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| Factoid | Value | Author |
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| foo baz foo2 | [baz|bar|wibble] | Added by LjL Date: 2007-09-22 14:37:00 Last edited by Pici Date: 2014-06-19 15:50:27 Requested 437 times |
| foocoin bitcoin dogecoin cgminer | <reply> Ubuntu's repositories do not include clients for most cryptocurrencies. You will need to use a !PPA or !compile from source to get them. Since neither of these options is officially supported, consider asking your cryptocurrency's IRC channel (see !alis) for help. | Added by rww Date: 2014-03-09 02:08:12 Requested 14 times |
| forkbomb | <reply> A forkbomb spells certain doom. It is a command that will take all clock cycles on a computer and render the machine in dire need of a reboot! | Added by Spec Date: 2007-01-31 02:09:42 Last edited by ompaul Date: 2007-05-02 21:02:20 Requested 50 times |
| forums forum ubuntuforums | <reply> The Ubuntu Forums can be found at https://ubuntuforums.org - Kubuntu Forums are found at https://www.kubuntuforums.net - There is also an #ubuntuforums channel on Libera IRC. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:06:55 Last edited by kryten Date: 2021-05-24 22:54:17 Requested 497 times |
| foss | <reply> FOSS stands for Free and Open Source Software. See !freedom for more info. | Added by thoreauputic Date: 2006-12-25 02:36:59 Last edited by Pici Date: 2011-07-11 12:18:14 Requested 19 times |
| fps glxgears | <reply> To display the FPS in glxgears, run 'glxgears' in a terminal. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 21:55:05 Last edited by Pici Date: 2008-05-09 22:32:06 Requested 114 times |
| fr french francais france | <reply> Nous sommes desoles mais ce canal est en anglais uniquement. Si vous avez besoin d'aide ou voulez discuter en français, veuillez taper «/join #ubuntu-fr» ou «/join #ubuntu-qc». Merci. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 01:16:34 Last edited by krytarik Date: 2023-06-19 19:48:05 Requested 8112 times |
| fr-#lubuntu | <reply> Dans cette chaîne lubuntu, seul l'anglais est parlé. Si vous cherchez de l'aide en français, entrez le canal #lubuntu-fr; tapez "/join #lubuntu-fr" (sans les guillemets) et appuyez sur Entrée. | Added by wxl Date: 2020-12-14 02:26:23 Requested 4 times |
| fr-#lubuntu-devel | <reply> Dans cette chaîne lubuntu, seul l'anglais est parlé. Si vous cherchez de l'aide en français, entrez le canal #lubuntu-fr; tapez "/join #lubuntu-fr" (sans les guillemets) et appuyez sur Entrée. | Added by wxl Date: 2020-12-14 20:23:18 Requested 0 times |
| fr-#lubuntu-offtopic | <reply> Dans cette chaîne lubuntu, seul l'anglais est parlé. Si vous cherchez de l'aide en français, entrez le canal #lubuntu-fr; tapez "/join #lubuntu-fr" (sans les guillemets) et appuyez sur Entrée. | Added by wxl Date: 2020-12-14 20:23:28 Requested 0 times |
| fr-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> Ce canal est en anglais uniquement. Si vous voulez discuter en francais, merci de rejoindre #ubuntu-fr-offtopic | Added by LjL Date: 2008-10-18 00:59:23 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-10-04 21:53:25 Requested 99 times |
| framebuffer | <deleted><reply> Information about changing your framebuffer modes in GRUB can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FrameBuffer#grub | Added by Spec Date: 2006-09-07 18:25:15 Last edited by Pici Date: 2015-09-14 20:52:56 Requested 242 times |
| freedom free | <reply> freedom is important. Ubuntu is as free as we can make it, which means mostly free software. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html and http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/licensing | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:51:00 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-13 22:37:39 Requested 559 times |
| freenode | <deleted><reply> freenode is the IRC network that you're on! - See http://freenode.net/project - - freenode has policies that govern how people should use the network which can be read at http://freenode.net/policies - The Ubuntuchannels on freenode also have their own !Guidelines | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:37:12 Last edited by kryten Date: 2021-05-24 22:54:23 Requested 414 times |
| freenx nx | <reply> FreeNX is advanced remote desktop technology. For more information and install instructions, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FreeNX | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 00:42:35 Requested 822 times |
| freespeech free speech freedomofspeech freedom of speech | <reply> Please don't pepper the channel with cries of buzzwords like "free speech!", especially when you don't know what they mean or if they're applicable to the current situation. | Added by tonyyarusso Date: 2008-01-01 20:07:55 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-31 15:45:40 Requested 87 times |
| fridge | <reply> The Fridge is the Ubuntu's Community News website, and can be found at http://fridge.ubuntu.com | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:02:27 Last edited by Pici Date: 2007-10-11 14:21:08 Requested 38 times |
| frostwire | a totally open source !bittorrent client, based on Vuze, the Azureus BitTorrent Engine. For installation help, please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FrostWire | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2006-06-26 15:50:29 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-09-07 11:28:42 Requested 917 times |
| fsck | the FileSystem ChecKer, which runs automatically when you boot if you didn't shutdown cleanly. Type "man fsck" for information on running it manually. The command "sudo touch /forcefsck && sudo shutdown -r now" will force a reboot and a filesystem check; "sudo touch /fastboot" will skip a filesystem check at next reboot | Added by LjL Date: 2006-12-13 20:01:03 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-05-04 07:55:19 Requested 1048 times |
| fsf | The Free Software Foundation. See http://www.fsf.org/ | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:01:34 Requested 23 times |
| fstab /etc/fstab drives | <reply> The /etc/fstab file indicates how drive partitions are to be used or otherwise integrated into the file system. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Fstab and http://www.pclosmag.com/html/Issues/200709/page07.html and !Partitions | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 11:30:53 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-30 18:49:45 Requested 3147 times |
| ftbs | an Acronym for Failed To Build from Source | Added by imbrandon Date: 2006-09-23 01:03:14 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:27:33 Requested 13 times |
| ftp ftp clients ftp client | <reply> FTP clients: Nautilus (Places -> Connect to server), gFTP, FileZilla (for !GNOME); Konqueror, Kasablanca, KFTPGrabber (for !KDE); FireFTP (for Firefox); ftp, lftp (for !cli) - See also !FTPd | Added by bimberi Date: 2006-07-24 06:50:53 Last edited by LjL Date: 2009-04-11 01:58:22 Requested 1051 times |
| ftpd ftp servers ftp server ftp-server | <reply> FTP servers: ftpd, proftpd, pure-ftpd, twoftpd, vsftpd, MuddleFTPd, wzdftpd - Graphical front-ends: PureAdmin, GProftpd (for GNOME), KcmPureftpd (for !KDE) - See also !FTP | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:16:36 Last edited by Pici Date: 2007-10-23 18:42:41 Requested 640 times |
| fuchs-#ubuntu-offtopic | <deleted><reply> http://i.imgur.com/b3mcM.jpg (not on fire) | Added by rww Date: 2014-09-17 15:29:16 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2015-03-11 22:42:24 Requested 11 times |
| fud | <reply>Please do not fall prey to, or spread FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) - it is not welcome here! Please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty_and_doubt | Added by jussi01 Date: 2008-08-06 17:03:48 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2008-08-31 23:44:02 Requested 204 times |
| fuse captive | <reply> FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) is a !kernel driver that allows non-root users to create their own filesystems. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_in_Userspace for more on FUSE. Some examples of filesystems that use FUSE are !ntfs-3g, sshfs and isofs. A full list of Filesystems that use FUSE is here: http://fuse.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/FileSystems | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 11:48:16 Last edited by Amaranth Date: 2007-08-07 14:36:30 Requested 1130 times |
| fusesmb-#xubuntu | <reply>fusesmb is a tool that allows easy access to shared folders (smb) on a network. Links with more info: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FuseSmb | Added by Myrtti Date: 2008-09-17 19:48:34 Requested 25 times |
| games nexuiz wow warcraft et fun doom doom3 | <reply> Information about games on Ubuntu can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Games and http://www.icculus.org/lgfaq/gamelist.php and http://www.penguspy.com/ | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 14:02:03 Last edited by Pici Date: 2010-11-28 15:38:44 Requested 2321 times |
| gary | <deleted><reply> be afraid, be *very* afraid | Added by ompaul Date: 2007-12-27 10:20:10 Last edited by Pricey Date: 2009-06-13 13:19:35 Requested 64 times |
| gconf-editor | a graphical tool used to maintain the GNOME desktop environment registry. For more info: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GConfEditor | Added by Myrtti Date: 2009-06-19 09:09:02 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:34:05 Requested 10 times |
| gdesklets | <deleted><reply> gDesklets provides an advanced architecture for desktop applets -- tiny displays sitting on your desktop in a symbiotic relationship of eye candy and usefulness. Homepage is http://gdesklets.gnomedesktop.org/ | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 14:53:11 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-31 15:40:38 Requested 102 times |
| gdm2setup | <reply> Up to Oneiric, GDM was used as the login manager. You can configure your GDM options, including the wallpaper and theme, with gdm2setup. See https://launchpad.net/gdm2setup for more information and installation instructions.~ | Added by knome Date: 2011-08-27 21:18:55 Requested 3 times |
| ge ka | <reply> ქართული ენაზე დახმარების მიღებისთვის გთხოვთ შემობრძანდით #ubuntu-ge / Kartuli enaze dakhmarebis mighebistvis gtkhovt shemobrdzandit #ubuntu-ge | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-11-28 21:46:10 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-09-26 18:58:34 Requested 131 times |
| gender | <reply>yes, I can confirm I am a female bot :) | Added by jussi01 Date: 2009-02-03 08:13:42 Requested 504 times |
| generic smp | <reply> Background to the decision to replace -686, k7 and -smp kernels with -generic can be found here https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2006-August/019983.html (the -386 kernel is still available if needed) | Added by bimberi Date: 2006-11-13 02:36:49 Requested 343 times |
| genii | <deleted><reply> See !coffee | Added by genii Date: 2009-06-27 04:56:57 Last edited by genii Date: 2010-03-10 15:30:51 Requested 10 times |
| gentoo-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> http://makelinuxgreatagain.com | Added by dax Date: 2016-04-13 05:40:24 Requested 1 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 |
| 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 |
| gettingstarted | <reply> A great place to start your MOTU adventure is https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/GettingStarted | Added by nickrud Date: 2008-07-21 05:01:13 Requested 9 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 |
| gift | a peer-to-peer filesharing engine supporting several networks and protocols by means of plug-ins. It's available in !Universe. Clients include gifTui, giFToxic (GTK), Apollon (KDE), giFTcurs (terminal-based) - See also !P2P | Added by LjL Date: 2007-11-03 00:35:09 Requested 12 times |
| gimp | an advanced image manipulation application for Ubuntu. See http://www.gimp.org for tutorials and more information. | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 13:28:30 Requested 348 times |
| gimpshop | <deleted>a hack that makes The Gimp look and feel more like Photoshop. A .deb for Ubuntu is available via http://plasticbugs.com/?page_id=294 | Added by bimberi Date: 2006-11-27 00:59:13 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-13 23:38:00 Requested 56 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 |
| girls-#ubuntuforums | <deleted><reply> girls are the #1 reason for distractions | Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-01-16 16:40:01 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-05-25 18:48:57 Requested 25 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 |
| give me a test | <reply> Oh no, I won't, I'm not like some of those nasty scripts' users! | Added by LjL Date: 2009-01-22 02:28:48 Requested 52 times |
| gksudo gksu | <reply> gksudo was a way to run graphical applications as root. It should no longer be used. Use !pkexec instead. | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 15:46:23 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2018-08-29 19:39:52 Requested 2019 times |
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