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mibbit	<deleted><reply> freenode no longer supports connections from mibbit. See http://blog.freenode.net/?p=254 for more details. freenode help in #freenode	Added by Pici Date: 2009-06-19 13:33:01 Last edited by dax Date: 2018-03-29 20:05:34 Requested 8 times
webapps	<reply>Ubuntu Web Apps enable developers to create web applications that run in web browsers. They provide close integration to the Unity shell for functions such as launch, notifications and controls. - more info at http://developer.ubuntu.com/community/ or #ubuntu-webapps	Added by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-19 18:59:28 Requested 8 times
debian-#ubuntu-offtopic	<reply> Ubuntu and Debian are closely related. The former hates the latter and wants to kill it, while the latter despises the former and wants to destroy it. Both suck on each other's blood.	Added by LjL Date: 2013-11-19 21:41:22 Requested 8 times
lpstatus	<reply> If PPAs or other Launchpad services seem unavailable, please check https://twitter.com/launchpadstatus to see if there is a current issue which is already known	Added by genii Date: 2014-06-15 03:24:33 Requested 8 times
xubuntu-core core-#xubuntu	<reply> Xubuntu Core is a slimmed down version of Xubuntu that doesn't come with all the additional features of a full and modern desktop. To install: « sudo apt-get install xubuntu-core^ » (A xubuntu-core task is also available from the !minimal ISO)	Added by knome Date: 2015-07-08 00:51:08 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2015-08-17 23:22:06 Requested 8 times
interrupt	<reply> You can interrupt an upgrade during the download phase. It will resume from where it left off when you run it again later.	Added by bimberi Date: 2007-04-20 03:36:28 Requested 7 times
mldonkey	a peer-to-peer filesharing engine supporting several networks and protocols, available in !Universe as 'mldonkey-server'. Clients include mkdonkey-gui (GTK) and KMLDonkey (KDE). See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MLDonkey - See also !P2P	Added by LjL Date: 2007-11-03 00:31:31 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-11-03 00:33:20 Requested 7 times
officialdocs	<reply>Before doing anything you don't know about, check the official Ubuntu document repository and wiki pages at https://help.ubuntu.com These guides are created by the Ubuntu community for Ubuntu. This will give you a tried, test and most importantly SUPPORTED way to resolve your issue and move forward.	Added by Myrtti Date: 2008-05-06 10:29:16 Last edited by jussi01 Date: 2008-05-06 10:30:03 Requested 7 times
skypefail	<deleted><reply> Skype are currently having issues with connection problems and are working on a fix. A temporary fix can be found at https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA10874/I-m-having-problems-with-Skype-today	Added by Pici Date: 2011-05-26 14:12:14 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-14 19:50:43 Requested 7 times
ucp	<deleted><reply> Ubuntu Certified Professional is a training course for systems administrators who need to deploy Ubuntu in an office environment. More: http://www.ubuntu.com/support/training/course-descriptions/certified-professional	Added by h00k Date: 2011-09-19 18:58:55 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-14 19:50:43 Requested 7 times
benchmark	<reply> Packages for bechmarking your system include bonnie++ (for drives), glmark2 (for 3D graphics), netperf (for networking), mbw (for memory) - For more, issue the !terminal command « apt-cache search benchmark » - See also !testing	Added by LjL Date: 2012-01-21 13:01:15 Last edited by LjL Date: 2012-01-21 13:05:51 Requested 7 times
admingroup	<reply> Up through Ubuntu 11.10, administrator privileges using sudo was granted to the "admin" Unix group. In Ubuntu 12.04, privileges are granted to the "sudo" group, for consistency with upstream and Debian. For compatibility, the "admin" group will continue to have access in 12.04.	Added by tonyyarusso Date: 2012-05-04 20:50:58 Last edited by tonyyarusso Date: 2012-05-04 20:55:41 Requested 7 times
emacs-#ubuntu-offtopic	<reply> Ubuntu channels can only provide support for Ubuntu itself. Other operating systems have their own support channels. Please consult their websites for more information.	Added by rww Date: 2016-01-06 17:13:56 Requested 7 times
standup-#lubuntu-devel	<reply> @tsimonq2 @lynorian @HMollerCl @aptghetto @teward001 @kc2bez @The_LoudSpeaker wxl[m] guiverc @N0um3n0 @leokolb @KGIII — It's 2100 UTC Thursday which means it's time for the Lubuntu Development standup meeting. Please announce yourself for roll call! Then, in order of announcement, post your items, and be sure to mention when you're done.	Added by wxl Date: 2019-05-02 21:36:34 Last edited by wxl Date: 2020-12-03 22:36:12 Requested 7 times
mds	<reply> Microarchitectural Data Sampling is a security issue with Intel processors. Update your system to receive the kernel and microcode patches. Visit https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/MDS for more info and recommendations.	Added by dax Date: 2019-05-15 16:56:23 Requested 7 times
meetings-#edubuntu meeting-#edubuntu	<reply> Edubuntu meetings are (usually) held weekly on Wednesdays, alternating between 12:00 UTC and 20:00 UTC. « @schedule » may show when the next one will be, otherwise check the !fridge. All welcome!	Added by bimberi Date: 2007-04-19 06:35:59 Last edited by bimberi Date: 2007-05-02 22:57:54 Requested 6 times
1sustainableresource	<deleted><reply> the only everlasting, sustainable resources are human stupidity, ignorance and avarice.	Added by nickrud Date: 2008-07-12 01:27:35 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-02-18 17:46:11 Requested 6 times
offtopic-#kubuntu-devel	<reply> #kubuntu-devel is the development channel for Kubuntu, please use #kubuntu for support questions and #kubuntu-offtopic for general chatter. Thanks	Added by stdin Date: 2008-12-20 14:41:02 Last edited by stdin Date: 2008-12-20 14:42:00 Requested 6 times
oneko-#ubuntu-offtopic	<reply> oneko is the cat of cats, the loler with minions, the sudo apt-get installable one, the cat of our times, but not the cat of the command line!	Added by rww Date: 2011-01-23 04:44:06 Requested 6 times
16.04.2	rescheduled to February 16th due to several last minute issues with building and testing the ISOs. You can install the 16.04(.1) ISOs and run the updates if you are in a hurry.	Added by dax Date: 2017-02-14 01:26:40 Requested 6 times
ifrename	<reply> ifrename allows you to rename interfaces at boot based on various criteria such as driver, mac address, etc. 'man ifrename' and 'man iftab' for details on configuration.	Added by imbrandon Date: 2006-06-27 04:00:58 Requested 5 times
mythtv-mysql	<reply>Having issues with 'access denied for user 'mythtv'@'localhost' (using password: YES), please see: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=3691155&postcount=4	Added by Madpilot Date: 2007-11-03 03:33:25 Requested 5 times
meeting-#kubuntu-devel	<reply>Kubuntu Meetings are usually held in #ubuntu-meeting - Agenda and info: https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Kubuntu/Meetings	Added by jussi Date: 2010-06-04 12:53:27 Requested 5 times
surround	<reply> If you're having trouble getting surround sound working in Ubuntu, try the instructions on this page: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SurroundSound	Added by LjL Date: 2011-05-30 19:14:25 Requested 5 times
ports-#ubuntu-phone	<reply>There has been some success with the d2vzw verizon variant of the Galaxy S3. There has been some progress on the Kindle Fire too. Other devices may be ported to too, Canonical is not working on them and there is no roadmap or timescale. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Porting	Added by AlanBell Date: 2013-02-22 10:18:30 Last edited by AlanBell Date: 2013-02-22 10:54:06 Requested 5 times
hello-#xubuntu-devel hi-#xubuntu-devel	<reply> Hello! Welcome to $chan! Please note that this channel is for Xubuntu developer coordination. For support questions, please use #xubuntu. Offtopic chatter in #xubuntu-offtopic.	Added by knome Date: 2013-12-11 23:47:19 Last edited by knome Date: 2014-04-18 13:10:56 Requested 5 times
32bit-#lubuntu	<reply> Lubuntu 18.04 LTS is the last version to support 32-bit processors & will be supported until 2021. Support is highly limited, as we no longer provide images nor test packages for 32-bit. No other Ubuntu flavor offers 32-bit support. Discussion has been had to remove 32-bit packages from the archive. If `grep lm /proc/cpuinfo` succeeds, use 64-bit.	Added by wxl Date: 2019-05-03 18:38:10 Last edited by wxl Date: 2019-05-03 18:43:28 Requested 5 times
printk	<reply> If your !tty is flooded with error messages, you can limit the kernel logging daemons' log level below the default of 4 (KERN_WARNING), e.g. by running "echo 3 \| sudo tee -a /proc/sys/kernel/printk". More info at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelDebuggingTricks#printk_is_your_friend and syslog(2)	Added by Unit193 Date: 2019-09-23 00:41:31 Last edited by dax Date: 2019-10-03 18:21:48 Requested 5 times
synergy-#ubuntuforums	<reply> Synergy is a means for the best threads on forums around the internet to be read by the masses. When a community admin or one of their delegated usergroups submits a thread, it enters the forum's "submission queue". Once every x hours (this number will be variable and based upon a number of factors) a thread from the queue will be accepted by the system at Zoints.com and then propagated across all Sy	Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-02-08 21:54:59 Requested 4 times
nodeco	<reply> If you're missing windows decorations after enabling Desktop Effects with an NVIDIA card, try « sudo nvidia-xconfig --add-argb-glx-visuals -d 24 » in a !shell.	Added by LjL Date: 2008-03-10 03:27:20 Last edited by LjL Date: 2008-03-10 03:27:20 Requested 4 times
areyousure-#ubuntu-release-party	<reply>Yes, I'm sure.	Added by Amaranth Date: 2009-10-29 00:57:47 Requested 4 times
checksum	<alias> md5sum	Added by nhandler Date: 2010-03-16 03:25:57 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2019-07-16 16:41:06 Requested 4 times
release-#xubuntu	<reply> Xubuntu releases a new version every 6 months. Each version is supported for 9 months (regular releases) to 3 years (long-term suppport (LTS) releases). More info at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases & https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TimeBasedReleases	Added by knome Date: 2013-04-24 13:54:47 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:46:16 Requested 4 times
support-#kubuntu-offtopic	<reply> The official Kubuntu support channel is #kubuntu. Also see http://kubuntu.org/support and http://kubuntuforums.org and http://askubuntu.com	Added by jussi Date: 2013-08-15 12:52:52 Requested 4 times
chat-#xubuntu	<reply> #xubuntu is the Xubuntu support channel, for all Xubuntu-related support questions. Please use #xubuntu-offtopic for other topics (though our !guidelines apply there too). Thanks!	Added by knome Date: 2013-10-21 20:40:20 Requested 4 times
paid	<reply> If you've purchased software from the Software Centre and are experiencing issues please consult https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Pay	Added by genii Date: 2015-03-20 22:51:04 Requested 4 times
cadence	<reply> Cadence is an application for managing Jack in KXStudio and its repositories. Due to the nature of its intrusive configuration, it causes compatibility issues with Ubuntu's audio configuration, particularly !ubuntustudio-controls. For this reason, adding the KXStudio repos to any Ubuntu install is highly discouraged.	Added by hggdh Date: 2019-04-13 19:21:49 Requested 4 times
support-#ubuntu-quality	<reply> Ubuntu $curDevelNum ($curDevelLong) support is at #ubuntu-next. This channel is for testing $curDevelNum and reporting results at http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker	Added by hggdh Date: 2020-08-26 13:13:04 Last edited by krytarik Date: 2021-07-22 19:07:07 Requested 4 times
fr-#lubuntu	<reply> Dans cette chaîne lubuntu, seul l'anglais est parlé. Si vous cherchez de l'aide en français, entrez le canal #lubuntu-fr; tapez "/join #lubuntu-fr" (sans les guillemets) et appuyez sur Entrée.	Added by wxl Date: 2020-12-14 02:26:23 Requested 4 times
kernel-source	<reply> You can access all the kernels for previous and current development releases at http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git. There are repositories for each supported release under ubuntu/ubuntu-<release>.git - For more details see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/SourceCode	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 22:02:30 Last edited by Pici Date: 2011-07-07 13:18:49 Requested 3 times
su	<alias> sudo	Added by gnomefreak Date: 2006-08-09 22:50:33 Requested 3 times
php4	<reply> PHP4 has reached its End Of Life and as such is not in any Ubuntu release after Edgy (6.10). For PHP's announcement see http://us2.php.net/archive/2007.php#2007-07-13-1	Added by Pici Date: 2008-05-15 16:56:34 Requested 3 times
meeting-#ubuntu-us-az	<reply>The Ubuntu Arizona LoCo team meetings are every Sunday at 9:00 PM Arizona time in our team channel, #ubuntu-us-az. Everyone is welcome!!	Added by Amaranth Date: 2008-05-17 06:39:34 Last edited by Amaranth Date: 2008-05-17 06:39:56 Requested 3 times
section	<reply> Please see http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#s-subsections for a list of valid sections that you can use in your debian/control file, for debian packaging	Added by Hobbsee Date: 2009-01-06 02:22:25 Requested 3 times
serverpackages	<deleted><reply> The following list of Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake) server packages will continue to receive security updates until June 2011: http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/dapper/supported.txt	Added by Pici Date: 2009-07-14 17:39:27 Last edited by Pici Date: 2011-06-02 13:48:23 Requested 3 times
kne knr	<reply> Kubuntu Netbook Edition is a slightly altered version of Kubuntu, optimised for small screens. For more information, please see https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Kubuntu/Netbook - support in #kubuntu	Added by tsimpson Date: 2010-05-21 10:26:46 Requested 3 times
it-#lubuntu	<reply> In questo canale Lubuntu si parla solo inglese. Se cerchi aiuto in italiano, vai sul canale #lubuntu-it; digita "/join #lubuntu-it" (senza virgolette) e premi invio.	Added by wxl Date: 2020-12-14 20:31:22 Requested 3 times
de-#lubuntu	<reply> In diesem Lubuntu-Kanal wird nur Englisch gesprochen. Wenn Sie Hilfe auf Deutsch suchen, gehen Sie zum Kanal #lubuntu-de; Geben Sie "/join #lubuntu-de" (ohne Anführungszeichen) ein und drücken Sie die Eingabetaste.	Added by wxl Date: 2020-12-14 20:32:59 Requested 3 times
gksu	<alias> gksudo	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 15:46:45 Requested 2 times
mplayer-fonts	<reply> No fonts in mplayer? Try " sudo apt-get install mplayer-fonts " ( multiverse must be enabled see !repos ).	Added by gnomefreak Date: 2006-07-20 02:47:08 Requested 2 times