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| donation | <alias> donate | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 10:32:07 Requested 0 times |
| donations | <alias> donate | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 10:32:09 Requested 0 times |
| dontzap | <deleted><reply> To re-enable the Ctrl-Alt-Backspace combination that restarts your X server see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/DontZap | Added by LjL Date: 2009-03-20 02:24:54 Last edited by bazhang Date: 2012-04-19 16:03:58 Requested 696 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 |
| download mirror mirrors | <reply> Ubuntu installation CDs can be downloaded from http://releases.ubuntu.com - Mirrors can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mirrors - PLEASE use the !torrents to download !$curStable, and help keeping the servers' load low! | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 08:46:50 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:39:20 Requested 1655 times |
| drown | <reply> Ubuntu is not vulnerable to the SSLv2 DROWN attack. Please see https://ubottu.com/y/drown and https://drownattack.com/ for more information. | Added by Pici Date: 2016-03-01 15:15:51 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 07:03:43 Requested 11 times |
| dualboot dual boot dual-boot | <reply> Dual boot instructions: x86/AMD64: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DualBoot/Windows - Macs: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro https://help.ubuntu.com/community/YabootConfigurationForMacintoshPowerPCsDualBoot | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 14:50:22 Last edited by nhandler Date: 2011-02-13 06:21:17 Requested 3084 times |
| dualhead dual-head dual head dualmonitor dual monitors | <reply> Information about dual-head on linux can be found on http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/DualHead - See also !Xinerama | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-12-01 23:30:58 Requested 1051 times |
| dvd libdvdcss libdvdcss2 k9copy css | <reply> Ubuntu's default installation and repositories do not include packages needed to play commercial DVDs for legal reasons. For information on adding them, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs | For information on the legalities involved, see the "DVD" section of https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FreeFormats | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 22:19:35 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2010-12-16 04:34:19 Requested 4135 times |
| dvorak | a keyboard layout that aims to be more comfortable and efficient alternative to the standard "QWERTY" pattern. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvorak_Simplified_Keyboard | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 17:39:47 Requested 36 times |
| edubuntu | <reply> Edubuntu was an Ubuntu derivative aimed at schools and educational institutions. Its most recent release was Edubuntu 14.04, which is now !EOL. For more info, see http://www.edubuntu.org | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 00:17:39 Last edited by ro Date: 2019-05-06 14:45:27 Requested 265 times |
| eeepc eee | <reply> Information about installing Ubuntu on an Asus EeePC can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EeePC . The Ubuntu EeePC Channel is #ubuntu-eeepc , main EeePC discussion in #eeepc | Added by LjL Date: 2008-04-09 18:56:42 Last edited by genii Date: 2009-10-27 16:34:19 Requested 312 times |
| eff | The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is a non-profit advocacy and legal organisation with the stated purpose of being dedicated to preserving free speech rights. http://www.eff.org/ | Added by elkbuntu Date: 2007-02-07 12:56:19 Requested 5 times |
| eft | a newt in its terrestrial stage of development - the release after Dapper is called Edgy Eft. For information and pictures of efts/newts, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newt or try !edgy | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 16:41:14 Requested 27 times |
| eir | <deleted>a utility bot for managing ban expiration. For usage instructions, see http://freenode.net/eir.shtml . For source code, see https://dev.freenode.net/redmine/projects/eir | Added by rww Date: 2011-08-17 06:47:14 Last edited by ezri Date: 2016-03-09 21:24:02 Requested 29 times |
| ekiga sip | an Internet telephony application included with Ubuntu, which supports the SIP and H323 protocols. Information and help at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Ekiga | Added by LjL Date: 2009-03-03 19:27:24 Requested 173 times |
| elaborate error details | <reply> Please elaborate; your question or issue may not seem clear or detailed enough for people to help you. Please give more detailed information; for example, we might need errors, steps, relevant configuration files, Ubuntu version, and hardware information. Use a !pastebin to avoid flooding the channel. | Added by somerville32 Date: 2006-12-14 20:17:34 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-05-09 17:43:50 Requested 2189 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 |
| emacs-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> Ubuntu channels can only provide support for Ubuntu itself. Other operating systems have their own support channels. Please consult their websites for more information. | Added by rww Date: 2016-01-06 17:13:56 Requested 7 times |
| emerald | an obsolete window decorator for compiz. It's unsupported and unmaintained, making issues with it very hard to diagnose and fix. There are no known, supported alternatives. | Added by Myrtti Date: 2009-05-19 12:46:47 Requested 283 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 |
| enablesources chrepo | <reply> Enable the standard Ubuntu repositories by going to System > Administration > Software Sources - See !repositories for detailed information | Added by LjL Date: 2008-01-26 03:07:22 Last edited by LjL Date: 2008-01-26 03:07:45 Requested 34 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 |
| equivalents equivalent apps word excel powerpoint photoshop trillian | <reply> A comprehensive list of of Windows-equivalent applications in Linux can be found at http://www.linuxrsp.ru/win-lin-soft/table-eng.html and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WhatWindowsUsersWant | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 21:29:13 Last edited by bazhang Date: 2014-08-21 16:09:45 Requested 695 times |
| esm | <reply> Canonical offers paid extended security support for end-of-life LTS releases through the Ubuntu Advantage program. For more information, see https://ubuntu.com/esm . ESM is not an Ubuntu community offering; please direct questions about it to Canonical directly. | Added by dax Date: 2017-05-01 19:34:04 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2018-12-31 16:16:18 Requested 115 times |
| eucalyptus | <reply> Eucalyptus is the basis of Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud, which was used in Ubuntu prior to 11.10. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEC for more information, and !cloud for the current Ubuntu cloud solution. | Added by elky Date: 2011-01-03 04:00:20 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-01-26 20:22:03 Requested 1 times |
| faq | <reply> A list of common questions and answers about Ubuntu: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CommonQuestions - Official documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-30 13:36:44 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:56:24 Requested 308 times |
| files dirs file fhs hier fsh | <reply> An explanation of how files and directories are organized on Ubuntu, and how they can be manipulated, can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LinuxFilesystemTreeOverview see also: man hier | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 23:17:27 Last edited by Pici Date: 2010-02-05 20:56:11 Requested 1726 times |
| filesystems | <reply> ext3 and ext4 are the default filesystems in Ubuntu (and many other Linuxes). Alternative Linux filesystems include reiserfs and xfs. fat32 and ntfs are DOS/Windows filesystems. hfs and hfs+ are filesystems for the Mac. More info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems | Added by Seveas Date: 2007-04-27 00:36:30 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2011-01-05 12:49:11 Requested 30 times |
| firewall firestarter iptables shorewall guarddog ufw | <reply> Ubuntu, like any other Linux distribution, has built-in firewall capabilities. The firewall is managed using the 'ufw' command - see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UFW | GUI frontends such as gufw and ufw-kde also exist. | An alternative to ufw is the 'iptables' command - See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IptablesHowTo | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 19:46:03 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2014-08-08 13:44:58 Requested 4135 times |
| fluxbox | a lightweight and responsive window manager for GNU/Linux. For how to set it up and more information see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Fluxbox | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 17:39:32 Requested 406 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 |
| font | <reply>Font installation basics here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FontInstallHowto - No fonts in Flash? Install "msttcorefonts" (from !Multiverse), "gsfonts", and "gsfonts-x11". For the official ubuntu font, see: http://font.ubuntu.com/ | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 19:49:12 Last edited by jussi Date: 2011-09-07 10:47:42 Requested 1845 times |
| fonts msfonts ttf | <reply> Font installation basics here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FontInstallHowto - No fonts in Flash? Install "ttf-mscorefonts-installer" (from !Multiverse), "gsfonts", and "gsfonts-x11". For the official ubuntu font, see: http://font.ubuntu.com/ | Added by imbrandon Date: 2006-07-13 20:17:25 Last edited by LjL Date: 2012-06-19 14:18:55 Requested 233 times |
| framebuffer | <deleted><reply> Information about changing your framebuffer modes in GRUB can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FrameBuffer#grub | Added by Spec Date: 2006-09-07 18:25:15 Last edited by Pici Date: 2015-09-14 20:52:56 Requested 242 times |
| freenx nx | <reply> FreeNX is advanced remote desktop technology. For more information and install instructions, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FreeNX | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 00:42:35 Requested 822 times |
| freespeech free speech freedomofspeech freedom of speech | <reply> Please don't pepper the channel with cries of buzzwords like "free speech!", especially when you don't know what they mean or if they're applicable to the current situation. | Added by tonyyarusso Date: 2008-01-01 20:07:55 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-31 15:45:40 Requested 87 times |
| frostwire | a totally open source !bittorrent client, based on Vuze, the Azureus BitTorrent Engine. For installation help, please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FrostWire | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2006-06-26 15:50:29 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-09-07 11:28:42 Requested 917 times |
| fsck | the FileSystem ChecKer, which runs automatically when you boot if you didn't shutdown cleanly. Type "man fsck" for information on running it manually. The command "sudo touch /forcefsck && sudo shutdown -r now" will force a reboot and a filesystem check; "sudo touch /fastboot" will skip a filesystem check at next reboot | Added by LjL Date: 2006-12-13 20:01:03 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-05-04 07:55:19 Requested 1048 times |
| fsf | The Free Software Foundation. See http://www.fsf.org/ | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:01:34 Requested 23 times |
| games nexuiz wow warcraft et fun doom doom3 | <reply> Information about games on Ubuntu can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Games and http://www.icculus.org/lgfaq/gamelist.php and http://www.penguspy.com/ | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 14:02:03 Last edited by Pici Date: 2010-11-28 15:38:44 Requested 2321 times |
| gdesklets | <deleted><reply> gDesklets provides an advanced architecture for desktop applets -- tiny displays sitting on your desktop in a symbiotic relationship of eye candy and usefulness. Homepage is http://gdesklets.gnomedesktop.org/ | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 14:53:11 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-31 15:40:38 Requested 102 times |
| gdm2setup | <reply> Up to Oneiric, GDM was used as the login manager. You can configure your GDM options, including the wallpaper and theme, with gdm2setup. See https://launchpad.net/gdm2setup for more information and installation instructions.~ | Added by knome Date: 2011-08-27 21:18:55 Requested 3 times |
| gimp | an advanced image manipulation application for Ubuntu. See http://www.gimp.org for tutorials and more information. | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 13:28:30 Requested 348 times |
| git | a distributed revision control/software code management project created by Linus Torvalds. For more information, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_(software) | Added by Pici Date: 2008-05-14 19:11:29 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:44:57 Requested 189 times |
| gksudo gksu | <reply> gksudo was a way to run graphical applications as root. It should no longer be used. Use !pkexec instead. | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 15:46:23 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2018-08-29 19:39:52 Requested 2019 times |
| gmail | a webmail service. For information on using it with Evolution see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingGmailWithEvolution | Added by bimberi Date: 2006-07-28 02:16:53 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:53:43 Requested 70 times |
| gnewsense | <alias> derivatives | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-09-05 01:04:58 Last edited by kryten Date: 2017-04-07 20:34:03 Requested 76 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 |
| gnu | <reply> G(NU's) N(ot) U(nix). A project that aimed to develop a complete operating system of Free Software, which Ubuntu is based on. See http://gnu.org | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 16:01:36 Requested 239 times |
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