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| bootrepair | <reply> Boot-Repair is a simple tool to repair frequent boot issues you may encounter in Ubuntu. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair for more info. | Added by k1l Date: 2014-11-05 21:27:32 Last edited by Pici Date: 2014-11-05 21:31:43 Requested 82 times |
| numlock numberlock number lock | <reply> To enable Number Lock by default, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NumLock | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 21:13:09 Requested 81 times |
| nice | <reply> 'Nice' is a property of a process that determines how willing it is to give CPU time to other processes. A higher value makes it more likely to give away time. A negative value makes it less likely. Values are from -19 to 19, with 0 being the default. For more information, type 'man nice' at a terminal. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 21:53:33 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2008-10-08 17:34:10 Requested 81 times |
| ps3 | <reply> Aside from i386 and amd64 platforms, Ubuntu is also available for alternate platforms. Playstation 3 ( support in #ubuntu-ps3 ) Apple PowerPC ( support in #ubuntu-ppc ) | Added by genii Date: 2009-05-27 18:55:24 Last edited by genii Date: 2009-05-27 19:07:20 Requested 81 times |
| help halp | <alias> ask | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-21 00:28:59 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-07-09 15:32:16 Requested 80 times |
| autofs automount | <reply>Automount is the modern way to mount directories over a network. It is much easier to manage and more economic in bandwidth than static mounts via fstab. For more info - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Autofs | Added by Pici Date: 2009-09-23 23:29:54 Requested 80 times |
| mountiso | <alias> iso | Added by bimberi Date: 2006-07-20 05:32:59 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-05-28 19:47:01 Requested 79 times |
| kickoff | <deleted>a new KDE menu replacement developed by openSUSE. See http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/2331 | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-11-06 12:00:09 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:42:33 Requested 79 times |
| gutsysources | <reply> In System->Admin->Software Sources, enable (main) (universe) (restricted) and (multiverse) and disable the Cdrom on the Ubuntu Software tab. On the Updates tab, enable (gutsy-security) and (gutsy-updates). | Added by LjL Date: 2008-02-09 21:47:05 Last edited by Seeker` Date: 2008-06-19 01:29:05 Requested 79 times |
| restoregrub recovergrub | <reply> Lost GRUB after installing Windows? See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestoreGrub | Added by ikonia Date: 2011-11-30 12:28:24 Requested 79 times |
| printer | <alias> printing | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 16:28:26 Last edited by Pici Date: 2007-11-04 18:21:47 Requested 78 times |
| gobuntu | <deleted>a freedom-focused flavour of Ubuntu intended for experienced Linux enthusiasts. See http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/gobuntu for more information and download mirrors.. | Added by Spec Date: 2007-10-16 20:06:59 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-01-02 03:05:38 Requested 78 times |
| alternate-#kubuntu | <reply> The Alternate CD is a classical text-mode install CD. It supports a wider range of hardware than the !LiveCD, and can also be used as an upgrade CD. Look for the alternate checkbox on the Kubuntu download page - See also !minimal | Added by Jucato Date: 2008-04-28 14:56:05 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-06-16 15:06:04 Requested 78 times |
| eolupgrade | <alias> eol | Added by IdleOne Date: 2012-08-19 16:11:47 Requested 78 times |
| ubuntustudio-installer | <reply> Ubuntu Studio Installer is an app that can be used to add Ubuntu Studio's benefits to an existing Ubuntu (or official flavor) installation, and/or add the !ubuntustudio-backports PPA. For more info, see https://ubuntustudio.org/ubuntu-studio-installer/ | Added by hggdh Date: 2019-04-05 19:08:20 Last edited by Eickmeyer Date: 2020-10-21 17:10:45 Requested 78 times |
| tux | the Linux Mascot - http://www.isc.tamu.edu/~lewing/linux/ | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 20:30:31 Requested 77 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 |
| f5 | <deleted><reply> Remember that every time you hit refresh, Canonical is wasting money, bandwidth, and CPU time serving your request instead of doing useful things like uploading the image or paying for ShipIt disks. Please do so sparingly. | Added by tonyyarusso Date: 2007-10-18 04:30:57 Last edited by Pici Date: 2014-04-17 15:53:18 Requested 77 times |
| imagebin | <alias> screenshot | Added by jpds Date: 2009-02-14 14:58:14 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-07-08 00:18:15 Requested 77 times |
| wep | <reply> WEP is totally insecure, don't use it, the full Wireless Documentation for Ubuntu can be found at: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 15:45:43 Last edited by ompaul Date: 2007-10-20 18:19:47 Requested 76 times |
| gnewsense | <alias> derivatives | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-09-05 01:04:58 Last edited by kryten Date: 2017-04-07 20:34:03 Requested 76 times |
| ask-#ubuntu-gr | <reply> Παρακαλούμε μην ρωτάτε για να κάνετε μια ερώτηση, απλά ρωτήστε αυτό που θέλετε σε λίγες γραμμές ώστε να είναι ευανάγνωστο. Αν κάποιος γνωρίζει την απάντηση θα σας απαντήσει. :) | Added by LjL Date: 2009-03-10 17:49:22 Requested 76 times |
| inkscape | <reply>Inkscape is a powerful vector graphics drawing application - see http://www.inkscape.org/ for more | Added by Madpilot Date: 2006-06-20 10:01:03 Requested 75 times |
| uvf | <deleted>Upstream Version Freeze. For an exception, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FreezeExceptionProcess | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-02-12 08:58:00 Last edited by nhandler Date: 2010-02-21 16:36:09 Requested 75 times |
| upnp mediatomb | <reply> To stream media to other UPNP aware devices (such as the Xbox, PS3, or iRadio) you need a UPNP server. See !info mediatomb for information regarding the MediaTomb package | Added by Mez Date: 2008-06-21 01:04:52 Last edited by Mez Date: 2008-06-21 01:08:28 Requested 75 times |
| oracle | <deleted><reply> If you -must- install oracle .... here's a good place to start: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/linux/xe-on-kubuntu-087822.html | Added by Spec Date: 2006-07-19 22:24:00 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-05-26 15:26:51 Requested 74 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 |
| xincludes xlibs | <reply> When a program or configure script asks for "X includes", you should probably install the following package: xorg-dev | Added by nalioth Date: 2007-01-07 21:24:46 Last edited by Pici Date: 2008-02-18 18:36:23 Requested 74 times |
| xfs | a high-performance journaling filesystem originally developped by Silicon Graphics for their IRIX OS. It is now fully supported by Linux so you can install Ubuntu on it if you wish. More info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XFS | Added by Seveas Date: 2007-04-27 00:35:39 Requested 74 times |
| ops-#ubuntu-women | Nightrose JanC pleia2 elky Myrtti hypa7ia maco Gareth akgraner Mamarok Pendulum akk elly idleone Tm_T alanbell nigelb svaksha Cheri703 Pici valorie | Added by Myrtti Date: 2009-04-21 19:10:26 Last edited by dax Date: 2020-06-14 23:47:46 Requested 74 times |
| teg | <deleted><reply> Come play teg with us! (Like the board game Risk.) Game will start when we get some players rounded up - get yourself set up and join quickly if you'd like to participate. Install the "teg" package, run 'tegclient', and connect to server home.tonyyarusso.com, , port 2000. Ping tonyyarusso for more info. | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2006-12-16 16:09:28 Last edited by dax Date: 2019-11-27 20:44:25 Requested 73 times |
| snuxoll-#ubuntu-offtopic | <deleted><reply> snuxoll will slay you using seveas! http://snuxolldragonslayer.com | Added by LjL Date: 2009-03-19 02:59:35 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2009-06-14 09:43:57 Requested 73 times |
| chat | <alias> #ubuntu | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 17:39:48 Last edited by Pici Date: 2012-08-10 13:30:11 Requested 72 times |
| fi-#ubuntu | <reply> Tämä kanava on tarkoitettu vain englanninkieliselle keskustelulle. Jos haluat suomenkielistä apua (K)ubuntun ongelmiin, liity kanavalle #ubuntu-fi / #kubuntu-fi :-) | Added by Myrtti Date: 2009-03-08 13:19:25 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2009-03-08 14:06:35 Requested 72 times |
| tasksel | <reply>Tasksel is a Debian/Ubuntu tool that installs multiple related packages as a co-ordinated "task" onto your system, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Tasksel for more information. Use tasksel only to INSTALL tasks, not to remove them. It will remove every package listed within the removed task! see https://launchpad.net/bugs/574287 | Added by Tm_T Date: 2011-02-10 13:14:44 Last edited by Tm_T Date: 2011-02-10 14:08:44 Requested 72 times |
| bugs-kubuntu bugs-#kubuntu bugs-#kubuntu-devel bugs-#kubuntu-offtopic | <reply> If you find a bug in Kubuntu, please follow the instructions at https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Kubuntu/Bugs/Reporting to report the issue to the developers. | Added by tsimpson Date: 2012-11-07 13:56:03 Requested 72 times |
| sparc | <reply> Information on Ubuntu on SPARC platforms can be found here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/Sparc | Added by ompaul Date: 2006-06-26 20:38:15 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-06-01 00:15:01 Requested 71 times |
| studiorepo | <reply>All Ubuntu Studio packages are included in the official Ubuntu repos. However, Ubuntu Studio 7.04 had its own custom addon repository. This is no longer supported or available. | Added by gnomefreak Date: 2007-10-16 13:16:46 Last edited by jussi01 Date: 2008-05-18 21:01:47 Requested 71 times |
| 12.10 | <alias> quantal | Added by AlanBell Date: 2012-04-23 14:31:05 Last edited by Pici Date: 2014-01-28 13:52:58 Requested 71 times |
| gmail | a webmail service. For information on using it with Evolution see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingGmailWithEvolution | Added by bimberi Date: 2006-07-28 02:16:53 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:53:43 Requested 70 times |
| lowmemory lowmem | <reply> For installing on low memory systems, this page has useful information: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/LowMemorySystems. See also https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements. | Added by ompaul Date: 2008-03-26 01:01:39 Requested 70 times |
| uninstall | <reply> To learn how to uninstall applications in Ubuntu - please visit http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-delete-remove-software-using-apt-get-command/ | Added by Mez Date: 2008-12-17 15:25:19 Requested 70 times |
| dock docks | <reply> Ubuntu includes several dock-like navigation bars. Some options are: avant-window-navigator, cairo-dock, docky (formerly part of gnome-do), stalonetray, simdock, kdocker, kooldock. | Added by rww Date: 2011-04-11 20:02:34 Requested 70 times |
| partitioning | <alias> disks | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 17:50:21 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-04-30 04:05:40 Requested 69 times |
| download-#kubuntu | <reply> Kubuntu can be downloaded in various formats from http://kubuntu.org/getkubuntu/ | Added by Hawkwind Date: 2006-10-31 02:22:47 Last edited by Pici Date: 2016-06-23 19:06:15 Requested 69 times |
| ops-#ubuntu-motu | <reply>Help! Hobbsee, Riddell, sladen, fbond, mneptok, gnomefreak, Seveas, dholbach, elky, Unit193, PriceChild, or jpds! | Added by gnomefreak Date: 2007-04-02 12:04:50 Last edited by dax Date: 2020-06-14 23:47:25 Requested 69 times |
| xkcd | possibly the greatest geeky webcomic ever. It even makes jokes about Ubuntu. http://www.xkcd.com/ and especially the one about 'sudo make me a sandwich' - http://xkcd.com/c149.html | Added by Madpilot Date: 2007-06-04 10:22:02 Last edited by Madpilot Date: 2007-06-04 10:25:19 Requested 69 times |
| syn | <reply> FIN... FIN!!!... GO AWAY!!! FIN. | Added by Spec Date: 2007-10-16 22:09:20 Last edited by Seveas Date: 2008-02-20 08:09:36 Requested 69 times |
| sysresccd | <reply> SystemRescueCd is a Linux system on a bootable CD-ROM. It contains a number of admin tools including gparted and partimage. http://sysresccd.org/Main_Page | Added by ompaul Date: 2007-02-27 21:16:25 Last edited by Seveas Date: 2007-03-04 12:21:38 Requested 68 times |
| np | <reply> The Nepali Ubuntu Local Community is in #ubuntu-np - Also see: http://wiki.ubuntu.org.np | Added by LjL Date: 2008-03-19 00:46:57 Last edited by PriceChild Date: 2008-04-17 21:20:15 Requested 68 times |
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