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lamp	<reply> LAMP is an acronym for Linux-Apache-MySQL-PHP. However, the term is often used for setups using alternative but different software, such as Perl or Python instead of PHP, and Postgres instead of MySQL. For help with setting up LAMP on Ubuntu, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheMySQLPHP - See also the Server CD installation process.	Added by Madpilot Date: 2006-06-24 13:06:23 Last edited by AlanBell Date: 2012-11-25 22:16:03 Requested 5112 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 4134 times
vmware	<reply> VMWare is not available in the Ubuntu repositories. Consider using !QEmu or !VirtualBox as alternatives. Instructions for installing VMWare manually are at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VMware	Added by LjL Date: 2006-06-22 03:31:26 Last edited by LjL Date: 2008-11-12 12:57:43 Requested 1746 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
itunes	not available on Linux, but there are many audio player alternatives (see !players). For Daap clients (sharing music with other iTunes clients on the network), install banshee	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 21:42:50 Requested 333 times
emerald	an obsolete window decorator for compiz. It's unsupported and unmaintained, making issues with it very hard to diagnose and fix. There are no known, supported alternatives.	Added by Myrtti Date: 2009-05-19 12:46:47 Requested 283 times
lilo	an alternative [Li]nux Boot[Lo]ader. Note: it is recommended that you use GRUB on Ubuntu instead.	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 12:12:07 Requested 255 times
plymouth	<reply> Plymouth is an application that runs very early in the boot process (even before the root filesystem is mounted!) that provides a graphical boot animation while the boot process happens in the background. To change your Plymouth theme use « sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth && sudo update-initramfs -u »	Added by Pici Date: 2010-12-02 14:07:39 Last edited by Jordan_U Date: 2013-04-29 00:05:35 Requested 161 times
alternatives	<reply> To change the default applications system-wide, use 'sudo update-alternatives --all' in a terminal.	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 10:49:11 Requested 144 times
gnome2	<reply> The GNOME Foundation has ceased support for GNOME 2, and as such it is not in Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot). See !notunity for an alternative desktop experience.	Added by Pici Date: 2011-10-13 18:30:20 Requested 124 times
wayland	<reply> Wayland is a display server protocol (an alternative to X11) and library. Unlike Xorg, Wayland provides no central server component, but desktop environments' compositors make use of it (e.g. mutter, kwin, weston). For more info, see https://wayland.freedesktop.org and !xwayland	Added by IdleOne Date: 2014-01-04 22:11:49 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2019-07-16 16:51:35 Requested 103 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
thunar	a file manager for !Xfce. It is a lightweight alternative to !Nautilus and is quite similar. More info at: http://thunar.xfce.org/index.html - Want to Replace Nautilus with Thunar? See http://psychocats.net/ubuntu/nonautilusplease	Added by elkbuntu Date: 2007-05-01 14:11:07 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:43:12 Requested 67 times
teamspeak	the proprietry VoIP software see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/TeamSpeak For a open source alternative consider using Mumble http://mumble.sourceforge.net/	Added by ompaul Date: 2007-11-23 21:04:16 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:43:42 Requested 57 times
startup-#kubuntu	<reply> To make programs start up automatically when you log into your KDE session, run all programs that you want to be started and close all other programs, then select 'Save Session' in the K menu. Alternatively, create a !symlink to the wanted program in ~/.kde/Autostart - See !boot for starting non-interactive programs at boot	Added by LjL Date: 2007-12-15 15:47:48 Requested 56 times
winamp	a windows music player. On Ubuntu you can use audacious as alternative.	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 10:59:28 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-09-30 13:25:34 Requested 53 times
dvorak	a keyboard layout that aims to be more comfortable and efficient alternative to the standard "QWERTY" pattern. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvorak_Simplified_Keyboard	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 17:39:47 Requested 36 times
filesystems	<reply> ext3 and ext4 are the default filesystems in Ubuntu (and many other Linuxes). Alternative Linux filesystems include reiserfs and xfs. fat32 and ntfs are DOS/Windows filesystems. hfs and hfs+ are filesystems for the Mac. More info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems	Added by Seveas Date: 2007-04-27 00:36:30 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2011-01-05 12:49:11 Requested 30 times
popey	<deleted>the UK alternative to elvis.	Added by Daviey Date: 2008-06-09 14:28:09 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-07-08 02:18:07 Requested 18 times
popey-#ubuntu-uk	the UK alternative to elvis.	Added by popey Date: 2010-09-10 12:04:31 Requested 18 times
support-#xubuntu	<reply> As most of the Ubuntu channels, #xubuntu is English only. A list of the localized Ubuntu channels can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/ChannelList#IRC.2BAC8-ChannelList.2BAC8-Local.Local_Ubuntu_channels. These channels will most probably be able to give Xubuntu support too. For alternative Xubuntu support options, please see http://xubuntu.org/help/.	Added by somerville32 Date: 2007-01-11 08:54:11 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2015-12-01 20:48:06 Requested 15 times
dad	<deleted><reply> DaD was an alternative to !mom and has been shutdown in February 2009, see http://dad.dunnewind.net/end.php	Added by Pici Date: 2009-01-29 20:18:36 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-05-26 02:25:45 Requested 14 times
wajig	a simple tool for basic debian administration. you can handle apt commands, change alternatives defaults and handle service daemons via simple commands. wajig uses sudo every time. http://www.togaware.com/linux/survivor/Wajig_Overview.html	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 13:21:38 Requested 10 times
artteam	<reply>The Artwork Team is a community effort that aims to enrich Ubuntu by designing high quality, original and beautiful themes to be available in the repo as an alternative to the default look. For more info please see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork	Added by jussi01 Date: 2008-09-16 13:13:04 Requested 5 times
cds	<reply>You can buy an Ubuntu CD from http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/cd-and-dvd Please consider using Torrents http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/alternative-downloads	Added by Pici Date: 2010-05-27 02:20:05 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-14 19:45:19 Requested 3 times
alternative	<alias> alternate	Added by Pici Date: 2007-10-15 20:58:51 Requested 0 times