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Factoid	Value	Author
blacklist	<reply> To blacklist a module, edit /etc/modprobe.d/my_blacklist.conf and add « blacklist <modulename> » to the end of that list - To explicitly load modules in a specific order, list them in /etc/initramfs-tools/modules and type « sudo update-initramfs -u »	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-08 22:10:20 Last edited by Pici Date: 2011-03-29 19:19:00 Requested 867 times
aptitude	<reply> Like apt and apt-get, aptitude is a terminal frontend for Ubuntu's package management system. Unlike the others, it is not recommended in Ubuntu because its behavior differs significantly from other Ubuntu package management tools and can cause issues.	Added by bimberi Date: 2006-07-07 08:24:14 Last edited by dax Date: 2019-05-10 17:28:03 Requested 904 times
vnc	<reply> VNC is a protocol for remote desktop. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VNCOverSSH describes how to use it securely. It works best over fast connections, otherwise look at !FreeNX	Added by bimberi Date: 2006-07-07 02:29:55 Requested 1920 times
udev rules	<reply> Ever wanted to make your USB-stick /dev/usbstick? Go to http://reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html to learn more about this feature.	Added by uniq Date: 2006-07-06 22:32:04 Requested 25 times
schedule	<deleted><reply> A schedule of Trusty Tahr (14.04) release milestones can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseSchedule	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-05 20:51:52 Last edited by genii Date: 2014-02-18 17:46:18 Requested 177 times
citrix	<reply> For help configuring the Citrix ICA Client, see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CitrixICAClientHowTo	Added by ompaul Date: 2006-07-05 13:23:41 Requested 32 times
eduhardware eduhw	https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToCookEdubuntu/Chapters/HardwareRequirements	Added by bimberi Date: 2006-07-05 06:41:28 Requested 3 times
kde firefox	<deleted><reply> Go to http://konquefox.free.fr/ for tips and tricks on making Firefox more KDE-friendly.	Added by uniq Date: 2006-07-03 23:37:36 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-08-17 00:00:22 Requested 10 times
fluxbuntu	<deleted><reply>fluxbuntu is a LPAE-standard compliant, Ubuntu-based derivative that maintains the goal of running on a wide range of mobile devices and computers (low-end & high-end). It is lightweight, swift and efficient. \| Support Channel: #fluxbuntu on freenode \| Homepage: http://fluxbuntu.org/	Added by imbrandon Date: 2006-07-03 05:49:16 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-31 15:23:17 Requested 163 times
sa2	<reply> للغة العربية رجاء انظم #ubuntu-sa	Added by ompaul Date: 2006-07-02 17:07:18 Requested 2 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
loco	<reply> Information on Ubuntu Local Community Teams is at http://loco.ubuntu.com/	Added by bimberi Date: 2006-07-02 12:55:41 Last edited by knome Date: 2011-06-30 23:43:50 Requested 89 times
locoteams locoteam	<reply> Information on Ubuntu Local Community Teams is at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeams	Added by bimberi Date: 2006-07-02 12:55:21 Requested 333 times
language ohmy langauge ffs foad gtfo nsfw profanity swear swearing curse cursing cuss	<reply> Please avoid any language that may be considered offensive, including acronyms and obfuscation of such - also see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/Guidelines \|\| The main channels are English only, for other languages, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/ChannelList	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-02 10:45:17 Last edited by krytarik Date: 2016-11-24 04:47:22 Requested 21002 times
google lmgtfy	<reply> While Google is useful for helpers, many newer users don't have the google-fu yet. Please don't tell people to "google it" when they ask a question.	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-02 10:43:18 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2009-07-08 08:31:37 Requested 2075 times
gpg trust	the GNU Privacy Guard. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GnuPrivacyGuardHowto and class #8 on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ClassroomTranscripts	Added by bimberi Date: 2006-07-02 09:32:29 Last edited by tonyyarusso Date: 2007-03-18 06:42:33 Requested 751 times
ubuntero	<reply> To become an Ubuntero on Launchpad you need to sign the Code of Conduct. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GnuPrivacyGuardHowto	Added by bimberi Date: 2006-07-02 09:32:02 Requested 14 times
automatix automatix2 automatrix	<reply> Automatix is no longer developed or supported by its creators and is not recommended, supported, or needed by Ubuntu. See http://mjg59.livejournal.com/77440.html and « /msg $nick WorksForMe »	Added by gnomefreak Date: 2006-07-02 04:29:31 Last edited by m4v Date: 2013-02-28 16:49:40 Requested 3214 times
appdb winedb	<reply> The Wine Application DB is a database of applications and help for !Windows programs that run under !WINE: http://appdb.winehq.org - Join #winehq for application help	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-01 15:20:15 Last edited by Pici Date: 2008-10-15 14:44:19 Requested 2646 times
cloak hostmask nicksetup vhost	<reply> To get an Ubuntu member cloak or any other one, first register your nick as detailed at https://libera.chat/guides/registration - For Ubuntu member cloaks, then ask in #ubuntu-irc and link to your Launchpad profile. For general ones, ask in #libera-cloak - See also !membership	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-07-01 02:14:53 Last edited by kryten Date: 2021-05-24 22:54:35 Requested 253 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
pm privatemessage private message msg private query privmsg	<reply> Please ask your questions in the channel so that other people can help you, benefit from your questions and answers, and ensure that you're not getting bad advice.	Added by Amaranth Date: 2006-06-30 16:10:19 Last edited by AlanBell Date: 2014-03-19 19:28:00 Requested 4955 times
faq	<reply> A list of common questions and answers about Ubuntu: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CommonQuestions - Official documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-30 13:36:44 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:56:24 Requested 308 times
gpgerr badsig ppagpg	<reply> Getting GPG errors after adding custom repositories? Find the GPG keyword for the repository (it's 437D05B5 for the standard ones) and run « sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com <key> »	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-29 17:03:36 Last edited by nhandler Date: 2010-11-30 02:27:36 Requested 529 times
xubuntu	<reply> Xubuntu is Ubuntu with !Xfce as the desktop environment. More info at https://xubuntu.org/ - To install the Xubuntu environment from Ubuntu: « sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop^ » - Join #xubuntu for support - See also: !xubuntu-channels	Added by gnomefreak Date: 2006-06-29 03:00:45 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-23 18:43:44 Requested 1865 times
xfce	<reply> Xfce is a lightweight and configurable desktop environment used by !Xubuntu. Read more at http://xfce.org/	Added by gnomefreak Date: 2006-06-29 02:46:25 Last edited by knome Date: 2015-07-08 00:45:25 Requested 17 times
bluetooth	<reply>For instructions on how to set up bluetooth, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BluetoothSetup	Added by Madpilot Date: 2006-06-28 11:00:53 Requested 1310 times
irssi	a terminal based IRC client. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Irssi for help. See also !screen	Added by imbrandon Date: 2006-06-28 01:58:13 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:41:12 Requested 526 times
exploit dcc	<reply> There are people around who think it is funny to abuse certain bugs that cause unintended behavior. When bitten by these, #ubuntu remove users so they are no longer targets. To fix it have a look here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FixDCCExploit and more about a recent bug at http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1132-1/	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-27 20:36:36 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2011-05-18 19:22:08 Requested 922 times
ops-#kubuntu-devel	<reply> Help! Riddell, Tm_T, valorie, yofel, Mamarok, ahoneybun, claydoh, clivejo, or RikMills!	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-27 15:53:20 Last edited by dax Date: 2020-03-24 02:09:32 Requested 23 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
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
frostwire	a totally open source !bittorrent client, based on Vuze, the Azureus BitTorrent Engine. For installation help, please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FrostWire	Added by Hobbsee Date: 2006-06-26 15:50:29 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-09-07 11:28:42 Requested 917 times
mouse buttons	<reply>Enabling extra mouse buttons: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ManyButtonsMouseHowto - Enabling serial mouse: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SerialMouseHowto	Added by Madpilot Date: 2006-06-26 07:25:46 Requested 892 times
installing install netinstall installguide d-i oeminstall oem diskless netboot installation nocdinstall	<reply> Ubuntu can be installed in lots of ways. Please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation for documentation. Problems during install? See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommonProblemsInstall - See also !automate	Added by LjL Date: 2006-06-26 00:19:47 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2018-02-24 20:32:24 Requested 3374 times
rpm alien	<reply> RPM is the RedHat Package Management system. Ubuntu uses !dpkg, not RPM. RPM packages are not supported (the package "alien" can allow installing them, but it's quite dangerous and unsupported)	Added by LjL Date: 2006-06-25 22:25:11 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-06-01 17:01:00 Requested 1594 times
sudo rootsudo root password rootpassword su	<reply> sudo is a command to run command-line programs with superuser privileges ("root") (also see !cli). Look at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo for more information. For graphical applications see !pkexec (for older releases: !gksu and !kdesudo). If you're unable to execute commands with sudo see: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/fixsudo	Added by LjL Date: 2006-06-25 16:49:59 Last edited by knome Date: 2015-06-25 22:59:22 Requested 7786 times
kopete-remove-tab	<deleted><reply> To hide the tabview when there is only one tab: echo '[ChatWindowSettings]\nAlwaysShowTabs=false' >> ~/.kde/share/config/kopeterc	Added by uniq Date: 2006-06-24 22:05:49 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-05-18 23:52:56 Requested 0 times
pastebin paste flood flooding pb pasting	<reply> For posting multi-line texts into the channel, please use https://dpaste.com \| To post !screenshots use https://imgur.com \| !pastebinit to paste directly from command line \| Make sure you give us the URL for your paste - see also the channel topic.	Added by LjL Date: 2006-06-24 18:47:46 Last edited by kryten Date: 2022-08-30 22:17:03 Requested 32073 times
wine winehq	<reply> WINE is a compatibility layer for running Windows programs on GNU/Linux - More information: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wine - Search the !AppDB for application compatibility ratings - Join #winehq for application help - See !virtualizers for running Windows (or another OS) inside Ubuntu	Added by Madpilot Date: 2006-06-24 13:08:54 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2009-03-29 06:57:20 Requested 5517 times
terminal shell bash commands ln ls sed awk cat lsof kill symlink sh console konsole lxterminal	<reply> The linux terminal or command-line interface is very powerful. In Unity or GNOME, search the dash for "terminal" and press ENTER. Other desktops: Applications -> System Tools -> Terminal (MATE), K-menu -> System -> Konsole (KDE), or Menu -> Accessories -> LXTerminal (LXDE). Guide: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal	Added by Madpilot Date: 2006-06-24 13:07:53 Last edited by SonikkuAmerica Date: 2016-10-09 03:01:48 Requested 6929 times
lamp	<reply> LAMP is an acronym for Linux-Apache-MySQL-PHP. However, the term is often used for setups using alternative but different software, such as Perl or Python instead of PHP, and Postgres instead of MySQL. For help with setting up LAMP on Ubuntu, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheMySQLPHP - See also the Server CD installation process.	Added by Madpilot Date: 2006-06-24 13:06:23 Last edited by AlanBell Date: 2012-11-25 22:16:03 Requested 5112 times
releases timetable release timebasedreleases	<reply> Ubuntu releases a new version every 6 months. Each version is supported for 9 months (non-LTS) or 5 years (LTS). More info at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TimeBasedReleases	Added by Hobbsee Date: 2006-06-24 13:01:25 Last edited by krytarik Date: 2016-11-26 22:46:21 Requested 1757 times
repos repositories main universe multiverse sources sources.list components repo repository	<reply> The packages in Ubuntu are divided into several sections. More information at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories - See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RecommendedSources for the recommended way to set up your repositories.	Added by Madpilot Date: 2006-06-24 12:34:35 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-03-23 02:49:24 Requested 4760 times
activedirectory ad	<reply> You can learn more about ActiveDirectory intergration at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ActiveDirectoryWinbindHowto	Added by imbrandon Date: 2006-06-23 22:07:05 Requested 82 times
devilspie	a tool that can perform actions on windows when running applications. Actions include resizing, positioning, pinning etc. Use the package gdevilspie to configure from GUI, or see usage information at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Devilspie	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-23 19:34:05 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-08-21 20:23:21 Requested 152 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
upgrade upgrading update upgrades	<reply> For upgrading, see the instructions at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes - see also http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/upgrade	Added by Amaranth Date: 2006-06-23 08:11:05 Last edited by Pici Date: 2010-06-01 15:30:21 Requested 7744 times
smart	Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology, a monitoring system for hard drives. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Smartmontools	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-23 03:44:57 Last edited by jrib Date: 2013-03-30 11:46:31 Requested 235 times
burniso	<reply> To burn an ISO image of a CD in Linux, Mac OS or Windows, read the howto at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto	Added by thoreauputic Date: 2006-06-22 14:17:16 Requested 139 times