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| mre | <reply> Micro Release Exceptions are approved by the Ubuntu Technical Board on a per-package basis for packages that cannot be acceptably handled through the Stable Release Update (!sru) process. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates/MicroReleaseExceptions for more information. | Added by rww Date: 2014-04-12 22:33:56 Requested 3 times |
| boss-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> http://instantboss.org/ | Added by IdleOne Date: 2014-07-23 00:42:28 Requested 3 times |
| mentors-#ubuntu-motu | <reply> for initial mentoring to introduce you to the MOTU world check out https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/Mentoring/Contributor | Added by LaserJock Date: 2006-07-13 21:55:22 Last edited by jrib Date: 2007-08-22 00:36:17 Requested 2 times |
| imap4rev1 | a broken and unsupported option in Evolution. IMAP supports all IMAP servers, and should be used instead. See http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=324118 for more information. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-08-12 16:40:07 Requested 2 times |
| dvd-torrent-#kubuntu | <reply> If you want to download a DVD version of Hardy Heron via a torrent, here is where you should look: http://torrent.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/hardy/release/dvd/ | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-10-28 22:08:07 Last edited by stdin Date: 2008-05-22 08:10:10 Requested 2 times |
| kdeguide | <reply>See http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/ for a guide to using KDE. | Added by Mez Date: 2007-01-16 01:16:36 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-13 23:22:41 Requested 2 times |
| guishell | <deleted><reply> Several "hybrid" GUI command line interfaces are in development, see: http://www.bterm.org/ - http://linux.pte.hu/~pipas/CUI/ - http://hotwire-shell.org/ | Added by LjL Date: 2008-01-25 16:37:28 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-03-23 02:47:21 Requested 2 times |
| longdesc-#ubuntu-motu | <reply> The long description should provide all the information needed to let the user decide whether to install the package. See http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-pkg-desc for Best Practices. | Added by Myrtti Date: 2009-01-26 14:05:24 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2009-01-26 14:07:20 Requested 2 times |
| upstreambugs-#kubuntu-devel | <reply> KDE related bug reports that need upstreaming: http://tinyurl.com/cj7h6u | Added by tsimpson Date: 2009-04-29 16:14:30 Requested 2 times |
| mentor-#ubuntu-bugs | <reply> Looking for a helping hand with bug triage? Read the wiki for information about requesting a bugsquad mentor: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad/Mentors | Added by jussi Date: 2010-06-13 14:16:40 Requested 2 times |
| marketplace | <reply> Find a company that provides local support for Ubuntu desktops and servers in the Ubuntu Marketplace: http://webapps.ubuntu.com/marketplace/ | Added by nhandler Date: 2010-09-09 13:16:39 Requested 2 times |
| partialupgrade | <deleted><reply> Partial upgrades offered by update-manager, or excessive removals by "apt-get dist-upgrade" are often due to repository inconsistencies, the best fix is often to simply wait, see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1751299 for more info. | Added by IdleOne Date: 2011-05-19 15:13:08 Last edited by Pici Date: 2011-05-19 15:31:09 Requested 2 times |
| partialupgrade-#ubuntu+1 partial-#ubuntu+1 | <reply> Partial upgrades during the develpment cycle, or excessive removals are often due to repository inconsistencies, the best fix is often to simply wait. See http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1751299 for more info. | Added by IdleOne Date: 2011-05-19 15:31:33 Requested 2 times |
| poweruser | <reply> If you are interested in helping the Ubuntu Power User community or want more information /join #ubuntu-power-users Also see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerUsers | Added by IdleOne Date: 2011-05-19 19:16:29 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2011-05-19 22:52:17 Requested 2 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 |
| desura | <deleted><reply> Desura is an application which makes it easy to install, patch and play games on all Linux and Windows distributions. http://www.desura.com for more information. | Added by pangolin Date: 2011-11-22 03:58:31 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-04-02 04:33:32 Requested 2 times |
| oggcamp | <reply> is a two day unconference on August 18th/19th 2012 - see http://oggcamp.org/ | Added by IdleOne Date: 2012-07-25 16:09:29 Requested 2 times |
| quantal-#ubuntustudio | <reply> Ubuntu Studio 12.10 Quantal Quetzal is out! Go to http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/12.10/release/ to download! | Added by RaringOne Date: 2012-10-18 17:33:43 Requested 2 times |
| meeting-#xubuntu-devel | <reply> Next scheduled Xubuntu community meeting and the agenda can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Meetings | Added by knome Date: 2013-11-14 15:23:06 Requested 2 times |
| female-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> https://i.imgur.com/WsrS1U2.jpg | Added by rww Date: 2014-08-10 04:44:28 Requested 2 times |
| magnets-lts-#xubuntu magnets-lts-#xubuntu-devel magnets-lts-#xubuntu-offtopic | <reply> Magnets for Xubuntu 16.04 (i386) magnet:?xt=urn:btih:b856f2e446905c1de85d65827bd4e18769993a11&tr=http://torrent.ubuntu.com:6969/announce (amd64) magnet:?xt=urn:btih:cdbe1d9f1511b4641f9cf29b640b22c51f14de5a&tr=http://torrent.ubuntu.com:6969/announce | Added by Unit193 Date: 2015-04-23 20:35:35 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2016-04-21 22:11:51 Requested 2 times |
| donate-#kubuntu | <reply> If you want to help make Kubuntu even better, visit http://www.kubuntu.org/donate to see how. To help with funding, https://www.kde.org/community/donations/ instead. | Added by genii Date: 2015-04-27 17:44:23 Requested 2 times |
| mirspec | <deleted><reply> Details about Mir can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mir/Spec | Added by genii Date: 2015-06-10 20:59:40 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:17:20 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 |
| rollinghwe | <reply> Since the release of 16.04.2, the setup for the !HWE kernel has changed. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/RollingLTSEnablementStack | Added by dax Date: 2017-03-03 16:56:31 Requested 2 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 |
| support-#lubuntu-devel | <reply> For Lubuntu support, please join the #lubuntu channel on IRC or https://telegram.lubuntu.me/support for Telegram. Also, at https://forum.lubuntu.me you can find our Discourse forum. | Added by wxl Date: 2019-05-03 18:52:19 Last edited by wxl Date: 2020-12-24 22:32:11 Requested 2 times |
| mtrr !mtrr | <deleted>Memory Type Range Registers (MTRR) is a way for a CPU to inform the operating system which ranges of physical memory should be cached by it, and how. If your log says "mtrr_cleanup: can not find optimal value": http://web.archive.org/web/20190904223631/http://my-fuzzy-logic.de/blog/index.php?/archives/41-Solving-linux-MTRR-problems.html | Added by hggdh Date: 2020-07-04 15:35:34 Last edited by genii Date: 2020-07-09 00:31:34 Requested 2 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 |
| docteam | The Ubuntu Documentation team. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam/ and you can "/join #ubuntu-doc" | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 21:40:04 Requested 1 times |
| oin | <deleted><reply> The Open Invention Network (OIN) is a company that acquires patents and offer them royalty free "to any company, institution or individual that agrees not to assert its patents against the Linux operating system or certain Linux-related applications". See http://www.openinventionnetwork.com/ | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-11-30 13:10:51 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-05-18 23:57:07 Requested 1 times |
| editing uwn editing-#ubuntu-marketing | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/EditingPolicies | Added by Seveas Date: 2007-03-29 13:19:27 Requested 1 times |
| mozillateam | <reply> Information on the Ubuntu Mozilla team can be found at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MozillaTeam | Added by gnomefreak Date: 2007-04-18 19:00:09 Requested 1 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 |
| gestures-#kubuntu | <reply>KDE has a built-in support for mouse gestures. See: http://userbase.kde.org/System_Settings/Shortcuts_and_Gestures for a howto | Added by Jucato Date: 2008-04-30 00:30:51 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-14 19:52:02 Requested 1 times |
| ubuntuemail | <deleted><reply>An @ubuntu.com email alias is a privilege that is granted to all Ubuntu members. Please see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuEmail and !member. | Added by jpds Date: 2008-09-21 07:47:04 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-05-18 23:55:29 Requested 1 times |
| inx | <deleted><reply> INX is an Ubuntu derivative, "Is Not X" - see http://inx.maincontent.net/ and Launchpad - Support in #inx (not in Ubuntu channels) | Added by ompaul Date: 2008-12-12 21:53:24 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-05-18 23:54:56 Requested 1 times |
| synopsis-#ubuntu-motu | The synopsis line (the short description) should be concise. See http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-pkg-synopsis for Best Practices. | Added by Myrtti Date: 2009-01-26 14:08:57 Requested 1 times |
| oglf | <deleted><reply> Ontario GNU/Linux Fest. October 23, 2010 in Toronto. http://oglf.ca/ | Added by nhandler Date: 2010-08-17 15:57:18 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-04-11 20:07:05 Requested 1 times |
| buildcomm | <reply> For procedures and general help with community building you can look at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BuildingCommunity or join #ubuntu-community-team | Added by jussi Date: 2010-08-24 05:33:15 Requested 1 times |
| meeting-#ubuntu-women | <reply>The Ubuntu Women meetings are held in #ubuntu-women-project. You're welcome to join us! The agenda can be found at http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/Meetings | Added by elky Date: 2010-09-13 04:37:29 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 |
| olf | <reply> Ohio LinuxFest is September 9-11, 2011 in Columbus Ohio. http://ohiolinux.org | Added by maco Date: 2011-04-11 20:08:00 Requested 1 times |
| arb | <reply> The Application Review Board is responsible for vetting applications to be added to stable releases through the Post-Release Apps Process -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PostReleaseApps/Process | Added by maco Date: 2011-04-28 06:57:01 Requested 1 times |
| bugresponses-#ubuntu-bugs | <reply> Several templates for Bug Squad bug responses are available at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Responses | Added by IdleOne Date: 2011-06-26 23:41:17 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 |
| ppu | Per-Package Uploader. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopers#PerPackage for more information and application process. | Added by Pici Date: 2011-11-05 21:25:55 Requested 1 times |
| bell | <reply> For getting an audible bell in gnome terminal (using some sound file instead of the PC speaker) you find complete instructions in http://askubuntu.com/questions/40171/terminal-bell-without-a-pc-speaker | Added by IdleOne Date: 2012-12-31 17:14:45 Requested 1 times |
| phablet-source | <reply> source code for the phone and tablet apps is at https://code.launchpad.net/~phablet-team/ | Added by AlanBell Date: 2013-02-22 00:24:56 Requested 1 times |
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