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irccouncil ircc irc-council	<reply> The Ubuntu IRC Council is the team governance council for the the Ubuntu IRC channels on the Libera network. For serious inquiries, please join #ubuntu-irc-council or email irc-council@lists.ubuntu.com - See also https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/IrcCouncil	Added by Pici Date: 2008-01-31 19:36:19 Last edited by kryten Date: 2021-05-24 22:54:39 Requested 147 times
chromium	<reply>You can get testing builds for Chromium at https://launchpad.net/~chromium-daily/+archive/ppa	Added by Amaranth Date: 2009-09-22 18:00:34 Requested 147 times
ignore	<reply> If you really don't wish to see the messages from a particular person on IRC, you can use /ignore nickname	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 08:36:26 Requested 144 times
repomirror chmirror	<reply> Go to "System", "Administration", and "Software Sources" and choose "Other" from the drop down box. Then choose "select best server" and your system will choose the fastest mirror for you automatically.	Added by Hobbsee Date: 2008-04-25 06:00:30 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2008-05-06 21:49:03 Requested 133 times
channels	<alias> irc	Added by bimberi Date: 2006-06-23 03:49:19 Last edited by dax Date: 2018-03-29 20:00:37 Requested 131 times
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
modules	<reply> To compile modules and drivers that are not bundled with the standard kernel, for more info /msg $nick kernel , install the relevant package, usually called "<modulename>-source", and run « sudo module-assistant » (you will have to do this again after kernel updates). To prevent specific modules from loading, see /msg $nick blacklist	Added by LjL Date: 2007-01-26 02:51:55 Last edited by m4v Date: 2013-02-28 16:58:33 Requested 126 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
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
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
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
gdesklets	<deleted><reply> gDesklets provides an advanced architecture for desktop applets -- tiny displays sitting on your desktop in a symbiotic relationship of eye candy and usefulness. Homepage is http://gdesklets.gnomedesktop.org/	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 14:53:11 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-31 15:40:38 Requested 102 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
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
jabber	a free and open source instant messaging protocol, unlike MSN and AIM. Supporting clients on Linux: Kopete (KDE), Pidgin, Gajim, and Empathy (GNOME), bitlbee (cli/irc). For more info see http://www.jabber.org/	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 17:39:32 Last edited by tonyyarusso Date: 2009-09-28 01:15:28 Requested 91 times
xchat	<reply> xchat and xchat-gnome are old IRC clients which are not actively maintained outside of Ubuntu/Debian. Some versions of Ubuntu do not include them. Please strongly consider using hexchat instead, which has good upstream support and is widely recommended by the IRC community over xchat and xchat-gnome.	Added by Madpilot Date: 2011-10-28 02:25:13 Last edited by dax Date: 2019-11-11 23:34:44 Requested 90 times
highno	<reply> A higher version number does not mean that it's better. Especially with packages such as the linux kernel. The packages in the Ubuntu repositories are stable and will work fine. You should have a better reason than "newer" when considering compiling from source or using 3rd party repos.	Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-07-27 20:06:24 Last edited by PriceChild Date: 2007-07-27 20:06:36 Requested 89 times
subversion	an open source application used for revision control. It is sometimes abbreviated to svn in reference to the name of its command line interface. Look here for a Subversion How To on Ubuntu: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Subversion	Added by nalioth Date: 2006-08-27 02:03:51 Requested 87 times
purge	<reply> To purge all removed but not yet purged packages, use the following command: dpkg -l \| awk '/^rc/{print $2}' \| sudo xargs dpkg -P	Added by Pici Date: 2010-08-30 22:30:22 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2015-06-07 02:21:14 Requested 83 times
gutsysources	<reply> In System->Admin->Software Sources, enable (main) (universe) (restricted) and (multiverse) and disable the Cdrom on the Ubuntu Software tab. On the Updates tab, enable (gutsy-security) and (gutsy-updates).	Added by LjL Date: 2008-02-09 21:47:05 Last edited by Seeker` Date: 2008-06-19 01:29:05 Requested 79 times
modeline	<reply>A Modeline is a config line in the X server configuration file that gives info about a connected display and how to drive it at a specified display resolution. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XFree86_Modeline for more details. Here are 2 links to generate modelines which fit your monitor: http://bohne-lang.de/spec/linux/modeline/ and http://xtiming.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/xtiming.pl	Added by zorglu_ Date: 2006-10-22 20:21:59 Last edited by PriceChild Date: 2007-04-04 02:26:21 Requested 74 times
sparc	<reply> Information on Ubuntu on SPARC platforms can be found here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/Sparc	Added by ompaul Date: 2006-06-26 20:38:15 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-06-01 00:15:01 Requested 71 times
uninstall	<reply> To learn how to uninstall applications in Ubuntu - please visit http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-delete-remove-software-using-apt-get-command/	Added by Mez Date: 2008-12-17 15:25:19 Requested 70 times
handbrake	a an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows. - http://handbrake.fr	Added by mneptok Date: 2009-02-06 18:55:25 Requested 67 times
20.10 groovy gorilla	<reply> Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) was the 33rd release of Ubuntu, support ended July 22nd, 2021. See !eol and https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2021-June/000269.html	Added by housecat Date: 2020-04-24 15:16:26 Last edited by krytarik Date: 2021-07-22 19:07:05 Requested 65 times
locate	a command-line file search utility. To make sure its cache is up to date run: sudo updatedb	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 20:30:01 Last edited by bimberi Date: 2007-02-12 00:38:25 Requested 63 times
regression-alert	<deleted><reply> bdmurray, cjwatson, cyphermox, Daviey, didrocks, doko, infinity, jdstrand, mdeslaur, pitti, RAOF, seb128, stgraber: Reporting regression in a stable release update; investigate severity, start an incident report, perhaps have the package blacklisted from the archive	Added by jussi Date: 2010-06-28 12:01:54 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2016-04-19 20:15:10 Requested 60 times
teamspeak	the proprietry VoIP software see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/TeamSpeak For a open source alternative consider using Mumble http://mumble.sourceforge.net/	Added by ompaul Date: 2007-11-23 21:04:16 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:43:42 Requested 57 times
ubugtu	an Ubuntu Bot. Usage info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/Bots - Please don't play with the bot in the main channel.	Added by LjL Date: 2006-10-28 21:55:34 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:45:13 Requested 54 times
autostart	<reply> If you want to edit your Autostart programs, open the Unity dash and search for Startup Programs. If you're on XFCE, use menu -> Settings -> Settings Manager -> Session and Startup, if you're on KDE, use Kickoff -> Computer -> System Settings -> Autostart. For more details see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AddingProgramToSessionStartup	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-11-28 14:04:30 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-31 15:49:36 Requested 54 times
loffice openoffice libreoffice	<reply> LibreOffice is a Free and open source office suite that includes word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, vector drawing and database components. To install: "sudo apt-get install libreoffice". User help available in #libreoffice.	Added by Jordan_U Date: 2011-09-18 17:50:51 Requested 52 times
khardy	<deleted><reply> Kubuntu Hardy Heron expects to ship with both KDE 3 and KDE 4 as 2 separate disks. KDE 3 should be offered by shipit. The KDE 3 CD will be commercially supported for 18 months and KDE 4 will be community supported	Added by jussi01 Date: 2008-02-25 11:43:35 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2012-09-19 10:16:19 Requested 51 times
64bit whicharch	<reply> AMD64 and Intel 64 are fully supported architectures on Ubuntu. Consider using 64-bit if your memory ussage exceeds 4GB. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/32bit_and_64bit	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 00:18:56 Last edited by LjL Date: 2011-08-03 22:44:30 Requested 48 times
moztest mozillatest	<reply> The Mozilla-testing repos can be found at: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-mozilla-daily/+archive/firefox-aurora. Please remember these are testing repos, the packages in these repos are not stable and may break things on your system. Use with caution. Please report bugs found from these packages to: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MozillaTeam/Bugs	Added by gnomefreak Date: 2007-04-18 18:58:22 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-03-23 02:49:06 Requested 48 times
rc	<reply> Ubuntu does not provide a distinct release candidate image. Instead during the week leading up to the release, each image is considered a release candidate. More details at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReleaseCandidate	Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-10-11 18:14:44 Last edited by k1l Date: 2016-04-15 22:12:56 Requested 47 times
mirrorstatus	<reply> A list of official repository mirrors and their statuses can be found at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archivemirrors	Added by Pici Date: 2009-10-07 23:59:20 Requested 47 times
directconnect dc	<reply> Direct Connect clients: linuxdcpp, dcgui (GTK), Valknut, dc-qt (Qt), rccp (terminal-based) - See also !P2P	Added by LjL Date: 2007-11-03 00:12:36 Last edited by stdin Date: 2008-12-13 16:03:47 Requested 45 times
doublejoin	<reply> Your IRC client is completing NickServ authentication after joining channels, which triggers a fake quit and rejoin to apply your cloak and increases channel noise. The best way to avoid this is to use SASL (https://libera.chat/guides/sasl). Other options for automatic login exist (e.g. CertFP and server password) but sometimes complete after channel join.	Added by knome Date: 2013-04-13 22:19:45 Last edited by kryten Date: 2021-05-24 22:54:45 Requested 45 times
tarball	<reply> Files with ".tar.gz", ".tar.bz2" or ".tgz" extensions are compressed archive formats, similar to ZIP files. See !tar for extracting them. Some of these files contain programs in source code form; see !compile for getting them to run.	Added by LjL Date: 2006-10-29 18:09:46 Requested 42 times
fcm	THE Ubuntu Community Magazine - find it at www.fullcirclemagazine.org, or #fullcirclemagazine	Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-07-04 20:21:46 Requested 41 times
iirc	<reply> IIRC means "if I remember correctly"	Added by thoreauputic Date: 2006-07-25 22:13:15 Requested 39 times
guidelines-#ubuntu-women guidelines-#ubuntu-women-project	<reply> The guidelines for using the Ubuntu Women project channels can be found here: http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/IrcGuidelines The overall Ubuntu channel guidelines also apply and can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/Guidelines	Added by Flannel Date: 2010-08-13 21:23:53 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:45:55 Requested 39 times
21.04 hirsute hippo	<reply> Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) was the 34th release of Ubuntu, support ended on January 20, 2022. See !eol and https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2022-January/000276.html	Added by krytarik Date: 2020-10-29 23:48:04 Last edited by tomreyn Date: 2022-01-21 10:36:51 Requested 39 times
chrome-repo google-repo	<reply> Google recently deprecated 32-bit Chrome, which causes errors on 64-bit multiarch Ubuntu systems. To fix this, run: sudo sed -i 's/deb http/deb [arch=amd64] http/' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list /opt/google/chrome/cron/google-chrome	Added by k1l Date: 2016-03-10 16:24:36 Last edited by ezri Date: 2016-03-11 22:56:57 Requested 37 times
rosetta	<reply>rosetta is a Web-based system for translating open source software into any language. See https://launchpad.net/rosetta	Added by tonyyarusso Date: 2006-12-01 01:05:19 Last edited by jussi01 Date: 2008-07-15 19:34:48 Requested 35 times
juju	<reply>Juju is a open source devops platform created to allow rapid deployment of applications in the cloud. More info at https://juju.ubuntu.com/	Added by bkerensa Date: 2012-08-17 20:05:46 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-08-02 20:22:24 Requested 35 times
morehelp-#ubuntustudio	<reply> #ubuntustudio sometimes cannot answer your questions in a timely matter, or simply lacks the capacity. For additional sources of help, try #ubuntu if your issue is of a technical nature, or #lau (Linux Audio Users) or #opensourcemusicians if it has to do with the audio stack.	Added by Unit193 Date: 2022-04-01 21:59:01 Requested 35 times
23.10 mantic minotaur	<reply> Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur) was the 39th release of Ubuntu, support ended on July 11, 2024. See !eol and https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2024-June/000302.html	Added by krytarik Date: 2023-04-28 15:37:03 Last edited by tomreyn Date: 2024-07-12 14:53:20 Requested 35 times
enablesources chrepo	<reply> Enable the standard Ubuntu repositories by going to System > Administration > Software Sources - See !repositories for detailed information	Added by LjL Date: 2008-01-26 03:07:22 Last edited by LjL Date: 2008-01-26 03:07:45 Requested 34 times