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| 19.04 disco dingo | <reply> Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo) was the 30th release of Ubuntu, support ended January 23rd, 2020. See !eol and https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2020-January/005263.html | Added by hggdh Date: 2019-02-03 16:08:22 Last edited by krytarik Date: 2021-07-22 19:07:03 Requested 128 times |
| ops-#xubuntu | <reply> Help! Channel emergency! (ONLY use this trigger in emergencies) - elky, Flannel, genii, ikonia, krytarik, mneptok, Myrtti, Pici, pleia2, Unit193. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-23 23:49:36 Last edited by dax Date: 2020-06-22 02:47:31 Requested 127 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 |
| apple | <reply> For PPC discussion, join #ubuntu-powerpc. For discussion on Mac software, or help with same, please visit ##apple. | Added by elky Date: 2009-06-07 13:29:18 Last edited by elky Date: 2009-06-07 13:34:08 Requested 122 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.psychocats.net/ubuntu/purelxde » | Added by Tm_T Date: 2011-06-10 05:24:01 Last edited by Tm_T Date: 2011-06-10 05:24:56 Requested 121 times |
| esm | <reply> Canonical offers paid extended security support for end-of-life LTS releases through the Ubuntu Advantage program. For more information, see https://ubuntu.com/esm . ESM is not an Ubuntu community offering; please direct questions about it to Canonical directly. | Added by dax Date: 2017-05-01 19:34:04 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2018-12-31 16:16:18 Requested 121 times |
| recursion-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> see: !recursion | Added by Flannel Date: 2009-01-25 08:12:06 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2009-01-25 08:12:29 Requested 120 times |
| libsslbug sslbug heartbleed | <reply> A fix for the recent OpenSSL vulnerabilities (2014-0076 & 0160) has been pushed to the Ubuntu repositories. See http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2165-1/ and http://heartbleed.com/ for more information. | Added by PriceChild Date: 2008-05-14 01:47:38 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-06-02 06:36:09 Requested 119 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 |
| 11.10 | <reply> Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) was the fifteenth release of Ubuntu. Desktop support ended on May 9, 2013. See !upgrade, !lts and !eol for more details. | Added by Pici Date: 2011-03-07 17:32:51 Last edited by jrib Date: 2013-06-17 19:26:23 Requested 119 times |
| es-#xubuntu | <deleted><reply> En la mayoría de los canales de Ubuntu, se habla sólo en inglés. Si busca ayuda en español entre al canal #xubuntu-es; escriba "/join #xubuntu-es" (sin comillas) y presione intro. Si nadie responde, puedes intentar preguntando en #ubuntu-es. | Added by rww Date: 2011-07-07 02:35:54 Last edited by knome Date: 2013-08-26 21:37:34 Requested 119 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.com/community/FileCompression | Added by Mez Date: 2006-10-28 06:11:09 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.com/Bugs/HowToFix and http://developer.ubuntu.com/packaging/html/patches-to-packages.html may provide some useful guidelines. | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-12-01 12:13:47 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-03-23 02:46:12 Requested 116 times |
| diskfree df disk-free | <reply> Graphical representations of where your disk-space is being used are: baobab (GNOME), filelight / kinfocenter (Kubuntu). On the terminal: df -h -T | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2006-06-18 16:30:46 Requested 115 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.com/DebootstrapChroot for more information | Added by LjL Date: 2007-04-22 15:12:30 Last edited by Hobbsee Date: 2008-01-02 14:49:58 Requested 115 times |
| ninjas-#kubuntu-devel | <reply> yofel, acheronuk, tsimonq2, santa_, wxl: we need your attention! | Added by stdin Date: 2009-01-10 18:22:18 Last edited by wxl Date: 2016-12-27 23:10:14 Requested 115 times |
| vn ubottu vietnam vietnam | <reply> Để được trợ giúp về Ubuntu bằng ngôn ngữ Việt, xin vui lòng /join #ubuntu-vn. Rất vui lòng được giúp đỡ | Added by elky Date: 2009-02-14 14:25:20 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2009-02-14 14:46:03 Requested 115 times |
| trim ssd | <reply> Many Solid State Drives support TRIM, which allows the drive to do garbage collection and improves performance. Ubuntu 14.04 activates it by default. For older versions, see http://askubuntu.com/a/19480 for information on activating it. | Added by rww Date: 2014-03-29 05:24:27 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-05-16 00:45:48 Requested 114 times |
| web2.0-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> Welcome to - http://zombo.com/ | Added by Myrtti Date: 2008-07-14 02:59:53 Requested 113 times |
| upgrade-#kubuntu | <reply> For upgrading instructions see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/$curStableUpgrades/Kubuntu | Added by tsimpson Date: 2009-05-07 18:40:11 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2012-10-18 17:38:01 Requested 113 times |
| lovetoo-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig, then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun. | Added by Pici Date: 2009-12-11 17:47:58 Requested 113 times |
| ph tagalog | <reply> Join #ubuntu-ph for tagalog | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 00:32:23 Requested 112 times |
| hr croatia croatian | <reply> Odgovarajuci kanal za Hrvatski jezik je #ubuntu-hr, molimo Vas da se pridruzite tom kanalu ukoliko trebate pomoc za Ubuntu, hvala. Croatian language support in #ubuntu-hr | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 17:06:01 Last edited by ompaul Date: 2008-02-16 13:52:03 Requested 112 times |
| bitchx | <reply> bitchx (also known as ircii-pana) was dropped from Debian and subsequently Ubuntu (see: http://bugs.debian.org/451373 ). Consider using irssi or weechat instead. | Added by Pici Date: 2007-10-25 18:38:04 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-31 15:39:48 Requested 110 times |
| cosmic cuttlefish 18.10 comic | <reply> Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish) was the 29th release of Ubuntu. Support ended July 18th, 2019. See !eol and https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2019-July/004996.html | Added by Pici Date: 2018-05-08 15:12:08 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2019-07-19 04:57:33 Requested 107 times |
| ca | <reply> Canadian Ubuntu users can be found in #ubuntu-ca aussi #ubuntu-qc | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 16:39:09 Last edited by genii-around Date: 2011-06-06 02:25:18 Requested 106 times |
| blender | a free application for 3D modelling, animation, rendering, etc. You can install it from Ubuntu's repositories, and tutorials are at http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 12:25:52 Requested 106 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.org/KDEMultimediaKeys - See !Keyboard for changing layouts. | Added by LjL Date: 2007-10-04 23:33:09 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2010-10-30 01:50:26 Requested 105 times |
| kylin ubuntukylin | <reply> Ubuntu Kylin is a variant of Ubuntu that focuses on Chinese users. It is an official part of Ubuntu. For more information, see http://www.ubuntukylin.com/ | Added by rww Date: 2014-01-19 07:10:14 Last edited by krytarik Date: 2018-04-30 16:42:01 Requested 105 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 |
| lart-#ubuntu-offtopic | <deleted><reply> L.A.R.T. is a development tool used for social engineering. [Luser Attitude Readjustment Tool] | Added by LjL Date: 2006-11-21 22:47:59 Last edited by jussi Date: 2010-04-18 13:35:02 Requested 104 times |
| 11.04 | <reply> Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) was the fourteenth release of Ubuntu. Desktop support ended on October 28, 2012. See !upgrade, !lts and !eol for more details. | Added by Pici Date: 2010-08-17 18:38:39 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-28 23:58:30 Requested 104 times |
| ops-#ubuntu-devel | <reply>Help! Channel emergency! mneptok, Hobbsee, cjwatson, lamont, kees, darkwing, Unit193, idleone, infinity, Laney, or slangasek! | Added by gnomefreak Date: 2007-04-02 11:59:08 Last edited by dax Date: 2020-06-14 23:47:14 Requested 103 times |
| ultamatix ultramatix | <reply> Ultamatix is not recommended, supported, or needed by Ubuntu. Use of this software may cause damage to your Ubuntu install. Do not suggest its use in this channel. See http://mjg59.livejournal.com/99905.html and !automatix for more info. | Added by Flannel Date: 2008-07-29 20:03:09 Last edited by jussi01 Date: 2008-11-02 12:44:05 Requested 102 times |
| panels-#xubuntu | <alias> xfce4-panel | Added by Amaranth Date: 2009-02-06 22:43:21 Last edited by knome Date: 2011-10-23 00:11:35 Requested 102 times |
| label | <reply> To rename the labels of your partitions, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RenameUSBDrive. | Added by jrib Date: 2008-06-25 00:23:45 Last edited by jrib Date: 2008-06-25 00:24:29 Requested 101 times |
| sshfs | a !Fuse based filesystem which allows you to mount a remote system over !SSH - See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSHFS for instructions | Added by jpds Date: 2009-02-15 18:29:16 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:45:11 Requested 100 times |
| nickspoon-#ubuntu-offtopic | <deleted><reply> There is no nick! | Added by LjL Date: 2007-04-19 22:15:09 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-09-02 19:11:53 Requested 99 times |
| fr-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> Ce canal est en anglais uniquement. Si vous voulez discuter en francais, merci de rejoindre #ubuntu-fr-offtopic | Added by LjL Date: 2008-10-18 00:59:23 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-10-04 21:53:25 Requested 99 times |
| membership | <reply>Ubuntu Membership means recognition of a significant and sustained contribution to Ubuntu and the Ubuntu community. For more info see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership/NewMember | Added by Mez Date: 2007-01-22 16:02:33 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-12-04 22:29:06 Requested 98 times |
| ibus | <reply> IBus is used to allow multilingual input such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean (CJK), Devanagari and Dravidian characters in !GUI applications - see also: !SCIM. For more info on Ibus see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ibus | Added by tsimpson Date: 2010-06-03 15:20:31 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2010-08-22 05:19:43 Requested 98 times |
| kernelparm kernelparam cmdline | <reply> To add a one-time or permanent kernel boot parameter see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelBootParameters | Added by hggdh Date: 2019-01-08 19:23:03 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2019-01-08 20:06:45 Requested 97 times |
| openweek open week uow | <reply>Ubuntu is hosting a series of introductory sessions for people who want to join the Ubuntu community, which all takes place in a week. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek for schedules, logs, and instructions. | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-11-25 21:27:11 Last edited by Mez Date: 2008-08-07 22:33:03 Requested 95 times |
| binarydriver-#ubuntu+1 | <deleted><reply> For Ati/NVidia/Matrox video cards, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VideoDriverHowto | The ATI and nVidia binary drivers may not currently be installable. | Added by stdin Date: 2008-10-03 10:02:27 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2012-04-26 17:51:59 Requested 95 times |
| sk | <reply> Žiadame slovenských používateľov aby v kanáli #ubuntu hovorili po anglicky. Slovensky a česky sa dohovoríte v #ubuntu-cz. | Added by jrib Date: 2007-11-20 14:31:39 Last edited by PriceChild Date: 2007-11-28 22:02:28 Requested 94 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 |
| lococouncil | <reply>The LoCo Council is nhaines, svij, Letozaf, kenvandine, kyrofa, and gsilvapt - they are here to help, just ask! :) You can send them an email at loco-council@lists.ubuntu.com | Added by Pici Date: 2012-10-02 15:48:38 Last edited by wxl Date: 2017-12-27 14:46:35 Requested 93 times |
| speech recognition-#ubuntu-offtopic voice recognition-#ubuntu-offtopic iphone keyboard-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> Dear Aunt, let's set so double the killer delete select all. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-10-03 01:09:52 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2011-08-16 01:49:11 Requested 92 times |
| 19.10 eoan ermine | <reply> Ubuntu 19.10 (Eoan Ermine) was the 31st release of Ubuntu, support ended July 2020. See !eol and https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2020-July/005494.html | Added by dax Date: 2019-05-07 15:02:45 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2020-07-17 19:11:29 Requested 92 times |
| quake | <reply> Quake runs natively under Ubuntu - See http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/linux/quake4/Quake4FrontPage/ for details | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 00:37:10 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-31 15:41:39 Requested 91 times |
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