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| games nexuiz wow warcraft et fun doom doom3 | <reply> Information about games on Ubuntu can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Games and http://www.icculus.org/lgfaq/gamelist.php and http://www.penguspy.com/ | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 14:02:03 Last edited by Pici Date: 2010-11-28 15:38:44 Requested 2321 times |
| virus 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.com/community/Antivirus | Added by ompaul Date: 2006-08-11 08:38:28 Last edited by knome Date: 2015-07-06 22:31:40 Requested 2225 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. | Added by somerville32 Date: 2006-12-14 20:17:34 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-05-09 17:43:50 Requested 2189 times |
| printing printer printers print cups cupsys ipp | <reply> Printing in Ubuntu is done with cups. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Printers - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsPrinters - http://linuxprinting.org - Printer sharing: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkPrintingWithUbuntu | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 16:31:13 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2012-12-26 05:41:14 Requested 2150 times |
| google lmgtfy | <reply> While Google is useful for helpers, many newer users don't have the google-fu yet. Please don't tell people to "google it" when they ask a question. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-02 10:43:18 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2009-07-08 08:31:37 Requested 2077 times |
| manual | <reply> The Ubuntu Manual will help you become familiar with everyday tasks such as surfing the web, listening to music and scanning documents. With an emphasis on easy to follow instructions, it is suitable for all levels of experience. http://ubuntu-manual.org/ | Added by Pici Date: 2010-04-29 00:06:17 Last edited by Pici Date: 2010-04-29 00:09:15 Requested 2060 times |
| helpersnack cookie | <reply> Wow! You're such a great helper, you deserve a cookie! | Added by fdoving Date: 2007-05-18 16:40:16 Requested 2016 times |
| ipod iphone | <reply> For information on how to sync and add tracks to your iPod, see the guide at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IPodHowto - For the iPhone and the iPod Touch, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PortableDevices/iPhone - See !RockBox for information on liberating your iPod | Added by Madpilot Date: 2006-08-08 05:27:49 Last edited by LjL Date: 2009-03-26 03:03:20 Requested 1976 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.com/community/InstallingKDE . See http://kubuntu.org for more information. | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 02:32:36 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:53:08 Requested 1973 times |
| skype skyperecord skyperecording | <reply> To install Skype on Ubuntu, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Skype - To record on Skype, check: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SkypeRecordingHowto - Please use open protocols instead if you can, see !Ekiga | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 20:24:50 Last edited by LjL Date: 2009-03-04 19:18:37 Requested 1925 times |
| vnc | <reply> VNC is a protocol for remote desktop. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VNCOverSSH describes how to use it securely. It works best over fast connections, otherwise look at !FreeNX | Added by bimberi Date: 2006-07-07 02:29:55 Requested 1920 times |
| ccsm | <reply> To enable advanced customization of desktop effects in Ubuntu: install 'compizconfig-settings-manager' (or 'simple-ccsm' for pre-Oneiric). If you install the latter, a new option will appear in your appearance properties - See also !compiz - Help in #compiz | Added by Pici Date: 2007-10-17 19:28:01 Last edited by Pici Date: 2011-10-28 13:52:07 Requested 1918 times |
| font | <reply>Font installation basics here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FontInstallHowto - No fonts in Flash? Install "msttcorefonts" (from !Multiverse), "gsfonts", and "gsfonts-x11". For the official ubuntu font, see: http://font.ubuntu.com/ | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 19:49:12 Last edited by jussi Date: 2011-09-07 10:47:42 Requested 1845 times |
| uefi efi | <reply> UEFI is a specification that defines a software interface between an operating system and platform firmware. It is meant as a replacement for the BIOS. For information on how to set up and install Ubuntu and its derivatives on UEFI machines please read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI | Added by IdleOne Date: 2012-12-19 19:32:00 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2014-01-02 01:01:53 Requested 1828 times |
| backports backport | <reply> If new updated Ubuntu packages are built for an application, then they may go into Ubuntu Backports. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports - See also !packaging | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 11:41:17 Last edited by Hobbsee Date: 2007-12-19 05:29:59 Requested 1747 times |
| vmware | <reply> VMWare is not available in the Ubuntu repositories. Consider using !QEmu or !VirtualBox as alternatives. Instructions for installing VMWare manually are at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VMware | Added by LjL Date: 2006-06-22 03:31:26 Last edited by LjL Date: 2008-11-12 12:57:43 Requested 1746 times |
| virtualbox vbox | <reply> Virtualbox is a virtualizer for x86 and amd64 architectures. It's available in the package "virtualbox" in the !repositories, and you can download the Virtualbox Extension Pack for additional, non-Free functionality at http://virtualbox.org . Additional details can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VirtualBox | Added by LjL Date: 2007-01-23 16:27:30 Last edited by pangolin Date: 2011-11-29 12:28:51 Requested 1728 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.com/community/LinuxFilesystemTreeOverview see also: man hier | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 23:17:27 Last edited by Pici Date: 2010-02-05 20:56:11 Requested 1726 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.com/community/FileCompression. There is a free (as in speech) unrar utility as well, see !info unrar-free | Added by Spec Date: 2006-07-31 22:11:25 Requested 1711 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 |
| permissions chown permission file permissions chmod | <reply> An explanation of what file permissions are and how they can be manipulated can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FilePermissions | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 22:07:19 Last edited by nickrud Date: 2008-06-23 07:08:40 Requested 1606 times |
| bug | <reply> If you find a bug in Ubuntu or any of its official !flavors, please report it using the command « ubuntu-bug <package> » - See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs for other ways to report bugs. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:24:59 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2019-04-04 16:54:48 Requested 1581 times |
| repos-#kubuntu | <reply> The packages in Kubuntu are divided into various sections. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Kubuntu - See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RecommendedSources for the recommended way to set up your repositories | Added by Hawkwind Date: 2006-09-13 06:04:21 Last edited by LjL Date: 2008-02-20 00:23:40 Requested 1525 times |
| startup session | <reply> To add programs to start up when you log into your Gnome session go to System>Preferences>Sessions and use the Startup Programs tab. For more information, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AddingProgramToSessionStartup - See !boot for starting non-interactive programs at boot | Added by gnomefreak Date: 2006-06-21 03:02:52 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-06-01 18:39:55 Requested 1512 times |
| please | <deleted><reply> Avoid following your questions with a trail of "Please, help me", "Can nobody help me?", "I really need this!", and so on. This just contributes to making the channel unreadable. If you are not answered, ask again later; but see also !repeat and !attitude | Added by LjL Date: 2007-04-24 03:08:34 Last edited by AlanBell Date: 2014-03-19 19:48:28 Requested 1462 times |
| ics inetsharing | <reply> If you want to share the internet connection of your Ubuntu machine with other machines in the network see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Internet/ConnectionSharing | Added by Pici Date: 2008-04-02 19:03:38 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-05-06 11:22:25 Requested 1371 times |
| firefox ff | the default web browser on Ubuntu. To install the latest version, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FirefoxNewVersion | To install plugins: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FirefoxPlugins | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 13:48:13 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-06-13 03:12:27 Requested 1363 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.bittorrent.com/help/faq - See also !P2P | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 17:03:09 Last edited by oCean Date: 2012-01-14 16:17:16 Requested 1352 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.com/community/BurningIsoHowto | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 21:35:32 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-04-23 23:42:28 Requested 1340 times |
| software | <reply> A general introduction to the ways software can be installed, removed and managed in Ubuntu can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoftwareManagement - See also !Packages, !Equivalents | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 19:20:32 Last edited by tonyyarusso Date: 2007-03-07 01:15:42 Requested 1320 times |
| bluetooth | <reply>For instructions on how to set up bluetooth, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BluetoothSetup | Added by Madpilot Date: 2006-06-28 11:00:53 Requested 1310 times |
| synaptic | <reply> Synaptic is a graphical utility which can install and remove software packages (.deb). For a good howto see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticHowto | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 15:41:59 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2019-02-15 19:57:12 Requested 1227 times |
| usplash splashy | <reply> To select the usplash artwork you want, use "sudo update-alternatives --config usplash-artwork.so && sudo update-initramfs -u" - See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/USplashCustomizationHowto for adding your custom artwork | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 20:36:28 Requested 1219 times |
| nfs | the network file system. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpNFSHowTo for information on installing and configuring NFS. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 00:41:51 Requested 1193 times |
| swap | used to move unused programs and data out of main memory to make your system faster. It can also be used as extra memory if you don't have enough. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwapFaq for more info | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 18:02:26 Requested 1165 times |
| pinning pin | an advanced feature that APT can use to prefer particular packages over others. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PinningHowto | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 15:57:41 Requested 1159 times |
| pidgin gaim | <reply> The Instant Messenger client Pidgin (formerly Gaim) (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Pidgin) supports MSN, XMPP (Jabber, GTalk and variants), AIM, Gadu-Gadu, Novell Groupwise, ICQ, YIM, IRC and others. See also !Kopete | Added by tonyyarusso Date: 2007-04-08 08:06:32 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:53:50 Requested 1158 times |
| sound-#kubuntu | <reply> If you're having problems with sound see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Sound - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting - For playing audio files, see !Players and !MP3 | Added by Hawkwind Date: 2006-09-14 19:14:50 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2009-11-21 20:21:54 Requested 1145 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.com/community/BasicChroot | Added by ompaul Date: 2006-08-11 17:28:50 Last edited by Pici Date: 2010-06-15 17:12:19 Requested 1095 times |
| undelete recover | <reply> Some tools to recover lost data are listed and explained at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DataRecovery | Added by LjL-Temp Date: 2008-03-22 21:58:27 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-30 19:05:35 Requested 1053 times |
| mac macbook | <reply> For help on installing and using Ubuntu on a Mac, see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MactelSupportTeam/CommunityHelpPages | Added by stdin Date: 2008-05-05 01:25:23 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-02-01 07:39:50 Requested 1049 times |
| automate | <reply> Ways to automate installation of Ubuntu on multiple machines are described at https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/installation-guide/i386/apb.html - See also !cloning | Added by LJL Date: 2007-03-21 01:00:24 Last edited by Pici Date: 2015-09-28 14:51:35 Requested 1019 times |
| checkinstall | a wrapper to "make install", useful for installing programs you compiled. It will create a .deb package, which will be listed in the APT database and can be uninstalled like other packages. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CheckInstall - Read the warnings at the top and bottom of that web page, and DO NOT interrupt CheckInstall while it's running! | Added by ompaul Date: 2006-07-16 19:52:09 Last edited by jrib Date: 2007-07-19 12:07:20 Requested 1016 times |
| mount | used to attach devices to directories. See also https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Mount | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 17:50:24 Last edited by Seeker` Date: 2009-05-20 21:13:27 Requested 948 times |
| cron crontab | a way to schedule execution of software/scripts. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CronHowto | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 21:23:13 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-09-09 04:49:23 Requested 947 times |
| ipv6 ipv6disable | <reply> For an introduction to IPv6 and information on tunneling IPv6 through IPv4 connections, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IPv6 | To disable IPv6 see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WebBrowsingSlowIPv6IPv4 | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 21:06:12 Last edited by stdin Date: 2009-01-07 13:09:43 Requested 939 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.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-10-01 08:45:38 Last edited by jussi Date: 2011-05-16 07:43:54 Requested 938 times |
| xinerama | an extension to !X to use two or more physical displays as one large virtual display. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/XineramaHowTo - See also !DualHead | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 15:02:06 Requested 923 times |
| exploit dcc | <reply> There are people around who think it is funny to abuse certain bugs that cause unintended behavior. When bitten by these, #ubuntu remove users so they are no longer targets. To fix it have a look here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FixDCCExploit and more about a recent bug at http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1132-1/ | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-27 20:36:36 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2011-05-18 19:22:08 Requested 922 times |
| modem dialup dial up dial-up winmodem knetworkmanager ppp | <reply>You want to connect via dial-up? Read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DialupModemHowto - Also try disabling/removing KNetworkManager if KDE applications cannot connect using dial-up | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 21:39:25 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2009-11-12 06:48:20 Requested 919 times |
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