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| flash64bit flash64 java64 | <reply> You can run Flash, Real, and Java plugins in AMD64 bit computers with Firefox. see the steps to follow at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FirefoxAMD64FlashJava | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-10-04 11:18:38 Requested 803 times |
| beryl | <reply> Beryl has been merged with Compiz to form Compiz-Fusion. New Beryl installs are discouraged. See also !compiz | Added by Amaranth Date: 2006-10-03 04:26:40 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-10-18 00:50:01 Requested 3395 times |
| speech recognition-#ubuntu-offtopic voice recognition-#ubuntu-offtopic iphone keyboard-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> Dear Aunt, let's set so double the killer delete select all. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-10-03 01:09:52 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2011-08-16 01:49:11 Requested 92 times |
| ubuntu counter | <deleted><reply> If you want to register with the Ubuntu Counter project, please visit this page: http://ubuntucounter.geekosophical.net/useraccount.php?action=newuser | Added by Hawkwind Date: 2006-09-29 01:52:29 Last edited by rww Date: 2015-09-14 19:38:26 Requested 3 times |
| nothing broken | <reply> Saying "It says nothing", "It does nothing" is generally not very useful for troubleshooting. Please be as specific as possible: if you see a black screen, say so, if you see a shell prompt, say so, if you see an !error message, say so - Also, most !CLI commands don't print anything when they succeed, but only when they fail. | Added by LjL Date: 2006-09-28 17:58:44 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-02-12 01:23:56 Requested 267 times |
| vncfix | <reply> If you are getting errors like "could not open default font 'fixed'" when running a VNC server: 'sudo ln -s /usr/share/X11/fonts /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts' | Added by bimberi Date: 2006-09-26 02:23:45 Requested 18 times |
| youtube sound | <reply> If you aren't getting sound while watching videos on youtube then please read this URL: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1087994 | Added by Hawkwind Date: 2006-09-25 03:55:56 Requested 10 times |
| autoscroll | <reply> if you want to enable middle-click-drag-scrolling for konqueror: open konqueror -> settings -> configure konqueror -> uncheck "middle click opens selected web address." Firefox: open firefox. in the address field type 'about:config' and hit enter. Now in the Filter box, type 'autoscroll', rightclick on general.autoScroll -> Toggle. The line should read 'general.autoScroll user set boolean true'. Enjoy. | Added by fdoving Date: 2006-09-24 23:47:53 Requested 4 times |
| ftbs | an Acronym for Failed To Build from Source | Added by imbrandon Date: 2006-09-23 01:03:14 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:27:33 Requested 13 times |
| nz | the New Zealand LoCo Team has a channel at #ubuntu-nz | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2006-09-19 11:06:37 Requested 14 times |
| eol endoflife end-of-life eolupgrades eolupgrade old-releases oldreleases eolupdate | <reply> End-Of-Life is when security updates and support for an Ubuntu release stop. Make sure to update Ubuntu before it goes EOL so you get updates promptly for newly-discovered security vulnerabilities. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EOL and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases for more info. Looking to upgrade from an EOL release? See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EOLUpgrades | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-09-18 04:08:52 Last edited by dax Date: 2019-09-26 15:56:29 Requested 3896 times |
| nickspam | <reply> You should avoid changing your nick in a busy channel like #ubuntu, or other Ubuntu channels; it causes excessive scrolling which is unfair to new users. Please set your preferred nick in your client's settings instead. See also « /msg $nick Guidelines » | Added by ompaul Date: 2006-09-16 15:00:49 Last edited by m4v Date: 2013-02-28 16:55:08 Requested 2266 times |
| sound-#kubuntu | <reply> If you're having problems with sound see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Sound - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting - For playing audio files, see !Players and !MP3 | Added by Hawkwind Date: 2006-09-14 19:14:50 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2009-11-21 20:21:54 Requested 1145 times |
| repos-#kubuntu | <reply> The packages in Kubuntu are divided into various sections. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Kubuntu - See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RecommendedSources for the recommended way to set up your repositories | Added by Hawkwind Date: 2006-09-13 06:04:21 Last edited by LjL Date: 2008-02-20 00:23:40 Requested 1525 times |
| thanks thanks! thank you thankyou ty thanks. thanx ok thanks :) domo arigato thx | <reply> You're welcome! But keep in mind I'm just a bot ;-) | Added by Mez Date: 2006-09-09 08:48:38 Requested 4814 times |
| baddevice | <deleted><reply> If you are receiving an error similar to "X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 168", it can be safely ignored. If you want to get rid of the error messages then please visit this page: http://seerofsouls.com/wiki/How-Tos/BadDeviceErrors | Added by Hawkwind Date: 2006-09-09 00:35:41 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-13 23:31:05 Requested 185 times |
| framebuffer | <deleted><reply> Information about changing your framebuffer modes in GRUB can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FrameBuffer#grub | Added by Spec Date: 2006-09-07 18:25:15 Last edited by Pici Date: 2015-09-14 20:52:56 Requested 242 times |
| soundblaster | If you need help with setting up your soundblaster card, then visit https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundcardsWithHardwareSynth | Added by Spec Date: 2006-09-07 18:20:26 Requested 54 times |
| test again | <deleted><reply>Failed again. | Added by Amaranth Date: 2006-09-03 22:05:05 Last edited by Pici Date: 2011-04-08 23:02:34 Requested 59 times |
| newton | <deleted>a desktop wiki for storing data fast and efficiently. It has a html syntax engine to allow easy formatting. To install it in Dapper Drake: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=185972 | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2006-09-03 09:32:03 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2009-11-08 01:11:52 Requested 9 times |
| counter | <deleted><reply>The Ubuntu Counter is where Ubuntu (based) systems can go to get their machine counted. Get counted at http://ubuntucounter.geekosophical.net | Added by Madpilot Date: 2006-08-31 09:01:29 Last edited by rww Date: 2015-09-14 19:38:34 Requested 13 times |
| pong | an old atari game. It's fun! | Added by imbrandon Date: 2006-08-27 09:10:43 Requested 475 times |
| trac | an open source, enhanced wiki and issue tracking system for software development projects. Look here for a Trac How To on Ubuntu: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuTracHowto | Added by nalioth Date: 2006-08-27 02:11:14 Requested 8 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 |
| picard | a digital audio fingerprinting/tagging program using the MusicBrainz online music database, not unlike freedb. It can be used to identify *and* tag files in your music collection. Usage instructions: http://musicbrainz.org/doc/HowToTagFilesWithPicard ; Ubuntu installation instructions: http://musicbrainz.org/doc/PicardLinuxInstall | Added by gnomefreak Date: 2006-08-26 02:31:18 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:33:31 Requested 23 times |
| u ur 4 y shorthand | <reply> Shortened English is difficult for some non-native English speakers to read. Please use full words instead. Thanks! | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-08-25 18:09:14 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-03-19 19:39:29 Requested 2170 times |
| aiglx | <reply> AIGLX is a project that aims to enable GL-accelerated effects on a standard desktop. Supported cards: Nvidia: GeForce3 or newer; ATI: Radeon 7000 through X800; Intel: i810 or newer. Howto: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompositeManager For older Nvidia or newer ATI cards see !xgl | Added by gnomefreak Date: 2006-08-24 00:17:52 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-13 23:27:51 Requested 330 times |
| wikipedia | <deleted>a free online encyclopedia, you can find it at http://wikipedia.org | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-08-23 14:39:11 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-07-08 06:01:19 Requested 65 times |
| ops-#ubuntuforums | <reply>Help!! bodhizazen jacob jdong cariboo907 ibuclaw Silver-Fox- Iowan howefield CharlesA overdrank forestpiskie Arificial_Intel nothingspecial nlsthzn oldos2er quackers wildmanne39 or matt_symes | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-08-21 18:53:33 Last edited by jussi Date: 2012-07-26 07:00:11 Requested 319 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 |
| ntfs-3g ntfs3g | a Linux driver which allows read/write access to NTFS partitions. Installation instructions at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MountingWindowsPartitions | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-08-11 19:48:36 Last edited by Seveas Date: 2007-04-21 09:57:49 Requested 2799 times |
| chroot debchroot | <reply> A chroot is used to make programs believe that the directory they are running in is really the root directory. It can be used to stop programs accessing files outside of that directory, or for compiling 32bit applications in a 64bit environment - see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BasicChroot | Added by ompaul Date: 2006-08-11 17:28:50 Last edited by Pici Date: 2010-06-15 17:12:19 Requested 1093 times |
| tar tgz tar.gz bz2 7z compression tar.bz2 gz ace 7zip 7-zip | <reply> Files with extensions .tar, .gz, .tgz, .zip, .bz2, .7z, .ace and other archive file formats can be opened with file-roller (GNOME) or Ark (KDE) - Also see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FileCompression | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-08-11 14:55:35 Requested 689 times |
| virus av viruses | <reply> Antivirus is something you don't need on !Linux, except where files are then passed to Windows computers (perhaps using Samba). See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Antivirus | Added by ompaul Date: 2006-08-11 08:38:28 Last edited by knome Date: 2015-07-06 22:31:40 Requested 2225 times |
| cairo-dock | <deleted>a MacOS X -like dock for the gnome desktop, see www.cairo-dock.org | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-08-09 12:28:37 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-04-11 19:57:26 Requested 39 times |
| test | <reply> Testing... Testing... 1. 2.. 3... | Added by Amaranth Date: 2006-08-09 10:19:13 Last edited by rww Date: 2016-01-05 03:10:16 Requested 5475 times |
| ipod iphone | <reply> For information on how to sync and add tracks to your iPod, see the guide at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IPodHowto - For the iPhone and the iPod Touch, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PortableDevices/iPhone - See !RockBox for information on liberating your iPod | Added by Madpilot Date: 2006-08-08 05:27:49 Last edited by LjL Date: 2009-03-26 03:03:20 Requested 1976 times |
| xconfig | <reply> To reconfigure your X server, open a console and type « sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg » - To configure only the driver and resolution, type « sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg -phigh » - See also !FixRes | Added by nalioth Date: 2006-08-07 20:14:52 Requested 683 times |
| shaddap | <reply> :X | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-08-06 23:02:55 Requested 66 times |
| opabuse-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply>Leave the ops alone! | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-08-06 19:19:31 Last edited by Amaranth Date: 2008-02-04 03:44:20 Requested 186 times |
| botsnack | <reply> Yum! Err, I mean, APT! | Added by Amaranth Date: 2006-08-05 08:42:05 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-08-06 13:34:26 Requested 3953 times |
| ops-#xubuntu-offtopic | <reply> Help! Channel emergency! (ONLY use this trigger in emergencies) - pleia2, Unit193. | Added by gnomefreak Date: 2006-08-04 00:45:01 Last edited by knome Date: 2019-10-14 12:40:51 Requested 5 times |
| canonical | <reply>Canonical Ltd. is committed to the development, distribution and promotion of open source software products, and to providing tools and support to the open source community. It is the driving force behind the Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, and Edubuntu Operating Systems. Canonical's website is at http://www.canonical.com/ | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-08-03 18:21:47 Requested 226 times |
| opera | <reply>Opera is an advanced, fast and free (as in beer) web browser. It is packaged for easy installation into Ubuntu. More information at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OperaBrowser | Added by gnomefreak Date: 2006-08-03 14:34:26 Last edited by Madpilot Date: 2009-10-02 05:58:23 Requested 801 times |
| synce | <reply> Details of setting up synce-serial at: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PocketPCHowto | Added by ompaul Date: 2006-08-03 11:32:16 Requested 26 times |
| kubuntu | <reply> Kubuntu is the Ubuntu flavour using KDE Software and the KDE Plasma Workspaces. See https://kubuntu.org for more information - For support join #kubuntu - See also !kde | Added by gnomefreak Date: 2006-08-02 23:45:20 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-22 21:35:42 Requested 1211 times |
| rar unrar | a non-free archive format created by Rarsoft. For instructions on accessing .rar files through the Archive Manager view https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FileCompression. There is a free (as in speech) unrar utility as well, see !info unrar-free | Added by Spec Date: 2006-07-31 22:11:25 Requested 1711 times |
| pdf acrobat | <reply>The Portable Document Format is created by Adobe; PDF files are viewable in Ubuntu with Xpdf, Okular, Evince and also Adobe Reader (free download, but closed source) | Added by bimberi Date: 2006-07-31 07:34:53 Last edited by jussi Date: 2011-04-28 15:21:23 Requested 476 times |
| de deutsch german germany | <reply> In den meisten Ubuntu-Kanälen wird nur Englisch gesprochen. Für deutschsprachige Hilfe besuche bitte #ubuntu-de. Einfach "/join #ubuntu-de" eingeben. Danke für Dein Verständnis! | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-30 14:17:47 Last edited by krytarik Date: 2023-06-27 21:37:03 Requested 6403 times |
| nl dutch nederlands | <reply> Nederlandstalige ondersteuning voor Ubuntu (en vers gezette koffie) is te vinden in #ubuntu-nl | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-29 14:36:08 Requested 789 times |
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