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| punctuation | <deleted><reply> Punctuation is good, but its overuse hurts readability. Please refrain from adding many ?'s or !'s to the end of your sentences. See also !enter | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 18:35:00 Last edited by knome Date: 2014-03-19 19:54:39 Requested 142 times |
| rescue recovery rescue cd | <reply> If your system fails to boot normally, it may be useful to boot it into recovery mode. For instructions, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RecoveryMode | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 18:26:44 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-05-28 17:31:32 Requested 816 times |
| scim | <reply> Chinese, Japanese, Korean Language input. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SCIM | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 18:25:49 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:44:38 Requested 142 times |
| swap | used to move unused programs and data out of main memory to make your system faster. It can also be used as extra memory if you don't have enough. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwapFaq for more info | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 18:02:26 Requested 1160 times |
| hotmail | <deleted><reply> If you need to use an MSN Hotmail account, consider packages such as "hotway" and "hostsmtp", which are gateways respectively to the !POP and !SMTP protocols (also supporting Lycos and Spray) | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 18:01:16 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-10-12 12:49:18 Requested 44 times |
| screenshot imagebin screenshots | <reply> Screenshots can be made with the [PrtScr] button. Want to show us a screenshot of your problem? Upload an image to http://imgur.com/ and link the created page here. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 18:00:09 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-08-30 22:34:06 Requested 1211 times |
| mol | MacOnLinux. For a complete howto, visit https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacOnLinuxHowto - No longer available in 11.10 or higher, see http://bugs.debian.org/592034 | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 17:57:51 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:53:29 Requested 24 times |
| debconf | a configuration management system. All packages that support debconf are configured when they are being installed. If you want to change a configuration option later, you can do so using dpkg-reconfigure | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 17:57:00 Requested 22 times |
| code coding ide ides | <reply> Programming editors/suites: Terminal-based: vi/vim, emacs - KDE: Kate, KDevelop, Quanta+, Umbrello - GNOME: gvim, gedit, anjuta, pida, monodevelop, geany - Others: eclipse, netbeans, qtcreator | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 17:51:35 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2010-02-13 11:06:59 Requested 808 times |
| mount | used to attach devices to directories. See also https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Mount | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 17:50:24 Last edited by Seeker` Date: 2009-05-20 21:13:27 Requested 948 times |
| editors editor vim emacs nano kate gedit vi ed | <reply> Text Editors: gedit (GNOME), Kate (KDE), mousepad (Xfce4) - Terminal-based: nano, vi/vim, emacs, ed - For HTML/CSS editors, see !html - For programming editors and IDE, see !code | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 17:49:42 Last edited by nhandler Date: 2010-07-07 04:38:32 Requested 1200 times |
| lk | <deleted>Sri Lanka. If you want support in Sinhalese, get in to #ubuntu-lk | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 17:45:56 Last edited by housecat Date: 2020-04-22 03:33:17 Requested 11 times |
| im instant messaging instant messenger msn aim icq chat clients messenger | <reply> The Empathy Instant Messenger is installed by default and supports MSN, XMPP (Jabber, GTalk and variants), AIM, Gadu-Gadu, Novell Groupwise, ICQ, YIM, IRC and others. See also !Kopete and !pidgin | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 17:40:54 Last edited by topyli Date: 2011-09-23 17:07:40 Requested 512 times |
| dvorak | a keyboard layout that aims to be more comfortable and efficient alternative to the standard "QWERTY" pattern. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvorak_Simplified_Keyboard | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 17:39:47 Requested 36 times |
| fluxbox | a lightweight and responsive window manager for GNU/Linux. For how to set it up and more information see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Fluxbox | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 17:39:32 Requested 406 times |
| jabber | a free and open source instant messaging protocol, unlike MSN and AIM. Supporting clients on Linux: Kopete (KDE), Pidgin, Gajim, and Empathy (GNOME), bitlbee (cli/irc). For more info see http://www.jabber.org/ | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 17:39:32 Last edited by tonyyarusso Date: 2009-09-28 01:15:28 Requested 91 times |
| compile | <reply> Compiling software from source? Read the tips at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompilingSoftware (But remember to search for pre-built !packages first). Also read !checkinstall | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 17:35:45 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2011-08-25 03:18:32 Requested 396 times |
| hr croatia croatian | <reply> Odgovarajuci kanal za Hrvatski jezik je #ubuntu-hr, molimo Vas da se pridruzite tom kanalu ukoliko trebate pomoc za Ubuntu, hvala. Croatian language support in #ubuntu-hr | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 17:06:01 Last edited by ompaul Date: 2008-02-16 13:52:03 Requested 112 times |
| apache vhosts apache2 | <reply> Apache HTTP Server is the most commonly used HTTP server on Linux systems. For setup information, see https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/httpd.html . For information on setting up a "LAMP stack", see /msg ubottu !lamp. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 17:03:17 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-05-23 04:38:49 Requested 15 times |
| torrent bittorent bittorrent | <reply> Some torrent clients: Transmission (GTK and terminal-based), Deluge-Torrent, Freeloader, BitStormLite, BitTornado-GUI (GTK), KTorrent (KDE), QTorrent (Qt), Azureus/Vuse (Java), !Frostwire (Java), TorrentFlux (web-based), bittornado, rTorrent, cTorrent, bittorrent, aria2 (terminal-based) - FAQ: http://www.bittorrent.com/help/faq - See also !P2P | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 17:03:09 Last edited by oCean Date: 2012-01-14 16:17:16 Requested 1352 times |
| gnome | <reply> GNOME was the default desktop environment on Ubuntu up to 10.10. To install the GNOME Shell, type [ sudo apt-get install gnome-shell ] in a !terminal. For the GNOME-based !flavor of Ubuntu, see !ubuntu-gnome | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 17:02:05 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-12-24 02:04:30 Requested 1320 times |
| enter oneline | <reply> Please try and keep as much of your info as possible on ONE line - easier to follow for everyone. | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:56:19 Last edited by krytarik Date: 2016-11-28 00:32:21 Requested 10979 times |
| offtopic-#kubuntu | <reply> #kubuntu is the official Kubuntu support channel, for all Kubuntu-related support questions. Please use #kubuntu-offtopic for general chatter. Thanks! | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:53:32 Last edited by Jucato Date: 2007-02-21 05:04:46 Requested 1476 times |
| #kubuntu #kubuntu-offtopic | the official Kubuntu support channel, for all Kubuntu-related questions. Please use #kubuntu-offtopic for general chatter. Thanks! | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:53:12 Requested 140 times |
| logs channel logs channellogs log locobot irc logs irclogs ircmeeting 1984 logbot nsa | <reply>Official channel logs can be found at https://irclogs.ubuntu.com/ . LoCo channels are now logged there too. Meetingology logs at https://ubottu.com/meetingology/logs/ | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 16:50:13 Last edited by krytarik Date: 2016-11-24 04:42:02 Requested 2692 times |
| nalioth | <reply> Sorry, nalioth's repository is no longer available. | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2006-06-18 16:48:37 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-12-23 16:58:55 Requested 23 times |
| build-dep builddep | a handy APT tool that will try to automatically install build (compile) dependencies for you. In the terminal: sudo apt-get build-dep package | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:47:16 Requested 26 times |
| kdeincludes | <reply> To install the kde includes, install the kde-devel package. | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:44:06 Requested 6 times |
| browsers http browser lynx links2 konqueror | <reply> Some of the Web Browsers in Ubuntu's repositories include: Firefox (XUL, Gecko), Rekonq (KDE, WebKit), Konqueror (KDE, KHTML/WebKit), Chromium (GTK+, WebKit), Epiphany(GTK+, WebKit), Arora (Qt/KDE, WebKit), Midori (GTK+, WebKit), w3m (terminal-based), links2 (terminal-based or graphical, see !manpage), edbrowse (terminal-based). Along with many others. | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:42:31 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2012-02-11 23:09:20 Requested 510 times |
| #ubuntu #ubuntu-offtopic offtopic chat ontopic | <reply> #ubuntu is the Ubuntu support channel, for all Ubuntu-related support questions. Please register with NickServ (see /msg ubottu !register) and use #ubuntu-offtopic for other topics (though our !guidelines apply there too). Thanks! | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 16:42:16 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-24 15:16:29 Requested 25832 times |
| eft | a newt in its terrestrial stage of development - the release after Dapper is called Edgy Eft. For information and pictures of efts/newts, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newt or try !edgy | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 16:41:14 Requested 27 times |
| no | <reply> Hvis du vil diskutere på Norsk, vennligst gå til #ubuntu-no. Takk! | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 16:40:06 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2008-10-08 18:42:55 Requested 986 times |
| ca | <reply> Canadian Ubuntu users can be found in #ubuntu-ca aussi #ubuntu-qc | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 16:39:09 Last edited by genii-around Date: 2011-06-06 02:25:18 Requested 106 times |
| googleearth earth | <reply> Google Earth is available as the package "googleearth-package" in !Multiverse. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GoogleEarth | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:38:52 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:38:33 Requested 64 times |
| google earth | <deleted><reply> Google Earth is now available, for free (only as in price), for Linux, too. To download it see http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html - A package for Ubuntu is available in the !Medibuntu repository | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:38:45 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:38:20 Requested 292 times |
| freenode | <deleted><reply> freenode is the IRC network that you're on! - See http://freenode.net/project - - freenode has policies that govern how people should use the network which can be read at http://freenode.net/policies - The Ubuntuchannels on freenode also have their own !Guidelines | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:37:12 Last edited by kryten Date: 2021-05-24 22:54:23 Requested 414 times |
| lgpl | the Lesser GPL, formerly called the Library GPL. See http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:36:34 Requested 11 times |
| linux | <reply> Linux is the kernel (core) of the Ubuntu operating system. Many operating systems use Linux as a kernel. For more information on Linux in general, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 16:35:48 Last edited by jrib Date: 2009-11-15 15:39:12 Requested 1044 times |
| gpl gpl3 | the GNU General Public License. See http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:35:36 Requested 129 times |
| downgrade downgrading | <reply> Attempting to downgrade to an older Ubuntu version is explicitly not supported and may break your system. | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:33:44 Last edited by jussi Date: 2011-04-13 19:44:11 Requested 871 times |
| daily dailybuild daily build | <reply>Daily builds of the CD images of the current development version of Ubuntu are available at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 16:33:22 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-13 23:16:25 Requested 411 times |
| alternate alternate cd alternatecd alternetive alternative alt | <reply>The alternate CD has been discontinued for the main Ubuntu distro, please use and report any bugs in the !LiveCD | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:31:48 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-14 19:51:31 Requested 2291 times |
| mail lists mailinglists ml | <reply>Mail is another medium to communicate. Ubuntu mailing lists can be found at http://lists.ubuntu.com | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 16:31:43 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2009-09-18 09:29:11 Requested 338 times |
| printing printer printers print cups cupsys ipp | <reply> Printing in Ubuntu is done with cups. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Printers - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsPrinters - http://linuxprinting.org - Printer sharing: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkPrintingWithUbuntu | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 16:31:13 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2012-12-26 05:41:14 Requested 2150 times |
| diskfree df disk-free | <reply> Graphical representations of where your disk-space is being used are: baobab (GNOME), filelight / kinfocenter (Kubuntu). On the terminal: df -h -T | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2006-06-18 16:30:46 Requested 115 times |
| html | HyperText Markup Language, used to build web pages. WYSIWYG editors: KompoZer (was Nvu), Iceape Composer, Amaya (Hardy or earlier) - Development environments: Bluefish, Quanta+ - For a howto on HTML coding, see: http://www.w3schools.com/ | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:26:34 Last edited by Pici Date: 2012-03-26 18:42:39 Requested 606 times |
| changethemes changetheme | <reply> To change GNOME themes: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuEyeCandy. Kubuntu (KDE) themes: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CustomizeKubuntu. Xubuntu (Xfce): !xfce-themes | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 16:25:41 Last edited by knome Date: 2011-10-23 00:26:39 Requested 627 times |
| live live cd livecd | <reply> The Ubuntu Desktop ISO is a "Live" image, which can be run without altering existing files on your hard drive. Especially useful for testing your hardware's compatibility, it also includes an install option. | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:24:06 Last edited by SonikkuAmerica Date: 2016-10-16 00:50:29 Requested 632 times |
| uk gb | <reply> Join us for a discussion using the Queen's English in #ubuntu-uk | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2006-06-18 16:20:41 Requested 192 times |
| cli | <deleted><reply>The linux terminal or command-line interface is very powerful. Open a terminal via Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal (Gnome) or K-menu -> System -> Konsole (KDE). Guide: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal or type in it: man intro | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 16:19:48 Last edited by ikonia Date: 2014-07-19 14:37:06 Requested 433 times |
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