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dvd libdvdcss libdvdcss2 k9copy css	<reply> Ubuntu's default installation and repositories do not include packages needed to play commercial DVDs for legal reasons. For information on adding them, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs \| For information on the legalities involved, see the "DVD" section of https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FreeFormats	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 22:19:35 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2010-12-16 04:34:19 Requested 4135 times
member newmember	<reply> Ubuntu Membership means recognition of a significant and sustained contribution to Ubuntu and the Ubuntu community. For more info see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 22:59:31 Last edited by Pici Date: 2011-03-03 21:05:04 Requested 808 times
somebody	<deleted><alias> anyone	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:01:27 Last edited by knome Date: 2014-03-19 19:31:39 Requested 0 times
someone	<deleted><alias> anyone	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:01:30 Last edited by knome Date: 2014-03-19 19:31:47 Requested 0 times
extreme	<deleted><reply> To configure Airport Extreme wireless on Mac, read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Device/AirportExtreme	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:03:37 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-05-05 19:09:00 Requested 0 times
fi	<reply> Tämä kanava on tarkoitettu vain englanninkieliselle keskustelulle. Jos haluat suomenkielistä apua (K)ubuntun ongelmiin, liity kanavalle #ubuntu-fi / #kubuntu-fi :-)	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:05:04 Last edited by m4v Date: 2011-01-19 13:22:40 Requested 318 times
docs	<alias> documentation	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:05:55 Requested 0 times
doc	<alias> documentation	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:05:57 Requested 1 times
#ubuntu+1	the channel for discussions about the upcoming, in development, not ready yet edition of Ubuntu	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:11:04 Requested 1 times
lts	<reply> LTS means Long Term Support. LTS versions are supported for 5 years on the desktop and server. The latest LTS version of Ubuntu is !$curLTS ($curLTSLong $curLTSNum). Ubuntu !flavors may have different support durations, check their release notes for information.	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:13:48 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-05-01 19:28:52 Requested 2267 times
codenames name	<reply> Ubuntu has awesome release codenames. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DevelopmentCodeNames for more	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:18:38 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:39:18 Requested 245 times
coc conduct codeofconduct code of conduct	<reply> The Ubuntu Code of Conduct is the document that spells out etiquette in the Ubuntu community \| http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/conduct \| For information on how to electronically sign the CoC, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SigningCodeofConduct \| Watch http://static.screencasts.ubuntu.com/videos/2010/12/22/004-SigningCoC.ogv	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:25:29 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-03-19 19:54:59 Requested 4237 times
noob	<deleted><reply> Acronyms or statements like noob, jfgi, stfu, or rtfm are not welcome in this channel. Period.	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:26:47 Last edited by knome Date: 2014-03-19 19:40:14 Requested 1901 times
source-o-matic sourceomatic som	not available anymore, please use Software Sources (in your Applications / K menu) to configure your repositories. Do NOT enable "Proposed updates" unless you're willing to test possibly seriously flawed packages.	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:41:45 Last edited by LjL Date: 2008-01-23 02:52:56 Requested 2690 times
tr turkish turkey	<reply> Turk ubuntu kullanıcıları, Türkçe yardım ya da geyik için /join #ubuntu-tr hizmetinizde.	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:43:43 Last edited by gpc Date: 2011-02-10 17:01:06 Requested 1035 times
freedom free	<reply> freedom is important. Ubuntu is as free as we can make it, which means mostly free software. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html and http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/licensing	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:51:00 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-13 22:37:39 Requested 559 times
marillat	a repository created for Debian. Please don't use it on Ubuntu. Consider using !medibuntu	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 00:10:37 Last edited by jrib Date: 2009-01-06 03:55:22 Requested 11 times
edubuntu	<reply> Edubuntu was an Ubuntu derivative aimed at schools and educational institutions. Its most recent release was Edubuntu 14.04, which is now !EOL. For more info, see http://www.edubuntu.org	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 00:17:39 Last edited by ro Date: 2019-05-06 14:45:27 Requested 265 times
64bit whicharch	<reply> AMD64 and Intel 64 are fully supported architectures on Ubuntu. Consider using 64-bit if your memory ussage exceeds 4GB. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/32bit_and_64bit	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 00:18:56 Last edited by LjL Date: 2011-08-03 22:44:30 Requested 48 times
dpkg	the Debian package maintenance system, which together with apt forms the basic Ubuntu package management toolkit.	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 00:22:05 Requested 565 times
id indonesia indonesian	<reply> join ke #ubuntu-id untuk membahas ubuntu dalam bahasa Indonesia	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 00:32:15 Requested 876 times
plf	<deleted><reply> The Penguin Liberation Front is dedicated to distributing software that cannot be included in Linux distributions for various reasons - See http://plf.zarb.org/ (not yet fully functioning) - See also !Medibuntu and !Seveas	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 00:36:50 Last edited by genii-around Date: 2011-05-26 16:58:10 Requested 138 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
removegnome removekde removexfce	<reply> Want to remove gnome/kde/xfce completely? Look at debfoster, it's a great help	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 00:38:26 Requested 54 times
removekde	<alias> removegnome	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 00:38:33 Requested 0 times
removexfce	<alias> removegnome	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 00:38:37 Requested 0 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
fr french francais france	<reply> Nous sommes desoles mais ce canal est en anglais uniquement. Si vous avez besoin d'aide ou voulez discuter en français, veuillez taper «/join #ubuntu-fr» ou «/join #ubuntu-qc». Merci.	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 01:16:34 Last edited by krytarik Date: 2023-06-19 19:48:05 Requested 8107 times
quicktime	<alias> codecs	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 01:19:29 Requested 0 times
list lista	<reply> $who: No warez here! This is not a file sharing channel (or network); read the channel topic. If you're looking for information about me, type «/msg $nick !bot». If you're looking for a channel, see «/msg $nick !alis».	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 02:32:32 Last edited by krytarik Date: 2023-06-19 20:04:03 Requested 5403 times
putty	<reply> PuTTY is an !SSH client for Windows. Please see: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ for it's homepage and downloads. See also !scp (Secure CoPy)	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 15:42:53 Last edited by genii Date: 2009-06-01 13:39:10 Requested 62 times
media players	<alias> players	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 15:43:15 Requested 0 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
pbuilder pbuilder howto	a system to easily build packages in a clean chroot environment. To get started with PBuilder, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PbuilderHowto	Added by Hobbsee Date: 2006-06-18 15:48:29 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:39:28 Requested 157 times
koffice	<deleted><reply> Integrated office suite for KDE, including word processing, spreadsheet, flow charting, image manipulation. For more info see: http://koffice.kde.org. Upgraded Kubuntu !Dapper packs at http://kubuntu.org/announcements/koffice-16.php	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 15:51:44 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2009-11-08 01:12:30 Requested 34 times
appsy	<reply> Nickname for http://kde-apps.org which hosts many popular 3rd-party KDE applications.	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 15:53:44 Requested 4 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
gnu	<reply> G(NU's) N(ot) U(nix). A project that aimed to develop a complete operating system of Free Software, which Ubuntu is based on. See http://gnu.org	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 16:01:36 Requested 239 times
soc	<deleted>Google's Summer of Code project; see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GoogleSoC2010 and http://code.google.com/soc/	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:05:15 Last edited by topyli Date: 2011-10-28 19:20:23 Requested 15 times
eyecandy	<alias> themes	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 16:10:19 Requested 1 times
theme	<alias> themes	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 16:10:22 Requested 0 times
artwork	<alias> themes	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 16:10:26 Requested 0 times
linux virus linuxvirus	<reply> The short life and hard times of a Linux Virus http://librenix.com/?inode=21	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:15:23 Requested 119 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
cz czech cs	<reply> České uživatele žádáme, aby mluvili v kanále #ubuntu anglicky. Česky je možno se domluvit v #ubuntu-cz. Děkujeme.	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 16:18:29 Requested 485 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
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
html	HyperText Markup Language, used to build web pages. WYSIWYG editors: KompoZer (was Nvu), Iceape Composer, Amaya (Hardy or earlier) - Development environments: Bluefish, Quanta+ - For a howto on HTML coding, see: http://www.w3schools.com/	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:26:34 Last edited by Pici Date: 2012-03-26 18:42:39 Requested 606 times
diskfree df disk-free	<reply> Graphical representations of where your disk-space is being used are: baobab (GNOME), filelight / kinfocenter (Kubuntu). On the terminal: df -h -T	Added by Hobbsee Date: 2006-06-18 16:30:46 Requested 115 times
mail lists mailinglists ml	<reply>Mail is another medium to communicate. Ubuntu mailing lists can be found at http://lists.ubuntu.com	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 16:31:43 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2009-09-18 09:29:11 Requested 338 times