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| 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 |
| 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 |
| lpstatus | <reply> If PPAs or other Launchpad services seem unavailable, please check https://twitter.com/launchpadstatus to see if there is a current issue which is already known | Added by genii Date: 2014-06-15 03:24:33 Requested 8 times |
| movelauncher launcher-position movedock | <reply> To move the Unity launcher to the bottom of the screen in 16.04+, run `gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Launcher launcher-position Bottom`. To move it to the left, run the same command with Left instead. For older Ubuntu versions, see https://askubuntu.com/questions/33605/can-i-move-the-unity-launcher | Added by dax Date: 2016-03-23 15:59:43 Requested 8 times |
| libera libera policy | <reply> Libera is the IRC network that you're on! See https://libera.chat/about - Libera has policies that govern how people should use the network which can be read at https://libera.chat/policies - The Ubuntu channels on Libera also have their own !Guidelines | Added by kryten Date: 2021-05-24 22:58:03 Requested 8 times |
| moodin | <deleted>a ksplash theme engine, enabled by default in Kubuntu Dapper, and you can grab it for Breezy here: http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=25705 | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 12:28:38 Last edited by jussi01 Date: 2009-10-06 06:08:02 Requested 7 times |
| ubuntucounter | <deleted><reply> Get counted! You can find the Ubuntu counter project on http://ubuntucounter.geekosophical.net/ | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-28 23:20:51 Last edited by rww Date: 2015-09-14 19:38:15 Requested 7 times |
| upgradeproblem | <deleted>There is a problem with the latest linux-image-generic package (is broken as for now) it is a known bug that is being sorted out here: https://launchpad.net/soyuz/+bug/83976 | Added by elkbuntu Date: 2007-02-09 15:06:46 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-04-07 17:30:43 Requested 7 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 |
| schedule-#ubuntu-classroom schedule-#ubuntu-classroom-chat | <reply> To view the upcoming Ubuntu Classroom schedule, visit the Learning Events Calendar at http://fridge.ubuntu.com/calendars/classroom/ | Added by nhandler Date: 2010-03-05 05:10:38 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-12-23 02:53:43 Requested 7 times |
| newppa | <reply> With Launchpad's Personal Package Archives (PPA), you can build and publish binary Ubuntu packages for multiple architectures simply by uploading an Ubuntu source package to Launchpad. See https://help.launchpad.net/PPAQuickStart. | Added by Pici Date: 2010-04-28 12:01:19 Requested 7 times |
| ccloak | <reply> For Canonical employees requiring an @canonical cloak, please see the instructions on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/Cloaks | Added by jussi Date: 2010-05-13 07:51:03 Requested 7 times |
| version-bug | <deleted><reply> Ubuntu 10.10's About Ubuntu application erroneously says "You are using Ubuntu 11.04". This is a bug. Run "lsb_release -a" in a terminal to see your Ubuntu version. Bug report at http://tinyurl.com/versionbug | Added by rww Date: 2011-01-24 05:50:37 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-02-07 02:05:23 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 |
| skypefail | <deleted><reply> Skype are currently having issues with connection problems and are working on a fix. A temporary fix can be found at https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA10874/I-m-having-problems-with-Skype-today | Added by Pici Date: 2011-05-26 14:12:14 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-14 19:50:43 Requested 7 times |
| ucp | <deleted><reply> Ubuntu Certified Professional is a training course for systems administrators who need to deploy Ubuntu in an office environment. More: http://www.ubuntu.com/support/training/course-descriptions/certified-professional | Added by h00k Date: 2011-09-19 18:58:55 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-14 19:50:43 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 |
| mds | <reply> Microarchitectural Data Sampling is a security issue with Intel processors. Update your system to receive the kernel and microcode patches. Visit https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/MDS for more info and recommendations. | Added by dax Date: 2019-05-15 16:56:23 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 |
| mtrr | <reply> Memory Type Range Registers (MTRR) is how an operating system learns which ranges of physical memory to cache, and how. If your log says "mtrr_cleanup: can not find optimal value", read https://github.com/tomreyn/linux_mtrr_size_fix | Added by hggdh Date: 2020-07-04 15:36:04 Last edited by genii Date: 2020-07-09 00:10:55 Requested 7 times |
| nonxgl noxgl | a script that allows you to run applications which require direct rendering under XGL (e.g. OpenGL games). It only works with nVidia cards. More information here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=176636 | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-10-20 18:25:23 Requested 6 times |
| library packaging guide lib-p-g | <reply> http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/column/libpkg-guide/libpkg-guide.html | Added by fdoving Date: 2007-03-18 00:50:56 Requested 6 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 |
| 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 |
| uwn | <reply> The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter may be found at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter | Added by jpds Date: 2008-07-26 19:49:25 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 |
| banhammer-#ubuntu-offtopic | <deleted><reply>http://i.imgur.com/BkaOF.png | Added by Flannel Date: 2011-07-04 05:30:37 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-07-16 04:01:07 Requested 6 times |
| meetingology | a bot that runs !meetings and produces minutes - information at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/meetingology | Added by elky Date: 2011-09-06 07:24:08 Requested 6 times |
| downtime | <deleted><reply> Canonical is currently moving some servers, there will be downtime throughout this weekend. See http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2012/08/10/community-site-downtime-announcement/ | Added by elky Date: 2012-08-18 11:31:23 Last edited by AlanBell Date: 2012-09-08 12:56:11 Requested 6 times |
| ubuntu-make | a command line tool which allows you to download the latest version of popular developer tools like android sdk and others. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-make | Added by k1l Date: 2016-03-17 01:12:31 Requested 6 times |
| pi | <reply> Instructions for installing Ubuntu onto Raspberry Pi systems can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/RaspberryPi | Added by genii Date: 2018-07-31 14:30:15 Last edited by Pici Date: 2007-12-28 20:13:16 Requested 6 times |
| buntudot | <deleted><reply> http://www.buntudot.org is a 3rd party *buntu news website with articles, reviews, how-to’s, and links for all the buntu's ( not affiliated or run by Canonical Ltd. ) <deleted>buntudot.org also runs a 3rd party Repository of ubuntu software see : http://www.buntudot.org/howtos/buntudotorg-repositories/ | Added by imbrandon Date: 2006-07-13 21:25:27 Last edited by nhandler Date: 2010-04-26 02:46:26 Requested 5 times |
| kopete-icq-aim | <deleted><reply> Due to a bug within Kopete's AIM/ICQ plugin, Kopete will not connect correctly to AIM/ICQ. Working versions can be found at: http://ubuntu.lnix.net/misc/kopete-fix/ | Added by fdoving Date: 2006-11-09 00:24:01 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-04-02 04:28:55 Requested 5 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 |
| screenshots-#edubuntu | <deleted><reply> Screenshots of Edubuntu 7.04 are available at http://shots.osdir.com/slideshows/slideshow.php?release=784&slide=1 | Added by bimberi Date: 2007-05-10 07:33:04 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2011-05-26 16:53:10 Requested 5 times |
| mythtv-mysql | <reply>Having issues with 'access denied for user 'mythtv'@'localhost' (using password: YES), please see: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=3691155&postcount=4 | Added by Madpilot Date: 2007-11-03 03:33:25 Requested 5 times |
| opguidelines-#ubuntu-ops | <reply> For information regarding guidelines that all Ubuntu operators should follow, please read: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/IrcTeam/OperatorGuidelines | Added by Pici Date: 2007-12-10 17:23:12 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2010-01-17 11:01:15 Requested 5 times |
| ircteam | <reply> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/IrcTeam | Added by Mez Date: 2008-06-11 18:49:31 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2010-01-17 11:02:26 Requested 5 times |
| artteam | <reply>The Artwork Team is a community effort that aims to enrich Ubuntu by designing high quality, original and beautiful themes to be available in the repo as an *alternative* to the default look. For more info please see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork | Added by jussi01 Date: 2008-09-16 13:13:04 Requested 5 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 |
| get_iplayer | http://linuxcentre.net/get_iplayer/ a small perl script which can download content from BBC iPlayer and ITV catch up services. | Added by popey Date: 2009-04-05 22:23:20 Requested 5 times |
| multisearch | <deleted><reply> http://www.asoftsite.org/s9y/archives/162-What-is-this-Multisearch-thing-in-my-Firefox-about.html | Added by gnomefreak Date: 2009-07-30 13:44:54 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-08-17 00:00:46 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 |
| deadbadger-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply>The real story of Linux and badgers: http://www.strangehorizons.com/2004/20040405/badger.shtml | Added by Madpilot Date: 2009-11-26 12:09:28 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2011-11-16 08:35:45 Requested 5 times |
| meeting-#kubuntu-devel | <reply>Kubuntu Meetings are usually held in #ubuntu-meeting - Agenda and info: https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Kubuntu/Meetings | Added by jussi Date: 2010-06-04 12:53:27 Requested 5 times |
| mousekeys | <reply> Mousekeys use the keyboard's number pad to control the mouse cursor. It can be configured using Keyboard Preferences or toggled using shift+numlock. For more information, see http://live.gnome.org/MouseKeys | Added by Pici Date: 2010-08-25 14:26:37 Requested 5 times |
| googlearth | <reply> Google Earth is now available, for free (as in price), for Linux. To download it see http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html - A package for Ubuntu is available in the !Medibuntu repository. - If Google Earth crashes on start, download version 5.1 instead of 5.2 from the website. | Added by tsimpson Date: 2010-11-06 08:59:27 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2010-11-06 09:00:16 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 |
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