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| samba swat smb | <reply> Samba is the way to cooperate with Windows environments. Links with more info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MountWindowsSharesPermanently and https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/samba-introduction | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 13:57:50 Last edited by genii Date: 2021-10-12 18:43:14 Requested 5822 times |
| 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 |
| netsplit | <reply> A netsplit is when two IRC servers of the same network (like Libera) disconnect from each other, so users on one server stop seeing users on the other. If this is happening now, just relax and enjoy the show. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netsplit | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 18:56:28 Last edited by kryten Date: 2021-05-24 22:54:11 Requested 2905 times |
| minimal mini mini.iso miniiso minimalcd | <reply> The Minimal CD image (mini.iso) was available for Ubuntu releases up to 18.04 LTS. The default Ubuntu Server installer covers all of its installation scenarios. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD | Added by LjL Date: 2006-12-15 03:19:53 Last edited by tomreyn Date: 2023-02-04 08:42:30 Requested 2609 times |
| hardy heron 8.04 | <reply> Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) was the eighth release of Ubuntu. Desktop support ended on May 12 2011, Server support ended on May 9th 2013. See https://ubottu.com/y/hardy for more details. | Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-08-29 22:41:06 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 07:01:30 Requested 2471 times |
| lucid 10.04 | <reply> Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) was the twelfth release of Ubuntu. Desktop support ended May 9 2013. Server support ended on April 30 2015. See https://ubottu.com/y/lucid for more details. | Added by Amaranth Date: 2009-09-20 08:35:19 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 07:01:58 Requested 2351 times |
| lts | <reply> LTS means Long Term Support. LTS versions are supported for 5 years on the desktop and server. The latest LTS version of Ubuntu is !$curLTS ($curLTSLong $curLTSNum). Ubuntu !flavors may have different support durations, check their release notes for information. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:13:48 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-05-01 19:28:52 Requested 2267 times |
| server ubuntu-server | <reply> Ubuntu Server is a release of Ubuntu designed especially for server environments that ships with no GUI. Current !LTS version is !$curLTS ($curLTSLong $curLTSNum) - More info: https://ubuntu.com/server - Guide: https://ubuntu.com/server/docs - Support in #ubuntu-server | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 08:25:07 Last edited by tomreyn Date: 2023-10-10 22:19:47 Requested 1698 times |
| download mirror mirrors | <reply> Ubuntu installation CDs can be downloaded from http://releases.ubuntu.com - Mirrors can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mirrors - PLEASE use the !torrents to download !$curStable, and help keeping the servers' load low! | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 08:46:50 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:39:20 Requested 1655 times |
| torrents | <reply> $curStable can be torrented from http://torrent.ubuntu.com/simple/$curStableLower/desktop/ubuntu-$curStableNum-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent or http://torrent.ubuntu.com/simple/$curStableLower/live-server/ubuntu-$curStableNum-live-server-amd64.iso.torrent depending on your needs. Other flavors can be found at http://torrent.ubuntu.com:6969 | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-10-26 13:27:56 Last edited by dax Date: 2020-04-23 18:16:52 Requested 1088 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 | Added by bimberi Date: 2006-07-24 06:50:53 Last edited by LjL Date: 2009-04-11 01:58:22 Requested 1051 times |
| time ntp | <reply> Information about using and setting your computer's clock on Ubuntu can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuTime - See https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/NTP.html for information on usage of the Network Time Protocol (NTP) | Added by LjL Date: 2007-12-11 16:11:33 Last edited by knome Date: 2015-07-27 16:41:04 Requested 793 times |
| pulseaudio pulse | <reply> PulseAudio is a sound server intended as a drop-in replacement for !ESD - See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PulseAudio for information and installation instructions | Added by LjL Date: 2008-02-19 03:58:10 Requested 772 times |
| dontzap | <deleted><reply> To re-enable the Ctrl-Alt-Backspace combination that restarts your X server see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/DontZap | Added by LjL Date: 2009-03-20 02:24:54 Last edited by bazhang Date: 2012-04-19 16:03:58 Requested 696 times |
| xconfig | <reply> To reconfigure your X server, open a console and type « sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg » - To configure only the driver and resolution, type « sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg -phigh » - See also !FixRes | Added by nalioth Date: 2006-08-07 20:14:52 Requested 683 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 | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:16:36 Last edited by Pici Date: 2007-10-23 18:42:41 Requested 640 times |
| dapper drake dapper drake 6.06 | <reply> Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake) was the fourth release of Ubuntu. Desktop support ended on July 14th 2009, Server support ended on June 1st 2011. See !eol and !upgrade for more details. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:17:22 Last edited by Pici Date: 2011-06-01 21:31:13 Requested 558 times |
| gpgerr badsig ppagpg | <reply> Getting GPG errors after adding custom repositories? Find the GPG keyword for the repository (it's 437D05B5 for the standard ones) and run « sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com <key> » | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-29 17:03:36 Last edited by nhandler Date: 2010-11-30 02:27:36 Requested 529 times |
| tor | <reply> Tor is a program to route connections through several servers for anonymity. It is in Ubuntu's repositories, but the Tor Project recommends using their Tor packages due to past issues with Ubuntu's. For setup info, see option (2) of https://www.torproject.org/docs/debian.html.en | Added by LjL Date: 2007-11-04 23:20:20 Last edited by ezri Date: 2016-03-09 21:22:05 Requested 516 times |
| postfix | the default !MTA and !MDA on Ubuntu. For help, read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Postfix and https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PostfixBasicSetupHowto - See also !MailServer | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 08:33:44 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-12-11 16:29:03 Requested 330 times |
| dns | <reply> To set up a Domain Name Service see the !serverguide - https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/dns.html | Added by Madpilot Date: 2007-11-12 07:06:45 Last edited by knome Date: 2015-07-27 16:41:45 Requested 306 times |
| security | <reply> Security Updates are dealt with here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Security - See also !root, !firewall, !server, and !usn | Added by LjL Date: 2007-01-31 19:20:20 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-02-16 22:21:16 Requested 298 times |
| serverguide guide | <reply> The Ubuntu server guide may be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/ | Added by jpds Date: 2008-07-20 19:30:54 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:54:04 Requested 275 times |
| mailserver mail server smtp | <reply> Ubuntu supports the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) and provides mail server software of many kinds. You can install a basic email handling configuration with the "Mail server" task during installation, or with the "tasksel" command. See also https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MailServer and https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/email-services.html | Added by LjL Date: 2007-12-11 15:58:41 Last edited by knome Date: 2015-07-27 16:43:32 Requested 254 times |
| portforward ports port | <reply> For instructions on how to set up port-forwarding (for games, torrents, webservers) see http://portforward.com - also see !firewall | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 10:53:19 Requested 252 times |
| ldap | <reply> LDAP is the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. For more information, installation instructions and getting clients to authenticate via LDAP see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OpenLDAPServer | Added by LjL Date: 2006-11-29 23:50:51 Last edited by stdin Date: 2009-02-03 11:24:16 Requested 250 times |
| ltsp | <reply> LTSP is the Linux Terminal Server Project, which adds thin-client support to Linux servers. See chapter 3 of the !edubuntuhandbook, http://www.ltsp.org and/or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Terminal_Server_Project | Added by bimberi Date: 2007-05-09 05:45:11 Last edited by bimberi Date: 2007-05-09 05:51:02 Requested 229 times |
| zentyal ebox | a web-based GUI interface for administering a server. It is designed to work with Ubuntu/Debian style configuration management. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Zentyal (Project formally known as eBox - including in Lucid/10.04). | Added by Daviey Date: 2011-05-24 23:17:48 Last edited by Daviey Date: 2011-05-24 23:27:59 Requested 221 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) | Added by LjL Date: 2006-12-14 19:56:09 Requested 208 times |
| mir | <reply> Mir is a display server developed by Canonical and Ubuntu. From Ubuntu 17.04 ( Zesty Zapus ) onward, emphasis has shifted to embedded devices and applications, notably UBports as stated by Mark Shuttleworth ( https://plus.google.com/+MarkShuttleworthCanonical/posts/7LYubpaHUHH ). Regular Ubuntu 17.10 onwards will use GNOME. | Added by Pici Date: 2008-01-14 19:11:47 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:22:31 Requested 206 times |
| dhcp | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, a protocol for automatic IP assignment from a router. Ubuntu uses dhclient as a DHCP client but other ones (and DHCP servers too) can be obtained from the !repos. More info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DHCP | Added by tonyyarusso Date: 2007-04-12 20:24:23 Last edited by tonyyarusso Date: 2007-04-12 20:25:10 Requested 188 times |
| php | <reply> PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language. A command-line only version can be installed in Ubuntu with the "php5-cli" package. See also !lamp for integrated server PHP. The Ubuntu server PHP5 guide is found at https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/php5.html | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 02:23:01 Last edited by knome Date: 2015-07-27 16:44:01 Requested 181 times |
| identify | <reply> You can identify to NickServ automatically when connecting to Libera. See https://libera.chat/guides/sasl for more information. When identifying manually, do NOT send the command from a channel tab, as a typo will give away your password. If that happens, identify and then type «/msg NickServ set password <newpass>» in the server tab as soon as possible. | Added by LjL Date: 2008-02-09 03:30:18 Last edited by kryten Date: 2021-05-24 22:54:37 Requested 174 times |
| sshd | <reply> SSH is the Secure SHell protocol, sshd is the server (or daemon) of SSH. For setting up the SSH server, please see: https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/openssh-server.html . Advanced SSH uses: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSH/OpenSSH/Advanced . For SSH client information, see !ssh . Related: !scp (Secure CoPy) | Added by Pici Date: 2008-09-30 18:26:26 Last edited by knome Date: 2015-07-27 16:44:18 Requested 149 times |
| resolvconf resolv.conf | <reply>resolvconf is a set of scripts that's used to manage /etc/resolv.conf in 12.04 and later, for more information please see: http://www.stgraber.org/2012/02/24/dns-in-ubuntu-12-04/ and https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/network-configuration.html#name-resolution | Added by tsimpson Date: 2012-05-08 13:27:02 Last edited by knome Date: 2015-07-27 16:44:50 Requested 142 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 |
| mta | <reply> A Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) is the server software that sends and queues mail. The default MTA (and !MDA) on Ubuntu is !postfix ("exim" is also officially supported). See also !MailServer and !MUA | Added by LjL Date: 2007-12-11 15:52:44 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-12-11 16:30:17 Requested 132 times |
| ops-#ubuntu-server | <reply> Help! Channel emergency! infinity, soren, lamont, mathiaz, Pici, Daviey, Tm_T, Corey, IdleOne, ikonia, funkyhat, Myrtti, ocean, genii, phunyguy! | Added by LjL Date: 2008-09-25 23:48:35 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2017-08-30 19:50:29 Requested 119 times |
| aptproxy apt-proxy | <reply> apt-proxy is a program that acts as a local apt repository server for a LAN, only fetching from the internet when required. To set it up see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptProxy | Added by bimberi Date: 2006-10-27 04:06:15 Requested 104 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 |
| mailprotocols imap dovecot pop | <reply> IMAP and POP are protocols for fetching email. The officially-supported server in Ubuntu is Dovecot (packages "dovecot-imapd" for IMAP, and "dovecot-pop3d" for POP) - See also !MailServer for information on the SMTP protocol | Added by LjL Date: 2007-12-11 16:01:36 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-12-11 16:06:18 Requested 94 times |
| upnp mediatomb | <reply> To stream media to other UPNP aware devices (such as the Xbox, PS3, or iRadio) you need a UPNP server. See !info mediatomb for information regarding the MediaTomb package | Added by Mez Date: 2008-06-21 01:04:52 Last edited by Mez Date: 2008-06-21 01:08:28 Requested 75 times |
| oracle | <deleted><reply> If you -must- install oracle .... here's a good place to start: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/linux/xe-on-kubuntu-087822.html | Added by Spec Date: 2006-07-19 22:24:00 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-05-26 15:26:51 Requested 74 times |
| modeline | <reply>A Modeline is a config line in the X server configuration file that gives info about a connected display and how to drive it at a specified display resolution. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XFree86_Modeline for more details. Here are 2 links to generate modelines which fit your monitor: http://bohne-lang.de/spec/linux/modeline/ and http://xtiming.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/xtiming.pl | Added by zorglu_ Date: 2006-10-22 20:21:59 Last edited by PriceChild Date: 2007-04-04 02:26:21 Requested 74 times |
| teg | <deleted><reply> Come play teg with us! (Like the board game Risk.) Game will start when we get some players rounded up - get yourself set up and join quickly if you'd like to participate. Install the "teg" package, run 'tegclient', and connect to server home.tonyyarusso.com, , port 2000. Ping tonyyarusso for more info. | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2006-12-16 16:09:28 Last edited by dax Date: 2019-11-27 20:44:25 Requested 73 times |
| jeos | <reply> JeOS (pronounced "Juice") is Just enough Operating System. It is an efficient variant of the Ubuntu Server operating system, configured specifically for virtual appliances. See http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/serveredition/jeos for more information. | Added by Pici Date: 2007-12-11 15:45:22 Requested 58 times |
| voip | <reply> VoIP is Voice over IP. The default VoIP client for Ubuntu is !Ekiga. There is also an xmpp voice component in !Empathy. Kubuntu Clients include Kphone and Twinkle. Proprietary Clients include !Skype and Gizmo5. VoIP server applications include Asterisk and Yate ( both in repositories ), FreePBX, and SipX. | Added by genii Date: 2009-11-12 21:12:45 Last edited by genii Date: 2009-11-12 21:45:39 Requested 57 times |
| livepatch | <reply> Canonical Livepatch is a service offered by Canonical for 64 bit 14.04 and higher installs that modifies the currently running kernel for updates without the need to restart. More information can be found at https://ubottu.com/y/livepatch and https://www.ubuntu.com/server/livepatch | Added by Pici Date: 2016-10-28 15:56:01 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2018-08-29 19:47:45 Requested 48 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 |
| links | <reply> DON'T POST LINKS! $curDevel isn't out until it's announced, and indicating anything otherwise causes the server to get more load, thus making the release LATER. Is that what you want? | Added by tonyyarusso Date: 2009-10-28 23:56:25 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2010-04-26 23:24:14 Requested 43 times |
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