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anyone	<deleted><reply>A high percentage of the first questions asked in this channel start with "Does anyone/anybody..." Why not ask your next question (the real one) and find out? See also !details, !gq, and !poll.	Seveas Added on: 2006-06-17 23:01:14 Last edited by AlanBell Last modified: 2014-03-19 19:16:56 Requested 8602 times
details doesn't work example	<alias> elaborate	LjL Added on: 2008-11-06 23:26:49 Last edited by knome Last modified: 2014-03-19 19:47:38 Requested 4452 times
hardy heron 8.04	<reply> Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) was the eighth release of Ubuntu. Desktop support ended on May 12 2011, Server support ended on May 9th 2013. See https://ubottu.com/y/hardy for more details.	PriceChild Added on: 2007-08-29 22:41:06 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2017-10-30 07:01:30 Requested 2464 times
lucid 10.04	<reply> Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) was the twelfth release of Ubuntu. Desktop support ended May 9 2013. Server support ended on April 30 2015. See https://ubottu.com/y/lucid for more details.	Amaranth Added on: 2009-09-20 08:35:19 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2017-10-30 07:01:58 Requested 2337 times
gutsy gibbon 7.10	<reply> Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) was the seventh release of Ubuntu. End Of Life: April 18th, 2009. See !eol and !upgrade for more details.	Seveas Added on: 2007-04-12 10:23:51 Last edited by Pici Last modified: 2009-04-22 17:58:07 Requested 2001 times
feisty feisty fawn fawn 7.04	<reply> Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) was the sixth release of Ubuntu. End Of Life: October 19th, 2008. See !eol and !upgrade for more details.	Mez Added on: 2006-10-21 05:12:07 Last edited by Pici Last modified: 2009-01-16 14:15:22 Requested 1954 times
karmic koala 9.10 karmic koala	<reply> Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) was the eleventh release of Ubuntu. !End-Of-Life on April 29th 2011, see https://ubottu.com/y/karmic for details.	Pici Added on: 2009-02-20 18:04:43 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2017-10-30 07:01:44 Requested 1866 times
doesn't work work doesntwork doesnt work didnotwork didn't work dontwork works	<alias> details	Seveas Added on: 2006-06-18 16:49:40 Last edited by AlanBell Last modified: 2014-03-19 19:46:39 Requested 1748 times
jaunty jackalope 9.04	<reply> Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) was the tenth release of Ubuntu. End Of Life: October 23, 2010. See !eol and !upgrade for more details.	Flannel Added on: 2008-09-09 03:26:15 Last edited by Pici Last modified: 2010-10-21 16:09:52 Requested 1727 times
virtualbox vbox	<reply> Virtualbox is a virtualizer for x86 and amd64 architectures. It's available in the package "virtualbox" in the !repositories, and you can download the Virtualbox Extension Pack for additional, non-Free functionality at http://virtualbox.org . Additional details can be found at https://help.ubuntu.…VirtualBox	LjL Added on: 2007-01-23 16:27:30 Last edited by pangolin Last modified: 2011-11-29 12:28:51 Requested 1708 times
intrepid ibex 8.10	<reply> Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) was the ninth release of Ubuntu. End Of Life: April 30th, 2010. See !eol and !upgrade for more details.	Pici Added on: 2008-02-21 01:19:06 Last edited by Pici Last modified: 2010-04-28 15:00:09 Requested 1542 times
edgy edgy eft edgyeft 6.10	<reply>Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) was the fifth release of Ubuntu. End Of Life: April 25th, 2008. See !eol for more details.	bimberi Added on: 2006-07-10 01:01:55 Last edited by Pici Last modified: 2008-09-22 15:18:55 Requested 1282 times
natty narwhal	<reply> Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) was the fourteenth release of Ubuntu. !End-Of-Life on 2012-10-28, see https://ubottu.com/y/natty for details.	Pici Added on: 2010-08-17 18:38:25 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2017-10-30 07:02:19 Requested 1015 times
maverick meerkat 10.10	<reply> Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) was the thirteenth release of Ubuntu. !End-Of-Life on April 10th, 2012, see https://ubottu.com/y/maverick for details.	Pici Added on: 2010-04-02 11:18:59 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2017-10-30 07:02:05 Requested 945 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
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 473 times
steam	<reply> Valve have officially announced that they are developing Steam and are working with !ubuntu during their development, see http://blogs.valveso…-penguins/ for further details, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Valve for install instructions, you can also join #ubuntu-steam for discussion.	gnomefreak Added on: 2006-06-21 03:00:16 Last edited by genii-around Last modified: 2013-02-12 02:25:54 Requested 446 times
xmms xmms2	<reply>xmms is no longer being developed, see http://bugs.debian.org/461309 for more details. Consider using audacious or xmms2 instead.	Seveas Added on: 2006-06-19 08:43:29 Last edited by nhandler Last modified: 2010-10-29 03:15:36 Requested 349 times
ban banned	<reply> If you are banned from an Ubuntu channel, it is probably because you did not follow the IRC guidelines. For details, see https://wiki.ubuntu.…Guidelines - To try and resolve a ban, please join #ubuntu-ops.	gnomefreak Added on: 2006-06-30 22:10:52 Last edited by krytarik Last modified: 2016-11-27 09:16:37 Requested 257 times
warty warthog warty warthog 4.10	<reply> Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog) was the first release of Ubuntu. End Of Life: April 30, 2006. See !eol for more details.	Seveas Added on: 2006-06-17 23:16:11 Last edited by Amaranth Last modified: 2007-07-31 14:18:03 Requested 224 times
breezy breezy badger badger 5.10	<reply> Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger) was the third release of Ubuntu. End Of Life: April 13, 2007. See !eol and !upgrade for more details.	Seveas Added on: 2006-06-17 23:17:00 Last edited by Pici Last modified: 2009-01-16 14:15:43 Requested 222 times
addppa	<reply> A !ppa can be added using a single command � sudo add-apt-repository ppa:user/ppa-name � See https://help.ubuntu.…ing%20PPAs for more details	oCean Added on: 2011-07-10 12:27:52 Last edited by rww Last modified: 2014-09-10 02:13:04 Requested 203 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
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 158 times
11.10	<reply> Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) was the fifteenth release of Ubuntu. Desktop support ended on May 9, 2013. See !upgrade, !lts and !eol for more details.	Pici Added on: 2011-03-07 17:32:51 Last edited by jrib Last modified: 2013-06-17 19:26:23 Requested 119 times
11.04	<reply> Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) was the fourteenth release of Ubuntu. Desktop support ended on October 28, 2012. See !upgrade, !lts and !eol for more details.	Pici Added on: 2010-08-17 18:38:39 Last edited by IdleOne Last modified: 2012-10-28 23:58:30 Requested 102 times
quake	<reply> Quake runs natively under Ubuntu - See http://zerowing.idso…FrontPage/ for details	Seveas Added on: 2006-06-18 00:37:10 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2016-03-31 15:41:39 Requested 91 times
cloud	<reply> Ubuntu Cloud Infrastructure is a ready to deploy Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) based on OpenStack. See https://help.ubuntu.…astructure for further details.	elky Added on: 2011-01-03 04:00:07 Last edited by rww Last modified: 2014-01-26 20:22:26 Requested 86 times
goodbotuse	<deleted>please do "!factoid > user" see here: for more details: https://wiki.ubuntu.…goodbotuse	ompaul Added on: 2007-02-25 13:14:01 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2010-01-17 10:56:49 Requested 77 times
modeline	<reply>A Modeline is a config line in the X server configuration file that gives info about a connected display and how to drive it at a specified display resolution. http://en.wikipedia.…6_Modeline for more details. Here are 2 links to generate modelines which fit your monitor: http://bohne-lang.de…/modeline/ and http://xtiming.sourc…xtiming.pl	zorglu_ Added on: 2006-10-22 20:21:59 Last edited by PriceChild Last modified: 2007-04-04 02:26:21 Requested 74 times
autostart	<reply> If you want to edit your Autostart programs, open the Unity dash and search for Startup Programs. If you're on XFCE, use menu -> Settings -> Settings Manager -> Session and Startup, if you're on KDE, use Kickoff -> Computer -> System Settings -> Autostart. For more details see https://help.ubuntu.…ionStartup	apokryphos Added on: 2006-11-28 14:04:30 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2016-03-31 15:49:36 Requested 51 times
rc	<reply> Ubuntu does not provide a distinct release candidate image. Instead during the week leading up to the release, each image is considered a release candidate. More details at https://wiki.ubuntu.…eCandidate	Hobbsee Added on: 2007-10-11 18:14:44 Last edited by k1l Last modified: 2016-04-15 22:12:56 Requested 47 times
spec	<reply> A spec is the details (specifications) of the components that make up software or a device. See: https://launchpad.ne…ntu/+specs for specifications in Ubuntu.	Spec Added on: 2007-01-26 18:21:47 Never edited Requested 38 times
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
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
lunix-#ubuntu-offtopic	<reply> LUnix is a Little Unix for your Commodore 64, dust it off and visit http://hld.c64.org/p…lunix.html for details!	genii Added on: 2014-10-10 16:10:37 Never edited Requested 11 times
dmb	<reply> The Developer Membership Board handles applications for new developer privileges. See https://wiki.ubuntu.…rshipBoard and https://wiki.ubuntu.…ionProcess for more details. For DMB attention, try !dmb-ping.	Pici Added on: 2011-10-24 14:42:00 Never edited Requested 10 times
kdesvn	<reply> See http://techbase.kde.…Sources/en for details on accessing KDE's code via SVN or Git	Mez Added on: 2007-01-16 01:03:30 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2016-04-02 04:24:15 Requested 10 times
cupspdf	<reply> Details on setting up "Print to PDF" are at http://ubuntu.wordpr…-cups-pdf/	bimberi Added on: 2007-05-22 06:09:42 Never edited Requested 9 times
mibbit	<reply> freenode no longer supports connections from mibbit. See http://blog.freenode…net/?p=254 for more details. freenode help in #freenode	Pici Added on: 2009-06-19 13:33:01 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2009-06-19 13:41:54 Requested 8 times
conky	<reply> Conky is an application that can show system information (and more) on your desktop. See https://help.ubuntu.…ingUpConky for more details and a beginners guide.	knome Added on: 2016-07-06 12:11:13 Never edited Requested 6 times
krack	<reply> KRACK is a group of attacks against the wireless WPA2 protocol and related software. Ubuntu clients are protected against it if they are updated; see https://usn.ubuntu.c…sn-3455-1/ for details. Networking equipment needs updating if using 802.11r, repeater mode, or other AP-as-client configurations, which most are not. See https://www.krackattacks.com/ for technical details.	dax Added on: 2017-10-21 20:53:27 Never edited Requested 5 times
ifrename	<reply> ifrename allows you to rename interfaces at boot based on various criteria such as driver, mac address, etc. 'man ifrename' and 'man iftab' for details on configuration.	imbrandon Added on: 2006-06-27 04:00:58 Never edited Requested 5 times
kernel-source	<reply> You can access all the kernels for previous and current development releases at http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git. There are repositories for each supported release under ubuntu/ubuntu-<release>.git - For more details see: https://wiki.ubuntu.…SourceCode	apokryphos Added on: 2006-06-18 22:02:30 Last edited by Pici Last modified: 2011-07-07 13:18:49 Requested 3 times
mirspec	<deleted><reply> Details about Mir can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.…m/Mir/Spec	genii Added on: 2015-06-10 20:59:40 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2017-10-30 06:17:20 Requested 2 times
lucid lynx	the codename for Ubuntu 10.04. It is an LTS release and EOLs in April 2013 for Desktop and April 2015 for Server. More details available at https://wiki.ubuntu.…seManifest	Pici Added on: 2009-09-21 11:45:55 Last edited by elky Last modified: 2011-08-08 05:57:56 Requested 2 times
wol	<reply> Wake-On-LAN is a feature of a computer's network card allowing it to be remotely turned on. See https://help.ubuntu.…/WakeOnLan for details on implementation.	genii Added on: 2017-06-09 17:31:12 Never edited Requested 1 times
example	<alias> details	LjL Added on: 2008-11-06 23:26:54 Never edited Requested 0 times