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| sudo rootsudo root password rootpassword su | <reply> sudo is a command to run command-line programs with superuser privileges ("root") (also see !cli). Look at https://help.ubuntu.…y/RootSudo for more information. For graphical applications see !pkexec (for older releases: !gksu and !kdesudo). If you're unable to execute commands with sudo see: http://www.psychocat…tu/fixsudo | LjL Added on: 2006-06-25 16:49:59 Last edited by knome Last modified: 2015-06-25 22:59:22 Requested 7722 times |
| terminal shell bash commands ln ls sed awk cat lsof kill symlink sh console konsole lxterminal | <reply> The linux terminal or command-line interface is very powerful. In Unity or GNOME, search the dash for "terminal" and press ENTER. Other desktops: Applications -> System Tools -> Terminal (MATE), K-menu -> System -> Konsole (KDE), or Menu -> Accessories -> LXTerminal (LXDE). Guide: https://help.ubuntu.…heTerminal | Madpilot Added on: 2006-06-24 13:07:53 Last edited by SonikkuAmerica Last modified: 2016-10-09 03:01:48 Requested 6831 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.…munity/UFW | GUI frontends such as gufw and ufw-kde also exist. | An alternative to ufw is the 'iptables' command - See https://help.ubuntu.…ablesHowTo | Seveas Added on: 2006-06-18 19:46:03 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2014-08-08 13:44:58 Requested 4091 times |
| apt apt-get | <reply> APT is the Advanced Package Tool, which together with dpkg forms the basic Ubuntu package management toolkit. Short apt-get manual: https://help.ubuntu.…ptGetHowto - Also see !Synaptic (Gnome), !Muon (KDE) or !Apper (KDE) | LjL Added on: 2006-07-15 22:10:20 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2012-11-05 20:12:41 Requested 2855 times |
| pastebin-#kubuntu | <deleted><reply> For posting multi-line texts into the channel, please use http://paste.kde.org | To post !screenshots use http://imgur.com/ !pastebinit to paste directly from command line | Make sure you give us the URL for your paste - see also the channel topic. | tonyyarusso Added on: 2007-02-27 23:39:07 Last edited by valorie Last modified: 2017-04-16 23:57:08 Requested 2760 times |
| themes eyecandy theme artwork icandy i-candy eye candy wallpaper art | <reply>Find your themes at: http://www.gnome-look.org - http://art.gnome.org - http://www.kde-look.org - http://kubuntu-art.org - http://freecode.com/tags/theme - http://www.guistyles.com - https://wiki.ubuntu.…m/Artwork/ - Also see !changethemes and https://help.ubuntu.…tuEyeCandy | Seveas Added on: 2006-07-14 18:27:04 Last edited by daxcat Last modified: 2016-03-09 06:12:08 Requested 2612 times |
| players media players video players audio players totem totem-xine vlc banshee rhythmbox amarok media music players player exaile listen | <reply> Audio (Ogg, MP3...) players: Audacious, Banshee, Listen, Quod Libet, Rhythmbox, Exaile, XMMS2 (GTK/Gnome based) and Amarok, JuK (Qt/KDE based). Video players: Totem, Xine, MPlayer, VLC, Kaffeine - See also !codecs | LjL Added on: 2006-07-09 02:49:51 Last edited by Pici Last modified: 2011-04-28 14:54:24 Requested 2365 times |
| kde | <reply> KDE (http://kde.org) is an open community that creates and maintains software including the Plasma desktop. To install from Ubuntu: « sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop », or see https://help.ubuntu.…tallingKDE . See http://kubuntu.org for more information. | apokryphos Added on: 2006-06-18 02:32:36 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2017-10-30 06:53:08 Requested 1964 times |
| kde4 kde 4 kde4help kde4support | <deleted><reply> KDE SC 4.4 is the latest major release of the KDE Software Compilation. Packages can be found at http://www.kubuntu.o…/kde-4.4.2 - Support in #kubuntu | apokryphos Added on: 2006-06-18 20:48:00 Last edited by jussi Last modified: 2010-10-05 11:00:39 Requested 1373 times |
| torrent bittorent bittorrent | <reply> Some torrent clients: Transmission (GTK and terminal-based), Deluge-Torrent, Freeloader, BitStormLite, BitTornado-GUI (GTK), KTorrent (KDE), QTorrent (Qt), Azureus/Vuse (Java), !Frostwire (Java), TorrentFlux (web-based), bittornado, rTorrent, cTorrent, bittorrent, aria2 (terminal-based) - FAQ: http://www.bittorren…m/help/faq - See also !P2P | Seveas Added on: 2006-06-18 17:03:09 Last edited by oCean Last modified: 2012-01-14 16:17:16 Requested 1341 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 |
| kubuntu | <reply> Kubuntu is the Ubuntu flavour using KDE Software and the KDE Plasma Workspaces. See https://kubuntu.org for more information - For support join #kubuntu - See also !kde | gnomefreak Added on: 2006-08-02 23:45:20 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2017-10-22 21:35:42 Requested 1198 times |
| editors editor vim emacs nano kate gedit vi ed | <reply> Text Editors: gedit (GNOME), Kate (KDE), mousepad (Xfce4) - Terminal-based: nano, vi/vim, emacs, ed - For HTML/CSS editors, see !html - For programming editors and IDE, see !code | apokryphos Added on: 2006-06-18 17:49:42 Last edited by nhandler Last modified: 2010-07-07 04:38:32 Requested 1193 times |
| ftp ftp clients ftp client | <reply> FTP clients: Nautilus (Places -> Connect to server), gFTP, FileZilla (for !GNOME); Konqueror, Kasablanca, KFTPGrabber (for !KDE); FireFTP (for Firefox); ftp, lftp (for !cli) - See also !FTPd | bimberi Added on: 2006-07-24 06:50:53 Last edited by LjL Last modified: 2009-04-11 01:58:22 Requested 1050 times |
| modem dialup dial up dial-up winmodem knetworkmanager ppp | <reply>You want to connect via dial-up? Read https://help.ubuntu.…ModemHowto - Also try disabling/removing KNetworkManager if KDE applications cannot connect using dial-up | Seveas Added on: 2006-06-18 21:39:25 Last edited by Flannel Last modified: 2009-11-12 06:48:20 Requested 918 times |
| envyng | <deleted><reply> EnvyNG is a program to install newer version of nVidia or ATi drivers on Ubuntu 9.10 or earlier. It can be found in !Universe as "envyng-gtk" (for Gtk/Gnome) or "envyng-qt" (for Qt/KDE). It is NOT a supported method to install video drivers; please only use it if standard methods fail and at your own risk - See also !BinaryDriver. | jussio1 Added on: 2008-05-01 17:30:20 Last edited by genii-around Last modified: 2011-05-25 17:30:24 Requested 858 times |
| code coding ide ides | <reply> Programming editors/suites: Terminal-based: vi/vim, emacs - KDE: Kate, KDevelop, Quanta+, Umbrello - GNOME: gvim, gedit, anjuta, pida, monodevelop, geany - Others: eclipse, netbeans, qtcreator | apokryphos Added on: 2006-06-18 17:51:35 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2010-02-13 11:06:59 Requested 792 times |
| purekde | <reply> If you want to remove all !Gnome packages and have a default !Kubuntu system follow the instructions here « http://www.psychocat…tu/purekde » | ompaul Added on: 2007-10-12 23:32:22 Last edited by pangolin Last modified: 2011-10-25 00:54:08 Requested 783 times |
| keyboard keybinding keyboards layout | <reply> To switch your keyboard layout on GNOME: System -> Preferences -> Keyboard | KDE: System Settings -> Regional & Language -> Keyboard Layout | XFCE: Settings -> Settings Manager -> Keyboard, Layout | Seveas Added on: 2006-06-19 10:48:21 Last edited by Myrtti Last modified: 2011-07-19 15:42:13 Requested 717 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 |
| ftpd ftp servers ftp server ftp-server | <reply> FTP servers: ftpd, proftpd, pure-ftpd, twoftpd, vsftpd, MuddleFTPd, wzdftpd - Graphical front-ends: PureAdmin, GProftpd (for GNOME), KcmPureftpd (for !KDE) - See also !FTP | apokryphos Added on: 2006-06-18 16:16:36 Last edited by Pici Last modified: 2007-10-23 18:42:41 Requested 640 times |
| changethemes changetheme | <reply> To change GNOME themes: https://help.ubuntu.…uEyeCandy. Kubuntu (KDE) themes: https://help.ubuntu.…zeKubuntu. Xubuntu (Xfce): !xfce-themes | Seveas Added on: 2006-06-18 16:25:41 Last edited by knome Last modified: 2011-10-23 00:26:39 Requested 626 times |
| kdesu kdesudo | <reply> In KDE use « kdesudo <program> » to run graphical applications with root privileges when you have to. Never just use "sudo"! | See http://psychocats.ne…phicalsudo to find out why. | apokryphos Added on: 2006-06-18 15:44:52 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2012-04-21 15:55:39 Requested 573 times |
| browsers http browser lynx links2 konqueror | <reply> Some of the Web Browsers in Ubuntu's repositories include: Firefox (XUL, Gecko), Rekonq (KDE, WebKit), Konqueror (KDE, KHTML/WebKit), Chromium (GTK+, WebKit), Epiphany(GTK+, WebKit), Arora (Qt/KDE, WebKit), Midori (GTK+, WebKit), w3m (terminal-based), links2 (terminal-based or graphical, see !manpage), edbrowse (terminal-based). Along with many others. | apokryphos Added on: 2006-06-18 16:42:31 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2012-02-11 23:09:20 Requested 506 times |
| tv tvcard tv card dvb tuner | <reply> http://www.linuxtv.org/ has extensive information about using TV cards under Linux. Available viewers for analog cards: Zapping, tvtime (GTK/GNOME), Kaffeine, kdetv (KDE), xawtv, motv. For digital cards: Me-TV (GNOME), Klear (KDE), dvb-utils. For both analog and digital cards, !MythTV is a powerful framework. Your card may work the !IVTV drivers. See also !TV-Out | LjL Added on: 2007-05-29 19:19:48 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2017-11-10 22:29:00 Requested 497 times |
| desktop desktops | <reply> A desktop environment is what "puts the pieces of a !GUI together". The available desktop environments in Ubuntu are !GNOME (ubuntu-desktop), !KDE (kubuntu-desktop), !Xfce (xubuntu-desktop), !LXDE (lubuntu-desktop), IceWM, !Fluxbox, WindowMaker (wmaker), FVWM and others - See also !Flavors | Seveas Added on: 2006-06-19 11:23:31 Last edited by IdleOne Last modified: 2013-02-11 03:18:14 Requested 443 times |
| cli | <deleted><reply>The linux terminal or command-line interface is very powerful. Open a terminal via Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal (Gnome) or K-menu -> System -> Konsole (KDE). Guide: https://help.ubuntu.…heTerminal or type in it: man intro | Seveas Added on: 2006-06-18 16:19:48 Last edited by ikonia Last modified: 2014-07-19 14:37:06 Requested 433 times |
| scanning xsane scan sane | <reply> Scanning software: Simple-Scan (GNOME), Xsane, the GIMP (GNOME), Kooka (KDE). For instructions see https://help.ubuntu.…nningHowTo and to see supported hardware: https://wiki.ubuntu.…tsScanners - See also !OCR | Seveas Added on: 2006-06-18 20:33:36 Last edited by rww Last modified: 2011-01-02 04:13:46 Requested 431 times |
| icons desktopicons trashicon | <reply> Want to see volume/trash icons on the desktop? Go to /apps/nautilus/desktop in gconf-editor (GNOME) or go to http://kudos.berlios…#showtrash (KDE) | Seveas Added on: 2006-06-19 12:24:32 Last edited by LjL Last modified: 2008-03-14 15:27:08 Requested 418 times |
| purexfce purexubuntu | <reply> If you want to remove all !KDE and !Gnome packages and have a default !Xubuntu system follow the instructions here « http://www.psychocat…u/purexfce » | stdin Added on: 2008-07-30 21:41:26 Last edited by knome Last modified: 2013-02-08 23:37:30 Requested 364 times |
| autostart-#kubuntu | <reply> Use the tool in System Settings -> (Advanced tab) Autostart, or System Settings -> Startup and Shutdown, to make programs automatically start in KDE session. See !boot for managing which non-interactive programs start at boot | fdoving Added on: 2007-01-03 22:27:00 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2010-10-30 01:32:29 Requested 345 times |
| k3b | a feature-rich and user-friendly burning application for KDE (and, as all KDE applications, works fine on GNOME). For a guide, see https://help.ubuntu.…y/K3BHowto | apokryphos Added on: 2006-06-18 20:53:04 Never edited Requested 289 times |
| qt | <reply> the Qt toolkit (pronounced "cute"), which forms the base of !KDE, is a cross-platform C++ application framework for !CLI and !GUI applications. Install libqt4-dev and see !build to compile Qt4 applications, join #qt for development support | apokryphos Added on: 2006-06-19 23:23:17 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2011-03-09 10:57:39 Requested 261 times |
| arm | <reply> ARM is a specific (RISC) processor architecture used in a variety of applications such as handhelds and networkdevices. For more information see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM . For ARM specific support, stop by the #ubuntu-arm channel. | jussi Added on: 2011-01-29 13:25:50 Last edited by topyli Last modified: 2011-01-29 13:52:47 Requested 258 times |
| gui | <reply> The graphical user interface (GUI) in Ubuntu is composed of many elements, including the !X server, a window manager, and a desktop environment such as !GNOME or !KDE (which themselves use the !GTK and !Qt toolkits respectively) | LjL Added on: 2006-12-14 19:56:09 Never edited Requested 204 times |
| kopete im-#kubuntu | <reply> Instant Messenger Client Kopete (http://kopete.kde.org) supports MSN, Jabber, AIM, YIM, Gadu-Gadu, Novell Groupwise, ICQ and, in KDE 3, IRC. See also !Pidgin | Tm_T Added on: 2007-11-14 13:16:40 Last edited by stdin Last modified: 2008-09-18 09:27:41 Requested 189 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 |
| ripping rip | <reply> For information about the Sound Juicer ripping application see: https://help.ubuntu.…CDRipping. To rip an Audio CD in KDE, put it in and then put audiocd:// in the Konqueror URL bar | apokryphos Added on: 2006-06-19 13:04:46 Never edited Requested 173 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 |
| intrepidkde3 | <deleted><reply> Kubuntu 8.04 ships with KDE3 and full support. Karmic and above do not include KDE3, but a remix install CD can be obtained at https://wiki.kubuntu…de3/Karmic (or .../Lucid, etc.). This is not officially supported. Support, instructions, and ways to contribute can be found on the wikipage. | jussi01 Added on: 2008-10-31 19:03:25 Last edited by genii-around Last modified: 2011-05-26 16:57:45 Requested 134 times |
| neon project-neon | <reply> KDE Neon ( http://neon.kde.org/ ) is a KDE project to package the latest stable and development versions of KDE software on top of an Ubuntu base. As it is not an official Ubuntu or Kubuntu project, please use #kde-neon for discussion and support. | stdin Added on: 2008-09-19 19:00:47 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2016-04-02 00:24:58 Requested 126 times |
| purelxde purelubuntu | <reply>If you want to remove all !KDE, !GNOME and !XFCE packages and have a default !Lubuntu system follow the instructions here « http://www.psychocat…u/purelxde » | Tm_T Added on: 2011-06-10 05:24:01 Last edited by Tm_T Last modified: 2011-06-10 05:24:56 Requested 121 times |
| superkaramba karamba | an application that gives you interactive eye-candy on your desktop. To get themes for it, head over to http://kde-look.org | apokryphos Added on: 2006-06-19 11:07:06 Never edited Requested 118 times |
| katapult | theapplication launcher for KDE, to be used with applications, bookmarks, and Amarok playlists. Once you have installed, hit Alt+f2 -> katapult, then hit Alt+Space, and type what you want. | apokryphos Added on: 2006-06-19 10:58:05 Last edited by stdin Last modified: 2008-11-06 03:01:45 Requested 117 times |
| shortcuts-#kubuntu | <reply> Keyboard shortcuts can be set in System Settings -> Keyboard & Mouse. If your multimedia keys don't work with that, try the 'keytouch' package, explained at https://wiki.kubuntu…imediaKeys - See !Keyboard for changing layouts. | LjL Added on: 2007-10-04 23:33:09 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2010-10-30 01:50:26 Requested 105 times |
| jabber | a free and open source instant messaging protocol, unlike MSN and AIM. Supporting clients on Linux: Kopete (KDE), Pidgin, Gajim, and Empathy (GNOME), bitlbee (cli/irc). For more info see http://www.jabber.org/ | apokryphos Added on: 2006-06-18 17:39:32 Last edited by tonyyarusso Last modified: 2009-09-28 01:15:28 Requested 91 times |
| kickoff | <deleted>a new KDE menu replacement developed by openSUSE. See http://www.kdedevelo…/node/2331 | apokryphos Added on: 2006-11-06 12:00:09 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2011-03-03 21:42:33 Requested 79 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 | LjL Added on: 2007-12-15 15:47:48 Never edited Requested 56 times |
| gnutella | <reply> Some Gnutella clients: GTK-Gnutella (GTK, stand-alone), gifTui, giFToxic (GTK, based on giFT), Apollon (KDE, based on giFT), mldonkey-gui (GTK, based on MLDonkey), KMLDonkey (KDE, based on MLDonkey) - See also !P2P | LjL Added on: 2007-09-28 20:01:51 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2011-09-07 11:30:12 Requested 55 times |
| removegnome removekde removexfce | <reply> Want to remove gnome/kde/xfce completely? Look at debfoster, it's a great help | Seveas Added on: 2006-06-18 00:38:26 Never edited Requested 54 times |
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