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developer	<reply>Want to become an Ubuntu developer? Look at http://www.ubuntu.com/community/get-involved/developers and the Wiki (https://wiki.ubuntu.com) for involvement in specific projects such as Kubuntu or Xubuntu.	Added by LjL Date: 2006-12-14 20:04:59 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:45:20 Requested 43 times
at	<reply>Das österreichische Team finden sie unter #ubuntu-at, deutschsprachigen Support bekommen sie auch in #ubuntu-de, #kubuntu-de oder #edubuntu-de. Geben sie einfach /join #ubuntu-at ein! Danke für ihr Verständnis.	Added by Mamarok Date: 2009-05-22 10:11:35 Requested 43 times
planet blogs	<reply> Planet Ubuntu (blogs of Ubuntu developers and members) can be found at http://planet.ubuntu.com	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-10-06 22:07:15 Requested 42 times
tarball	<reply> Files with ".tar.gz", ".tar.bz2" or ".tgz" extensions are compressed archive formats, similar to ZIP files. See !tar for extracting them. Some of these files contain programs in source code form; see !compile for getting them to run.	Added by LjL Date: 2006-10-29 18:09:46 Requested 42 times
lug	<reply> LUGs are Linux User Groups. At LUGs you can meet other Linux enthusiasts in person, and often get one on one support. You can find your local group here: http://lugslist.com/	Added by gnomefreak Date: 2007-10-11 18:59:44 Last edited by Pici Date: 2016-11-30 19:45:52 Requested 42 times
nonfree	<reply> When we use the term 'non-free', we mean that it is not Free (as in freedom) Software. Software that is not Free cannot be fixed or improved by anyone except its authors -- who are not us :(. For more information, see https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html	Added by elkbuntu Date: 2007-11-19 10:32:30 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-05-01 05:21:42 Requested 42 times
gnome3-#ubuntu+1	<reply> Oneiric will use GNOME 3.x packages. The 3.x packages will be landing soon, if not yet updated, it'll happen soonish. You can also help the desktop team update packages, ask in #ubuntu-desktop for more info on helping the team.	Added by Pici Date: 2011-04-11 14:33:42 Last edited by Tm_T Date: 2011-05-15 09:38:27 Requested 42 times
seamonkey	<reply> Seamonkey, formerly known as "Mozilla Application Suite", is available at http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/ with install instructions for ubuntu at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=186011	Added by Seveas Date: 2007-03-31 13:52:30 Requested 41 times
hud	<deleted><reply> Ubuntu 12.04 LTS includes the first step in a major new approach to application interfaces, the Head-Up Display, or HUD, which will ultimately replace menus in Unity applications. See http://ubottu.com/y/hud for the background on this and discuss it in #ubuntu-offtopic	Added by bazhang Date: 2012-01-24 16:20:34 Last edited by Pici Date: 2012-08-28 18:23:15 Requested 41 times
maas	<reply> Metal as a Service is a dynamic server provisioning service for scalability. See more about it at https://maas.ubuntu.com.	Added by h00k Date: 2013-12-09 21:06:45 Last edited by h00k Date: 2013-12-09 21:09:49 Requested 41 times
iirc	<reply> IIRC means "if I remember correctly"	Added by thoreauputic Date: 2006-07-25 22:13:15 Requested 39 times
cairo-dock	<deleted>a MacOS X -like dock for the gnome desktop, see www.cairo-dock.org	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-08-09 12:28:37 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-04-11 19:57:26 Requested 39 times
guidelines-#ubuntu-women guidelines-#ubuntu-women-project	<reply> The guidelines for using the Ubuntu Women project channels can be found here: http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/IrcGuidelines The overall Ubuntu channel guidelines also apply and can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/Guidelines	Added by Flannel Date: 2010-08-13 21:23:53 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:45:55 Requested 39 times
biosupdate	<reply> To see how to update your bios on Ubuntu visit the community collected methods here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate	Added by hggdh Date: 2019-01-28 14:36:02 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2019-01-28 14:36:39 Requested 39 times
gutsy-#ubuntu-release-party	<deleted><reply> Every time you ask the release is delayed five minutes.	Added by Amaranth Date: 2007-10-18 09:27:36 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2010-10-10 10:14:45 Requested 38 times
songbird	<reply> Songbird is a media player based on Mozilla. Official Linux builds and support ended in April, 2010. Ubuntu installation instructions at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Songbird	Added by LjL Date: 2009-04-12 19:44:15 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-03-23 02:47:46 Requested 38 times
ymmv	short for "Your mileage may vary". It means that someone else's experience with compatibility, performance etc. may not necessarily match yours. Also see !wfm	Added by Seveas Date: 2007-08-15 20:52:04 Last edited by Pici Date: 2007-12-26 17:35:18 Requested 37 times
chrome-repo google-repo	<reply> Google recently deprecated 32-bit Chrome, which causes errors on 64-bit multiarch Ubuntu systems. To fix this, run: sudo sed -i 's/deb http/deb [arch=amd64] http/' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list /opt/google/chrome/cron/google-chrome	Added by k1l Date: 2016-03-10 16:24:36 Last edited by ezri Date: 2016-03-11 22:56:57 Requested 37 times
mua	<reply> A Mail User Agent (MUA) is the application you use to read email messages. Examples include Evolution, !Thunderbird and mutt. MUA's are required to read mail on your system and could be compared to the mail functions of Microsoft Outlook.	Added by LjL Date: 2007-12-11 15:57:21 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2008-05-29 16:10:12 Requested 36 times
devsupport support-#ubuntu-motu support-#ubuntu-devel	<reply> The official ubuntu support channel is #ubuntu. Please be aware that this channel is for development only.	Added by Pici Date: 2009-01-16 19:29:36 Requested 36 times
ops-#lubuntu	<reply> Help! Channel emergency! (ONLY use this trigger in emergencies) - bioterror, genii, hyperair, IAmNotThatGuy, jared, krytarik, Myrtti, stlsaint, Unit193, wxl.	Added by nhandler Date: 2010-09-22 21:43:56 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2016-10-09 17:08:35 Requested 36 times
notunity-#ubuntu+1	<deleted><reply> Ubuntu Oneiric uses GNOME 3 with the !Unity shell by default. To use GNOME Shell on Oneiric, install the "gnome-shell" package and investigate "gnome-tweak-tool". For GNOME Fallback mode, which is similar to GNOME 2, install "gnome-panel". Both packages will place a new entry in the Sessions dropdown on the login window.	Added by rww Date: 2011-09-11 16:18:01 Last edited by Pici Date: 2011-10-13 14:09:24 Requested 36 times
acpi_osi	<reply> If your system is unstable or power management does not work well and logs show ACPI issues, you can try to make the Linux kernel pretend it was Windows during boot (which can help on hardware which was only tested with Windows): http://iam.tj/prototype/enhancements/Windows-acpi_osi.html	Added by hggdh Date: 2020-01-14 00:58:00 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2020-01-14 00:58:28 Requested 36 times
hurd	<reply> The GNU Hurd is the GNU project's replacement for the Unix kernel. It is not ready for production use, as there are still many bugs and missing features. http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd.html	Added by apokryphos Date: 2007-01-20 16:13:01 Requested 35 times
ops-#ubuntu-meeting	<reply> Help! Seveas, Hobbsee, LjL, ompaulafk, Keybuk, mdz, sabdfl, janimo, ogra, mdke, dholbach, or jono	Added by gnomefreak Date: 2007-04-02 12:12:49 Requested 35 times
ubuntutweak	<reply> Ubuntu Tweak is a tool that automates some things; however, it is potentially dangerous, and an informal review of its code is pending. Most of the things it does can be done by the use of other tools. Please don't ask for or provide support for it in Ubuntu support channels.	Added by IdleOne Date: 2011-04-19 20:41:02 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2012-03-09 22:37:31 Requested 35 times
juju	<reply>Juju is a open source devops platform created to allow rapid deployment of applications in the cloud. More info at https://juju.ubuntu.com/	Added by bkerensa Date: 2012-08-17 20:05:46 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-08-02 20:22:24 Requested 35 times
enablementstack	<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 k1l Date: 2015-02-08 13:52:20 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2015-02-08 13:58:37 Requested 35 times
morehelp-#ubuntustudio	<reply> #ubuntustudio sometimes cannot answer your questions in a timely matter, or simply lacks the capacity. For additional sources of help, try #ubuntu if your issue is of a technical nature, or #lau (Linux Audio Users) or #opensourcemusicians if it has to do with the audio stack.	Added by Unit193 Date: 2022-04-01 21:59:01 Requested 35 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
bad-#ubuntu-offtopic	<reply> Oh no, you just made me cry! :-(	Added by LjL Date: 2007-01-28 21:13:48 Requested 34 times
requirements-#xubuntu xfcemem xfcespace reqs-#xubuntu	<reply> The hardware requirements for Xubuntu can be found at http://xubuntu.org/getxubuntu/	Added by LjL Date: 2008-01-23 15:50:11 Last edited by knome Date: 2012-11-30 16:34:20 Requested 34 times
merge	<alias> merging	Added by Amaranth Date: 2008-04-25 14:50:42 Last edited by Jordan_U Date: 2011-06-01 03:02:19 Requested 34 times
gtalk	<reply> Google Talk (GTalk) is an instant messaging program from Google. Currently, Google does not have an official standalone GTalk client for Linux, but supports connections from third-party clients such as !Pidgin and !Kopete \| See http://www.google.com/talk/otherclients.html for more information	Added by somerville32 Date: 2007-01-09 08:44:17 Last edited by stdin Date: 2008-11-13 04:33:22 Requested 32 times
extras	<reply> extras.ubuntu.com is an external !repo for new software made available after the Ubuntu release. This repository is not part of the Ubuntu distribution and the software is completely unsupported by the Ubuntu team, but the original authors may offer some support.	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 19:32:42 Last edited by elky Date: 2010-09-24 03:33:30 Requested 31 times
brokenmsn	<deleted><reply> MS upgraded their MSN Messenger servers, causing newest 3rd party clients unable to connect. Workaround for pidgin 2.5.2 users is « sudo apt-get install msn-pecan » Restart pidgin, create an account of type wlm and supply your MSN credentials	Added by Tm_T Date: 2009-01-12 16:34:49 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-02-22 00:20:24 Requested 31 times
askubuntu stackexchange ubuntu-stack ubuntu-stackexchange	<reply> AskUbuntu is a support resource that offers non-realtime support by the community! Can't get your problem fixed on IRC? Try AskUbuntu! - http://askubuntu.com/ You can discuss AskUbuntu in #ubuntu-stack	Added by Pici Date: 2010-10-13 17:31:19 Last edited by nhandler Date: 2010-10-14 01:06:23 Requested 31 times
matlab	<reply> MATLAB is a high-level language and interactive environment that enables you to perform computationally intensive tasks. More info and install instructions at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MATLAB	Added by gpc Date: 2011-02-12 16:32:02 Last edited by gpc Date: 2011-02-12 16:41:59 Requested 31 times
rmb	cjohnston, cyphermox, Destine, ejat, hggdh, IdleOne, iulian, micahg, Pendulum, PabloRubienes, freeflying, jared, s-fox, amachu, chilicuil, rickspencer3 and popey. Meeting time.	Added by IdleOne Date: 2012-11-14 17:09:14 Last edited by popey Date: 2014-11-19 12:10:05 Requested 31 times
optimus	<reply> Ubuntu uses nvidia-prime to support optimus videocards.	Added by knome Date: 2014-01-04 20:24:59 Last edited by k1l Date: 2016-03-15 22:51:02 Requested 31 times
pkexec	<reply> pkexec is a PolicyKit tool that allows an authorized user to run (graphical) applications as another user. To run a graphical application (e.g. gedit) which can write to the entire filesystem, use e.g. "pkexec env DISPLAY=$DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY gedit /etc/environment"	Added by knome Date: 2015-06-25 22:56:08 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2019-03-31 04:02:52 Requested 31 times
aol-#ubuntu-offtopic	something we don't suggest you do even in the privacy of your own home	Added by ompaul Date: 2007-01-15 22:57:07 Requested 30 times
django	a high level python web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design. - see http://www.djangoproject.com	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-09 00:32:02 Requested 29 times
monitoring	<reply> There are many ways to monitor processes, here are a few: ps, top, htop, gnome-system-monitor, lavaps, wmtop	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-13 17:55:25 Requested 29 times
3dchess	<reply> If you are trying to enable 3d effects in the GNOME chess game, please see https://launchpad.net/bugs/71593	Added by jrib Date: 2007-06-20 17:46:57 Last edited by jrib Date: 2007-06-20 17:47:10 Requested 29 times
store shop mug shirt	<reply> Buy some Official Ubuntu Merchandise & Professional Support. See https://shop.canonical.com/	Added by Seveas Date: 2008-01-24 13:14:46 Requested 29 times
servergui	<reply> Ubuntu server does not install a desktop environment or X11 by default in order to enhance security, efficiency and performance. !eBox provides a GUI system management option via a web interface. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ServerGUI for more background and options.	Added by Seveas Date: 2008-03-13 16:49:00 Requested 29 times
icqbug	<deleted><reply> If you use Hardy or Gutsy, and are getting the message "The client version you are using is too old" when conneting to ICQ with Pidgin, please check for new updates.	Added by Pici Date: 2008-07-02 16:06:33 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-01-02 02:32:01 Requested 29 times
currentissues	<deleted><reply>The titlebar buttons have switched to the left during the development phase of Lucid. No need for alarm! The developers are testing this and listening to user feedback. The final decision about the position will be made after beta. Kindly be patient. For more insight, read : http://www.ivankamajic.com/?p=281	Added by tsimpson Date: 2009-12-01 08:01:51 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-31 15:52:28 Requested 28 times
lts-#xubuntu	<reply> LTS means Long Term Support. LTS versions of Xubuntu will be supported for 3 years. The current LTS version is !$curLTS ($curLTSLong $curLTSNum)	Added by knome Date: 2012-09-02 01:16:07 Requested 28 times