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Factoid	Value	Author
opguidelines-#ubuntu-ops	<reply> For information regarding guidelines that all Ubuntu operators should follow, please read: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/IrcTeam/OperatorGuidelines	Added by Pici Date: 2007-12-10 17:23:12 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2010-01-17 11:01:15 Requested 5 times
ircteam	<reply> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/IrcTeam	Added by Mez Date: 2008-06-11 18:49:31 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2010-01-17 11:02:26 Requested 5 times
twss-#ubuntustudio-devel	<reply>Thats what she said!	Added by jussi01 Date: 2008-06-13 23:23:18 Last edited by jussi01 Date: 2008-06-13 23:23:38 Requested 5 times
artteam	<reply>The Artwork Team is a community effort that aims to enrich Ubuntu by designing high quality, original and beautiful themes to be available in the repo as an alternative to the default look. For more info please see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork	Added by jussi01 Date: 2008-09-16 13:13:04 Requested 5 times
alright. your issue	<deleted>the - infront of "rm" not sudo -rm, but sudo rm.	Added by Flannel Date: 2008-09-20 06:57:00 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-09-24 19:27:55 Requested 5 times
norelease	<reply> The release manager saw her shadow and went back into her burrow, so we'll have six more weeks of Hardy.	Added by Myrtti Date: 2008-10-30 11:14:11 Last edited by Pici Date: 2011-04-11 20:22:25 Requested 5 times
screen-#ubuntu-server	<deleted><reply> Screen is a window manager for terminal sessions, also useful over SSH. The 'screen-profiles' package provides very useful additional utilities. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Screen	Added by LjL Date: 2009-03-03 17:00:12 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-09-07 11:25:59 Requested 5 times
does-#ubuntu-offtopic	<reply> Yes, yes I do! Or maybe not.	Added by LjL Date: 2009-03-28 23:29:31 Requested 5 times
get_iplayer	http://linuxcentre.net/get_iplayer/ a small perl script which can download content from BBC iPlayer and ITV catch up services.	Added by popey Date: 2009-04-05 22:23:20 Requested 5 times
croeso	<reply>Helô! Croeso i'r sianel #ubuntu-cym	Added by Seeker` Date: 2009-05-26 22:44:27 Last edited by Seeker` Date: 2009-05-26 22:47:10 Requested 5 times
multisearch	<deleted><reply> http://www.asoftsite.org/s9y/archives/162-What-is-this-Multisearch-thing-in-my-Firefox-about.html	Added by gnomefreak Date: 2009-07-30 13:44:54 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-08-17 00:00:46 Requested 5 times
pocketpc windows mobile	<reply> For information on transferring files and synchronizing to PocketPC and Windows Mobile devices, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PortableDevices/WindowsMobile	Added by Pici Date: 2009-10-15 18:04:01 Requested 5 times
also does a few other tasks, if she notices a bug number in the form "bug 2" then she will tell the channel what the bug	<deleted>and give a URL for it. She also will tell information about packages in the following way:	Added by jussio1 Date: 2009-11-05 17:14:50 Last edited by jussi Date: 2010-06-18 21:24:14 Requested 5 times
deadbadger-#ubuntu-offtopic	<reply>The real story of Linux and badgers: http://www.strangehorizons.com/2004/20040405/badger.shtml	Added by Madpilot Date: 2009-11-26 12:09:28 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2011-11-16 08:35:45 Requested 5 times
mavrick	<reply> It is spelt !mavERick :)	Added by Pici Date: 2010-04-02 11:21:35 Requested 5 times
meeting-#kubuntu-devel	<reply>Kubuntu Meetings are usually held in #ubuntu-meeting - Agenda and info: https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Kubuntu/Meetings	Added by jussi Date: 2010-06-04 12:53:27 Requested 5 times
mousekeys	<reply> Mousekeys use the keyboard's number pad to control the mouse cursor. It can be configured using Keyboard Preferences or toggled using shift+numlock. For more information, see http://live.gnome.org/MouseKeys	Added by Pici Date: 2010-08-25 14:26:37 Requested 5 times
ops-#ubuntu-beginners	<deleted><reply> Help! Channel emergency! (ONLY use this trigger in emergencies) - bodhizazen, DarkwingDuck, nhandler, paultag, Rocket2DMn, ibuclaw, cprofitt, Tronyx, PriceChild, Hellow, Silver-Fox-, or PabloRubianes!	Added by nhandler Date: 2010-09-22 21:35:18 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2017-05-05 20:12:17 Requested 5 times
googlearth	<reply> Google Earth is now available, for free (as in price), for Linux. To download it see http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html - A package for Ubuntu is available in the !Medibuntu repository. - If Google Earth crashes on start, download version 5.1 instead of 5.2 from the website.	Added by tsimpson Date: 2010-11-06 08:59:27 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2010-11-06 09:00:16 Requested 5 times
biting-#ubuntu-offtopic	<reply> Biting is excellent! It's like kissing, only there's a winner!	Added by rww Date: 2011-05-19 22:06:42 Requested 5 times
surround	<reply> If you're having trouble getting surround sound working in Ubuntu, try the instructions on this page: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SurroundSound	Added by LjL Date: 2011-05-30 19:14:25 Requested 5 times
session-#xubuntu	<reply> To clear your session, go to Settings > Settings Manager > Session and Startup (tab Session), quit any programs you don't want to open and click "Save Session". The next time you log out, uncheck the "Save session for future logins" -checkbox from the quit menu.	Added by knome Date: 2011-08-16 09:38:38 Last edited by knome Date: 2011-08-16 10:12:08 Requested 5 times
pastebinit-#ubuntu-se	<reply> pastebinit är kommando-motsvarigheten av !pastebin. Utskrifter från kommandon och annan text kan skickas genom pastebinit, som sedan returnerar den URL där utskriften finns att läsa. För att använda pastebinit, installera paketet « pastebinit » från pakethanteraren. Användandet är enkelt; kommando \| pastebinit -b http://paste.ubuntu.com	Added by tsimpson Date: 2011-08-30 10:25:58 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-08-30 10:31:46 Requested 5 times
ports-#ubuntu-phone	<reply>There has been some success with the d2vzw verizon variant of the Galaxy S3. There has been some progress on the Kindle Fire too. Other devices may be ported to too, Canonical is not working on them and there is no roadmap or timescale. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Porting	Added by AlanBell Date: 2013-02-22 10:18:30 Last edited by AlanBell Date: 2013-02-22 10:54:06 Requested 5 times
xubuntu-devel devel-#xubuntu	<reply> The Xubuntu developer mailing list information can be found at https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel \| The Xubuntu developer IRC channel is #xubuntu-devel	Added by knome Date: 2013-03-10 23:45:09 Last edited by knome Date: 2013-03-16 19:11:19 Requested 5 times
hello-#xubuntu-devel hi-#xubuntu-devel	<reply> Hello! Welcome to $chan! Please note that this channel is for Xubuntu developer coordination. For support questions, please use #xubuntu. Offtopic chatter in #xubuntu-offtopic.	Added by knome Date: 2013-12-11 23:47:19 Last edited by knome Date: 2014-04-18 13:10:56 Requested 5 times
xterm-#ubuntu-offtopic	<reply> If with all the cute terminals that are around you're still using xterm, then you deserve any problem you're experiencing with it. Go away.	Added by rww Date: 2014-01-05 00:42:05 Requested 5 times
recovery-#ubuntu-touch	<reply> You need to use the right recovery.img for your device when flashing with adb: see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Devices#Working_with_ubuntu-device-flash	Added by Pici Date: 2015-08-10 15:48:57 Requested 5 times
daily-#kubuntu	<reply> Daily builds of the images of the current development version of Kubuntu can be found at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/daily-live/current/	Added by genii Date: 2016-02-08 20:32:42 Requested 5 times
lunix	<reply> LUnix is a Little Unix for your Commodore 64, dust it off and visit https://sourceforge.net/projects/lng/ !	Added by genii Date: 2017-10-05 19:53:42 Requested 5 times
krack	<reply> KRACK is a group of attacks against the wireless WPA2 protocol and related software. Ubuntu clients are protected against it if they are updated; see https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3455-1/ for details. Networking equipment needs updating if using 802.11r, repeater mode, or other AP-as-client configurations, which most are not. See https://www.krackattacks.com/ for technical details.	Added by dax Date: 2017-10-21 20:53:27 Requested 5 times
32bit-#lubuntu	<reply> Lubuntu 18.04 LTS is the last version to support 32-bit processors & will be supported until 2021. Support is highly limited, as we no longer provide images nor test packages for 32-bit. No other Ubuntu flavor offers 32-bit support. Discussion has been had to remove 32-bit packages from the archive. If `grep lm /proc/cpuinfo` succeeds, use 64-bit.	Added by wxl Date: 2019-05-03 18:38:10 Last edited by wxl Date: 2019-05-03 18:43:28 Requested 5 times
printk	<reply> If your !tty is flooded with error messages, you can limit the kernel logging daemons' log level below the default of 4 (KERN_WARNING), e.g. by running "echo 3 \| sudo tee -a /proc/sys/kernel/printk". More info at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelDebuggingTricks#printk_is_your_friend and syslog(2)	Added by Unit193 Date: 2019-09-23 00:41:31 Last edited by dax Date: 2019-10-03 18:21:48 Requested 5 times
mtrr	<reply> Memory Type Range Registers (MTRR) is how an operating system learns which ranges of physical memory to cache, and how. If your log says "mtrr_cleanup: can not find optimal value", read https://github.com/tomreyn/linux_mtrr_size_fix	Added by hggdh Date: 2020-07-04 15:36:04 Last edited by genii Date: 2020-07-09 00:10:55 Requested 5 times
appsy	<reply> Nickname for http://kde-apps.org which hosts many popular 3rd-party KDE applications.	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 15:53:44 Requested 4 times
distrologic	the logic behind using a distribution. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistroLogic	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 21:22:16 Requested 4 times
kde docs kdedocs	<reply> The KDE documentation is available for browsing/searching at http://docs.kde.org	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 21:53:19 Requested 4 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
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
synergy-#ubuntuforums	<reply> Synergy is a means for the best threads on forums around the internet to be read by the masses. When a community admin or one of their delegated usergroups submits a thread, it enters the forum's "submission queue". Once every x hours (this number will be variable and based upon a number of factors) a thread from the queue will be accepted by the system at Zoints.com and then propagated across all Sy	Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-02-08 21:54:59 Requested 4 times
hamburger-#ubuntuforums	<reply> The cornerstone of any nutritious breakfast	Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-04-26 03:38:02 Requested 4 times
tribalwars	<reply> Tribal Wars is a web based browser game. For more information and to learn how to join the other ubunteros playing it, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TribalWars	Added by Mez Date: 2007-10-22 00:59:32 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-10-22 00:59:57 Requested 4 times
amaranth-#ubuntuforums	<deleted><reply> Amaranth: Get back to work!	Added by Amaranth Date: 2008-02-28 11:48:21 Last edited by jussi01 Date: 2009-06-14 12:54:42 Requested 4 times
nodeco	<reply> If you're missing windows decorations after enabling Desktop Effects with an NVIDIA card, try « sudo nvidia-xconfig --add-argb-glx-visuals -d 24 » in a !shell.	Added by LjL Date: 2008-03-10 03:27:20 Last edited by LjL Date: 2008-03-10 03:27:20 Requested 4 times
test-##testbot2	<reply> very failed	Added by LjL Date: 2008-03-18 16:31:59 Requested 4 times
badmouse	<reply> If typing on your keyboard causes the mouse to briefly stop working, check out http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=402296	Added by LjL Date: 2008-03-29 15:26:23 Requested 4 times
bunnies	<deleted>z0mg! fluffy bunnies! Guaranteed to bring out the tweenage girl in everyone: http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php/Widget+Background:+Fluffy+Bunny+?content=74480	Added by elkbuntu Date: 2008-06-03 08:11:24 Last edited by Pici Date: 2013-11-07 01:35:43 Requested 4 times
repomirror-#kubuntu	<deleted><reply>To find the fastest repo available, go to Adept - Manage Repositories and select "Other" from the drop down list, then click "Find Best Server"	Added by jussi01 Date: 2008-06-07 22:17:31 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2014-05-09 15:05:20 Requested 4 times
ontv	<reply>Just because someone on TV said something offensive, it does not make it ok for you to repeat it here. It is still offensive. Please use common sense and be considerate of others.	Added by elkbuntu Date: 2008-07-26 12:07:45 Last edited by elkbuntu Date: 2008-07-26 12:08:21 Requested 4 times
my own	<deleted><reply> Here you go!	Added by LjL Date: 2008-09-30 23:53:10 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2011-04-11 20:27:28 Requested 4 times