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| metisse | <deleted><reply>Metisse is Mandriva's composite window manager. For more information, see http://www.mandriva.com/projects/metisse | Added by apokryphos Date: 2007-02-03 16:28:34 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-03-23 02:46:33 Requested 14 times |
| metapackage meta-package | <reply> A meta-package is a package that simply depends upon other packages and brings them in. It's not a real package, but a very useful package that can drag in other package versions. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 13:22:35 Requested 176 times |
| metalink | <reply> A Metalink is a file which lists places (web mirrors, torrents) where a given file can be obtained, making downloads faster and more reliable. Metalink software and Ubuntu releases as metalinks: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Metalink | Added by Pici Date: 2010-11-02 13:15:09 Last edited by Pici Date: 2010-11-02 14:10:58 Requested 11 times |
| meta | <deleted><reply> If you would like to help in #*ubuntu* but it just goes too fast to spot interesting questions, try joining #ubuntu-meta and watching for questions there (note that it is NOT a support channel, however, and questions should still be answered in #*ubuntu*) | Added by LjL Date: 2008-01-01 22:30:19 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-03-19 19:56:09 Requested 62 times |
| merging merge-o-matic merge | <reply>Merging is the process of including changes from other distributions (most commonly Debian) into Ubuntu packages, and is typically a major focus at the beginning of each Ubuntu development cycle. Please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment/Merging for more information. | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-12-02 03:01:28 Requested 13 times |
| menueditor-#xubuntu | <reply> To edit the menus in Xubuntu, use the preinstalled menu editor MenuLibre. Read more about MenuLibre at https://smdavis.us/projects/menulibre/ | Added by knome Date: 2012-02-02 23:53:10 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2015-12-03 21:34:39 Requested 4 times |
| mentors-#ubuntu-motu | <reply> for initial mentoring to introduce you to the MOTU world check out https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/Mentoring/Contributor | Added by LaserJock Date: 2006-07-13 21:55:22 Last edited by jrib Date: 2007-08-22 00:36:17 Requested 2 times |
| mentor-#ubuntu-bugs | <reply> Looking for a helping hand with bug triage? Read the wiki for information about requesting a bugsquad mentor: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad/Mentors | Added by jussi Date: 2010-06-13 14:16:40 Requested 2 times |
| men-#ubuntu-women men-#ubuntu-women-project | <reply> Yes, men exist within the Ubuntu Women Project. | Added by nhandler Date: 2010-08-13 21:38:19 Requested 13 times |
| memory ram mem | <reply> If you are wondering why some tools report your system has very little free memory, have a look at http://www.linuxatemyram.com/ | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 12:15:41 Last edited by Pici Date: 2014-08-21 17:42:29 Requested 668 times |
| membershipboard | <reply> The Membership Board consists of ahoneybun, cwayne18, elacheche, hggdh, IdleOne, iulian, jcastro, Kilos, marcoceppi, popey, rickspencer3, s-fox, toddy and wxl - they are here to help, just ask! :) You can also send them an email at ubuntu-membership-boards@lists.ubuntu.com | Added by Pici Date: 2015-12-03 18:10:48 Requested 1 times |
| membership-#ubuntu-offtopic | <deleted><reply> Service guarantees citizenship! | Added by rww Date: 2016-02-07 03:59:02 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-08-05 17:26:18 Requested 3 times |
| membership | <reply>Ubuntu Membership means recognition of a significant and sustained contribution to Ubuntu and the Ubuntu community. For more info see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership/NewMember | Added by Mez Date: 2007-01-22 16:02:33 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-12-04 22:29:06 Requested 98 times |
| member newmember | <reply> Ubuntu Membership means recognition of a significant and sustained contribution to Ubuntu and the Ubuntu community. For more info see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 22:59:31 Last edited by Pici Date: 2011-03-03 21:05:04 Requested 808 times |
| meltdown kpti | <reply> Meltdown is a security issue with (primarily) Intel processors. It's mitigated by kernel patches named KPTI. Ubuntu released them in security updates for 14.04, 16.04, and 17.10. 17.04 will not receive this update. 18.04 will ship with kernel 4.15, which is patched already. 16.04 has updates for Linux 4.4 (release) and 4.13 (HWE), installs with 4.10 should upgrade to 4.13. See also !spectre, !nopti | Added by dax Date: 2018-01-03 22:56:33 Last edited by dax Date: 2018-01-10 01:35:19 Requested 54 times |
| meetings-#xubuntu-devel meetings-#xubuntu meetings-#xubuntu-offtopic | <reply> Xubuntu community meetings are held in #xubuntu-devel - See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Meetings for meeting times, agenda and meeting archive - Other team meetings are held in #ubuntu-meeting, see !logs for more | Added by knome Date: 2015-12-06 18:23:45 Last edited by knome Date: 2015-12-06 18:27:43 Requested 0 times |
| meetings-#edubuntu meeting-#edubuntu | <reply> Edubuntu meetings are (usually) held weekly on Wednesdays, alternating between 12:00 UTC and 20:00 UTC. « @schedule » may show when the next one will be, otherwise check the !fridge. All welcome! | Added by bimberi Date: 2007-04-19 06:35:59 Last edited by bimberi Date: 2007-05-02 22:57:54 Requested 6 times |
| meetings meeting ircmeetings | <reply> Team meetings are held in #ubuntu-meeting - See « /msg $nick logs » for transcripts. | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-01-07 15:49:31 Last edited by m4v Date: 2013-02-28 16:57:26 Requested 62 times |
| meetingology | a bot that runs !meetings and produces minutes - information at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/meetingology | Added by elky Date: 2011-09-06 07:24:08 Requested 6 times |
| meeting-#xubuntu-devel | <reply> Next scheduled Xubuntu community meeting and the agenda can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Meetings | Added by knome Date: 2013-11-14 15:23:06 Requested 2 times |
| meeting-#ubuntu-women | <reply>The Ubuntu Women meetings are held in #ubuntu-women-project. You're welcome to join us! The agenda can be found at http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/Meetings | Added by elky Date: 2010-09-13 04:37:29 Requested 1 times |
| meeting-#ubuntu-us-az | <reply>The Ubuntu Arizona LoCo team meetings are every Sunday at 9:00 PM Arizona time in our team channel, #ubuntu-us-az. Everyone is welcome!! | Added by Amaranth Date: 2008-05-17 06:39:34 Last edited by Amaranth Date: 2008-05-17 06:39:56 Requested 3 times |
| meeting-#kubuntu-devel | <reply>Kubuntu Meetings are usually held in #ubuntu-meeting - Agenda and info: https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Kubuntu/Meetings | Added by jussi Date: 2010-06-04 12:53:27 Requested 5 times |
| meeting-#kubuntu | <reply>Kubuntu Meetings are usually held in #ubuntu-meeting - Agenda and info: https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Kubuntu/Meetings | Added by jussi Date: 2010-06-04 12:52:59 Requested 0 times |
| medibuntu w32codecs | <reply>The Medibuntu project has come to an end and its repository is no longer maintained and is offline. | Added by LjL Date: 2007-01-22 19:29:22 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-11-25 18:30:11 Requested 2803 times |
| meaningoflife | <reply>42. | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2008-06-29 08:14:38 Requested 9 times |
| mds | <reply> Microarchitectural Data Sampling is a security issue with Intel processors. Update your system to receive the kernel and microcode patches. Visit https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/MDS for more info and recommendations. | Added by dax Date: 2019-05-15 16:56:23 Requested 7 times |
| mda | <reply> A Mail Delivery Agent (MDA) is the server software for local delivery and rewriting of messages. The default MDA (and !MTA) on Ubuntu is !postfix ("procmail" or "dovecot" can also be used). See also !MailServer and !MUA | Added by LjL Date: 2007-12-11 16:27:06 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-12-11 16:29:37 Requested 22 times |
| md5sums | <reply> See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuHashes for the md5sums of Ubuntu discs. | Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-10-19 23:52:07 Requested 197 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 |
| md5 verify | <reply> To verify your Ubuntu ISO image (or other files for which an MD5 checksum is provided), see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM or http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers/LQ_ISO/Checking_the_md5sum_in_Windows | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 00:00:46 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:52:54 Requested 3566 times |
| maybe | <reply> See !lies | Added by LjL Date: 2008-10-27 22:47:38 Requested 13 times |
| mavrick | <reply> It is spelt !mavERick :) | Added by Pici Date: 2010-04-02 11:21:35 Requested 5 times |
| maverick meerkat 10.10 | <reply> Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) was the thirteenth release of Ubuntu. !End-Of-Life on April 10th, 2012, see https://ubottu.com/y/maverick for details. | Added by Pici Date: 2010-04-02 11:18:59 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 07:02:05 Requested 949 times |
| matlab | <reply> MATLAB is a high-level language and interactive environment that enables you to perform computationally intensive tasks. More info and install instructions at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MATLAB | Added by gpc Date: 2011-02-12 16:32:02 Last edited by gpc Date: 2011-02-12 16:41:59 Requested 31 times |
| mathematica | <reply> For help installing Mathematica on Ubuntu, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Mathematica | Added by jrib Date: 2011-02-14 18:17:00 Last edited by jrib Date: 2011-02-14 18:17:33 Requested 7 times |
| mate | <reply> Ubuntu MATE is a supported !flavor of Ubuntu that uses MATE as the default desktop environment. It functions similarly to older versions of GNOME. For more information, see https://ubuntu-mate.org/ | Added by dax Date: 2016-03-29 14:47:42 Requested 60 times |
| marketplace | <reply> Find a company that provides local support for Ubuntu desktops and servers in the Ubuntu Marketplace: http://webapps.ubuntu.com/marketplace/ | Added by nhandler Date: 2010-09-09 13:16:39 Requested 2 times |
| marillat | a repository created for Debian. Please don't use it on Ubuntu. Consider using !medibuntu | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 00:10:37 Last edited by jrib Date: 2009-01-06 03:55:22 Requested 11 times |
| maple | <reply> To install Maple, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Maple | Added by jrib Date: 2008-05-04 18:50:10 Last edited by jrib Date: 2008-05-04 18:50:24 Requested 13 times |
| manuals | <deleted>for an introduction and a bit more on how to get the best out of your ubuntu install please check out https://help.ubuntu.com/ | Added by ompaul Date: 2007-09-15 10:06:01 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-05-18 23:56:18 Requested 1 times |
| manual | <reply> The Ubuntu Manual will help you become familiar with everyday tasks such as surfing the web, listening to music and scanning documents. With an emphasis on easy to follow instructions, it is suitable for all levels of experience. http://ubuntu-manual.org/ | Added by Pici Date: 2010-04-29 00:06:17 Last edited by Pici Date: 2010-04-29 00:09:15 Requested 2060 times |
| man-#kubuntu | <reply>The "man" command brings up the Linux manual pages for the command you're interested in. Try "man intro" at the command line, or type man:/ in Konqueror's location bar. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal | Added by Jucato Date: 2007-10-04 15:10:11 Requested 17 times |
| man human-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply>No manual entry for human | Added by Flannel Date: 2014-05-17 03:23:09 Requested 2 times |
| man manpage | <reply> The "man" command brings up the Linux manual pages for the command you're interested in. Try "man intro" at the command line, or see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal | Manpages online: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/ | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 00:34:53 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-06-23 00:01:49 Requested 619 times |
| mako | <deleted><reply>Benjamin "Mako" Hill is a member of the Community Council and co-author of The Official Ubuntu Book. | Added by elkbuntu Date: 2007-11-14 15:43:57 Last edited by jussi Date: 2012-01-03 09:54:30 Requested 18 times |
| maintainer | <reply> The "Maintainer" field in a package's information (debian/control) should indicate the Ubuntu team responsible for the Ubuntu specific changes to a package (often the !MOTU for !Universe packages). The original maintainer is preserved in the field "XSBC-Original-Maintainer". | Added by LjL Date: 2008-01-13 18:10:50 Requested 18 times |
| mainline-#ubuntu-se | <reply> Ubuntus kernel-team tillhandahåller kontinuerliga byggen av den senaste Linuxkärnan, som kan vara änvändbara för att isolera fel eller att testa de senaste ändringarna. Mer information finns via https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds | Added by pangolin Date: 2012-02-25 10:40:43 Requested 4 times |
| mainline kernel-mainline | <reply> The kernel team supply continuous mainline kernel builds which can be useful for tracking down issues or testing recent changes in the Linux kernel. More information is available at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds | Added by IdleOne Date: 2011-04-10 12:07:20 Requested 701 times |
| maininclusion | <reply>Main Inclusion Report - see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MainInclusionProcess for more information. | Added by IdleOne Date: 2013-03-07 23:20:50 Requested 0 times |
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