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Factoid	Value	Author
lowlatency	<reply> The lowlatency kernel is a special Ubuntu kernel build with modifications, such as realtime preemption, for systems which require low latency when communicating with some hardware, such as some audio devices. Included with Ubuntu Studio by default.	Added by hggdh Date: 2019-02-10 16:12:33 Last edited by genii Date: 2020-02-27 00:30:27 Requested 22 times
22.04 jammy jellyfish	<reply> Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish) is the 36th release of Ubuntu and an !LTS release – Download at https://ubuntu.com/download :: Release notes at https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/jammy-jellyfish-release-notes :: Further schedule at https://ubottu.com/y/jj	Added by krytarik Date: 2021-10-15 14:54:03 Last edited by krytarik Date: 2024-04-25 17:34:05 Requested 22 times
22.10 kinetic kudu	<reply> Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu) was the 37th release of Ubuntu, support ended on July 20, 2023. See !eol and https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2023-July/000293.html	Added by kryten Date: 2022-04-25 22:13:04 Last edited by tomreyn Date: 2023-10-09 19:08:35 Requested 22 times
hwdb	<reply> The Ubuntu Hardware Database can be found at http://hwdb.ubuntu.com/	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-10-06 22:06:06 Requested 21 times
importance-#ubuntu-bugs importance-#ubuntu-motu	<reply> You can learn about setting bug importance at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Importance	Added by LjL Date: 2007-03-14 23:13:49 Requested 21 times
trogdor-#ubuntuforums	<reply> http://www.homestarrunner.com/trogdor.html	Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-04-26 03:36:57 Requested 21 times
brokenusplash	<reply> Supported screen resolutions are sometimes detected incorrectly, causing the splash screen to not appear and slowing down boot. Edit /etc/usplash.conf and change "xres" and "yres" to a resolution that your graphics system certainly supports, then run « sudo update-usplash-theme usplash-theme-ubuntu »	Added by LjL Date: 2007-11-27 00:05:09 Requested 21 times
why-#ubuntu-offtopic	<reply> Because I said so.	Added by Pici Date: 2008-05-12 17:02:39 Requested 21 times
magnets-#xubuntu magnets-#xubuntu-devel magnets-#xubuntu-offtopic	<reply> Magnets for Xubuntu 17.04 (amd64) magnet:?xt=urn:btih:aee3499cb4276c6f15bed91705717cb2c02100b2&tr=http://torrent.ubuntu.com:6969/announce (i386) magnet:?xt=urn:btih:278bf8bbf551cd987836877daa79b1180b9bf256&tr=http://torrent.ubuntu.com:6969/announce	Added by knome Date: 2014-10-18 23:10:51 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2017-05-24 23:09:01 Requested 21 times
offtopic-#lubuntu ot-#lubuntu ot-#lubuntu-devel	<reply> For discussion unrelated to Lubuntu support or development, please join the #lubuntu-offtopic channel on IRC or https://telegram.lubuntu.me/offtopic for Telegram.	Added by Unit193 Date: 2015-08-09 23:08:24 Last edited by wxl Date: 2019-05-03 18:55:40 Requested 21 times
ops-#ubuntu-au	<reply> Fujitsu, elkbuntu, Kamping_Kaiser, siccness, yama, we have a problem here! [Use this in Emergencies only!]	Added by bimberi Date: 2006-07-14 13:52:48 Last edited by elkbuntu Date: 2007-12-15 05:51:08 Requested 20 times
de-offtopic-#ubuntu-offtopic	<reply> Deutschspachlige nonsense gibt es nicht hier, unless sie wollen banniert wesen. Actually, ich werde ihr bannieren anyway.	Added by LjL Date: 2007-12-09 17:10:33 Requested 20 times
filenames case	<reply> File names in Ubuntu are case sensitive, MyFile is not the same as myfile, and if you put spaces in there and use a console you need to "escape" the space, thus "gedit My\ File.txt"	Added by ompaul Date: 2008-02-24 22:24:58 Requested 20 times
ops-#edubuntu	<reply> Help! ogra, highvoltage, mhz, JaneW, Burgundavia or Seveas	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-23 09:33:27 Requested 19 times
kdmtheme	<reply>To customize your !KDM theme, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CustomizeKubuntu	Added by LjL Date: 2008-01-07 01:29:07 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-14 19:53:27 Requested 19 times
pgp	<reply>gpg is the GNU Privacy Guard. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GnuPrivacyGuardHowto and class #8 on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ClassroomTranscripts \| Watch http://static.screencasts.ubuntu.com/videos/2010/11/10/002-HowToCreatePGP.ogv	Added by Pici Date: 2009-01-18 19:40:45 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-05-12 10:26:48 Requested 19 times
debdiff	<reply> A simple way to patch Debian/Ubuntu packages is to attach a debdiff to a bug report, or send it to the team which handles the package. Learn more about it from http://packaging.ubuntu.com/html/traditional-packaging.html#creating-a-debdiff	Added by Tm_T Date: 2010-07-02 18:13:17 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-04-02 04:10:33 Requested 19 times
lococouncil-#ubuntu-locoteams	<deleted><reply>The Loco Council is huats, czajkowski, itnet7, SergioMeneses, coolbhavi and effiejayx - they are there to help, just ask! :) You can send them an email at loco-council@lists.ubuntu.com	Added by jussi Date: 2010-10-28 15:42:02 Last edited by AlanBell Date: 2012-10-21 20:58:32 Requested 19 times
war-#ubuntu-offtopic	<reply> Make code, not war.	Added by elky Date: 2013-04-15 02:23:38 Requested 19 times
versioning	<deleted><reply> Ubuntu and Debian have slightly different package versioning schemes, for an explanation see http://doc.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/packagingguide/C/basic-scratch.html#id2528873	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-12 13:42:32 Last edited by rww Date: 2015-03-13 05:57:38 Requested 18 times
ubuntulog	a logging bot run on various Ubuntu channels. You can read the logs at http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-11-08 23:22:45 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:33:41 Requested 18 times
mako	<deleted><reply>Benjamin "Mako" Hill is a member of the Community Council and co-author of The Official Ubuntu Book.	Added by elkbuntu Date: 2007-11-14 15:43:57 Last edited by jussi Date: 2012-01-03 09:54:30 Requested 18 times
ops-#ubuntustudio	<reply> Help! Channel emergency! (ONLY use this trigger in emergencies) - PING astraljava, cub, holstein, jussi, joejaxx, ScottL, scott-work or Unit193	Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-12-20 13:49:09 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2016-05-21 04:29:56 Requested 18 times
maintainer	<reply> The "Maintainer" field in a package's information (debian/control) should indicate the Ubuntu team responsible for the Ubuntu specific changes to a package (often the !MOTU for !Universe packages). The original maintainer is preserved in the field "XSBC-Original-Maintainer".	Added by LjL Date: 2008-01-13 18:10:50 Requested 18 times
podcast-#ubuntu-uk	<reply> Grab the lastest Ubuntu UK Podcast from http://ubuntupodcast.org	Added by Seeker` Date: 2008-05-27 23:51:40 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-04-02 04:12:05 Requested 18 times
paste-#ubuntu-gr	<reply> Το pastebin είναι μια υπηρεσία για να δημοσιεύετε κείμενα που πιάνουν πάνω από 4 σειρές ώστε να μην φορτώνεται/γεμίζει το κανάλι. Το pastebin μας βρίσκεται στο http://pastebin.ubuntu-gr.org (μετά την δημοσίευση μην ξεχάσετε να μας δώσετε το URL για το κείμενο).	Added by LjL Date: 2009-03-10 17:51:40 Requested 18 times
popey-#ubuntu-uk	the UK alternative to elvis.	Added by popey Date: 2010-09-10 12:04:31 Requested 18 times
conga-rats-#ubuntustudio-devel bongo-mice-#ubuntustudio-devel	<reply> ♫ samba rumba bueno la conga cha cha cha	Added by knome Date: 2012-01-26 23:34:37 Requested 18 times
ubuntustudio-channels offtopic-#ubuntustudio ot-#ubuntustudio ot-#ubuntustudio-devel offtopic-#ubuntustudio-devel channels-#ubuntustudio channels-#ubuntustudio-devel channels-#ubuntustudio-offtopic	<reply> #ubuntustudio is the Ubuntu Studio support and creativity discussion channel, #ubuntustudio-devel for discussion regarding development of Ubuntu Studio, and #ubuntu-offtopic is for random chatter. Thanks!	Added by Unit193 Date: 2015-12-10 04:26:33 Last edited by krytarik Date: 2023-10-27 16:20:03 Requested 18 times
kernelcleanup	<reply> For information about removing old kernels to free up space on /boot, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RemoveOldKernels	Added by dax Date: 2017-11-27 17:55:17 Requested 18 times
spectre	<reply> Spectre is a security issue in almost all modern processors, which was released along with !Meltdown (but is not the same thing). While there are several initiatives underway to mitigate it, there is no "magic bullet" software fix. Ubuntu is monitoring ongoing efforts and will provide security updates as they become available. See !usn for security update notifications.	Added by dax Date: 2018-01-03 22:56:29 Last edited by dax Date: 2018-01-10 01:30:57 Requested 18 times
xfce	<reply> Xfce is a lightweight and configurable desktop environment used by !Xubuntu. Read more at http://xfce.org/	Added by gnomefreak Date: 2006-06-29 02:46:25 Last edited by knome Date: 2015-07-08 00:45:25 Requested 17 times
boys-#ubuntuforums	<reply> ♪ Bad boys, bad boys, watcha gonna do, watcha gonna do when they come for you ♫	Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-01-16 16:39:09 Requested 17 times
man-#kubuntu	<reply>The "man" command brings up the Linux manual pages for the command you're interested in. Try "man intro" at the command line, or type man:/ in Konqueror's location bar. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal	Added by Jucato Date: 2007-10-04 15:10:11 Requested 17 times
kmix	KDE's soundcard mixer program. Though small, it is full-featured. The program should give controls for each of your soundcards. KMix supports several platforms and sound drivers. Go to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kmix for complete information.	Added by Myrtti Date: 2008-05-26 20:45:57 Requested 17 times
newdrive newharddrive newhd	<reply> For help with adding a new hard disk drive to an installed system, refer to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingANewHardDrive - see also !fstab	Added by Mez Date: 2008-08-20 17:52:09 Requested 17 times
wobblywu-#ubuntu-offtopic	<deleted><reply> I take it back, i WOULD be very glad to see him! :(	Added by LjL Date: 2008-12-15 00:12:12 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-06-04 00:37:18 Requested 17 times
simplerecursion-#ubuntu-offtopic	<reply> See !doublerecursion	Added by LjL Date: 2009-03-19 03:03:08 Requested 17 times
daily-#xubuntu	<reply>Daily builds of the CD images for the current development version of Xubuntu are available at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/daily-live/current/	Added by Pici Date: 2011-08-11 18:08:51 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-03-07 04:57:32 Requested 17 times
precise-#xubuntu 12.04-#xubuntu	<reply> Xubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) reached End-of-Life April 26, 2015: http://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-12-04-end-of-life/	Added by knome Date: 2012-04-26 16:21:56 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2015-05-02 03:05:37 Requested 17 times
lenovobug intel-spi intelspi 17.10.1	<reply> The original release of Ubuntu 17.10 contained a bug that makes firmware memory read-only. See https://pad.lv/1734147 for more info. This bug has been fixed in 17.10's repositories (so upgrades are safe) and new ISOs have been released (look for 17.10.1 in the filename).	Added by dax Date: 2018-01-10 02:40:55 Last edited by dax Date: 2018-01-12 20:50:38 Requested 17 times
es-#lubuntu	<reply> En este canal de lubuntu, sólo se habla en inglés. Si busca ayuda en español, entre al canal #lubuntu-es; escriba " /join #lubuntu-es " (sin comillas) y presione intro.	Added by wxl Date: 2019-09-23 23:08:42 Last edited by wxl Date: 2020-12-14 20:28:13 Requested 17 times
perl-#ubuntu-offtopic	<deleted>an ancient american word meaning "i can't code C"	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-15 21:45:14 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2009-06-14 09:53:18 Requested 16 times
testing-#xubuntu	<reply> For information on how to help test the next release of Xubuntu, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Testing	Added by somerville32 Date: 2007-01-11 03:42:24 Last edited by knome Date: 2011-09-06 12:10:03 Requested 16 times
gps maps	<reply> Street mapping and GPS navigation software available for Ubuntu includes Navit, MoNav (http://code.google.com/p/monav/), Gosmore (free vector maps from OSM), GpsDrive (GTK, raster maps, free), !GoogleEarth (Qt, proprietary vector maps, proprietary)	Added by LjL Date: 2007-03-18 14:13:20 Last edited by bazhang Date: 2011-04-30 11:45:36 Requested 16 times
bitesize	<reply> A list of bugs that are considered easy to fix and good for beginners to attempt can be found at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.tag=bitesize	Added by Pici Date: 2007-11-03 23:18:21 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-11-03 23:21:43 Requested 16 times
ut	<reply> For information on how to play Unreal Tournament, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Games/Native/UnrealTournament - for Unreal Tournament 2004, see !ut2k4	Added by elkbuntu Date: 2007-12-28 11:48:42 Requested 16 times
support-#kubuntu	<reply> The official Kubuntu support channel is #kubuntu. Also see http://www.kubuntu.com/support.php	Added by Pici Date: 2008-07-08 15:59:07 Requested 16 times
audio-#ubuntu+1	<reply> If you're having problems with sound, first ensure ALSA is selected, by double clicking on the volume control, then File -> Change Device (ALSA Mixer). If that fails, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Sound - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting - On Jaunty, please check bug https://launchpad.net/bugs/330814 and help test the new kernel image	Added by LjL Date: 2009-03-26 15:49:34 Last edited by LjL Date: 2009-03-26 15:54:28 Requested 16 times
shells shell-policy	<reply> Is your shell provider banned in Ubuntu channels? See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/ShellPolicy for shell provider requirements and how to resolve the situation with your provider.	Added by topyli Date: 2011-01-23 18:53:44 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-01-23 18:57:20 Requested 16 times