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| extreme | <deleted><reply> To configure Airport Extreme wireless on Mac, read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Device/AirportExtreme | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:03:37 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-05-05 19:09:00 Requested 0 times |
| kde-#ubuntu-fi | <reply> KDE (http://kde.org) on avoin yhteisö, joka luo ja ylläpitää ohjelmistoja sisältäen muunmuassa Plasma-työpöydän. Asentaaksesi Ubuntuun: « sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop », tai katso https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingKDE - Lisätietoa löytyy osoitteesta http://kubuntu.org | Added by Tm_T Date: 2012-07-03 16:20:28 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:54:22 Requested 0 times |
| xglautostart | <deleted><reply> You could edit /etc/gdm/gdm.conf-custom to start Xgl by default each time or could make a session file for it so you can choose X or Xgl by each login(the latter is often preferred). https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompositeManager/Xgl | Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-05-11 11:14:32 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-05-18 23:56:41 Requested 1 times |
| manuals | <deleted>for an introduction and a bit more on how to get the best out of your ubuntu install please check out https://help.ubuntu.com/ | Added by ompaul Date: 2007-09-15 10:06:01 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-05-18 23:56:18 Requested 1 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 |
| 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 |
| wol | <reply> Wake-On-LAN is a feature of a computer's network card allowing it to be remotely turned on. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WakeOnLan for details on implementation. | Added by genii Date: 2017-06-09 17:31:12 Requested 1 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 |
| mutt | a small but very powerful text-based mail client for Unix operating systems. For more Informations on how to setup see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mutt and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mutt | Added by k1l Date: 2016-04-04 12:11:14 Requested 2 times |
| eduhardware eduhw | https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToCookEdubuntu/Chapters/HardwareRequirements | Added by bimberi Date: 2006-07-05 06:41:28 Requested 3 times |
| ut2k4 | <reply> For information on how to play Unreal Tournament 2004, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Games/Native/UnrealTournament2004 | Added by elkbuntu Date: 2007-12-28 11:48:57 Requested 3 times |
| paid | <reply> If you've purchased software from the Software Centre and are experiencing issues please consult https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Pay | Added by genii Date: 2015-03-20 22:51:04 Requested 4 times |
| mkusb | a frontend to !dd, the bit-by-bit command line utility. For more information see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb | Added by wxl Date: 2017-03-16 19:44:52 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2017-03-16 23:56:10 Requested 4 times |
| screen-#ubuntu-server | <deleted><reply> Screen is a window manager for terminal sessions, also useful over SSH. The 'screen-profiles' package provides very useful additional utilities. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Screen | Added by LjL Date: 2009-03-03 17:00:12 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-09-07 11:25:59 Requested 5 times |
| pocketpc windows mobile | <reply> For information on transferring files and synchronizing to PocketPC and Windows Mobile devices, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PortableDevices/WindowsMobile | Added by Pici Date: 2009-10-15 18:04:01 Requested 5 times |
| surround | <reply> If you're having trouble getting surround sound working in Ubuntu, try the instructions on this page: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SurroundSound | Added by LjL Date: 2011-05-30 19:14:25 Requested 5 times |
| lxd | <reply> LXD is a tool for more easily managing !lxc containers. https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/lxd.html and https://linuxcontainers.org/ | Added by hggdh Date: 2019-07-16 16:49:27 Requested 5 times |
| kickstart | <reply> Ways to automate installation of Ubuntu on multiple machines are described at https://help.ubuntu.com/14.04/installation-guide/amd64/apb.html - See also !cloning | Added by LJL Date: 2007-03-21 01:00:32 Last edited by Jordan_U Date: 2014-12-04 23:22:27 Requested 6 times |
| preinstalled | <reply>Looking for a system with Ubuntu preinstalled? see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuPre-installed | Added by jussi Date: 2010-04-20 17:01:59 Last edited by jussi Date: 2010-04-20 17:04:05 Requested 6 times |
| mldonkey | a peer-to-peer filesharing engine supporting several networks and protocols, available in !Universe as 'mldonkey-server'. Clients include mkdonkey-gui (GTK) and KMLDonkey (KDE). See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MLDonkey - See also !P2P | Added by LjL Date: 2007-11-03 00:31:31 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-11-03 00:33:20 Requested 7 times |
| server-network networkcli network-cli clinetwork | <reply> For help setting up networking on Ubuntu Server, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkConfigurationCommandLine | Added by ompaul Date: 2008-04-14 21:51:09 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-04-02 04:27:11 Requested 7 times |
| officialdocs | <reply>Before doing anything you don't know about, check the official Ubuntu document repository and wiki pages at https://help.ubuntu.com These guides are created by the Ubuntu community for Ubuntu. This will give you a tried, test and most importantly *SUPPORTED* way to resolve your issue and move forward. | Added by Myrtti Date: 2008-05-06 10:29:16 Last edited by jussi01 Date: 2008-05-06 10:30:03 Requested 7 times |
| mathematica | <reply> For help installing Mathematica on Ubuntu, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Mathematica | Added by jrib Date: 2011-02-14 18:17:00 Last edited by jrib Date: 2011-02-14 18:17:33 Requested 7 times |
| faq-#xubuntu faq-#xubuntu-devel faq-#xubuntu-offtopic | <reply>Lists of common questions and answers about Xubuntu can be found at http://xubuntu.org/news/category/faq/. See also: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CommonQuestions | Added by knome Date: 2012-02-04 22:27:57 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:54:11 Requested 7 times |
| lxc | <reply> LXC containers can be used to run isolated Linux systems with less overhead than a VM. https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/lxc.html and https://linuxcontainers.org/ | Added by hggdh Date: 2019-07-16 16:48:51 Requested 7 times |
| trac | an open source, enhanced wiki and issue tracking system for software development projects. Look here for a Trac How To on Ubuntu: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuTracHowto | Added by nalioth Date: 2006-08-27 02:11:14 Requested 8 times |
| scanners | <reply> Scanning software: XSane, the GIMP (GNOME), Skanlite (KDE). For instructions see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ScanningHowTo and to see supported hardware: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsScanners - See also !OCR | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-04-07 15:23:25 Last edited by jussi01 Date: 2008-11-05 11:59:40 Requested 8 times |
| klipper | the KDE clipboard utility. It stores clipboard history, and allows you to link clipboard contents to application actions. Further information is available at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Klipper | Added by Myrtti Date: 2008-05-26 10:53:13 Requested 8 times |
| grep | a command-line tool that finds a string in a file or a stream. Grep can be recursive through directories and searches can be simple or complex. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/grep | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 19:08:27 Last edited by elky Date: 2017-03-15 16:21:51 Requested 9 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 |
| lightscribe | <reply> For information on how to use LightScribe on Ubuntu please see the Wiki at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LightScribe | Added by Seeker` Date: 2009-04-18 23:06:11 Requested 10 times |
| gconf-editor | a graphical tool used to maintain the GNOME desktop environment registry. For more info: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GConfEditor | Added by Myrtti Date: 2009-06-19 09:09:02 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:34:05 Requested 10 times |
| metalink | <reply> A Metalink is a file which lists places (web mirrors, torrents) where a given file can be obtained, making downloads faster and more reliable. Metalink software and Ubuntu releases as metalinks: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Metalink | Added by Pici Date: 2010-11-02 13:15:09 Last edited by Pici Date: 2010-11-02 14:10:58 Requested 11 times |
| moblock | <reply> info in detail is on this wiki page: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MoBlock | Added by ompaul Date: 2008-03-01 00:59:27 Requested 13 times |
| maple | <reply> To install Maple, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Maple | Added by jrib Date: 2008-05-04 18:50:10 Last edited by jrib Date: 2008-05-04 18:50:24 Requested 13 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 |
| ubuntero | <reply> To become an Ubuntero on Launchpad you need to sign the Code of Conduct. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GnuPrivacyGuardHowto | Added by bimberi Date: 2006-07-02 09:32:02 Requested 14 times |
| pwreset | <reply> Forgot your password? See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LostPassword | Added by Corey Date: 2011-05-24 20:01:29 Requested 14 times |
| newfglrx | <deleted><reply> Ubuntu 16.04 and above do not contain AMD's proprietary "fglrx" video driver. Please use radeon or amdgpu instead (see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RadeonDriver ). We do not recommend or support downloading fglrx from other sources; please do not ask for help with it here. | Added by dax Date: 2016-04-16 05:12:35 Last edited by tomreyn Date: 2022-06-17 18:27:55 Requested 14 times |
| jack | <reply> The JACK Audio Connection Kit is a sound server meant for professional applications, allowing different audio protocols and applications to interconnect in nearly unlimited ways. This is the core of Ubuntu Studio's audio workflow. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/What%20is%20JACK for more information on JACK in general. | Added by wxl Date: 2017-03-16 23:23:12 Requested 14 times |
| apache vhosts apache2 | <reply> Apache HTTP Server is the most commonly used HTTP server on Linux systems. For setup information, see https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/httpd.html . For information on setting up a "LAMP stack", see /msg ubottu !lamp. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 17:03:17 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-05-23 04:38:49 Requested 15 times |
| ut | <reply> For information on how to play Unreal Tournament, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Games/Native/UnrealTournament - for Unreal Tournament 2004, see !ut2k4 | Added by elkbuntu Date: 2007-12-28 11:48:42 Requested 16 times |
| audio-#ubuntu+1 | <reply> If you're having problems with sound, first ensure ALSA is selected, by double clicking on the volume control, then File -> Change Device (ALSA Mixer). If that fails, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Sound - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting - On Jaunty, please check bug https://launchpad.net/bugs/330814 and help test the new kernel image | Added by LjL Date: 2009-03-26 15:49:34 Last edited by LjL Date: 2009-03-26 15:54:28 Requested 16 times |
| man-#kubuntu | <reply>The "man" command brings up the Linux manual pages for the command you're interested in. Try "man intro" at the command line, or type man:/ in Konqueror's location bar. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal | Added by Jucato Date: 2007-10-04 15:10:11 Requested 17 times |
| kmix | KDE's soundcard mixer program. Though small, it is full-featured. The program should give controls for each of your soundcards. KMix supports several platforms and sound drivers. Go to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kmix for complete information. | Added by Myrtti Date: 2008-05-26 20:45:57 Requested 17 times |
| newdrive newharddrive newhd | <reply> For help with adding a new hard disk drive to an installed system, refer to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingANewHardDrive - see also !fstab | Added by Mez Date: 2008-08-20 17:52:09 Requested 17 times |
| kernelcleanup | <reply> For information about removing old kernels to free up space on /boot, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RemoveOldKernels | Added by dax Date: 2017-11-27 17:55:17 Requested 18 times |
| kdmtheme | <reply>To customize your !KDM theme, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CustomizeKubuntu | Added by LjL Date: 2008-01-07 01:29:07 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-14 19:53:27 Requested 19 times |
| pgp | <reply>gpg is the GNU Privacy Guard. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GnuPrivacyGuardHowto and class #8 on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ClassroomTranscripts | Watch http://static.screencasts.ubuntu.com/videos/2010/11/10/002-HowToCreatePGP.ogv | Added by Pici Date: 2009-01-18 19:40:45 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-05-12 10:26:48 Requested 19 times |
| kwallet | a subsystem that provides a convenient and secure way to manage all your passwords. More information is available at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/kwallet | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2008-05-28 09:52:29 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:53:57 Requested 22 times |
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