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| x resolution fixres display xcfg x11 restartx x.org res fixvideo fixvideoresolution drxx | <reply> The X Window System is the part of your system that's responsible for graphical output. To restart your X, type « sudo /etc/init.d/?dm restart » in a console - To fix screen resolution or other X problems: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Resolution | Added by LjL Date: 2006-07-21 01:03:53 Last edited by Pici Date: 2008-11-06 13:36:48 Requested 8201 times |
| wubi | <reply> Wubi was a way to install Ubuntu from within Windows, but it is no longer supported in recent versions of Ubuntu and Windows, and was never well maintained even for Ubuntu 12.04. Do not use Wubi. See !install for other options for installing Ubuntu. | Added by tonyyarusso Date: 2007-04-25 03:06:00 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-07-06 16:33:06 Requested 1933 times |
| worst-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> This factoid is supposed to be pretty terrible. Please contact rodserling if you find a factoid worse than this, in order to improve, I mean pejorate, this useless conglomerate of words, thank you, well not really. Worst is also the dutch word for sausage. | Added by LjL Date: 2008-01-31 03:56:37 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2011-08-17 08:07:37 Requested 149 times |
| worksforme wfm w4m | <reply> Common Sense: Just because you can, does not mean you should (and especially recommend to others). Think before you do. "Works for me" does not mean it is ok. The latest version of everything is not always useful if you aim for stability. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 21:54:02 Last edited by rww Date: 2015-09-14 19:38:58 Requested 1405 times |
| women | <reply> The women and men of the Ubuntu Women project hang out in #ubuntu-women. Encouraging women to use linux? Read http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Encourage-Women-Linux-HOWTO/ for some suggestions compiled by women who use Linux on how to do so effectively. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 00:37:54 Last edited by elky Date: 2010-05-16 08:55:52 Requested 322 times |
| wol | <reply> Wake-On-LAN is a feature of a computer's network card allowing it to be remotely turned on. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WakeOnLan for details on implementation. | Added by genii Date: 2017-06-09 17:31:12 Requested 1 times |
| wobblywu-#ubuntu-offtopic | <deleted><reply> I take it back, i WOULD be very glad to see him! :( | Added by LjL Date: 2008-12-15 00:12:12 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-06-04 00:37:18 Requested 17 times |
| winusb woeusb woe-usb | <reply> Ubuntu does not have a recommended tool for preparing bootable Windows installation USBs. If you need one, consider using Microsoft's media creation tool from a Windows computer (see ##windows for support). If this is not an option, there are third-party unsupported tools like WoeUSB ( https://github.com/slacka/WoeUSB , sudo snap install --edge woe-usb ) that might work. | Added by Jordan_U Date: 2015-08-11 22:32:49 Last edited by dax Date: 2019-05-10 17:42:35 Requested 61 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 |
| 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 |
| wineasio | <reply> wineasio is an ASIO driver for !wine. Due to licensing restrictions regarding the ASIO source, wineasio cannot be distributed as a binary. Any distribution of wineasio as a binary is illegal in most countries. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/wineasio | Added by Eickmeyer Date: 2020-09-18 01:52:35 Requested 2 times |
| wine winehq | <reply> WINE is a compatibility layer for running Windows programs on GNU/Linux - More information: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wine - Search the !AppDB for application compatibility ratings - Join #winehq for application help - See !virtualizers for running Windows (or another OS) inside Ubuntu | Added by Madpilot Date: 2006-06-24 13:08:54 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2009-03-29 06:57:20 Requested 5522 times |
| windows-#ubuntu-phone | <reply> you can install Ubuntu Touch from windows, see https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone/msg00222.html | Added by AlanBell Date: 2013-02-22 16:31:34 Requested 1 times |
| windows bug#1 bug #1 bug 1 microsoft windowsxp | <reply>For discussion on Microsoft software, or help with same, please visit ##windows. See http://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/1 http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm and /msg $nick equivalents | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 08:49:27 Last edited by m4v Date: 2013-02-28 17:04:31 Requested 3551 times |
| winamp | a windows music player. On Ubuntu you can use audacious as alternative. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 10:59:28 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-09-30 13:25:34 Requested 53 times |
| win-#dib5sn | <reply> WINZ! | Added by stdin Date: 2008-05-13 10:25:47 Last edited by stdin Date: 2008-05-13 10:26:05 Requested 2 times |
| wily werewolf 15.10 | <reply> Ubuntu 15.10 (Wily Werewolf) was the 23rd release of Ubuntu. Support ended on July 28th, 2016. See !eol and https://ubottu.com/y/wily | Added by Pici Date: 2015-05-04 14:33:33 Last edited by dax Date: 2018-01-21 23:50:14 Requested 240 times |
| willy | <reply> It is spelt !wiLy :) | Added by Pici Date: 2015-05-04 14:43:35 Requested 7 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 |
| wiki | <reply>https://wiki.ubuntu.com - Ubuntu development documentation wiki. If you are looking for system help, please refer to https://help.ubuntu.com/community - the Ubuntu community documentation. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 01:04:09 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:39:24 Requested 468 times |
| wifi wireless ndiswrapper ndis wpa madwifi ralink ipw wpa2 acx111 network wifidocs wlan atheros | <reply> Wireless documentation, including how-to guides and troubleshooting information, can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-25 23:42:07 Last edited by jussi01 Date: 2009-07-01 06:16:56 Requested 12448 times |
| why-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> Because I said so. | Added by Pici Date: 2008-05-12 17:02:39 Requested 21 times |
| whoami | <reply> use @whoami | Added by stdin Date: 2008-09-24 09:27:27 Requested 119 times |
| who usernames prefix | <reply> As you can see, this is a large channel. If you're speaking to someone in particular, please put their nickname in what you say (use !tab), or else messages get lost and it becomes confusing :) | Added by bimberi Date: 2006-11-30 00:12:21 Last edited by Hobbsee Date: 2007-04-08 08:10:07 Requested 5037 times |
| when | <deleted><reply>Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal was officially released at October 18th 2012 17:15:29 UTC | Added by RaringOne Date: 2012-10-18 07:29:28 Last edited by RaringOne Date: 2012-10-18 17:32:29 Requested 46 times |
| what | <reply> I am only a bot, please don't think I'm intelligent. | Added by Pici Date: 2008-05-30 16:45:14 Last edited by Pici Date: 2008-05-30 16:54:07 Requested 19 times |
| wep | <reply> WEP is totally insecure, don't use it, the full Wireless Documentation for Ubuntu can be found at: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 15:45:43 Last edited by ompaul Date: 2007-10-20 18:19:47 Requested 76 times |
| welcome-#xubuntu | <reply> Hello and welcome to #xubuntu! Feel free to ask questions or help others. If you'd like to chit-chat, please visit #xubuntu-offtopic and for developer discussion, see #xubuntu-devel :) | Added by LjL Date: 2006-12-14 19:53:24 Requested 24 times |
| weekend | <reply>It's a weekend. Often on weekends the paid developers and a lot of the community may not be around to answer your question. Please be patient, wait longer than you normally would or try again during the working week. | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-05-27 13:29:23 Last edited by jussi01 Date: 2010-03-27 14:01:59 Requested 215 times |
| weechat | <reply> Weechat is a text-based IRC client. Ubuntu has it in the !universe repositories. Weechat has its own repositories available too at https://weechat.org/download/debian/ which are not officially supported in #ubuntu, but are supported in #weechat. | Added by dax Date: 2017-12-12 02:07:44 Requested 2 times |
| webmin | no longer supported in Debian and Ubuntu. It is not compatible with the way that Ubuntu packages handle configuration files, and is likely to cause unexpected issues with your system. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 19:18:33 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:32:45 Requested 1743 times |
| webkitkde | <reply> To enable the WebKit KPart for Konqueror you must install the « webkitkde » package. To make WebKit the default for displaying web pages in Konqueror go to Settings -> Configure Konqueror -> File Associations -> text -> html -> Embedding (tab), and move the WebKit to the top of the list. | Added by tsimpson Date: 2009-11-16 11:32:05 Requested 1 times |
| webcam cam webcams | <reply> Instructions for using webcams with Ubuntu can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Webcam - Supported cams: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsMultimediaWebCameras | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 11:16:08 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-02-05 19:30:14 Requested 2665 times |
| webapps | <reply>Ubuntu Web Apps enable developers to create web applications that run in web browsers. They provide close integration to the Unity shell for functions such as launch, notifications and controls. - more info at http://developer.ubuntu.com/community/ or #ubuntu-webapps | Added by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-19 18:59:28 Requested 8 times |
| web3.0-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> Welcome to - http://html5zombo.com/ | Added by Pici Date: 2011-09-07 19:54:45 Requested 27 times |
| web2.0-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> Welcome to - http://zombo.com/ | Added by Myrtti Date: 2008-07-14 02:59:53 Requested 113 times |
| web | <deleted><reply> there is no web - the web is a lie | Added by bazhang Date: 2009-03-14 16:44:06 Last edited by bazhang Date: 2009-03-15 11:17:08 Requested 2 times |
| weather-#ubuntu-offtopic attic-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply>It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue. | Added by Flannel Date: 2011-06-07 03:11:58 Requested 30 times |
| wayland | <reply> Wayland is a display server protocol (an alternative to X11) and library. Unlike Xorg, Wayland provides no central server component, but desktop environments' compositors make use of it (e.g. mutter, kwin, weston). For more info, see https://wayland.freedesktop.org and !xwayland | Added by IdleOne Date: 2014-01-04 22:11:49 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2019-07-16 16:51:35 Requested 103 times |
| wastrel-#ubuntu-offtopic drm-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> sometimes wastrel cries | Added by LjL Date: 2008-01-28 16:47:46 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-12-18 02:36:11 Requested 150 times |
| warty warthog warty warthog 4.10 | <reply> Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog) was the first release of Ubuntu. End Of Life: April 30, 2006. See !eol for more details. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:16:11 Last edited by Amaranth Date: 2007-07-31 14:18:03 Requested 236 times |
| war-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> Make code, not war. | Added by elky Date: 2013-04-15 02:23:38 Requested 20 times |
| wajig | a simple tool for basic debian administration. you can handle apt commands, change alternatives defaults and handle service daemons via simple commands. wajig uses sudo every time. http://www.togaware.com/linux/survivor/Wajig_Overview.html | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 13:21:38 Requested 10 times |
| vraag | <reply> Vraag niet of je mag vragen, maar vraag! | Added by Seveas Date: 2007-11-11 18:53:56 Requested 45 times |
| vpn | <reply> For more information on vpn please refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/VPN | Added by gnomefreak Date: 2006-06-21 03:04:08 Last edited by genii Date: 2010-01-26 19:59:35 Requested 973 times |
| voip | <reply> VoIP is Voice over IP. The default VoIP client for Ubuntu is !Ekiga. There is also an xmpp voice component in !Empathy. Kubuntu Clients include Kphone and Twinkle. Proprietary Clients include !Skype and Gizmo5. VoIP server applications include Asterisk and Yate ( both in repositories ), FreePBX, and SipX. | Added by genii Date: 2009-11-12 21:12:45 Last edited by genii Date: 2009-11-12 21:45:39 Requested 57 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 |
| vnc | <reply> VNC is a protocol for remote desktop. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VNCOverSSH describes how to use it securely. It works best over fast connections, otherwise look at !FreeNX | Added by bimberi Date: 2006-07-07 02:29:55 Requested 1920 times |
| vn ubottu vietnam vietnam | <reply> Để được trợ giúp về Ubuntu bằng ngôn ngữ Việt, xin vui lòng /join #ubuntu-vn. Rất vui lòng được giúp đỡ | Added by elky Date: 2009-02-14 14:25:20 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2009-02-14 14:46:03 Requested 115 times |
| vmware | <reply> VMWare is not available in the Ubuntu repositories. Consider using !QEmu or !VirtualBox as alternatives. Instructions for installing VMWare manually are at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VMware | Added by LjL Date: 2006-06-22 03:31:26 Last edited by LjL Date: 2008-11-12 12:57:43 Requested 1746 times |
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