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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. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:01:14 Last edited by AlanBell Date: 2014-03-19 19:16:56 Requested 8602 times |
| details doesn't work example | <alias> elaborate | Added by LjL Date: 2008-11-06 23:26:49 Last edited by knome Date: 2014-03-19 19:47:38 Requested 4504 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. | Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-08-29 22:41:06 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 07:01:30 Requested 2471 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. | Added by Amaranth Date: 2009-09-20 08:35:19 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 07:01:58 Requested 2351 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. | Added by Seveas Date: 2007-04-12 10:23:51 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-04-22 17:58:07 Requested 2006 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. | Added by Mez Date: 2006-10-21 05:12:07 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-01-16 14:15:22 Requested 1959 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. | Added by Pici Date: 2009-02-20 18:04:43 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 07:01:44 Requested 1875 times |
| doesn't work work doesntwork doesnt work didnotwork didn't work dontwork works | <alias> details | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 16:49:40 Last edited by AlanBell Date: 2014-03-19 19:46:39 Requested 1751 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. | Added by Flannel Date: 2008-09-09 03:26:15 Last edited by Pici Date: 2010-10-21 16:09:52 Requested 1732 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.com/community/VirtualBox | Added by LjL Date: 2007-01-23 16:27:30 Last edited by pangolin Date: 2011-11-29 12:28:51 Requested 1728 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. | Added by Pici Date: 2008-02-21 01:19:06 Last edited by Pici Date: 2010-04-28 15:00:09 Requested 1545 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. | Added by bimberi Date: 2006-07-10 01:01:55 Last edited by Pici Date: 2008-09-22 15:18:55 Requested 1285 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. | Added by Pici Date: 2010-08-17 18:38:25 Last edited by dax Date: 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. | Added by Pici Date: 2010-04-02 11:18:59 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 07:02:05 Requested 949 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. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:17:22 Last edited by Pici Date: 2011-06-01 21:31:13 Requested 558 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. | Added by Pici Date: 2011-03-07 17:33:42 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 07:02:40 Requested 475 times |
| steam | <reply> Valve have officially announced that they are developing Steam and are working with !ubuntu during their development, see http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/linux/steamd-penguins/ for further details, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Valve for install instructions, you can also join #ubuntu-steam for discussion. | Added by gnomefreak Date: 2006-06-21 03:00:16 Last edited by genii-around Date: 2013-02-12 02:25:54 Requested 460 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. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 08:43:29 Last edited by nhandler Date: 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.com/IRC/Guidelines - To try and resolve a ban, please join #ubuntu-ops. | Added by gnomefreak Date: 2006-06-30 22:10:52 Last edited by krytarik Date: 2016-11-27 09:16:37 Requested 259 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. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:16:11 Last edited by Amaranth Date: 2007-07-31 14:18:03 Requested 236 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. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:17:00 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-01-16 14:15:43 Requested 224 times |
| addppa | <reply> A !ppa can be added using a single command « sudo add-apt-repository ppa:user/ppa-name » See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu#Adding%20PPAs for more details | Added by oCean Date: 2011-07-10 12:27:52 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-09-10 02:13:04 Requested 208 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. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:16:35 Last edited by Amaranth Date: 2007-07-31 14:18:37 Requested 160 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. | Added by Pici Date: 2011-03-07 17:32:51 Last edited by jrib Date: 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. | Added by Pici Date: 2010-08-17 18:38:39 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-28 23:58:30 Requested 104 times |
| quake | <reply> Quake runs natively under Ubuntu - See http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/linux/quake4/Quake4FrontPage/ for details | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 00:37:10 Last edited by dax Date: 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.com/community/UbuntuCloudInfrastructure for further details. | Added by elky Date: 2011-01-03 04:00:07 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-01-26 20:22:26 Requested 90 times |
| goodbotuse | <deleted>please do "!factoid > user" see here: for more details: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/goodbotuse | Added by ompaul Date: 2007-02-25 13:14:01 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 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.org/wiki/XFree86_Modeline for more details. Here are 2 links to generate modelines which fit your monitor: http://bohne-lang.de/spec/linux/modeline/ and http://xtiming.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/xtiming.pl | Added by zorglu_ Date: 2006-10-22 20:21:59 Last edited by PriceChild Date: 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.com/community/AddingProgramToSessionStartup | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-11-28 14:04:30 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-31 15:49:36 Requested 54 times |
| pro | <reply> Ubuntu Pro is a service offered by Canonical for expanded CVE patching, ten-years security maintenance and optional support. Anyone can use Ubuntu Pro for free for personal use on up to 5 machines. For details please see https://ubuntu.com/pro and https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-pro-faq | Added by krytarik Date: 2023-04-22 19:54:03 Requested 49 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.com/ReleaseCandidate | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-10-11 18:14:44 Last edited by k1l Date: 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.net/ubuntu/+specs for specifications in Ubuntu. | Added by Spec Date: 2007-01-26 18:21:47 Requested 38 times |
| synce | <reply> Details of setting up synce-serial at: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PocketPCHowto | Added by ompaul Date: 2006-08-03 11:32:16 Requested 26 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.net/bugs/790538 | Added by Pici Date: 2011-05-31 13:02:22 Last edited by Pici Date: 2011-05-31 13:09:22 Requested 26 times |
| lunix-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> LUnix is a Little Unix for your Commodore 64, dust it off and visit http://lunix.c64.org/ for details! | Added by genii Date: 2014-10-10 16:10:37 Last edited by genii Date: 2018-02-09 15:26:10 Requested 14 times |
| ecryptfs | <reply> EcryptFS is a file system encryption. It is deprecated since Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, see bug 1756840 for details. Use full disk encryption (dmcrypt-luks) instead. | Added by hggdh Date: 2019-02-10 16:09:39 Requested 14 times |
| kdesvn | <reply> See http://techbase.kde.org/Getting_Started/Sources/en for details on accessing KDE's code via SVN or Git | Added by Mez Date: 2007-01-16 01:03:30 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-04-02 04:24:15 Requested 10 times |
| dmb | <reply> The Developer Membership Board handles applications for new developer privileges. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DeveloperMembershipBoard and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DeveloperMembershipBoard/ApplicationProcess for more details. For DMB attention, try !dmb-ping. | Added by Pici Date: 2011-10-24 14:42:00 Requested 10 times |
| cupspdf | <reply> Details on setting up "Print to PDF" are at http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2006/03/23/print-to-pdf-using-cups-pdf/ | Added by bimberi Date: 2007-05-22 06:09:42 Requested 9 times |
| conky | <reply> Conky is an application that can show system information (and more) on your desktop. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpConky for more details and a beginners guide. | Added by knome Date: 2016-07-06 12:11:13 Requested 9 times |
| mibbit | <deleted><reply> freenode no longer supports connections from mibbit. See http://blog.freenode.net/?p=254 for more details. freenode help in #freenode | Added by Pici Date: 2009-06-19 13:33:01 Last edited by dax Date: 2018-03-29 20:05:34 Requested 8 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. | Added by imbrandon Date: 2006-06-27 04:00:58 Requested 5 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.com/usn/usn-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. | Added by dax Date: 2017-10-21 20:53:27 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.com/Kernel/SourceCode | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 22:02:30 Last edited by Pici Date: 2011-07-07 13:18:49 Requested 3 times |
| mirspec | <deleted><reply> Details about Mir can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mir/Spec | Added by genii Date: 2015-06-10 20:59:40 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:17:20 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.com/community/WakeOnLan for details on implementation. | Added by genii Date: 2017-06-09 17:31:12 Requested 1 times |
| example | <alias> details | Added by LjL Date: 2008-11-06 23:26:54 Requested 0 times |
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