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| mix frankenubuntu | <reply> it is usually a very bad idea to mix packages from different releases (or Linux distributions), and it is completely unsupported | Added by hggdh Date: 2019-02-18 23:06:55 Requested 26 times |
| udev rules | <reply> Ever wanted to make your USB-stick /dev/usbstick? Go to http://reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html to learn more about this feature. | Added by uniq Date: 2006-07-06 22:32:04 Requested 25 times |
| sunbird | <reply> Mozilla Sunbird™ is a cross-platform calendar application, built upon Mozilla Toolkit. Our goal is to bring Mozilla-style ease-of-use to your calendar, without tying you to a particular storage solution. | Added by Hawkwind Date: 2006-10-24 04:29:32 Requested 25 times |
| girls-#ubuntuforums | <deleted><reply> girls are the #1 reason for distractions | Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-01-16 16:40:01 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-05-25 18:48:57 Requested 25 times |
| edonkey | <reply> eDonkey clients: aMule (GTK, stand-alone), mldonkey-gui (GTK, based on MLDonkey), KMLDonkey (KDE, based on MLDonkey) - See also !P2P | Added by LjL Date: 2007-11-03 00:23:18 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-11-03 00:29:31 Requested 25 times |
| sbuild | a system to easily build packages in a clean schroot environment. To get started with SBuild, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SbuildLVMHowto | Added by LaserJock Date: 2007-11-21 06:52:27 Last edited by Hobbsee Date: 2007-11-21 06:53:02 Requested 25 times |
| lolcats | <deleted><reply> i iz so bored of lolcats. speek english! | Added by LjL Date: 2007-12-22 22:31:46 Last edited by knome Date: 2014-03-19 19:38:50 Requested 25 times |
| homie colloquialism | <reply> Slang and colloquialisms are not proper English. Please use proper English in our channels to make it easy for those who have it as a second language. | Added by elkbuntu Date: 2008-01-05 05:25:40 Last edited by elkbuntu Date: 2008-01-05 05:39:30 Requested 25 times |
| pptp | <deleted><reply> pptp is not good according to Bruce Schneier http://schneier.com/pptp.html here the words insecurity are useful | Added by ompaul Date: 2008-02-03 19:01:13 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-02-12 00:24:30 Requested 25 times |
| vcs dvcs | <reply> Version Control Systems offered for Ubuntu: Centralized: !CVS, !Subversion | Distributed: Bazaar-NG(!bzr), Codeville, Darcs, !git, Mercurial, Monotone, SVK, tig. | Added by Pici Date: 2008-05-12 16:55:16 Last edited by Pici Date: 2008-05-14 19:11:42 Requested 25 times |
| lovetoo | <deleted><reply> Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig, then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun. | Added by Myrtti Date: 2008-08-05 08:53:24 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-12-11 17:47:26 Requested 25 times |
| fusesmb-#xubuntu | <reply>fusesmb is a tool that allows easy access to shared folders (smb) on a network. Links with more info: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FuseSmb | Added by Myrtti Date: 2008-09-17 19:48:34 Requested 25 times |
| bite | <reply> Please don't bite our new friend. Everyone is new to Ubuntu and IRC once and everyone makes mistakes. If they don't learn from their mistakes you can have a little nibble on them later. | Added by jpds Date: 2009-12-23 21:52:21 Requested 25 times |
| 22.04 jammy jellyfish | <reply> Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish) is the 36th release of Ubuntu and an !LTS release – Download at https://ubuntu.com/download :: Release notes at https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/jammy-jellyfish-release-notes :: Further schedule at https://ubottu.com/y/jj | Added by krytarik Date: 2021-10-15 14:54:03 Last edited by krytarik Date: 2024-04-25 17:34:05 Requested 25 times |
| mol | MacOnLinux. For a complete howto, visit https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacOnLinuxHowto - No longer available in 11.10 or higher, see http://bugs.debian.org/592034 | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 17:57:51 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:53:29 Requested 24 times |
| svg | Scalable Vector Graphics, a language used for graphical applications in XML, and a W3 recommendation. SVG Editors: Inkscape, Karbon14 | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 20:27:51 Requested 24 times |
| welcome-#xubuntu | <reply> Hello and welcome to #xubuntu! Feel free to ask questions or help others. If you'd like to chit-chat, please visit #xubuntu-offtopic and for developer discussion, see #xubuntu-devel :) | Added by LjL Date: 2006-12-14 19:53:24 Requested 24 times |
| kbuildsycoca kmenu_update kbuildsyscoca kmenuupdate kmenu update | <reply> If your K menu is out of date, like after installing an application and not finding it in the K menu, you should type "kbuildsycoca" in a terminal to rebuild the KDE configuration cache | Added by LjL Date: 2006-12-29 17:19:44 Last edited by Jucato Date: 2007-02-19 13:24:03 Requested 24 times |
| sysinfo-#ubuntuforums | <reply> Please do not use sysinfo scripts in this channel. Doing so will result in a warning then ban. | Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-02-27 19:25:18 Requested 24 times |
| joomla | <reply> joomla information can be had here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Joomla | Added by ompaul Date: 2008-01-20 12:55:33 Requested 24 times |
| langpack | <deleted><reply>A recent update broke some KDE language packs, leaving the user unable to login. (http://launchpad.net/bugs/195647) This has now been fixed and an updated package is in the -updates repo. If you removed the packages with the interim fix you can reinstall them with: << sudo apt-get install language-pack-kde-en language-pack-kde-en-base >> | Added by jussi01 Date: 2008-02-26 19:26:10 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-01-30 08:26:50 Requested 24 times |
| newmirror | <reply> Interested in setting up a new mirror? See http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/mirror for more info. | Added by Pici Date: 2009-04-22 16:45:12 Requested 24 times |
| grub1 | <reply>grub 1 is the default boot manager for Ubuntu releases before 9.10 (Karmic). Lost GRUB after installing Windows? See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestoreGrub - GRUB how-tos: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GrubHowto - See !grub for Karmic onwards | Added by Tm_T Date: 2011-04-15 11:24:05 Requested 24 times |
| insights blog | <reply> Canonical and its employees have written a number of articles on various Ubuntu-related topics, these can be found here: http://blog.ubuntu.com/ For blogs from the Ubuntu Community, see !planet | Added by Flannel Date: 2018-03-07 07:47:36 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2018-12-31 16:19:09 Requested 24 times |
| borg | <reply> borg is a fast backup tool with incremental backups: https://www.borgbackup.org/ (Ubuntu packages: borgbackup, borgbackup-doc, and borgmatic) | Added by hggdh Date: 2019-03-12 22:41:29 Requested 24 times |
| fsf | The Free Software Foundation. See http://www.fsf.org/ | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:01:34 Requested 23 times |
| nalioth | <reply> Sorry, nalioth's repository is no longer available. | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2006-06-18 16:48:37 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-12-23 16:58:55 Requested 23 times |
| ops-#kubuntu-devel | <reply> Help! Riddell, Tm_T, valorie, yofel, Mamarok, ahoneybun, claydoh, clivejo, or RikMills! | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-27 15:53:20 Last edited by dax Date: 2020-03-24 02:09:32 Requested 23 times |
| picard | a digital audio fingerprinting/tagging program using the MusicBrainz online music database, not unlike freedb. It can be used to identify *and* tag files in your music collection. Usage instructions: http://musicbrainz.org/doc/HowToTagFilesWithPicard ; Ubuntu installation instructions: http://musicbrainz.org/doc/PicardLinuxInstall | Added by gnomefreak Date: 2006-08-26 02:31:18 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:33:31 Requested 23 times |
| psp | <reply> For information on using the PlayStation Portable with Ubuntu, please read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PSP | Added by Spec Date: 2008-01-02 20:55:44 Requested 23 times |
| qtparted | <deleted><reply> QtParted is a !Qt/!KDE !GUI partitioning program. Use !Adept !KPackageKit or !Synaptic to install or type « sudo apt-get install qtparted » in a console. - QtParted is no longer available in Jaunty (9.04) and up, see !PartitionManager | Added by stdin Date: 2009-01-08 12:18:15 Last edited by genii-around Date: 2011-05-27 15:54:59 Requested 23 times |
| seveas-#ubuntu-offtopic | <deleted><reply> who's got pie? Seveas has! HE STOLE YOURS. (see also !pie) | Added by Myrtti Date: 2009-03-17 10:58:35 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2009-06-18 22:33:37 Requested 23 times |
| botsnack-#ubuntu-offtopic | <deleted><reply> Yum! Err, I mean, APT! | Added by Pici Date: 2009-06-19 14:00:19 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-08-06 13:34:00 Requested 23 times |
| softsources | <reply> Looking for your Software Sources menu item in Ubuntu 10.10/11.04? For a simple way to enable the menu item see http://tinyurl.com/24jxd6t - More information at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories | Added by Pici Date: 2010-10-13 16:02:31 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2011-05-03 16:12:39 Requested 23 times |
| ubuntutv | <deleted><reply> Ubuntu TV is a strategy to bring the Ubuntu platform to TVs. Discussion happens in #ubuntu-tv and on the ubuntu-tv launchpad mailing list. Find out more at http://ubuntu.com/tv | Added by pangolin Date: 2012-01-11 14:32:42 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-11-10 22:28:34 Requested 23 times |
| ops-#ubuntu-touch | <reply> Help! Channel emergency! (ONLY use this trigger in emergencies) - oubiwann, corp186, popey, k1l, Corey, wgrant, idleone, and ogra. | Added by IdleOne Date: 2013-04-11 21:27:12 Requested 23 times |
| linux-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. | Added by dax Date: 2016-04-11 02:00:47 Requested 23 times |
| 32bit i386 | <reply> For information about the future of support for i386 packages in Ubuntu 19.10 Eoan Ermine and onward, please read the following official statement: https://ubuntu.com/blog/statement-on-32-bit-i386-packages-for-ubuntu-19-10-and-20-04-lts . Note this applies only to i386 (Intel/AMD) builds, not other 32-bit architectures like arm. | Added by hggdh Date: 2019-06-20 15:43:42 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2019-07-16 15:03:07 Requested 23 times |
| 22.10 kinetic kudu | <reply> Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu) was the 37th release of Ubuntu, support ended on July 20, 2023. See !eol and https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2023-July/000293.html | Added by kryten Date: 2022-04-25 22:13:04 Last edited by tomreyn Date: 2023-10-09 19:08:35 Requested 23 times |
| debconf | a configuration management system. All packages that support debconf are configured when they are being installed. If you want to change a configuration option later, you can do so using dpkg-reconfigure | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 17:57:00 Requested 22 times |
| ubunto | <reply> It's spelled Ubuntu! with a U! *Ubuntu*! | Added by LjL Date: 2007-01-18 01:38:51 Requested 22 times |
| qa | <reply>To change the importance of a bug, you need to be part of the Ubuntu QA team. see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuQA | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-01-31 10:29:22 Requested 22 times |
| ops-#ubuntu-bugs | <reply> Help! Channel emergency! bdmurray, hggdh, Unit193 | Added by gnomefreak Date: 2007-04-02 12:01:59 Last edited by dax Date: 2020-06-14 23:47:19 Requested 22 times |
| recon-#ubuntu-offtopic | <deleted><reply> recon stands for something related to lousy Internet service providers. | Added by LjL Date: 2007-11-24 04:02:09 Last edited by bazhang Date: 2010-05-18 10:40:06 Requested 22 times |
| mda | <reply> A Mail Delivery Agent (MDA) is the server software for local delivery and rewriting of messages. The default MDA (and !MTA) on Ubuntu is !postfix ("procmail" or "dovecot" can also be used). See also !MailServer and !MUA | Added by LjL Date: 2007-12-11 16:27:06 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-12-11 16:29:37 Requested 22 times |
| fish-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> <>< ><> <>< ><> | Added by Spec Date: 2008-03-21 17:32:05 Last edited by Spec Date: 2008-03-21 17:38:22 Requested 22 times |
| kwallet | a subsystem that provides a convenient and secure way to manage all your passwords. More information is available at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/kwallet | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2008-05-28 09:52:29 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:53:57 Requested 22 times |
| ot-#ubuntu-ops | <deleted><reply> And the magical fairies came in and stole the crown from underneath the apple tree... | Added by Mez Date: 2008-06-11 14:45:54 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-03-21 04:57:32 Requested 22 times |
| mom | <reply> MoM is the Ubuntu Merge-O-Matic, a website helping the MOTUs keep Ubuntu in sync with Debian. See https://merges.ubuntu.com/ | Added by Pici Date: 2009-05-19 00:49:05 Requested 22 times |
| oh | oh my! | Added by AlanBell Date: 2014-02-14 20:45:05 Requested 22 times |
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