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Factoid	Value	Author
flare183-#ubuntu-offtopic	<deleted><reply> shhhh you'll only encourage more comments and we have seen enough of them already. ;-)	Added by Pici Date: 2008-05-12 17:06:05 Last edited by nhandler Date: 2010-06-18 21:34:10 Requested 3 times
php4	<reply> PHP4 has reached its End Of Life and as such is not in any Ubuntu release after Edgy (6.10). For PHP's announcement see http://us2.php.net/archive/2007.php#2007-07-13-1	Added by Pici Date: 2008-05-15 16:56:34 Requested 3 times
meeting-#ubuntu-us-az	<reply>The Ubuntu Arizona LoCo team meetings are every Sunday at 9:00 PM Arizona time in our team channel, #ubuntu-us-az. Everyone is welcome!!	Added by Amaranth Date: 2008-05-17 06:39:34 Last edited by Amaranth Date: 2008-05-17 06:39:56 Requested 3 times
intelbrick	<deleted><reply> Concerned about Intrepid breaking Intel e1000e gigabit adaptors? See http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=5841972#post5841972 for a more realistic assessment.	Added by elky Date: 2008-09-23 21:25:48 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-04-23 13:37:42 Requested 3 times
section	<reply> Please see http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#s-subsections for a list of valid sections that you can use in your debian/control file, for debian packaging	Added by Hobbsee Date: 2009-01-06 02:22:25 Requested 3 times
serverpackages	<deleted><reply> The following list of Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake) server packages will continue to receive security updates until June 2011: http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/dapper/supported.txt	Added by Pici Date: 2009-07-14 17:39:27 Last edited by Pici Date: 2011-06-02 13:48:23 Requested 3 times
contribute-#ubuntu-artwork	<reply> For information regarding current Artwork team activity and about contributing to the Ubuntu Community artwork , Kindly read Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork	Added by Madpilot Date: 2009-11-26 10:16:03 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:45:48 Requested 3 times
hi-#ubuntu-artwork	<reply> Hi! Welcome to #ubuntu-artwork! Channel for the community artwork team. Feel free to ask questions . Enjoy your stay	Added by Madpilot Date: 2009-11-26 10:20:11 Requested 3 times
ops-#ubuntu-women-project	<reply>BWEEP! Channel emergency! Help akgraner, pleia2, elky, hypa7ia, maco, Hobbsee, Gareth, Myrtti, elly, Pendulum, JanC, idleone!	Added by bazhang Date: 2010-04-05 05:28:22 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2011-11-17 19:08:06 Requested 3 times
kne knr	<reply> Kubuntu Netbook Edition is a slightly altered version of Kubuntu, optimised for small screens. For more information, please see https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Kubuntu/Netbook - support in #kubuntu	Added by tsimpson Date: 2010-05-21 10:26:46 Requested 3 times
cds	<reply>You can buy an Ubuntu CD from http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/cd-and-dvd Please consider using Torrents http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/alternative-downloads	Added by Pici Date: 2010-05-27 02:20:05 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-14 19:45:19 Requested 3 times
oops-#launchpad	<reply>An OOPS is a system error in launchpad, please see https://help.launchpad.net/Oops	Added by jussi Date: 2010-08-11 08:38:58 Requested 3 times
stats-#ubuntu-uk	<reply> Statistics for #ubuntu-uk: http://ubuntu-uk.org/ircstats/	Added by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-11 13:47:49 Requested 3 times
lynch idleone	<deleted><reply> Resigned to their fate, IdleOne is led to the gallows. After death, it is discovered they were a wolf.	Added by rww Date: 2011-04-26 23:28:24 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-09-14 00:01:05 Requested 3 times
botbugs	<reply> Bugs in or wishlist items for the Ubuntu IRC Bots can be filed at http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-bots - For requesting new factoids, see !usage	Added by Pici Date: 2011-06-28 12:39:34 Requested 3 times
gdm2setup	<reply> Up to Oneiric, GDM was used as the login manager. You can configure your GDM options, including the wallpaper and theme, with gdm2setup. See https://launchpad.net/gdm2setup for more information and installation instructions.~	Added by knome Date: 2011-08-27 21:18:55 Requested 3 times
testers-#kubuntu	<reply> Help is needed in #kubuntu-devel. Please ping Riddell, yofel, soee, Tm_T, BluesKaj, James147, Quintasan, lordievader, shrini, tester56, parad1se, mamarley, alket, SourBlues, sgclark, neo31, vip, mparillo, wxl, DarinMiller, tsimonq2 for information	Added by Tm_T Date: 2012-01-25 17:02:44 Last edited by genii Date: 2017-03-22 21:43:13 Requested 3 times
inteunity-#ubuntu-se	<reply> Ubuntu 11.10 använder normalt sett GNOME 3 med skalet !unity. För att använda GNOME Shell istället, installera paketet "gnome-shell" och möjligtvis även "gnome-tweak-tool". För GNOME Fallback mode, som liknar GNOME 2, installera "gnome-panel". Båda paketen placerar alternativ i sessionsmenyn vid login.	Added by pangolin Date: 2012-01-29 14:48:04 Requested 3 times
nomir	<deleted><reply> for more information about why Mir will not be included as default in ubuntu 13.10 see http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2013/10/01/xmir-update-for-ubuntu-13-10/ and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mir/13.10/NoDefaultQ%26A	Added by IdleOne Date: 2013-10-02 15:33:14 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:17:31 Requested 3 times
love-#ubuntu-bots	<reply> Bots need love too	Added by Pici Date: 2013-12-03 16:57:14 Requested 3 times
mre	<reply> Micro Release Exceptions are approved by the Ubuntu Technical Board on a per-package basis for packages that cannot be acceptably handled through the Stable Release Update (!sru) process. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates/MicroReleaseExceptions for more information.	Added by rww Date: 2014-04-12 22:33:56 Requested 3 times
boss-#ubuntu-offtopic	<reply> http://instantboss.org/	Added by IdleOne Date: 2014-07-23 00:42:28 Requested 3 times
stoned	<reply> JUST SAY NO!	Added by genii Date: 2014-07-29 05:01:18 Requested 3 times
the fifth-#ubuntu-offtopic	<reply> I plead the fifth!	Added by genii Date: 2014-08-15 20:29:56 Requested 3 times
membership-#ubuntu-offtopic	<deleted><reply> Service guarantees citizenship!	Added by rww Date: 2016-02-07 03:59:02 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-08-05 17:26:18 Requested 3 times
sandwich-#ubuntu-offtopic	<reply>we only have fish tacos and grape soda	Added by IdleOne Date: 2017-03-30 18:51:29 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2017-03-30 18:57:40 Requested 3 times
pt-#lubuntu	<reply> Neste canal lubuntu, é falado em inglês. Se você está procurando ajuda em português, vá para o canal #lubuntu-pt; digite "/ join #lubuntu-pt" (sem aspas) e pressione Enter.	Added by wxl Date: 2020-12-14 20:20:20 Requested 3 times
it-#lubuntu	<reply> In questo canale Lubuntu si parla solo inglese. Se cerchi aiuto in italiano, vai sul canale #lubuntu-it; digita "/join #lubuntu-it" (senza virgolette) e premi invio.	Added by wxl Date: 2020-12-14 20:31:22 Requested 3 times
de-#lubuntu	<reply> In diesem Lubuntu-Kanal wird nur Englisch gesprochen. Wenn Sie Hilfe auf Deutsch suchen, gehen Sie zum Kanal #lubuntu-de; Geben Sie "/join #lubuntu-de" (ohne Anführungszeichen) ein und drücken Sie die Eingabetaste.	Added by wxl Date: 2020-12-14 20:32:59 Requested 3 times
sa2	<reply> للغة العربية رجاء انظم #ubuntu-sa	Added by ompaul Date: 2006-07-02 17:07:18 Requested 2 times
mentors-#ubuntu-motu	<reply> for initial mentoring to introduce you to the MOTU world check out https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/Mentoring/Contributor	Added by LaserJock Date: 2006-07-13 21:55:22 Last edited by jrib Date: 2007-08-22 00:36:17 Requested 2 times
mplayer-fonts	<reply> No fonts in mplayer? Try " sudo apt-get install mplayer-fonts " ( multiverse must be enabled see !repos ).	Added by gnomefreak Date: 2006-07-20 02:47:08 Requested 2 times
imap4rev1	a broken and unsupported option in Evolution. IMAP supports all IMAP servers, and should be used instead. See http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=324118 for more information.	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-08-12 16:40:07 Requested 2 times
dvd-torrent-#kubuntu	<reply> If you want to download a DVD version of Hardy Heron via a torrent, here is where you should look: http://torrent.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/hardy/release/dvd/	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-10-28 22:08:07 Last edited by stdin Date: 2008-05-22 08:10:10 Requested 2 times
kdeguide	<reply>See http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/ for a guide to using KDE.	Added by Mez Date: 2007-01-16 01:16:36 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-13 23:22:41 Requested 2 times
guishell	<deleted><reply> Several "hybrid" GUI command line interfaces are in development, see: http://www.bterm.org/ - http://linux.pte.hu/~pipas/CUI/ - http://hotwire-shell.org/	Added by LjL Date: 2008-01-25 16:37:28 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-03-23 02:47:21 Requested 2 times
chat-#ubuntu-classroom	<reply> Please use #ubuntu-classroom-chat for random chatter and asking questions. Questions should start with "QUESTION:" so we can spot them.	Added by Amaranth Date: 2008-04-28 17:00:50 Requested 2 times
win-#dib5sn	<reply> WINZ!	Added by stdin Date: 2008-05-13 10:25:47 Last edited by stdin Date: 2008-05-13 10:26:05 Requested 2 times
stevenk	<deleted><reply> Here is the Cleaner of the archive, and killer of NBS!	Added by Hobbsee Date: 2008-10-18 04:02:27 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2011-06-06 00:08:28 Requested 2 times
longdesc-#ubuntu-motu	<reply> The long description should provide all the information needed to let the user decide whether to install the package. See http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-pkg-desc for Best Practices.	Added by Myrtti Date: 2009-01-26 14:05:24 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2009-01-26 14:07:20 Requested 2 times
web	<deleted><reply> there is no web - the web is a lie	Added by bazhang Date: 2009-03-14 16:44:06 Last edited by bazhang Date: 2009-03-15 11:17:08 Requested 2 times
elky-#ubuntu-offtopic	<deleted>a piece of router firmware written in COBOL	Added by LjL Date: 2009-03-27 15:11:13 Last edited by elky Date: 2009-06-13 12:50:52 Requested 2 times
upstreambugs-#kubuntu-devel	<reply> KDE related bug reports that need upstreaming: http://tinyurl.com/cj7h6u	Added by tsimpson Date: 2009-04-29 16:14:30 Requested 2 times
fakefact	<deleted><reply> something entirely different	Added by tsimpson Date: 2009-05-03 20:06:53 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2009-05-03 20:09:06 Requested 2 times
ops-#ubuntu-devel-summit	<reply> Help! Channel emergency! (ONLY use this trigger in emergencies) - sabdfl, Keybuk, lifeless or mneptok!	Added by Hobbsee Date: 2009-05-27 13:53:47 Last edited by Hobbsee Date: 2009-05-27 13:54:46 Requested 2 times
controls-#kubuntu	<deleted><reply> Sorry, I don't know anything about controls	Added by tsimpson Date: 2010-04-04 01:51:53 Last edited by Pici Date: 2010-08-12 12:57:45 Requested 2 times
mentor-#ubuntu-bugs	<reply> Looking for a helping hand with bug triage? Read the wiki for information about requesting a bugsquad mentor: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad/Mentors	Added by jussi Date: 2010-06-13 14:16:40 Requested 2 times
marketplace	<reply> Find a company that provides local support for Ubuntu desktops and servers in the Ubuntu Marketplace: http://webapps.ubuntu.com/marketplace/	Added by nhandler Date: 2010-09-09 13:16:39 Requested 2 times
mongodb	<deleted>web scale	Added by elky Date: 2010-09-10 11:53:19 Last edited by elky Date: 2010-09-10 12:04:37 Requested 2 times
partialupgrade	<deleted><reply> Partial upgrades offered by update-manager, or excessive removals by "apt-get dist-upgrade" are often due to repository inconsistencies, the best fix is often to simply wait, see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1751299 for more info.	Added by IdleOne Date: 2011-05-19 15:13:08 Last edited by Pici Date: 2011-05-19 15:31:09 Requested 2 times