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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 |
apache vhosts apache2 | <reply> Apache HTTP Server is the most commonly used HTTP server on Linux systems. For setup information, see https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/httpd.html . For information on setting up a "LAMP stack", see /msg ubottu !lamp. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 17:03:17 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-05-23 04:38:49 Requested 15 times |
klik | <reply>klik is a simple way to run additional software without actually installing it. For instructions and more information see: http://dot.kde.org/2005/09/16/dont-install-just-copy-klik | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 21:31:56 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-13 23:19:21 Requested 15 times |
questions-#ubuntu-classroom-chat question-#ubuntu-classroom question-#ubuntu-classroom-chat | <reply> Please ask your questions here in #ubuntu-classroom-chat rather than #ubuntu-classroom (prefix them with "QUESTION: " or the instructor's nickname) | Added by LjL Date: 2006-11-29 22:37:06 Requested 15 times |
support-#xubuntu | <reply> As most of the Ubuntu channels, #xubuntu is English only. A list of the localized Ubuntu channels can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/ChannelList#IRC.2BAC8-ChannelList.2BAC8-Local.Local_Ubuntu_channels. These channels will most probably be able to give Xubuntu support too. For alternative Xubuntu support options, please see http://xubuntu.org/help/. | Added by somerville32 Date: 2007-01-11 08:54:11 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2015-12-01 20:48:06 Requested 15 times |
apt-torrent | <reply> The idea for using BitTorrent for pushing out updates has been registered here: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/apt-torrent | Added by bimberi Date: 2007-04-20 04:21:59 Requested 15 times |
ops-#launchpad | <reply> Help! lifeless, flacoste, jml, joey | Added by gnomefreak Date: 2007-06-03 19:56:22 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-02-14 16:11:08 Requested 15 times |
tags | <reply> We use some common tags for tracking bugs on Launchpad.net See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Tags for common usage. | Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-06-04 14:27:27 Last edited by Tm_T Date: 2010-09-21 07:45:34 Requested 15 times |
bofh | <reply>You can find the BOFH and the PFY at https://bearbin.net/bofh and http://theregister.co.uk/odds/bofh/ | Added by Seveas Date: 2007-11-11 20:52:01 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-04-02 04:18:20 Requested 15 times |
sudoedit | <reply> To edit files with !superuser access using the user's standard editor (as set in the EDITOR !shell variable) and its normal configuration, the command « sudoedit <filename> » is available. It creates a local copy of the file, and runs the editor with the user's permissions. | Added by ompaul Date: 2007-12-29 21:22:30 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-12-29 21:39:01 Requested 15 times |
tonyyarusso | <deleted>weird. | Added by elkbuntu Date: 2008-05-12 17:23:26 Last edited by elky Date: 2010-10-18 11:42:06 Requested 15 times |
pickup | <reply> Just a tip: talking about finding and/or picking up guys/chicks is rude to the people of whichever gender who are in this channel and dont feel like being 'found' or 'picked up'. This is not a speed dating channel. | Added by elkbuntu Date: 2008-08-14 10:46:13 Last edited by elkbuntu Date: 2008-08-14 10:48:53 Requested 15 times |
doublerecursion-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> See !simplerecursion | Added by LjL Date: 2009-03-19 03:03:00 Requested 15 times |
test-#ubuntu-bots-devel | <reply> test $nick $chan $curLTS $who | Added by m4v Date: 2011-08-03 20:29:12 Last edited by m4v Date: 2011-08-03 20:36:51 Requested 15 times |
plasma5 | <reply> Kubuntu Plasma 5 is a tech preview. To test it out, see http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu-plasma5/daily-live/current/ . If you find a bug, you can also check it with kubuntu-ci images for latest builds. | Added by rww Date: 2014-10-24 19:39:39 Requested 15 times |
journalctl | <reply> journalctl is a command for viewing logs collected by systemd-journald. E.g. "journalctl -f" reports system messages as they are logged until you press Ctrl+C. See the journalctl !man page for other options. | Added by hggdh Date: 2019-07-16 16:39:11 Requested 15 times |
perl-#ubuntu-offtopic | <deleted>an ancient american word meaning "i can't code C" | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-15 21:45:14 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2009-06-14 09:53:18 Requested 16 times |
testing-#xubuntu | <reply> For information on how to help test the next release of Xubuntu, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Testing | Added by somerville32 Date: 2007-01-11 03:42:24 Last edited by knome Date: 2011-09-06 12:10:03 Requested 16 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 |
bitesize | <reply> A list of bugs that are considered easy to fix and good for beginners to attempt can be found at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.tag=bitesize | Added by Pici Date: 2007-11-03 23:18:21 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-11-03 23:21:43 Requested 16 times |
ut | <reply> For information on how to play Unreal Tournament, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Games/Native/UnrealTournament - for Unreal Tournament 2004, see !ut2k4 | Added by elkbuntu Date: 2007-12-28 11:48:42 Requested 16 times |
emesene | <deleted><reply> Emesene is an instant messenger for the WLM network. See http://emesene.org for more information. | Added by Spec Date: 2008-04-18 18:44:54 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-04-02 04:14:26 Requested 16 times |
support-#kubuntu | <reply> The official Kubuntu support channel is #kubuntu. Also see http://www.kubuntu.com/support.php | Added by Pici Date: 2008-07-08 15:59:07 Requested 16 times |
audio-#ubuntu+1 | <reply> If you're having problems with sound, first ensure ALSA is selected, by double clicking on the volume control, then File -> Change Device (ALSA Mixer). If that fails, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Sound - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting - On Jaunty, please check bug https://launchpad.net/bugs/330814 and help test the new kernel image | Added by LjL Date: 2009-03-26 15:49:34 Last edited by LjL Date: 2009-03-26 15:54:28 Requested 16 times |
encyclopedia | <reply> See https://ubottu.com/devel/wiki/Plugins#Encyclopedia for usage information on the Encyclopedia factoid plugin | Added by tsimpson Date: 2010-12-14 02:58:49 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 07:02:33 Requested 16 times |
shells shell-policy | <reply> Is your shell provider banned in Ubuntu channels? See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/ShellPolicy for shell provider requirements and how to resolve the situation with your provider. | Added by topyli Date: 2011-01-23 18:53:44 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-01-23 18:57:20 Requested 16 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 |
torrents-#xubuntu torrents-#xubuntu-offtopic torrents-#xubuntu-devel | <reply> Xubuntu $curStable ($curStableNum) torrents can be downloaded from http://torrent.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/$curStableLower/release/desktop/xubuntu-$curStableNum-desktop-i386.iso.torrent and http://torrent.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/$curStableLower/release/desktop/xubuntu-$curStableNum-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent | Added by knome Date: 2013-04-25 13:21:05 Last edited by knome Date: 2013-04-25 13:30:41 Requested 16 times |
zram | <reply>zRAM is a module of the Linux kernel which increases performance by avoiding paging on disk and instead uses a compressed block device in RAM, useful on systems with less RAM, and SSDs. Install zram-config to enable zRAM. | Added by IdleOne Date: 2013-11-04 22:09:52 Requested 16 times |
xfce | <reply> Xfce is a lightweight and configurable desktop environment used by !Xubuntu. Read more at http://xfce.org/ | Added by gnomefreak Date: 2006-06-29 02:46:25 Last edited by knome Date: 2015-07-08 00:45:25 Requested 17 times |
boys-#ubuntuforums | <reply> ♪ Bad boys, bad boys, watcha gonna do, watcha gonna do when they come for you ♫ | Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-01-16 16:39:09 Requested 17 times |
roadnav | <deleted>a free street mapping and GPS navigation program with spoken directions, using free data available from the U.S. Census Bureau (TIGER, at http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/) and the OpenStreetMap project (at http://www.openstreetmap.org/) - An !Edgy compatible package can be downloaded at http://roadnav.sourceforge.net/ | Added by LjL Date: 2007-03-18 14:09:53 Last edited by dax Date: 2019-11-27 20:44:10 Requested 17 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 |
kmix | KDE's soundcard mixer program. Though small, it is full-featured. The program should give controls for each of your soundcards. KMix supports several platforms and sound drivers. Go to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kmix for complete information. | Added by Myrtti Date: 2008-05-26 20:45:57 Requested 17 times |
newdrive newharddrive newhd | <reply> For help with adding a new hard disk drive to an installed system, refer to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingANewHardDrive - see also !fstab | Added by Mez Date: 2008-08-20 17:52:09 Requested 17 times |
wobblywu-#ubuntu-offtopic | <deleted><reply> I take it back, i WOULD be very glad to see him! :( | Added by LjL Date: 2008-12-15 00:12:12 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-06-04 00:37:18 Requested 17 times |
simplerecursion-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> See !doublerecursion | Added by LjL Date: 2009-03-19 03:03:08 Requested 17 times |
addfact | <reply> To add a factoid to the bot, use the following form (the factoid will then be forwarded to the ops to approve): !foo is <reply> bar | Added by jussi Date: 2010-08-30 08:43:55 Requested 17 times |
daily-#xubuntu | <reply>Daily builds of the CD images for the current development version of Xubuntu are available at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/daily-live/current/ | Added by Pici Date: 2011-08-11 18:08:51 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-03-07 04:57:32 Requested 17 times |
precise-#xubuntu 12.04-#xubuntu | <reply> Xubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) reached End-of-Life April 26, 2015: http://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-12-04-end-of-life/ | Added by knome Date: 2012-04-26 16:21:56 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2015-05-02 03:05:37 Requested 17 times |
lenovobug intel-spi intelspi 17.10.1 | <reply> The original release of Ubuntu 17.10 contained a bug that makes firmware memory read-only. See https://pad.lv/1734147 for more info. This bug has been fixed in 17.10's repositories (so upgrades are safe) and new ISOs have been released (look for 17.10.1 in the filename). | Added by dax Date: 2018-01-10 02:40:55 Last edited by dax Date: 2018-01-12 20:50:38 Requested 17 times |
es-#lubuntu | <reply> En este canal de lubuntu, sólo se habla en inglés. Si busca ayuda en español, entre al canal #lubuntu-es; escriba " /join #lubuntu-es " (sin comillas) y presione intro. | Added by wxl Date: 2019-09-23 23:08:42 Last edited by wxl Date: 2020-12-14 20:28:13 Requested 17 times |
versioning | <deleted><reply> Ubuntu and Debian have slightly different package versioning schemes, for an explanation see http://doc.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/packagingguide/C/basic-scratch.html#id2528873 | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-12 13:42:32 Last edited by rww Date: 2015-03-13 05:57:38 Requested 18 times |
vncfix | <reply> If you are getting errors like "could not open default font 'fixed'" when running a VNC server: 'sudo ln -s /usr/share/X11/fonts /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts' | Added by bimberi Date: 2006-09-26 02:23:45 Requested 18 times |
ubuntulog | a logging bot run on various Ubuntu channels. You can read the logs at http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/ | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-11-08 23:22:45 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:33:41 Requested 18 times |
plg | <deleted><reply> Project Looking Glass is an environment with 3D windowing and visualization capabilities. Web site: https://lg3d-core.dev.java.net/ - Demo: http://wwws.sun.com/software/looking_glass/demo.html - Live CD: https://lg3d-livecd.dev.java.net/ - Binary Builds: https://lg3d-core.dev.java.net/binary-builds.html | Added by LjL Date: 2007-01-20 16:53:07 Last edited by jussi Date: 2011-04-28 15:18:27 Requested 18 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 |
ops-#ubuntustudio | <reply> Help! Channel emergency! (ONLY use this trigger in emergencies) - PING astraljava, cub, holstein, jussi, joejaxx, ScottL, scott-work or Unit193 | Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-12-20 13:49:09 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2016-05-21 04:29:56 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 |
podcast-#ubuntu-uk | <reply> Grab the lastest Ubuntu UK Podcast from http://ubuntupodcast.org | Added by Seeker` Date: 2008-05-27 23:51:40 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-04-02 04:12:05 Requested 18 times |
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