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saucy salamander 13.10 | <reply> Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy Salamander) was the 19th release of Ubuntu. Support ended on July 17th, 2014. See !eol, !upgrade and https://ubottu.com/y/saucy | Added by Pici Date: 2013-04-25 16:29:47 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 07:03:01 Requested 471 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 |
sbuild | a system to easily build packages in a clean schroot environment. To get started with SBuild, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SbuildLVMHowto | Added by LaserJock Date: 2007-11-21 06:52:27 Last edited by Hobbsee Date: 2007-11-21 06:53:02 Requested 25 times |
scanner | <reply> Scanning software: simple-scan (GNOME), Gwenview (KDE), Xsane. For instructions see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ScanningHowTo and to see supported hardware: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsScanners - See also !OCR | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 10:34:05 Last edited by bazhang Date: 2010-05-08 15:37:43 Requested 45 times |
scanners | <reply> Scanning software: XSane, the GIMP (GNOME), Skanlite (KDE). For instructions see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ScanningHowTo and to see supported hardware: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsScanners - See also !OCR | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-04-07 15:23:25 Last edited by jussi01 Date: 2008-11-05 11:59:40 Requested 8 times |
scanning xsane scan sane | <reply> Scanning software: Simple-Scan (GNOME), Xsane, the GIMP (GNOME), Kooka (KDE). For instructions see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ScanningHowTo and to see supported hardware: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsScanners - See also !OCR | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 20:33:36 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-01-02 04:13:46 Requested 431 times |
schedule | <deleted><reply> A schedule of Trusty Tahr (14.04) release milestones can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseSchedule | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-05 20:51:52 Last edited by genii Date: 2014-02-18 17:46:18 Requested 177 times |
schedule-#ubuntu+1 | <reply> A schedule of $curDevelLong ($curDevelNum) release milestones can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReleaseSchedule | Added by Pici Date: 2008-04-04 19:29:38 Last edited by rww Date: 2015-03-15 04:26:29 Requested 514 times |
schedule-#ubuntu-classroom schedule-#ubuntu-classroom-chat | <reply> To view the upcoming Ubuntu Classroom schedule, visit the Learning Events Calendar at http://fridge.ubuntu.com/calendars/classroom/ | Added by nhandler Date: 2010-03-05 05:10:38 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-12-23 02:53:43 Requested 7 times |
scim | <reply> Chinese, Japanese, Korean Language input. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SCIM | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 18:25:49 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:44:38 Requested 142 times |
sco | <deleted><reply> Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahaha!!!!! | Added by Seveas Date: 2007-08-15 21:07:02 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-05-26 02:34:11 Requested 45 times |
scoobysnack-#ubuntuforums | <reply> Yuck! | Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-01-17 21:37:04 Requested 135 times |
scoobysnacks | <reply> I prefer botsnacks, but thanks for the thought. | Added by elkbuntu Date: 2007-03-29 13:34:30 Requested 14 times |
scope redundancy | <reply> We don't need factoids for *everything*, or ten factoids for the same thing ;) | Added by LjL Date: 2008-02-14 16:27:14 Last edited by LjL Date: 2009-03-27 01:55:07 Requested 186 times |
scp winscp | a secure way of copying files across networks using !SSH. Usage: scp filename user@host:filename - WinSCP is a client for Windows, available at http://winscp.net/ | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 13:35:53 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:40:56 Requested 341 times |
screen | a window manager for terminal sessions, also useful over SSH. The 'byobu' package provides very useful additional utilities. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Screen | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 12:26:30 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-09-07 11:26:18 Requested 815 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 |
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 |
screenlets | <deleted><reply> Screenlets are little widgets for your !desktop. Note you must have a compositing window manager such as !Compiz Fusion, xcompmgr, or KWin to run them. You can get them at http://www.screenlets.org/ | Added by LjL Date: 2007-09-22 16:38:11 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-31 15:35:58 Requested 137 times |
screenshot imagebin screenshots | <reply> Screenshots can be made with the [PrtScr] button. Want to show us a screenshot of your problem? Upload an image to http://imgur.com/ and link the created page here. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 18:00:09 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-08-30 22:34:06 Requested 1215 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 |
se sv swedish sweden | <reply> Svensk Ubuntu- och Kubuntustöd hittar du i #ubuntu-se resp. #kubuntu-se. Tack! | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 00:34:23 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2011-09-23 10:48:50 Requested 718 times |
seamonkey | <reply> Seamonkey, formerly known as "Mozilla Application Suite", is available at http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/ with install instructions for ubuntu at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=186011 | Added by Seveas Date: 2007-03-31 13:52:30 Requested 41 times |
section | <reply> Please see http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#s-subsections for a list of valid sections that you can use in your debian/control file, for debian packaging | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2009-01-06 02:22:25 Requested 3 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 |
seeker | <deleted><reply> Something stupid this way comes | Added by Seeker` Date: 2009-04-01 19:56:25 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-12-11 17:26:49 Requested 14 times |
selinux | <reply> SELinux is available on Ubuntu, but not officially supported. Ubuntu uses another security framework by default, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AppArmor | Added by LjL Date: 2007-11-06 00:07:16 Requested 141 times |
sense commonsense common sense stable works for me | <reply> Common Sense: Just because you can, does not mean you should. Think before you do. "Works for me" does not mean it is ok. The latest version of everything is not always useful if you aim for stability. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 13:43:11 Requested 945 times |
server ubuntu-server | <reply> Ubuntu Server is a release of Ubuntu designed especially for server environments that ships with no GUI. Current !LTS version is !$curLTS ($curLTSLong $curLTSNum) - More info: https://ubuntu.com/server - Guide: https://ubuntu.com/server/docs - Support in #ubuntu-server | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 08:25:07 Last edited by tomreyn Date: 2023-10-10 22:19:47 Requested 1698 times |
server-network networkcli network-cli clinetwork | <reply> For help setting up networking on Ubuntu Server, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkConfigurationCommandLine | Added by ompaul Date: 2008-04-14 21:51:09 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-04-02 04:27:11 Requested 7 times |
servergui | <reply> Ubuntu server does not install a desktop environment or X11 by default in order to enhance security, efficiency and performance. !eBox provides a GUI system management option via a web interface. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ServerGUI for more background and options. | Added by Seveas Date: 2008-03-13 16:49:00 Requested 29 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 |
serverpackages | <deleted><reply> The following list of Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake) server packages will continue to receive security updates until June 2011: http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/dapper/supported.txt | Added by Pici Date: 2009-07-14 17:39:27 Last edited by Pici Date: 2011-06-02 13:48:23 Requested 3 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 |
seveas-#ubuntu-offtopic | <deleted><reply> who's got pie? Seveas has! HE STOLE YOURS. (see also !pie) | Added by Myrtti Date: 2009-03-17 10:58:35 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2009-06-18 22:33:37 Requested 23 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 |
shaddap | <reply> :X | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-08-06 23:02:55 Requested 66 times |
shaddap!-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> :X | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-17 13:58:10 Requested 10 times |
sharedprinting | <deleted><reply> If you are unable to share a printer over the network on 7.10 (Gutsy), AppArmour could be the problem. See http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=531343 to see how to disable it temporarily or permanently | Added by elkbuntu Date: 2007-12-14 12:59:39 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2011-04-29 02:37:55 Requested 9 times |
shells shell-policy | <reply> Is your shell provider banned in Ubuntu channels? See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/ShellPolicy for shell provider requirements and how to resolve the situation with your provider. | Added by topyli Date: 2011-01-23 18:53:44 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-01-23 18:57:20 Requested 16 times |
shellshock | <reply> Ubuntu has released security updates for both recent bash vulnerabilities for all currently-supported versions of Ubuntu. Use your preferred package manager to apply all pending updates. See http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2362-1/ , http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2363-1/ , and http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2363-2/ for more information. | Added by knome Date: 2014-09-25 20:17:17 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-09-26 15:51:28 Requested 37 times |
shipit | <reply> Canonical is no longer sending free Ubuntu CDs to individuals through its ShipIt program. For more information please see http://blog.canonical.com/?p=551 !LoCo teams can request CDs through this link https://forms.canonical.com/lococd/ | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:20:58 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2011-04-07 15:32:29 Requested 405 times |
shockwave | currently only available for Windows. To run it under !Wine, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Shockwave | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2006-06-20 06:42:24 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:40:07 Requested 213 times |
shortcuts keytouch mediakeys shortcut keyboard shortcuts keys hotkeys hotkey | <reply> Keyboard shortcuts can be set in System -> Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts. If your multimedia keys don't work with that, try the 'keytouch' package, explained at http://keytouch.sourceforge.net/ - See !Keyboard for changing layouts. A list of keyboard shortcuts for Unity is available at http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2209015&seqNum=3 | Added by LjL Date: 2006-12-10 21:23:38 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-30 15:24:04 Requested 886 times |
shortcuts-#kubuntu | <reply> Keyboard shortcuts can be set in System Settings -> Keyboard & Mouse. If your multimedia keys don't work with that, try the 'keytouch' package, explained at https://wiki.kubuntu.org/KDEMultimediaKeys - See !Keyboard for changing layouts. | Added by LjL Date: 2007-10-04 23:33:09 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2010-10-30 01:50:26 Requested 105 times |
shout | <deleted><reply> PLEASE DON'T SHOUT! We can read lowercase too. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:01:53 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2017-03-28 20:15:30 Requested 3837 times |
shut up! | <reply> :x | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-11-27 20:30:14 Requested 32 times |
si | <reply>Kanal za podporo slovenskim uporabnikom Ubuntuja je #ubuntu-si. Če potrebujete pomoč v Slovenskem jeziku, prosimo da se nam pridružite in probali vam bomo pomagati. Slovenian language support channel is #ubuntu-si | Added by mneptok Date: 2009-10-23 20:01:07 Requested 37 times |
simplerecursion-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> See !doublerecursion | Added by LjL Date: 2009-03-19 03:03:08 Requested 17 times |
sk | <reply> Žiadame slovenských používateľov aby v kanáli #ubuntu hovorili po anglicky. Slovensky a česky sa dohovoríte v #ubuntu-cz. | Added by jrib Date: 2007-11-20 14:31:39 Last edited by PriceChild Date: 2007-11-28 22:02:28 Requested 94 times |
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