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Factoid	Value	Author
questions-#ubuntu-classroom	<reply> Please ask your questions in #ubuntu-classroom-chat	Added by LjL Date: 2006-11-28 17:29:59 Requested 14 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
shut up!	<reply> :x	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-11-27 20:30:14 Requested 32 times
gimpshop	<deleted>a hack that makes The Gimp look and feel more like Photoshop. A .deb for Ubuntu is available via http://plasticbugs.com/?page_id=294	Added by bimberi Date: 2006-11-27 00:59:13 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-13 23:38:00 Requested 56 times
openweek open week uow	<reply>Ubuntu is hosting a series of introductory sessions for people who want to join the Ubuntu community, which all takes place in a week. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek for schedules, logs, and instructions.	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-11-25 21:27:11 Last edited by Mez Date: 2008-08-07 22:33:03 Requested 95 times
en english	<reply> The main Ubuntu IRC channels are English only. For a complete list of channels in other languages, please visit https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/ChannelList	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-11-25 14:35:17 Last edited by krytarik Date: 2016-12-13 17:11:01 Requested 853 times
adduser users user useradd	<reply> To add new users to your Ubuntu system, follow the instructions at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AddUsersHowto - For administrative privileges, users need to be made members of the group "sudo" - See !sudo	Added by LjL Date: 2006-11-24 17:00:44 Last edited by jrib Date: 2013-06-27 20:30:10 Requested 536 times
ivtv	<deleted><reply> IVTV can be installed on Edgy by following the guide at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Install_IVTV_Edgy	Added by LjL Date: 2006-11-24 15:45:53 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-13 23:21:44 Requested 53 times
winkey	<reply> To use the windows key as a modifier in a keyboard shortcut you can edit the shortcut settings manually in gconf-editor. The windows key is represented as "<super>". Metacity shortcuts can be found in the /apps/metaicty/* gconf keys.	Added by bimberi Date: 2006-11-23 02:18:53 Last edited by jrib Date: 2007-05-13 23:11:53 Requested 51 times
tango	a style guideline and icon set. It can be found and read about at http://tango-project.org	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-11-22 21:57:04 Requested 8 times
lart-#ubuntu-offtopic	<deleted><reply> L.A.R.T. is a development tool used for social engineering. [Luser Attitude Readjustment Tool]	Added by LjL Date: 2006-11-21 22:47:59 Last edited by jussi Date: 2010-04-18 13:35:02 Requested 104 times
jp ja japanese	<reply>日本語の場合は /join #ubuntu-jp または /join #kubuntu-jp を入力して下さい。	Added by Jucato Date: 2006-11-14 09:07:00 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2011-05-07 00:36:48 Requested 864 times
generic smp	<reply> Background to the decision to replace -686, k7 and -smp kernels with -generic can be found here https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2006-August/019983.html (the -386 kernel is still available if needed)	Added by bimberi Date: 2006-11-13 02:36:49 Requested 343 times
kopete-icq-aim	<deleted><reply> Due to a bug within Kopete's AIM/ICQ plugin, Kopete will not connect correctly to AIM/ICQ. Working versions can be found at: http://ubuntu.lnix.net/misc/kopete-fix/	Added by fdoving Date: 2006-11-09 00:24:01 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-04-02 04:28:55 Requested 5 times
ubuntulog	a logging bot run on various Ubuntu channels. You can read the logs at http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-11-08 23:22:45 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:33:41 Requested 18 times
xdmcp	the X Display Manger Control Protocol -- look at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/XDMCP-HOWTO/ to find out how to configure it	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-11-07 20:45:30 Requested 104 times
ops-#ubuntu-nz	<reply> Help! Plug, kirjava, DanielFaulknor	Added by bimberi Date: 2006-11-07 06:01:40 Requested 0 times
ops-#ubuntu-uk	<reply> Help! DJones, Myrtti, Mez, AlanBell, popey, Gary, Seeker`, Daviey, PriceChild or X3N	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-11-06 23:53:42 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2013-11-18 16:07:15 Requested 54 times
kickoff	<deleted>a new KDE menu replacement developed by openSUSE. See http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/2331	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-11-06 12:00:09 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:42:33 Requested 79 times
picasa	<reply>You can no longer use picasa in linux natively. It's !wine !appdb profile can be found at http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=2024	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-11-06 00:04:39 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-13 23:21:44 Requested 56 times
sru	<reply> Stable Release Update information is at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates	Added by Mez Date: 2006-10-31 21:14:37 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:45:13 Requested 602 times
download-#kubuntu	<reply> Kubuntu can be downloaded in various formats from http://kubuntu.org/getkubuntu/	Added by Hawkwind Date: 2006-10-31 02:22:47 Last edited by Pici Date: 2016-06-23 19:06:15 Requested 69 times
uuid blkid	<reply> To see a list of your devices/partitions and their corresponding UUID's, run this command in a !shell: « sudo blkid » (see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LibAtaForAtaDisks for the rationale behind the transition to UUID)	Added by Jucato Date: 2006-10-30 12:22:39 Last edited by Amaranth Date: 2007-09-06 10:56:31 Requested 1427 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
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
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
launch-feedback	<reply> The Launch Feedback setting can be found in KControl. Press Alt+F2 and type in "kcontrol" (without the quotes). It is located under the Appearance and Themes group	Added by Jucato Date: 2006-10-28 15:53:06 Requested 4 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
aptproxy apt-proxy	<reply> apt-proxy is a program that acts as a local apt repository server for a LAN, only fetching from the internet when required. To set it up see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptProxy	Added by bimberi Date: 2006-10-27 04:06:15 Requested 104 times
biarch	<reply> A BiArch 64-bit system is one that comes with a complete 32-bit package system, as well. This means that you can run 32bit packages as well on your 64-bit install	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-10-26 17:57:39 Requested 13 times
torrents	<reply> $curStable can be torrented from http://torrent.ubuntu.com/simple/$curStableLower/desktop/ubuntu-$curStableNum-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent or http://torrent.ubuntu.com/simple/$curStableLower/live-server/ubuntu-$curStableNum-live-server-amd64.iso.torrent depending on your needs. Other flavors can be found at http://torrent.ubuntu.com:6969	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-10-26 13:27:56 Last edited by dax Date: 2020-04-23 18:16:52 Requested 1088 times
ta-#ubuntu-offtopic	<reply> The Arabic letter ت signifies a soft T, and is used as a smiley by yipe and almost no one else.	Added by LjL Date: 2006-10-26 03:06:28 Requested 37 times
popcon	<reply> The Ubuntu Popularity Contest project is an attempt to map the usage of Ubuntu packages. To participate, install the package "popularity-contest", and see http://popcon.ubuntu.com/ and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LucasNussbaum/PopconDraft	Added by gnomefreak Date: 2006-10-25 14:03:31 Last edited by Jucato Date: 2008-04-24 08:08:52 Requested 37 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
leet 1337	<reply> 1337 i5 nigh-inc0mpr3h3n5ib13 70 u5 n00bs, 4nd n0b0dy c4r35 if UR 4 1337 h4x0r. Giv3 i7 4 r357.	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-10-22 20:34:05 Last edited by Pici Date: 2012-08-07 15:38:27 Requested 446 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
topic	<reply> Please read the channel topic whenever you enter, as it contains important information. To view it at any time after joining, simply type /topic	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-10-22 18:02:36 Requested 1737 times
traffic	<reply> NOTICE - There is a lot of traffic in this channel at the moment. Please try to keep your sentences into a single message, avoid repeating the same question multiple times, use http://paste.ubuntu.com for pasting, remember to mention the nickname of the person you're addressing, and join #ubuntu-offtopic for anything that is not Ubuntu support. Thank you for understanding!	Added by LjL Date: 2006-10-22 01:00:37 Last edited by jrib Date: 2009-12-14 16:23:57 Requested 264 times
md5sum checksum	<reply> To verify your Ubuntu ISO image (or other files for which a checksum is provided), see https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/how-to-verify-ubuntu	Added by Hawkwind Date: 2006-10-21 05:40:18 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2020-08-15 00:12:40 Requested 463 times
feisty feisty fawn fawn 7.04	<reply> Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) was the sixth release of Ubuntu. End Of Life: October 19th, 2008. See !eol and !upgrade for more details.	Added by Mez Date: 2006-10-21 05:12:07 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-01-16 14:15:22 Requested 1959 times
nonxgl noxgl	a script that allows you to run applications which require direct rendering under XGL (e.g. OpenGL games). It only works with nVidia cards. More information here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=176636	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-10-20 18:25:23 Requested 6 times
elkbuntu	<deleted>cute	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-10-20 17:12:46 Last edited by elky Date: 2009-06-13 12:48:45 Requested 28 times
dash	<reply>/bin/sh links to the DASH shell in all releases since Ubuntu Edgy (6.10). Since DASH is not 100% compatible with the BASH shell, some scripts might break. You can make scripts execute using BASH by changing the first line of the script to « #! /bin/bash \| See also https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DashAsBinSh	Added by LjL Date: 2006-10-15 22:19:13 Last edited by Pricey Date: 2013-12-03 13:39:35 Requested 183 times
newsgroups newsgroup	<reply> There are Ubuntu newsgroups via NNTP at news.gmane.org	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-10-11 21:04:30 Requested 38 times
tvout tv out tv-out	<reply> For help with enabling the TV-Out, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NvidiaTVOutNewbieEdition (Nvidia cards) or http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Tvout (ATI cards, untested)	Added by LjL Date: 2006-10-11 01:28:09 Requested 304 times
upstart inittab	<reply> Upstart is meant to replace the old Sys V Init system with an event-driven init model. For more information please see: http://upstart.ubuntu.com/	Added by Hawkwind Date: 2006-10-09 00:30:14 Requested 1489 times
ro romanian romania	<reply> Daca doriti ajutor sau doriti sa discutati despre Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu, intrati pe #ubuntu-ro	Added by zorglu_ Date: 2006-10-08 20:21:21 Requested 456 times
wink	a Tutorial and Presentation creation software, primarily aimed at creating tutorials on how to use software. Using Wink you can capture screenshots, add explanations boxes, buttons, titles etc and generate a highly effective tutorial for your users \|\| http://www.debugmode.com/wink/	Added by Hawkwind Date: 2006-10-07 19:33:39 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:41:50 Requested 13 times
planet blogs	<reply> Planet Ubuntu (blogs of Ubuntu developers and members) can be found at http://planet.ubuntu.com	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-10-06 22:07:15 Requested 42 times
hwdb	<reply> The Ubuntu Hardware Database can be found at http://hwdb.ubuntu.com/	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-10-06 22:06:06 Requested 21 times