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| 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 |
| 11.04 | <reply> Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) was the fourteenth release of Ubuntu. Desktop support ended on October 28, 2012. See !upgrade, !lts and !eol for more details. | Added by Pici Date: 2010-08-17 18:38:39 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-28 23:58:30 Requested 104 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 |
| 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 |
| ibus | <reply> IBus is used to allow multilingual input such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean (CJK), Devanagari and Dravidian characters in !GUI applications - see also: !SCIM. For more info on Ibus see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ibus | Added by tsimpson Date: 2010-06-03 15:20:31 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2010-08-22 05:19:43 Requested 98 times |
| mailprotocols imap dovecot pop | <reply> IMAP and POP are protocols for fetching email. The officially-supported server in Ubuntu is Dovecot (packages "dovecot-imapd" for IMAP, and "dovecot-pop3d" for POP) - See also !MailServer for information on the SMTP protocol | Added by LjL Date: 2007-12-11 16:01:36 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-12-11 16:06:18 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 |
| dkms | <reply>DKMS is Dynamic Kernel Module Support. See https://launchpad.net/dkms for more. | Added by elkbuntu Date: 2008-07-27 09:52:47 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2008-07-27 10:06:21 Requested 93 times |
| 19.10 eoan ermine | <reply> Ubuntu 19.10 (Eoan Ermine) was the 31st release of Ubuntu, support ended July 2020. See !eol and https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2020-July/005494.html | Added by dax Date: 2019-05-07 15:02:45 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2020-07-17 19:11:29 Requested 92 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 |
| 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 |
| moonlight silverlight | <reply> For Microsoft Silverlight support, install Moonlight with the following command: « sudo apt-get install moonlight-plugin-mozilla » in a terminal. | Added by Pici Date: 2009-11-10 20:44:21 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 |
| coffee-#ubuntu-offtopic coffee-#kubuntu-offtopic | a caffeinated beverage made by filtering hot water through ground up roasted beans of the coffee plant. Flavouring to taste such as milk or cream, sugar or sweetener are often added afterwards. Not to be confused with !java | Added by Pici Date: 2010-02-03 15:42:24 Last edited by Pici Date: 2010-02-03 15:42:35 Requested 83 times |
| purge | <reply> To purge all removed but not yet purged packages, use the following command: dpkg -l | awk '/^rc/{print $2}' | sudo xargs dpkg -P | Added by Pici Date: 2010-08-30 22:30:22 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2015-06-07 02:21:14 Requested 83 times |
| bootrepair | <reply> Boot-Repair is a simple tool to repair frequent boot issues you may encounter in Ubuntu. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair for more info. | Added by k1l Date: 2014-11-05 21:27:32 Last edited by Pici Date: 2014-11-05 21:31:43 Requested 82 times |
| ps3 | <reply> Aside from i386 and amd64 platforms, Ubuntu is also available for alternate platforms. Playstation 3 ( support in #ubuntu-ps3 ) Apple PowerPC ( support in #ubuntu-ppc ) | Added by genii Date: 2009-05-27 18:55:24 Last edited by genii Date: 2009-05-27 19:07:20 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 |
| gobuntu | <deleted>a freedom-focused flavour of Ubuntu intended for experienced Linux enthusiasts. See http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/gobuntu for more information and download mirrors.. | Added by Spec Date: 2007-10-16 20:06:59 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-01-02 03:05:38 Requested 78 times |
| alternate-#kubuntu | <reply> The Alternate CD is a classical text-mode install CD. It supports a wider range of hardware than the !LiveCD, and can also be used as an upgrade CD. Look for the alternate checkbox on the Kubuntu download page - See also !minimal | Added by Jucato Date: 2008-04-28 14:56:05 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-06-16 15:06:04 Requested 78 times |
| upnp mediatomb | <reply> To stream media to other UPNP aware devices (such as the Xbox, PS3, or iRadio) you need a UPNP server. See !info mediatomb for information regarding the MediaTomb package | Added by Mez Date: 2008-06-21 01:04:52 Last edited by Mez Date: 2008-06-21 01:08:28 Requested 75 times |
| xfs | a high-performance journaling filesystem originally developped by Silicon Graphics for their IRIX OS. It is now fully supported by Linux so you can install Ubuntu on it if you wish. More info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XFS | Added by Seveas Date: 2007-04-27 00:35:39 Requested 74 times |
| fi-#ubuntu | <reply> Tämä kanava on tarkoitettu vain englanninkieliselle keskustelulle. Jos haluat suomenkielistä apua (K)ubuntun ongelmiin, liity kanavalle #ubuntu-fi / #kubuntu-fi :-) | Added by Myrtti Date: 2009-03-08 13:19:25 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2009-03-08 14:06:35 Requested 72 times |
| bugs-kubuntu bugs-#kubuntu bugs-#kubuntu-devel bugs-#kubuntu-offtopic | <reply> If you find a bug in Kubuntu, please follow the instructions at https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Kubuntu/Bugs/Reporting to report the issue to the developers. | Added by tsimpson Date: 2012-11-07 13:56:03 Requested 72 times |
| studiorepo | <reply>All Ubuntu Studio packages are included in the official Ubuntu repos. However, Ubuntu Studio 7.04 had its own custom addon repository. This is no longer supported or available. | Added by gnomefreak Date: 2007-10-16 13:16:46 Last edited by jussi01 Date: 2008-05-18 21:01:47 Requested 71 times |
| xkcd | possibly the greatest geeky webcomic ever. It even makes jokes about Ubuntu. http://www.xkcd.com/ and especially the one about 'sudo make me a sandwich' - http://xkcd.com/c149.html | Added by Madpilot Date: 2007-06-04 10:22:02 Last edited by Madpilot Date: 2007-06-04 10:25:19 Requested 69 times |
| names | <reply> Ubuntu has an $adjective $animal naming scheme, summarized (and with a list of suggested words which you can add to) at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DevelopmentCodeNames | Added by tonyyarusso Date: 2007-04-13 06:43:42 Requested 67 times |
| 20.10 groovy gorilla | <reply> Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) was the 33rd release of Ubuntu, support ended July 22nd, 2021. See !eol and https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2021-June/000269.html | Added by housecat Date: 2020-04-24 15:16:26 Last edited by krytarik Date: 2021-07-22 19:07:05 Requested 64 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 |
| meta | <deleted><reply> If you would like to help in #*ubuntu* but it just goes too fast to spot interesting questions, try joining #ubuntu-meta and watching for questions there (note that it is NOT a support channel, however, and questions should still be answered in #*ubuntu*) | Added by LjL Date: 2008-01-01 22:30:19 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-03-19 19:56:09 Requested 62 times |
| ubuntu-gnome | <reply> Ubuntu GNOME is a supported !flavor of Ubuntu that uses !GNOME as the default desktop environment instead of Unity. For more info or to download, see http://www.ubuntugnome.org/ or https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/OneStopPage | Added by IdleOne Date: 2013-12-24 02:03:19 Requested 61 times |
| winusb woeusb woe-usb | <reply> Ubuntu does not have a recommended tool for preparing bootable Windows installation USBs. If you need one, consider using Microsoft's media creation tool from a Windows computer (see ##windows for support). If this is not an option, there are third-party unsupported tools like WoeUSB ( https://github.com/slacka/WoeUSB , sudo snap install --edge woe-usb ) that might work. | Added by Jordan_U Date: 2015-08-11 22:32:49 Last edited by dax Date: 2019-05-10 17:42:35 Requested 61 times |
| mate | <reply> Ubuntu MATE is a supported !flavor of Ubuntu that uses MATE as the default desktop environment. It functions similarly to older versions of GNOME. For more information, see https://ubuntu-mate.org/ | Added by dax Date: 2016-03-29 14:47:42 Requested 60 times |
| acpi | <reply> to debug ACPI issues on ubuntu make sure your bios is up to date and follow the procedure here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingACPI | Added by hggdh Date: 2018-12-21 04:01:07 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2018-12-21 04:02:08 Requested 60 times |
| jeos | <reply> JeOS (pronounced "Juice") is Just enough Operating System. It is an efficient variant of the Ubuntu Server operating system, configured specifically for virtual appliances. See http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/serveredition/jeos for more information. | Added by Pici Date: 2007-12-11 15:45:22 Requested 58 times |
| upgradeofflts upgradelts | <reply> To upgrade from an LTS release of Ubuntu to the next (non-LTS) release, run sudoedit /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades and change the prompt= line to "prompt=normal". Then, do sudo do-release-upgrade to begin the upgrade. | Added by rww Date: 2014-10-24 03:17:33 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-11-08 07:26:44 Requested 54 times |
| meltdown kpti | <reply> Meltdown is a security issue with (primarily) Intel processors. It's mitigated by kernel patches named KPTI. Ubuntu released them in security updates for 14.04, 16.04, and 17.10. 17.04 will not receive this update. 18.04 will ship with kernel 4.15, which is patched already. 16.04 has updates for Linux 4.4 (release) and 4.13 (HWE), installs with 4.10 should upgrade to 4.13. See also !spectre, !nopti | Added by dax Date: 2018-01-03 22:56:33 Last edited by dax Date: 2018-01-10 01:35:19 Requested 54 times |
| releaseparty rp | <reply> Please remember that #ubuntu, #kubuntu, #xubuntu, #edubuntu, and #lubuntu are support channels. To countdown to !Saucy release and then party once it happens, join #ubuntu-release-party - For in-person parties, see http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/global/2534/ | Added by tonyyarusso Date: 2007-04-19 05:35:09 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-10-14 00:25:54 Requested 52 times |
| sup-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> The ceiling. Actually, in my case it's the PSU. | Added by LjL Date: 2009-03-24 17:27:43 Requested 52 times |
| loffice openoffice libreoffice | <reply> LibreOffice is a Free and open source office suite that includes word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, vector drawing and database components. To install: "sudo apt-get install libreoffice". User help available in #libreoffice. | Added by Jordan_U Date: 2011-09-18 17:50:51 Requested 52 times |
| winkey | <reply> To use the windows key as a modifier in a keyboard shortcut you can edit the shortcut settings manually in gconf-editor. The windows key is represented as "<super>". Metacity shortcuts can be found in the /apps/metaicty/* gconf keys. | Added by bimberi Date: 2006-11-23 02:18:53 Last edited by jrib Date: 2007-05-13 23:11:53 Requested 51 times |
| khardy | <deleted><reply> Kubuntu Hardy Heron expects to ship with both KDE 3 and KDE 4 as 2 separate disks. KDE 3 should be offered by shipit. The KDE 3 CD will be commercially supported for 18 months and KDE 4 will be community supported | Added by jussi01 Date: 2008-02-25 11:43:35 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2012-09-19 10:16:19 Requested 51 times |
| partitionmanager | <reply> PartitionManager is a !KDE !GUI partitioning program. Use !Muon or !Synaptic to install or type « sudo apt-get install partitionmanager » in a !terminal | Added by tsimpson Date: 2009-05-01 14:06:51 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2014-05-09 15:03:54 Requested 51 times |
| addingfs | <reply>If you are adding space to your Ubuntu installation mounting a newly created unix filesystem (ext3, xfs, jfs, etc) you can not set permissions (read, write, etc) filesystem-wide like you do when mounting filesystems that do not support unix permissions (vfat, ntfs, hfs, etc). See !permissions and !fstab | Added by jrib Date: 2008-02-12 15:52:30 Last edited by jrib Date: 2008-02-12 15:58:35 Requested 50 times |
| ubuntustudio-controls | <reply> Ubuntu Studio Controls is the application through which audio is configured in Ubuntu Studio. It configures Jack, sets the CPU governor, and ensures the user has realtime audio permissions. For more info, see !jack and https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/UbuntuStudioControls | Added by hggdh Date: 2019-03-24 15:53:34 Requested 50 times |
| ra | <reply> Relationship advice is not available in $chan. If you want to chat about other offtopic matters try #ubuntu-offtopic. If you need to talk something through with a professional counsellor there is a global directory of support services at http://befrienders.org | Added by jpds Date: 2009-12-23 21:52:40 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-03-17 05:33:19 Requested 49 times |
| ubuntustudio-backports | <reply> The Ubuntu Studio Backports PPA contains newer versions of select software that is included with Ubuntu Studio. For more info, such as how to add this PPA to your system, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/BackportsPPA and !ubuntustudio-installer. See also !ubuntustudio-controls | Added by dax Date: 2019-04-23 23:54:52 Last edited by housecat Date: 2020-05-13 01:50:21 Requested 49 times |
| pro | <reply> Ubuntu Pro is a service offered by Canonical for expanded CVE patching, ten-years security maintenance and optional support. Anyone can use Ubuntu Pro for free for personal use on up to 5 machines. For details please see https://ubuntu.com/pro and https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-pro-faq | Added by krytarik Date: 2023-04-22 19:54:03 Requested 49 times |
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