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notunity disunited	<reply> Since Ubuntu 11.10, !Unity is the default desktop in Ubuntu. For the !GNOME 3 desktop, install "gnome-shell". For !MATE, the continuation of GNOME 2, install "mate-desktop". For GNOME Flashback, install "gnome-session-flashback". Also see !flavors.	Added by Pici Date: 2011-10-13 14:08:44 Last edited by SonikkuAmerica Date: 2016-12-14 19:43:41 Requested 1636 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
inteunity	<deleted><reply> Ubuntu 11.10 använder normalt sett GNOME 3 med skalet !unity. För att använda GNOME Shell istället, installera paketet "gnome-shell" och möjligtvis även "gnome-tweak-tool". För GNOME Fallback mode, som liknar GNOME 2, installera "gnome-panel". Båda paketen placerar alternativ i sessionsmenyn vid login.	Added by pangolin Date: 2011-10-23 16:33:49 Last edited by pangolin Date: 2011-10-23 16:44:34 Requested 2 times
dmb	<reply> The Developer Membership Board handles applications for new developer privileges. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DeveloperMembershipBoard and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DeveloperMembershipBoard/ApplicationProcess for more details. For DMB attention, try !dmb-ping.	Added by Pici Date: 2011-10-24 14:42:00 Requested 10 times
xorgconf xorg.conf	<reply> The /etc/X11/xorg.conf file is deprecated, but sometimes may still be needed to pass values to specific drivers. See `man xorg.conf` for file structure and syntax. For Ubuntu-specific documentation and more information, see also https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config	Added by topyli Date: 2011-10-28 18:26:10 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-31 15:29:06 Requested 182 times
ppu	Per-Package Uploader. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopers#PerPackage for more information and application process.	Added by Pici Date: 2011-11-05 21:25:55 Requested 1 times
desura	<deleted><reply> Desura is an application which makes it easy to install, patch and play games on all Linux and Windows distributions. http://www.desura.com for more information.	Added by pangolin Date: 2011-11-22 03:58:31 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-04-02 04:33:32 Requested 2 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
testers-#kubuntu	<reply> Help is needed in #kubuntu-devel. Please ping Riddell, yofel, soee, Tm_T, BluesKaj, James147, Quintasan, lordievader, shrini, tester56, parad1se, mamarley, alket, SourBlues, sgclark, neo31, vip, mparillo, wxl, DarinMiller, tsimonq2 for information	Added by Tm_T Date: 2012-01-25 17:02:44 Last edited by genii Date: 2017-03-22 21:43:13 Requested 3 times
testers-#kubuntu-devel	<reply> Help is needed in #kubuntu-devel. Please ping RikMills, soee, BluesKaj, mamarley, mparillo, wxl, DarinMiller, tsimonq2, crydotsnake-M for more information.	Added by Tm_T Date: 2012-01-25 17:04:00 Last edited by genii Date: 2019-08-28 22:30:59 Requested 344 times
inteunity-#ubuntu-se	<reply> Ubuntu 11.10 använder normalt sett GNOME 3 med skalet !unity. För att använda GNOME Shell istället, installera paketet "gnome-shell" och möjligtvis även "gnome-tweak-tool". För GNOME Fallback mode, som liknar GNOME 2, installera "gnome-panel". Båda paketen placerar alternativ i sessionsmenyn vid login.	Added by pangolin Date: 2012-01-29 14:48:04 Requested 3 times
autostart-#xubuntu autostart-#xubuntu-offtopic autostart-#xubuntu-devel	<reply> To add programs or scripts to start when logging in, use Applications menu -> Settings -> Settings Manager -> Session and Startup -> tab "Application autostart" - See !boot for starting (non-interactive) programs at boot	Added by knome Date: 2012-02-06 18:32:58 Last edited by knome Date: 2012-02-06 18:33:48 Requested 4 times
mainline-#ubuntu-se	<reply> Ubuntus kernel-team tillhandahåller kontinuerliga byggen av den senaste Linuxkärnan, som kan vara änvändbara för att isolera fel eller att testa de senaste ändringarna. Mer information finns via https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds	Added by pangolin Date: 2012-02-25 10:40:43 Requested 4 times
admingroup	<reply> Up through Ubuntu 11.10, administrator privileges using sudo was granted to the "admin" Unix group. In Ubuntu 12.04, privileges are granted to the "sudo" group, for consistency with upstream and Debian. For compatibility, the "admin" group will continue to have access in 12.04.	Added by tonyyarusso Date: 2012-05-04 20:50:58 Last edited by tonyyarusso Date: 2012-05-04 20:55:41 Requested 7 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
juju	<reply>Juju is a open source devops platform created to allow rapid deployment of applications in the cloud. More info at https://juju.ubuntu.com/	Added by bkerensa Date: 2012-08-17 20:05:46 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-08-02 20:22:24 Requested 35 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
paidapps usc	<reply> Information about purchasing applications from the Ubuntu Software Centre including refunds, reinstalls and license keys can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Pay	Added by AlanBell Date: 2012-09-19 10:15:58 Last edited by AlanBell Date: 2012-09-19 21:14:45 Requested 13 times
webapps	<reply>Ubuntu Web Apps enable developers to create web applications that run in web browsers. They provide close integration to the Unity shell for functions such as launch, notifications and controls. - more info at http://developer.ubuntu.com/community/ or #ubuntu-webapps	Added by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-19 18:59:28 Requested 8 times
uefi efi	<reply> UEFI is a specification that defines a software interface between an operating system and platform firmware. It is meant as a replacement for the BIOS. For information on how to set up and install Ubuntu and its derivatives on UEFI machines please read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI	Added by IdleOne Date: 2012-12-19 19:32:00 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2014-01-02 01:01:53 Requested 1822 times
phone nexus7 tablet touch phablet ubuntu-touch ubports	<reply> Information about the mobile port of the Ubuntu platform (formely Ubuntu Touch) for Phone and Tablet is available here: https://ubports.com/. Support and discussion in #ubports	Added by IdleOne Date: 2013-01-02 19:42:52 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2019-01-08 20:15:12 Requested 1311 times
pam	<reply> PAM is plugable authentication modules	Added by AlanBell Date: 2013-01-03 09:14:51 Requested 10 times
lxde	<reply> LXDE ( http://lxde.org/ ) is the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment used by !Lubuntu. To install from Ubuntu: « sudo apt-get install lubuntu-desktop ». See http://lubuntu.net/ for more information, and join #lubuntu for support.	Added by IdleOne Date: 2013-02-11 03:17:38 Requested 45 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
maininclusion	<reply>Main Inclusion Report - see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MainInclusionProcess for more information.	Added by IdleOne Date: 2013-03-07 23:20:50 Requested 0 times
xubuntu-devel devel-#xubuntu	<reply> The Xubuntu developer mailing list information can be found at https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel \| The Xubuntu developer IRC channel is #xubuntu-devel	Added by knome Date: 2013-03-10 23:45:09 Last edited by knome Date: 2013-03-16 19:11:19 Requested 5 times
doublejoin	<reply> Your IRC client is completing NickServ authentication after joining channels, which triggers a fake quit and rejoin to apply your cloak and increases channel noise. The best way to avoid this is to use SASL (https://libera.chat/guides/sasl). Other options for automatic login exist (e.g. CertFP and server password) but sometimes complete after channel join.	Added by knome Date: 2013-04-13 22:19:45 Last edited by kryten Date: 2021-05-24 22:54:45 Requested 45 times
path	<reply>The $PATH variable tells the shell where to look for the commands you tell it to run. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EnvironmentVariables#File-location_related_variables	Added by Pricey Date: 2013-05-30 22:47:48 Last edited by AlanBell Date: 2013-11-27 11:22:08 Requested 65 times
kali	<alias> derivatives	Added by IdleOne Date: 2013-06-10 21:45:01 Requested 12 times
stats-#ubuntuforums	<reply>Some fun statistics for this channel can be found at https://unit193.net/pisg/ubuntuforums.html	Added by IdleOne Date: 2013-08-03 05:39:51 Last edited by kryten Date: 2017-02-23 00:02:33 Requested 14 times
nomir	<deleted><reply> for more information about why Mir will not be included as default in ubuntu 13.10 see http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2013/10/01/xmir-update-for-ubuntu-13-10/ and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mir/13.10/NoDefaultQ%26A	Added by IdleOne Date: 2013-10-02 15:33:14 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:17:31 Requested 3 times
elementary	<reply> elementary OS is an Ubuntu derivative that is supported in their own IRC channel #elementary on irc.freenode.net - See https://elementary.io/ for more information on this distribution.	Added by genii Date: 2013-11-17 07:10:48 Last edited by kryten Date: 2021-05-24 22:54:33 Requested 283 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
wayland	<reply> Wayland is a display server protocol (an alternative to X11) and library. Unlike Xorg, Wayland provides no central server component, but desktop environments' compositors make use of it (e.g. mutter, kwin, weston). For more info, see https://wayland.freedesktop.org and !xwayland	Added by IdleOne Date: 2014-01-04 22:11:49 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2019-07-16 16:51:35 Requested 103 times
kylin ubuntukylin	<reply> Ubuntu Kylin is a variant of Ubuntu that focuses on Chinese users. It is an official part of Ubuntu. For more information, see http://www.ubuntukylin.com/	Added by rww Date: 2014-01-19 07:10:14 Last edited by krytarik Date: 2018-04-30 16:42:01 Requested 105 times
xmir	<deleted><reply> XMir is an X server that runs on top of Mir. It permits applications that know how to speak the X protocol but don't know how to speak to Mir (ie, approximately all of them at present) to run in a Mir-based environment. ( http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/26254.html )	Added by ldunn Date: 2014-02-01 23:03:27 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:17:06 Requested 8 times
systemd	the default init system for Ubuntu 15.04 onwards. For information on transitioning from upstart to systemd, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SystemdForUpstartUsers For a guide to basic service management with systemd, see https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-systemctl-to-manage-systemd-services-and-units	Added by Pici Date: 2014-02-14 14:10:03 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-05-23 04:54:25 Requested 221 times
trim ssd	<reply> Many Solid State Drives support TRIM, which allows the drive to do garbage collection and improves performance. Ubuntu 14.04 activates it by default. For older versions, see http://askubuntu.com/a/19480 for information on activating it.	Added by rww Date: 2014-03-29 05:24:27 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-05-16 00:45:48 Requested 114 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
mre	<reply> Micro Release Exceptions are approved by the Ubuntu Technical Board on a per-package basis for packages that cannot be acceptably handled through the Stable Release Update (!sru) process. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates/MicroReleaseExceptions for more information.	Added by rww Date: 2014-04-12 22:33:56 Requested 3 times
uos uds	<reply> The Ubuntu Online Summit will be held between 10th June - 12 June 2014. See http://summit.ubuntu.com/uos-1406/ for agenda and participation information.	Added by Pici Date: 2014-06-11 14:20:15 Requested 13 times
certificates certificate	<reply> For more information about Ubuntu Membership Certificates and how to obtain please read http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2013/06/14/certificates-for-ubuntu-members/	Added by IdleOne Date: 2014-08-12 16:14:42 Requested 9 times
shellshock	<reply> Ubuntu has released security updates for both recent bash vulnerabilities for all currently-supported versions of Ubuntu. Use your preferred package manager to apply all pending updates. See http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2362-1/ , http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2363-1/ , and http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2363-2/ for more information.	Added by knome Date: 2014-09-25 20:17:17 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-09-26 15:51:28 Requested 37 times
based on ubuntu	<alias> derivatives	Added by rww Date: 2014-12-16 00:10:01 Requested 2 times
backbox	<reply> Backbox Linux is not a supported derivative of Ubuntu and is thus not supported in #ubuntu. Please use #backbox on irc.autistici.org or https://forum.backbox.org/ for help with it.	Added by rww Date: 2015-03-01 03:51:23 Requested 196 times
donate-#kubuntu	<reply> If you want to help make Kubuntu even better, visit http://www.kubuntu.org/donate to see how. To help with funding, https://www.kde.org/community/donations/ instead.	Added by genii Date: 2015-04-27 17:44:23 Requested 2 times
lxle	<alias> derivatives	Added by Unit193 Date: 2015-05-31 00:06:13 Requested 0 times
pkexec	<reply> pkexec is a PolicyKit tool that allows an authorized user to run (graphical) applications as another user. To run a graphical application (e.g. gedit) which can write to the entire filesystem, use e.g. "pkexec env DISPLAY=$DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY gedit /etc/environment"	Added by knome Date: 2015-06-25 22:56:08 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2019-03-31 04:02:52 Requested 31 times
amd ati fglrx amdgpu	<reply> On Ubuntu, AMD's official Linux graphics driver "amdgpu" is automatically loaded for matching hardware. Very old cards use driver "radeon" (r300, r600) instead. See the !man pages for X options, "modinfo -p <graphics-driver>" for kernel parameters. Both drivers are open source and integrate with MESA and !DRI. Drivers "amdgpu-pro", "fglrx" and "ati" are not supported here.	Added by knome Date: 2015-08-03 19:17:31 Last edited by tomreyn Date: 2022-06-17 18:21:56 Requested 170 times
winusb woeusb woe-usb	<reply> Ubuntu does not have a recommended tool for preparing bootable Windows installation USBs. If you need one, consider using Microsoft's media creation tool from a Windows computer (see ##windows for support). If this is not an option, there are third-party unsupported tools like WoeUSB ( https://github.com/slacka/WoeUSB , sudo snap install --edge woe-usb ) that might work.	Added by Jordan_U Date: 2015-08-11 22:32:49 Last edited by dax Date: 2019-05-10 17:42:35 Requested 61 times