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| ubuntustudio-focal-upgrade | <reply> Ubuntu Studio 20.04 LTS was the last release with the Xfce desktop environment. Future versions use the KDE Plasma Desktop Environment. Due to this major change, upgrading from Ubuntu Studio 20.04 LTS to a newer version is not supported; clean install is the only upgrade path. | Added by Eickmeyer Date: 2020-09-27 22:42:37 Requested 2 times |
| xwayland | <reply> XWayland is an X server which allows for running classic X11 applications on top of !Wayland. It can be installed side by side with xserver-xorg, and enables switching between classic X and XWayland sessions upon graphical login. | Added by hggdh Date: 2019-07-16 16:55:19 Requested 2 times |
| ubuntustudio-backports | <reply> The Ubuntu Studio Backports PPA contains newer versions of select software that is included with Ubuntu Studio. For more info, such as how to add this PPA to your system, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/BackportsPPA and !ubuntustudio-installer. See also !ubuntustudio-controls | Added by dax Date: 2019-04-23 23:54:52 Last edited by housecat Date: 2020-05-13 01:50:21 Requested 49 times |
| cadence | <reply> Cadence is an application for managing Jack in KXStudio and its repositories. Due to the nature of its intrusive configuration, it causes compatibility issues with Ubuntu's audio configuration, particularly !ubuntustudio-controls. For this reason, adding the KXStudio repos to any Ubuntu install is highly discouraged. | Added by hggdh Date: 2019-04-13 19:21:49 Requested 4 times |
| ubuntustudio-installer | <reply> Ubuntu Studio Installer is an app that can be used to add Ubuntu Studio's benefits to an existing Ubuntu (or official flavor) installation, and/or add the !ubuntustudio-backports PPA. For more info, see https://ubuntustudio.org/ubuntu-studio-installer/ | Added by hggdh Date: 2019-04-05 19:08:20 Last edited by Eickmeyer Date: 2020-10-21 17:10:45 Requested 78 times |
| uptodate | <reply> To ensure you have all the latest known patches and security updates for your ubuntu installation, please update with the following command: `sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade`. See also !upgrades and !security; you may also need to run `apt full-upgrade`. | Added by hggdh Date: 2019-02-11 16:55:27 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2019-02-13 15:43:54 Requested 192 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 |
| meltdown kpti | <reply> Meltdown is a security issue with (primarily) Intel processors. It's mitigated by kernel patches named KPTI. Ubuntu released them in security updates for 14.04, 16.04, and 17.10. 17.04 will not receive this update. 18.04 will ship with kernel 4.15, which is patched already. 16.04 has updates for Linux 4.4 (release) and 4.13 (HWE), installs with 4.10 should upgrade to 4.13. See also !spectre, !nopti | Added by dax Date: 2018-01-03 22:56:33 Last edited by dax Date: 2018-01-10 01:35:19 Requested 54 times |
| 16.04.2 | rescheduled to February 16th due to several last minute issues with building and testing the ISOs. You can install the 16.04(.1) ISOs and run the updates if you are in a hurry. | Added by dax Date: 2017-02-14 01:26:40 Requested 6 times |
| livepatch | <reply> Canonical Livepatch is a service offered by Canonical for 64 bit 14.04 and higher installs that modifies the currently running kernel for updates without the need to restart. More information can be found at https://ubottu.com/y/livepatch and https://www.ubuntu.com/server/livepatch | Added by Pici Date: 2016-10-28 15:56:01 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2018-08-29 19:47:45 Requested 48 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 |
| 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 |
| xubuntu-core core-#xubuntu | <reply> Xubuntu Core is a slimmed down version of Xubuntu that doesn't come with all the additional features of a full and modern desktop. To install: « sudo apt-get install xubuntu-core^ » (A xubuntu-core task is also available from the !minimal ISO) | Added by knome Date: 2015-07-08 00:51:08 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2015-08-17 23:22:06 Requested 8 times |
| zram | <reply>zRAM is a module of the Linux kernel which increases performance by avoiding paging on disk and instead uses a compressed block device in RAM, useful on systems with less RAM, and SSDs. Install zram-config to enable zRAM. | Added by IdleOne Date: 2013-11-04 22:09:52 Requested 16 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 |
| lxde | <reply> LXDE ( http://lxde.org/ ) is the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment used by !Lubuntu. To install from Ubuntu: « sudo apt-get install lubuntu-desktop ». See http://lubuntu.net/ for more information, and join #lubuntu for support. | Added by IdleOne Date: 2013-02-11 03:17:38 Requested 45 times |
| uefi efi | <reply> UEFI is a specification that defines a software interface between an operating system and platform firmware. It is meant as a replacement for the BIOS. For information on how to set up and install Ubuntu and its derivatives on UEFI machines please read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI | Added by IdleOne Date: 2012-12-19 19:32:00 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2014-01-02 01:01:53 Requested 1822 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 |
| 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 |
| menueditor-#xubuntu | <reply> To edit the menus in Xubuntu, use the preinstalled menu editor MenuLibre. Read more about MenuLibre at https://smdavis.us/projects/menulibre/ | Added by knome Date: 2012-02-02 23:53:10 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2015-12-03 21:34:39 Requested 4 times |
| inteunity-#ubuntu-se | <reply> Ubuntu 11.10 använder normalt sett GNOME 3 med skalet !unity. För att använda GNOME Shell istället, installera paketet "gnome-shell" och möjligtvis även "gnome-tweak-tool". För GNOME Fallback mode, som liknar GNOME 2, installera "gnome-panel". Båda paketen placerar alternativ i sessionsmenyn vid login. | Added by pangolin Date: 2012-01-29 14:48:04 Requested 3 times |
| restoregrub recovergrub | <reply> Lost GRUB after installing Windows? See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestoreGrub | Added by ikonia Date: 2011-11-30 12:28:24 Requested 79 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 |
| inteunity | <deleted><reply> Ubuntu 11.10 använder normalt sett GNOME 3 med skalet !unity. För att använda GNOME Shell istället, installera paketet "gnome-shell" och möjligtvis även "gnome-tweak-tool". För GNOME Fallback mode, som liknar GNOME 2, installera "gnome-panel". Båda paketen placerar alternativ i sessionsmenyn vid login. | Added by pangolin Date: 2011-10-23 16:33:49 Last edited by pangolin Date: 2011-10-23 16:44:34 Requested 2 times |
| nounity | <reply> Ubuntu 11.10 and higher use GNOME 3 with the !unity shell by default. To use GNOME Shell instead, from 12.10 and up install the "ubuntu-gnome-desktop" package. From 11.04 to 12.04, install the "gnome-shell" package and investigate "gnome-tweak-tool". For GNOME Fallback mode, which is similar to GNOME 2, install "gnome-panel". Both packages will place entries in the Sessions dropdown. Using Natty? See !classic | Added by jrib Date: 2011-10-13 15:04:36 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-01-21 03:56:58 Requested 171 times |
| notunity disunited | <reply> Since Ubuntu 11.10, !Unity is the default desktop in Ubuntu. For the !GNOME 3 desktop, install "gnome-shell". For !MATE, the continuation of GNOME 2, install "mate-desktop". For GNOME Flashback, install "gnome-session-flashback". Also see !flavors. | Added by Pici Date: 2011-10-13 14:08:44 Last edited by SonikkuAmerica Date: 2016-12-14 19:43:41 Requested 1636 times |
| loffice openoffice libreoffice | <reply> LibreOffice is a Free and open source office suite that includes word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, vector drawing and database components. To install: "sudo apt-get install libreoffice". User help available in #libreoffice. | Added by Jordan_U Date: 2011-09-18 17:50:51 Requested 52 times |
| notunity-#ubuntu+1 | <deleted><reply> Ubuntu Oneiric uses GNOME 3 with the !Unity shell by default. To use GNOME Shell on Oneiric, install the "gnome-shell" package and investigate "gnome-tweak-tool". For GNOME Fallback mode, which is similar to GNOME 2, install "gnome-panel". Both packages will place a new entry in the Sessions dropdown on the login window. | Added by rww Date: 2011-09-11 16:18:01 Last edited by Pici Date: 2011-10-13 14:09:24 Requested 36 times |
| pastebinit-#ubuntu-se | <reply> pastebinit är kommando-motsvarigheten av !pastebin. Utskrifter från kommandon och annan text kan skickas genom pastebinit, som sedan returnerar den URL där utskriften finns att läsa. För att använda pastebinit, installera paketet « pastebinit » från pakethanteraren. Användandet är enkelt; kommando | pastebinit -b http://paste.ubuntu.com | Added by tsimpson Date: 2011-08-30 10:25:58 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-08-30 10:31:46 Requested 5 times |
| gdm2setup | <reply> Up to Oneiric, GDM was used as the login manager. You can configure your GDM options, including the wallpaper and theme, with gdm2setup. See https://launchpad.net/gdm2setup for more information and installation instructions.~ | Added by knome Date: 2011-08-27 21:18:55 Requested 3 times |
| purge-ppa | <reply>To disable a PPA from your sources and revert your packages back to default Ubuntu packages, install ppa-purge and use the command: « sudo ppa-purge ppa:<repository-name>/<subdirectory> » – For more information, see http://www.webupd8.org/2009/12/remove-ppa-repositories-via-command.html | Added by Tm_T Date: 2011-06-14 07:13:09 Last edited by Tm_T Date: 2011-06-14 07:19:19 Requested 1192 times |
| gnome3 | <reply> GNOME 3 is the desktop environment on which Unity is based. To use GNOME Shell instead of Unity, install the "gnome-shell" package and investigate "gnome-tweak-tool". GNOME 3 is not supported under Natty/11.04, and may break your system if installed from alternate sources. | Added by Pici Date: 2011-04-28 14:20:10 Last edited by pangolin Date: 2011-10-19 15:07:19 Requested 513 times |
| grub1 | <reply>grub 1 is the default boot manager for Ubuntu releases before 9.10 (Karmic). Lost GRUB after installing Windows? See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestoreGrub - GRUB how-tos: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GrubHowto - See !grub for Karmic onwards | Added by Tm_T Date: 2011-04-15 11:24:05 Requested 24 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 |
| matlab | <reply> MATLAB is a high-level language and interactive environment that enables you to perform computationally intensive tasks. More info and install instructions at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MATLAB | Added by gpc Date: 2011-02-12 16:32:02 Last edited by gpc Date: 2011-02-12 16:41:59 Requested 31 times |
| tasksel | <reply>Tasksel is a Debian/Ubuntu tool that installs multiple related packages as a co-ordinated "task" onto your system, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Tasksel for more information. Use tasksel only to INSTALL tasks, not to remove them. It will remove every package listed within the removed task! see https://launchpad.net/bugs/574287 | Added by Tm_T Date: 2011-02-10 13:14:44 Last edited by Tm_T Date: 2011-02-10 14:08:44 Requested 72 times |
| oneko-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> oneko is the cat of cats, the loler with minions, the sudo apt-get installable one, the cat of our times, but not the cat of the command line! | Added by rww Date: 2011-01-23 04:44:06 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 |
| testdrive | <reply> Testdrive makes it simple to run any Ubuntu release in a virtual machine, safely, and without affecting your current Ubuntu installation. See: https://launchpad.net/testdrive | Added by jpds Date: 2010-01-07 17:01:23 Requested 10 times |
| webkitkde | <reply> To enable the WebKit KPart for Konqueror you must install the « webkitkde » package. To make WebKit the default for displaying web pages in Konqueror go to Settings -> Configure Konqueror -> File Associations -> text -> html -> Embedding (tab), and move the WebKit to the top of the list. | Added by tsimpson Date: 2009-11-16 11:32:05 Requested 1 times |
| moonlight silverlight | <reply> For Microsoft Silverlight support, install Moonlight with the following command: « sudo apt-get install moonlight-plugin-mozilla » in a terminal. | Added by Pici Date: 2009-11-10 20:44:21 Requested 89 times |
| nbr unbr une | <reply> Starting with Ubuntu 11.04, the Ubuntu Netbook Edition is no longer being offered as a separate install as Unity is now standard for all Ubuntu desktop installs. | Added by Mez Date: 2009-08-25 22:19:54 Last edited by Pici Date: 2011-04-28 20:07:11 Requested 301 times |
| pastebinit | <reply> pastebinit is the command-line equivalent of !pastebin - Command output, or other text can be redirected to pastebinit, which then reports an URL containing the output - To use pastebinit, install the « pastebinit » package from a package manager - Simple usage: command | pastebinit | Added by genii Date: 2009-06-01 23:40:16 Last edited by genii Date: 2017-05-30 21:35:12 Requested 1276 times |
| ubottuguide | <reply> There is a (incomplete) guide for installing supybot and setting up an ubottu clone here: https://ubottu.com/guide | Added by tsimpson Date: 2009-05-03 12:06:27 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 07:01:51 Requested 9 times |
| partitionmanager | <reply> PartitionManager is a !KDE !GUI partitioning program. Use !Muon or !Synaptic to install or type « sudo apt-get install partitionmanager » in a !terminal | Added by tsimpson Date: 2009-05-01 14:06:51 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2014-05-09 15:03:54 Requested 51 times |
| songbird | <reply> Songbird is a media player based on Mozilla. Official Linux builds and support ended in April, 2010. Ubuntu installation instructions at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Songbird | Added by LjL Date: 2009-04-12 19:44:15 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-03-23 02:47:46 Requested 38 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 |
| 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 |
| brokenmsn | <deleted><reply> MS upgraded their MSN Messenger servers, causing newest 3rd party clients unable to connect. Workaround for pidgin 2.5.2 users is « sudo apt-get install msn-pecan » Restart pidgin, create an account of type wlm and supply your MSN credentials | Added by Tm_T Date: 2009-01-12 16:34:49 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-02-22 00:20:24 Requested 31 times |
| qtparted | <deleted><reply> QtParted is a !Qt/!KDE !GUI partitioning program. Use !Adept !KPackageKit or !Synaptic to install or type « sudo apt-get install qtparted » in a console. - QtParted is no longer available in Jaunty (9.04) and up, see !PartitionManager | Added by stdin Date: 2009-01-08 12:18:15 Last edited by genii-around Date: 2011-05-27 15:54:59 Requested 23 times |
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