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| 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 |
| ie | <reply> For Irish ubuntu support, visit #ubuntu-ie, agus tá uisce beatha agus cuidiú Ubuntu isteach an #ubuntu-ie, Béag fáilte ort! | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-19 00:54:31 Last edited by ompaul Date: 2008-10-20 19:25:43 Requested 132 times |
| idle-#ubuntu-ops | <reply> Please keep in mind that this channel is for operator/abuse questions only; we ask you to part when you have no further business here in order to keep track of users with pending inquiries. | Added by LjL Date: 2008-01-09 02:56:57 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2009-01-31 08:15:17 Requested 337 times |
| identify | <reply> You can identify to NickServ automatically when connecting to Libera. See https://libera.chat/guides/sasl for more information. When identifying manually, do NOT send the command from a channel tab, as a typo will give away your password. If that happens, identify and then type «/msg NickServ set password <newpass>» in the server tab as soon as possible. | Added by LjL Date: 2008-02-09 03:30:18 Last edited by kryten Date: 2021-05-24 22:54:37 Requested 174 times |
| id indonesia indonesian | <reply> join ke #ubuntu-id untuk membahas ubuntu dalam bahasa Indonesia | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 00:32:15 Requested 876 times |
| ics inetsharing | <reply> If you want to share the internet connection of your Ubuntu machine with other machines in the network see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Internet/ConnectionSharing | Added by Pici Date: 2008-04-02 19:03:38 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-05-06 11:22:25 Requested 1371 times |
| icqbug | <deleted><reply> If you use Hardy or Gutsy, and are getting the message "The client version you are using is too old" when conneting to ICQ with Pidgin, please check for new updates. | Added by Pici Date: 2008-07-02 16:06:33 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-01-02 02:32:01 Requested 29 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 |
| ichthux | <deleted><reply> Ichthux (Linux for Christians) is an unofficial Kubuntu derivative. See http://www.ichthux.com/ | Added by LjL Date: 2006-12-19 02:18:04 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-04-02 04:19:39 Requested 12 times |
| iceweasel | <reply>Iceweasel's homepage is http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/ with more detailed information at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceweasel | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2006-11-29 03:21:05 Requested 83 times |
| ibus | <reply> IBus is used to allow multilingual input such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean (CJK), Devanagari and Dravidian characters in !GUI applications - see also: !SCIM. For more info on Ibus see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ibus | Added by tsimpson Date: 2010-06-03 15:20:31 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2010-08-22 05:19:43 Requested 98 times |
| hwdb | <reply> The Ubuntu Hardware Database can be found at http://hwdb.ubuntu.com/ | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-10-06 22:06:06 Requested 21 times |
| hurd | <reply> The GNU Hurd is the GNU project's replacement for the Unix kernel. It is not ready for production use, as there are still many bugs and missing features. http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd.html | Added by apokryphos Date: 2007-01-20 16:13:01 Requested 35 times |
| hungover | <deleted><reply> The Release Managers are currently hungover, and wont be releasing jaunty today. No jaunty for you! NOT YOURS!!! | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-10-18 06:40:58 Last edited by genii-around Date: 2011-05-26 16:57:53 Requested 45 times |
| hud | <deleted><reply> Ubuntu 12.04 LTS includes the first step in a major new approach to application interfaces, the Head-Up Display, or HUD, which will ultimately replace menus in Unity applications. See http://ubottu.com/y/hud for the background on this and discuss it in #ubuntu-offtopic | Added by bazhang Date: 2012-01-24 16:20:34 Last edited by Pici Date: 2012-08-28 18:23:15 Requested 41 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 |
| html | HyperText Markup Language, used to build web pages. WYSIWYG editors: KompoZer (was Nvu), Iceape Composer, Amaya (Hardy or earlier) - Development environments: Bluefish, Quanta+ - For a howto on HTML coding, see: http://www.w3schools.com/ | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:26:34 Last edited by Pici Date: 2012-03-26 18:42:39 Requested 606 times |
| hr croatia croatian | <reply> Odgovarajuci kanal za Hrvatski jezik je #ubuntu-hr, molimo Vas da se pridruzite tom kanalu ukoliko trebate pomoc za Ubuntu, hvala. Croatian language support in #ubuntu-hr | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 17:06:01 Last edited by ompaul Date: 2008-02-16 13:52:03 Requested 112 times |
| hotspot | Setting up a wireless hotspot: https://www.addictivetips.com/ubuntu-linux-tips/how-to-set-up-a-wifi-hotspot-on-linux/ | Added by hggdh Date: 2019-07-26 17:50:31 Requested 1 times |
| hotornot | <reply> We tend to strongly discourage hot-or-not style discussions about women, as they're known to discourage female geeks from participating in communities. Female participation in geek communities is really low (less than 2% on average :( ), so lets not discourage any more! See also !girls and !women for more information on how to help stop this tragedy. | Added by elkbuntu Date: 2008-11-25 08:53:16 Last edited by elkbuntu Date: 2008-11-25 08:54:12 Requested 11 times |
| hotmail | <deleted><reply> If you need to use an MSN Hotmail account, consider packages such as "hotway" and "hostsmtp", which are gateways respectively to the !POP and !SMTP protocols (also supporting Lycos and Spray) | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 18:01:16 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-10-12 12:49:18 Requested 44 times |
| hostname | <reply>Use hostname <somehostname> to set the hostname, or to do it permanently: edit /etc/hosts to include BOTH the old and new hostname and then change /etc/hostname to the new one. WARNING! Make sure that your current hostname and /etc/hosts match, otherwise sudo may not work properly. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 14:52:04 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-01-24 05:15:07 Requested 1209 times |
| homie colloquialism | <reply> Slang and colloquialisms are not proper English. Please use proper English in our channels to make it easy for those who have it as a second language. | Added by elkbuntu Date: 2008-01-05 05:25:40 Last edited by elkbuntu Date: 2008-01-05 05:39:30 Requested 25 times |
| home separatehome movehome | <reply> Your home directory is where all of your personal files are usually kept. For moving your home directory to a separate partition, please see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-10-01 08:45:38 Last edited by jussi Date: 2011-05-16 07:43:54 Requested 937 times |
| hobbsee | <reply> I phear the stick so shhhhh | Added by ompaul Date: 2007-05-10 14:42:04 Requested 93 times |
| hoary hoary hedgehog hedgehog | <reply> Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog) was the second release of Ubuntu. End Of Life: October 31, 2006. See !eol for more details. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:16:35 Last edited by Amaranth Date: 2007-07-31 14:18:37 Requested 160 times |
| highno | <reply> A higher version number does not mean that it's better. Especially with packages such as the linux kernel. The packages in the Ubuntu repositories are stable and will work fine. You should have a better reason than "newer" when considering compiling from source or using 3rd party repos. | Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-07-27 20:06:24 Last edited by PriceChild Date: 2007-07-27 20:06:36 Requested 89 times |
| hi-#xubuntu hi-#lubuntu hello-#xubuntu | <reply> Hi!, Welcome to $chan! Feel free to ask questions and help people out. The channel guidelines are at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/Guidelines. Enjoy your stay! | Added by Seeker` Date: 2010-09-28 11:58:56 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-03-27 17:01:15 Requested 529 times |
| hi-#ubuntu-offtopic | <deleted><reply>shfihgbwjehrg to you! | Added by rww Date: 2011-07-07 03:34:17 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-12-20 02:50:37 Requested 16 times |
| hi-#ubuntu-artwork | <reply> Hi! Welcome to #ubuntu-artwork! Channel for the community artwork team. Feel free to ask questions . Enjoy your stay | Added by Madpilot Date: 2009-11-26 10:20:11 Requested 3 times |
| hi | <deleted><reply> Hi! Welcome to $chan! Feel free to ask questions and help people out. The channel guidelines are at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/Guidelines . Enjoy your stay! | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-11 17:20:25 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-10-25 17:56:42 Requested 16067 times |
| here | <reply>Please give at least an overview of your problem *here* (all in one line) - you will get a much greater audience. If you have to use more than 3 lines, please use http://paste.ubuntu.com | Added by ikonia Date: 2010-02-19 13:17:27 Last edited by elky Date: 2010-02-20 10:24:54 Requested 197 times |
| helpersnack cookie | <reply> Wow! You're such a great helper, you deserve a cookie! | Added by fdoving Date: 2007-05-18 16:40:16 Requested 2016 times |
| hello-#xubuntu-devel hi-#xubuntu-devel | <reply> Hello! Welcome to $chan! Please note that this channel is for Xubuntu developer coordination. For support questions, please use #xubuntu. Offtopic chatter in #xubuntu-offtopic. | Added by knome Date: 2013-12-11 23:47:19 Last edited by knome Date: 2014-04-18 13:10:56 Requested 5 times |
| headers kernel source | <reply> To install the Linux (kernel) headers, open a terminal and: sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) To install headers for libraries, you need the accompanying -dev packages | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 21:42:46 Requested 277 times |
| hdbug | <reply>Ubuntu does *not* modify the settings that affect HD lifespans by default. An analysis from an Ubuntu Technical Board member and ACPI expert can be found at http://mjg59.livejournal.com/77672.html (See https://launchpad.net/bugs/59695 and http://tinyurl.com/2vyrft for more information) | Added by Pici Date: 2007-10-31 14:56:09 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-13 23:22:53 Requested 48 times |
| hate | a thing we don't encourage - why waste your energy‽ | Added by ompaul Date: 2007-02-04 18:29:41 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-09-10 18:37:34 Requested 482 times |
| hashes | <reply> See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuHashes for the md5sums of all downloadable Ubuntu releases | Added by Pici Date: 2010-04-30 15:31:19 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-18 19:50:11 Requested 276 times |
| hardysources | <reply> In System->Admin->Software Sources, enable (main) (universe) (restricted) and (multiverse) and disable the Cdrom on the Ubuntu Software tab. On the Updates tab, enable (hardy-security) and (hardy-updates). | Added by nickrud Date: 2008-06-14 07:57:12 Last edited by Seeker` Date: 2008-06-19 01:24:13 Requested 33 times |
| hardy heron 8.04 | <reply> Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) was the eighth release of Ubuntu. Desktop support ended on May 12 2011, Server support ended on May 9th 2013. See https://ubottu.com/y/hardy for more details. | Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-08-29 22:41:06 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 07:01:30 Requested 2471 times |
| hardware hcl nic | <reply> For lists of supported hardware on Ubuntu see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport - To help debugging and improving hardware detection, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingHardwareDetection | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 00:02:23 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-12-11 16:07:30 Requested 3399 times |
| handbrake | a an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows. - http://handbrake.fr | Added by mneptok Date: 2009-02-06 18:55:25 Requested 67 times |
| hammertime-#ubuntu-offtopic hammertime-#ubuntustudio-devel hammertime-#ubuntu-ops | <reply> ━━▊ ━━▊ ━━▊ | Added by Pici Date: 2008-05-12 17:02:18 Requested 869 times |
| hamburger-#ubuntuforums | <reply> The cornerstone of any nutritious breakfast | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-04-26 03:38:02 Requested 4 times |
| hamburger-#ubuntu-ohio | <reply> The cornerstone of any nutritious breakfast | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-04-26 03:38:49 Requested 10 times |
| hal-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that. | Added by Pici Date: 2008-07-25 17:17:03 Last edited by Pici Date: 2014-08-15 18:16:21 Requested 14 times |
| hal open the pod bay doors-#ubuntu-offtopic | in the process of being deprecated. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Halsectomy and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_abstraction_layer for more info. | Added by Tm_T Date: 2008-03-01 19:27:34 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:44:22 Requested 158 times |
| hacker hacking | <reply> A hacker is a person who delights in having an intimate understanding of the internal workings of a system, computers and computer networks in particular, as defined by Request for Comments (RFC) 1392 - i.e. a good programmer -- crackers on the other hand break systems, see also !piracy | Added by ompaul Date: 2008-02-21 20:34:28 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2009-04-12 12:16:51 Requested 296 times |
| hack-#ubuntu-offtopic | <deleted><reply> im in ur base hackin ur d00dz | Added by Flannel Date: 2014-03-30 23:38:15 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2014-03-30 23:48:23 Requested 2 times |
| hack | <deleted><reply>When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the technical bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the transistor, the separate and equal station to which the laws of Moore and of Mealy's Machine entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should delcare the causes which impel them to the singularity. <deleted><reply>We hold these truths to be tautological, that all processes are created equal, that they are endowed by their Programmer with certain unreducable flags, that among these are const, static, and the pursuit of reentrancy. | Added by Flannel Date: 2014-03-30 23:48:40 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2014-03-30 23:49:35 Requested 1 times |
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