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| Factoid | Value | Author |
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| ffe | <reply> Feature Freeze Exception. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FreezeExceptionProcess for the freeze exception process. | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2008-04-15 15:48:48 Last edited by nhandler Date: 2010-02-21 16:35:38 Requested 67 times |
| xrandr | <deleted><reply>XRandR 1.2 is the new method of running dual screens in !X. Information/HowTo here: http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12 | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2008-04-16 06:34:51 Last edited by dax Date: 2019-10-17 20:23:57 Requested 482 times |
| trash | <reply> Your GUI file manager's Trash folder is located at ~/.local/share/Trash/ for files moved to trash from your hard disk and .../.Trash-userid/ on external devices for files moved to trash from the device. | Added by LjL Date: 2008-04-18 01:11:40 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-04-19 00:43:28 Requested 780 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 |
| lfs | <reply> LFS is Linux From Scratch ( http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/ ) - not to be confused with !LTS, which is the long term support release of Ubuntu | Added by ompaul Date: 2008-04-20 15:24:19 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-31 15:38:31 Requested 128 times |
| spoon | <reply> There is no spoon. | Added by Amaranth Date: 2008-04-24 09:16:13 Requested 64 times |
| torrents-#kubuntu | <reply>Kubuntu $curStableLong ($curStableNum) torrents can be obtained at http://torrent.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/$curStableLower/release/ | Added by LjL-Temp Date: 2008-04-24 16:28:20 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-14 19:52:31 Requested 42 times |
| repomirror chmirror | <reply> Go to "System", "Administration", and "Software Sources" and choose "Other" from the drop down box. Then choose "select best server" and your system will choose the fastest mirror for you automatically. | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2008-04-25 06:00:30 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2008-05-06 21:49:03 Requested 133 times |
| alternate-#kubuntu | <reply> The Alternate CD is a classical text-mode install CD. It supports a wider range of hardware than the !LiveCD, and can also be used as an upgrade CD. Look for the alternate checkbox on the Kubuntu download page - See also !minimal | Added by Jucato Date: 2008-04-28 14:56:05 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-06-16 15:06:04 Requested 78 times |
| chat-#ubuntu-classroom | <reply> Please use #ubuntu-classroom-chat for random chatter and asking questions. Questions should start with "QUESTION:" so we can spot them. | Added by Amaranth Date: 2008-04-28 17:00:50 Requested 2 times |
| gestures-#kubuntu | <reply>KDE has a built-in support for mouse gestures. See: http://userbase.kde.org/System_Settings/Shortcuts_and_Gestures for a howto | Added by Jucato Date: 2008-04-30 00:30:51 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-14 19:52:02 Requested 1 times |
| maple | <reply> To install Maple, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Maple | Added by jrib Date: 2008-05-04 18:50:10 Last edited by jrib Date: 2008-05-04 18:50:24 Requested 13 times |
| mac macbook | <reply> For help on installing and using Ubuntu on a Mac, see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MactelSupportTeam/CommunityHelpPages | Added by stdin Date: 2008-05-05 01:25:23 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-02-01 07:39:50 Requested 1049 times |
| remaster customlivecd remastering | <reply> Interested in remastering the Ubuntu !LiveCD or !Alternate installer? See: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomization and https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallCDCustomization - Or use tools such as http://uck.sourceforge.net/ | Added by stdin Date: 2008-05-05 21:42:06 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2014-08-08 01:56:33 Requested 866 times |
| officialdocs | <reply>Before doing anything you don't know about, check the official Ubuntu document repository and wiki pages at https://help.ubuntu.com These guides are created by the Ubuntu community for Ubuntu. This will give you a tried, test and most importantly *SUPPORTED* way to resolve your issue and move forward. | Added by Myrtti Date: 2008-05-06 10:29:16 Last edited by jussi01 Date: 2008-05-06 10:30:03 Requested 7 times |
| fail-#dib5sn fail-#ubuntustudio-devel | <reply>FAILZ! | Added by jussi01 Date: 2008-05-06 13:57:05 Last edited by jussi01 Date: 2008-05-13 10:25:31 Requested 14 times |
| vcs dvcs | <reply> Version Control Systems offered for Ubuntu: Centralized: !CVS, !Subversion | Distributed: Bazaar-NG(!bzr), Codeville, Darcs, !git, Mercurial, Monotone, SVK, tig. | Added by Pici Date: 2008-05-12 16:55:16 Last edited by Pici Date: 2008-05-14 19:11:42 Requested 25 times |
| hammertime-#ubuntu-offtopic hammertime-#ubuntustudio-devel hammertime-#ubuntu-ops | <reply> ━━▊ ━━▊ ━━▊ | Added by Pici Date: 2008-05-12 17:02:18 Requested 869 times |
| why-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> Because I said so. | Added by Pici Date: 2008-05-12 17:02:39 Requested 21 times |
| flare183-#ubuntu-offtopic | <deleted><reply> shhhh you'll only encourage more comments and we have seen enough of them already. ;-) | Added by Pici Date: 2008-05-12 17:06:05 Last edited by nhandler Date: 2010-06-18 21:34:10 Requested 3 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 |
| 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 |
| libsslbug sslbug heartbleed | <reply> A fix for the recent OpenSSL vulnerabilities (2014-0076 & 0160) has been pushed to the Ubuntu repositories. See http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2165-1/ and http://heartbleed.com/ for more information. | Added by PriceChild Date: 2008-05-14 01:47:38 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-06-02 06:36:09 Requested 119 times |
| abs | <reply> Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide, obtainable with ${package-manager} install abs-guide, is a quick and comprehensive guide to bash (command line) scripting in *nix systems. It is also viewable via web at http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/ | Added by Myrtti Date: 2008-05-14 10:49:55 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2008-05-14 10:53:33 Requested 221 times |
| git | a distributed revision control/software code management project created by Linus Torvalds. For more information, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_(software) | Added by Pici Date: 2008-05-14 19:11:29 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:44:57 Requested 189 times |
| php4 | <reply> PHP4 has reached its End Of Life and as such is not in any Ubuntu release after Edgy (6.10). For PHP's announcement see http://us2.php.net/archive/2007.php#2007-07-13-1 | Added by Pici Date: 2008-05-15 16:56:34 Requested 3 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 |
| meeting-#ubuntu-us-az | <reply>The Ubuntu Arizona LoCo team meetings are every Sunday at 9:00 PM Arizona time in our team channel, #ubuntu-us-az. Everyone is welcome!! | Added by Amaranth Date: 2008-05-17 06:39:34 Last edited by Amaranth Date: 2008-05-17 06:39:56 Requested 3 times |
| klipper | the KDE clipboard utility. It stores clipboard history, and allows you to link clipboard contents to application actions. Further information is available at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Klipper | Added by Myrtti Date: 2008-05-26 10:53:13 Requested 8 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 |
| podcast-#ubuntu-uk | <reply> Grab the lastest Ubuntu UK Podcast from http://ubuntupodcast.org | Added by Seeker` Date: 2008-05-27 23:51:40 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-04-02 04:12:05 Requested 18 times |
| kwallet | a subsystem that provides a convenient and secure way to manage all your passwords. More information is available at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/kwallet | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2008-05-28 09:52:29 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:53:57 Requested 22 times |
| realtek | <reply>some help for recent Realtek chipsets can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Device/RealtekRTL8187b | Added by Seeker` Date: 2008-05-30 05:25:52 Requested 188 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 |
| 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 |
| in india | <reply> #ubuntu-in is the channel for Ubuntu in India | Added by ompaul Date: 2008-06-07 21:56:20 Last edited by ompaul Date: 2008-06-07 21:57:25 Requested 473 times |
| popey | <deleted>the UK alternative to elvis. | Added by Daviey Date: 2008-06-09 14:28:09 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-07-08 02:18:07 Requested 18 times |
| fail-#ubuntu-ops | <reply>FAILZ! | Added by jussi01 Date: 2008-06-09 14:33:56 Last edited by jussi01 Date: 2008-06-09 14:34:07 Requested 29 times |
| ot-#ubuntu-ops | <deleted><reply> And the magical fairies came in and stole the crown from underneath the apple tree... | Added by Mez Date: 2008-06-11 14:45:54 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-03-21 04:57:32 Requested 22 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 |
| hardysources | <reply> In System->Admin->Software Sources, enable (main) (universe) (restricted) and (multiverse) and disable the Cdrom on the Ubuntu Software tab. On the Updates tab, enable (hardy-security) and (hardy-updates). | Added by nickrud Date: 2008-06-14 07:57:12 Last edited by Seeker` Date: 2008-06-19 01:24:13 Requested 33 times |
| splash-#kubuntu | <reply> To change your KDE splash screen go to System Settings -> Appearance -> Splash Screen | Added by stdin Date: 2008-06-18 03:43:26 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2010-10-30 01:34:00 Requested 27 times |
| upnp mediatomb | <reply> To stream media to other UPNP aware devices (such as the Xbox, PS3, or iRadio) you need a UPNP server. See !info mediatomb for information regarding the MediaTomb package | Added by Mez Date: 2008-06-21 01:04:52 Last edited by Mez Date: 2008-06-21 01:08:28 Requested 75 times |
| beer | <deleted><reply> Beer is always appreciated. | Added by Amaranth Date: 2008-06-24 04:30:24 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2009-09-15 06:00:00 Requested 125 times |
| label | <reply> To rename the labels of your partitions, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RenameUSBDrive. | Added by jrib Date: 2008-06-25 00:23:45 Last edited by jrib Date: 2008-06-25 00:24:29 Requested 101 times |
| squid | a caching proxy for the Web. See: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SquidGuard See: http://www.squid-cache.org | Added by ompaul Date: 2008-06-29 01:37:11 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:33:49 Requested 171 times |
| meaningoflife | <reply>42. | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2008-06-29 08:14:38 Requested 9 times |
| icqbug | <deleted><reply> If you use Hardy or Gutsy, and are getting the message "The client version you are using is too old" when conneting to ICQ with Pidgin, please check for new updates. | Added by Pici Date: 2008-07-02 16:06:33 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-01-02 02:32:01 Requested 29 times |
| sfd | <reply> Software Freedom Day, Saturday 17th September 2011 http://softwarefreedomday.org/ Get involved | Added by ompaul Date: 2008-07-06 04:05:54 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2011-04-11 20:36:54 Requested 8 times |
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