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| 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 |
| cups | <alias> printing | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 16:28:32 Last edited by Pici Date: 2007-11-04 18:21:54 Requested 120 times |
| vesa | the default video driver if X can't find a better one. Also see !x | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 09:19:10 Requested 120 times |
| rootshell | <reply> Using !sudo with single commands is preferable in most circumstances. However, if you really need a root shell, use « sudo -i » (other variants of this commands are redundant and/or potentially dangerous) | Added by LjL Date: 2008-01-12 00:34:16 Last edited by LjL Date: 2008-01-26 00:43:31 Requested 120 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 |
| xy | <reply> The XY problem is when you need to do X, and you think you can use Y to do X, so you ask about how to do Y, when what you really should do is state what your X problem is. There may be a Z solution that is even better than Y, but nobody can suggest it if X is never mentioned. | Added by jrib Date: 2011-02-28 20:13:32 Last edited by jrib Date: 2011-02-28 20:42:15 Requested 120 times |
| linux virus linuxvirus | <reply> The short life and hard times of a Linux Virus http://librenix.com/?inode=21 | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:15:23 Requested 119 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 |
| whoami | <reply> use @whoami | Added by stdin Date: 2008-09-24 09:27:27 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 |
| 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 | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 11:07:06 Requested 118 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 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. | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 10:58:05 Last edited by stdin Date: 2008-11-06 03:01:45 Requested 117 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 |
| training | <alias> documentation | Added by LjL Date: 2008-02-08 20:27:33 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-01-07 14:19:25 Requested 117 times |
| telnet | not safe. Please use ssh instead. See !ssh | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 15:45:32 Requested 116 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 |
| 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/ | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 11:18:51 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-31 15:36:43 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 |
| fps glxgears | <reply> To display the FPS in glxgears, run 'glxgears' in a terminal. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 21:55:05 Last edited by Pici Date: 2008-05-09 22:32:06 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 | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 11:05:44 Requested 114 times |
| cookie | <alias> helpersnack | Added by jussi01 Date: 2008-06-28 20:20:34 Last edited by jussi01 Date: 2008-06-28 20:20:52 Requested 114 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 |
| dri | direct rendering infrastructure, a framework for allowing direct access to graphics hardware under the X Window System in a safe and efficient manner. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 13:40:19 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 |
| 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 |
| ompaul | <deleted>well ompaul, don't get me started about that guy | Added by ompaul Date: 2007-04-22 21:42:23 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-09-13 23:55:39 Requested 111 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 |
| release | <alias> releases | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 21:05:40 Last edited by rww Date: 2016-02-04 20:16:35 Requested 109 times |
| bumblebee | <reply> The Bumblebee Project aims to support NVIDIA Optimus technology under Linux. The Bumblebee website can be found at http://bumblebee-project.org/ | Added by knome Date: 2014-01-04 20:24:47 Requested 109 times |
| netplan | <reply> Netplan is a network configuration abstraction renderer which uses YAML descriptions of a network to work with either a NetworkManager or Systemd-networkd "renderer". More information at https://netplan.io/ | Added by genii Date: 2018-05-31 19:13:21 Requested 109 times |
| opabuse | <reply>Leave the ops alone! | Added by ompaul Date: 2007-07-02 22:36:18 Last edited by Amaranth Date: 2008-02-04 03:43:55 Requested 108 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 |
| night | <reply> It's the middle of the night in the US and Europe, and surrounds. This means that a lot of people are likely asleep, therefore there are less potential people who can answer your question. Please be patient, and consider asking at a time when more people will be awake. This is particularly true in the quieter channels. | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-05-27 13:30:59 Last edited by Hobbsee Date: 2007-05-27 13:35:36 Requested 105 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 |
| xdmcp | the X Display Manger Control Protocol -- look at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/XDMCP-HOWTO/ to find out how to configure it | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-11-07 20:45:30 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 |
| bootchart | <reply> bootchart charts your machine at boot time, to install >> sudo apt-get install bootchart << the graphic is in /var/log/bootchart after the next reboot | Added by ompaul Date: 2008-02-24 21:34:35 Last edited by ompaul Date: 2008-02-24 21:35:27 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 |
| customlivecd | <alias> remaster | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 13:35:06 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-07-11 01:37:10 Requested 103 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 |
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