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| default-#kubuntu dolphin | <reply> To change the default application for a filetype, go to System Settings -> Advanced -> File Associations, or System Setting -> File Associations in KDE 4.5+ | Added by LjL Date: 2008-11-15 20:31:35 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-28 18:29:33 Requested 44 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 |
| deluge | a Bittorrent client, created using Python and GTK+, intended to bring a native, full-featured client to !GTK environments such as GNOME and Xfce. See http://deluge-torrent.org/ for more information or the package 'deluge-torrent' in the package repositories. | Added by LjL Date: 2006-12-28 20:42:49 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2016-10-10 01:54:32 Requested 162 times |
| derivatives gnewsense mint linuxmce ultimate mce crunchbang backtrack kali based on ubuntu lxle popos | <reply> The Ubuntu channels can only provide support for Ubuntu and its official !flavors. Derivatives and other distributions use different software repositories and other software. Please use their dedicated support venues, such as: Linux Mint: #linuxmint-help on irc.spotchat.org, Pop!_OS: https://support.system76.com/ , Kali Linux: #kali-linux on irc.oftc.net, LXLE: https://lxle.net/support-options/ <deleted>cut off... | Added by LjL Date: 2008-01-24 22:57:06 Last edited by tomreyn Date: 2022-06-17 16:11:03 Requested 2991 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 |
| 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 |
| desura | <deleted><reply> Desura is an application which makes it easy to install, patch and play games on all Linux and Windows distributions. http://www.desura.com for more information. | Added by pangolin Date: 2011-11-22 03:58:31 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-04-02 04:33:32 Requested 2 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 |
| devel-#lubuntu | <reply> For discussion about Lubuntu Development, please join the #lubuntu-devel channel on IRC or https://telegram.lubuntu.me/development for Telegram. | Added by wxl Date: 2019-05-03 18:53:44 Requested 1 times |
| devel-#lubuntu-offtopic | <reply> For discussion about Lubuntu Development, please join the #lubuntu-devel channel on IRC or https://telegram.lubuntu.me/development for Telegram. | Added by wxl Date: 2019-05-03 18:53:51 Requested 0 times |
| developer | <reply>Want to become an Ubuntu developer? Look at http://www.ubuntu.com/community/get-involved/developers and the Wiki (https://wiki.ubuntu.com) for involvement in specific projects such as Kubuntu or Xubuntu. | Added by LjL Date: 2006-12-14 20:04:59 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:45:20 Requested 43 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 |
| 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 |
| devilspie-#xubuntu | <deleted><reply> devilspie is 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 knome Date: 2011-08-21 19:55:39 Last edited by knome Date: 2011-08-21 20:21:03 Requested 2 times |
| devilspie-#xubuntu devilspie | <deleted>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 knome Date: 2011-08-21 19:53:06 Last edited by knome Date: 2011-08-21 19:55:27 Requested 1 times |
| devsupport support-#ubuntu-motu support-#ubuntu-devel | <reply> The official ubuntu support channel is #ubuntu. Please be aware that this channel is for development only. | Added by Pici Date: 2009-01-16 19:29:36 Requested 36 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 |
| ding | <reply> dong | Added by elkbuntu Date: 2008-01-18 13:57:59 Requested 111 times |
| directconnect dc | <reply> Direct Connect clients: linuxdcpp, dcgui (GTK), Valknut, dc-qt (Qt), rccp (terminal-based) - See also !P2P | Added by LjL Date: 2007-11-03 00:12:36 Last edited by stdin Date: 2008-12-13 16:03:47 Requested 45 times |
| discuss | <reply> Want to talk about Ubuntu, but don't have a support question? /join #ubuntu-discuss for non-support Ubuntu discussion, or try #ubuntu-offtopic for general chat. Thanks! | Added by IdleOne Date: 2012-06-24 19:44:28 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-04-02 03:59:57 Requested 706 times |
| diskfree df disk-free | <reply> Graphical representations of where your disk-space is being used are: baobab (GNOME), filelight / kinfocenter (Kubuntu). On the terminal: df -h -T | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2006-06-18 16:30:46 Requested 115 times |
| disks formatting format partition partitions partitioning mounting disk harddrive | <reply> For help with partitioning a new install see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowtoPartition | For partitioning programs, see !GParted (recommended) or !PartitionManager. Other partitioning topics include !fstab, !home, and !swap | Added by LjL Date: 2006-07-20 23:35:02 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-04-30 04:07:50 Requested 3276 times |
| dist-upgrade distupgrade | <reply> A dist-upgrade will install new dependencies for packages already installed and may remove packages if they are no longer needed. This will not bring you to a new release of Ubuntu, see !upgrade if that is your intention. | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-03-27 15:46:32 Last edited by Pici Date: 2012-01-26 13:32:57 Requested 595 times |
| distributions suse redhat mandriva gentoo archlinux fedora distros novell slackware mepis distro distribution manjaro | <reply> Other !Linux distributions besides !Ubuntu include: Debian, Mepis (using !APT); RedHat, Fedora, SUSE, Mandriva (using !RPM); Gentoo, Arch Linux, Manjaro, Slackware (using other packaging systems) | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 20:46:43 Last edited by SonikkuAmerica Date: 2016-09-02 16:41:01 Requested 1092 times |
| distrologic | the logic behind using a distribution. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistroLogic | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 21:22:16 Requested 4 times |
| distrowatch | <reply> "[Distrowatch stats] correlate neither to usage nor to quality and should not be used to measure the market share of distributions. They simply show the number of times a distribution page on DistroWatch.com was accessed each day, nothing more." ~ https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=popularity | Added by dax Date: 2017-01-14 07:55:24 Requested 14 times |
| django | a high level python web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design. - see http://www.djangoproject.com | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-09 00:32:02 Requested 29 times |
| dk da danish dansk | <reply> For at få dansksproget support til Ubuntu, bedes du venligst gå til #ubuntu-dk. I denne kanal forefindes kun engelsksproget support. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 00:35:27 Last edited by LjL Date: 2008-10-26 15:51:37 Requested 242 times |
| dk-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> For at diskutere på dansk, bedes du venligst gå til #ubuntu-dk-snak. Denne kanal er kun engelsksproget. | Added by LjL Date: 2008-10-26 15:54:01 Last edited by LjL Date: 2008-10-26 15:58:04 Requested 4 times |
| dkms | <reply>DKMS is Dynamic Kernel Module Support. See https://launchpad.net/dkms for more. | Added by elkbuntu Date: 2008-07-27 09:52:47 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2008-07-27 10:06:21 Requested 93 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 |
| dmb | <reply> The Developer Membership Board handles applications for new developer privileges. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DeveloperMembershipBoard and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DeveloperMembershipBoard/ApplicationProcess for more details. For DMB attention, try !dmb-ping. | Added by Pici Date: 2011-10-24 14:42:00 Requested 10 times |
| dmb-ping | <reply> bdmurray, kanashiro, rbasak, seb128, sil2100, teward, utkarsh2102: DMB ping | Added by Pici Date: 2011-10-24 14:42:24 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2022-06-16 08:35:35 Requested 280 times |
| dmesg | a console command which outputs the kernel ring buffer - an important log for diagnosing problems in Linux. Often when something errors with hardware it will result in additional lines reported which can be seen by running dmesg in a console. | Added by popey Date: 2009-04-18 21:31:37 Last edited by Seeker` Date: 2009-04-18 21:41:19 Requested 139 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 |
| dns | <reply> To set up a Domain Name Service see the !serverguide - https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/dns.html | Added by Madpilot Date: 2007-11-12 07:06:45 Last edited by knome Date: 2015-07-27 16:41:45 Requested 306 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 |
| docs-#kubuntu | <reply> Kubuntu documentation can be found at http://docs.kubuntu.org General linux documentation can be found at http://www.tldp.org and http://rute.2038bug.com | Added by genii Date: 2015-11-04 20:34:04 Requested 1 times |
| docteam | The Ubuntu Documentation team. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam/ and you can "/join #ubuntu-doc" | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 21:40:04 Requested 1 times |
| doctor | <reply> M-x doctor | Added by topyli Date: 2011-10-07 13:06:31 Last edited by topyli Date: 2011-10-07 13:13:56 Requested 2 times |
| documentation docs doc rute tldp desktopguide starterguide newusers training tutorial | to be found at https://help.ubuntu.com and https://wiki.ubuntu.com - General linux documentation: http://www.tldp.org - https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/course/95-799/rute.pdf | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 19:12:08 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:55:39 Requested 858 times |
| does-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> Yes, yes I do! Or maybe not. | Added by LjL Date: 2009-03-28 23:29:31 Requested 5 times |
| doesn't work-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply>Doesn't work is a strong statement. Does it sit on the couch all day? Does it want more money? Is it on IRC all the time? Please be specific! Examples of what doesn't work tend to help too. | Added by Flannel Date: 2014-04-22 02:57:13 Requested 6 times |
| donate donation donations | <reply>To donate to Ubuntu, you can !participate or go to http://www.ubuntu.com/community/get-involved/donate | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 10:32:01 Last edited by Tm_T Date: 2010-08-30 21:02:45 Requested 66 times |
| donate-#kubuntu | <reply> If you want to help make Kubuntu even better, visit http://www.kubuntu.org/donate to see how. To help with funding, https://www.kde.org/community/donations/ instead. | Added by genii Date: 2015-04-27 17:44:23 Requested 2 times |
| dontzap | <deleted><reply> To re-enable the Ctrl-Alt-Backspace combination that restarts your X server see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/DontZap | Added by LjL Date: 2009-03-20 02:24:54 Last edited by bazhang Date: 2012-04-19 16:03:58 Requested 696 times |
| doublejoin | <reply> Your IRC client is completing NickServ authentication after joining channels, which triggers a fake quit and rejoin to apply your cloak and increases channel noise. The best way to avoid this is to use SASL (https://libera.chat/guides/sasl). Other options for automatic login exist (e.g. CertFP and server password) but sometimes complete after channel join. | Added by knome Date: 2013-04-13 22:19:45 Last edited by kryten Date: 2021-05-24 22:54:45 Requested 45 times |
| doublerecursion-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> See !simplerecursion | Added by LjL Date: 2009-03-19 03:03:00 Requested 15 times |
| downfor | <reply>To check whether or not a website is really down, please use http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ (requires Javascript) instead of polling the channel. Thank you! | Added by ompaul Date: 2008-09-14 10:17:51 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2008-09-14 12:51:29 Requested 21 times |
| downgrade downgrading | <reply> Attempting to downgrade to an older Ubuntu version is explicitly not supported and may break your system. | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:33:44 Last edited by jussi Date: 2011-04-13 19:44:11 Requested 872 times |
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