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| h8-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> Hate is a thing we don't encourage - additionally, I hate HATE HATE HATE you for using txtspk, GRRRRR! | Added by LjL Date: 2013-11-07 21:47:02 Requested 1 times |
| gutsysources | <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 (gutsy-security) and (gutsy-updates). | Added by LjL Date: 2008-02-09 21:47:05 Last edited by Seeker` Date: 2008-06-19 01:29:05 Requested 79 times |
| gutsy-#ubuntu-release-party | <deleted><reply> Every time you ask the release is delayed five minutes. | Added by Amaranth Date: 2007-10-18 09:27:36 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2010-10-10 10:14:45 Requested 38 times |
| gutsy gibbon 7.10 | <reply> Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) was the seventh release of Ubuntu. End Of Life: April 18th, 2009. See !eol and !upgrade for more details. | Added by Seveas Date: 2007-04-12 10:23:51 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-04-22 17:58:07 Requested 2006 times |
| gusty | <reply> It is spelt !guTSy :) | Added by elkbuntu Date: 2007-04-12 11:52:01 Last edited by PriceChild Date: 2007-09-03 01:25:03 Requested 185 times |
| guishell | <deleted><reply> Several "hybrid" GUI command line interfaces are in development, see: http://www.bterm.org/ - http://linux.pte.hu/~pipas/CUI/ - http://hotwire-shell.org/ | Added by LjL Date: 2008-01-25 16:37:28 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-03-23 02:47:21 Requested 2 times |
| guidelines-#ubuntuforums | <reply> See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/Guidelines & https://launchpad.net/codeofconduct/1.0.1 | Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-01-22 00:09:53 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:45:27 Requested 27 times |
| guidelines-#ubuntu-women guidelines-#ubuntu-women-project | <reply> The guidelines for using the Ubuntu Women project channels can be found here: http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/IrcGuidelines The overall Ubuntu channel guidelines also apply and can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/Guidelines | Added by Flannel Date: 2010-08-13 21:23:53 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:45:55 Requested 39 times |
| guidelines behaviour etiquette | <reply> The guidelines for using the Ubuntu channels can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/Guidelines | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 15:48:30 Last edited by krytarik Date: 2016-11-24 04:35:22 Requested 5359 times |
| guide-#ubuntu-bots-devel | <reply> An old and incomplete guide for setting up a clone of ubottu is available at https://ubottu.com/guide/ | Added by tsimpson Date: 2010-05-30 00:45:55 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 07:02:12 Requested 4 times |
| gui | <reply> The graphical user interface (GUI) in Ubuntu is composed of many elements, including the !X server, a window manager, and a desktop environment such as !GNOME or !KDE (which themselves use the !GTK and !Qt toolkits respectively) | Added by LjL Date: 2006-12-14 19:56:09 Requested 208 times |
| gtk | <reply> GTK is the !GIMP toolkit, which forms the base of !GNOME and is used by many applications to provide a !GUI | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 08:29:10 Requested 384 times |
| gtalk | <reply> Google Talk (GTalk) is an instant messaging program from Google. Currently, Google does not have an official standalone GTalk client for Linux, but supports connections from third-party clients such as !Pidgin and !Kopete | See http://www.google.com/talk/otherclients.html for more information | Added by somerville32 Date: 2007-01-09 08:44:17 Last edited by stdin Date: 2008-11-13 04:33:22 Requested 32 times |
| grue | <reply>The grue is a sinister, lurking presence in the dark places of the earth. Its favorite diet is adventurers, but its insatiable appetite is tempered by its fear of light. No grue has ever been seen by the light of day, and few have survived its fearsome jaws to tell the tale. | Added by Madpilot Date: 2006-12-01 07:01:30 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-11-24 17:10:42 Requested 123 times |
| grub1 | <reply>grub 1 is the default boot manager for Ubuntu releases before 9.10 (Karmic). Lost GRUB after installing Windows? See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestoreGrub - GRUB how-tos: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GrubHowto - See !grub for Karmic onwards | Added by Tm_T Date: 2011-04-15 11:24:05 Requested 24 times |
| grub recoveringgrub grub floppy bootfloppy mbr fixmbr grubrepair fixgrub grub2 | <reply> GRUB2 is the default Ubuntu boot manager. Lost GRUB after installing Windows? See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestoreGrub - For more information and troubleshooting for GRUB2 please refer to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2 | Added by Madpilot Date: 2006-06-22 09:44:20 Last edited by genii-around Date: 2013-02-23 17:22:10 Requested 14156 times |
| grip | <deleted>a ripping player and has a minor bug which can be solved by doing this "sudo ln -s /dev/hdX /dev/cdromN" where X is your hard drive and N a number | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 22:23:16 Last edited by topyli Date: 2011-10-28 19:14:54 Requested 45 times |
| grep | a command-line tool that finds a string in a file or a stream. Grep can be recursive through directories and searches can be simple or complex. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/grep | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 19:08:27 Last edited by elky Date: 2017-03-15 16:21:51 Requested 9 times |
| gr el greek greece | <reply> #ubuntu-gr για Έλληνες χρηστές / #ubuntu-gr gia Ellhnes xrhstes | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-09 21:14:43 Last edited by housecat Date: 2020-04-22 03:33:41 Requested 742 times |
| gpt | <reply> GPT is a partition table format. It is required to boot EFI. See also !efi | Added by hggdh Date: 2019-03-27 20:33:49 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2019-03-27 21:22:59 Requested 8 times |
| gps maps | <reply> Street mapping and GPS navigation software available for Ubuntu includes Navit, MoNav (http://code.google.com/p/monav/), Gosmore (free vector maps from OSM), GpsDrive (GTK, raster maps, free), !GoogleEarth (Qt, proprietary vector maps, proprietary) | Added by LjL Date: 2007-03-18 14:13:20 Last edited by bazhang Date: 2011-04-30 11:45:36 Requested 16 times |
| gpl gpl3 | the GNU General Public License. See http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:35:36 Requested 129 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 |
| 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 |
| gparted | a !GTK/!Gnome !GUI partitioning program. Type « sudo apt-get install gparted » in a console to install it - A GParted "live" CD is available at http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-20 21:25:05 Last edited by stdin Date: 2009-01-08 12:18:42 Requested 1529 times |
| googleearth earth | <reply> Google Earth is available as the package "googleearth-package" in !Multiverse. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GoogleEarth | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:38:52 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:38:33 Requested 64 times |
| googlearth | <reply> Google Earth is now available, for free (as in price), for Linux. To download it see http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html - A package for Ubuntu is available in the !Medibuntu repository. - If Google Earth crashes on start, download version 5.1 instead of 5.2 from the website. | Added by tsimpson Date: 2010-11-06 08:59:27 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2010-11-06 09:00:16 Requested 5 times |
| google earth | <deleted><reply> Google Earth is now available, for free (only as in price), for Linux, too. To download it see http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html - A package for Ubuntu is available in the !Medibuntu repository | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:38:45 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:38:20 Requested 292 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 |
| goodquestion gq betterquestion | <reply> Are you sure your question allows us to help you? Please read http://www.sabi.co.uk/Notes/linuxHelpAsk.html to understand how to ask a 'better' question. | Added by LjL-Temp Date: 2008-02-28 00:52:05 Last edited by LjL-Temp Date: 2008-02-28 01:32:09 Requested 245 times |
| goodbotuse | <deleted>please do "!factoid > user" see here: for more details: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/goodbotuse | Added by ompaul Date: 2007-02-25 13:14:01 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2010-01-17 10:56:49 Requested 77 times |
| gobuntu | <deleted>a freedom-focused flavour of Ubuntu intended for experienced Linux enthusiasts. See http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/gobuntu for more information and download mirrors.. | Added by Spec Date: 2007-10-16 20:06:59 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-01-02 03:05:38 Requested 78 times |
| gobby | multiplayer gedit | Added by Mez Date: 2009-03-03 20:18:24 Requested 14 times |
| gnutella | <reply> Some Gnutella clients: GTK-Gnutella (GTK, stand-alone), gifTui, giFToxic (GTK, based on giFT), Apollon (KDE, based on giFT), mldonkey-gui (GTK, based on MLDonkey), KMLDonkey (KDE, based on MLDonkey) - See also !P2P | Added by LjL Date: 2007-09-28 20:01:51 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-09-07 11:30:12 Requested 55 times |
| gnu | <reply> G(NU's) N(ot) U(nix). A project that aimed to develop a complete operating system of Free Software, which Ubuntu is based on. See http://gnu.org | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 16:01:36 Requested 239 times |
| gnome3-#ubuntu+1 | <reply> Oneiric will use GNOME 3.x packages. The 3.x packages will be landing soon, if not yet updated, it'll happen soonish. You can also help the desktop team update packages, ask in #ubuntu-desktop for more info on helping the team. | Added by Pici Date: 2011-04-11 14:33:42 Last edited by Tm_T Date: 2011-05-15 09:38:27 Requested 42 times |
| gnome3 | <reply> GNOME 3 is the desktop environment on which Unity is based. To use GNOME Shell instead of Unity, install the "gnome-shell" package and investigate "gnome-tweak-tool". GNOME 3 is not supported under Natty/11.04, and may break your system if installed from alternate sources. | Added by Pici Date: 2011-04-28 14:20:10 Last edited by pangolin Date: 2011-10-19 15:07:19 Requested 513 times |
| gnome2 | <reply> The GNOME Foundation has ceased support for GNOME 2, and as such it is not in Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot). See !notunity for an alternative desktop experience. | Added by Pici Date: 2011-10-13 18:30:20 Requested 124 times |
| gnome | <reply> GNOME was the default desktop environment on Ubuntu up to 10.10. To install the GNOME Shell, type [ sudo apt-get install gnome-shell ] in a !terminal. For the GNOME-based !flavor of Ubuntu, see !ubuntu-gnome | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 17:02:05 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-12-24 02:04:30 Requested 1320 times |
| gnash | <reply> Gnash is an open-source Flash replacement. It is still beta software. For current status or for more info http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/ | Added by nalioth Date: 2006-12-24 19:11:58 Last edited by pangolin Date: 2012-02-09 18:09:58 Requested 484 times |
| gmail | a webmail service. For information on using it with Evolution see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingGmailWithEvolution | Added by bimberi Date: 2006-07-28 02:16:53 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:53:43 Requested 70 times |
| gksudo gksu | <reply> gksudo was a way to run graphical applications as root. It should no longer be used. Use !pkexec instead. | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 15:46:23 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2018-08-29 19:39:52 Requested 2019 times |
| give me a test | <reply> Oh no, I won't, I'm not like some of those nasty scripts' users! | Added by LjL Date: 2009-01-22 02:28:48 Requested 52 times |
| git | a distributed revision control/software code management project created by Linus Torvalds. For more information, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_(software) | Added by Pici Date: 2008-05-14 19:11:29 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:44:57 Requested 189 times |
| girls-#ubuntuforums | <deleted><reply> girls are the #1 reason for distractions | Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-01-16 16:40:01 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-05-25 18:48:57 Requested 25 times |
| girl girls | <reply> Girls exist on the internet. See http://www.escapistmagazine.com/print/17/27 | http://www.xkcd.com/322/ | For more interesting reading: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Encourage-Women-Linux-HOWTO/ | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-08-12 09:12:44 Last edited by Pici Date: 2008-08-08 15:33:44 Requested 435 times |
| gimpshop | <deleted>a hack that makes The Gimp look and feel more like Photoshop. A .deb for Ubuntu is available via http://plasticbugs.com/?page_id=294 | Added by bimberi Date: 2006-11-27 00:59:13 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-13 23:38:00 Requested 56 times |
| gimp | an advanced image manipulation application for Ubuntu. See http://www.gimp.org for tutorials and more information. | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 13:28:30 Requested 348 times |
| gift | a peer-to-peer filesharing engine supporting several networks and protocols by means of plug-ins. It's available in !Universe. Clients include gifTui, giFToxic (GTK), Apollon (KDE), giFTcurs (terminal-based) - See also !P2P | Added by LjL Date: 2007-11-03 00:35:09 Requested 12 times |
| ghost ircghost | <reply> If you own an IRC nick that is currently being used, you can make it change nicks by typing: «/msg NickServ release <nick> <password>» - If you have a dead (ghost) connection, you can make it quit by typing: «/msg nickserv ghost <nick> <password>» - Further help in #libera | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 08:42:30 Last edited by kryten Date: 2021-05-24 22:54:31 Requested 314 times |
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