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Factoid	Value	Author
standards	<reply> The current Debian packaging standards version is 3.7.2.2 as of 2006-10-02.	Added by somerville32 Date: 2006-12-16 21:31:25 Requested 3 times
stages	<reply> The Ubuntu Kernel gets updated in stages. If you have the updated kernel, but do not have the corresponding restricted modules, you may be leaving yourself with no X when you reboot. If you have compiled binary versions of your video driver, eg from the nVidia site, you will need to recompile them for the new kernel. This is normal, and not a bug.	Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-10-06 16:47:05 Last edited by Hobbsee Date: 2007-10-06 16:48:34 Requested 310 times
staff	<deleted><reply> Hey christel, Corey, Dave2, Gary, Myrtti, Pricey, VorTechS, jayne, marienz, niko, nhandler, tomaw, ldunn, I could use a bit of your time :)	Added by Seveas Date: 2007-02-04 18:30:28 Last edited by Pici Date: 2014-02-28 13:55:17 Requested 654 times
sshfs	a !Fuse based filesystem which allows you to mount a remote system over !SSH - See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSHFS for instructions	Added by jpds Date: 2009-02-15 18:29:16 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:45:11 Requested 100 times
sshd	<reply> SSH is the Secure SHell protocol, sshd is the server (or daemon) of SSH. For setting up the SSH server, please see: https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/openssh-server.html . Advanced SSH uses: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSH/OpenSSH/Advanced . For SSH client information, see !ssh . Related: !scp (Secure CoPy)	Added by Pici Date: 2008-09-30 18:26:26 Last edited by knome Date: 2015-07-27 16:44:18 Requested 149 times
ssh openssh sftp	<reply> SSH is the Secure SHell protocol, see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSH for client usage. PuTTY is an SSH client for Windows; see: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ for its homepage. See also !scp (Secure CoPy) and !sshd (Secure SHell Daemon)	Added by LjL Date: 2006-06-22 03:32:41 Last edited by rww Date: 2016-01-12 00:08:13 Requested 2566 times
sru	<reply> Stable Release Update information is at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates	Added by Mez Date: 2006-10-31 21:14:37 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:45:13 Requested 600 times
squid	a caching proxy for the Web. See: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SquidGuard See: http://www.squid-cache.org	Added by ompaul Date: 2008-06-29 01:37:11 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:33:49 Requested 171 times
spoon	<reply> There is no spoon.	Added by Amaranth Date: 2008-04-24 09:16:13 Requested 64 times
sponsorship sponsoring	<reply>You can find out about the package sponsorship process here https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SponsorshipProcess	Added by AlanBell Date: 2012-01-23 14:45:30 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:46:14 Requested 42 times
splash-#kubuntu	<reply> To change your KDE splash screen go to System Settings -> Appearance -> Splash Screen	Added by stdin Date: 2008-06-18 03:43:26 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2010-10-30 01:34:00 Requested 27 times
splash splashscreen	<reply> To change the Gnome splash screen, use gnome-splashscreen-manager or change the GConf key /apps/gnome-session/options/splash_image using !gconf-editor.	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 13:16:53 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2009-06-19 09:05:35 Requested 520 times
speech recognition-#ubuntu-offtopic voice recognition-#ubuntu-offtopic iphone keyboard-#ubuntu-offtopic	<reply> Dear Aunt, let's set so double the killer delete select all.	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-10-03 01:09:52 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2011-08-16 01:49:11 Requested 92 times
spectre	<reply> Spectre is a security issue in almost all modern processors, which was released along with !Meltdown (but is not the same thing). While there are several initiatives underway to mitigate it, there is no "magic bullet" software fix. Ubuntu is monitoring ongoing efforts and will provide security updates as they become available. See !usn for security update notifications.	Added by dax Date: 2018-01-03 22:56:29 Last edited by dax Date: 2018-01-10 01:30:57 Requested 18 times
spec	<reply> A spec is the details (specifications) of the components that make up software or a device. See: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+specs for specifications in Ubuntu.	Added by Spec Date: 2007-01-26 18:21:47 Requested 38 times
sparc	<reply> Information on Ubuntu on SPARC platforms can be found here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/Sparc	Added by ompaul Date: 2006-06-26 20:38:15 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-06-01 00:15:01 Requested 71 times
spam	<reply> Please don't spam	Added by Mez Date: 2007-02-11 16:34:50 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-01-18 06:12:29 Requested 186 times
soylent green-#ubuntu-offtopic	<reply> Soylent green is people!	Added by Flannel Date: 2009-05-29 21:40:35 Requested 4 times
source-o-matic sourceomatic som	not available anymore, please use Software Sources (in your Applications / K menu) to configure your repositories. Do NOT enable "Proposed updates" unless you're willing to test possibly seriously flawed packages.	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:41:45 Last edited by LjL Date: 2008-01-23 02:52:56 Requested 2690 times
source-#ubuntu-touch	<reply> source code for the base is here http://phablet.ubuntu.com/gitweb the userspace code is here: https://code.launchpad.net/~phablet-team	Added by AlanBell Date: 2013-02-24 14:09:42 Requested 1 times
source	<reply> You can easily fetch a package's source with apt-get. See: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-sourcehandling.en.html	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 02:01:23 Requested 738 times
soundblaster	If you need help with setting up your soundblaster card, then visit https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundcardsWithHardwareSynth	Added by Spec Date: 2006-09-07 18:20:26 Requested 54 times
sound-#kubuntu	<reply> If you're having problems with sound see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Sound - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting - For playing audio files, see !Players and !MP3	Added by Hawkwind Date: 2006-09-14 19:14:50 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2009-11-21 20:21:54 Requested 1145 times
sound alsa dmix audio	<reply> If you're having problems with sound, click the Volume applet, then Sound Preferences, and check your Volume, Hardware, Input, and Output settings. If that fails, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Sound - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting - https://alsa.opensrc.org/DmixPlugin - For playing audio files, see !players and !mp3.	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 10:56:18 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2019-01-08 16:38:15 Requested 7310 times
soulseek	<reply> SoulSeek clients: Nicotine (GTK), Museeq (KDE), Mucous (terminal-based) - See also !P2P	Added by LjL Date: 2007-11-03 00:29:09 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-11-03 00:29:23 Requested 27 times
sorry	<reply> It's ok, I am only a bot so I cannot stay mad at you. For apologising to humans though, take a read of https://web.archive.org/web/20170201184826/http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2009/07/20/on-apologies/	Added by Amaranth Date: 2007-08-10 23:05:06 Last edited by tonyyarusso Date: 2017-05-22 21:48:30 Requested 544 times
sonikkuamerica	<deleted><reply> No, his name is not Jessica.	Added by SonikkuAmerica Date: 2016-08-31 16:55:35 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-05-29 03:03:24 Requested 4 times
songbird	<reply> Songbird is a media player based on Mozilla. Official Linux builds and support ended in April, 2010. Ubuntu installation instructions at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Songbird	Added by LjL Date: 2009-04-12 19:44:15 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-03-23 02:47:46 Requested 38 times
software	<reply> A general introduction to the ways software can be installed, removed and managed in Ubuntu can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoftwareManagement - See also !Packages, !Equivalents	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 19:20:32 Last edited by tonyyarusso Date: 2007-03-07 01:15:42 Requested 1320 times
softsources	<reply> Looking for your Software Sources menu item in Ubuntu 10.10/11.04? For a simple way to enable the menu item see http://tinyurl.com/24jxd6t - More information at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories	Added by Pici Date: 2010-10-13 16:02:31 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2011-05-03 16:12:39 Requested 23 times
soc	<deleted>Google's Summer of Code project; see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GoogleSoC2010 and http://code.google.com/soc/	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:05:15 Last edited by topyli Date: 2011-10-28 19:20:23 Requested 15 times
snuxoll-#ubuntu-offtopic	<deleted><reply> snuxoll will slay you using seveas! http://snuxolldragonslayer.com	Added by LjL Date: 2009-03-19 02:59:35 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2009-06-14 09:43:57 Requested 73 times
snap snaps	<reply> Snaps are containerised software packages similar to Flatpaks and AppImages. For more info, see https://snapcraft.io	Added by Unit193 Date: 2018-07-17 20:47:14 Last edited by krytarik Date: 2021-10-15 15:45:03 Requested 133 times
smartphone portables nokia	<reply> Guides for smartphones and portable devices can be found here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PortableDevices/	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 12:29:44 Last edited by Pici Date: 2007-12-31 14:09:55 Requested 61 times
smart	Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology, a monitoring system for hard drives. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Smartmontools	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-23 03:44:57 Last edited by jrib Date: 2013-03-30 11:46:31 Requested 235 times
smack*	<reply> Ouch, that hurt!	Added by Amaranth Date: 2007-08-10 23:04:10 Last edited by Amaranth Date: 2007-08-10 23:04:46 Requested 169 times
slow	<reply>The Ubuntu repositories and ISO mirrors are currently under heavy load. Please consider using !torrents to download ISO images, and be patient with APT updates. Also, try changing !mirrors	Added by LjL Date: 2007-04-20 00:05:06 Last edited by mneptok Date: 2009-10-03 18:35:39 Requested 400 times
sleep	<deleted>No sleep till Brooklyn!	Added by IdleOne Date: 2013-01-31 11:50:47 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-01-31 11:51:06 Requested 0 times
slangasek	<deleted><reply> slangasek is Steve Langasek of the Ubuntu Foundations Team and Debian Tech Committee	Added by bkerensa Date: 2012-08-17 20:12:25 Last edited by bkerensa Date: 2012-08-17 20:13:46 Requested 1 times
skypefail	<deleted><reply> Skype are currently having issues with connection problems and are working on a fix. A temporary fix can be found at https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA10874/I-m-having-problems-with-Skype-today	Added by Pici Date: 2011-05-26 14:12:14 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-14 19:50:43 Requested 7 times
skype skyperecord skyperecording	<reply> To install Skype on Ubuntu, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Skype - To record on Skype, check: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SkypeRecordingHowto - Please use open protocols instead if you can, see !Ekiga	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 20:24:50 Last edited by LjL Date: 2009-03-04 19:18:37 Requested 1925 times
sk	<reply> Žiadame slovenských používateľov aby v kanáli #ubuntu hovorili po anglicky. Slovensky a česky sa dohovoríte v #ubuntu-cz.	Added by jrib Date: 2007-11-20 14:31:39 Last edited by PriceChild Date: 2007-11-28 22:02:28 Requested 94 times
simplerecursion-#ubuntu-offtopic	<reply> See !doublerecursion	Added by LjL Date: 2009-03-19 03:03:08 Requested 17 times
si	<reply>Kanal za podporo slovenskim uporabnikom Ubuntuja je #ubuntu-si. Če potrebujete pomoč v Slovenskem jeziku, prosimo da se nam pridružite in probali vam bomo pomagati. Slovenian language support channel is #ubuntu-si	Added by mneptok Date: 2009-10-23 20:01:07 Requested 37 times
shut up!	<reply> :x	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-11-27 20:30:14 Requested 32 times
shout	<deleted><reply> PLEASE DON'T SHOUT! We can read lowercase too.	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:01:53 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2017-03-28 20:15:30 Requested 3837 times
shortcuts-#kubuntu	<reply> Keyboard shortcuts can be set in System Settings -> Keyboard & Mouse. If your multimedia keys don't work with that, try the 'keytouch' package, explained at https://wiki.kubuntu.org/KDEMultimediaKeys - See !Keyboard for changing layouts.	Added by LjL Date: 2007-10-04 23:33:09 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2010-10-30 01:50:26 Requested 105 times
shortcuts keytouch mediakeys shortcut keyboard shortcuts keys hotkeys hotkey	<reply> Keyboard shortcuts can be set in System -> Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts. If your multimedia keys don't work with that, try the 'keytouch' package, explained at http://keytouch.sourceforge.net/ - See !Keyboard for changing layouts. A list of keyboard shortcuts for Unity is available at http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2209015&seqNum=3	Added by LjL Date: 2006-12-10 21:23:38 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-30 15:24:04 Requested 886 times
shockwave	currently only available for Windows. To run it under !Wine, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Shockwave	Added by Hobbsee Date: 2006-06-20 06:42:24 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:40:07 Requested 213 times
shipit	<reply> Canonical is no longer sending free Ubuntu CDs to individuals through its ShipIt program. For more information please see http://blog.canonical.com/?p=551 !LoCo teams can request CDs through this link https://forms.canonical.com/lococd/	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:20:58 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2011-04-07 15:32:29 Requested 405 times