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| systemd | the default init system for Ubuntu 15.04 onwards. For information on transitioning from upstart to systemd, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SystemdForUpstartUsers For a guide to basic service management with systemd, see https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-systemctl-to-manage-systemd-services-and-units | Added by Pici Date: 2014-02-14 14:10:03 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-05-23 04:54:25 Requested 221 times |
| dma | Direct Memory Access/Addressing. It makes hardware transfer data faster, and is supported by most systems since 2002. For more information see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DMA | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 21:09:59 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2010-06-12 00:31:46 Requested 219 times |
| life | something very few people know about in this channel - and anyway, it's probably offtopic, perhaps you want to try #ubuntu-offtopic | Added by LjL Date: 2007-09-22 15:10:06 Requested 216 times |
| cookies | <reply> Cookies are delicious delicacies. | Added by Flannel Date: 2008-07-16 21:18:36 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2008-07-23 12:27:43 Requested 216 times |
| weekend | <reply>It's a weekend. Often on weekends the paid developers and a lot of the community may not be around to answer your question. Please be patient, wait longer than you normally would or try again during the working week. | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-05-27 13:29:23 Last edited by jussi01 Date: 2010-03-27 14:01:59 Requested 215 times |
| is a bot is a bot. | <reply> Yes, I can confirm that I am a bot. For more information, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/Bots | Added by LjL Date: 2007-04-20 00:19:46 Last edited by krytarik Date: 2016-11-26 07:33:03 Requested 214 times |
| bionic beaver 18.04 | <reply> Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver) was the 28th release of Ubuntu. Support ended May 31st, 2023. See !eol, !pro and https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2023-May/000290.html | Added by Pici Date: 2017-10-25 03:45:45 Last edited by tomreyn Date: 2023-06-02 05:33:05 Requested 214 times |
| shockwave | currently only available for Windows. To run it under !Wine, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Shockwave | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2006-06-20 06:42:24 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:40:07 Requested 213 times |
| composite cube | <reply> Compiz-Fusion (and the older Compiz and Beryl) are window managers that employ the "composite" extension of X to draw windows using graphics cards' 3D hardware. They can additionally provide "desktop special effects" (such as the "cube") by means of plug-ins. Join #compiz-fusion for help and support with advanced features. See also « /msg $nick compiz » and « /msg $nick effects » | Added by LjL Date: 2007-11-21 16:47:18 Last edited by m4v Date: 2013-02-28 16:59:28 Requested 212 times |
| zesty 17.04 zapus | <reply> Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) was the 26th release of Ubuntu. Support ended on January 13th, 2018. See !eol and https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2018-January/000228.html | Added by Pici Date: 2016-10-17 19:53:49 Last edited by dax Date: 2018-01-21 23:51:29 Requested 212 times |
| lnw | <reply> Want to know the differences between Windows and Linux? This guide, called "Linux is Not Windows" is a pretty good read -- http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm | Added by elkbuntu Date: 2007-09-01 12:32:19 Last edited by elkbuntu Date: 2007-09-01 12:49:34 Requested 209 times |
| gui | <reply> The graphical user interface (GUI) in Ubuntu is composed of many elements, including the !X server, a window manager, and a desktop environment such as !GNOME or !KDE (which themselves use the !GTK and !Qt toolkits respectively) | Added by LjL Date: 2006-12-14 19:56:09 Requested 208 times |
| rsync | a fast remote file copy and synchronization program - For more see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/rsync | Added by tsimpson Date: 2009-04-01 01:48:03 Requested 208 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 |
| mir | <reply> Mir is a display server developed by Canonical and Ubuntu. From Ubuntu 17.04 ( Zesty Zapus ) onward, emphasis has shifted to embedded devices and applications, notably UBports as stated by Mark Shuttleworth ( https://plus.google.com/+MarkShuttleworthCanonical/posts/7LYubpaHUHH ). Regular Ubuntu 17.10 onwards will use GNOME. | Added by Pici Date: 2008-01-14 19:11:47 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:22:31 Requested 206 times |
| alot | <reply>Do you like to hug alot? - http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html | Added by mneptok Date: 2010-04-19 18:39:06 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-31 15:21:42 Requested 204 times |
| fud | <reply>Please do not fall prey to, or spread FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) - it is not welcome here! Please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty_and_doubt | Added by jussi01 Date: 2008-08-06 17:03:48 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2008-08-31 23:44:02 Requested 203 times |
| ch | <reply> The Swiss !LoCo team can be found in #ubuntu-ch (please speak English there) - Deutschsprachiger Ubuntu Support in #ubuntu-de - Aide Ubuntu en français dans #ubuntu-fr - Supporto Ubuntu in Italiano in #ubuntu-it | Added by Mamarok Date: 2009-05-22 10:16:25 Last edited by LjL Date: 2012-02-01 15:59:21 Requested 199 times |
| yahoo | <reply> Yahoo Messenger will be discontinued after July 17, 2018. You will no longer be able to add it to your accounts under Empathy, Telepathy, or other Instant Messaging applications. For more info, please see https://help.yahoo.com/kb/messenger/SLN28776.html | Added by jrib Date: 2009-06-20 20:43:46 Last edited by genii Date: 2018-06-12 18:17:09 Requested 199 times |
| uds | <alias> uos | Added by bimberi Date: 2007-05-03 03:23:21 Last edited by Pici Date: 2014-06-11 14:20:20 Requested 198 times |
| coffee | <deleted>a caffeinated beverage made by filtering hot water through ground up roasted beans of the coffee plant. Flavouring to taste such as milk or cream, sugar or sweetener are often added afterwards. Not to be confused with !java | Added by Tm_T Date: 2007-11-22 20:49:21 Last edited by Pici Date: 2010-02-03 15:42:16 Requested 198 times |
| md5sums | <reply> See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuHashes for the md5sums of Ubuntu discs. | Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-10-19 23:52:07 Requested 197 times |
| here | <reply>Please give at least an overview of your problem *here* (all in one line) - you will get a much greater audience. If you have to use more than 3 lines, please use http://paste.ubuntu.com | Added by ikonia Date: 2010-02-19 13:17:27 Last edited by elky Date: 2010-02-20 10:24:54 Requested 197 times |
| mythbuntu | <reply> Mythbuntu was a former Ubuntu flavor centered upon setting up a standalone MythTV system (http://www.mythbuntu.org). MythTV can still be installed from the Ubuntu repositories or from the Mythbuntu !PPAs linked on https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu. For MythTV discussion and support, try #mythtv-users | Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-06-28 00:42:41 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-11-10 21:58:51 Requested 196 times |
| backbox | <reply> Backbox Linux is not a supported derivative of Ubuntu and is thus not supported in #ubuntu. Please use #backbox on irc.autistici.org or https://forum.backbox.org/ for help with it. | Added by rww Date: 2015-03-01 03:51:23 Requested 196 times |
| uk gb | <reply> Join us for a discussion using the Queen's English in #ubuntu-uk | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2006-06-18 16:20:41 Requested 193 times |
| dumb stupid | <reply> The only dumb or stupid question is the one not asked. Please do not tell people off for asking something, just because it seems simple or obvious to you -- we discourage this attitude in all our channels. | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-06-23 16:46:34 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2009-11-19 16:24:18 Requested 193 times |
| stats-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply>Some fun statistics for this channel can be found on http://ircstats.tonyyarusso.com/ubuntu-offtopic.html | Added by tonyyarusso Date: 2010-11-20 08:07:19 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-28 03:13:12 Requested 193 times |
| partition | <alias> disks | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 17:50:17 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-04-30 04:05:02 Requested 192 times |
| apparmor | <reply> For information about the AppArmor security framework employed in Ubuntu (since Gutsy Gibbon), see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AppArmor | Added by LjL Date: 2007-11-06 00:07:49 Requested 192 times |
| uptodate | <reply> To ensure you have all the latest known patches and security updates for your ubuntu installation, please update with the following command: `sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade`. See also !upgrades and !security; you may also need to run `apt full-upgrade`. | Added by hggdh Date: 2019-02-11 16:55:27 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2019-02-13 15:43:54 Requested 192 times |
| persistence | <reply> To have some persistent storage when using a Live CD, follow the instructions on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDPersistence | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 15:11:04 Requested 191 times |
| floppy | <reply> To mount floppy disks, see here : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MakeFloppyDriveAvailableToEveryone | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 21:12:12 Requested 189 times |
| kopete im-#kubuntu | <reply> Instant Messenger Client Kopete (http://kopete.kde.org) supports MSN, Jabber, AIM, YIM, Gadu-Gadu, Novell Groupwise, ICQ and, in KDE 3, IRC. See also !Pidgin | Added by Tm_T Date: 2007-11-14 13:16:40 Last edited by stdin Date: 2008-09-18 09:27:41 Requested 189 times |
| git | a distributed revision control/software code management project created by Linus Torvalds. For more information, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_(software) | Added by Pici Date: 2008-05-14 19:11:29 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:44:57 Requested 189 times |
| dhcp | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, a protocol for automatic IP assignment from a router. Ubuntu uses dhclient as a DHCP client but other ones (and DHCP servers too) can be obtained from the !repos. More info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DHCP | Added by tonyyarusso Date: 2007-04-12 20:24:23 Last edited by tonyyarusso Date: 2007-04-12 20:25:10 Requested 188 times |
| realtek | <reply>some help for recent Realtek chipsets can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Device/RealtekRTL8187b | Added by Seeker` Date: 2008-05-30 05:25:52 Requested 188 times |
| opabuse-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply>Leave the ops alone! | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-08-06 19:19:31 Last edited by Amaranth Date: 2008-02-04 03:44:20 Requested 186 times |
| spam | <reply> Please don't spam | Added by Mez Date: 2007-02-11 16:34:50 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-01-18 06:12:29 Requested 186 times |
| scope redundancy | <reply> We don't need factoids for *everything*, or ten factoids for the same thing ;) | Added by LjL Date: 2008-02-14 16:27:14 Last edited by LjL Date: 2009-03-27 01:55:07 Requested 186 times |
| baddevice | <deleted><reply> If you are receiving an error similar to "X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 168", it can be safely ignored. If you want to get rid of the error messages then please visit this page: http://seerofsouls.com/wiki/How-Tos/BadDeviceErrors | Added by Hawkwind Date: 2006-09-09 00:35:41 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-13 23:31:05 Requested 185 times |
| asl | <reply> Most of us don't speak American Sign Language; please try English instead. ✌ | Added by Amaranth Date: 2007-03-30 07:09:15 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-05-16 04:11:45 Requested 185 times |
| gusty | <reply> It is spelt !guTSy :) | Added by elkbuntu Date: 2007-04-12 11:52:01 Last edited by PriceChild Date: 2007-09-03 01:25:03 Requested 185 times |
| desktopsearch strigi indexing indexers beagle kerry tracker kat pinot doodle | <reply> Services to index files for fast searching include: Beagle (front-ends: beagle, catfish, gnome-main-menu, mozilla-beagle for !GNOME; kerry, kio-beagle for !KDE; beaglefs for !CLI) - Tracker (tracker-search-tool, libdeskbar-tracker for GNOME; tracker-utils for CLI) - Strigi (strigi-applet, strigi-client for KDE, strigi-utils for CLI) - Kat (for KDE) - Pinot (and pinot-applet for GNOME) - Doodle (for CLI) | Added by LjL Date: 2007-06-03 17:10:31 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-06-03 17:12:22 Requested 184 times |
| yakkety yak 16.10 yakkity | <reply> Ubuntu Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) was the 25th release of Ubuntu. Support ended on July 20th, 2017. See !eol and https://ubottu.com/y/yakkety | Added by Unit193 Date: 2016-04-22 01:22:12 Last edited by dax Date: 2018-01-21 23:50:00 Requested 184 times |
| dash | <reply>/bin/sh links to the DASH shell in all releases since Ubuntu Edgy (6.10). Since DASH is not 100% compatible with the BASH shell, some scripts might break. You can make scripts execute using BASH by changing the first line of the script to « #! /bin/bash | See also https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DashAsBinSh | Added by LjL Date: 2006-10-15 22:19:13 Last edited by Pricey Date: 2013-12-03 13:39:35 Requested 183 times |
| owner botmaster master | <reply> This bot is owned by Pici, and hosted on a Linode - http://linode.com - Questions about ubottu should be asked in #ubuntu-bots-team or #ubuntu-bots-devel <deleted><reply>Be sure to drink your ovaltine! | Added by Seveas Date: 2007-03-31 16:28:04 Last edited by Pici Date: 2015-08-04 21:59:54 Requested 182 times |
| dmsuperman-#ubuntu-offtopic | <deleted><reply> Stabbity stab. <deleted><reply> Also, stabbity stab! | Added by Amaranth Date: 2009-03-19 03:02:42 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2009-06-14 09:47:52 Requested 182 times |
| 42 | the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything. | Added by Madpilot Date: 2009-05-08 16:36:36 Last edited by Jordan_U Date: 2013-12-11 06:12:35 Requested 182 times |
| xorgconf xorg.conf | <reply> The /etc/X11/xorg.conf file is deprecated, but sometimes may still be needed to pass values to specific drivers. See `man xorg.conf` for file structure and syntax. For Ubuntu-specific documentation and more information, see also https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config | Added by topyli Date: 2011-10-28 18:26:10 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-31 15:29:06 Requested 182 times |
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