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ecryptfs | <reply> EcryptFS is a file system encryption. It is deprecated since Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, see bug 1756840 for details. Use full disk encryption (dmcrypt-luks) instead. | Added by hggdh Date: 2019-02-10 16:09:39 Requested 14 times |
studio-controls | <reply> Studio Controls is the application through which audio is configured in Ubuntu Studio. It configures Jack, sets the CPU governor, and ensures the user has realtime audio permissions. For more info, see !jack and https://ovenwerks.github.io/studio-controls/ | Added by Eickmeyer Date: 2020-07-22 19:49:54 Last edited by Eickmeyer Date: 2020-12-16 17:32:35 Requested 14 times |
soc | <deleted>Google's Summer of Code project; see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GoogleSoC2010 and http://code.google.com/soc/ | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:05:15 Last edited by topyli Date: 2011-10-28 19:20:23 Requested 15 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 |
klik | <reply>klik is a simple way to run additional software without actually installing it. For instructions and more information see: http://dot.kde.org/2005/09/16/dont-install-just-copy-klik | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 21:31:56 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-13 23:19:21 Requested 15 times |
questions-#ubuntu-classroom-chat question-#ubuntu-classroom question-#ubuntu-classroom-chat | <reply> Please ask your questions here in #ubuntu-classroom-chat rather than #ubuntu-classroom (prefix them with "QUESTION: " or the instructor's nickname) | Added by LjL Date: 2006-11-29 22:37:06 Requested 15 times |
support-#xubuntu | <reply> As most of the Ubuntu channels, #xubuntu is English only. A list of the localized Ubuntu channels can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/ChannelList#IRC.2BAC8-ChannelList.2BAC8-Local.Local_Ubuntu_channels. These channels will most probably be able to give Xubuntu support too. For alternative Xubuntu support options, please see http://xubuntu.org/help/. | Added by somerville32 Date: 2007-01-11 08:54:11 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2015-12-01 20:48:06 Requested 15 times |
apt-torrent | <reply> The idea for using BitTorrent for pushing out updates has been registered here: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/apt-torrent | Added by bimberi Date: 2007-04-20 04:21:59 Requested 15 times |
tags | <reply> We use some common tags for tracking bugs on Launchpad.net See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Tags for common usage. | Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-06-04 14:27:27 Last edited by Tm_T Date: 2010-09-21 07:45:34 Requested 15 times |
bofh | <reply>You can find the BOFH and the PFY at https://bearbin.net/bofh and http://theregister.co.uk/odds/bofh/ | Added by Seveas Date: 2007-11-11 20:52:01 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-04-02 04:18:20 Requested 15 times |
sudoedit | <reply> To edit files with !superuser access using the user's standard editor (as set in the EDITOR !shell variable) and its normal configuration, the command « sudoedit <filename> » is available. It creates a local copy of the file, and runs the editor with the user's permissions. | Added by ompaul Date: 2007-12-29 21:22:30 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-12-29 21:39:01 Requested 15 times |
tonyyarusso | <deleted>weird. | Added by elkbuntu Date: 2008-05-12 17:23:26 Last edited by elky Date: 2010-10-18 11:42:06 Requested 15 times |
pickup | <reply> Just a tip: talking about finding and/or picking up guys/chicks is rude to the people of whichever gender who are in this channel and dont feel like being 'found' or 'picked up'. This is not a speed dating channel. | Added by elkbuntu Date: 2008-08-14 10:46:13 Last edited by elkbuntu Date: 2008-08-14 10:48:53 Requested 15 times |
doublerecursion-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> See !simplerecursion | Added by LjL Date: 2009-03-19 03:03:00 Requested 15 times |
test-#ubuntu-bots-devel | <reply> test $nick $chan $curLTS $who | Added by m4v Date: 2011-08-03 20:29:12 Last edited by m4v Date: 2011-08-03 20:36:51 Requested 15 times |
plasma5 | <reply> Kubuntu Plasma 5 is a tech preview. To test it out, see http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu-plasma5/daily-live/current/ . If you find a bug, you can also check it with kubuntu-ci images for latest builds. | Added by rww Date: 2014-10-24 19:39:39 Requested 15 times |
journalctl | <reply> journalctl is a command for viewing logs collected by systemd-journald. E.g. "journalctl -f" reports system messages as they are logged until you press Ctrl+C. See the journalctl !man page for other options. | Added by hggdh Date: 2019-07-16 16:39:11 Requested 15 times |
perl-#ubuntu-offtopic | <deleted>an ancient american word meaning "i can't code C" | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-15 21:45:14 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2009-06-14 09:53:18 Requested 16 times |
testing-#xubuntu | <reply> For information on how to help test the next release of Xubuntu, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Testing | Added by somerville32 Date: 2007-01-11 03:42:24 Last edited by knome Date: 2011-09-06 12:10:03 Requested 16 times |
gps maps | <reply> Street mapping and GPS navigation software available for Ubuntu includes Navit, MoNav (http://code.google.com/p/monav/), Gosmore (free vector maps from OSM), GpsDrive (GTK, raster maps, free), !GoogleEarth (Qt, proprietary vector maps, proprietary) | Added by LjL Date: 2007-03-18 14:13:20 Last edited by bazhang Date: 2011-04-30 11:45:36 Requested 16 times |
bitesize | <reply> A list of bugs that are considered easy to fix and good for beginners to attempt can be found at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.tag=bitesize | Added by Pici Date: 2007-11-03 23:18:21 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-11-03 23:21:43 Requested 16 times |
ut | <reply> For information on how to play Unreal Tournament, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Games/Native/UnrealTournament - for Unreal Tournament 2004, see !ut2k4 | Added by elkbuntu Date: 2007-12-28 11:48:42 Requested 16 times |
emesene | <deleted><reply> Emesene is an instant messenger for the WLM network. See http://emesene.org for more information. | Added by Spec Date: 2008-04-18 18:44:54 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-04-02 04:14:26 Requested 16 times |
support-#kubuntu | <reply> The official Kubuntu support channel is #kubuntu. Also see http://www.kubuntu.com/support.php | Added by Pici Date: 2008-07-08 15:59:07 Requested 16 times |
audio-#ubuntu+1 | <reply> If you're having problems with sound, first ensure ALSA is selected, by double clicking on the volume control, then File -> Change Device (ALSA Mixer). If that fails, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Sound - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting - On Jaunty, please check bug https://launchpad.net/bugs/330814 and help test the new kernel image | Added by LjL Date: 2009-03-26 15:49:34 Last edited by LjL Date: 2009-03-26 15:54:28 Requested 16 times |
encyclopedia | <reply> See https://ubottu.com/devel/wiki/Plugins#Encyclopedia for usage information on the Encyclopedia factoid plugin | Added by tsimpson Date: 2010-12-14 02:58:49 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 07:02:33 Requested 16 times |
shells shell-policy | <reply> Is your shell provider banned in Ubuntu channels? See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/ShellPolicy for shell provider requirements and how to resolve the situation with your provider. | Added by topyli Date: 2011-01-23 18:53:44 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-01-23 18:57:20 Requested 16 times |
hi-#ubuntu-offtopic | <deleted><reply>shfihgbwjehrg to you! | Added by rww Date: 2011-07-07 03:34:17 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-12-20 02:50:37 Requested 16 times |
torrents-#xubuntu torrents-#xubuntu-offtopic torrents-#xubuntu-devel | <reply> Xubuntu $curStable ($curStableNum) torrents can be downloaded from http://torrent.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/$curStableLower/release/desktop/xubuntu-$curStableNum-desktop-i386.iso.torrent and http://torrent.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/$curStableLower/release/desktop/xubuntu-$curStableNum-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent | Added by knome Date: 2013-04-25 13:21:05 Last edited by knome Date: 2013-04-25 13:30:41 Requested 16 times |
zram | <reply>zRAM is a module of the Linux kernel which increases performance by avoiding paging on disk and instead uses a compressed block device in RAM, useful on systems with less RAM, and SSDs. Install zram-config to enable zRAM. | Added by IdleOne Date: 2013-11-04 22:09:52 Requested 16 times |
xfce | <reply> Xfce is a lightweight and configurable desktop environment used by !Xubuntu. Read more at http://xfce.org/ | Added by gnomefreak Date: 2006-06-29 02:46:25 Last edited by knome Date: 2015-07-08 00:45:25 Requested 17 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 |
roadnav | <deleted>a free street mapping and GPS navigation program with spoken directions, using free data available from the U.S. Census Bureau (TIGER, at http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/) and the OpenStreetMap project (at http://www.openstreetmap.org/) - An !Edgy compatible package can be downloaded at http://roadnav.sourceforge.net/ | Added by LjL Date: 2007-03-18 14:09:53 Last edited by dax Date: 2019-11-27 20:44:10 Requested 17 times |
man-#kubuntu | <reply>The "man" command brings up the Linux manual pages for the command you're interested in. Try "man intro" at the command line, or type man:/ in Konqueror's location bar. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal | Added by Jucato Date: 2007-10-04 15:10:11 Requested 17 times |
kmix | KDE's soundcard mixer program. Though small, it is full-featured. The program should give controls for each of your soundcards. KMix supports several platforms and sound drivers. Go to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kmix for complete information. | Added by Myrtti Date: 2008-05-26 20:45:57 Requested 17 times |
newdrive newharddrive newhd | <reply> For help with adding a new hard disk drive to an installed system, refer to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingANewHardDrive - see also !fstab | Added by Mez Date: 2008-08-20 17:52:09 Requested 17 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 |
simplerecursion-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> See !doublerecursion | Added by LjL Date: 2009-03-19 03:03:08 Requested 17 times |
addfact | <reply> To add a factoid to the bot, use the following form (the factoid will then be forwarded to the ops to approve): !foo is <reply> bar | Added by jussi Date: 2010-08-30 08:43:55 Requested 17 times |
daily-#xubuntu | <reply>Daily builds of the CD images for the current development version of Xubuntu are available at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/daily-live/current/ | Added by Pici Date: 2011-08-11 18:08:51 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-03-07 04:57:32 Requested 17 times |
precise-#xubuntu 12.04-#xubuntu | <reply> Xubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) reached End-of-Life April 26, 2015: http://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-12-04-end-of-life/ | Added by knome Date: 2012-04-26 16:21:56 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2015-05-02 03:05:37 Requested 17 times |
ubuntustudio-channels offtopic-#ubuntustudio ot-#ubuntustudio ot-#ubuntustudio-devel offtopic-#ubuntustudio-devel channels-#ubuntustudio channels-#ubuntustudio-devel channels-#ubuntustudio-offtopic | <reply> #ubuntustudio is the Ubuntu Studio support channel, #ubuntustudio-devel for discussion regarding development of Ubuntu Studio, and #ubuntustudio-offtopic is for random chatter. Thanks! | Added by Unit193 Date: 2015-12-10 04:26:33 Requested 17 times |
lenovobug intel-spi intelspi 17.10.1 | <reply> The original release of Ubuntu 17.10 contained a bug that makes firmware memory read-only. See https://pad.lv/1734147 for more info. This bug has been fixed in 17.10's repositories (so upgrades are safe) and new ISOs have been released (look for 17.10.1 in the filename). | Added by dax Date: 2018-01-10 02:40:55 Last edited by dax Date: 2018-01-12 20:50:38 Requested 17 times |
es-#lubuntu | <reply> En este canal de lubuntu, sólo se habla en inglés. Si busca ayuda en español, entre al canal #lubuntu-es; escriba " /join #lubuntu-es " (sin comillas) y presione intro. | Added by wxl Date: 2019-09-23 23:08:42 Last edited by wxl Date: 2020-12-14 20:28:13 Requested 17 times |
22.04 jammy jellyfish | <reply> Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish) is the 36th release of Ubuntu and the current !LTS release – Download at https://ubuntu.com/download :: Release notes at https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/jammy-jellyfish-release-notes :: Further schedule at https://ubottu.com/y/jj | Added by krytarik Date: 2021-10-15 14:54:03 Last edited by kryten Date: 2022-04-22 01:27:06 Requested 17 times |
versioning | <deleted><reply> Ubuntu and Debian have slightly different package versioning schemes, for an explanation see http://doc.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/packagingguide/C/basic-scratch.html#id2528873 | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-12 13:42:32 Last edited by rww Date: 2015-03-13 05:57:38 Requested 18 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 |
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 |
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 |
mako | <deleted><reply>Benjamin "Mako" Hill is a member of the Community Council and co-author of The Official Ubuntu Book. | Added by elkbuntu Date: 2007-11-14 15:43:57 Last edited by jussi Date: 2012-01-03 09:54:30 Requested 18 times |
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