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| ops-#ubuntu-ohio | <reply>Help! jacobmp92, meatballhat, rrittenhouse, PWill or Vorian. | Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-03-14 01:05:05 Requested 6 times |
| piracy warez illegal cracking | <reply> piracy discussion and other questionably legal practices are not welcome in the Ubuntu channels. Please take this discussion elsewhere or abstain from it altogether. This includes linking to pirated software, music, and video. Also see !guidelines and !o4o | Added by elkbuntu Date: 2007-03-11 14:52:32 Last edited by Pici Date: 2011-07-19 19:43:02 Requested 2112 times |
| support-#ubuntuforums-beginners | <reply> This channel is for the Ubuntu Beginners Transitioning team. While we'll be glad to help you, you may find better luck in #ubuntu or one of the more specialised support channels. | Added by ompaul Date: 2007-03-07 20:00:51 Requested 9 times |
| pastebin-#kubuntu | <deleted><reply> For posting multi-line texts into the channel, please use http://paste.kde.org | To post !screenshots use http://imgur.com/ !pastebinit to paste directly from command line | Make sure you give us the URL for your paste - see also the channel topic. | Added by tonyyarusso Date: 2007-02-27 23:39:07 Last edited by valorie Date: 2017-04-16 23:57:08 Requested 2760 times |
| sysresccd | <reply> SystemRescueCd is a Linux system on a bootable CD-ROM. It contains a number of admin tools including gparted and partimage. http://sysresccd.org/Main_Page | Added by ompaul Date: 2007-02-27 21:16:25 Last edited by Seveas Date: 2007-03-04 12:21:38 Requested 68 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 |
| goodbotuse | <deleted>please do "!factoid > user" see here: for more details: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/goodbotuse | Added by ompaul Date: 2007-02-25 13:14:01 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2010-01-17 10:56:49 Requested 77 times |
| proxy | <deleted><reply> Several Ubuntu channels prohibit access from open proxies and other anonymous connections due to a high level of abuse. The supported ways to hide your IP address on freenode are to use !Tor or get a !cloak | Added by Seveas Date: 2007-02-19 22:15:51 Last edited by Pici Date: 2014-08-07 13:01:46 Requested 1069 times |
| bg | <reply> опитайте #ubuntu-bg за български потребители . try #ubuntu-bg for bulgarian users, and please idle there patiently | Added by apokryphos Date: 2007-02-19 19:34:56 Requested 236 times |
| otherhelp | <reply> If no-one here can help you you can try the ubuntu-users mailing list - https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users or the forums - http://ubuntuforums.org | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-02-16 03:07:54 Requested 11 times |
| irda | <reply> Information about using IrDA interfaces under Ubuntu can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IrdaHowto | Added by LjL Date: 2007-02-14 17:20:14 Requested 49 times |
| uvf | <deleted>Upstream Version Freeze. For an exception, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FreezeExceptionProcess | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-02-12 08:58:00 Last edited by nhandler Date: 2010-02-21 16:36:09 Requested 75 times |
| spam | <reply> Please don't spam | Added by Mez Date: 2007-02-11 16:34:50 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-01-18 06:12:29 Requested 186 times |
| nick | <reply> Your nick is how people know you on IRC. Please don't change your nicknames too often (use «/nick <newnick>» for that), or it creates a lot of confusion. You should also !register your nick with Libera. | Added by LjL Date: 2007-02-09 18:13:37 Last edited by kryten Date: 2021-05-24 22:54:29 Requested 346 times |
| upgradeproblem | <deleted>There is a problem with the latest linux-image-generic package (is broken as for now) it is a known bug that is being sorted out here: https://launchpad.net/soyuz/+bug/83976 | Added by elkbuntu Date: 2007-02-09 15:06:46 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-04-07 17:30:43 Requested 7 times |
| synergy-#ubuntuforums | <reply> Synergy is a means for the best threads on forums around the internet to be read by the masses. When a community admin or one of their delegated usergroups submits a thread, it enters the forum's "submission queue". Once every x hours (this number will be variable and based upon a number of factors) a thread from the queue will be accepted by the system at Zoints.com and then propagated across all Sy | Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-02-08 21:54:59 Requested 4 times |
| eff | The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is a non-profit advocacy and legal organisation with the stated purpose of being dedicated to preserving free speech rights. http://www.eff.org/ | Added by elkbuntu Date: 2007-02-07 12:56:19 Requested 5 times |
| au | <reply> The Australian Local Community Team has channels here on Libera. They are #ubuntu-au for technical discussion, and #ubuntu-au-chat for social chatter. | Added by elkbuntu Date: 2007-02-06 10:55:00 Last edited by kryten Date: 2021-05-24 22:54:43 Requested 50 times |
| staff | <deleted><reply> Hey christel, Corey, Dave2, Gary, Myrtti, Pricey, VorTechS, jayne, marienz, niko, nhandler, tomaw, ldunn, I could use a bit of your time :) | Added by Seveas Date: 2007-02-04 18:30:28 Last edited by Pici Date: 2014-02-28 13:55:17 Requested 654 times |
| hate | a thing we don't encourage - why waste your energy‽ | Added by ompaul Date: 2007-02-04 18:29:41 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-09-10 18:37:34 Requested 482 times |
| metisse | <deleted><reply>Metisse is Mandriva's composite window manager. For more information, see http://www.mandriva.com/projects/metisse | Added by apokryphos Date: 2007-02-03 16:28:34 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-03-23 02:46:33 Requested 14 times |
| security | <reply> Security Updates are dealt with here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Security - See also !root, !firewall, !server, and !usn | Added by LjL Date: 2007-01-31 19:20:20 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-02-16 22:21:16 Requested 300 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 |
| forkbomb | <reply> A forkbomb spells certain doom. It is a command that will take all clock cycles on a computer and render the machine in dire need of a reboot! | Added by Spec Date: 2007-01-31 02:09:42 Last edited by ompaul Date: 2007-05-02 21:02:20 Requested 50 times |
| support-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> The official Ubuntu support channel is #ubuntu (see http://ubuntu.com/support and http://ubuntuforums.org as well). Please be aware that this channel is mainly for other discussion. | Added by LjL Date: 2007-01-28 21:19:04 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-03-27 19:14:38 Requested 1001 times |
| bad-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> Oh no, you just made me cry! :-( | Added by LjL Date: 2007-01-28 21:13:48 Requested 34 times |
| fiesty | <reply> It is spelt "FEIsty" :) | Added by Mez Date: 2007-01-27 08:11:30 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-09-21 19:19:53 Requested 32 times |
| spec | <reply> A spec is the details (specifications) of the components that make up software or a device. See: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+specs for specifications in Ubuntu. | Added by Spec Date: 2007-01-26 18:21:47 Requested 38 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 |
| twinview | a feature provided by nvidia cards, which can be configured with nvidia-settings | Added by LjL Date: 2007-01-25 18:05:08 Last edited by ompaul Date: 2008-08-10 08:38:34 Requested 130 times |
| virtualizers vm virtualizer virtual machine virtual virtualisation virtualiser virtualisers | <reply> There are several solutions for running other operating systems (or their programs) inside Ubuntu, while using the native CPU as much as possible: !QEmu (with !KQemu), !VirtualBox, !VMWare, as well as !WINE and !Cedega for Windows applications | Added by LjL Date: 2007-01-23 16:27:34 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-11-04 01:47:09 Requested 912 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 |
| clone cloning | <reply> To replicate your packages selection on another machine (or restore it if re-installing), you can use the !software package "apt-clone" - See also !automate | Added by LjL Date: 2007-01-22 21:25:00 Last edited by LjL Date: 2013-11-07 22:13:08 Requested 2821 times |
| medibuntu | <deleted><reply>The Medibuntu project has come to an end and its repository is no longer maintained and is offline. | Added by LjL Date: 2007-01-22 19:29:22 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2025-11-08 23:20:38 Requested 2806 times |
| arabic | <reply> For Arabic language support, please : /join #ubuntu-arabic : للحصول على الدعم باللغة العربية | Added by LjL Date: 2007-01-22 19:07:42 Last edited by LjL Date: 2008-09-30 14:28:21 Requested 395 times |
| membership | <reply>Ubuntu Membership means recognition of a significant and sustained contribution to Ubuntu and the Ubuntu community. For more info see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership/NewMember | Added by Mez Date: 2007-01-22 16:02:33 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-12-04 22:29:06 Requested 98 times |
| ripping-#kubuntu rip-#kubuntu | <reply> To rip an Audio CD in KDE, Choose "Open Audio CD in Dolphin" from the Device Notifier (or enter the address audiocd:/), then just copy + paste the tracks in the format you want. You can configure the settings from System Settings -> (Advanced tab) Audio Cds | Added by Mez Date: 2007-01-22 15:20:46 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2010-10-30 01:45:19 Requested 37 times |
| ddebs | <reply> Debugging symbol packages (ending in '-dbgsym') are available in a separate !APT repository at ddebs.ubuntu.com - more info at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Debug%20Symbol%20Packages | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-01-22 04:07:44 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2019-03-03 23:10:15 Requested 30 times |
| stop | <deleted><reply> NOTICE - Please stop this discussion NOW. See !offtopic for things that are inappropriate to discuss in this channel. Continuing will result in action being taken. | Added by LjL Date: 2007-01-22 02:22:14 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-31 07:05:33 Requested 561 times |
| guidelines-#ubuntuforums | <reply> See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/Guidelines & https://launchpad.net/codeofconduct/1.0.1 | Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-01-22 00:09:53 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:45:27 Requested 27 times |
| compositor-#xubuntu | <reply> To disable Xfce's built-in compositor, go to Settings Manager → Window Manager Tweaks → Compositor. To fix tearing, you can try Compton instead, for which Xubuntu includes default settings. | Added by somerville32 Date: 2007-01-20 23:57:13 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2015-12-01 23:50:29 Requested 9 times |
| plg | <deleted><reply> Project Looking Glass is an environment with 3D windowing and visualization capabilities. Web site: https://lg3d-core.dev.java.net/ - Demo: http://wwws.sun.com/software/looking_glass/demo.html - Live CD: https://lg3d-livecd.dev.java.net/ - Binary Builds: https://lg3d-core.dev.java.net/binary-builds.html | Added by LjL Date: 2007-01-20 16:53:07 Last edited by jussi Date: 2011-04-28 15:18:27 Requested 18 times |
| hurd | <reply> The GNU Hurd is the GNU project's replacement for the Unix kernel. It is not ready for production use, as there are still many bugs and missing features. http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd.html | Added by apokryphos Date: 2007-01-20 16:13:01 Requested 35 times |
| usersplanet | <reply> A new aggregation of blogs from Ubuntu users was set up. This differs from Planet Ubuntu (found at http://planet.ubuntu.com), and you do not need to be an official Ubuntu member to join. Please see http://ubuntuweblogs.org/ to discover and http://ubuntuweblogs.org/submit.html to submit your Ubuntu-related weblogs. | Added by tonyyarusso Date: 2007-01-19 07:14:44 Requested 11 times |
| ubunto | <reply> It's spelled Ubuntu! with a U! *Ubuntu*! | Added by LjL Date: 2007-01-18 01:38:51 Requested 22 times |
| scoobysnack-#ubuntuforums | <reply> Yuck! | Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-01-17 21:37:04 Requested 135 times |
| chanserv.py | a ChanServ helper script for !XChat | https://github.com/seveas/chanserv.py | Added by Mez Date: 2007-01-17 06:53:54 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-01-31 06:42:28 Requested 89 times |
| partner partners | <reply> Canonical's partner repositories provide a location for software vendors to publish applications. The repo itself can be added by running this in a !terminal: « sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ $(lsb_release -sc) partner" » | Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-01-16 21:37:44 Last edited by genii-around Date: 2012-11-09 20:42:46 Requested 661 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 |
| boys-#ubuntuforums | <reply> ♪ Bad boys, bad boys, watcha gonna do, watcha gonna do when they come for you ♫ | Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-01-16 16:39:09 Requested 17 times |
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