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| python | a popular Object Oriented scripting language included in Ubuntu. For more on Python please see http://www.python.org/ or #python | Added by gnomefreak Date: 2008-07-16 13:09:53 Last edited by Pici Date: 2010-10-05 11:55:43 Requested 330 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 |
| 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 |
| fi | <reply> Tämä kanava on tarkoitettu vain englanninkieliselle keskustelulle. Jos haluat suomenkielistä apua (K)ubuntun ongelmiin, liity kanavalle #ubuntu-fi / #kubuntu-fi :-) | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:05:04 Last edited by m4v Date: 2011-01-19 13:22:40 Requested 318 times |
| sbackup | a tool to create complete and/or incremental backups (which can be scheduled to be automatic, and can be done over a network). It is available in !Universe | Added by LjL Date: 2006-12-13 19:57:48 Requested 318 times |
| ghost ircghost | <reply> If you own an IRC nick that is currently being used, you can make it change nicks by typing: «/msg NickServ release <nick> <password>» - If you have a dead (ghost) connection, you can make it quit by typing: «/msg nickserv ghost <nick> <password>» - Further help in #libera | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 08:42:30 Last edited by kryten Date: 2021-05-24 22:54:31 Requested 314 times |
| revu | <reply> REVU is a web-based tool to give people who have worked on Ubuntu-specific packages a chance to "put their packages out there" for other people to look at and comment on in a structured manner. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/Packages/REVU Please consider maintaining new packages in Debian rather than Ubuntu, they can be easily synced across. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-13 20:29:21 Last edited by Pici Date: 2011-06-08 14:58:20 Requested 314 times |
| eeepc eee | <reply> Information about installing Ubuntu on an Asus EeePC can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EeePC . The Ubuntu EeePC Channel is #ubuntu-eeepc , main EeePC discussion in #eeepc | Added by LjL Date: 2008-04-09 18:56:42 Last edited by genii Date: 2009-10-27 16:34:19 Requested 312 times |
| stages | <reply> The Ubuntu Kernel gets updated in stages. If you have the updated kernel, but do not have the corresponding restricted modules, you may be leaving yourself with no X when you reboot. If you have compiled binary versions of your video driver, eg from the nVidia site, you will need to recompile them for the new kernel. This is normal, and not a bug. | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-10-06 16:47:05 Last edited by Hobbsee Date: 2007-10-06 16:48:34 Requested 310 times |
| kvm | the preferred virtualization approach in Ubuntu. For more information see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KVM | Added by Myrtti Date: 2008-07-07 22:33:19 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2008-07-07 22:33:36 Requested 310 times |
| vivid vervet 15.04 | <reply> Ubuntu 15.04 (Vivid Vervet) was the 22nd release of Ubuntu. Support ended on February 4, 2016. See !eol and https://ubottu.com/y/vivid | Added by Pici Date: 2014-10-20 13:41:09 Last edited by dax Date: 2018-01-21 23:50:55 Requested 310 times |
| xampp | <reply> We do not support XAMPP installs here. Please use the LAMP stack that is in our repositories; see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheMySQLPHP for more information. | Added by Pici Date: 2009-02-20 15:54:40 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-05-29 21:38:36 Requested 309 times |
| faq | <reply> A list of common questions and answers about Ubuntu: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CommonQuestions - Official documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-30 13:36:44 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:56:24 Requested 308 times |
| love-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> Love is like racing across the frozen tundra on a snowmobile which flips over, trapping you underneath. At night, the ice-weasels come. | Added by Pici Date: 2009-12-11 17:47:38 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-01-06 20:41:00 Requested 307 times |
| arm | <reply> ARM is a specific (RISC) processor architecture used in a variety of applications such as handhelds and networkdevices. For more information see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM . For ARM specific support, stop by the #ubuntu-arm channel. | Added by jussi Date: 2011-01-29 13:25:50 Last edited by topyli Date: 2011-01-29 13:52:47 Requested 307 times |
| dns | <reply> To set up a Domain Name Service see the !serverguide - https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/dns.html | Added by Madpilot Date: 2007-11-12 07:06:45 Last edited by knome Date: 2015-07-27 16:41:45 Requested 306 times |
| tvout tv out tv-out | <reply> For help with enabling the TV-Out, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NvidiaTVOutNewbieEdition (Nvidia cards) or http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Tvout (ATI cards, *untested*) | Added by LjL Date: 2006-10-11 01:28:09 Requested 304 times |
| awn | <deleted><reply> Avant Window Navigator is a dock-like navigation bar for the Linux desktop that positions itself at the bottom of the screen. Homepage http://wiki.awn-project.org/ - Awn-Manager can be found in Universe from Hardy (8.04) onwards. | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2008-04-09 14:41:16 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-04-11 20:00:55 Requested 304 times |
| nbr unbr une | <reply> Starting with Ubuntu 11.04, the Ubuntu Netbook Edition is no longer being offered as a separate install as Unity is now standard for all Ubuntu desktop installs. | Added by Mez Date: 2009-08-25 22:19:54 Last edited by Pici Date: 2011-04-28 20:07:11 Requested 301 times |
| security | <reply> Security Updates are dealt with here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Security - See also !root, !firewall, !server, and !usn | Added by LjL Date: 2007-01-31 19:20:20 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-02-16 22:21:16 Requested 300 times |
| hacker hacking | <reply> A hacker is a person who delights in having an intimate understanding of the internal workings of a system, computers and computer networks in particular, as defined by Request for Comments (RFC) 1392 - i.e. a good programmer -- crackers on the other hand break systems, see also !piracy | Added by ompaul Date: 2008-02-21 20:34:28 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2009-04-12 12:16:51 Requested 296 times |
| utopic unicorn | <reply> Ubuntu 14.10 (Utopic Unicorn) was the 21st release of Ubuntu. Support ended on July 23rd, 2015. See !eol, !upgrade and https://ubottu.com/y/utopic | Added by Pici Date: 2014-04-23 17:33:20 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 07:03:08 Requested 296 times |
| dmb-ping | <reply> bdmurray, bdrung, rbasak, schopin, teward, tsimonq2, utkarsh2102: DMB ping | Added by Pici Date: 2011-10-24 14:42:24 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2024-07-03 09:17:28 Requested 294 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 |
| lies | <reply> Mostly just statistics and factoids, but also windicators! | Added by LjL Date: 2008-01-07 15:24:59 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-06-16 05:04:01 Requested 291 times |
| k3b | a feature-rich and user-friendly burning application for KDE (and, as all KDE applications, works fine on GNOME). For a guide, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/K3BHowto | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 20:53:04 Requested 289 times |
| ir farsi | <reply> #ubuntu-ir baraye Farsi zabanan mibashad ke channele rasmie goroohe Iran-ie ubuntu ast. #ubuntu-ir برای فارسی زبانان میباشد که کانال رسمی گروه ایرانی اوبونتو است. | Added by elkbuntu Date: 2007-04-25 12:05:43 Last edited by ompaul Date: 2008-03-14 22:13:26 Requested 287 times |
| emerald | an obsolete window decorator for compiz. It's unsupported and unmaintained, making issues with it very hard to diagnose and fix. There are no known, supported alternatives. | Added by Myrtti Date: 2009-05-19 12:46:47 Requested 283 times |
| elementary | <reply> elementary OS is an Ubuntu derivative that is supported in their own IRC channel #elementary on irc.freenode.net - See https://elementary.io/ for more information on this distribution. | Added by genii Date: 2013-11-17 07:10:48 Last edited by kryten Date: 2021-05-24 22:54:33 Requested 283 times |
| offtopic-#xubuntu offtopic-#xubuntu-devel xubuntu-channels ot-#xubuntu channels-#xubuntu channels-#xubuntu-devel channels-#xubuntu-offtopic | <reply> #xubuntu is the Xubuntu support channel, #xubuntu-devel for discussion regarding development of Xubuntu, and #xubuntu-offtopic is for random chatter. Welcome! | Added by LjL Date: 2006-12-09 21:58:10 Requested 282 times |
| ubuntuone ubuntu-one | <reply> The Ubuntu One file and music service is being discontinued. The service will be unavailable starting 1 June 2014, and content available until 31 July, 2014. For more, see #ubuntuone | Added by tsimpson Date: 2009-11-18 09:21:56 Last edited by Pici Date: 2014-04-02 13:17:46 Requested 280 times |
| headers kernel source | <reply> To install the Linux (kernel) headers, open a terminal and: sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) To install headers for libraries, you need the accompanying -dev packages | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 21:42:46 Requested 277 times |
| hashes | <reply> See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuHashes for the md5sums of all downloadable Ubuntu releases | Added by Pici Date: 2010-04-30 15:31:19 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-18 19:50:11 Requested 276 times |
| serverguide guide | <reply> The Ubuntu server guide may be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/ | Added by jpds Date: 2008-07-20 19:30:54 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:54:04 Requested 275 times |
| brainstorm | <deleted><reply> Post your ideas for Ubuntu at http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com and vote for the ones you like! | Added by PriceChild Date: 2008-03-01 16:35:56 Last edited by bazhang Date: 2013-09-15 12:08:25 Requested 274 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 |
| svn | Subversion: an open-source revision control system, which aims to be a compelling replacement for CVS. See http://subversion.apache.org/ | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 11:19:15 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-31 15:20:30 Requested 266 times |
| vanilla-#ubuntustudio | <reply> To install Ubuntu Studio on top of a vanilla Ubuntu install, read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/Installation | Added by Seveas Date: 2007-10-16 23:12:20 Requested 266 times |
| edubuntu | <reply> Edubuntu was an Ubuntu derivative aimed at schools and educational institutions. Its most recent release was Edubuntu 14.04, which is now !EOL. For more info, see http://www.edubuntu.org | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 00:17:39 Last edited by ro Date: 2019-05-06 14:45:27 Requested 265 times |
| qt | <reply> the Qt toolkit (pronounced "cute"), which forms the base of !KDE, is a cross-platform C++ application framework for !CLI and !GUI applications. Install libqt4-dev and see !build to compile Qt4 applications, join #qt for development support | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 23:23:17 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-09 10:57:39 Requested 264 times |
| traffic | <reply> NOTICE - There is a lot of traffic in this channel at the moment. Please try to keep your sentences into a single message, avoid repeating the same question multiple times, use http://paste.ubuntu.com for pasting, remember to mention the nickname of the person you're addressing, and join #ubuntu-offtopic for anything that is not Ubuntu support. Thank you for understanding! | Added by LjL Date: 2006-10-22 01:00:37 Last edited by jrib Date: 2009-12-14 16:23:57 Requested 264 times |
| yy.mm | <reply> Ubuntu version numbers are: YY.MM (YY=release year,MM=release month). Each year sees two releases, so just specifying YY is imprecise. See also https://www.ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle | Added by hggdh Date: 2019-01-08 00:40:20 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2019-01-25 22:20:18 Requested 260 times |
| ban banned | <reply> If you are banned from an Ubuntu channel, it is probably because you did not follow the IRC guidelines. For details, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/Guidelines - To try and resolve a ban, please join #ubuntu-ops. | Added by gnomefreak Date: 2006-06-30 22:10:52 Last edited by krytarik Date: 2016-11-27 09:16:37 Requested 259 times |
| team-#xubuntu-devel | <reply> bluesabre, jphilips, knome, krytarik, ochosi, pleia2 and Unit193 | Added by knome Date: 2013-11-14 15:17:40 Last edited by krytarik Date: 2021-04-23 01:03:33 Requested 259 times |
| lilo | an alternative [Li]nux Boot[Lo]ader. Note: it is recommended that you use GRUB on Ubuntu instead. | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 12:12:07 Requested 255 times |
| mailserver mail server smtp | <reply> Ubuntu supports the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) and provides mail server software of many kinds. You can install a basic email handling configuration with the "Mail server" task during installation, or with the "tasksel" command. See also https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MailServer and https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/email-services.html | Added by LjL Date: 2007-12-11 15:58:41 Last edited by knome Date: 2015-07-27 16:43:32 Requested 254 times |
| cloak hostmask nicksetup vhost | <reply> To get an Ubuntu member cloak or any other one, first register your nick as detailed at https://libera.chat/guides/registration - For Ubuntu member cloaks, then ask in #ubuntu-irc and link to your Launchpad profile. For general ones, ask in #libera-cloak - See also !membership | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-07-01 02:14:53 Last edited by kryten Date: 2021-05-24 22:54:35 Requested 253 times |
| prayer | <reply> Dear $DEITY, Give me strength to understand and work with users who question my logic, the rules, netiquette, and common sense. Give me resilience to teach them the basics of Linux, Ubuntu, Community Guidelines, and IRC. Allow me not to stray to nitpicking, argument, foul language, or leisurely op abuse. Deliver me my daily xkcd, User Friendly, LWN, /. and Planet Ubuntu, and guard over my encrypted drives. Let it be so. | Added by Myrtti Date: 2008-05-16 11:15:49 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2011-07-02 17:08:55 Requested 253 times |
| portforward ports port | <reply> For instructions on how to set up port-forwarding (for games, torrents, webservers) see http://portforward.com - also see !firewall | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 10:53:19 Requested 252 times |
| ldap | <reply> LDAP is the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. For more information, installation instructions and getting clients to authenticate via LDAP see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OpenLDAPServer | Added by LjL Date: 2006-11-29 23:50:51 Last edited by stdin Date: 2009-02-03 11:24:16 Requested 250 times |
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