti Last modified: 2009-06-19 09:05:35 Requested 520 times |
| requirements reqs specs | <reply> Hardware requirements to install, boot and comfortably use Ubuntu are listed at https://help.ubuntu.…quirements - For a !flavor with lower requirements, see !Xubuntu or !Lubuntu | LjL Added on: 2008-01-23 15:51:02 Last edited by nhandler Last modified: 2010-09-30 02:29:08 Requested 518 times |
| mythtv | a TV framework for Linux - Instructions for using with Ubuntu at https://help.ubuntu.…ity/MythTV - For discussion and specific support of MythTV, try #mythtv-users | apokryphos Added on: 2006-06-19 13:14:52 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2017-11-10 21:49:07 Requested 517 times |
| screencast record desktop screencasts | <reply> Some programs to capture your screen are Kazam, Vokoscreen & Simple Screen Recorder. Also ffmpeg/libav with x11grab option on the command line. Also see https://wiki.ubuntu.…reenCasts. | jrib Added on: 2007-06-02 14:03:35 Last edited by Pricey Last modified: 2014-01-16 16:29:46 Requested 515 times |
| gnome3 | <reply> GNOME 3 is the desktop environment on which Unity is based. To use GNOME Shell instead of Unity, install the "gnome-shell" package and investigate "gnome-tweak-tool". GNOME 3 is not supported under Natty/11.04, and may break your system if installed from alternate sources. | Pici Added on: 2011-04-28 14:20:10 Last edited by pangolin Last modified: 2011-10-19 15:07:19 Requested 513 times |
| schedule-#ubuntu+1 | <reply> A schedule of $curDevelLong ($curDevelNum) release milestones can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.…seSchedule | Pici Added on: 2008-04-04 19:29:38 Last edited by rww Last modified: 2015-03-15 04:26:29 Requested 513 times |
| im instant messaging instant messenger msn aim icq chat clients messenger | <reply> The Empathy Instant Messenger is installed by default and supports MSN, XMPP (Jabber, GTalk and variants), AIM, Gadu-Gadu, Novell Groupwise, ICQ, YIM, IRC and others. See also !Kopete and !pidgin | Seveas Added on: 2006-06-18 17:40:54 Last edited by topyli Last modified: 2011-09-23 17:07:40 Requested 512 times |
| browsers http browser lynx links2 konqueror | <reply> Some of the Web Browsers in Ubuntu's repositories include: Firefox (XUL, Gecko), Rekonq (KDE, WebKit), Konqueror (KDE, KHTML/WebKit), Chromium (GTK+, WebKit), Epiphany(GTK+, WebKit), Arora (Qt/KDE, WebKit), Midori (GTK+, WebKit), w3m (terminal-based), links2 (terminal-based or graphical, see !manpage), edbrowse (terminal-based). Along with many others. | apokryphos Added on: 2006-06-18 16:42:31 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2012-02-11 23:09:20 Requested 510 times |
| ltsupgrade | <reply> Regular upgrades from the last but one LTS release to the latest LTS release, $curLTSNum "$curLTSLong", are enabled days or weeks after $curLTSNum.1 is released. This delay helps to ensure that any lingering issues are resolved before people upgrade production systems. If you'd prefer to upgrade now, use sudo do-release-upgrade -d | Pici Added on: 2014-04-23 19:44:16 Last edited by Eickmeyer Last modified: 2020-07-21 15:50:07 Requested 509 times |
| tor | <reply> Tor is a program to route connections through several servers for anonymity. It is in Ubuntu's repositories, but the Tor Project recommends using their Tor packages due to past issues with Ubuntu's. For setup info, see option (2) of https://www.torproje…an.html.en | LjL Added on: 2007-11-04 23:20:20 Last edited by ezri Last modified: 2016-03-09 21:22:05 Requested 509 times |
| pie-#ubuntu-offtopic sugar-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply>PIE PIE PIE, mmm PI PI PI http://farm4.static.…6a3615.jpg | Seveas Added on: 2008-02-03 19:43:21 Last edited by rww Last modified: 2015-03-15 01:41:36 Requested 505 times |
| hi-#xubuntu hi-#lubuntu hello-#xubuntu | <reply> Hi!, Welcome to $chan! Feel free to ask questions and help people out. The channel guidelines are at https://wiki.ubuntu.…uidelines. Enjoy your stay! | Seeker` Added on: 2010-09-28 11:58:56 Last edited by IdleOne Last modified: 2013-03-27 17:01:15 Requested 503 times |
| appeal appeals | <reply> If you disagree with a decision by an operator, please first pay #ubuntu-ops a visit. If you are still unhappy, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.…ealProcess for the steps you should take. If you feel the need to discuss the channel rules, please contact the ops on IRC or via the email address on the aforementioned page. | elky Added on: 2009-04-25 19:01:44 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2010-02-17 16:55:11 Requested 502 times |
| gender | <reply>yes, I can confirm I am a female bot :) | jussi01 Added on: 2009-02-03 08:13:42 Never edited Requested 501 times |
| qemu | an emulator you can use to run another operating system - see https://help.ubuntu.…rQemuHowTo | Seveas Added on: 2006-06-18 21:59:42 Never edited Requested 500 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 |
| tv tvcard tv card dvb tuner | <reply> http://www.linuxtv.org/ has extensive information about using TV cards under Linux. Available viewers for analog cards: Zapping, tvtime (GTK/GNOME), Kaffeine, kdetv (KDE), xawtv, motv. For digital cards: Me-TV (GNOME), Klear (KDE), dvb-utils. For both analog and digital cards, !MythTV is a powerful framework. Your card may work the !IVTV drivers. See also !TV-Out | LjL Added on: 2007-05-29 19:19:48 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2017-11-10 22:29:00 Requested 497 times |
| forums forum ubuntuforums | <reply> The Ubuntu forums can be found at https://ubuntuforums.org. Kubuntu Forums are found at https://www.kubuntuforums.net. There is also a channel on freenode IRC #ubuntuforums | Seveas Added on: 2006-06-17 23:06:55 Last edited by Unit193 Last modified: 2017-02-16 22:30:11 Requested 497 times |
| gnash | <reply> Gnash is an open-source Flash replacement. It is still beta software. For current status or for more info http://www.gnu.org/s…are/gnash/ | nalioth Added on: 2006-12-24 19:11:58 Last edited by pangolin Last modified: 2012-02-09 18:09:58 Requested 484 times |
| xrandr | <deleted><reply>XRandR 1.2 is the new method of running dual screens in !X. Information/HowTo here: http://wiki.debian.o…wToRandR12 | Hobbsee Added on: 2008-04-16 06:34:51 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2019-10-17 20:23:57 Requested 482 times |
| cz czech cs | <reply> České uživatele žádáme, aby mluvili v kanále #ubuntu anglicky. Česky je možno se domluvit v #ubuntu-cz. Děkujeme. | Seveas Added on: 2006-06-18 16:18:29 Never edited Requested 482 times |
| motu | short for Masters of the Universe. The brave souls who maintain the packages in the Universe section of Ubuntu. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU | Seveas Added on: 2006-06-18 00:48:20 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2017-10-30 06:39:22 Requested 482 times |
| hate | a thing we don't encourage - why waste your energy‽ | ompaul Added on: 2007-02-04 18:29:41 Last edited by rww Last modified: 2014-09-10 18:37:34 Requested 481 times |
| pdf acrobat | <reply>The Portable Document Format is created by Adobe; PDF files are viewable in Ubuntu with Xpdf, Okular, Evince and also Adobe Reader (free download, but closed source) | bimberi Added on: 2006-07-31 07:34:53 Last edited by jussi Last modified: 2011-04-28 15:21:23 Requested 476 times |
| oneiric oneric ocelot | <reply> Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) was the fifteenth release of Ubuntu. !End-Of-Life on May 9th 2013, see https://ubottu.com/y/oneiric for more details. | Pici Added on: 2011-03-07 17:33:42 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2017-10-30 07:02:40 Requested 474 times |
| sysrq reisub | <reply> In an emergency, you may be able to shutdown cleanly and reboot by holding down Alt+PrintScreen and typing slowly, in succession, S, U and B. For an explanation, see http://en.wikipedia.…_SysRq_key | ompaul Added on: 2008-09-12 20:29:51 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2019-10-03 18:24:32 Requested 474 times |
| politics | <reply> Please take political discussion to ##politics. Thank you! | somerville32 Added on: 2007-01-10 00:33:38 Last edited by tonyyarusso Last modified: 2007-06-14 21:01:31 Requested 474 times |
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