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| 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) | Added by bimberi Date: 2006-07-31 07:34:53 Last edited by jussi Date: 2011-04-28 15:21:23 Requested 476 times |
| pong | an old atari game. It's fun! | Added by imbrandon Date: 2006-08-27 09:10:43 Requested 475 times |
| politics | <reply> Please take political discussion to ##politics. Thank you! | Added by somerville32 Date: 2007-01-10 00:33:38 Last edited by tonyyarusso Date: 2007-06-14 21:01:31 Requested 475 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 |
| in india | <reply> #ubuntu-in is the channel for Ubuntu in India | Added by ompaul Date: 2008-06-07 21:56:20 Last edited by ompaul Date: 2008-06-07 21:57:25 Requested 473 times |
| saucy salamander 13.10 | <reply> Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy Salamander) was the 19th release of Ubuntu. Support ended on July 17th, 2014. See !eol, !upgrade and https://ubottu.com/y/saucy | Added by Pici Date: 2013-04-25 16:29:47 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 07:03:01 Requested 471 times |
| wiki | <reply>https://wiki.ubuntu.com - Ubuntu development documentation wiki. If you are looking for system help, please refer to https://help.ubuntu.com/community - the Ubuntu community documentation. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 01:04:09 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:39:24 Requested 468 times |
| md5sum checksum | <reply> To verify your Ubuntu ISO image (or other files for which a checksum is provided), see https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/how-to-verify-ubuntu | Added by Hawkwind Date: 2006-10-21 05:40:18 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2020-08-15 00:12:40 Requested 462 times |
| xen | <reply> XEN is a virtual machine monitor for x86 that supports execution of multiple guest operating systems with unprecedented levels of performance and resource isolation. Information on installing it for Ubuntu can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Xen | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 20:52:39 Last edited by Pici Date: 2007-11-11 01:19:25 Requested 461 times |
| behelpful | <reply> As our !guidelines say, "When helping, be helpful". If you're not familiar with the issue at hand, let someone else handle it instead of making !offtopic comments or jokes. | Added by rww Date: 2011-07-17 23:29:29 Requested 461 times |
| amarok | <alias> players | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-07-05 22:33:08 Last edited by jussi01 Date: 2010-01-27 10:42:35 Requested 460 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 |
| desktop desktops | <reply> A desktop environment is what "puts the pieces of a !GUI together". The available desktop environments in Ubuntu are !GNOME (ubuntu-desktop), !KDE (kubuntu-desktop), !Xfce (xubuntu-desktop), !LXDE (lubuntu-desktop), IceWM, !Fluxbox, WindowMaker (wmaker), FVWM and others - See also !Flavors | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 11:23:31 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-02-11 03:18:14 Requested 459 times |
| openoffice openoffice.org ooo oo | <alias> loffice | Added by gnomefreak Date: 2006-06-30 03:58:38 Last edited by Jordan_U Date: 2011-09-18 17:54:45 Requested 457 times |
| ro romanian romania | <reply> Daca doriti ajutor sau doriti sa discutati despre Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu, intrati pe #ubuntu-ro | Added by zorglu_ Date: 2006-10-08 20:21:21 Requested 456 times |
| leet 1337 | <reply> 1337 i5 nigh-inc0mpr3h3n5ib13 70 u5 n00bs, 4nd n0b0dy c4r35 if UR 4 1337 h4x0r. Giv3 i7 4 r357. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-10-22 20:34:05 Last edited by Pici Date: 2012-08-07 15:38:27 Requested 446 times |
| sabdfl sabdlf markshuttleworth mark mark shuttlworth mark shuttleworth shuttleworth | <reply> Mark "sabdfl" Shuttleworth is our favourite cosmonaut, the founder of Canonical and the primary driver behind Ubuntu. You can find pieces of his thinking at http://www.markshuttleworth.com | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-23 11:44:04 Requested 444 times |
| pae | <reply> Ubuntu provides only PAE-enabled kernels for 32-bit systems now. Some older CPUs may have issues with it. For more info and troubleshooting, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PAE | Added by Myrtti Date: 2010-03-30 20:27:56 Last edited by krytarik Date: 2016-11-21 06:22:02 Requested 439 times |
| girl girls | <reply> Girls exist on the internet. See http://www.escapistmagazine.com/print/17/27 | http://www.xkcd.com/322/ | For more interesting reading: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Encourage-Women-Linux-HOWTO/ | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-08-12 09:12:44 Last edited by Pici Date: 2008-08-08 15:33:44 Requested 435 times |
| cli | <deleted><reply>The linux terminal or command-line interface is very powerful. Open a terminal via Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal (Gnome) or K-menu -> System -> Konsole (KDE). Guide: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal or type in it: man intro | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 16:19:48 Last edited by ikonia Date: 2014-07-19 14:37:06 Requested 433 times |
| scanning xsane scan sane | <reply> Scanning software: Simple-Scan (GNOME), Xsane, the GIMP (GNOME), Kooka (KDE). For instructions see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ScanningHowTo and to see supported hardware: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsScanners - See also !OCR | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 20:33:36 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-01-02 04:13:46 Requested 431 times |
| mintsupport | <alias> mint | Added by Pici Date: 2008-05-22 18:18:08 Last edited by Pici Date: 2010-09-09 14:44:06 Requested 426 times |
| hu hungary hungarian | <reply> Magyar nyelvű segítséget az #ubuntu-hu csatornán talál | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 16:18:44 Last edited by Seveas Date: 2007-02-24 11:26:46 Requested 424 times |
| networkmanager network-manager network manager | an application to make (wireless) networking Just Work. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/NetworkManager | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 08:32:39 Requested 419 times |
| botclone botcloning | <reply> $nick uses Limnoria, which is available in the main !repositories, with additional plugins that are available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-bots - For further assistance or to help out with ubottu development, please join #ubuntu-bots | Added by stdin Date: 2008-07-24 01:34:39 Last edited by krytarik Date: 2023-03-24 02:18:03 Requested 419 times |
| icons desktopicons trashicon | <reply> Want to see volume/trash icons on the desktop? Go to /apps/nautilus/desktop in gconf-editor (GNOME) or go to http://kudos.berlios.de/kf/kisimlar/tipsntrix.html#showtrash (KDE) | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 12:24:32 Last edited by LjL Date: 2008-03-14 15:27:08 Requested 418 times |
| freenode | <deleted><reply> freenode is the IRC network that you're on! - See http://freenode.net/project - - freenode has policies that govern how people should use the network which can be read at http://freenode.net/policies - The Ubuntuchannels on freenode also have their own !Guidelines | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:37:12 Last edited by kryten Date: 2021-05-24 22:54:23 Requested 414 times |
| daily dailybuild daily build | <reply>Daily builds of the CD images of the current development version of Ubuntu are available at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 16:33:22 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-13 23:16:25 Requested 411 times |
| cake-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> The cake is a !pie! | Added by Pici Date: 2007-12-18 15:52:54 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-02-11 21:29:48 Requested 410 times |
| fluxbox | a lightweight and responsive window manager for GNU/Linux. For how to set it up and more information see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Fluxbox | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 17:39:32 Requested 406 times |
| shipit | <reply> Canonical is no longer sending free Ubuntu CDs to individuals through its ShipIt program. For more information please see http://blog.canonical.com/?p=551 !LoCo teams can request CDs through this link https://forms.canonical.com/lococd/ | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:20:58 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2011-04-07 15:32:29 Requested 405 times |
| dev develop development | <reply> Interested in becoming an Ubuntu Developer? Get started here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment | Added by bimberi Date: 2007-05-07 05:24:52 Requested 402 times |
| devices | <reply> You can find the full list of devices, official images, community images, and works in progress at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Devices | Added by IdleOne Date: 2013-04-03 17:36:39 Requested 402 times |
| slow | <reply>The Ubuntu repositories and ISO mirrors are currently under heavy load. Please consider using !torrents to download ISO images, and be patient with APT updates. Also, try changing !mirrors | Added by LjL Date: 2007-04-20 00:05:06 Last edited by mneptok Date: 2009-10-03 18:35:39 Requested 400 times |
| compile | <reply> Compiling software from source? Read the tips at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompilingSoftware (But remember to search for pre-built !packages first). Also read !checkinstall | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 17:35:45 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2011-08-25 03:18:32 Requested 398 times |
| arabic | <reply> For Arabic language support, please : /join #ubuntu-arabic : للحصول على الدعم باللغة العربية | Added by LjL Date: 2007-01-22 19:07:42 Last edited by LjL Date: 2008-09-30 14:28:21 Requested 393 times |
| alsa | <alias> sound | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-18 10:09:41 Requested 390 times |
| sa | <reply> For the Saudi Arabia team : /join #ubuntu-sa : للانظمام الى قناة الفريق السعودي - For Arabic language support, please : /join #ubuntu-arabic : للحصول على الدعم باللغة العربية | Added by ompaul Date: 2006-07-02 16:44:02 Last edited by LjL Date: 2008-09-30 14:28:05 Requested 390 times |
| quantal 12.10 quetzal | <reply> Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) was the 17th release of Ubuntu. Support ended on May 16th, 2014. See !eol, !upgrade and https://ubottu.com/y/quantal | Added by Pici Date: 2012-04-23 14:34:44 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 07:02:47 Requested 385 times |
| gtk | <reply> GTK is the !GIMP toolkit, which forms the base of !GNOME and is used by many applications to provide a !GUI | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 08:29:10 Requested 384 times |
| ar | <reply> La comunidad local de Argentina se puede encontrar en #ubuntu-ar y en su canal de offtopic: #ubuntu-ar-cafe | Added by jpatrick Date: 2008-03-17 12:16:14 Requested 384 times |
| ubuwin win10 wsl | <reply> Windows 10 and newer have a feature called "Windows Subsystem for Linux", which allows it to run Ubuntu (and other Linux distro) userspace programs without porting/recompliation. For installation instructions, see https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/commandline/wsl/install_guide | Added by dax Date: 2016-03-31 07:10:24 Last edited by tomreyn Date: 2021-10-19 19:51:58 Requested 383 times |
| ubuntu-desktop kubuntu-desktop edubuntu-desktop xubuntu-desktop lubuntu-desktop | <reply> k/ed/x/l/ubuntu-desktop is a metapackage. It depends upon other packages and brings them in; you can safely remove it, but it is recommended that you re-install it when upgrading. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-17 20:50:34 Last edited by nhandler Date: 2010-10-18 22:25:28 Requested 381 times |
| e enlightenment e17 | <reply> Enlightenment (or "E") is a window manager for X, providing a useful, and good looking graphical shell in which to work. E17 is the current version. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 14:00:18 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2014-09-12 17:57:47 Requested 377 times |
| noroot supportroot | <reply> We do not support setting a root password. You're free to do it on your own machine, but please don't offer instructions on how to set a root password or ask for help with setting it. See !root and !wfm for more information. | Added by ompaul Date: 2007-06-23 15:35:34 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2011-02-27 16:08:33 Requested 370 times |
| opsnack happiness | <reply>Chocolate! And Strawberries! And ICE CREAM! Ooo! and 60 minutes +m! | Added by Amaranth Date: 2007-03-26 19:44:08 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-06-06 02:13:45 Requested 369 times |
| defrag defragmentation defragment | <reply> The default Ubuntu filesystem (ext4) is engineered to avoid fragmentation issues in most cases. However, there is an online defragmentation tool available if needed. For more information, see `man e4defrag` | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-20 22:49:03 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-30 19:26:16 Requested 368 times |
| purexfce purexubuntu | <reply> If you want to remove all !KDE and !Gnome packages and have a default !Xubuntu system follow the instructions here « http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/purexfce » | Added by stdin Date: 2008-07-30 21:41:26 Last edited by knome Date: 2013-02-08 23:37:30 Requested 366 times |
| lm-sensors sensors fan | <reply> To access CPU temperature sensors and detect fan speeds, install the lm-sensors package. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SensorInstallHowto for installation and usage instructions. | Added by jrib Date: 2007-09-27 03:50:30 Last edited by jussi01 Date: 2009-03-12 10:20:42 Requested 365 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 |
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