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Factoid	Value	Author
screenlets	<deleted><reply> Screenlets are little widgets for your !desktop. Note you must have a compositing window manager such as !Compiz Fusion, xcompmgr, or KWin to run them. You can get them at http://www.screenlets.org/	Added by LjL Date: 2007-09-22 16:38:11 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-31 15:35:58 Requested 137 times
empathy	the default instant messaging and video client for GNOME. Since Karmic, it has been the default client in Ubuntu, replacing !pidgin	Added by elky Date: 2009-09-12 08:23:43 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:45:54 Requested 137 times
plf	<deleted><reply> The Penguin Liberation Front is dedicated to distributing software that cannot be included in Linux distributions for various reasons - See http://plf.zarb.org/ (not yet fully functioning) - See also !Medibuntu and !Seveas	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 00:36:50 Last edited by genii-around Date: 2011-05-26 16:58:10 Requested 138 times
xorg	<reply> X.Org is an implementation of the X Windows System, and is the part of your system that's responsible for graphical output. To restart it on an Ubuntu system, type 'sudo service lightdm restart'. To fix screen resolution or other X.Org problems: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Resolution . See also !xorgconf	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 09:13:01 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-03-12 02:47:09 Requested 138 times
burniso	<reply> To burn an ISO image of a CD in Linux, Mac OS or Windows, read the howto at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto	Added by thoreauputic Date: 2006-06-22 14:17:16 Requested 139 times
rs serbian	<reply> Molimo udjite u #ubuntu-rs za pomoc u vezi sa Ubuntuom na srpskom jeziku.	Added by LjL Date: 2007-11-11 17:31:16 Requested 139 times
dmesg	a console command which outputs the kernel ring buffer - an important log for diagnosing problems in Linux. Often when something errors with hardware it will result in additional lines reported which can be seen by running dmesg in a console.	Added by popey Date: 2009-04-18 21:31:37 Last edited by Seeker` Date: 2009-04-18 21:41:19 Requested 139 times
#kubuntu #kubuntu-offtopic	the official Kubuntu support channel, for all Kubuntu-related questions. Please use #kubuntu-offtopic for general chatter. Thanks!	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:53:12 Requested 140 times
selinux	<reply> SELinux is available on Ubuntu, but not officially supported. Ubuntu uses another security framework by default, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AppArmor	Added by LjL Date: 2007-11-06 00:07:16 Requested 140 times
scim	<reply> Chinese, Japanese, Korean Language input. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SCIM	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 18:25:49 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:44:38 Requested 142 times
punctuation	<deleted><reply> Punctuation is good, but its overuse hurts readability. Please refrain from adding many ?'s or !'s to the end of your sentences. See also !enter	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 18:35:00 Last edited by knome Date: 2014-03-19 19:54:39 Requested 142 times
resolvconf resolv.conf	<reply>resolvconf is a set of scripts that's used to manage /etc/resolv.conf in 12.04 and later, for more information please see: http://www.stgraber.org/2012/02/24/dns-in-ubuntu-12-04/ and https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/network-configuration.html#name-resolution	Added by tsimpson Date: 2012-05-08 13:27:02 Last edited by knome Date: 2015-07-27 16:44:50 Requested 142 times
proaudio	<reply> For information on professional audio tools in Ubuntu, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/ProAudioIntro	Added by knome Date: 2013-02-26 18:58:19 Last edited by knome Date: 2013-02-26 19:09:00 Requested 142 times
ubuntucore snappy	<reply> Ubuntu Core is a version of Ubuntu with transactional updates completely built from snap packages (also see !snap). For discussion and support, please visit #snappy and see https://ubuntu.com/core	Added by rww Date: 2014-12-09 21:35:30 Last edited by krytarik Date: 2021-10-02 20:15:04 Requested 142 times
ignore	<reply> If you really don't wish to see the messages from a particular person on IRC, you can use /ignore nickname	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 08:36:26 Requested 144 times
alternatives	<reply> To change the default applications system-wide, use 'sudo update-alternatives --all' in a terminal.	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 10:49:11 Requested 144 times
neon project-neon	<reply> KDE Neon ( http://neon.kde.org/ ) is a KDE project to package the latest stable and development versions of KDE software on top of an Ubuntu base. As it is not an official Ubuntu or Kubuntu project, please use #kde-neon for discussion and support.	Added by stdin Date: 2008-09-19 19:00:47 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-04-02 00:24:58 Requested 145 times
tex latex	a language for describing a document, commonly used especially for scientific publishing. Information and instructions for installing TeX and other related packages can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LaTeX	Added by LjL Date: 2007-05-12 00:23:42 Requested 147 times
wastrel-#ubuntu-offtopic drm-#ubuntu-offtopic	<reply> sometimes wastrel cries	Added by LjL Date: 2008-01-28 16:47:46 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-12-18 02:36:11 Requested 147 times
irccouncil ircc irc-council	<reply> The Ubuntu IRC Council is the team governance council for the the Ubuntu IRC channels on the Libera network. For serious inquiries, please join #ubuntu-irc-council or email irc-council@lists.ubuntu.com - See also https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/IrcCouncil	Added by Pici Date: 2008-01-31 19:36:19 Last edited by kryten Date: 2021-05-24 22:54:39 Requested 147 times
chromium	<reply>You can get testing builds for Chromium at https://launchpad.net/~chromium-daily/+archive/ppa	Added by Amaranth Date: 2009-09-22 18:00:34 Requested 147 times
cinelerra	<deleted><reply> Cinelerra is a video editor and compositor that cannot be included in Ubuntu for legal reasons. Install instructions can be found on http://cvs.cinelerra.org/getting_cinelerra.php#ubuntu	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 08:27:22 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-31 15:35:12 Requested 148 times
worst-#ubuntu-offtopic	<reply> This factoid is supposed to be pretty terrible. Please contact rodserling if you find a factoid worse than this, in order to improve, I mean pejorate, this useless conglomerate of words, thank you, well not really. Worst is also the dutch word for sausage.	Added by LjL Date: 2008-01-31 03:56:37 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2011-08-17 08:07:37 Requested 149 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
nvidia	<reply> Drivers for Nvidia graphics cards: (A) No gaming/CAD/CUDA needed or legacy hardware? Use "nouveau" (open source, lacks many features). (B) Otherwise, "nvidia" (proprietary driver, fully featured). Install using "ubuntu-drivers" CLI or apt - not from nvidia.com. Driver series, hardware support (release notes): https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/unix/ - Latest drivers !PPA: https://pad.lv/ppa/graphics-drivers	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 00:21:10 Last edited by tomreyn Date: 2022-07-04 02:10:10 Requested 151 times
openbox	a lightweight window manager. For instructions and more information see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Openbox	Added by gnomefreak Date: 2006-07-20 01:50:38 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:33:22 Requested 151 times
apt-file	a program that can tell you which package(s) contain(s) a given filename. To install it and generate the database it needs, run "sudo apt-get install apt-file && sudo apt-file update"	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 13:52:18 Requested 151 times
rt realtime	<reply> The RT kernel is the Linux kernel with special realtime patches applied. It is not available in Ubuntu. See also !lowlatency and https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/RealTimeKernel	Added by Tm_T Date: 2007-12-18 11:26:52 Last edited by dax Date: 2020-02-26 16:33:48 Requested 151 times
zip file-roller ark	<reply> Files with extensions .tar, .gz, .tgz, .zip, .bz2, .7z, .ace and other archive file formats can be opened with file-roller (GNOME), Ark (KDE), or Xarchiver (XFCE) - Also see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FileCompression	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 15:55:25 Last edited by tonyyarusso Date: 2007-07-26 06:10:54 Requested 152 times
devilspie	a tool that can perform actions on windows when running applications. Actions include resizing, positioning, pinning etc. Use the package gdevilspie to configure from GUI, or see usage information at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Devilspie	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-23 19:34:05 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-08-21 20:23:21 Requested 152 times
netflix	<reply> If you use Netflix, there is an unofficial solution for using it in Ubuntu detailed in http://www.compholio.com/netflix-desktop/ - bug reports in https://bugs.launchpad.net/netflix-desktop	Added by Tm_T Date: 2012-11-19 12:48:52 Last edited by Tm_T Date: 2012-12-20 10:45:22 Requested 152 times
artful aardvark 17.10	<reply> Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful Aardvark) was the 27th release of Ubuntu. Support ended on July 19th, 2018. See !eol and https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2018-July/004483.html	Added by Pici Date: 2017-04-20 18:18:35 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2018-08-22 13:14:19 Requested 152 times
pici	<deleted>stuck in a factoid factory! Send help!	Added by Pici Date: 2007-10-17 17:36:26 Last edited by Pici Date: 2014-07-22 13:04:22 Requested 153 times
quietirc	<deleted><reply> To ignore joins/parts/quits in your favorite IRC client, see http://wiki.xkcd.com/irc/Hide_join_part_messages	Added by Pici Date: 2013-11-19 16:18:33 Last edited by dax Date: 2019-10-28 14:57:12 Requested 153 times
paste-#ubuntu-uk	<reply> Pastebin is a service to post large texts so you don't flood the channel. The Ubuntu pastebin is at http://pastebin.ubuntu-uk.org (make sure you give us the URL for your paste - see also the #ubuntu channel topic)	Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-05-10 17:47:14 Last edited by PriceChild Date: 2007-05-10 17:48:29 Requested 155 times
pbuilder pbuilder howto	a system to easily build packages in a clean chroot environment. To get started with PBuilder, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PbuilderHowto	Added by Hobbsee Date: 2006-06-18 15:48:29 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:39:28 Requested 157 times
nouveau	an open-source nvidia driver included by default since Ubuntu 10.04. Currently, 3D rendering is only partially supported. More information can be found at http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/ \| See !nvidia for the closed-source Nvidia driver.	Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-08-09 09:03:42 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-05-23 22:49:26 Requested 157 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
truecrypt	<reply> Truecrypt is a free open-source on-the-fly disk encryption software. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/TruecryptHiddenVolume	Added by Pici Date: 2008-02-07 20:31:14 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2010-04-17 23:57:46 Requested 159 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
b	an IRC channel mode that you don't want on your hostmask.	Added by LjL Date: 2007-09-18 21:26:05 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-07-15 13:13:01 Requested 161 times
plymouth	<reply> Plymouth is an application that runs very early in the boot process (even before the root filesystem is mounted!) that provides a graphical boot animation while the boot process happens in the background. To change your Plymouth theme use « sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth && sudo update-initramfs -u »	Added by Pici Date: 2010-12-02 14:07:39 Last edited by Jordan_U Date: 2013-04-29 00:05:35 Requested 161 times
deluge	a Bittorrent client, created using Python and GTK+, intended to bring a native, full-featured client to !GTK environments such as GNOME and Xfce. See http://deluge-torrent.org/ for more information or the package 'deluge-torrent' in the package repositories.	Added by LjL Date: 2006-12-28 20:42:49 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2016-10-10 01:54:32 Requested 162 times
fluxbuntu	<deleted><reply>fluxbuntu is a LPAE-standard compliant, Ubuntu-based derivative that maintains the goal of running on a wide range of mobile devices and computers (low-end & high-end). It is lightweight, swift and efficient. \| Support Channel: #fluxbuntu on freenode \| Homepage: http://fluxbuntu.org/	Added by imbrandon Date: 2006-07-03 05:49:16 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-31 15:23:17 Requested 163 times
pi-#ubuntu-offtopic	either 3 for small values of pi, 4 for large values of pi or 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510 and then some	Added by Pici Date: 2007-12-28 20:13:08 Last edited by Seveas Date: 2008-02-03 19:42:08 Requested 163 times
moo-#ubuntu-offtopic	<reply> There are no easter eggs in this bot.	Added by Pici Date: 2008-02-01 20:03:32 Requested 165 times
support-#ubuntu+1 offtopic-#ubuntu+1	<reply> #ubuntu+1 handles support for the development version of Ubuntu. Please join #ubuntu for all other Ubuntu support. Chat in #ubuntu-offtopic.	Added by Pici Date: 2009-05-05 18:55:10 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-05-05 18:55:17 Requested 165 times
errors	<reply> If you have problems or errors, you will need to describe/paste them. Please use the !pastebin for errors that cannot be quoted in a single IRC message	Added by LjL Date: 2006-12-14 19:48:01 Last edited by LjL Date: 2008-11-06 23:30:21 Requested 167 times
kompozer	a WYSIWYG HTML editor for easily creating web pages, and the continuation of the dead Nvu project. It is available in !Universe on !Gutsy and later releases. Note that there is a GTK incompatibility in !Intrepid and !Jaunty, so users of those releases should use the !PPA at https://launchpad.net/~giuseppe-iuculano/+archive/ppa instead.	Added by tonyyarusso Date: 2007-04-23 01:47:58 Last edited by tonyyarusso Date: 2009-10-24 19:23:53 Requested 169 times
usn	<reply> Please see https://usn.ubuntu.com/ for information about recent Ubuntu security updates.	Added by ompaul Date: 2007-06-26 23:19:27 Last edited by Pici Date: 2018-05-07 18:31:40 Requested 169 times