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| Factoid | Value | Author |
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| ogra | <deleted><reply>ogra looks like a pirate! | Added by mneptok Date: 2007-11-30 00:19:48 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-05-27 17:47:44 Requested 7 times |
| contribute-#xubuntu | <reply> To see how you can help out with Xubuntu, please see http://xubuntu.org/contribute/ - additionally, you can join the devleoper channel #xubuntu-devel and introduce yourself (we'll reply when we're around) | Added by LjL Date: 2007-11-27 00:49:04 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-12-03 01:40:46 Requested 26 times |
| brokenusplash-#kubuntu | <reply> Supported screen resolutions are sometimes detected incorrectly, causing the splash screen to not appear and slowing down boot. Edit /etc/usplash.conf and change "xres" and "yres" to a resolution that your graphics system certainly supports, then run « sudo update-usplash-theme usplash-theme-kubuntu » | Added by LjL Date: 2007-11-27 00:05:36 Requested 1 times |
| brokenusplash | <reply> Supported screen resolutions are sometimes detected incorrectly, causing the splash screen to not appear and slowing down boot. Edit /etc/usplash.conf and change "xres" and "yres" to a resolution that your graphics system certainly supports, then run « sudo update-usplash-theme usplash-theme-ubuntu » | Added by LjL Date: 2007-11-27 00:05:09 Requested 21 times |
| nbs | <reply> Some packages are no longer built from source as a result of various transitions. The reverse dependencies of these packages require an update. The current tracking list is available from http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-archive/NBS/ | Added by Pici Date: 2007-11-26 17:30:44 Requested 8 times |
| xfce-icons | <reply> To install icons, unpack them to ~/.icons/ - Visit http://www.xfce-look.org/ for all kinds of eyecandy for your Xfce4 desktop! - See also !themes for other GNOME theme sites | Added by LjL Date: 2007-11-25 03:10:11 Requested 3 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 |
| 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 |
| j-_ | <deleted><reply> j-_ is as j-_ does ;-) | Added by ompaul Date: 2007-11-23 20:45:47 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2009-06-19 23:44:09 Requested 36 times |
| coffee | <deleted>a caffeinated beverage made by filtering hot water through ground up roasted beans of the coffee plant. Flavouring to taste such as milk or cream, sugar or sweetener are often added afterwards. Not to be confused with !java | Added by Tm_T Date: 2007-11-22 20:49:21 Last edited by Pici Date: 2010-02-03 15:42:16 Requested 198 times |
| composite cube | <reply> Compiz-Fusion (and the older Compiz and Beryl) are window managers that employ the "composite" extension of X to draw windows using graphics cards' 3D hardware. They can additionally provide "desktop special effects" (such as the "cube") by means of plug-ins. Join #compiz-fusion for help and support with advanced features. See also « /msg $nick compiz » and « /msg $nick effects » | Added by LjL Date: 2007-11-21 16:47:18 Last edited by m4v Date: 2013-02-28 16:59:28 Requested 212 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 |
| sk | <reply> Žiadame slovenských používateľov aby v kanáli #ubuntu hovorili po anglicky. Slovensky a česky sa dohovoríte v #ubuntu-cz. | Added by jrib Date: 2007-11-20 14:31:39 Last edited by PriceChild Date: 2007-11-28 22:02:28 Requested 94 times |
| nonfree | <reply> When we use the term 'non-free', we mean that it is not Free (as in freedom) Software. Software that is not Free cannot be fixed or improved by anyone except its authors -- who are not us :(. For more information, see https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html | Added by elkbuntu Date: 2007-11-19 10:32:30 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-05-01 05:21:42 Requested 42 times |
| mako | <deleted><reply>Benjamin "Mako" Hill is a member of the Community Council and co-author of The Official Ubuntu Book. | Added by elkbuntu Date: 2007-11-14 15:43:57 Last edited by jussi Date: 2012-01-03 09:54:30 Requested 18 times |
| kopete im-#kubuntu | <reply> Instant Messenger Client Kopete (http://kopete.kde.org) supports MSN, Jabber, AIM, YIM, Gadu-Gadu, Novell Groupwise, ICQ and, in KDE 3, IRC. See also !Pidgin | Added by Tm_T Date: 2007-11-14 13:16:40 Last edited by stdin Date: 2008-09-18 09:27:41 Requested 189 times |
| dns | <reply> To set up a Domain Name Service see the !serverguide - https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/dns.html | Added by Madpilot Date: 2007-11-12 07:06:45 Last edited by knome Date: 2015-07-27 16:41:45 Requested 306 times |
| bofh | <reply>You can find the BOFH and the PFY at https://bearbin.net/bofh and http://theregister.co.uk/odds/bofh/ | Added by Seveas Date: 2007-11-11 20:52:01 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-04-02 04:18:20 Requested 15 times |
| vraag | <reply> Vraag niet of je mag vragen, maar vraag! | Added by Seveas Date: 2007-11-11 18:53:56 Requested 45 times |
| automatix-#ubuntu-nl | niet aanbevolen, ondersteund, of noodzakelijk, zie ook http://mjg59.livejournal.com/77440.html | Added by Seveas Date: 2007-11-11 18:53:04 Requested 0 times |
| ops-#ubuntu-nl | <reply> Help! profoX, JanC, Seveas, defrysk, joolz, SWAT of wdh! | Added by Seveas Date: 2007-11-11 18:16:28 Requested 6 times |
| richtlijnen coc-#ubuntu-nl | <reply> Richtlijnen voor het verblijf in #ubuntu-nl vind je op http://www.ubuntu-nl.org/gemeenschap/regels | Added by Seveas Date: 2007-11-11 18:11:27 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-03-23 02:47:12 Requested 26 times |
| rs serbian | <reply> Molimo udjite u #ubuntu-rs za pomoc u vezi sa Ubuntuom na srpskom jeziku. | Added by LjL Date: 2007-11-11 17:31:16 Requested 139 times |
| profanephobia-#ubuntu-offtopic | <deleted><reply> Profanephobia is afraid of profane things! | Added by Spec Date: 2007-11-06 20:52:52 Last edited by Pici Date: 2010-08-12 12:39:16 Requested 8 times |
| lynoure | <deleted><reply> Lynoure has the answer! | Added by ompaul Date: 2007-11-06 20:52:42 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2011-04-11 20:28:34 Requested 5 times |
| apparmor | <reply> For information about the AppArmor security framework employed in Ubuntu (since Gutsy Gibbon), see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AppArmor | Added by LjL Date: 2007-11-06 00:07:49 Requested 192 times |
| selinux | <reply> SELinux is available on Ubuntu, but not officially supported. Ubuntu uses another security framework by default, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AppArmor | Added by LjL Date: 2007-11-06 00:07:16 Requested 140 times |
| tor | <reply> Tor is a program to route connections through several servers for anonymity. It is in Ubuntu's repositories, but the Tor Project recommends using their Tor packages due to past issues with Ubuntu's. For setup info, see option (2) of https://www.torproject.org/docs/debian.html.en | Added by LjL Date: 2007-11-04 23:20:20 Last edited by ezri Date: 2016-03-09 21:22:05 Requested 516 times |
| studiocd | <reply>Ubuntu Studio is only available as an alternate DVD. The LiveCD installer does not meet Ubuntu Studio's requirements at this time. | Added by Pici Date: 2007-11-04 18:23:28 Last edited by jussi01 Date: 2008-09-07 18:07:13 Requested 7 times |
| bitesize | <reply> A list of bugs that are considered easy to fix and good for beginners to attempt can be found at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.tag=bitesize | Added by Pici Date: 2007-11-03 23:18:21 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-11-03 23:21:43 Requested 16 times |
| mythtv-mysql | <reply>Having issues with 'access denied for user 'mythtv'@'localhost' (using password: YES), please see: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=3691155&postcount=4 | Added by Madpilot Date: 2007-11-03 03:33:25 Requested 5 times |
| gift | a peer-to-peer filesharing engine supporting several networks and protocols by means of plug-ins. It's available in !Universe. Clients include gifTui, giFToxic (GTK), Apollon (KDE), giFTcurs (terminal-based) - See also !P2P | Added by LjL Date: 2007-11-03 00:35:09 Requested 12 times |
| mldonkey | a peer-to-peer filesharing engine supporting several networks and protocols, available in !Universe as 'mldonkey-server'. Clients include mkdonkey-gui (GTK) and KMLDonkey (KDE). See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MLDonkey - See also !P2P | Added by LjL Date: 2007-11-03 00:31:31 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-11-03 00:33:20 Requested 7 times |
| soulseek | <reply> SoulSeek clients: Nicotine (GTK), Museeq (KDE), Mucous (terminal-based) - See also !P2P | Added by LjL Date: 2007-11-03 00:29:09 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-11-03 00:29:23 Requested 27 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 |
| 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 |
| rtf | <reply> Software packages to deal with the RTF format include: abiword, catdoc, unrtf, latex2rtf (for parsing), enscript, aft, sdf, udo, wv (for creating) | Added by LjL Date: 2007-11-02 15:36:40 Requested 12 times |
| pony-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply>PONY! Ponyponyponyponypony! http://windowseat.ca/images/monster_pony.jpg - NO PONIES FOR YOU! | Added by Spec Date: 2007-10-31 20:04:16 Last edited by elky Date: 2010-04-28 11:26:05 Requested 520 times |
| hdbug | <reply>Ubuntu does *not* modify the settings that affect HD lifespans by default. An analysis from an Ubuntu Technical Board member and ACPI expert can be found at http://mjg59.livejournal.com/77672.html (See https://launchpad.net/bugs/59695 and http://tinyurl.com/2vyrft for more information) | Added by Pici Date: 2007-10-31 14:56:09 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-13 23:22:53 Requested 48 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 |
| tribalwars | <reply> Tribal Wars is a web based browser game. For more information and to learn how to join the other ubunteros playing it, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TribalWars | Added by Mez Date: 2007-10-22 00:59:32 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-10-22 00:59:57 Requested 4 times |
| aptlock dpkg fix crash dpkg crash fix aptfix apt-fix dpkglock apt-lock | <reply> If an APT front-end crashed and your database is locked, try this in a !terminal: « sudo fuser -vki /var/lib/dpkg/lock;sudo dpkg --configure -a » | Added by LjL Date: 2007-10-21 15:31:48 Requested 2228 times |
| md5sums | <reply> See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuHashes for the md5sums of Ubuntu discs. | Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-10-19 23:52:07 Requested 197 times |
| twhs-#ubuntuforums | <reply> That's what he said! | Added by LjL Date: 2007-10-19 18:52:37 Requested 39 times |
| back | <reply>Hurray, I've rejoined the channel. Too many bugs :) | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-10-19 18:48:39 Requested 27 times |
| gutsy-#ubuntu-release-party | <deleted><reply> Every time you ask the release is delayed five minutes. | Added by Amaranth Date: 2007-10-18 09:27:36 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2010-10-10 10:14:45 Requested 38 times |
| hungover | <deleted><reply> The Release Managers are currently hungover, and wont be releasing jaunty today. No jaunty for you! NOT YOURS!!! | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-10-18 06:40:58 Last edited by genii-around Date: 2011-05-26 16:57:53 Requested 45 times |
| f5 | <deleted><reply> Remember that every time you hit refresh, Canonical is wasting money, bandwidth, and CPU time serving your request instead of doing useful things like uploading the image or paying for ShipIt disks. Please do so sparingly. | Added by tonyyarusso Date: 2007-10-18 04:30:57 Last edited by Pici Date: 2014-04-17 15:53:18 Requested 77 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 |
| pici | <deleted>stuck in a factoid factory! Send help! | Added by Pici Date: 2007-10-17 17:36:26 Last edited by Pici Date: 2014-07-22 13:04:22 Requested 153 times |
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