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| xfs | a high-performance journaling filesystem originally developped by Silicon Graphics for their IRIX OS. It is now fully supported by Linux so you can install Ubuntu on it if you wish. More info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XFS | Added by Seveas Date: 2007-04-27 00:35:39 Requested 74 times |
| filesystems | <reply> ext3 and ext4 are the default filesystems in Ubuntu (and many other Linuxes). Alternative Linux filesystems include reiserfs and xfs. fat32 and ntfs are DOS/Windows filesystems. hfs and hfs+ are filesystems for the Mac. More info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems | Added by Seveas Date: 2007-04-27 00:36:30 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2011-01-05 12:49:11 Requested 30 times |
| omgvorian-#ubuntuforums | <reply> Vorian, you are in hell. | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-04-28 04:58:14 Requested 31 times |
| mount-#kubuntu | <reply> Partitioning programs !PartitionManager or !GParted (see also "man mkfs" for formatting) - Mount partitions from System Settings -> (Advanced tab) Removable Devices. See also !fstab and !DiskMounter | Added by Jucato Date: 2007-04-29 15:21:48 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2010-10-30 01:48:22 Requested 221 times |
| omgamaranth | <deleted><reply> Amaranth: Get back to work! | Added by Amaranth Date: 2007-05-01 04:38:04 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2009-06-14 12:54:18 Requested 21 times |
| thunar | a file manager for !Xfce. It is a lightweight alternative to !Nautilus and is quite similar. More info at: http://thunar.xfce.org/index.html - Want to Replace Nautilus with Thunar? See http://psychocats.net/ubuntu/nonautilusplease | Added by elkbuntu Date: 2007-05-01 14:11:07 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:43:12 Requested 67 times |
| dev develop development | <reply> Interested in becoming an Ubuntu Developer? Get started here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment | Added by bimberi Date: 2007-05-07 05:24:52 Requested 402 times |
| ltsp | <reply> LTSP is the Linux Terminal Server Project, which adds thin-client support to Linux servers. See chapter 3 of the !edubuntuhandbook, http://www.ltsp.org and/or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Terminal_Server_Project | Added by bimberi Date: 2007-05-09 05:45:11 Last edited by bimberi Date: 2007-05-09 05:51:02 Requested 229 times |
| edubuntuhandbook | <deleted><reply> The Edubuntu Handbook is currently work-in-progress and can be browsed via http://doc.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/handbook/C/ | Added by bimberi Date: 2007-05-09 05:47:22 Last edited by rww Date: 2015-03-13 05:57:25 Requested 29 times |
| screenshots-#edubuntu | <deleted><reply> Screenshots of Edubuntu 7.04 are available at http://shots.osdir.com/slideshows/slideshow.php?release=784&slide=1 | Added by bimberi Date: 2007-05-10 07:33:04 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2011-05-26 16:53:10 Requested 5 times |
| hobbsee | <reply> I phear the stick so shhhhh | Added by ompaul Date: 2007-05-10 14:42:04 Requested 93 times |
| paste-#ubuntu-uk | <reply> Pastebin is a service to post large texts so you don't flood the channel. The Ubuntu pastebin is at http://pastebin.ubuntu-uk.org (make sure you give us the URL for your paste - see also the #ubuntu channel topic) | Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-05-10 17:47:14 Last edited by PriceChild Date: 2007-05-10 17:48:29 Requested 155 times |
| xglautostart | <deleted><reply> You could edit /etc/gdm/gdm.conf-custom to start Xgl by default each time or could make a session file for it so you can choose X or Xgl by each login(the latter is often preferred). https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompositeManager/Xgl | Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-05-11 11:14:32 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-05-18 23:56:41 Requested 1 times |
| tex latex | a language for describing a document, commonly used especially for scientific publishing. Information and instructions for installing TeX and other related packages can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LaTeX | Added by LjL Date: 2007-05-12 00:23:42 Requested 147 times |
| unix | <reply> UNIX is an operating system created in the '70s, which has many direct derivates and inspired systems like Minix and !Linux. Most "UNIX-style" systems try to somewhat adhere to the POSIX standard. | Added by ompaul Date: 2007-05-15 23:00:01 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-09-22 14:55:29 Requested 127 times |
| response | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Responses | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-05-18 02:00:14 Requested 41 times |
| offline sneakernet | <reply> If you need to download Ubuntu packages using another machine or OS, check the desired packages in Synaptic and select File > Generate package download script. See also !APTonCD | Added by LjL Date: 2007-05-18 16:23:54 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2014-05-20 15:12:14 Requested 931 times |
| helpersnack cookie | <reply> Wow! You're such a great helper, you deserve a cookie! | Added by fdoving Date: 2007-05-18 16:40:16 Requested 2016 times |
| intelhda snd_hda_intel hdaintel | <reply> For fixing your Intel HDA sound this page has useful information https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HdaIntelSoundHowto | Added by LjL Date: 2007-05-20 14:18:38 Requested 738 times |
| cupspdf | <reply> Details on setting up "Print to PDF" are at http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2006/03/23/print-to-pdf-using-cups-pdf/ | Added by bimberi Date: 2007-05-22 06:09:42 Requested 9 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 |
| night | <reply> It's the middle of the night in the US and Europe, and surrounds. This means that a lot of people are likely asleep, therefore there are less potential people who can answer your question. Please be patient, and consider asking at a time when more people will be awake. This is particularly true in the quieter channels. | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-05-27 13:30:59 Last edited by Hobbsee Date: 2007-05-27 13:35:36 Requested 105 times |
| tv tvcard tv card dvb tuner | <reply> http://www.linuxtv.org/ has extensive information about using TV cards under Linux. Available viewers for analog cards: Zapping, tvtime (GTK/GNOME), Kaffeine, kdetv (KDE), xawtv, motv. For digital cards: Me-TV (GNOME), Klear (KDE), dvb-utils. For both analog and digital cards, !MythTV is a powerful framework. Your card may work the !IVTV drivers. See also !TV-Out | Added by LjL Date: 2007-05-29 19:19:48 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-11-10 22:29:00 Requested 497 times |
| screencast record desktop screencasts | <reply> Some programs to capture your screen are Kazam, Vokoscreen & Simple Screen Recorder. Also ffmpeg/libav with x11grab option on the command line. Also see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ScreenCasts. | Added by jrib Date: 2007-06-02 14:03:35 Last edited by Pricey Date: 2014-01-16 16:29:46 Requested 515 times |
| virtualization | <reply> There are several solutions for running other operating systems (or their programs) inside Ubuntu, while using the native CPU as much as possible: !kvm is the preferred approach in Ubuntu. See also !QEmu (with !KQemu), !VirtualBox, !VMWare, as well as !WINE and !Cedega for Windows applications | Added by jrib Date: 2007-06-03 00:54:45 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2008-07-07 22:31:09 Requested 90 times |
| desktopsearch strigi indexing indexers beagle kerry tracker kat pinot doodle | <reply> Services to index files for fast searching include: Beagle (front-ends: beagle, catfish, gnome-main-menu, mozilla-beagle for !GNOME; kerry, kio-beagle for !KDE; beaglefs for !CLI) - Tracker (tracker-search-tool, libdeskbar-tracker for GNOME; tracker-utils for CLI) - Strigi (strigi-applet, strigi-client for KDE, strigi-utils for CLI) - Kat (for KDE) - Pinot (and pinot-applet for GNOME) - Doodle (for CLI) | Added by LjL Date: 2007-06-03 17:10:31 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-06-03 17:12:22 Requested 184 times |
| ops-#launchpad | <reply> Help! lifeless, flacoste, jml, joey | Added by gnomefreak Date: 2007-06-03 19:56:22 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-02-14 16:11:08 Requested 15 times |
| xkcd | possibly the greatest geeky webcomic ever. It even makes jokes about Ubuntu. http://www.xkcd.com/ and especially the one about 'sudo make me a sandwich' - http://xkcd.com/c149.html | Added by Madpilot Date: 2007-06-04 10:22:02 Last edited by Madpilot Date: 2007-06-04 10:25:19 Requested 69 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 |
| zfs | <reply> For information concerning ZFS and Ubuntu, see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZFS | Added by Spec Date: 2007-06-06 23:57:50 Requested 181 times |
| 3dchess | <reply> If you are trying to enable 3d effects in the GNOME chess game, please see https://launchpad.net/bugs/71593 | Added by jrib Date: 2007-06-20 17:46:57 Last edited by jrib Date: 2007-06-20 17:47:10 Requested 29 times |
| answers | <reply> Answers to various questions can be found at http://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu | Added by Spec Date: 2007-06-22 04:31:28 Last edited by Spec Date: 2007-06-22 04:33:06 Requested 26 times |
| noroot supportroot | <reply> We do not support setting a root password. You're free to do it on your own machine, but please don't offer instructions on how to set a root password or ask for help with setting it. See !root and !wfm for more information. | Added by ompaul Date: 2007-06-23 15:35:34 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2011-02-27 16:08:33 Requested 370 times |
| dumb stupid | <reply> The only dumb or stupid question is the one not asked. Please do not tell people off for asking something, just because it seems simple or obvious to you -- we discourage this attitude in all our channels. | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-06-23 16:46:34 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2009-11-19 16:24:18 Requested 193 times |
| usn | <reply> Please see https://usn.ubuntu.com/ for information about recent Ubuntu security updates. | Added by ompaul Date: 2007-06-26 23:19:27 Last edited by Pici Date: 2018-05-07 18:31:40 Requested 169 times |
| mythbuntu | <reply> Mythbuntu was a former Ubuntu flavor centered upon setting up a standalone MythTV system (http://www.mythbuntu.org). MythTV can still be installed from the Ubuntu repositories or from the Mythbuntu !PPAs linked on https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu. For MythTV discussion and support, try #mythtv-users | Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-06-28 00:42:41 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-11-10 21:58:51 Requested 196 times |
| opabuse | <reply>Leave the ops alone! | Added by ompaul Date: 2007-07-02 22:36:18 Last edited by Amaranth Date: 2008-02-04 03:43:55 Requested 108 times |
| fcm | THE Ubuntu Community Magazine - find it at www.fullcirclemagazine.org, or #fullcirclemagazine | Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-07-04 20:21:46 Requested 41 times |
| pronouce | point your movie player at /usr/share/examples/example-content/experience-ubuntu.ogg | Added by ompaul Date: 2007-07-07 19:15:34 Requested 3 times |
| mobile | <deleted><reply>Learn more about Ubuntu Mobile at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MobileAndEmbedded | Added by Amaranth Date: 2007-07-14 05:17:59 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-01-02 03:08:09 Requested 66 times |
| logo | <reply> Official Ubuntu artwork including the Ubuntu logo can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Official | Added by jrib Date: 2007-07-16 21:55:56 Last edited by jrib Date: 2007-07-16 21:56:01 Requested 31 times |
| xp | <reply> XP, or "eXtreme Programming" is a style of programming, for more information see: http://www.extremeprogramming.org/ | Added by Spec Date: 2007-07-17 21:04:07 Last edited by Spec Date: 2007-07-17 21:04:51 Requested 62 times |
| highno | <reply> A higher version number does not mean that it's better. Especially with packages such as the linux kernel. The packages in the Ubuntu repositories are stable and will work fine. You should have a better reason than "newer" when considering compiling from source or using 3rd party repos. | Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-07-27 20:06:24 Last edited by PriceChild Date: 2007-07-27 20:06:36 Requested 89 times |
| newstome | ohh wow, I missed the 11 o'clock bulletin | Added by ompaul Date: 2007-08-04 17:53:23 Requested 6 times |
| mornington crescent-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> Here's the map: http://www.upminster.com/travel/underground.gif | Added by Seveas Date: 2007-08-05 11:57:41 Requested 10 times |
| nouveau | an open-source nvidia driver included by default since Ubuntu 10.04. Currently, 3D rendering is only partially supported. More information can be found at http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/ | See !nvidia for the closed-source Nvidia driver. | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-08-09 09:03:42 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-05-23 22:49:26 Requested 157 times |
| smack* | <reply> Ouch, that hurt! | Added by Amaranth Date: 2007-08-10 23:04:10 Last edited by Amaranth Date: 2007-08-10 23:04:46 Requested 169 times |
| sorry | <reply> It's ok, I am only a bot so I cannot stay mad at you. For apologising to humans though, take a read of https://web.archive.org/web/20170201184826/http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2009/07/20/on-apologies/ | Added by Amaranth Date: 2007-08-10 23:05:06 Last edited by tonyyarusso Date: 2017-05-22 21:48:30 Requested 544 times |
| girl girls | <reply> Girls exist on the internet. See http://www.escapistmagazine.com/print/17/27 | http://www.xkcd.com/322/ | For more interesting reading: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Encourage-Women-Linux-HOWTO/ | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-08-12 09:12:44 Last edited by Pici Date: 2008-08-08 15:33:44 Requested 435 times |
| ymmv | short for "Your mileage may vary". It means that someone else's experience with compatibility, performance etc. may not necessarily match yours. Also see !wfm | Added by Seveas Date: 2007-08-15 20:52:04 Last edited by Pici Date: 2007-12-26 17:35:18 Requested 37 times |
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