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topic	<reply> Please read the channel topic whenever you enter, as it contains important information. To view it at any time after joining, simply type /topic	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-10-22 18:02:36 Requested 1734 times
server ubuntu-server	<reply> Ubuntu Server is a release of Ubuntu designed especially for server environments that ships with no GUI. Current !LTS version is !$curLTS ($curLTSLong $curLTSNum) - More info: https://ubuntu.com/server - Guide: https://ubuntu.com/server/docs - Support in #ubuntu-server	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 08:25:07 Last edited by tomreyn Date: 2023-10-10 22:19:47 Requested 1698 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
rpm alien	<reply> RPM is the RedHat Package Management system. Ubuntu uses !dpkg, not RPM. RPM packages are not supported (the package "alien" can allow installing them, but it's quite dangerous and unsupported)	Added by LjL Date: 2006-06-25 22:25:11 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-06-01 17:01:00 Requested 1594 times
packaging packaging guide packagingguide package guide packguide newpackage candidates	<reply> The packaging guide is at http://packaging.ubuntu.com/html/ - See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment/NewPackages for information on getting a package integrated into Ubuntu - Other developer resources are at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment - See also !backports and !sponsoring	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 21:09:05 Last edited by genii Date: 2014-12-23 17:54:58 Requested 1583 times
gparted	a !GTK/!Gnome !GUI partitioning program. Type « sudo apt-get install gparted » in a console to install it - A GParted "live" CD is available at http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-20 21:25:05 Last edited by stdin Date: 2009-01-08 12:18:42 Requested 1529 times
repos-#kubuntu	<reply> The packages in Kubuntu are divided into various sections. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Kubuntu - See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RecommendedSources for the recommended way to set up your repositories	Added by Hawkwind Date: 2006-09-13 06:04:21 Last edited by LjL Date: 2008-02-20 00:23:40 Requested 1525 times
startup session	<reply> To add programs to start up when you log into your Gnome session go to System>Preferences>Sessions and use the Startup Programs tab. For more information, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AddingProgramToSessionStartup - See !boot for starting non-interactive programs at boot	Added by gnomefreak Date: 2006-06-21 03:02:52 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-06-01 18:39:55 Requested 1512 times
upstart inittab	<reply> Upstart is meant to replace the old Sys V Init system with an event-driven init model. For more information please see: http://upstart.ubuntu.com/	Added by Hawkwind Date: 2006-10-09 00:30:14 Requested 1489 times
please	<deleted><reply> Avoid following your questions with a trail of "Please, help me", "Can nobody help me?", "I really need this!", and so on. This just contributes to making the channel unreadable. If you are not answered, ask again later; but see also !repeat and !attitude	Added by LjL Date: 2007-04-24 03:08:34 Last edited by AlanBell Date: 2014-03-19 19:48:28 Requested 1462 times
worksforme wfm w4m	<reply> Common Sense: Just because you can, does not mean you should (and especially recommend to others). Think before you do. "Works for me" does not mean it is ok. The latest version of everything is not always useful if you aim for stability.	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 21:54:02 Last edited by rww Date: 2015-09-14 19:38:58 Requested 1405 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
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
final beta already	<reply> If you install a development version of Ubuntu $curDevel and keep up with package updates, then you will be upgraded to the official release of $curDevelNum when it comes out. To make sure, type « sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade » in a terminal.	Added by LjL Date: 2007-04-19 18:02:54 Last edited by Pici Date: 2016-02-26 22:24:21 Requested 1331 times
gnome	<reply> GNOME was the default desktop environment on Ubuntu up to 10.10. To install the GNOME Shell, type [ sudo apt-get install gnome-shell ] in a !terminal. For the GNOME-based !flavor of Ubuntu, see !ubuntu-gnome	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 17:02:05 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-12-24 02:04:30 Requested 1320 times
software	<reply> A general introduction to the ways software can be installed, removed and managed in Ubuntu can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoftwareManagement - See also !Packages, !Equivalents	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 19:20:32 Last edited by tonyyarusso Date: 2007-03-07 01:15:42 Requested 1320 times
phone nexus7 tablet touch phablet ubuntu-touch ubports	<reply> Information about the mobile port of the Ubuntu platform (formely Ubuntu Touch) for Phone and Tablet is available here: https://ubports.com/. Support and discussion in #ubports	Added by IdleOne Date: 2013-01-02 19:42:52 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2019-01-08 20:15:12 Requested 1311 times
hostname	<reply>Use hostname <somehostname> to set the hostname, or to do it permanently: edit /etc/hosts to include BOTH the old and new hostname and then change /etc/hostname to the new one. WARNING! Make sure that your current hostname and /etc/hosts match, otherwise sudo may not work properly.	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 14:52:04 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-01-24 05:15:07 Requested 1209 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
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
swap	used to move unused programs and data out of main memory to make your system faster. It can also be used as extra memory if you don't have enough. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwapFaq for more info	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 18:02:26 Requested 1161 times
resetpanels resetpanel panels	<reply> To reset the GNOME panel to defaults, type this in a !terminal: « gconftool --recursive-unset /apps/panel && killall gnome-panel »	Added by LjL Date: 2008-01-27 02:26:16 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-03-28 01:44:51 Requested 1159 times
pidgin gaim	<reply> The Instant Messenger client Pidgin (formerly Gaim) (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Pidgin) supports MSN, XMPP (Jabber, GTalk and variants), AIM, Gadu-Gadu, Novell Groupwise, ICQ, YIM, IRC and others. See also !Kopete	Added by tonyyarusso Date: 2007-04-08 08:06:32 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:53:50 Requested 1158 times
fuse captive	<reply> FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) is a !kernel driver that allows non-root users to create their own filesystems. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_in_Userspace for more on FUSE. Some examples of filesystems that use FUSE are !ntfs-3g, sshfs and isofs. A full list of Filesystems that use FUSE is here: http://fuse.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/FileSystems	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 11:48:16 Last edited by Amaranth Date: 2007-08-07 14:36:30 Requested 1130 times
relationship debian	<reply> Ubuntu and Debian are closely related. Ubuntu builds on the foundations of Debian architecture and infrastructure, with a different community and release process. See https://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/ubuntu-and-debian - !Repositories meant for Debian should NOT be used on Ubuntu!	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-12-16 15:04:50 Last edited by krytarik Date: 2016-11-21 19:32:02 Requested 1125 times
distributions suse redhat mandriva gentoo archlinux fedora distros novell slackware mepis distro distribution manjaro	<reply> Other !Linux distributions besides !Ubuntu include: Debian, Mepis (using !APT); RedHat, Fedora, SUSE, Mandriva (using !RPM); Gentoo, Arch Linux, Manjaro, Slackware (using other packaging systems)	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 20:46:43 Last edited by SonikkuAmerica Date: 2016-09-02 16:41:01 Requested 1092 times
chroot debchroot	<reply> A chroot is used to make programs believe that the directory they are running in is really the root directory. It can be used to stop programs accessing files outside of that directory, or for compiling 32bit applications in a 64bit environment - see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BasicChroot	Added by ompaul Date: 2006-08-11 17:28:50 Last edited by Pici Date: 2010-06-15 17:12:19 Requested 1092 times
puregnome pureubuntu	<reply> If you want to remove all !Kubuntu packages or !Xubuntu packages and have a default !Ubuntu system, follow the instructions here: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/pureubuntu	Added by PriceChild Date: 2008-02-23 01:00:54 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-11-11 13:34:51 Requested 1078 times
undelete recover	<reply> Some tools to recover lost data are listed and explained at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DataRecovery	Added by LjL-Temp Date: 2008-03-22 21:58:27 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-30 19:05:35 Requested 1053 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
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
maverick meerkat 10.10	<reply> Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) was the thirteenth release of Ubuntu. !End-Of-Life on April 10th, 2012, see https://ubottu.com/y/maverick for details.	Added by Pici Date: 2010-04-02 11:18:59 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 07:02:05 Requested 949 times
sense commonsense common sense stable works for me	<reply> Common Sense: Just because you can, does not mean you should. Think before you do. "Works for me" does not mean it is ok. The latest version of everything is not always useful if you aim for stability.	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 13:43:11 Requested 945 times
home separatehome movehome	<reply> Your home directory is where all of your personal files are usually kept. For moving your home directory to a separate partition, please see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving	Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-10-01 08:45:38 Last edited by jussi Date: 2011-05-16 07:43:54 Requested 937 times
ppc powerpc	<reply> PowerPC. Formerly used by Apple for the Macintosh line of computers. Variants are now used in popular gaming consoles. PPC was a fully supported Ubuntu architecture until 6.10. It is now a community port, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCFAQ	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 11:33:49 Last edited by knome Date: 2015-03-25 12:08:32 Requested 909 times
aptitude	<reply> Like apt and apt-get, aptitude is a terminal frontend for Ubuntu's package management system. Unlike the others, it is not recommended in Ubuntu because its behavior differs significantly from other Ubuntu package management tools and can cause issues.	Added by bimberi Date: 2006-07-07 08:24:14 Last edited by dax Date: 2019-05-10 17:28:03 Requested 904 times
shortcuts keytouch mediakeys shortcut keyboard shortcuts keys hotkeys hotkey	<reply> Keyboard shortcuts can be set in System -> Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts. If your multimedia keys don't work with that, try the 'keytouch' package, explained at http://keytouch.sourceforge.net/ - See !Keyboard for changing layouts. A list of keyboard shortcuts for Unity is available at http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2209015&seqNum=3	Added by LjL Date: 2006-12-10 21:23:38 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-30 15:24:04 Requested 886 times
ops-#kubuntu	<reply> Help! Channel Emergency! (ONLY use this trigger in emergencies!) acheronuk, ahoneybun, claydoh, ikonia, jussi, Mamarok, mneptok, Nalioth, ovidiu-florin, Pici, Riddell, ryanakca, shadeslayer, Tm_T, tsimpson, valorie, Unit193, yofel.	Added by gnomefreak Date: 2006-07-15 22:43:53 Last edited by dax Date: 2020-06-14 23:47:06 Requested 884 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
hammertime-#ubuntu-offtopic hammertime-#ubuntustudio-devel hammertime-#ubuntu-ops	<reply> ━━▊ ━━▊ ━━▊	Added by Pici Date: 2008-05-12 17:02:18 Requested 869 times
blacklist	<reply> To blacklist a module, edit /etc/modprobe.d/my_blacklist.conf and add « blacklist <modulename> » to the end of that list - To explicitly load modules in a specific order, list them in /etc/initramfs-tools/modules and type « sudo update-initramfs -u »	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-08 22:10:20 Last edited by Pici Date: 2011-03-29 19:19:00 Requested 867 times
documentation docs doc rute tldp desktopguide starterguide newusers training tutorial	to be found at https://help.ubuntu.com and https://wiki.ubuntu.com - General linux documentation: http://www.tldp.org - https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/course/95-799/rute.pdf	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 19:12:08 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:55:39 Requested 858 times
lubuntu	<reply> lubuntu is Ubuntu with LXDE instead of !GNOME as desktop environment, which makes it extremely lightweight. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu - /join #lubuntu for lubuntu support.	Added by tonyyarusso Date: 2009-12-05 20:23:20 Last edited by pangolin Date: 2012-01-27 19:54:47 Requested 848 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
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
password passwords lostpassword pass	<reply> Forgot your password? See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LostPassword What's the root password? See !sudo. Don't see *** in password prompts? That's normal. Sudo doesn't ask for your password? It remembers you for several minutes. Please use strong passwords, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/StrongPasswords	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 11:02:45 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2008-09-18 15:22:37 Requested 797 times
unity	<reply> Unity is a graphical shell for the GNOME desktop environment. Ubuntu used it by default from 11.04 to 17.04. For more information, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Unity	Added by Pici Date: 2010-10-28 13:43:01 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-28 06:50:19 Requested 797 times
time ntp	<reply> Information about using and setting your computer's clock on Ubuntu can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuTime - See https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/NTP.html for information on usage of the Network Time Protocol (NTP)	Added by LjL Date: 2007-12-11 16:11:33 Last edited by knome Date: 2015-07-27 16:41:04 Requested 793 times
nox text	<reply> To start your system in text-only mode append 'text' (without the quotes) to the kernel line in the grub menu. You can access the grub menu by pressing Esc (Grub legacy) or Shift (Grub2) during boot. For more info see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions#Text%20Mode	Added by tsimpson Date: 2010-07-04 16:51:35 Last edited by nhandler Date: 2010-07-15 19:18:33 Requested 791 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