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| compositor-#xubuntu | <reply> To disable Xfce's built-in compositor, go to Settings Manager → Window Manager Tweaks → Compositor. To fix tearing, you can try Compton instead, for which Xubuntu includes default settings. | Added by somerville32 Date: 2007-01-20 23:57:13 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2015-12-01 23:50:29 Requested 9 times |
| conga-rats | <reply> ♫ samba rumba bueno la conga cha cha cha | Added by knome Date: 2012-01-26 23:34:15 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2015-08-17 22:40:33 Requested 28 times |
| conga-rats-#ubuntustudio-devel bongo-mice-#ubuntustudio-devel | <reply> ♫ samba rumba bueno la conga cha cha cha | Added by knome Date: 2012-01-26 23:34:37 Requested 18 times |
| conky | <reply> Conky is an application that can show system information (and more) on your desktop. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpConky for more details and a beginners guide. | Added by knome Date: 2016-07-06 12:11:13 Requested 9 times |
| contribute participate volunteer | <reply> To contribute and help out with Ubuntu, see https://ubuntu.com/community/contribute and https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/37746 | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 00:13:59 Last edited by tomreyn Date: 2023-08-24 12:25:32 Requested 823 times |
| contribute-#ubuntu-artwork | <reply> For information regarding current Artwork team activity and about contributing to the Ubuntu Community artwork , Kindly read Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork | Added by Madpilot Date: 2009-11-26 10:16:03 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:45:48 Requested 3 times |
| contribute-#xubuntu | <reply> To see how you can help out with Xubuntu, please see http://xubuntu.org/contribute/ - additionally, you can join the devleoper channel #xubuntu-devel and introduce yourself (we'll reply when we're around) | Added by LjL Date: 2007-11-27 00:49:04 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-12-03 01:40:46 Requested 26 times |
| controls | <deleted><reply>Starting in Lucid, the minimize, maximize, and close buttons have been moved to the left side. For more information and workarounds, please see http://pad.lv/532633 | Added by tsimpson Date: 2010-04-04 01:47:17 Last edited by Pici Date: 2018-05-15 17:38:10 Requested 782 times |
| controls-#kubuntu | <deleted><reply> Sorry, I don't know anything about controls | Added by tsimpson Date: 2010-04-04 01:51:53 Last edited by Pici Date: 2010-08-12 12:57:45 Requested 2 times |
| cookies | <reply> Cookies are delicious delicacies. | Added by Flannel Date: 2008-07-16 21:18:36 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2008-07-23 12:27:43 Requested 216 times |
| cosmic cuttlefish 18.10 comic | <reply> Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish) was the 29th release of Ubuntu. Support ended July 18th, 2019. See !eol and https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2019-July/004996.html | Added by Pici Date: 2018-05-08 15:12:08 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2019-07-19 04:57:33 Requested 107 times |
| counter | <deleted><reply>The Ubuntu Counter is where Ubuntu (based) systems can go to get their machine counted. Get counted at http://ubuntucounter.geekosophical.net | Added by Madpilot Date: 2006-08-31 09:01:29 Last edited by rww Date: 2015-09-14 19:38:34 Requested 13 times |
| cowsay-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> MOOOooo! | Added by PriceChild Date: 2008-02-08 22:58:19 Last edited by PriceChild Date: 2008-02-08 22:58:26 Requested 41 times |
| crackports | <reply> <StevenK> You don't randoming just say 'do it' on the SRU team at the consistent volume that the crackports team does. Also, it's all jdong's fault | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2008-11-07 05:48:24 Last edited by Hobbsee Date: 2008-11-07 05:49:13 Requested 19 times |
| croeso | <reply>Helô! Croeso i'r sianel #ubuntu-cym | Added by Seeker` Date: 2009-05-26 22:44:27 Last edited by Seeker` Date: 2009-05-26 22:47:10 Requested 5 times |
| cron crontab | a way to schedule execution of software/scripts. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CronHowto | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 21:23:13 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-09-09 04:49:23 Requested 947 times |
| crosspost crossposting | <reply> Please don't ask the same question in multiple Ubuntu channels at the same time. Many helpers are in more than one channel and it's not fair to them or the other people seeking support. | Added by Pici Date: 2008-11-17 15:45:49 Last edited by Pici Date: 2008-11-17 15:47:24 Requested 617 times |
| cubuntu | <deleted>an unofficial command-line based Ubuntu derivative. It includes a browser, an email client, a media player and many other useful applications. For installation instructions, see http://alecjw.googlepages.com/cubuntu-commandlineubuntu | Added by LjL Date: 2006-12-28 21:34:32 Last edited by topyli Date: 2011-10-28 19:39:24 Requested 27 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 |
| cupsweb | <reply> To enable the administration functions of the !CUPS web interface, type « sudo adduser cupsys shadow », and then « sudo invoke-rc.d cupsys restart », in a console. | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 13:18:44 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-04-20 00:14:31 Requested 33 times |
| currentissues | <deleted><reply>The titlebar buttons have switched to the left during the development phase of Lucid. No need for alarm! The developers are testing this and listening to user feedback. The final decision about the position will be made after beta. Kindly be patient. For more insight, read : http://www.ivankamajic.com/?p=281 | Added by tsimpson Date: 2009-12-01 08:01:51 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-31 15:52:28 Requested 28 times |
| cvs | the Concurrent Versions System, the dominant open-source network-transparent version control system; it helps to manage releases and to control concurrent editing of source files among multiple authors. See: http://www.nongnu.org/cvs/ | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 11:18:51 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-31 15:36:43 Requested 115 times |
| cwillu | <deleted>a bot written in PHP | Added by Pici Date: 2009-03-27 14:27:32 Last edited by bazhang Date: 2009-03-27 14:28:29 Requested 1 times |
| cwillu-#ubuntu-offtopic | <deleted><reply> cwillu is a bot written in PHP. | Added by LjL Date: 2009-03-17 00:27:03 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2009-06-14 09:47:40 Requested 38 times |
| cz czech cs | <reply> České uživatele žádáme, aby mluvili v kanále #ubuntu anglicky. Česky je možno se domluvit v #ubuntu-cz. Děkujeme. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 16:18:29 Requested 485 times |
| dad | <deleted><reply> DaD was an alternative to !mom and has been shutdown in February 2009, see http://dad.dunnewind.net/end.php | Added by Pici Date: 2009-01-29 20:18:36 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-05-26 02:25:45 Requested 14 times |
| daily dailybuild daily build | <reply>Daily builds of the CD images of the current development version of Ubuntu are available at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 16:33:22 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-13 23:16:25 Requested 411 times |
| daily-#kubuntu | <reply> Daily builds of the images of the current development version of Kubuntu can be found at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/daily-live/current/ | Added by genii Date: 2016-02-08 20:32:42 Requested 5 times |
| daily-#xubuntu | <reply>Daily builds of the CD images for the current development version of Xubuntu are available at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/daily-live/current/ | Added by Pici Date: 2011-08-11 18:08:51 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-03-07 04:57:32 Requested 17 times |
| danger rmrf/ dangerous | <reply> DO NOT RUN THAT COMMAND! That particular command is DANGEROUS and shouldn't be uttered here. REST OF YOU: DANGER, WILL ROBINSON, DANGER! Do not use the command or utter it here thank you! | Added by ompaul Date: 2008-03-08 18:30:18 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-01-11 02:10:55 Requested 1025 times |
| dapper drake dapper drake 6.06 | <reply> Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake) was the fourth release of Ubuntu. Desktop support ended on July 14th 2009, Server support ended on June 1st 2011. See !eol and !upgrade for more details. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:17:22 Last edited by Pici Date: 2011-06-01 21:31:13 Requested 558 times |
| darwin | <reply> Here's your award. | Added by IdleOne Date: 2014-05-08 06:02:59 Requested 2 times |
| dash | <reply>/bin/sh links to the DASH shell in all releases since Ubuntu Edgy (6.10). Since DASH is not 100% compatible with the BASH shell, some scripts might break. You can make scripts execute using BASH by changing the first line of the script to « #! /bin/bash | See also https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DashAsBinSh | Added by LjL Date: 2006-10-15 22:19:13 Last edited by Pricey Date: 2013-12-03 13:39:35 Requested 183 times |
| dbgsym | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash | Added by asac Date: 2008-02-10 14:26:49 Last edited by PriceChild Date: 2008-02-10 14:54:01 Requested 26 times |
| ddebs | <reply> Debugging symbol packages (ending in '-dbgsym') are available in a separate !APT repository at ddebs.ubuntu.com - more info at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Debug%20Symbol%20Packages | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-01-22 04:07:44 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2019-03-03 23:10:15 Requested 30 times |
| de deutsch german germany | <reply> In den meisten Ubuntu-Kanälen wird nur Englisch gesprochen. Für deutschsprachige Hilfe besuche bitte #ubuntu-de. Einfach "/join #ubuntu-de" eingeben. Danke für Dein Verständnis! | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-07-30 14:17:47 Last edited by krytarik Date: 2023-06-27 21:37:03 Requested 6406 times |
| de-#lubuntu | <reply> In diesem Lubuntu-Kanal wird nur Englisch gesprochen. Wenn Sie Hilfe auf Deutsch suchen, gehen Sie zum Kanal #lubuntu-de; Geben Sie "/join #lubuntu-de" (ohne Anführungszeichen) ein und drücken Sie die Eingabetaste. | Added by wxl Date: 2020-12-14 20:32:59 Requested 3 times |
| de-#lubuntu-devel | <reply> In diesem Lubuntu-Kanal wird nur Englisch gesprochen. Wenn Sie Hilfe auf Deutsch suchen, gehen Sie zum Kanal #lubuntu-de; Geben Sie "/join #lubuntu-de" (ohne Anführungszeichen) ein und drücken Sie die Eingabetaste. | Added by wxl Date: 2020-12-14 20:33:05 Requested 0 times |
| de-#lubuntu-offtopic | <reply> In diesem Lubuntu-Kanal wird nur Englisch gesprochen. Wenn Sie Hilfe auf Deutsch suchen, gehen Sie zum Kanal #lubuntu-de; Geben Sie "/join #lubuntu-de" (ohne Anführungszeichen) ein und drücken Sie die Eingabetaste. | Added by wxl Date: 2020-12-14 20:33:12 Requested 0 times |
| de-offtopic-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> Deutschspachlige nonsense gibt es nicht hier, unless sie wollen banniert wesen. Actually, ich werde ihr bannieren anyway. | Added by LjL Date: 2007-12-09 17:10:33 Requested 20 times |
| deadbadger-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply>The real story of Linux and badgers: http://www.strangehorizons.com/2004/20040405/badger.shtml | Added by Madpilot Date: 2009-11-26 12:09:28 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2011-11-16 08:35:45 Requested 5 times |
| deb .deb installdeb gdebi | the Debian package format, also used by Ubuntu. To install .deb files, simply double-click (in Ubuntu) or click (in Kubuntu) on them to start the GDebi utility. | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 10:47:18 Last edited by Jucato Date: 2007-10-31 03:57:27 Requested 611 times |
| debconf | a configuration management system. All packages that support debconf are configured when they are being installed. If you want to change a configuration option later, you can do so using dpkg-reconfigure | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 17:57:00 Requested 22 times |
| debdiff | <reply> A simple way to patch Debian/Ubuntu packages is to attach a debdiff to a bug report, or send it to the team which handles the package. Learn more about it from http://packaging.ubuntu.com/html/traditional-packaging.html#creating-a-debdiff | Added by Tm_T Date: 2010-07-02 18:13:17 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-04-02 04:10:33 Requested 19 times |
| debfoster | <deleted>a command to weed unnecessary .deb packages. See http://www.fruit.eu.org/debfoster/ | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 11:41:40 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-04-20 05:58:31 Requested 32 times |
| debian-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> Ubuntu and Debian are closely related. The former hates the latter and wants to kill it, while the latter despises the former and wants to destroy it. Both suck on each other's blood. | Added by LjL Date: 2013-11-19 21:41:22 Requested 8 times |
| debootstrap | used to create a !Debian or Ubuntu base system from scratch, without requiring the availability of !dpkg or !APT. It does this by downloading !.deb files from a mirror site, and carefully unpacking them into a directory you can eventually !chroot into. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebootstrapChroot for more information | Added by LjL Date: 2007-04-22 15:12:30 Last edited by Hobbsee Date: 2008-01-02 14:49:58 Requested 115 times |
| deborphan | a program used to clean up packages that are no longer needed (install from Synaptic/Muon). | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 11:18:53 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2014-05-09 15:04:20 Requested 38 times |
| debtags | <reply> debtags is at http://wiki.debian.org/Debtags | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:04:31 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2012-10-11 21:13:53 Requested 3 times |
| debug debugging crash | <reply> For help debugging your program, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProcedures | Added by Spec Date: 2006-07-21 21:41:23 Requested 248 times |
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