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neon project-neon	<reply> KDE Neon ( http://neon.kde.org/ ) is a KDE project to package the latest stable and development versions of KDE software on top of an Ubuntu base. As it is not an official Ubuntu or Kubuntu project, please use #kde-neon for discussion and support.	Added by stdin Date: 2008-09-19 19:00:47 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-04-02 00:24:58 Requested 145 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
ripping rip	<reply> For information about the Sound Juicer ripping application see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CDRipping. To rip an Audio CD in KDE, put it in and then put audiocd:// in the Konqueror URL bar	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 13:04:46 Requested 177 times
desktopsearch strigi indexing indexers beagle kerry tracker kat pinot doodle	<reply> Services to index files for fast searching include: Beagle (front-ends: beagle, catfish, gnome-main-menu, mozilla-beagle for !GNOME; kerry, kio-beagle for !KDE; beaglefs for !CLI) - Tracker (tracker-search-tool, libdeskbar-tracker for GNOME; tracker-utils for CLI) - Strigi (strigi-applet, strigi-client for KDE, strigi-utils for CLI) - Kat (for KDE) - Pinot (and pinot-applet for GNOME) - Doodle (for CLI)	Added by LjL Date: 2007-06-03 17:10:31 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-06-03 17:12:22 Requested 184 times
kopete im-#kubuntu	<reply> Instant Messenger Client Kopete (http://kopete.kde.org) supports MSN, Jabber, AIM, YIM, Gadu-Gadu, Novell Groupwise, ICQ and, in KDE 3, IRC. See also !Pidgin	Added by Tm_T Date: 2007-11-14 13:16:40 Last edited by stdin Date: 2008-09-18 09:27:41 Requested 189 times
gui	<reply> The graphical user interface (GUI) in Ubuntu is composed of many elements, including the !X server, a window manager, and a desktop environment such as !GNOME or !KDE (which themselves use the !GTK and !Qt toolkits respectively)	Added by LjL Date: 2006-12-14 19:56:09 Requested 208 times
qt	<reply> the Qt toolkit (pronounced "cute"), which forms the base of !KDE, is a cross-platform C++ application framework for !CLI and !GUI applications. Install libqt4-dev and see !build to compile Qt4 applications, join #qt for development support	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 23:23:17 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-09 10:57:39 Requested 264 times
k3b	a feature-rich and user-friendly burning application for KDE (and, as all KDE applications, works fine on GNOME). For a guide, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/K3BHowto	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 20:53:04 Requested 289 times
arm	<reply> ARM is a specific (RISC) processor architecture used in a variety of applications such as handhelds and networkdevices. For more information see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM . For ARM specific support, stop by the #ubuntu-arm channel.	Added by jussi Date: 2011-01-29 13:25:50 Last edited by topyli Date: 2011-01-29 13:52:47 Requested 307 times
autostart-#kubuntu	<reply> Use the tool in System Settings -> (Advanced tab) Autostart, or System Settings -> Startup and Shutdown, to make programs automatically start in KDE session. See !boot for managing which non-interactive programs start at boot	Added by fdoving Date: 2007-01-03 22:27:00 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2010-10-30 01:32:29 Requested 345 times
purexfce purexubuntu	<reply> If you want to remove all !KDE and !Gnome packages and have a default !Xubuntu system follow the instructions here « http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/purexfce »	Added by stdin Date: 2008-07-30 21:41:26 Last edited by knome Date: 2013-02-08 23:37:30 Requested 366 times
icons desktopicons trashicon	<reply> Want to see volume/trash icons on the desktop? Go to /apps/nautilus/desktop in gconf-editor (GNOME) or go to http://kudos.berlios.de/kf/kisimlar/tipsntrix.html#showtrash (KDE)	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 12:24:32 Last edited by LjL Date: 2008-03-14 15:27:08 Requested 418 times
scanning xsane scan sane	<reply> Scanning software: Simple-Scan (GNOME), Xsane, the GIMP (GNOME), Kooka (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 Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 20:33:36 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-01-02 04:13:46 Requested 431 times
cli	<deleted><reply>The linux terminal or command-line interface is very powerful. Open a terminal via Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal (Gnome) or K-menu -> System -> Konsole (KDE). Guide: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal or type in it: man intro	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 16:19:48 Last edited by ikonia Date: 2014-07-19 14:37:06 Requested 433 times
desktop desktops	<reply> A desktop environment is what "puts the pieces of a !GUI together". The available desktop environments in Ubuntu are !GNOME (ubuntu-desktop), !KDE (kubuntu-desktop), !Xfce (xubuntu-desktop), !LXDE (lubuntu-desktop), IceWM, !Fluxbox, WindowMaker (wmaker), FVWM and others - See also !Flavors	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 11:23:31 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-02-11 03:18:14 Requested 459 times
tv tvcard tv card dvb tuner	<reply> http://www.linuxtv.org/ has extensive information about using TV cards under Linux. Available viewers for analog cards: Zapping, tvtime (GTK/GNOME), Kaffeine, kdetv (KDE), xawtv, motv. For digital cards: Me-TV (GNOME), Klear (KDE), dvb-utils. For both analog and digital cards, !MythTV is a powerful framework. Your card may work the !IVTV drivers. See also !TV-Out	Added by LjL Date: 2007-05-29 19:19:48 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-11-10 22:29:00 Requested 497 times
browsers http browser lynx links2 konqueror	<reply> Some of the Web Browsers in Ubuntu's repositories include: Firefox (XUL, Gecko), Rekonq (KDE, WebKit), Konqueror (KDE, KHTML/WebKit), Chromium (GTK+, WebKit), Epiphany(GTK+, WebKit), Arora (Qt/KDE, WebKit), Midori (GTK+, WebKit), w3m (terminal-based), links2 (terminal-based or graphical, see !manpage), edbrowse (terminal-based). Along with many others.	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:42:31 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2012-02-11 23:09:20 Requested 510 times
kdesu kdesudo	<reply> In KDE use « kdesudo <program> » to run graphical applications with root privileges when you have to. Never just use "sudo"! \| See http://psychocats.net/ubuntu/graphicalsudo to find out why.	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 15:44:52 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2012-04-21 15:55:39 Requested 576 times
changethemes changetheme	<reply> To change GNOME themes: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuEyeCandy. Kubuntu (KDE) themes: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CustomizeKubuntu. Xubuntu (Xfce): !xfce-themes	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 16:25:41 Last edited by knome Date: 2011-10-23 00:26:39 Requested 627 times
ftpd ftp servers ftp server ftp-server	<reply> FTP servers: ftpd, proftpd, pure-ftpd, twoftpd, vsftpd, MuddleFTPd, wzdftpd - Graphical front-ends: PureAdmin, GProftpd (for GNOME), KcmPureftpd (for !KDE) - See also !FTP	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:16:36 Last edited by Pici Date: 2007-10-23 18:42:41 Requested 640 times
tar tgz tar.gz bz2 7z compression tar.bz2 gz ace 7zip 7-zip	<reply> Files with extensions .tar, .gz, .tgz, .zip, .bz2, .7z, .ace and other archive file formats can be opened with file-roller (GNOME) or Ark (KDE) - Also see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FileCompression	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-08-11 14:55:35 Requested 689 times
keyboard keybinding keyboards layout	<reply> To switch your keyboard layout on GNOME: System -> Preferences -> Keyboard \| KDE: System Settings -> Regional & Language -> Keyboard Layout \| XFCE: Settings -> Settings Manager -> Keyboard, Layout	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 10:48:21 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2011-07-19 15:42:13 Requested 721 times
purekde	<reply> If you want to remove all !Gnome packages and have a default !Kubuntu system follow the instructions here « http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/purekde »	Added by ompaul Date: 2007-10-12 23:32:22 Last edited by pangolin Date: 2011-10-25 00:54:08 Requested 783 times
code coding ide ides	<reply> Programming editors/suites: Terminal-based: vi/vim, emacs - KDE: Kate, KDevelop, Quanta+, Umbrello - GNOME: gvim, gedit, anjuta, pida, monodevelop, geany - Others: eclipse, netbeans, qtcreator	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 17:51:35 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2010-02-13 11:06:59 Requested 808 times
modem dialup dial up dial-up winmodem knetworkmanager ppp	<reply>You want to connect via dial-up? Read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DialupModemHowto - Also try disabling/removing KNetworkManager if KDE applications cannot connect using dial-up	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 21:39:25 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2009-11-12 06:48:20 Requested 919 times
ftp ftp clients ftp client	<reply> FTP clients: Nautilus (Places -> Connect to server), gFTP, FileZilla (for !GNOME); Konqueror, Kasablanca, KFTPGrabber (for !KDE); FireFTP (for Firefox); ftp, lftp (for !cli) - See also !FTPd	Added by bimberi Date: 2006-07-24 06:50:53 Last edited by LjL Date: 2009-04-11 01:58:22 Requested 1051 times
editors editor vim emacs nano kate gedit vi ed	<reply> Text Editors: gedit (GNOME), Kate (KDE), mousepad (Xfce4) - Terminal-based: nano, vi/vim, emacs, ed - For HTML/CSS editors, see !html - For programming editors and IDE, see !code	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 17:49:42 Last edited by nhandler Date: 2010-07-07 04:38:32 Requested 1200 times
kubuntu	<reply> Kubuntu is the Ubuntu flavour using KDE Software and the KDE Plasma Workspaces. See https://kubuntu.org for more information - For support join #kubuntu - See also !kde	Added by gnomefreak Date: 2006-08-02 23:45:20 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-22 21:35:42 Requested 1211 times
burners burn burner burning cdrw	<reply> CD/DVD burning software: k3b (KDE), brasero (GNOME), gnomebaker, xcdroast, wodim (command-line) \| To burn ISO files, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 21:35:32 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-04-23 23:42:28 Requested 1340 times
torrent bittorent bittorrent	<reply> Some torrent clients: Transmission (GTK and terminal-based), Deluge-Torrent, Freeloader, BitStormLite, BitTornado-GUI (GTK), KTorrent (KDE), QTorrent (Qt), Azureus/Vuse (Java), !Frostwire (Java), TorrentFlux (web-based), bittornado, rTorrent, cTorrent, bittorrent, aria2 (terminal-based) - FAQ: http://www.bittorrent.com/help/faq - See also !P2P	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 17:03:09 Last edited by oCean Date: 2012-01-14 16:17:16 Requested 1352 times
kde	<reply> KDE (http://kde.org) is an open community that creates and maintains software including the Plasma desktop. To install from Ubuntu: « sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop », or see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingKDE . See http://kubuntu.org for more information.	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 02:32:36 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:53:08 Requested 1973 times
players media players video players audio players totem totem-xine vlc banshee rhythmbox amarok media music players player exaile listen	<reply> Audio (Ogg, MP3...) players: Audacious, Banshee, Listen, Quod Libet, Rhythmbox, Exaile, XMMS2 (GTK/Gnome based) and Amarok, JuK (Qt/KDE based). Video players: Totem, Xine, MPlayer, VLC, Kaffeine - See also !codecs	Added by LjL Date: 2006-07-09 02:49:51 Last edited by Pici Date: 2011-04-28 14:54:24 Requested 2369 times
themes eyecandy theme artwork icandy i-candy eye candy wallpaper art	<reply>Find your themes at: http://www.gnome-look.org - http://art.gnome.org - http://www.kde-look.org - http://kubuntu-art.org - http://freecode.com/tags/theme - http://www.guistyles.com - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/ - Also see !changethemes and https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuEyeCandy	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-14 18:27:04 Last edited by daxcat Date: 2016-03-09 06:12:08 Requested 2646 times
pastebin-#kubuntu	<deleted><reply> For posting multi-line texts into the channel, please use http://paste.kde.org \| To post !screenshots use http://imgur.com/ !pastebinit to paste directly from command line \| Make sure you give us the URL for your paste - see also the channel topic.	Added by tonyyarusso Date: 2007-02-27 23:39:07 Last edited by valorie Date: 2017-04-16 23:57:08 Requested 2760 times
apt apt-get	<reply> APT is the Advanced Package Tool, which together with dpkg forms the basic Ubuntu package management toolkit. Short apt-get manual: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptGetHowto - Also see !Synaptic (Gnome), !Muon (KDE) or !Apper (KDE)	Added by LjL Date: 2006-07-15 22:10:20 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2012-11-05 20:12:41 Requested 2887 times
firewall firestarter iptables shorewall guarddog ufw	<reply> Ubuntu, like any other Linux distribution, has built-in firewall capabilities. The firewall is managed using the 'ufw' command - see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UFW \| GUI frontends such as gufw and ufw-kde also exist. \| An alternative to ufw is the 'iptables' command - See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IptablesHowTo	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 19:46:03 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2014-08-08 13:44:58 Requested 4135 times
terminal shell bash commands ln ls sed awk cat lsof kill symlink sh console konsole lxterminal	<reply> The linux terminal or command-line interface is very powerful. In Unity or GNOME, search the dash for "terminal" and press ENTER. Other desktops: Applications -> System Tools -> Terminal (MATE), K-menu -> System -> Konsole (KDE), or Menu -> Accessories -> LXTerminal (LXDE). Guide: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal	Added by Madpilot Date: 2006-06-24 13:07:53 Last edited by SonikkuAmerica Date: 2016-10-09 03:01:48 Requested 6930 times
sudo rootsudo root password rootpassword su	<reply> sudo is a command to run command-line programs with superuser privileges ("root") (also see !cli). Look at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo for more information. For graphical applications see !pkexec (for older releases: !gksu and !kdesudo). If you're unable to execute commands with sudo see: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/fixsudo	Added by LjL Date: 2006-06-25 16:49:59 Last edited by knome Date: 2015-06-25 22:59:22 Requested 7786 times