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cadence | <reply> Cadence is an application for managing Jack in KXStudio and its repositories. Due to the nature of its intrusive configuration, it causes compatibility issues with Ubuntu's audio configuration, particularly !ubuntustudio-controls. For this reason, adding the KXStudio repos to any Ubuntu install is highly discouraged. | Added by hggdh Date: 2019-04-13 19:21:49 Requested 4 times |
canibeanop newop newops canihaveops canihaveop canibeop icanhazop icanhazop? | <reply>If you are interested in joining the Ubuntu IRC Team, take a look at both https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/IrcTeam/LaunchpadOperatorApplication and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/IrcTeam/OperatorRequirements for info on the process and requirements. You can also learn about what the job entails from people in #ubuntu-irc. | Added by elky Date: 2009-05-14 21:36:40 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2014-03-20 02:54:19 Requested 232 times |
canonical | <reply>Canonical Ltd. is committed to the development, distribution and promotion of open source software products, and to providing tools and support to the open source community. It is the driving force behind the Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, and Edubuntu Operating Systems. Canonical's website is at http://www.canonical.com/ | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-08-03 18:21:47 Requested 226 times |
ccsm | <reply> To enable advanced customization of desktop effects in Ubuntu: install 'compizconfig-settings-manager' (or 'simple-ccsm' for pre-Oneiric). If you install the latter, a new option will appear in your appearance properties - See also !compiz - Help in #compiz | Added by Pici Date: 2007-10-17 19:28:01 Last edited by Pici Date: 2011-10-28 13:52:07 Requested 1918 times |
cds | <reply>You can buy an Ubuntu CD from http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/cd-and-dvd Please consider using Torrents http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/alternative-downloads | Added by Pici Date: 2010-05-27 02:20:05 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-14 19:45:19 Requested 3 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 |
chroot debchroot | <reply> A chroot is used to make programs believe that the directory they are running in is really the root directory. It can be used to stop programs accessing files outside of that directory, or for compiling 32bit applications in a 64bit environment - see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BasicChroot | Added by ompaul Date: 2006-08-11 17:28:50 Last edited by Pici Date: 2010-06-15 17:12:19 Requested 1092 times |
classroom | <reply> The Ubuntu Classroom is a project which aims to tutor users about Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Xubuntu through biweekly sessions in #ubuntu-classroom - For more information visit https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Classroom | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-14 18:53:27 Requested 59 times |
cli | <deleted><reply>The linux terminal or command-line interface is very powerful. Open a terminal via Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal (Gnome) or K-menu -> System -> Konsole (KDE). Guide: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal or type in it: man intro | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 16:19:48 Last edited by ikonia Date: 2014-07-19 14:37:06 Requested 433 times |
cloak hostmask nicksetup vhost | <reply> To get an Ubuntu member cloak or any other one, first register your nick as detailed at https://libera.chat/guides/registration - For Ubuntu member cloaks, then ask in #ubuntu-irc and link to your Launchpad profile. For general ones, ask in #libera-cloak - See also !membership | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-07-01 02:14:53 Last edited by kryten Date: 2021-05-24 22:54:35 Requested 253 times |
coc conduct codeofconduct code of conduct | <reply> The Ubuntu Code of Conduct is the document that spells out etiquette in the Ubuntu community | http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/conduct | For information on how to electronically sign the CoC, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SigningCodeofConduct | Watch http://static.screencasts.ubuntu.com/videos/2010/12/22/004-SigningCoC.ogv | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:25:29 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-03-19 19:54:59 Requested 4237 times |
codecs mp3 divx xvid avi mpeg mpg mkv quicktime wma wmv aac restrictedformats restricted formats freeformats restricted realplayer multimedia flashplayer w32 codecs ogg flac video real mp4 m4a free formats ubuntu-restricted-extras asf codec 3gp kubuntu-restricted-extras bluray blueray | <reply> For multimedia issues, this page has useful information: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats - See also https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/ubuntu-help/media.html - But please use free formats if you can: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FreeFormats | Added by LjL Date: 2006-07-09 02:52:18 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-09-06 20:31:53 Requested 17915 times |
conky | <reply> Conky is an application that can show system information (and more) on your desktop. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpConky for more details and a beginners guide. | Added by knome Date: 2016-07-06 12:11:13 Requested 9 times |
contribute-#ubuntu-artwork | <reply> For information regarding current Artwork team activity and about contributing to the Ubuntu Community artwork , Kindly read Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork | Added by Madpilot Date: 2009-11-26 10:16:03 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:45:48 Requested 3 times |
controls | <deleted><reply>Starting in Lucid, the minimize, maximize, and close buttons have been moved to the left side. For more information and workarounds, please see http://pad.lv/532633 | Added by tsimpson Date: 2010-04-04 01:47:17 Last edited by Pici Date: 2018-05-15 17:38:10 Requested 782 times |
croatia | <alias> hr | Added by Pici Date: 2010-11-17 00:01:51 Requested 0 times |
croatian | <alias> hr | Added by Pici Date: 2010-11-17 00:02:03 Requested 0 times |
crunchbang | <alias> derivatives | Added by Flannel Date: 2009-11-20 22:24:14 Last edited by kryten Date: 2017-04-07 20:43:04 Requested 0 times |
cubuntu | <deleted>an unofficial command-line based Ubuntu derivative. It includes a browser, an email client, a media player and many other useful applications. For installation instructions, see http://alecjw.googlepages.com/cubuntu-commandlineubuntu | Added by LjL Date: 2006-12-28 21:34:32 Last edited by topyli Date: 2011-10-28 19:39:24 Requested 27 times |
cupsweb | <reply> To enable the administration functions of the !CUPS web interface, type « sudo adduser cupsys shadow », and then « sudo invoke-rc.d cupsys restart », in a console. | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 13:18:44 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-04-20 00:14:31 Requested 33 times |
currentissues | <deleted><reply>The titlebar buttons have switched to the left during the development phase of Lucid. No need for alarm! The developers are testing this and listening to user feedback. The final decision about the position will be made after beta. Kindly be patient. For more insight, read : http://www.ivankamajic.com/?p=281 | Added by tsimpson Date: 2009-12-01 08:01:51 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-31 15:52:28 Requested 28 times |
dad | <deleted><reply> DaD was an alternative to !mom and has been shutdown in February 2009, see http://dad.dunnewind.net/end.php | Added by Pici Date: 2009-01-29 20:18:36 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-05-26 02:25:45 Requested 14 times |
dash | <reply>/bin/sh links to the DASH shell in all releases since Ubuntu Edgy (6.10). Since DASH is not 100% compatible with the BASH shell, some scripts might break. You can make scripts execute using BASH by changing the first line of the script to « #! /bin/bash | See also https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DashAsBinSh | Added by LjL Date: 2006-10-15 22:19:13 Last edited by Pricey Date: 2013-12-03 13:39:35 Requested 183 times |
debconf | a configuration management system. All packages that support debconf are configured when they are being installed. If you want to change a configuration option later, you can do so using dpkg-reconfigure | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 17:57:00 Requested 22 times |
debdiff | <reply> A simple way to patch Debian/Ubuntu packages is to attach a debdiff to a bug report, or send it to the team which handles the package. Learn more about it from http://packaging.ubuntu.com/html/traditional-packaging.html#creating-a-debdiff | Added by Tm_T Date: 2010-07-02 18:13:17 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-04-02 04:10:33 Requested 19 times |
debian | <alias> relationship | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 00:14:55 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-02-06 01:26:27 Requested 99 times |
debootstrap | used to create a !Debian or Ubuntu base system from scratch, without requiring the availability of !dpkg or !APT. It does this by downloading !.deb files from a mirror site, and carefully unpacking them into a directory you can eventually !chroot into. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebootstrapChroot for more information | Added by LjL Date: 2007-04-22 15:12:30 Last edited by Hobbsee Date: 2008-01-02 14:49:58 Requested 115 times |
default defaultapp | <reply> To change the default application for a filetype in Nautilus, right-click on a file, select Properties -> Open With, and then change the setting. | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 13:24:41 Last edited by LjL Date: 2008-11-15 20:30:43 Requested 343 times |
default-#kubuntu dolphin | <reply> To change the default application for a filetype, go to System Settings -> Advanced -> File Associations, or System Setting -> File Associations in KDE 4.5+ | Added by LjL Date: 2008-11-15 20:31:35 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-28 18:29:33 Requested 44 times |
defrag defragmentation defragment | <reply> The default Ubuntu filesystem (ext4) is engineered to avoid fragmentation issues in most cases. However, there is an online defragmentation tool available if needed. For more information, see `man e4defrag` | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-20 22:49:03 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-30 19:26:16 Requested 368 times |
defragmentation | <alias> defrag | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-20 22:48:54 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-01-02 03:57:41 Requested 134 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 |
derivatives gnewsense mint linuxmce ultimate mce crunchbang backtrack kali based on ubuntu lxle popos | <reply> The Ubuntu channels can only provide support for Ubuntu and its official !flavors. Derivatives and other distributions use different software repositories and other software. Please use their dedicated support venues, such as: Linux Mint: #linuxmint-help on irc.spotchat.org, Pop!_OS: https://support.system76.com/ , Kali Linux: #kali-linux on irc.oftc.net, LXLE: https://lxle.net/support-options/ <deleted>cut off... | Added by LjL Date: 2008-01-24 22:57:06 Last edited by tomreyn Date: 2022-06-17 16:11:03 Requested 2991 times |
desktopguide | <alias> documentation | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 21:23:43 Requested 0 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 |
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 |
devilspie-#xubuntu | <deleted><reply> devilspie is 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 knome Date: 2011-08-21 19:55:39 Last edited by knome Date: 2011-08-21 20:21:03 Requested 2 times |
devilspie-#xubuntu devilspie | <deleted>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 knome Date: 2011-08-21 19:53:06 Last edited by knome Date: 2011-08-21 19:55:27 Requested 1 times |
dhcp | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, a protocol for automatic IP assignment from a router. Ubuntu uses dhclient as a DHCP client but other ones (and DHCP servers too) can be obtained from the !repos. More info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DHCP | Added by tonyyarusso Date: 2007-04-12 20:24:23 Last edited by tonyyarusso Date: 2007-04-12 20:25:10 Requested 188 times |
diskfree df disk-free | <reply> Graphical representations of where your disk-space is being used are: baobab (GNOME), filelight / kinfocenter (Kubuntu). On the terminal: df -h -T | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2006-06-18 16:30:46 Requested 115 times |
django | a high level python web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design. - see http://www.djangoproject.com | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-09 00:32:02 Requested 29 times |
dma | Direct Memory Access/Addressing. It makes hardware transfer data faster, and is supported by most systems since 2002. For more information see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DMA | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 21:09:59 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2010-06-12 00:31:46 Requested 219 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 |
doc | <alias> documentation | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:05:57 Requested 1 times |
dock docks | <reply> Ubuntu includes several dock-like navigation bars. Some options are: avant-window-navigator, cairo-dock, docky (formerly part of gnome-do), stalonetray, simdock, kdocker, kooldock. | Added by rww Date: 2011-04-11 20:02:34 Requested 70 times |
docs | <alias> documentation | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:05:55 Requested 0 times |
docs-#kubuntu | <reply> Kubuntu documentation can be found at http://docs.kubuntu.org General linux documentation can be found at http://www.tldp.org and http://rute.2038bug.com | Added by genii Date: 2015-11-04 20:34:04 Requested 1 times |
docteam | The Ubuntu Documentation team. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam/ and you can "/join #ubuntu-doc" | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 21:40:04 Requested 1 times |
documentation docs doc rute tldp desktopguide starterguide newusers training tutorial | to be found at https://help.ubuntu.com and https://wiki.ubuntu.com - General linux documentation: http://www.tldp.org - https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/course/95-799/rute.pdf | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 19:12:08 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:55:39 Requested 858 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 |
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