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best	<deleted><reply> Usually, there is no single "best" application to perform a given task. It's up to you to choose, depending on your preferences, features you require, and other factors. Do NOT take polls in the channel.	Added by LjL Date: 2006-07-21 01:18:13 Last edited by knome Date: 2014-03-19 19:23:35 Requested 5121 times
vnc	<reply> VNC is a protocol for remote desktop. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VNCOverSSH describes how to use it securely. It works best over fast connections, otherwise look at !FreeNX	Added by bimberi Date: 2006-07-07 02:29:55 Requested 1920 times
repomirror chmirror	<reply> Go to "System", "Administration", and "Software Sources" and choose "Other" from the drop down box. Then choose "select best server" and your system will choose the fastest mirror for you automatically.	Added by Hobbsee Date: 2008-04-25 06:00:30 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2008-05-06 21:49:03 Requested 133 times
doublejoin	<reply> Your IRC client is completing NickServ authentication after joining channels, which triggers a fake quit and rejoin to apply your cloak and increases channel noise. The best way to avoid this is to use SASL (https://libera.chat/guides/sasl). Other options for automatic login exist (e.g. CertFP and server password) but sometimes complete after channel join.	Added by knome Date: 2013-04-13 22:19:45 Last edited by kryten Date: 2021-05-24 22:54:45 Requested 45 times
nickfork-#ubuntu-offtopic	a silly little game for offtopic channels ONLY. The way it works is you pick out a random nick from the /names list (works best if they're idle), have a bunch of people switch to something similar (scrambles, reverse, 1337speak), and see how long it takes for the real person to catch on. Have fun!	Added by tonyyarusso Date: 2008-02-20 09:55:16 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-04-06 06:16:22 Requested 14 times
sanity-#ubuntu-offtopic	<reply>The statistics on sanity is that one out of every four persons are suffering from some sort of mental illness. Think of your three best friends — if they’re okay, then it’s you.	Added by Amaranth Date: 2009-01-28 05:28:43 Requested 11 times
mootbot	a bot to make the process of summarizing !meetings easier - Information at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ScribesTeam/MootBot	Added by LjL Date: 2008-09-30 14:53:35 Requested 9 times
choices-#ubuntu-offtopic	<reply> Choices are a curse of capitalism, trapping you in a paroxysm of indecision. Best to have One Way to Do Things. See also !unity, !gnome, and !python	Added by rww Date: 2014-01-05 00:38:59 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-03-30 21:46:05 Requested 9 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
longdesc-#ubuntu-motu	<reply> The long description should provide all the information needed to let the user decide whether to install the package. See http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-pkg-desc for Best Practices.	Added by Myrtti Date: 2009-01-26 14:05:24 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2009-01-26 14:07:20 Requested 2 times
partialupgrade	<deleted><reply> Partial upgrades offered by update-manager, or excessive removals by "apt-get dist-upgrade" are often due to repository inconsistencies, the best fix is often to simply wait, see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1751299 for more info.	Added by IdleOne Date: 2011-05-19 15:13:08 Last edited by Pici Date: 2011-05-19 15:31:09 Requested 2 times
partialupgrade-#ubuntu+1 partial-#ubuntu+1	<reply> Partial upgrades during the develpment cycle, or excessive removals are often due to repository inconsistencies, the best fix is often to simply wait. See http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1751299 for more info.	Added by IdleOne Date: 2011-05-19 15:31:33 Requested 2 times
manuals	<deleted>for an introduction and a bit more on how to get the best out of your ubuntu install please check out https://help.ubuntu.com/	Added by ompaul Date: 2007-09-15 10:06:01 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-05-18 23:56:18 Requested 1 times
synopsis-#ubuntu-motu	The synopsis line (the short description) should be concise. See http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-pkg-synopsis for Best Practices.	Added by Myrtti Date: 2009-01-26 14:08:57 Requested 1 times
good	<deleted><alias> best	Added by LjL Date: 2006-10-20 02:29:40 Last edited by knome Date: 2014-03-19 19:32:39 Requested 0 times
better	<deleted><alias> best	Added by LjL Date: 2007-05-28 23:31:45 Last edited by knome Date: 2014-03-19 19:32:41 Requested 0 times
preference	<deleted><alias> best	Added by Pici Date: 2007-12-28 15:09:41 Last edited by knome Date: 2014-03-19 19:32:45 Requested 0 times
polls	<deleted><alias> best	Added by LjL Date: 2008-01-17 01:32:16 Last edited by knome Date: 2014-03-19 19:33:21 Requested 0 times
opinion	<deleted><alias> best	Added by LjL Date: 2008-02-25 18:07:54 Last edited by knome Date: 2014-03-19 19:33:24 Requested 0 times
poll	<deleted><alias> best	Added by Seveas Date: 2008-03-21 19:37:45 Last edited by knome Date: 2014-03-19 19:33:26 Requested 0 times
favorite	<deleted><alias> best	Added by LjL Date: 2008-04-02 02:05:46 Last edited by knome Date: 2014-03-19 19:33:29 Requested 0 times
favourite	<deleted><alias> best	Added by LjL Date: 2008-04-02 02:05:50 Last edited by knome Date: 2014-03-19 19:33:32 Requested 0 times
bestbot	<deleted><alias> best	Added by Pici Date: 2010-06-11 19:34:01 Last edited by knome Date: 2014-03-19 19:33:36 Requested 0 times