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| 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 |
| dmsuperman-#ubuntu-offtopic | <deleted><reply> Stabbity stab. <deleted><reply> Also, stabbity stab! | Added by Amaranth Date: 2009-03-19 03:02:42 Last edited by Myrtti Date: 2009-06-14 09:47:52 Requested 182 times |
| 42 | the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything. | Added by Madpilot Date: 2009-05-08 16:36:36 Last edited by Jordan_U Date: 2013-12-11 06:12:35 Requested 182 times |
| owner botmaster master | <reply> This bot is owned by Pici, and hosted on a Linode - http://linode.com - Questions about ubottu should be asked in #ubuntu-bots-team or #ubuntu-bots-devel <deleted><reply>Be sure to drink your ovaltine! | Added by Seveas Date: 2007-03-31 16:28:04 Last edited by Pici Date: 2015-08-04 21:59:54 Requested 181 times |
| php | <reply> PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language. A command-line only version can be installed in Ubuntu with the "php5-cli" package. See also !lamp for integrated server PHP. The Ubuntu server PHP5 guide is found at https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/php5.html | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 02:23:01 Last edited by knome Date: 2015-07-27 16:44:01 Requested 180 times |
| rainbow-#ubuntu-offtopic peace-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> 06G13i05v04e 07p08e03a09c10e 11a 02c12h06a13n05c04e07! 08M03a09k10e 11c02o12l06o13r05s 04n07o08t 03w09a10r11! 02♥ | Added by rww Date: 2011-03-04 06:17:01 Last edited by rww Date: 2016-01-03 01:19:06 Requested 179 times |
| ripping rip | <reply> For information about the Sound Juicer ripping application see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CDRipping. To rip an Audio CD in KDE, put it in and then put audiocd:// in the Konqueror URL bar | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 13:04:46 Requested 177 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 |
| xorgconf xorg.conf | <reply> The /etc/X11/xorg.conf file is deprecated, but sometimes may still be needed to pass values to specific drivers. See `man xorg.conf` for file structure and syntax. For Ubuntu-specific documentation and more information, see also https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config | Added by topyli Date: 2011-10-28 18:26:10 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-31 15:29:06 Requested 177 times |
| yy.mm | <reply> Ubuntu version numbers are: YY.MM (YY=release year,MM=release month). Each year sees two releases, so just specifying YY is imprecise. See also https://www.ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle | Added by hggdh Date: 2019-01-08 00:40:20 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2019-01-25 22:20:18 Requested 177 times |
| metapackage meta-package | <reply> A meta-package is a package that simply depends upon other packages and brings them in. It's not a real package, but a very useful package that can drag in other package versions. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 13:22:35 Requested 176 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 175 times |
| reiserfs reiser | a journalling file system, which outperforms many others on I/O operations, but has drawbacks (such as increasing likelihood of data loss, and introducing latency unsuitable for gaming or real-time audio). Using !ext4, the default on Ubuntu, is *highly* recommended. A read-only Windows driver is available at http://p-nand-q.com/download/rfstool.html | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 13:33:32 Last edited by Pici Date: 2011-10-31 20:06:56 Requested 174 times |
| thunderbird | <deleted><reply> Thunderbird is a free email client, capable of close cooperation with Firefox (both by the Mozilla Foundation). To make Thunderbird links open in Firefox, see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=60427 | Added by gnomefreak Date: 2006-06-21 03:07:12 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-31 15:22:36 Requested 174 times |
| etiquette-#ubuntu-offtopic | <deleted><reply> Unsure how you should behave on this channel? See !CoC, !Guidelines, !Offtopic, !Language, !Attitude, !Repeat, !Enter, !Paste, !NickSpam, !AskTheBot, !Offtopic4Offtopic - and most importantly, use common sense :-) | Added by LjL Date: 2007-01-22 02:17:50 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-01-18 06:15:25 Requested 174 times |
| identify | <reply> You can identify to NickServ automatically when connecting to freenode. See https://freenode.net/kb/answer/sasl for more information. When identifying manually, do NOT send the command from a channel's tab, as a typo will give away your password. If that happens, identify and then type « /msg NickServ set password <new-password> » in the server tab as soon as possible. | Added by LjL Date: 2008-02-09 03:30:18 Last edited by dax Date: 2018-03-29 19:56:37 Requested 173 times |
| ekiga sip | an Internet telephony application included with Ubuntu, which supports the SIP and H323 protocols. Information and help at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Ekiga | Added by LjL Date: 2009-03-03 19:27:24 Requested 173 times |
| prevu | <deleted>an automated, personal backporting utility. Check out https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Prevu for more details | Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-01-17 03:41:59 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-03-23 02:46:25 Requested 172 times |
| nounity | <reply> Ubuntu 11.10 and higher use GNOME 3 with the !unity shell by default. To use GNOME Shell instead, from 12.10 and up install the "ubuntu-gnome-desktop" package. From 11.04 to 12.04, install the "gnome-shell" package and investigate "gnome-tweak-tool". For GNOME Fallback mode, which is similar to GNOME 2, install "gnome-panel". Both packages will place entries in the Sessions dropdown. Using Natty? See !classic | Added by jrib Date: 2011-10-13 15:04:36 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-01-21 03:56:58 Requested 171 times |
| kompozer | a WYSIWYG HTML editor for easily creating web pages, and the continuation of the dead Nvu project. It is available in !Universe on !Gutsy and later releases. Note that there is a GTK incompatibility in !Intrepid and !Jaunty, so users of those releases should use the !PPA at https://launchpad.net/~giuseppe-iuculano/+archive/ppa instead. | Added by tonyyarusso Date: 2007-04-23 01:47:58 Last edited by tonyyarusso Date: 2009-10-24 19:23:53 Requested 169 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 |
| 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 169 times |
| drink-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> Remember folks; don't drink and IRC! | Added by LjL Date: 2007-12-28 03:07:33 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-03-20 01:24:08 Requested 168 times |
| errors | <reply> If you have problems or errors, you will need to describe/paste them. Please use the !pastebin for errors that cannot be quoted in a single IRC message | Added by LjL Date: 2006-12-14 19:48:01 Last edited by LjL Date: 2008-11-06 23:30:21 Requested 167 times |
| yum | <reply>Uh, don't you mean !apt ? | Added by elky Date: 2009-03-17 11:23:24 Requested 166 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 165 times |
| moo-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> There are no easter eggs in this bot. | Added by Pici Date: 2008-02-01 20:03:32 Requested 165 times |
| support-#ubuntu+1 offtopic-#ubuntu+1 | <reply> #ubuntu+1 handles support for the development version of Ubuntu. Please join #ubuntu for all other Ubuntu support. Chat in #ubuntu-offtopic. | Added by Pici Date: 2009-05-05 18:55:10 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-05-05 18:55:17 Requested 165 times |
| fluxbuntu | <deleted><reply>fluxbuntu is a LPAE-standard compliant, Ubuntu-based derivative that maintains the goal of running on a wide range of mobile devices and computers (low-end & high-end). It is lightweight, swift and efficient. | Support Channel: #fluxbuntu on freenode | Homepage: http://fluxbuntu.org/ | Added by imbrandon Date: 2006-07-03 05:49:16 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-31 15:23:17 Requested 163 times |
| pi-#ubuntu-offtopic | either 3 for small values of pi, 4 for large values of pi or 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510 and then some | Added by Pici Date: 2007-12-28 20:13:08 Last edited by Seveas Date: 2008-02-03 19:42:08 Requested 163 times |
| deluge | a Bittorrent client, created using Python and GTK+, intended to bring a native, full-featured client to !GTK environments such as GNOME and Xfce. See http://deluge-torrent.org/ for more information or the package 'deluge-torrent' in the package repositories. | Added by LjL Date: 2006-12-28 20:42:49 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2016-10-10 01:54:32 Requested 162 times |
| ies4linux | <deleted><reply> is a script that quickly and effortlessly helps you install 3 versions of IE in Wine. Information can be found at http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/page/Main_Page including instructions specifically for Ubuntu. ies4linux is aimed at web designers and ie-only sites, so please, don’t use any of the IEs to navigate! Use !browsers ! | Added by elkbuntu Date: 2007-03-29 15:19:57 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-31 15:29:49 Requested 162 times |
| b white_eagle-#ubuntu-offtopic | an IRC channel mode that you don't want on your hostmask. | Added by LjL Date: 2007-09-18 21:26:05 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-07-15 13:13:01 Requested 161 times |
| plymouth | <reply> Plymouth is an application that runs very early in the boot process (even before the root filesystem is mounted!) that provides a graphical boot animation while the boot process happens in the background. To change your Plymouth theme use « sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth && sudo update-initramfs -u » | Added by Pici Date: 2010-12-02 14:07:39 Last edited by Jordan_U Date: 2013-04-29 00:05:35 Requested 161 times |
| hoary hoary hedgehog hedgehog | <reply> Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog) was the second release of Ubuntu. End Of Life: October 31, 2006. See !eol for more details. | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 23:16:35 Last edited by Amaranth Date: 2007-07-31 14:18:37 Requested 160 times |
| truecrypt | <reply> Truecrypt is a free open-source on-the-fly disk encryption software. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/TruecryptHiddenVolume | Added by Pici Date: 2008-02-07 20:31:14 Last edited by Flannel Date: 2010-04-17 23:57:46 Requested 159 times |
| hal open the pod bay doors-#ubuntu-offtopic | in the process of being deprecated. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Halsectomy and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_abstraction_layer for more info. | Added by Tm_T Date: 2008-03-01 19:27:34 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:44:22 Requested 158 times |
| pbuilder pbuilder howto | a system to easily build packages in a clean chroot environment. To get started with PBuilder, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PbuilderHowto | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2006-06-18 15:48:29 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:39:28 Requested 157 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 |
| 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 155 times |
| pici | <deleted>stuck in a factoid factory! Send help! | Added by Pici Date: 2007-10-17 17:36:26 Last edited by Pici Date: 2014-07-22 13:04:22 Requested 153 times |
| quietirc | <deleted><reply> To ignore joins/parts/quits in your favorite IRC client, see http://wiki.xkcd.com/irc/Hide_join_part_messages | Added by Pici Date: 2013-11-19 16:18:33 Last edited by dax Date: 2019-10-28 14:57:12 Requested 153 times |
| devilspie | a tool that can perform actions on windows when running applications. Actions include resizing, positioning, pinning etc. Use the package gdevilspie to configure from GUI, or see usage information at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Devilspie | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-23 19:34:05 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-08-21 20:23:21 Requested 152 times |
| netflix | <reply> If you use Netflix, there is an unofficial solution for using it in Ubuntu detailed in http://www.compholio.com/netflix-desktop/ - bug reports in https://bugs.launchpad.net/netflix-desktop | Added by Tm_T Date: 2012-11-19 12:48:52 Last edited by Tm_T Date: 2012-12-20 10:45:22 Requested 152 times |
| artful aardvark 17.10 | <reply> Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful Aardvark) was the 27th release of Ubuntu. Support ended on July 19th, 2018. See !eol and https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2018-July/004483.html | Added by Pici Date: 2017-04-20 18:18:35 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2018-08-22 13:14:19 Requested 152 times |
| zip file-roller ark | <reply> Files with extensions .tar, .gz, .tgz, .zip, .bz2, .7z, .ace and other archive file formats can be opened with file-roller (GNOME), Ark (KDE), or Xarchiver (XFCE) - Also see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FileCompression | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 15:55:25 Last edited by tonyyarusso Date: 2007-07-26 06:10:54 Requested 151 times |
| apt-file | a program that can tell you which package(s) contain(s) a given filename. To install it and generate the database it needs, run "sudo apt-get install apt-file && sudo apt-file update" | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 13:52:18 Requested 151 times |
| amd ati fglrx amdgpu | <reply> Open drivers for AMD cards: amdgpu (cards >= GCN1.2 aka GCN 3rd gen), radeon (older cards). AMD has a closed driver named amdgpu-pro that supports the same cards as amdgpu, but it is generally unnecessary. FGLRX is not supported in any current Ubuntu version or in this channel. For info on GCN levels, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_graphics_processing_units | Added by knome Date: 2015-08-03 19:17:31 Last edited by dax Date: 2019-09-23 00:47:05 Requested 151 times |
| openbox | a lightweight window manager. For instructions and more information see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Openbox | Added by gnomefreak Date: 2006-07-20 01:50:38 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:33:22 Requested 150 times |
| cinelerra | <deleted><reply> Cinelerra is a video editor and compositor that cannot be included in Ubuntu for legal reasons. Install instructions can be found on http://cvs.cinelerra.org/getting_cinelerra.php#ubuntu | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 08:27:22 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-31 15:35:12 Requested 148 times |
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