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grip	<deleted>a ripping player and has a minor bug which can be solved by doing this "sudo ln -s /dev/hdX /dev/cdromN" where X is your hard drive and N a number	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 22:23:16 Last edited by topyli Date: 2011-10-28 19:14:54 Requested 45 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
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
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
dapper drake dapper drake 6.06	<reply> Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake) was the fourth release of Ubuntu. Desktop support ended on July 14th 2009, Server support ended on June 1st 2011. See !eol and !upgrade for more details.	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:17:22 Last edited by Pici Date: 2011-06-01 21:31:13 Requested 558 times
md5 verify	<reply> To verify your Ubuntu ISO image (or other files for which an MD5 checksum is provided), see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM or http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers/LQ_ISO/Checking_the_md5sum_in_Windows	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 00:00:46 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:52:54 Requested 3566 times
hardware hcl nic	<reply> For lists of supported hardware on Ubuntu see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport - To help debugging and improving hardware detection, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingHardwareDetection	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 00:02:23 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-12-11 16:07:30 Requested 3399 times
support	<alias> #ubuntu	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 00:13:34 Last edited by krytarik Date: 2023-04-22 21:45:03 Requested 1129 times
amd64 64-bit 64	<reply> AMD64 and Intel 64 are fully supported architectures on Ubuntu. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CommonQuestions#AMD64_Processors and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amd64 for more information.	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 00:18:45 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2011-09-27 07:35:42 Requested 668 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
nvidia	<reply> Drivers for Nvidia graphics cards: (A) No gaming/CAD/CUDA needed or legacy hardware? Use "nouveau" (open source, lacks many features). (B) Otherwise, "nvidia" (proprietary driver, fully featured). Install using "ubuntu-drivers" CLI or apt - not from nvidia.com. Driver series, hardware support (release notes): https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/unix/ - Latest drivers !PPA: https://pad.lv/ppa/graphics-drivers	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 00:21:10 Last edited by tomreyn Date: 2022-07-04 02:10:10 Requested 152 times
dk da danish dansk	<reply> For at få dansksproget support til Ubuntu, bedes du venligst gå til #ubuntu-dk. I denne kanal forefindes kun engelsksproget support.	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 00:35:27 Last edited by LjL Date: 2008-10-26 15:51:37 Requested 242 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
laptop notebook	<reply> Laptop support information can be found on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportMachinesLaptops - http://www.linux-laptop.net/ - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam - http://tuxmobil.org	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 01:06:13 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:49:35 Requested 523 times
it italian italiano italy italia	<reply> Vai su #ubuntu-it se vuoi parlare in italiano, in questo canale usiamo solo l'inglese. Grazie! (per entrare, scrivi «/join #ubuntu-it» senza virgolette)	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 01:16:52 Last edited by krytarik Date: 2023-06-19 19:48:03 Requested 7470 times
rootsudo	<alias> sudo	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 01:18:26 Requested 0 times
root	<reply> Do not try to guess the root password, that is impossible. Instead, realise the truth... there is no root password. Then you will see that it is 'sudo' that grants you access and not the root password. Look at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 01:18:28 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-12-05 23:00:16 Requested 4150 times
root password	<alias> sudo	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 01:54:42 Requested 0 times
kde	<reply> KDE (http://kde.org) is an open community that creates and maintains software including the Plasma desktop. To install from Ubuntu: « sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop », or see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingKDE . See http://kubuntu.org for more information.	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 02:32:36 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:53:08 Requested 1973 times
kdesu kdesudo	<reply> In KDE use « kdesudo <program> » to run graphical applications with root privileges when you have to. Never just use "sudo"! \| See http://psychocats.net/ubuntu/graphicalsudo to find out why.	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 15:44:52 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2012-04-21 15:55:39 Requested 576 times
gksudo gksu	<reply> gksudo was a way to run graphical applications as root. It should no longer be used. Use !pkexec instead.	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 15:46:23 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2018-08-29 19:39:52 Requested 2019 times
gksu	<alias> gksudo	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 15:46:45 Requested 2 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
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
sunjava	<alias> java	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 16:14:31 Requested 0 times
printing printer printers print cups cupsys ipp	<reply> Printing in Ubuntu is done with cups. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Printers - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsPrinters - http://linuxprinting.org - Printer sharing: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkPrintingWithUbuntu	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 16:31:13 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2012-12-26 05:41:14 Requested 2150 times
downgrade downgrading	<reply> Attempting to downgrade to an older Ubuntu version is explicitly not supported and may break your system.	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:33:44 Last edited by jussi Date: 2011-04-13 19:44:11 Requested 872 times
#ubuntu support #ubuntu-offtopic offtopic chat ontopic	<reply> #ubuntu is the Ubuntu support channel, for all Ubuntu-related support questions. Please use #ubuntu-offtopic for other topics (though our !guidelines apply there too). Thanks!	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 16:42:16 Last edited by krytarik Date: 2023-06-19 20:04:05 Requested 25832 times
build-dep builddep	a handy APT tool that will try to automatically install build (compile) dependencies for you. In the terminal: sudo apt-get build-dep package	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:47:16 Requested 26 times
#kubuntu #kubuntu-offtopic	the official Kubuntu support channel, for all Kubuntu-related questions. Please use #kubuntu-offtopic for general chatter. Thanks!	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:53:12 Requested 140 times
offtopic-#kubuntu	<reply> #kubuntu is the official Kubuntu support channel, for all Kubuntu-related support questions. Please use #kubuntu-offtopic for general chatter. Thanks!	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:53:32 Last edited by Jucato Date: 2007-02-21 05:04:46 Requested 1477 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
hr croatia croatian	<reply> Odgovarajuci kanal za Hrvatski jezik je #ubuntu-hr, molimo Vas da se pridruzite tom kanalu ukoliko trebate pomoc za Ubuntu, hvala. Croatian language support in #ubuntu-hr	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 17:06:01 Last edited by ompaul Date: 2008-02-16 13:52:03 Requested 112 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
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
lk	<deleted>Sri Lanka. If you want support in Sinhalese, get in to #ubuntu-lk	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 17:45:56 Last edited by housecat Date: 2020-04-22 03:33:17 Requested 11 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
debconf	a configuration management system. All packages that support debconf are configured when they are being installed. If you want to change a configuration option later, you can do so using dpkg-reconfigure	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 17:57:00 Requested 22 times
hotmail	<deleted><reply> If you need to use an MSN Hotmail account, consider packages such as "hotway" and "hostsmtp", which are gateways respectively to the !POP and !SMTP protocols (also supporting Lycos and Spray)	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 18:01:16 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-10-12 12:49:18 Requested 44 times
suse	<alias> distributions	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 18:36:56 Requested 0 times
webmin	no longer supported in Debian and Ubuntu. It is not compatible with the way that Ubuntu packages handle configuration files, and is likely to cause unexpected issues with your system.	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 19:18:33 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:32:45 Requested 1743 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
firewall firestarter iptables shorewall guarddog ufw	<reply> Ubuntu, like any other Linux distribution, has built-in firewall capabilities. The firewall is managed using the 'ufw' command - see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UFW \| GUI frontends such as gufw and ufw-kde also exist. \| An alternative to ufw is the 'iptables' command - See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IptablesHowTo	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 19:46:03 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2014-08-08 13:44:58 Requested 4135 times
locate	a command-line file search utility. To make sure its cache is up to date run: sudo updatedb	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 20:30:01 Last edited by bimberi Date: 2007-02-12 00:38:25 Requested 63 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
usplash splashy	<reply> To select the usplash artwork you want, use "sudo update-alternatives --config usplash-artwork.so && sudo update-initramfs -u" - See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/USplashCustomizationHowto for adding your custom artwork	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 20:36:28 Requested 1219 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
xen	<reply> XEN is a virtual machine monitor for x86 that supports execution of multiple guest operating systems with unprecedented levels of performance and resource isolation. Information on installing it for Ubuntu can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Xen	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 20:52:39 Last edited by Pici Date: 2007-11-11 01:19:25 Requested 461 times
dma	Direct Memory Access/Addressing. It makes hardware transfer data faster, and is supported by most systems since 2002. For more information see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DMA	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 21:09:59 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2010-06-12 00:31:46 Requested 219 times
equivalents equivalent apps word excel powerpoint photoshop trillian	<reply> A comprehensive list of of Windows-equivalent applications in Linux can be found at http://www.linuxrsp.ru/win-lin-soft/table-eng.html and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WhatWindowsUsersWant	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 21:29:13 Last edited by bazhang Date: 2014-08-21 16:09:45 Requested 695 times