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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
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 1560 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
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
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 1093 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
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
frostwire	a totally open source !bittorrent client, based on Vuze, the Azureus BitTorrent Engine. For installation help, please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FrostWire	Added by Hobbsee Date: 2006-06-26 15:50:29 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-09-07 11:28:42 Requested 917 times
mouse buttons	<reply>Enabling extra mouse buttons: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ManyButtonsMouseHowto - Enabling serial mouse: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SerialMouseHowto	Added by Madpilot Date: 2006-06-26 07:25:46 Requested 892 times
remaster customlivecd remastering	<reply> Interested in remastering the Ubuntu !LiveCD or !Alternate installer? See: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomization and https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallCDCustomization - Or use tools such as http://uck.sourceforge.net/	Added by stdin Date: 2008-05-05 21:42:06 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2014-08-08 01:56:33 Requested 866 times
freenx nx	<reply> FreeNX is advanced remote desktop technology. For more information and install instructions, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FreeNX	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 00:42:35 Requested 822 times
screen	a window manager for terminal sessions, also useful over SSH. The 'byobu' package provides very useful additional utilities. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Screen	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 12:26:30 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-09-07 11:26:18 Requested 815 times
flash64bit flash64 java64	<reply> You can run Flash, Real, and Java plugins in AMD64 bit computers with Firefox. see the steps to follow at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FirefoxAMD64FlashJava	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-10-04 11:18:38 Requested 803 times
opera	<reply>Opera is an advanced, fast and free (as in beer) web browser. It is packaged for easy installation into Ubuntu. More information at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OperaBrowser	Added by gnomefreak Date: 2006-08-03 14:34:26 Last edited by Madpilot Date: 2009-10-02 05:58:23 Requested 801 times
password passwords lostpassword pass	<reply> Forgot your password? See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LostPassword What's the root password? See !sudo. Don't see *** in password prompts? That's normal. Sudo doesn't ask for your password? It remembers you for several minutes. Please use strong passwords, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/StrongPasswords	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 11:02:45 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2008-09-18 15:22:37 Requested 798 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 794 times
nox text	<reply> To start your system in text-only mode append 'text' (without the quotes) to the kernel line in the grub menu. You can access the grub menu by pressing Esc (Grub legacy) or Shift (Grub2) during boot. For more info see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions#Text%20Mode	Added by tsimpson Date: 2010-07-04 16:51:35 Last edited by nhandler Date: 2010-07-15 19:18:33 Requested 791 times
gpg trust	the GNU Privacy Guard. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GnuPrivacyGuardHowto and class #8 on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ClassroomTranscripts	Added by bimberi Date: 2006-07-02 09:32:29 Last edited by tonyyarusso Date: 2007-03-18 06:42:33 Requested 751 times
intelhda snd_hda_intel hdaintel	<reply> For fixing your Intel HDA sound this page has useful information https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HdaIntelSoundHowto	Added by LjL Date: 2007-05-20 14:18:38 Requested 738 times
locales locale	<reply> To set up and configure your locales, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LocaleConf and https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Locale/	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 13:45:05 Last edited by jrib Date: 2012-04-08 13:33:43 Requested 730 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.com/community/FileCompression	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-08-11 14:55:35 Requested 689 times
adsl pppoe dsl	<reply> Setting up an ADSL/PPPoE connection? Look at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ADSLPPPoE	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 08:52:29 Requested 688 times
amd64 64-bit 64	<reply> AMD64 and Intel 64 are fully supported architectures on Ubuntu. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CommonQuestions#AMD64_Processors and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amd64 for more information.	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 00:18:45 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2011-09-27 07:35:42 Requested 668 times
bootoptions bootoption	<reply> For a list and explanation on some of the boot options, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions See also !nomodeset.	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 11:32:08 Last edited by oCean Date: 2011-06-26 12:00:40 Requested 665 times
synaptics touchpad	<reply> For a comprehensive Synaptics Touchpad guide, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticsTouchpad	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 12:12:34 Requested 638 times
changethemes changetheme	<reply> To change GNOME themes: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuEyeCandy. Kubuntu (KDE) themes: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CustomizeKubuntu. Xubuntu (Xfce): !xfce-themes	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 16:25:41 Last edited by knome Date: 2011-10-23 00:26:39 Requested 627 times
man manpage	<reply> The "man" command brings up the Linux manual pages for the command you're interested in. Try "man intro" at the command line, or see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal \| Manpages online: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 00:34:53 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-06-23 00:01:49 Requested 619 times