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| multimedia | <alias> codecs | Added by nalioth Date: 2006-06-28 05:27:22 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-06-03 10:28:56 Requested 775 times |
| pulseaudio pulse | <reply> PulseAudio is a sound server intended as a drop-in replacement for !ESD - See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PulseAudio for information and installation instructions | Added by LjL Date: 2008-02-19 03:58:10 Requested 772 times |
| launchpad malone lp | <reply> Launchpad is a collection of development services for Open Source projects. It's Ubuntu's bug tracker, and much more; see https://launchpad.net/ | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 21:03:15 Last edited by Amaranth Date: 2007-10-15 11:51:49 Requested 757 times |
| party parties release-party countdown | <reply> Please remember that our support channels are for technical support and not general chat. To countdown to !$curDevelLower release and then party once it happens, join #ubuntu-release-party. Thank you! :) | Added by tonyyarusso Date: 2007-04-19 05:37:00 Last edited by dax Date: 2019-10-17 14:56:37 Requested 744 times |
| anything anything. anything! anything!! | <reply> So, you wanted to lure me into saying I don't know anything about anything? Yeah, that would be funny, of course. Now leave me alone. | Added by LjL Date: 2007-04-02 19:25:48 Requested 722 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 |
| classic | <deleted><reply> The default interface in Ubuntu 11.04 is !Unity. To switch back to regular !GNOME: log out, click your username, click the Session box at the bottom of the screen, and select "Ubuntu Classic". For 11.10, see !notunity | Added by IdleOne Date: 2011-04-30 23:48:42 Last edited by Pici Date: 2018-05-15 17:37:59 Requested 701 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 |
| w32codecs win32codecs | <alias> medibuntu | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-12 10:52:35 Last edited by jrib Date: 2008-05-27 23:47:26 Requested 687 times |
| timetable | <alias> releases | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-05 20:52:50 Requested 671 times |
| memory ram mem | <reply> If you are wondering why some tools report your system has very little free memory, have a look at http://www.linuxatemyram.com/ | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 12:15:41 Last edited by Pici Date: 2014-08-21 17:42:29 Requested 668 times |
| bootoptions bootoption | <reply> For a list and explanation on some of the boot options, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions See also !nomodeset. | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 11:32:08 Last edited by oCean Date: 2011-06-26 12:00:40 Requested 665 times |
| staff | <deleted><reply> Hey christel, Corey, Dave2, Gary, Myrtti, Pricey, VorTechS, jayne, marienz, niko, nhandler, tomaw, ldunn, I could use a bit of your time :) | Added by Seveas Date: 2007-02-04 18:30:28 Last edited by Pici Date: 2014-02-28 13:55:17 Requested 654 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 |
| 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 |
| crosspost crossposting | <reply> Please don't ask the same question in multiple Ubuntu channels at the same time. Many helpers are in more than one channel and it's not fair to them or the other people seeking support. | Added by Pici Date: 2008-11-17 15:45:49 Last edited by Pici Date: 2008-11-17 15:47:24 Requested 616 times |
| ltse hwe | <reply> The Ubuntu LTS enablement stacks provide newer kernel and X support for existing LTS releases, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack | Added by IdleOne Date: 2015-02-08 14:00:25 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2015-06-28 18:48:56 Requested 615 times |
| mplayer | <deleted>a media player. It resides in the mutiverse repository and can easily be installed via applications -> add/remove. For codecs try !codecs | Added by gnomefreak Date: 2006-07-20 02:44:28 Last edited by jussi Date: 2011-07-18 11:06:08 Requested 607 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 |
| intel | <deleted><reply>Ubuntu 9.04 has a known regression for some Intel graphics support. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Troubleshooting/IntelPerformance and http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1130582 for more information. | Added by Madpilot Date: 2009-05-21 03:42:07 Last edited by gpc Date: 2011-01-29 23:16:52 Requested 569 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 |
| 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 |
| cedega | a project based on WINE, aimed at running Windows games on Linux. For more info, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Cedega | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 18:38:34 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:53:22 Requested 548 times |
| adduser users user useradd | <reply> To add new users to your Ubuntu system, follow the instructions at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AddUsersHowto - For administrative privileges, users need to be made members of the group "sudo" - See !sudo | Added by LjL Date: 2006-11-24 17:00:44 Last edited by jrib Date: 2013-06-27 20:30:10 Requested 536 times |
| hi-#xubuntu hi-#lubuntu hello-#xubuntu | <reply> Hi!, Welcome to $chan! Feel free to ask questions and help people out. The channel guidelines are at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/Guidelines. Enjoy your stay! | Added by Seeker` Date: 2010-09-28 11:58:56 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-03-27 17:01:15 Requested 529 times |
| requirements reqs specs | <reply> Hardware requirements to install, boot and comfortably use Ubuntu are listed at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements - For a !flavor with lower requirements, see !Xubuntu or !Lubuntu | Added by LjL Date: 2008-01-23 15:51:02 Last edited by nhandler Date: 2010-09-30 02:29:08 Requested 526 times |
| splash splashscreen | <reply> To change the Gnome splash screen, use gnome-splashscreen-manager or change the GConf key /apps/gnome-session/options/splash_image using !gconf-editor. | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 13:16:53 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2009-06-19 09:05:35 Requested 520 times |
| mythtv | a TV framework for Linux - Instructions for using with Ubuntu at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MythTV - For discussion and specific support of MythTV, try #mythtv-users | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 13:14:52 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-11-10 21:49:07 Requested 517 times |
| tor | <reply> Tor is a program to route connections through several servers for anonymity. It is in Ubuntu's repositories, but the Tor Project recommends using their Tor packages due to past issues with Ubuntu's. For setup info, see option (2) of https://www.torproject.org/docs/debian.html.en | Added by LjL Date: 2007-11-04 23:20:20 Last edited by ezri Date: 2016-03-09 21:22:05 Requested 516 times |
| screencast record desktop screencasts | <reply> Some programs to capture your screen are Kazam, Vokoscreen & Simple Screen Recorder. Also ffmpeg/libav with x11grab option on the command line. Also see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ScreenCasts. | Added by jrib Date: 2007-06-02 14:03:35 Last edited by Pricey Date: 2014-01-16 16:29:46 Requested 515 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 |
| im instant messaging instant messenger msn aim icq chat clients messenger | <reply> The Empathy Instant Messenger is installed by default and supports MSN, XMPP (Jabber, GTalk and variants), AIM, Gadu-Gadu, Novell Groupwise, ICQ, YIM, IRC and others. See also !Kopete and !pidgin | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 17:40:54 Last edited by topyli Date: 2011-09-23 17:07:40 Requested 512 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 |
| appeal appeals | <reply> If you disagree with a decision by an operator, please first pay #ubuntu-ops a visit. If you are still unhappy, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/AppealProcess for the steps you should take. If you feel the need to discuss the channel rules, please contact the ops on IRC or via the email address on the aforementioned page. | Added by elky Date: 2009-04-25 19:01:44 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2010-02-17 16:55:11 Requested 502 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 |
| sysrq reisub | <reply> In an emergency, you may be able to shutdown cleanly and reboot by holding down Alt+PrintScreen and typing slowly, in succession, S, U and B. For an explanation, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key | Added by ompaul Date: 2008-09-12 20:29:51 Last edited by dax Date: 2019-10-03 18:24:32 Requested 496 times |
| ops-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> Help! Channel emergency! (ONLY use this trigger in emergencies) - Amaranth, tonyyarusso, Nalioth, Madpilot, gnomefreak, elky, Pici, Gary, Myrtti, ikonia, Flannel, lhavelund, phunyguy, h00k, funkyHat, Tm_T, hypatia, seednode, Menzador | Added by tsimpson Date: 2010-05-02 22:12:54 Last edited by dax Date: 2020-06-14 23:46:48 Requested 490 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 |
| gnash | <reply> Gnash is an open-source Flash replacement. It is still beta software. For current status or for more info http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/ | Added by nalioth Date: 2006-12-24 19:11:58 Last edited by pangolin Date: 2012-02-09 18:09:58 Requested 484 times |
| xrandr | <deleted><reply>XRandR 1.2 is the new method of running dual screens in !X. Information/HowTo here: http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12 | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2008-04-16 06:34:51 Last edited by dax Date: 2019-10-17 20:23:57 Requested 482 times |
| pdf acrobat | <reply>The Portable Document Format is created by Adobe; PDF files are viewable in Ubuntu with Xpdf, Okular, Evince and also Adobe Reader (free download, but closed source) | Added by bimberi Date: 2006-07-31 07:34:53 Last edited by jussi Date: 2011-04-28 15:21:23 Requested 476 times |
| pong | an old atari game. It's fun! | Added by imbrandon Date: 2006-08-27 09:10:43 Requested 475 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 |
| behelpful | <reply> As our !guidelines say, "When helping, be helpful". If you're not familiar with the issue at hand, let someone else handle it instead of making !offtopic comments or jokes. | Added by rww Date: 2011-07-17 23:29:29 Requested 461 times |
| steam | <reply> Valve have officially announced that they are developing Steam and are working with !ubuntu during their development, see http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/linux/steamd-penguins/ for further details, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Valve for install instructions, you can also join #ubuntu-steam for discussion. | Added by gnomefreak Date: 2006-06-21 03:00:16 Last edited by genii-around Date: 2013-02-12 02:25:54 Requested 460 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 |
| pae | <reply> Ubuntu provides only PAE-enabled kernels for 32-bit systems now. Some older CPUs may have issues with it. For more info and troubleshooting, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PAE | Added by Myrtti Date: 2010-03-30 20:27:56 Last edited by krytarik Date: 2016-11-21 06:22:02 Requested 439 times |
| girl girls | <reply> Girls exist on the internet. See http://www.escapistmagazine.com/print/17/27 | http://www.xkcd.com/322/ | For more interesting reading: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Encourage-Women-Linux-HOWTO/ | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-08-12 09:12:44 Last edited by Pici Date: 2008-08-08 15:33:44 Requested 435 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 |
| 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 |
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