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| pkexec | <reply> pkexec is a PolicyKit tool that allows an authorized user to run (graphical) applications as another user. To run a graphical application (e.g. gedit) which can write to the entire filesystem, use e.g. "pkexec env DISPLAY=$DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY gedit /etc/environment" | Added by knome Date: 2015-06-25 22:56:08 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2019-03-31 04:02:52 Requested 31 times |
| pl polish poland | <reply> Na tym kanale używamy tylko języka angielskiego. Możesz uzyskać pomoc w języku polskim na #ubuntu-pl. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:07:18 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2009-09-07 19:41:19 Requested 2388 times |
| planet blogs | <reply> Planet Ubuntu (blogs of Ubuntu developers and members) can be found at http://planet.ubuntu.com | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-10-06 22:07:15 Requested 42 times |
| plasma5 | <reply> Kubuntu Plasma 5 is a tech preview. To test it out, see http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu-plasma5/daily-live/current/ . If you find a bug, you can also check it with kubuntu-ci images for latest builds. | Added by rww Date: 2014-10-24 19:39:39 Requested 15 times |
| players media players video players audio players totem totem-xine vlc banshee rhythmbox amarok media music players player exaile listen | <reply> Audio (Ogg, MP3...) players: Audacious, Banshee, Listen, Quod Libet, Rhythmbox, Exaile, XMMS2 (GTK/Gnome based) and Amarok, JuK (Qt/KDE based). Video players: Totem, Xine, MPlayer, VLC, Kaffeine - See also !codecs | Added by LjL Date: 2006-07-09 02:49:51 Last edited by Pici Date: 2011-04-28 14:54:24 Requested 2369 times |
| please | <deleted><reply> Avoid following your questions with a trail of "Please, help me", "Can nobody help me?", "I really need this!", and so on. This just contributes to making the channel unreadable. If you are not answered, ask again later; but see also !repeat and !attitude | Added by LjL Date: 2007-04-24 03:08:34 Last edited by AlanBell Date: 2014-03-19 19:48:28 Requested 1462 times |
| plf | <deleted><reply> The Penguin Liberation Front is dedicated to distributing software that cannot be included in Linux distributions for various reasons - See http://plf.zarb.org/ (not yet fully functioning) - See also !Medibuntu and !Seveas | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 00:36:50 Last edited by genii-around Date: 2011-05-26 16:58:10 Requested 138 times |
| plg | <deleted><reply> Project Looking Glass is an environment with 3D windowing and visualization capabilities. Web site: https://lg3d-core.dev.java.net/ - Demo: http://wwws.sun.com/software/looking_glass/demo.html - Live CD: https://lg3d-livecd.dev.java.net/ - Binary Builds: https://lg3d-core.dev.java.net/binary-builds.html | Added by LjL Date: 2007-01-20 16:53:07 Last edited by jussi Date: 2011-04-28 15:18:27 Requested 18 times |
| plymouth | <reply> Plymouth is an application that runs very early in the boot process (even before the root filesystem is mounted!) that provides a graphical boot animation while the boot process happens in the background. To change your Plymouth theme use « sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth && sudo update-initramfs -u » | Added by Pici Date: 2010-12-02 14:07:39 Last edited by Jordan_U Date: 2013-04-29 00:05:35 Requested 161 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 |
| pocketpc windows mobile | <reply> For information on transferring files and synchronizing to PocketPC and Windows Mobile devices, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PortableDevices/WindowsMobile | Added by Pici Date: 2009-10-15 18:04:01 Requested 5 times |
| podcast-#ubuntu-uk | <reply> Grab the lastest Ubuntu UK Podcast from http://ubuntupodcast.org | Added by Seeker` Date: 2008-05-27 23:51:40 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-04-02 04:12:05 Requested 18 times |
| point | <deleted><reply> Do you have any? | Added by LjL Date: 2008-02-01 22:51:42 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-05-26 02:34:22 Requested 21 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 |
| politics-#ubuntu-uk | <reply>Please take political discussion to ##politics-uk. Thank you! | Added by jpds Date: 2009-12-28 22:01:07 Last edited by jpds Date: 2009-12-28 22:03:13 Requested 34 times |
| pong | an old atari game. It's fun! | Added by imbrandon Date: 2006-08-27 09:10:43 Requested 475 times |
| pony-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply>PONY! Ponyponyponyponypony! http://windowseat.ca/images/monster_pony.jpg - NO PONIES FOR YOU! | Added by Spec Date: 2007-10-31 20:04:16 Last edited by elky Date: 2010-04-28 11:26:05 Requested 520 times |
| popcon | <reply> The Ubuntu Popularity Contest project is an attempt to map the usage of Ubuntu packages. To participate, install the package "popularity-contest", and see http://popcon.ubuntu.com/ and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LucasNussbaum/PopconDraft | Added by gnomefreak Date: 2006-10-25 14:03:31 Last edited by Jucato Date: 2008-04-24 08:08:52 Requested 37 times |
| popey | <deleted>the UK alternative to elvis. | Added by Daviey Date: 2008-06-09 14:28:09 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-07-08 02:18:07 Requested 18 times |
| popey-#ubuntu-uk | the UK alternative to elvis. | Added by popey Date: 2010-09-10 12:04:31 Requested 18 times |
| portforward ports port | <reply> For instructions on how to set up port-forwarding (for games, torrents, webservers) see http://portforward.com - also see !firewall | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 10:53:19 Requested 252 times |
| ports-#ubuntu-phone | <reply>There has been some success with the d2vzw verizon variant of the Galaxy S3. There has been some progress on the Kindle Fire too. Other devices may be ported to too, Canonical is not working on them and there is no roadmap or timescale. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Porting | Added by AlanBell Date: 2013-02-22 10:18:30 Last edited by AlanBell Date: 2013-02-22 10:54:06 Requested 5 times |
| postfix | the default !MTA and !MDA on Ubuntu. For help, read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Postfix and https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PostfixBasicSetupHowto - See also !MailServer | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 08:33:44 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-12-11 16:29:03 Requested 330 times |
| potd-#kubuntu-offtopic | <reply> PoTD is Picture of The Day | Added by stdin Date: 2008-12-07 01:44:20 Last edited by stdin Date: 2008-12-07 03:55:05 Requested 4 times |
| poweruser | <reply> If you are interested in helping the Ubuntu Power User community or want more information /join #ubuntu-power-users Also see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerUsers | Added by IdleOne Date: 2011-05-19 19:16:29 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2011-05-19 22:52:17 Requested 2 times |
| ppa ppas | <reply> A Personal Package Archive (PPA) can provide alternate software not normally available in the offical Ubuntu repositories - Looking for a PPA? See https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas - WARNING: PPAs are unsupported third-party packages, and you use them at your own risk. See also !addppa and !ppa-purge | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-08-28 13:47:45 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2012-02-27 21:39:45 Requested 3223 times |
| ppc powerpc | <reply> PowerPC. Formerly used by Apple for the Macintosh line of computers. Variants are now used in popular gaming consoles. PPC was a fully supported Ubuntu architecture until 6.10. It is now a community port, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCFAQ | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 11:33:49 Last edited by knome Date: 2015-03-25 12:08:32 Requested 909 times |
| pptp | <deleted><reply> pptp is not good according to Bruce Schneier http://schneier.com/pptp.html here the words insecurity are useful | Added by ompaul Date: 2008-02-03 19:01:13 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-02-12 00:24:30 Requested 25 times |
| ppu | Per-Package Uploader. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopers#PerPackage for more information and application process. | Added by Pici Date: 2011-11-05 21:25:55 Requested 1 times |
| prayer | <reply> Dear $DEITY, Give me strength to understand and work with users who question my logic, the rules, netiquette, and common sense. Give me resilience to teach them the basics of Linux, Ubuntu, Community Guidelines, and IRC. Allow me not to stray to nitpicking, argument, foul language, or leisurely op abuse. Deliver me my daily xkcd, User Friendly, LWN, /. and Planet Ubuntu, and guard over my encrypted drives. Let it be so. | Added by Myrtti Date: 2008-05-16 11:15:49 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2011-07-02 17:08:55 Requested 253 times |
| precise pangolin 12.04 | <reply> Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) was the 16th release of Ubuntu. !End-of-life was April 28th 2017. See https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2017-April/003833.html and !eol for more information | Added by Pici Date: 2011-10-05 19:38:43 Last edited by tomreyn Date: 2021-05-21 21:47:05 Requested 952 times |
| precise-#xubuntu 12.04-#xubuntu | <reply> Xubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) reached End-of-Life April 26, 2015: http://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-12-04-end-of-life/ | Added by knome Date: 2012-04-26 16:21:56 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2015-05-02 03:05:37 Requested 17 times |
| preinstalled | <reply>Looking for a system with Ubuntu preinstalled? see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuPre-installed | Added by jussi Date: 2010-04-20 17:01:59 Last edited by jussi Date: 2010-04-20 17:04:05 Requested 6 times |
| printing printer printers print cups cupsys ipp | <reply> Printing in Ubuntu is done with cups. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Printers - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsPrinters - http://linuxprinting.org - Printer sharing: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkPrintingWithUbuntu | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 16:31:13 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2012-12-26 05:41:14 Requested 2150 times |
| printk | <reply> If your !tty is flooded with error messages, you can limit the kernel logging daemons' log level below the default of 4 (KERN_WARNING), e.g. by running "echo 3 | sudo tee -a /proc/sys/kernel/printk". More info at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelDebuggingTricks#printk_is_your_friend and syslog(2) | Added by Unit193 Date: 2019-09-23 00:41:31 Last edited by dax Date: 2019-10-03 18:21:48 Requested 5 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 |
| proaudio | <reply> For information on professional audio tools in Ubuntu, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/ProAudioIntro | Added by knome Date: 2013-02-26 18:58:19 Last edited by knome Date: 2013-02-26 19:09:00 Requested 142 times |
| profanephobia-#ubuntu-offtopic | <deleted><reply> Profanephobia is afraid of profane things! | Added by Spec Date: 2007-11-06 20:52:52 Last edited by Pici Date: 2010-08-12 12:39:16 Requested 8 times |
| pronouce | point your movie player at /usr/share/examples/example-content/experience-ubuntu.ogg | Added by ompaul Date: 2007-07-07 19:15:34 Requested 3 times |
| pronounce | <reply> To learn how to pronounce Ubuntu, point your movie player at /usr/share/example-content/Experience ubuntu.ogg | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 00:44:41 Last edited by Seveas Date: 2007-10-17 21:59:19 Requested 61 times |
| proxies | <reply> "Proxies" are services acting as intermediate agents in various sorts of Internet connections. Examples are TOR, !apt-proxy, and HTTP proxies (such as "squid"). It is possible to install and use Ubuntu via some proxy connections: see FIXME | Added by LjL Date: 2007-12-11 16:24:10 Last edited by Pici Date: 2008-10-08 19:06:56 Requested 48 times |
| proxy | <deleted><reply> Several Ubuntu channels prohibit access from open proxies and other anonymous connections due to a high level of abuse. The supported ways to hide your IP address on freenode are to use !Tor or get a !cloak | Added by Seveas Date: 2007-02-19 22:15:51 Last edited by Pici Date: 2014-08-07 13:01:46 Requested 1069 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 |
| psp | <reply> For information on using the PlayStation Portable with Ubuntu, please read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PSP | Added by Spec Date: 2008-01-02 20:55:44 Requested 23 times |
| psychology-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> #ubuntu-offtopic is not a counseling/psychological advice channel. If you need to talk to someone about a problem that is affecting you, you would be better served by talking to a qualified person offline. While this is a social chat channel, there are serious limits to our ability and willingness to give social and psychological advice. | Added by dax Date: 2016-08-02 21:50:56 Requested 1 times |
| pt br portuguese brazil | <reply> Por favor, use #ubuntu-br para ajuda em português. Para entrar no canal por favor faça "/join #ubuntu-br" sem as aspas. Para a comunidade local portuguêsa, use #ubuntu-pt. Obrigada. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-21 00:53:44 Last edited by jrib Date: 2013-04-08 21:28:26 Requested 5143 times |
| pt-#lubuntu | <reply> Neste canal lubuntu, é falado em inglês. Se você está procurando ajuda em português, vá para o canal #lubuntu-pt; digite "/ join #lubuntu-pt" (sem aspas) e pressione Enter. | Added by wxl Date: 2020-12-14 20:20:20 Requested 3 times |
| pt-#lubuntu-devel | <reply> Neste canal lubuntu, é falado em inglês. Se você está procurando ajuda em português, vá para o canal #lubuntu-pt; digite "/ join #lubuntu-pt" (sem aspas) e pressione Enter. | Added by wxl Date: 2020-12-14 20:21:37 Requested 0 times |
| pt-#lubuntu-offtopic | <reply> Neste canal lubuntu, é falado em inglês. Se você está procurando ajuda em português, vá para o canal #lubuntu-pt; digite "/ join #lubuntu-pt" (sem aspas) e pressione Enter. | Added by wxl Date: 2020-12-14 20:21:58 Requested 0 times |
| pudding-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> Here's some pudding just for you! WOOHOO | Added by genii Date: 2019-08-29 01:02:39 Requested 2 times |
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