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xorg	<reply> X.Org is an implementation of the X Windows System, and is the part of your system that's responsible for graphical output. To restart it on an Ubuntu system, type 'sudo service lightdm restart'. To fix screen resolution or other X.Org problems: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Resolution . See also !xorgconf	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 09:13:01 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-03-12 02:47:09 Requested 138 times
empathy	the default instant messaging and video client for GNOME. Since Karmic, it has been the default client in Ubuntu, replacing !pidgin	Added by elky Date: 2009-09-12 08:23:43 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:45:54 Requested 137 times
openvpn	<reply> OpenVPN is a vpn technology in Ubuntu, sudo apt-get install openvpn and then see http://openvpn.net/ and see the documentation "HOWTO" noting you have already installed it. ;-) It rocks!	Added by ompaul Date: 2008-08-04 15:44:00 Last edited by ompaul Date: 2008-08-04 15:46:07 Requested 136 times
defragmentation	<alias> defrag	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-20 22:48:54 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-01-02 03:57:41 Requested 134 times
life-#ubuntu-offtopic	<reply> "Life" is a so-called game created by John Conway. But make no mistake: it's really no fun at all.	Added by LjL Date: 2007-09-22 15:11:04 Requested 133 times
btrfs	<reply> Btrfs is a filesystem available for Ubuntu. It is not recommended by default, and should not be used for important data. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/btrfs	Added by LjL Date: 2011-11-06 15:30:17 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-04-08 06:46:24 Requested 132 times
unix	<reply> UNIX is an operating system created in the '70s, which has many direct derivates and inspired systems like Minix and !Linux. Most "UNIX-style" systems try to somewhat adhere to the POSIX standard.	Added by ompaul Date: 2007-05-15 23:00:01 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-09-22 14:55:29 Requested 127 times
ops-#xubuntu	<reply> Help! Channel emergency! (ONLY use this trigger in emergencies) - elky, Flannel, genii, ikonia, krytarik, mneptok, Myrtti, Pici, pleia2, Unit193.	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-23 23:49:36 Last edited by dax Date: 2020-06-22 02:47:31 Requested 126 times
modules	<reply> To compile modules and drivers that are not bundled with the standard kernel, for more info /msg $nick kernel , install the relevant package, usually called "<modulename>-source", and run « sudo module-assistant » (you will have to do this again after kernel updates). To prevent specific modules from loading, see /msg $nick blacklist	Added by LjL Date: 2007-01-26 02:51:55 Last edited by m4v Date: 2013-02-28 16:58:33 Requested 126 times
gnome2	<reply> The GNOME Foundation has ceased support for GNOME 2, and as such it is not in Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot). See !notunity for an alternative desktop experience.	Added by Pici Date: 2011-10-13 18:30:20 Requested 124 times
grue	<reply>The grue is a sinister, lurking presence in the dark places of the earth. Its favorite diet is adventurers, but its insatiable appetite is tempered by its fear of light. No grue has ever been seen by the light of day, and few have survived its fearsome jaws to tell the tale.	Added by Madpilot Date: 2006-12-01 07:01:30 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-11-24 17:10:42 Requested 123 times
apple	<reply> For PPC discussion, join #ubuntu-powerpc. For discussion on Mac software, or help with same, please visit ##apple.	Added by elky Date: 2009-06-07 13:29:18 Last edited by elky Date: 2009-06-07 13:34:08 Requested 122 times
purelxde purelubuntu	<reply>If you want to remove all !KDE, !GNOME and !XFCE packages and have a default !Lubuntu system follow the instructions here « http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/purelxde »	Added by Tm_T Date: 2011-06-10 05:24:01 Last edited by Tm_T Date: 2011-06-10 05:24:56 Requested 121 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
ops-#ubuntu-server	<reply> Help! Channel emergency! infinity, soren, lamont, mathiaz, Pici, Daviey, Tm_T, Corey, IdleOne, ikonia, funkyhat, Myrtti, ocean, genii, phunyguy!	Added by LjL Date: 2008-09-25 23:48:35 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2017-08-30 19:50:29 Requested 119 times
xy	<reply> The XY problem is when you need to do X, and you think you can use Y to do X, so you ask about how to do Y, when what you really should do is state what your X problem is. There may be a Z solution that is even better than Y, but nobody can suggest it if X is never mentioned.	Added by jrib Date: 2011-02-28 20:13:32 Last edited by jrib Date: 2011-02-28 20:42:15 Requested 119 times
superkaramba karamba	an application that gives you interactive eye-candy on your desktop. To get themes for it, head over to http://kde-look.org	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 11:07:06 Requested 118 times
training	<alias> documentation	Added by LjL Date: 2008-02-08 20:27:33 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-01-07 14:19:25 Requested 117 times
patch	<reply> Patches are files describing the changes in code to achieve some results. There are a number of ways these can be produced, but https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/HowToFix and http://developer.ubuntu.com/packaging/html/patches-to-packages.html may provide some useful guidelines.	Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-12-01 12:13:47 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-03-23 02:46:12 Requested 116 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
dri	direct rendering infrastructure, a framework for allowing direct access to graphics hardware under the X Window System in a safe and efficient manner.	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 13:40:19 Requested 113 times
web2.0-#ubuntu-offtopic	<reply> Welcome to - http://zombo.com/	Added by Myrtti Date: 2008-07-14 02:59:53 Requested 113 times
lovetoo-#ubuntu-offtopic	<reply> Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig, then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun.	Added by Pici Date: 2009-12-11 17:47:58 Requested 112 times
ompaul	<deleted>well ompaul, don't get me started about that guy	Added by ompaul Date: 2007-04-22 21:42:23 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-09-13 23:55:39 Requested 111 times
night	<reply> It's the middle of the night in the US and Europe, and surrounds. This means that a lot of people are likely asleep, therefore there are less potential people who can answer your question. Please be patient, and consider asking at a time when more people will be awake. This is particularly true in the quieter channels.	Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-05-27 13:30:59 Last edited by Hobbsee Date: 2007-05-27 13:35:36 Requested 105 times
shortcuts-#kubuntu	<reply> Keyboard shortcuts can be set in System Settings -> Keyboard & Mouse. If your multimedia keys don't work with that, try the 'keytouch' package, explained at https://wiki.kubuntu.org/KDEMultimediaKeys - See !Keyboard for changing layouts.	Added by LjL Date: 2007-10-04 23:33:09 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2010-10-30 01:50:26 Requested 105 times
lart-#ubuntu-offtopic	<deleted><reply> L.A.R.T. is a development tool used for social engineering. [Luser Attitude Readjustment Tool]	Added by LjL Date: 2006-11-21 22:47:59 Last edited by jussi Date: 2010-04-18 13:35:02 Requested 104 times
bootchart	<reply> bootchart charts your machine at boot time, to install >> sudo apt-get install bootchart << the graphic is in /var/log/bootchart after the next reboot	Added by ompaul Date: 2008-02-24 21:34:35 Last edited by ompaul Date: 2008-02-24 21:35:27 Requested 104 times
wayland	<reply> Wayland is a display server protocol (an alternative to X11) and library. Unlike Xorg, Wayland provides no central server component, but desktop environments' compositors make use of it (e.g. mutter, kwin, weston). For more info, see https://wayland.freedesktop.org and !xwayland	Added by IdleOne Date: 2014-01-04 22:11:49 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2019-07-16 16:51:35 Requested 103 times
gdesklets	<deleted><reply> gDesklets provides an advanced architecture for desktop applets -- tiny displays sitting on your desktop in a symbiotic relationship of eye candy and usefulness. Homepage is http://gdesklets.gnomedesktop.org/	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 14:53:11 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-31 15:40:38 Requested 102 times
ops-#ubuntu-devel	<reply>Help! Channel emergency! mneptok, Hobbsee, cjwatson, lamont, kees, darkwing, Unit193, idleone, infinity, Laney, or slangasek!	Added by gnomefreak Date: 2007-04-02 11:59:08 Last edited by dax Date: 2020-06-14 23:47:14 Requested 102 times
ultamatix ultramatix	<reply> Ultamatix is not recommended, supported, or needed by Ubuntu. Use of this software may cause damage to your Ubuntu install. Do not suggest its use in this channel. See http://mjg59.livejournal.com/99905.html and !automatix for more info.	Added by Flannel Date: 2008-07-29 20:03:09 Last edited by jussi01 Date: 2008-11-02 12:44:05 Requested 102 times
label	<reply> To rename the labels of your partitions, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RenameUSBDrive.	Added by jrib Date: 2008-06-25 00:23:45 Last edited by jrib Date: 2008-06-25 00:24:29 Requested 101 times
fr-#ubuntu-offtopic	<reply> Ce canal est en anglais uniquement. Si vous voulez discuter en francais, merci de rejoindre #ubuntu-fr-offtopic	Added by LjL Date: 2008-10-18 00:59:23 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-10-04 21:53:25 Requested 99 times
membership	<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/NewMember	Added by Mez Date: 2007-01-22 16:02:33 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-12-04 22:29:06 Requested 98 times
kernelparm kernelparam cmdline	<reply> To add a one-time or permanent kernel boot parameter see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelBootParameters	Added by hggdh Date: 2019-01-08 19:23:03 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2019-01-08 20:06:45 Requested 97 times
sk	<reply> Žiadame slovenských používateľov aby v kanáli #ubuntu hovorili po anglicky. Slovensky a česky sa dohovoríte v #ubuntu-cz.	Added by jrib Date: 2007-11-20 14:31:39 Last edited by PriceChild Date: 2007-11-28 22:02:28 Requested 94 times
multijava	<reply> To set which java version/implementation is to be used as default, use sudo update-java-alternatives	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 08:46:01 Requested 93 times
jabber	a free and open source instant messaging protocol, unlike MSN and AIM. Supporting clients on Linux: Kopete (KDE), Pidgin, Gajim, and Empathy (GNOME), bitlbee (cli/irc). For more info see http://www.jabber.org/	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 17:39:32 Last edited by tonyyarusso Date: 2009-09-28 01:15:28 Requested 91 times
bacon-#ubuntu-offtopic	<reply> I've always considered bacon to be the candybar of meats... http://xkcd.com/418/ http://weebls-stuff.com/other-toons/video/Bacon.html	Added by Flannel Date: 2009-01-12 08:57:11 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2015-02-15 05:34:20 Requested 90 times
xchat	<reply> xchat and xchat-gnome are old IRC clients which are not actively maintained outside of Ubuntu/Debian. Some versions of Ubuntu do not include them. Please strongly consider using hexchat instead, which has good upstream support and is widely recommended by the IRC community over xchat and xchat-gnome.	Added by Madpilot Date: 2011-10-28 02:25:13 Last edited by dax Date: 2019-11-11 23:34:44 Requested 90 times
highno	<reply> A higher version number does not mean that it's better. Especially with packages such as the linux kernel. The packages in the Ubuntu repositories are stable and will work fine. You should have a better reason than "newer" when considering compiling from source or using 3rd party repos.	Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-07-27 20:06:24 Last edited by PriceChild Date: 2007-07-27 20:06:36 Requested 89 times
landscape	<reply> Landscape makes the management and monitoring of Ubuntu systems simple and effective by combining world-class support with easy to use online management tools. https://landscape.canonical.com/	Added by Pici Date: 2009-03-04 19:42:41 Requested 88 times
subversion	an open source application used for revision control. It is sometimes abbreviated to svn in reference to the name of its command line interface. Look here for a Subversion How To on Ubuntu: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Subversion	Added by nalioth Date: 2006-08-27 02:03:51 Requested 87 times
freespeech free speech freedomofspeech freedom of speech	<reply> Please don't pepper the channel with cries of buzzwords like "free speech!", especially when you don't know what they mean or if they're applicable to the current situation.	Added by tonyyarusso Date: 2008-01-01 20:07:55 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-31 15:45:40 Requested 87 times
my	<reply> bantuan bahasa melayu? sila /join #ubuntu-my	Added by jrib Date: 2008-12-02 15:34:13 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2011-09-03 21:49:39 Requested 85 times
bzr	Bazaar-NG, a decentralized revision control system designed to be easy for developers and end users alike. Decentralized revision control systems give people the ability to work over the internet using the bazaar development model. See http://doc.bazaar.canonical.com/bzr.dev/en/mini-tutorial/ for a quickstart guide.	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 11:20:37 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-09-09 04:47:36 Requested 83 times
iceweasel	<reply>Iceweasel's homepage is http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/ with more detailed information at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceweasel	Added by Hobbsee Date: 2006-11-29 03:21:05 Requested 83 times
nice	<reply> 'Nice' is a property of a process that determines how willing it is to give CPU time to other processes. A higher value makes it more likely to give away time. A negative value makes it less likely. Values are from -19 to 19, with 0 being the default. For more information, type 'man nice' at a terminal.	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 21:53:33 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2008-10-08 17:34:10 Requested 81 times
kickoff	<deleted>a new KDE menu replacement developed by openSUSE. See http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/2331	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-11-06 12:00:09 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:42:33 Requested 79 times