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pie-#ubuntu-offtopic sugar-#ubuntu-offtopic	<reply>PIE PIE PIE, mmm PI PI PI http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3663/3358637054_9f756a3615.jpg	Added by Seveas Date: 2008-02-03 19:43:21 Last edited by rww Date: 2015-03-15 01:41:36 Requested 505 times
qemu	an emulator you can use to run another operating system - see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsXPUnderQemuHowTo	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 21:59:42 Requested 502 times
tv tvcard tv card dvb tuner	<reply> http://www.linuxtv.org/ has extensive information about using TV cards under Linux. Available viewers for analog cards: Zapping, tvtime (GTK/GNOME), Kaffeine, kdetv (KDE), xawtv, motv. For digital cards: Me-TV (GNOME), Klear (KDE), dvb-utils. For both analog and digital cards, !MythTV is a powerful framework. Your card may work the !IVTV drivers. See also !TV-Out	Added by LjL Date: 2007-05-29 19:19:48 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-11-10 22:29:00 Requested 497 times
sysrq reisub	<reply> In an emergency, you may be able to shutdown cleanly and reboot by holding down Alt+PrintScreen and typing slowly, in succession, S, U and B. For an explanation, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key	Added by ompaul Date: 2008-09-12 20:29:51 Last edited by dax Date: 2019-10-03 18:24:32 Requested 495 times
ops-#ubuntu-offtopic	<reply> Help! Channel emergency! (ONLY use this trigger in emergencies) - Amaranth, tonyyarusso, Nalioth, Madpilot, gnomefreak, elky, Pici, Gary, Myrtti, ikonia, Flannel, lhavelund, phunyguy, h00k, funkyHat, Tm_T, hypatia, seednode, Menzador	Added by tsimpson Date: 2010-05-02 22:12:54 Last edited by dax Date: 2020-06-14 23:46:48 Requested 490 times
xrandr	<deleted><reply>XRandR 1.2 is the new method of running dual screens in !X. Information/HowTo here: http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12	Added by Hobbsee Date: 2008-04-16 06:34:51 Last edited by dax Date: 2019-10-17 20:23:57 Requested 482 times
wiki	<reply>https://wiki.ubuntu.com - Ubuntu development documentation wiki. If you are looking for system help, please refer to https://help.ubuntu.com/community - the Ubuntu community documentation.	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 01:04:09 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:39:24 Requested 468 times
xen	<reply> XEN is a virtual machine monitor for x86 that supports execution of multiple guest operating systems with unprecedented levels of performance and resource isolation. Information on installing it for Ubuntu can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Xen	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 20:52:39 Last edited by Pici Date: 2007-11-11 01:19:25 Requested 461 times
ro romanian romania	<reply> Daca doriti ajutor sau doriti sa discutati despre Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu, intrati pe #ubuntu-ro	Added by zorglu_ Date: 2006-10-08 20:21:21 Requested 456 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
networkmanager network-manager network manager	an application to make (wireless) networking Just Work. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/NetworkManager	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 08:32:39 Requested 419 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
shipit	<reply> Canonical is no longer sending free Ubuntu CDs to individuals through its ShipIt program. For more information please see http://blog.canonical.com/?p=551 !LoCo teams can request CDs through this link https://forms.canonical.com/lococd/	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:20:58 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2011-04-07 15:32:29 Requested 405 times
slow	<reply>The Ubuntu repositories and ISO mirrors are currently under heavy load. Please consider using !torrents to download ISO images, and be patient with APT updates. Also, try changing !mirrors	Added by LjL Date: 2007-04-20 00:05:06 Last edited by mneptok Date: 2009-10-03 18:35:39 Requested 400 times
gtk	<reply> GTK is the !GIMP toolkit, which forms the base of !GNOME and is used by many applications to provide a !GUI	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 08:29:10 Requested 384 times
ubuwin win10 wsl	<reply> Windows 10 and newer have a feature called "Windows Subsystem for Linux", which allows it to run Ubuntu (and other Linux distro) userspace programs without porting/recompliation. For installation instructions, see https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/commandline/wsl/install_guide	Added by dax Date: 2016-03-31 07:10:24 Last edited by tomreyn Date: 2021-10-19 19:51:58 Requested 383 times
noroot supportroot	<reply> We do not support setting a root password. You're free to do it on your own machine, but please don't offer instructions on how to set a root password or ask for help with setting it. See !root and !wfm for more information.	Added by ompaul Date: 2007-06-23 15:35:34 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2011-02-27 16:08:33 Requested 370 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
lm-sensors sensors fan	<reply> To access CPU temperature sensors and detect fan speeds, install the lm-sensors package. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SensorInstallHowto for installation and usage instructions.	Added by jrib Date: 2007-09-27 03:50:30 Last edited by jussi01 Date: 2009-03-12 10:20:42 Requested 365 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
autostart-#kubuntu	<reply> Use the tool in System Settings -> (Advanced tab) Autostart, or System Settings -> Startup and Shutdown, to make programs automatically start in KDE session. See !boot for managing which non-interactive programs start at boot	Added by fdoving Date: 2007-01-03 22:27:00 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2010-10-30 01:32:29 Requested 345 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
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
itunes	not available on Linux, but there are many audio player alternatives (see !players). For Daap clients (sharing music with other iTunes clients on the network), install banshee	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 21:42:50 Requested 333 times
locoteams locoteam	<reply> Information on Ubuntu Local Community Teams is at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeams	Added by bimberi Date: 2006-07-02 12:55:21 Requested 333 times
aiglx	<reply> AIGLX is a project that aims to enable GL-accelerated effects on a standard desktop. Supported cards: Nvidia: GeForce3 or newer; ATI: Radeon 7000 through X800; Intel: i810 or newer. Howto: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompositeManager For older Nvidia or newer ATI cards see !xgl	Added by gnomefreak Date: 2006-08-24 00:17:52 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-13 23:27:51 Requested 330 times
sbackup	a tool to create complete and/or incremental backups (which can be scheduled to be automatic, and can be done over a network). It is available in !Universe	Added by LjL Date: 2006-12-13 19:57:48 Requested 317 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
kvm	the preferred virtualization approach in Ubuntu. For more information see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KVM	Added by Myrtti Date: 2008-07-07 22:33:19 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2008-07-07 22:33:36 Requested 309 times
xampp	<reply> We do not support XAMPP installs here. Please use the LAMP stack that is in our repositories; see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheMySQLPHP for more information.	Added by Pici Date: 2009-02-20 15:54:40 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-05-29 21:38:36 Requested 309 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
arm	<reply> ARM is a specific (RISC) processor architecture used in a variety of applications such as handhelds and networkdevices. For more information see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM . For ARM specific support, stop by the #ubuntu-arm channel.	Added by jussi Date: 2011-01-29 13:25:50 Last edited by topyli Date: 2011-01-29 13:52:47 Requested 307 times
tvout tv out tv-out	<reply> For help with enabling the TV-Out, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NvidiaTVOutNewbieEdition (Nvidia cards) or http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Tvout (ATI cards, untested)	Added by LjL Date: 2006-10-11 01:28:09 Requested 304 times
awn	<deleted><reply> Avant Window Navigator is a dock-like navigation bar for the Linux desktop that positions itself at the bottom of the screen. Homepage http://wiki.awn-project.org/ - Awn-Manager can be found in Universe from Hardy (8.04) onwards.	Added by Hobbsee Date: 2008-04-09 14:41:16 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-04-11 20:00:55 Requested 304 times
k3b	a feature-rich and user-friendly burning application for KDE (and, as all KDE applications, works fine on GNOME). For a guide, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/K3BHowto	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 20:53:04 Requested 289 times
lies	<reply> Mostly just statistics and factoids, but also windicators!	Added by LjL Date: 2008-01-07 15:24:59 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-06-16 05:04:01 Requested 289 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
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
vanilla-#ubuntustudio	<reply> To install Ubuntu Studio on top of a vanilla Ubuntu install, read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/Installation	Added by Seveas Date: 2007-10-16 23:12:20 Requested 266 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
qt	<reply> the Qt toolkit (pronounced "cute"), which forms the base of !KDE, is a cross-platform C++ application framework for !CLI and !GUI applications. Install libqt4-dev and see !build to compile Qt4 applications, join #qt for development support	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 23:23:17 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-09 10:57:39 Requested 264 times
traffic	<reply> NOTICE - There is a lot of traffic in this channel at the moment. Please try to keep your sentences into a single message, avoid repeating the same question multiple times, use http://paste.ubuntu.com for pasting, remember to mention the nickname of the person you're addressing, and join #ubuntu-offtopic for anything that is not Ubuntu support. Thank you for understanding!	Added by LjL Date: 2006-10-22 01:00:37 Last edited by jrib Date: 2009-12-14 16:23:57 Requested 264 times
lilo	an alternative [Li]nux Boot[Lo]ader. Note: it is recommended that you use GRUB on Ubuntu instead.	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 12:12:07 Requested 255 times
mailserver mail server smtp	<reply> Ubuntu supports the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) and provides mail server software of many kinds. You can install a basic email handling configuration with the "Mail server" task during installation, or with the "tasksel" command. See also https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MailServer and https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/email-services.html	Added by LjL Date: 2007-12-11 15:58:41 Last edited by knome Date: 2015-07-27 16:43:32 Requested 254 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
ldap	<reply> LDAP is the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. For more information, installation instructions and getting clients to authenticate via LDAP see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OpenLDAPServer	Added by LjL Date: 2006-11-29 23:50:51 Last edited by stdin Date: 2009-02-03 11:24:16 Requested 250 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
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
bg	<reply> опитайте #ubuntu-bg за български потребители . try #ubuntu-bg for bulgarian users, and please idle there patiently	Added by apokryphos Date: 2007-02-19 19:34:56 Requested 236 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