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sound alsa dmix audio	<reply> If you're having problems with sound, click the Volume applet, then Sound Preferences, and check your Volume, Hardware, Input, and Output settings. If that fails, see https://help.ubuntu.…nity/Sound - https://help.ubuntu.…leshooting - http://alsa.opensrc.…DmixPlugin - For playing audio files, see !players and !mp3.	Seveas Added on: 2006-06-19 10:56:18 Last edited by Pici Last modified: 2010-05-10 18:00:22 Requested 7170 times
md5 verify	<reply> To verify your Ubuntu ISO image (or other files for which an MD5 checksum is provided), see https://help.ubuntu.…owToMD5SUM or http://www.linuxques…in_Windows	Seveas Added on: 2006-06-18 00:00:46 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2017-10-30 06:52:54 Requested 3471 times
virus antivirus av viruses	<reply> Antivirus is something you don't need on !Linux, except where files are then passed to Windows computers (perhaps using Samba). See https://help.ubuntu.…/Antivirus	ompaul Added on: 2006-08-11 08:38:28 Last edited by knome Last modified: 2015-07-06 22:31:40 Requested 2194 times
elaborate error details	<reply> Please elaborate; your question or issue may not seem clear or detailed enough for people to help you. Please give more detailed information; for example, we might need errors, steps, relevant configuration files, Ubuntu version, and hardware information. Use a !pastebin to avoid flooding the channel.	somerville32 Added on: 2006-12-14 20:17:34 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2016-05-09 17:43:50 Requested 1839 times
webmin	no longer supported in Debian and Ubuntu. It is not compatible with the way that Ubuntu packages handle configuration files, and is likely to cause unexpected issues with your system.	Seveas Added on: 2006-06-18 19:18:33 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2011-03-03 21:32:45 Requested 1714 times
rar unrar	a non-free archive format created by Rarsoft. For instructions on accessing .rar files through the Archive Manager view https://help.ubuntu.…mpression. There is a free (as in speech) unrar utility as well, see !info unrar-free	Spec Added on: 2006-07-31 22:11:25 Never edited Requested 1711 times
files dirs file fhs hier fsh	<reply> An explanation of how files and directories are organized on Ubuntu, and how they can be manipulated, can be found at https://help.ubuntu.…eeOverview see also: man hier	Seveas Added on: 2006-06-19 23:17:27 Last edited by Pici Last modified: 2010-02-05 20:56:11 Requested 1702 times
burners burn burner burning cdrw	<reply> CD/DVD burning software: k3b (KDE), brasero (GNOME), gnomebaker, xcdroast, wodim (command-line) \| To burn ISO files, see https://help.ubuntu.…ngIsoHowto	Seveas Added on: 2006-06-18 21:35:32 Last edited by rww Last modified: 2011-04-23 23:42:28 Requested 1334 times
sound-#kubuntu	<reply> If you're having problems with sound see https://help.ubuntu.…nity/Sound - https://help.ubuntu.…leshooting - For playing audio files, see !Players and !MP3	Hawkwind Added on: 2006-09-14 19:14:50 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2009-11-21 20:21:54 Requested 1140 times
fuse captive	<reply> FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) is a !kernel driver that allows non-root users to create their own filesystems. See http://en.wikipedia.…_Userspace for more on FUSE. Some examples of filesystems that use FUSE are !ntfs-3g, sshfs and isofs. A full list of Filesystems that use FUSE is here: http://fuse.sourcefo…ileSystems	apokryphos Added on: 2006-06-19 11:48:16 Last edited by Amaranth Last modified: 2007-08-07 14:36:30 Requested 1129 times
chroot debchroot	<reply> A chroot is used to make programs believe that the directory they are running in is really the root directory. It can be used to stop programs accessing files outside of that directory, or for compiling 32bit applications in a 64bit environment - see https://help.ubuntu.…asicChroot	ompaul Added on: 2006-08-11 17:28:50 Last edited by Pici Last modified: 2010-06-15 17:12:19 Requested 1071 times
fsck	the FileSystem ChecKer, which runs automatically when you boot if you didn't shutdown cleanly. Type "man fsck" for information on running it manually. The command "sudo touch /forcefsck && sudo shutdown -r now" will force a reboot and a filesystem check; "sudo touch /fastboot" will skip a filesystem check at next reboot	LjL Added on: 2006-12-13 20:01:03 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2011-05-04 07:55:19 Requested 1034 times
home separatehome movehome	<reply> Your home directory is where all of your personal files are usually kept. For moving your home directory to a separate partition, please see: https://help.ubuntu.…ome/Moving	Hobbsee Added on: 2007-10-01 08:45:38 Last edited by jussi Last modified: 2011-05-16 07:43:54 Requested 914 times
trash	<reply> Your GUI file manager's Trash folder is located at ~/.local/share/Trash/ for files moved to trash from your hard disk and .../.Trash-userid/ on external devices for files moved to trash from the device.	LjL Added on: 2008-04-18 01:11:40 Last edited by rww Last modified: 2011-04-19 00:43:28 Requested 780 times
tar tgz tar.gz bz2 7z compression tar.bz2 gz ace 7zip 7-zip	<reply> Files with extensions .tar, .gz, .tgz, .zip, .bz2, .7z, .ace and other archive file formats can be opened with file-roller (GNOME) or Ark (KDE) - Also see https://help.ubuntu.…ompression	Seveas Added on: 2006-08-11 14:55:35 Never edited Requested 681 times
ext3	the default filesystem on older versions of Ubuntu, and the most popular on Linux. You can read/write from Windows to ext3 via http://www.fs-driver.org	apokryphos Added on: 2006-06-18 21:35:14 Last edited by rww Last modified: 2011-01-02 04:11:40 Requested 623 times
live live cd livecd	<reply> The Ubuntu Desktop ISO is a "Live" image, which can be run without altering existing files on your hard drive. Especially useful for testing your hardware's compatibility, it also includes an install option.	apokryphos Added on: 2006-06-18 16:24:06 Last edited by SonikkuAmerica Last modified: 2016-10-16 00:50:29 Requested 620 times
deb .deb installdeb gdebi	the Debian package format, also used by Ubuntu. To install .deb files, simply double-click (in Ubuntu) or click (in Kubuntu) on them to start the GDebi utility.	apokryphos Added on: 2006-06-19 10:47:18 Last edited by Jucato Last modified: 2007-10-31 03:57:27 Requested 599 times
p2p	<reply> Peer-to-peer filesharing clients are available for several networks/protocols, including !BitTorrent, !Gnutella, !eDonkey, !DirectConnect, !SoulSeek - Multi-protocol engines include !MLDonkey and !giFT - See https://wiki.ubuntu.…ileSharing for general information	Seveas Added on: 2006-06-18 19:31:50 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2017-10-30 06:44:32 Requested 596 times
pdf acrobat	<reply>The Portable Document Format is created by Adobe; PDF files are viewable in Ubuntu with Xpdf, Okular, Evince and also Adobe Reader (free download, but closed source)	bimberi Added on: 2006-07-31 07:34:53 Last edited by jussi Last modified: 2011-04-28 15:21:23 Requested 470 times
md5sum checksum	<reply> To verify your Ubuntu ISO image (or other files for which an MD5 checksum is provided), see https://help.ubuntu.…owToMD5SUM	Hawkwind Added on: 2006-10-21 05:40:18 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2016-07-01 03:27:30 Requested 405 times
defrag defragmentation defragment	<reply> The default Ubuntu filesystem (ext4) is engineered to avoid fragmentation issues in most cases. However, there is an online defragmentation tool available if needed. For more information, see `man e4defrag`	Seveas Added on: 2006-07-20 22:49:03 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2016-03-30 19:26:16 Requested 365 times
scp winscp	a secure way of copying files across networks using !SSH. Usage: scp filename user@host:filename - WinSCP is a client for Windows, available at http://winscp.net/	Seveas Added on: 2006-06-19 13:35:53 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2011-03-03 21:40:56 Requested 340 times
midi	<reply> Trouble playing MIDI files? Look at https://help.ubuntu.…hesisHowTo	Seveas Added on: 2006-06-19 13:49:56 Never edited Requested 336 times
desktopsearch strigi indexing indexers beagle kerry tracker kat pinot doodle	<reply> Services to index files for fast searching include: Beagle (front-ends: beagle, catfish, gnome-main-menu, mozilla-beagle for !GNOME; kerry, kio-beagle for !KDE; beaglefs for !CLI) - Tracker (tracker-search-tool, libdeskbar-tracker for GNOME; tracker-utils for CLI) - Strigi (strigi-applet, strigi-client for KDE, strigi-utils for CLI) - Kat (for KDE) - Pinot (and pinot-applet for GNOME) - Doodle (for CLI)	LjL Added on: 2007-06-03 17:10:31 Last edited by LjL Last modified: 2007-06-03 17:12:22 Requested 184 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 »	Pici Added on: 2010-12-02 14:07:39 Last edited by Jordan_U Last modified: 2013-04-29 00:05:35 Requested 161 times
zip file-roller ark	<reply> Files with extensions .tar, .gz, .tgz, .zip, .bz2, .7z, .ace and other archive file formats can be opened with file-roller (GNOME), Ark (KDE), or Xarchiver (XFCE) - Also see https://help.ubuntu.…ompression	Seveas Added on: 2006-06-18 15:55:25 Last edited by tonyyarusso Last modified: 2007-07-26 06:10:54 Requested 151 times
tar-#kubuntu tgz-#kubuntu tar.gz-#kubuntu bz2-#kubuntu 7z-#kubuntu zip-#kubuntu compression-#kubuntu tar.bz2-#kubuntu gz-#kubuntu ace-#kubuntu 7zip-#kubuntu	<reply> Files with extensions .tar, .gz, .tgz, .zip, .bz2, .7z, .ace and other archive file formats can be opened with ark - also see https://help.ubuntu.…ompression	Mez Added on: 2006-10-28 06:11:09 Never edited Requested 117 times
patch	<reply> Patches are files describing the changes in code to achieve some results. There are a number of ways these can be produced, but https://wiki.ubuntu.…s/HowToFix and http://developer.ubu…kages.html may provide some useful guidelines.	Hobbsee Added on: 2007-12-01 12:13:47 Last edited by IdleOne Last modified: 2013-03-23 02:46:12 Requested 116 times
debootstrap	used to create a !Debian or Ubuntu base system from scratch, without requiring the availability of !dpkg or !APT. It does this by downloading !.deb files from a mirror site, and carefully unpacking them into a directory you can eventually !chroot into. See https://wiki.ubuntu.…trapChroot for more information	LjL Added on: 2007-04-22 15:12:30 Last edited by Hobbsee Last modified: 2008-01-02 14:49:58 Requested 115 times
cvs	the Concurrent Versions System, the dominant open-source network-transparent version control system; it helps to manage releases and to control concurrent editing of source files among multiple authors. See: http://www.nongnu.org/cvs/	Seveas Added on: 2006-06-19 11:18:51 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2016-03-31 15:36:43 Requested 114 times
reinstall	<reply> To renew the configuration of a package when installing, sudo apt-get remove --purge <package> && sudo apt-get install <package>. Note that you will lose ALL config files for that package. WARNING: This is dangerous, don't do this with core packages	Seveas Added on: 2006-06-19 11:05:44 Never edited Requested 114 times
btrfs	<reply> Btrfs is a filesystem available for Ubuntu. It is not recommended by default, and should not be used for important data. See https://help.ubuntu.…nity/btrfs	LjL Added on: 2011-11-06 15:30:17 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2016-04-08 06:46:24 Requested 113 times
sshfs	a !Fuse based filesystem which allows you to mount a remote system over !SSH - See https://help.ubuntu.…nity/SSHFS for instructions	jpds Added on: 2009-02-15 18:29:16 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2011-03-03 21:45:11 Requested 100 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.…g/wiki/XFS	Seveas Added on: 2007-04-27 00:35:39 Never edited Requested 73 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	jrib Added on: 2008-02-12 15:52:30 Last edited by jrib Last modified: 2008-02-12 15:58:35 Requested 50 times
lost+found lost	where !fsck places any files it gleans from a corrupt filesystem. These are files which had become unlinked from their parent directories.	apokryphos Added on: 2006-06-19 13:12:22 Never edited Requested 47 times
tarball	<reply> Files with ".tar.gz", ".tar.bz2" or ".tgz" extensions are compressed archive formats, similar to ZIP files. See !tar for extracting them. Some of these files contain programs in source code form; see !compile for getting them to run.	LjL Added on: 2006-10-29 18:09:46 Never edited Requested 42 times
rm	<reply> The Unix 'rm' command removes files and directories from the filesystem. It is an extremly powerful tool, and you should not run 'rm' commands unless you fully understand them. Do not run arbitrary 'rm' commands you see online. For a beginning guide on using terminal commands, see https://help.ubuntu.…heTerminal	Seveas Added on: 2006-06-18 19:07:55 Last edited by k1l_ Last modified: 2016-02-22 21:54:28 Requested 41 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.…le_systems	Seveas Added on: 2007-04-27 00:36:30 Last edited by Myrtti Last modified: 2011-01-05 12:49:11 Requested 30 times
picard	a digital audio fingerprinting/tagging program using the MusicBrainz online music database, not unlike freedb. It can be used to identify and tag files in your music collection. Usage instructions: http://musicbrainz.o…WithPicard ; Ubuntu installation instructions: http://musicbrainz.o…nuxInstall	gnomefreak Added on: 2006-08-26 02:31:18 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2011-03-03 21:33:31 Requested 23 times
sudoedit	<reply> To edit files with !superuser access using the user's standard editor (as set in the EDITOR !shell variable) and its normal configuration, the command « sudoedit <filename> » is available. It creates a local copy of the file, and runs the editor with the user's permissions.	ompaul Added on: 2007-12-29 21:22:30 Last edited by LjL Last modified: 2007-12-29 21:39:01 Requested 15 times
gift	a peer-to-peer filesharing engine supporting several networks and protocols by means of plug-ins. It's available in !Universe. Clients include gifTui, giFToxic (GTK), Apollon (KDE), giFTcurs (terminal-based) - See also !P2P	LjL Added on: 2007-11-03 00:35:09 Never edited Requested 12 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.…y/MLDonkey - See also !P2P	LjL Added on: 2007-11-03 00:31:31 Last edited by LjL Last modified: 2007-11-03 00:33:20 Requested 7 times
pocketpc windows mobile	<reply> For information on transferring files and synchronizing to PocketPC and Windows Mobile devices, see https://help.ubuntu.…dowsMobile	Pici Added on: 2009-10-15 18:04:01 Never edited Requested 5 times
screen-#ubuntu-server	<deleted><reply> Screen is a window manager for terminal sessions, also useful over SSH. The 'screen-profiles' package provides very useful additional utilities. See https://help.ubuntu.…ity/Screen	LjL Added on: 2009-03-03 17:00:12 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2011-09-07 11:25:59 Requested 5 times
file	<alias> files	apokryphos Added on: 2006-06-19 23:13:00 Never edited Requested 2 times
the default ubuntu filesystem (ext3)	<deleted>engineered to avoid fragmentation issues in most cases, see http://linkpot.net/behead/ for a simple example on how it achieves this.The default Ubuntu filesystem (ext3) is engineered to avoid fragmentation issues in most cases, see http://linkpot.net/behead/ for a simple example on how it achieves this.	Pici Added on: 2008-06-06 15:36:21 Last edited by Pici Last modified: 2009-05-18 23:55:49 Requested 1 times
fsh	<alias> files	tsimpson Added on: 2013-08-30 09:34:48 Never edited Requested 0 times
hier	<alias> files	Pici Added on: 2012-05-03 14:47:28 Never edited Requested 0 times