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| zsync | <reply> Use zsync to update your Ubuntu CD image without needing to download the parts that didn't change. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ZsyncCdImage | Added by LjL Date: 2011-10-06 19:24:01 Requested 44 times |
| zip file-roller ark | <reply> Files with extensions .tar, .gz, .tgz, .zip, .bz2, .7z, .ace and other archive file formats can be opened with file-roller (GNOME), Ark (KDE), or Xarchiver (XFCE) - Also see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FileCompression | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 15:55:25 Last edited by tonyyarusso Date: 2007-07-26 06:10:54 Requested 152 times |
| zfs | <reply> For information concerning ZFS and Ubuntu, see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZFS | Added by Spec Date: 2007-06-06 23:57:50 Requested 179 times |
| zesty 17.04 zapus | <reply> Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) was the 26th release of Ubuntu. Support ended on January 13th, 2018. See !eol and https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2018-January/000228.html | Added by Pici Date: 2016-10-17 19:53:49 Last edited by dax Date: 2018-01-21 23:51:29 Requested 212 times |
| zentyal ebox | a web-based GUI interface for administering a server. It is designed to work with Ubuntu/Debian style configuration management. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Zentyal (Project formally known as eBox - including in Lucid/10.04). | Added by Daviey Date: 2011-05-24 23:17:48 Last edited by Daviey Date: 2011-05-24 23:27:59 Requested 221 times |
| yy.mm | <reply> Ubuntu version numbers are: YY.MM (YY=release year,MM=release month). Each year sees two releases, so just specifying YY is imprecise. See also https://www.ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle | Added by hggdh Date: 2019-01-08 00:40:20 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2019-01-25 22:20:18 Requested 255 times |
| youtube sound | <reply> If you aren't getting sound while watching videos on youtube then please read this URL: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1087994 | Added by Hawkwind Date: 2006-09-25 03:55:56 Requested 10 times |
| yakkety yak 16.10 yakkity | <reply> Ubuntu Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) was the 25th release of Ubuntu. Support ended on July 20th, 2017. See !eol and https://ubottu.com/y/yakkety | Added by Unit193 Date: 2016-04-22 01:22:12 Last edited by dax Date: 2018-01-21 23:50:00 Requested 184 times |
| yahoo | <reply> Yahoo Messenger will be discontinued after July 17, 2018. You will no longer be able to add it to your accounts under Empathy, Telepathy, or other Instant Messaging applications. For more info, please see https://help.yahoo.com/kb/messenger/SLN28776.html | Added by jrib Date: 2009-06-20 20:43:46 Last edited by genii Date: 2018-06-12 18:17:09 Requested 199 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 |
| xubuntu-compiz | <deleted><reply> You can find an excellent tutorial on how to configure Xubuntu with compiz at http://xubuntublog.wordpress.com/2007/12/09/xubuntu-compiz-pretty-pretty-xubuntu/ | Added by Flannel Date: 2008-07-21 06:01:23 Last edited by knome Date: 2013-11-10 17:09:56 Requested 6 times |
| xubuntu | <reply> Xubuntu is Ubuntu with !Xfce as the desktop environment. More info at https://xubuntu.org/ - To install the Xubuntu environment from Ubuntu: « sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop^ » - Join #xubuntu for support - See also: !xubuntu-channels | Added by gnomefreak Date: 2006-06-29 03:00:45 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-23 18:43:44 Requested 1865 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 |
| xp | <reply> XP, or "eXtreme Programming" is a style of programming, for more information see: http://www.extremeprogramming.org/ | Added by Spec Date: 2007-07-17 21:04:07 Last edited by Spec Date: 2007-07-17 21:04:51 Requested 62 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 |
| xorg | <reply> X.Org is an implementation of the X Windows System, and is the part of your system that's responsible for graphical output. To restart it on an Ubuntu system, type 'sudo service lightdm restart'. To fix screen resolution or other X.Org problems: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Resolution . See also !xorgconf | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 09:13:01 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-03-12 02:47:09 Requested 138 times |
| xmms xmms2 | <reply>xmms is no longer being developed, see http://bugs.debian.org/461309 for more details. Consider using audacious or xmms2 instead. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 08:43:29 Last edited by nhandler Date: 2010-10-29 03:15:36 Requested 349 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 |
| xkcd | possibly the greatest geeky webcomic ever. It even makes jokes about Ubuntu. http://www.xkcd.com/ and especially the one about 'sudo make me a sandwich' - http://xkcd.com/c149.html | Added by Madpilot Date: 2007-06-04 10:22:02 Last edited by Madpilot Date: 2007-06-04 10:25:19 Requested 69 times |
| xinerama | an extension to !X to use two or more physical displays as one large virtual display. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/XineramaHowTo - See also !DualHead | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 15:02:06 Requested 923 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 |
| xfs | a high-performance journaling filesystem originally developped by Silicon Graphics for their IRIX OS. It is now fully supported by Linux so you can install Ubuntu on it if you wish. More info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XFS | Added by Seveas Date: 2007-04-27 00:35:39 Requested 74 times |
| xfce4-panel xfce-panels panels-#xubuntu panel-#xubuntu xfce4-panels | <reply> Did your panels disappear? Press alt+f2 and run: xfce4-panel | See also: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/XubuntuPanels | Added by Pici Date: 2009-02-12 13:12:32 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2015-12-01 20:43:58 Requested 62 times |
| xfce-icons | <reply> To install icons, unpack them to ~/.icons/ - Visit http://www.xfce-look.org/ for all kinds of eyecandy for your Xfce4 desktop! - See also !themes for other GNOME theme sites | Added by LjL Date: 2007-11-25 03:10:11 Requested 3 times |
| xfce | <reply> Xfce is a lightweight and configurable desktop environment used by !Xubuntu. Read more at http://xfce.org/ | Added by gnomefreak Date: 2006-06-29 02:46:25 Last edited by knome Date: 2015-07-08 00:45:25 Requested 17 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 |
| xdmcp | the X Display Manger Control Protocol -- look at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/XDMCP-HOWTO/ to find out how to configure it | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-11-07 20:45:30 Requested 104 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 |
| x resolution fixres display xcfg x11 restartx x.org res fixvideo fixvideoresolution drxx | <reply> The X Window System is the part of your system that's responsible for graphical output. To restart your X, type « sudo /etc/init.d/?dm restart » in a console - To fix screen resolution or other X problems: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Resolution | Added by LjL Date: 2006-07-21 01:03:53 Last edited by Pici Date: 2008-11-06 13:36:48 Requested 8201 times |
| women | <reply> The women and men of the Ubuntu Women project hang out in #ubuntu-women. Encouraging women to use linux? Read http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Encourage-Women-Linux-HOWTO/ for some suggestions compiled by women who use Linux on how to do so effectively. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 00:37:54 Last edited by elky Date: 2010-05-16 08:55:52 Requested 322 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 |
| 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 |
| wink | a Tutorial and Presentation creation software, primarily aimed at creating tutorials on how to use software. Using Wink you can capture screenshots, add explanations boxes, buttons, titles etc and generate a highly effective tutorial for your users || http://www.debugmode.com/wink/ | Added by Hawkwind Date: 2006-10-07 19:33:39 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:41:50 Requested 13 times |
| wineasio | <reply> wineasio is an ASIO driver for !wine. Due to licensing restrictions regarding the ASIO source, wineasio cannot be distributed as a binary. Any distribution of wineasio as a binary is illegal in most countries. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/wineasio | Added by Eickmeyer Date: 2020-09-18 01:52:35 Requested 2 times |
| wine winehq | <reply> WINE is a compatibility layer for running Windows programs on GNU/Linux - More information: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wine - Search the !AppDB for application compatibility ratings - Join #winehq for application help - See !virtualizers for running Windows (or another OS) inside Ubuntu | Added by Madpilot Date: 2006-06-24 13:08:54 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2009-03-29 06:57:20 Requested 5517 times |
| windows-#ubuntu-phone | <reply> you can install Ubuntu Touch from windows, see https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone/msg00222.html | Added by AlanBell Date: 2013-02-22 16:31:34 Requested 1 times |
| windows bug#1 bug #1 bug 1 microsoft windowsxp | <reply>For discussion on Microsoft software, or help with same, please visit ##windows. See http://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/1 http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm and /msg $nick equivalents | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 08:49:27 Last edited by m4v Date: 2013-02-28 17:04:31 Requested 3551 times |
| wily werewolf 15.10 | <reply> Ubuntu 15.10 (Wily Werewolf) was the 23rd release of Ubuntu. Support ended on July 28th, 2016. See !eol and https://ubottu.com/y/wily | Added by Pici Date: 2015-05-04 14:33:33 Last edited by dax Date: 2018-01-21 23:50:14 Requested 240 times |
| wikipedia | <deleted>a free online encyclopedia, you can find it at http://wikipedia.org | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-08-23 14:39:11 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-07-08 06:01:19 Requested 65 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 |
| wifi wireless ndiswrapper ndis wpa madwifi ralink ipw wpa2 acx111 network wifidocs wlan atheros | <reply> Wireless documentation, including how-to guides and troubleshooting information, can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-25 23:42:07 Last edited by jussi01 Date: 2009-07-01 06:16:56 Requested 12448 times |
| wep | <reply> WEP is totally insecure, don't use it, the full Wireless Documentation for Ubuntu can be found at: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 15:45:43 Last edited by ompaul Date: 2007-10-20 18:19:47 Requested 76 times |
| weechat | <reply> Weechat is a text-based IRC client. Ubuntu has it in the !universe repositories. Weechat has its own repositories available too at https://weechat.org/download/debian/ which are not officially supported in #ubuntu, but are supported in #weechat. | Added by dax Date: 2017-12-12 02:07:44 Requested 2 times |
| webcam cam webcams | <reply> Instructions for using webcams with Ubuntu can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Webcam - Supported cams: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsMultimediaWebCameras | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 11:16:08 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-02-05 19:30:14 Requested 2665 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 |
| web3.0-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> Welcome to - http://html5zombo.com/ | Added by Pici Date: 2011-09-07 19:54:45 Requested 27 times |
| web2.0-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> Welcome to - http://zombo.com/ | Added by Myrtti Date: 2008-07-14 02:59:53 Requested 113 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 |
| wajig | a simple tool for basic debian administration. you can handle apt commands, change alternatives defaults and handle service daemons via simple commands. wajig uses sudo every time. http://www.togaware.com/linux/survivor/Wajig_Overview.html | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 13:21:38 Requested 10 times |
| vpn | <reply> For more information on vpn please refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/VPN | Added by gnomefreak Date: 2006-06-21 03:04:08 Last edited by genii Date: 2010-01-26 19:59:35 Requested 973 times |
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