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#debian stats M: 2004-01-06 |
http://debstats.dontexist.org/ |
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#linuxfr C: 2001-05-25 |
the channel of Da Linux French Page (http://linuxfr.org ) |
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.desktop C: 2024-07-05 |
<reply>To create a custom desktop entry, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/desktop_entries. For a comprehensive reference see: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-latest.html |
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.htaccess M: 2012-08-02 |
<reply>From the Apache HTTPD Server Tutorial (http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/howto/htaccess.html): "You should avoid using .htaccess files completely if you have access to httpd main server config file. Using .htaccess files slows down your Apache http server. Any directive that you can include in a .htaccess file is better set in a Directory block, as it will have the same effect with better performance." |
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.local domain M: 2010-10-02 |
<reply>.local is a pseudo-top-level domain for private networks. If you want to administer this domain manually using a name server like <bind> or in your <hosts> files, you should ensure that /etc/nsswitch.conf doesn't contain "mdns" entries for the hosts line in that case. Alternatively, you can let <avahi> manage the domain for you using <mdns>. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.local http://wiki.debian.org/ZeroConf |
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.xsessionrc C: 2016-10-19 |
<reply>~/.xsessionrc is read by startx and by all display managers, before starting the X session. See <https://wiki.debian.org/EnvironmentVariables> and <https://wiki.debian.org/Xsession>. |
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/usr/src/linux M: 2003-08-31 |
/usr/src/linux is there should not be a symlink to/from /usr/src/linux on any machine. An explanation from the Linux creator himself is on http://www.linuxmafia.com/~rick/linux-info/usr-src-linux-symlink |
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10.1 M: 2019-09-14 |
<reply>Debian 10.1 was released on Sep 7, 2019. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Given the <kernel ABI> has changed, apt-get will require a dist-upgrade to upgrade. Further details are at https://www.debian.org/News/2019/20190907 and http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/buster/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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10.10 C: 2021-06-20 |
<reply>Debian 10.10 was released on Jun 19th 2021. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details are at https://www.debian.org/News/2021/20210619 and http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/buster/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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10.11 M: 2021-10-11 |
<reply> Debian 10.11 was released on Oct 9 2021. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details are at https://www.debian.org/News/2021/2021100902 and http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/buster/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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10.12 M: 2022-03-26 |
<reply>Debian 10.12 was released on Mar 26th, 2022. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details are at https://www.debian.org/News/2022/2022032602 and http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/buster/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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10.2 M: 2020-02-08 |
<reply>Debian 10.2 was released on Nov 16, 2019. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details are at https://www.debian.org/News/2019/20191116 and http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/buster/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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10.3 M: 2020-02-08 |
<reply>Debian 10.3 was released on Feb 8, 2020. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Given the <kernel ABI> change, apt-get will require a dist-upgrade to upgrade. Further details are at https://www.debian.org/News/2020/20200208 and http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/buster/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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10.4 M: 2020-05-10 |
<reply> Debian 10.4 was released on May 9, 2020. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Given the <kernel ABI> change, apt-get will require a dist-upgrade to upgrade. Further details are at https://www.debian.org/News/2020/20200509 and http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/buster/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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10.5 M: 2020-08-02 |
<reply> Debian 10.5 was released on Aug 1, 2020. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details are at https://www.debian.org/News/2020/20200801 and http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/buster/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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10.6 C: 2020-09-27 |
<reply> Debian 10.6 was released on Sept 26, 2020. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details are at https://www.debian.org/News/2020/20200926 and http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/buster/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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10.7 M: 2020-12-06 |
<reply>Debian 10.7 was released on Dec 5, 2020. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details are at https://www.debian.org/News/2020/20201205 and http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/buster/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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10.8 M: 2021-02-07 |
<reply>Debian 10.8 was released on Feb 6, 2021. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details are at https://www.debian.org/News/2021/20210206 and http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/buster/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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10.9 M: 2021-03-28 |
<reply> Debian 10.9 was released on Mar 27th 2021. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details are at https://www.debian.org/News/2021/20210327 and http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/buster/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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11.1 M: 2021-10-11 |
<reply>Debian 11.1 was released on Oct 9 2021. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details are at https://www.debian.org/News/2021/20211009 and https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/bullseye/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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11.10 C: 2024-07-01 |
<reply>Debian 11.10 was released on Jun 29th 2024. This point release corrects bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. https://www.debian.org/News/2024/2024062902 . Upgrades to new point releases are trivial to do; ask me about <point release>. |
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11.11 C: 2024-09-01 |
<reply>Debian 11.11 was released on Aug 31 2024. This is the last point release for Debian 11, corrects a few serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. https://www.debian.org/News/2024/2024083102 . Upgrades to new point releases are trivial to do; ask me about <point release>. |
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11.2 M: 2022-01-08 |
<reply>Debian 11.2 was released on Dec 18, 2021. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details can be found at https://www.debian.org/News/2021/20211218 and https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/bullseye/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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11.3 M: 2022-03-26 |
<reply>Debian 11.3 was released on Mar 26th, 2022. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details can be found at https://www.debian.org/News/2022/20220326 and https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/bullseye/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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11.4 M: 2022-07-14 |
<reply>Debian 11.4 was released on July 9th, 2022. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details can be found at https://www.debian.org/News/2022/20220709 and https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/bullseye/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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11.7 C: 2023-05-01 |
<reply>Debian 11.7 was released on April 29th 2023. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive https://www.debian.org/News/2023/20230429 . Upgrades to new point releases are trivial to do; ask me about <point release>. |
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11.8 C: 2023-10-08 |
<reply> Debian 11.8 was released on Oct 7th 2023. This point release corrects bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. https://www.debian.org/News/2023/2023100702 . Upgrades to new point releases are trivial to do; ask me about <point release>. |
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12.1 C: 2023-08-09 |
<reply>Debian 12.1 was released on July 22nd 2023. This point release corrects bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. https://www.debian.org/News/2023/20230722 . Upgrades to new point releases are trivial to do; ask me about <point release>. |
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12.10 C: 2025-03-16 |
<reply>Debian 12.10 was released on Mar 15, 2025. This point release mainly corrects security issues and serious problems. Upgrades to new point releases are trivial to do; ask me about <point release>. https://www.debian.org/News/2025/20250315 |
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12.11 C: 2025-05-19 |
<reply>Debian 12.11 was released on May 17, 2025. This point release mainly corrects security issues and serious problems. Upgrades to new point releases are trivial to do; ask me about <point release>. https://www.debian.org/News/2025/20250517 |
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12.12 C: 2025-09-08 |
<reply>Debian 12.12 was released on Sep 6, 2025. This point release mainly adds corrections for security issues, along with a few adjustments for serious problems. Upgrades to new point releases are trivial to do; ask me about <point release>. https://www.debian.org/News/2025/2025090602 |
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12.13 C: 2026-06-01 |
Debian 12.13 was released on January 10th, 2026. This point release mainly adds corrections for security issues, along with a few adjustments for serious problems. Upgrades to new point releases are trivial to do; ask me about <point release>. https://www.debian.org/News/2026/2026011002 |
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12.14 C: 2026-06-01 |
Debian 12.14 was released on May 16th, 2026. This point release mainly adds corrections for security issues, along with a few adjustments for serious problems. Upgrades to new point releases are trivial to do; ask me about <point release>. https://www.debian.org/News/2026/2026051602 |
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12.2 C: 2023-10-08 |
<reply> Debian 12.2 was released on Oct 7th 2023. This point release corrects bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. https://www.debian.org/News/2023/20231007 . Upgrades to new point releases are trivial to do; ask me about <point release>. |
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12.3 M: 2023-12-11 |
<reply>One of the shortest point release in Debian history. Originally scheduled for release on Dec 9 2023, 12.3 was withdrawn due to a possible file system corruption kernel bug, and superseded by <12.4> on Dec 10 2023. See https://www.debian.org/News/2023/2023121002 and https://bugs.debian.org/1057843 |
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12.4 C: 2023-12-11 |
<reply>Debian 12.4 was released on Dec 10 2023. This point release corrects some serious bugs, including the ext4 bug present in the <12.3> kernel update, and copies security updates across to the main archive. Upgrades to new point releases are trivial to do; ask me about <point release>. https://www.debian.org/News/2023/20231210 |
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12.6 C: 2024-07-01 |
Debian 12.6 was released June 29th 2024, https://www.debian.org/News/2024/20240629 |
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12.7 C: 2024-09-01 |
<reply>Debian 12.7 was released on Aug 31, 2024. This point release corrects some serious bugs, and copies security updates across to the main archive. Upgrades to new point releases are trivial to do; ask me about <point release>. https://www.debian.org/News/2024/20240831 |
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12.8 C: 2024-11-13 |
<reply>Debian 12.8 was released on Nov 9, 2024. This point release mainly corrects security issues and serious problems. Upgrades to new point releases are trivial to do; ask me about <point release>. https://www.debian.org/News/2024/20241109 |
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12.9 C: 2025-01-16 |
<reply>Debian 12.9 was released on Jan 11, 2025. This point release mainly corrects security issues and serious problems. Upgrades to new point releases are trivial to do; ask me about <point release>. https://www.debian.org/News/2025/20250111 |
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13.1 C: 2025-09-08 |
<reply>Debian 13.1 was released on Sep 6, 2025. https://www.debian.org/News/2025/20250906 This point release mainly corrects security issues and serious problems. Upgrades to new point releases are trivial to do; ask me about <point release>. |
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13.2 C: 2025-11-16 |
<reply>Debian 13.2 was released on Nov 15, 2025. https://www.debian.org/News/2025/20251115 This point release mainly corrects security issues and serious problems. Upgrades to new point releases are trivial to do; ask me about <point release>. |
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13.3 C: 2026-01-20 |
<reply>Debian 13.3 was released on Jan 10, 2026. https://www.debian.org/News/2026/20260110 This point release mainly corrects security issues and serious problems. Upgrades to new point releases are trivial to do; ask me about <point release>. |
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13.4 C: 2026-04-17 |
<reply>Debian 13.4 was released on Mar 14, 2026. https://www.debian.org/News/2026/20260314 This point release mainly corrects security issues and serious problems. Upgrades to new point releases are trivial to do; ask me about <point release>. |
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13.5 C: 2026-06-01 |
Debian 13.5 was released on May 16th, 2026. https://www.debian.org/News/2026/20260516 This point release mainly corrects security issues and serious problems. Upgrades to new point releases are trivial to do; ask me about <point release>. |
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2.4 C: 2001-08-19 |
Check out http://www.kernel.org/mirrors/ for more information on locations and (more importantly) mirror sites. "The Wonderful World Of Linux 2.4" article at http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-01-05-007-04-NW-LF-KN details all the improvements. Be sure to "wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/crypto/v2.4/patch-int-2.4.0.1.bz2" The kernel README states it requires gcc 2.91.66. see '2.4 potato' |
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2.4.x swap M: 2001-11-16 |
on kernel 2.4 your effective total virtual memory will be max(swap,RAM) instead of the sum swap+RAM like in kernel 2.2. So temporarily, the old "use twice your RAM size for swap" makes some sense. Not using swap at all still makes sense too if you've got enough RAM for your needs. See http://boudicca.tux.org/hypermail/linux-kernel/2001week11/0495.html and 0534.html, or it's now fixed with 2.4.10+ |
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2.4bug M: 2003-07-14 |
look at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=194287 as it says there, gcc-3.3 cannot compile 2.4.x kernels (x <= 20), apt-get install gcc-3.2 or gcc-2.95 (preferred) then edit the top level Makefile before you make dep with: perl -pi.bak -e 's/gcc/gcc-2.95/' Makefile, or gcc-3.3 compiles 2.4.21-rc3 and up just fine. The latest kernel-source-2.4.20 packages are buildable with gcc 3.3 |
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2.6 M: 2005-02-11 |
/msg dpkg kp, http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/docs/post-halloween-2.6.txt, http://www.desktop-linux.net/debkernel.htm, apt-get install module-init-tools in order to load modules on 2.6, http://www.kniggit.net/wwol26.html for 2.4 to 2.6 differences long summary |
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2024xz M: 2024-03-29 |
<reply>The xz compromise only affects testing/sid users, as it was introduced in xz-utils v5.6.0. The scope of the compromise is currently unknown. If you are affected, at minimum upgrade the package, and consider restoring from known good backups. https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4 |
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2600 C: 2000-04-07 |
a great magazine published by the people at http://www.2600.org/ |
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2g limit C: 2001-04-29 |
http://vip.hex.net/~cbbrowne/fs.html |
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3.1r3 M: 2006-09-01 |
<reply>Sarge 3.1r3 was released September 1, 2006: http://lists.debian.org/debian-announce/debian-announce-2006/msg00004.html |
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3.1r4 M: 2006-12-06 |
the update of Debian 3.1, released on 2006-11-06. http://www.us.debian.org/News/2006/20061106 |
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3.3.4 C: 2026-06-09 |
now available, woohoo. Experimental .debs are at http://samosa.debian.org/~branden/xfree86-334/ |
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3012g M: 2011-07-24 |
<reply>The Billion BiPAC 3012G is an 802.11g USB wireless LAN device (USB ID 0bda:8187). It contains a Realtek RTL8187L chipset; for device support on Debian systems, ask me about <rtl818x>. http://www.billion.com/product/wireless/bipac3012g-wireless-usb-adapter.html |
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311 M: 2001-07-07 |
a kickass rock band that supports the open source community and who's homepage can be found at http://www.idir.net/~scoryell/311/311HomePage.html, or on the warped tour.. warpedtour.com |
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3500tv C: 2001-03-04 |
the voodoo 3500tv version. See http://sourceforge.net/projects/v3tv/ to get the tv stuff working. |
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389-ds M: 2014-04-26 |
<reply>389 Directory Server (formerly Fedora Directory Server) is an open source enterprise-class <LDAP> server, a rebranded variant of Red Hat Directory Server. Packaged in <unstable>. http://port389.org/ #389 on irc.libera.chat. |
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3c509 M: 2002-05-14 |
<reply> are ethernet cards that can be configured using the 3c5x9utils package. the docs for this package are available at scyld.com, or the original DOS (yek) utils can be downloaded from ftp://ftp.warande.net/pub/dos/3c5x9n.exe, or if you have an ISA NIC that can send but not receive anything, try to change IRQ for the NIC in BIOS |
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3c509b M: 2001-03-06 |
http://boudicca.tux.org/hypermail/linux-kernel/2001week08/0429.html, or (fixed in 2.4.2-ac5), or ac12 REBREAKS this, don't use ac12 |
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3d M: 2025-11-29 |
<reply>3D acceleration requires kernel support, opengl library support, and often X server support. Ask me about <nvidia>, <ati> and see https://wiki.debian.org/Mesa for basic troubleshooting. |
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3dftp C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.3dftp.com but it's only for windows right now |
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3dsia C: 2000-08-14 |
a projects aiming to provide a virtual reality shell. It can be found on http://threedsia.sourceforge.net |
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3g M: 2009-11-30 |
<reply>3G is a generation of standards for mobile phones and mobile telecommunications services (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3G). If you have a 3G/3G+/HSDPA modem, you may wish to see http://www.pharscape.org/Linux-and-3G.html to get it working on Linux. http://wiki.debian.org/Modem/3G . See also <usb_modeswitch>. |
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3g modem C: 2008-07-24 |
http://www.pharscape.org/content/blogsection/4/53/ |
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3w C: 2003-11-08 |
<reply> see the best quake3 mod ever. capture the flag with style at http://www.threewave.com/. |
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3wplayer M: 2010-08-08 |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3wPlayer |
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4.0r4 M: 2008-10-25 |
<reply> Debian GNU/Linux 4.0r4 was released on July 26th, 2008. This release contains an updated installer, the network-console installation option is no longer vulnerable to the issue described in <DSA1571>. It also includes 2.6.24 kernel images and related new packages, to provide support for hardware requiring updated drivers. http://www.debian.org/News/2008/20080726 Also ask me about <etchnhalf>. See also <4.0r4a>. |
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4.0r4a C: 2008-08-10 |
<reply> Debian GNU/Linux 4.0r4a was released on July 31st, 2008. This release is a minor update to <4.0r4>, additional packages were included. http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/ChangeLog |
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4.0r5 M: 2008-10-26 |
<reply>Debian GNU/Linux 4.0r5 was released on October 23rd, 2008. http://www.debian.org/News/2008/20081023 |
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4.0r6 C: 2008-12-18 |
<reply>Debian GNU/Linux 4.0r6 was released on December 17, 2008. This revision corrects security issues present in the Etch release, along with miscellaneous bugfixes. http://www.debian.org/News/2008/20081218 |
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4.0r7 M: 2009-04-29 |
<reply>Debian GNU/Linux 4.0r7 was released on February 9th, 2009. This revision corrects security issues present in the Etch release, along with adjustments for serious problems. http://www.debian.org/News/2009/20090210 |
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4.0r8 M: 2009-04-13 |
<reply>Debian GNU/Linux 4.0r8 was released on April 8th, 2009. This revision corrects security issues present in the <oldstable> release, along with adjustments for serious problems. http://www.debian.org/News/2009/20090408 |
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4.0r9 M: 2010-05-23 |
<reply>Debian GNU/Linux 4.0r9 was released on 22nd May, 2010. It is the final point release of <etch>, incorporating all security updates (with one exception) issued since <4.0r8>. http://www.debian.org/News/2010/20100522 . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. See also <etch->lenny>. |
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4dwave C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply> Trident 4DWave-DX/NX are PCI soundcards with full open source drivers, drivers are available at http://www.alsa-project.org 4DWave-NX is available at http://www.hoontech.com |
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4kb M: 2013-09-05 |
<reply> Modern (S)ATA drives have 4k sectors, which when not accounted for, can cause performance problems. See https://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/ATA_4_KiB_sector_issues , http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-4kb-sector-disks/ and http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2011/01/msg02021.html for more information. |
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5.0.1 M: 2009-04-13 |
<reply>Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.1 was released on April 11th, 2009. This is the first update of <lenny> and the first point release to use a micro version number (i.e. 5.0.1 instead of 5.0r1). This update corrects security problems within the <oldstable> release, along with adjustments for serious problems. http://www.debian.org/News/2009/20090411 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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5.0.10 M: 2012-03-11 |
<reply>Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.10 was released on March 10th, 2012. It is the final point release for <lenny>, incorporating all security updates issued since <5.0.9>. This was produced just to collect all previous changes; it is not a sign that you should continue to use this unsupported release. Ask me about <lenny->squeeze>. http://www.debian.org/News/2012/20120310 |
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5.0.2 M: 2009-06-27 |
<reply>Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.2 was released on June 27th, 2009. This update corrects security problems within the <oldstable> release, along with adjustments for serious problems. http://www.debian.org/News/2009/20090627 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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5.0.2a M: 2009-10-01 |
<reply>Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.2a is a rebuild of the <5.0.2> installation images to correct a major bug relating to package installation ordering. There were no <update CD>/DVD images produced for 5.0.2a. http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/archive/5.0.2a/ |
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5.0.3 M: 2009-09-05 |
<reply>Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.3 was released on September 4th, 2009. This update corrects security problems within the <oldstable> release, along with adjustments for serious problems. Support for the Intel 82574L and Broadcom NetXtreme II 10Gb Ethernet controllers was introduced. http://www.debian.org/News/2009/20090905 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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5.0.4 M: 2010-01-30 |
<reply>Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.4 was released on January 30th, 2010. This update corrects security problems within the <oldstable> release, along with a number of improvements to the installer and additional hardware support. http://www.debian.org/News/2010/20100130 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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5.0.5 M: 2010-06-26 |
<reply>Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.5 was released on June 26th, 2010. This update corrects security problems within the <oldstable> release, along with adjustments for serious problems. Support for Atheros AR8131/AR8132, Broadcom BCM5716/BCM5716S and ServerEngines BladeEngine2/3 Ethernet controllers was introduced. http://www.debian.org/News/2010/20100626 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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5.0.6 M: 2010-09-04 |
<reply>Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.6 was released on September 4th, 2010. This update corrects security problems within the <oldstable> release, along with adjustments for serious problems. Support for Intel 82567LF-3, 82567LM-3, 82567LM-4 and 82583V Ethernet controllers was introduced. http://www.debian.org/News/2010/20100904 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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5.0.7 M: 2010-11-27 |
<reply>Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.7 was released on November 27th, 2010. This update corrects security problems within the <oldstable> release, along with adjustments for serious problems. http://www.debian.org/News/2010/20101127 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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5.0.8 M: 2011-01-23 |
<reply>Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.8 was released on January 22nd, 2011. This update corrects security problems within the <oldstable> release, along with adjustments for serious problems. http://www.debian.org/News/2011/20110122 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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5.0.9 M: 2011-10-01 |
<reply>Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.9 was released on October 1st, 2011. This update corrects security problems within the <lenny> release, along with adjustments for serious problems. http://www.debian.org/News/2011/20111001 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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6.0.1 M: 2011-03-19 |
<reply>Debian 6.0.1 was released on March 19th, 2011. This update corrects security problems within the <stable> release, along with adjustments for serious problems. Support for installation on additional hardware is introduced. http://www.debian.org/News/2011/20110319 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. See also <6.0.1a>. |
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6.0.10 M: 2014-07-19 |
<reply>Debian 6.0.10 was released on July 19th, 2014. This <point release> only copied across the last security updates issued for squeeze, and does not indicate that squeeze is still a supported release. Ask me about <squeeze security> <squeeze-lts>. https://www.debian.org/News/2014/20140719 |
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6.0.1a M: 2011-03-23 |
<reply>6.0.1a is the version number of a bugfix rebuild of installation images for the <6.0.1> point release. See http://www.debian.org/News/2011/20110329a for more information. |
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6.0.2 M: 2011-06-25 |
<reply>Debian 6.0.2 was released on June 25th, 2011. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details are at http://www.debian.org/News/2011/20110625 and http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. See also <6.0.2.1>. |
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6.0.3 M: 2011-10-08 |
<reply>Debian 6.0.3 was released on October 8th, 2011. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Support for additional networking hardware (e.g. Broadcom BCM57765 and BCM57785, Intel 82576 ET2 and 82579, Realtek RTL8105E) is introduced. http://www.debian.org/News/2011/20111008 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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6.0.4 M: 2012-01-28 |
<reply>Debian 6.0.4 was released on January 28th, 2012. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Support for Intel C600 Series SAS/SATA controllers is introduced, ask me about <isci>. Further details are at http://www.debian.org/News/2012/20120128 and http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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6.0.5 M: 2012-05-12 |
<reply>Debian 6.0.5 was released on May 12th, 2012. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. The point release improves compatibility with Linux 3.x kernels. Further details are at http://www.debian.org/News/2012/20120512 and http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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6.0.6 M: 2012-09-29 |
<reply>Debian 6.0.6 was released on September 29th, 2012. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details are at http://www.debian.org/News/2012/20120929 and http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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6.0.7 M: 2013-02-24 |
<reply>Debian 6.0.7 was released on Feburary 23rd, 2013. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Some <SAS> drivers were updated to support additional hardware. Further details are at http://www.debian.org/News/2013/20130223 and http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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6.0.8 M: 2013-10-20 |
<reply>Debian 6.0.8 was released on October 20th, 2013. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details are at http://www.debian.org/News/2013/20131020 and http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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6.0.9 M: 2014-02-15 |
<reply>Debian 6.0.9 was released on February 15th, 2014. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details are at http://www.debian.org/News/2014/20140215 and http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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600mhz C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://members.aol.com/d2guy/600mhz |
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640db551 C: 2016-04-29 |
<reply>wget -O - https://dl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add - |
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64bit M: 2005-07-11 |
http://www.debian.org/ports/mips/ http://www.debian.org/ports/alpha/ and http://www.debian.org/ports/amd64/, or http://www.debian.org/ports/ia64/ |
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64studio C: 2008-10-04 |
<reply>64 Studio is a GNU/Linux distribution <based on Debian>, oriented towards audio/video recording and media production. It uses a custom kernel with realtime patches added. It is not supported in #debian. http://64studio.com/ |
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6bone M: 2006-05-31 |
at http://www.6bone.org/,an ipv6 backbone tunneled on whatever-it-can until june 6 2006. |
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7.1 M: 2013-06-15 |
<reply>Debian 7.1 was released on June 15th, 2013. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details are at http://www.debian.org/News/2013/20130615 and http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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7.10 M: 2016-04-02 |
<reply>Debian 7.10 was released on April 2, 2016. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details are at https://www.debian.org/News/2016/2016040202 and http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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7.11 M: 2016-06-05 |
<reply>Debian 7.11, the final point release for Wheezy, was released on June 4, 2016. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details are at https://www.debian.org/News/2016/2016060402 and http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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7.2 M: 2013-10-13 |
<reply>Debian 7.2 was released on October 12th, 2013. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details are at http://www.debian.org/News/2013/20131012 and http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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7.3 M: 2013-12-15 |
<reply>Debian 7.3 was released on December 14th, 2013. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details are at http://www.debian.org/News/2013/20131214 and http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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7.4 M: 2014-02-09 |
<reply>Debian 7.4 was released on February 8th, 2014. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details are at http://www.debian.org/News/2014/20140208 and http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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7.5 M: 2014-04-26 |
<reply>Debian 7.5 was released on April 26th, 2014. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Support for additional Intel Ethernet devices (I210, I211, I217, I218, I354) was introduced. Further details are at http://www.debian.org/News/2014/20140426 and http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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7.6 M: 2014-07-13 |
<reply>Debian 7.6 was released on July 12th, 2014. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details are at https://www.debian.org/News/2014/20140712 and http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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7.7 M: 2014-10-18 |
<reply>Debian 7.7 was released on October 18, 2014. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details are at https://www.debian.org/News/2014/20141018 and http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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7.8 C: 2015-01-10 |
<reply>Debian 7.8 was released on January 10, 2015. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details are at https://www.debian.org/News/2015/20150110 and http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. See also <7.8 suspend>. |
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7.8 suspend M: 2015-01-27 |
<reply>A regression in Linux 3.2.65 (part of the Debian <7.8> point release) may result in some systems failing to resume after suspending to RAM, by rebooting instead (Debian bug #774436). Fixed packages (3.2.65-1+deb7u1) were introduced as part of a <security> update to resolve this. http://womble.decadent.org.uk/blog/linux-suspendresume-regression-in-debian-78.html |
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7.9 M: 2015-09-05 |
<reply>Debian 7.9 was released on September 5, 2015. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details are at https://www.debian.org/News/2015/2015090502 and http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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70 M: 2010-03-12 |
<reply>This is outdated, for Stretch see https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PredictableNetworkInterfaceNames/ oldfactoid: udev has the ability to statically rename Ethernet cards based on MAC address. The addresses are configured in /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules, edit this file to change the mappings. To apply changes: «udevadm trigger» or reload the relevant driver module. See also <udev>. |
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7z M: 2005-02-15 |
a public archive format providing high compression ratio initially implemented by the 7-zip archiver. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7z . Ask me about <p7zip>. |
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8.1 M: 2015-06-02 |
<reply>Debian 8.1 was released on June 6, 2015. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details are at https://www.debian.org/News/2015/20150606 and http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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8.10 M: 2017-12-10 |
<reply> Debian 8.10 was released on Dec 9, 2017. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details are at https://www.debian.org/News/2017/20171209 and http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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8.11 M: 2018-06-24 |
<reply>Debian 8.11 is the final point release for Debian 8 "Jessie" and was released on 2018-06-23. The point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive, see https://www.debian.org/News/2018/20180623 and http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. This marks the end of official support for Jessie; ask me about <jessie-lts>. |
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8.2 M: 2015-09-05 |
<reply>Debian 8.2 was released on September 5, 2015. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details are at https://www.debian.org/News/2015/20150905 and http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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8.3 M: 2016-01-23 |
<reply>Debian 8.3 was released on January 23, 2016. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details are at https://www.debian.org/News/2016/20160123 and http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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8.4 M: 2016-04-02 |
<reply>Debian 8.4 was released on April 2, 2016. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details are at https://www.debian.org/News/2016/20160402 and http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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8.5 M: 2016-06-05 |
<reply>Debian 8.5 was released on June 4, 2016. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details are at https://www.debian.org/News/2016/20160604 and http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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8.6 M: 2016-09-17 |
<reply>Debian 8.6 was released on September 17, 2016. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details are at https://www.debian.org/News/2016/20160917 and http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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8.7 M: 2017-01-15 |
<reply>Debian 8.7 was released on January 14, 2017. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details are at https://www.debian.org/News/2017/20170114 and http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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8.8 M: 2017-05-07 |
<reply> Debian 8.8 was released on May 6, 2017. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details are at https://www.debian.org/News/2017/20170506 and http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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8.9 C: 2017-07-24 |
<reply>Debian 8.9 was released on July 22, 2017. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details are at https://www.debian.org/News/2017/2017072202 and http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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802.11 M: 2009-10-24 |
<reply> IEEE 802.11 is a set of standards carrying out wireless local area network communication in 2.4/3.6/5 GHz frequency bands. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11 . Ask me about <wireless>. |
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802.1x M: 2006-01-18 |
a paliative for the lack of security in 802.11, or a mean to implement strong authentification for wifi network associations, using things such as certificates, shared secrets, and more, or http://www.linux.com/howtos/8021X-HOWTO |
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802ain M: 2013-05-06 |
<reply>The Actiontec 802AIN "Wireless N USB Network Adapter" is an 802.11 draft-n device (USB ID 1668:1200, 0ace:20ff prior to mode switching). It contains an Atheros AR9170 chipset; for device support, ask me about <carl9170>. http://www.actiontec.com/products/product.php?pid=196 |
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88w8363 M: 2012-09-08 |
<reply>The Marvell 88W8363 is an 802.11n wireless LAN chipset (PCI IDs 11ab:2a0a, 11ab:2a0c, 11ab:2a24), supported by the <mwl8k> driver since Linux 2.6.34. Firmware is required (mwl8k/fmimage_8363.fw, mwl8k/helper_8363.fw) and not currently available in <linux-firmware>; see http://wiki.debian.org/mwl8k for more information. |
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9.1 C: 2017-07-24 |
<reply>Debian 9.1 was released on July 22, 2017. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details are at https://www.debian.org/News/2017/20170722 and http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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9.11 M: 2019-09-11 |
<reply> Debian 9.11 was released on Sep 8, 2019. This release fixes the ISO images of 9.10. 9.10/9.11 corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Given the <kernel ABI> has changed, apt-get will require a dist-upgrade to upgrade. Further details are at https://www.debian.org/News/2019/2019090702 and http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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9.13 M: 2020-07-19 |
<reply> Debian 9.13 was released on July 18 2020. It is the final point release for Debian 9 "stretch". This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. There is no longer security support from the security team for Stretch; ask me about <stretch-lts>. https://www.debian.org/News/2020/20200718 It really is time to upgrade to <stretch->buster>. |
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9.2 M: 2017-10-07 |
<reply>Debian 9.2 was released on Oct 7, 2017. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Given the <kernel ABI> has changed, apt-get will require a dist-upgrade to upgrade. /etc/debian_version is 9.1 still (oops). Further details are at https://www.debian.org/News/2017/20171007 and http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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9.3 M: 2017-12-10 |
<reply> Debian 9.3 was released on Dec 9, 2017. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details are at https://www.debian.org/News/2017/2017120902 and http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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9.4 C: 2018-03-11 |
<reply> Debian 9.4 was released on Mar 10, 2018. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details are at https://www.debian.org/News/2018/20180310 and http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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9.5 M: 2018-07-14 |
<reply>Debian 9.5 was released on Jul 14, 2018. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details are at https://www.debian.org/News/2018/20180714 and http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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9.6 M: 2018-11-10 |
<reply>Debian 9.6 was released on Nov 10, 2018. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details are at https://www.debian.org/News/2018/20181110 and http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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9.7 M: 2019-01-23 |
<reply>Debian 9.7 was released on Jan 23, 2019. This point release was created only to ensure that an updated apt package was included on the ISOs in view of DSA-4371 / CVE-2019-3462. If you already track security updates, there is nothing to see here. See https://www.debian.org/News/2019/20190123 and ask me about <point release>. |
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9.8 M: 2019-02-17 |
<reply>Debian 9.8 was released on Feb 16, 2019. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Further details are at https://www.debian.org/News/2019/20190216 and http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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9.9 M: 2019-04-28 |
<reply>Debian 9.9 was released on Apr 27, 2019. This point release corrects some serious bugs and copies security updates across to the main archive. Given the <kernel ABI> has changed, apt-get will require a dist-upgrade to upgrade. Further details are at https://www.debian.org/News/2019/20190427 and http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch/ChangeLog . To upgrade, ask me about <point release>. |
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99 bottles of beer C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.ionet.net/~timtroyr/funhouse/beer.html |
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9wm C: 2026-06-09 |
An emulation of the Plan 9 window manager 8-1/2. or screenshot at http://compsoc.dur.ac.uk/~djw/stuff/9wm.png |
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a clue C: 1970-01-01 |
http://www.a-clue.com/ or http://www.a-clue.com/newsletter.htm or http://www.clue.com/ |
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a707 C: 2010-03-13 |
<reply>The AverMedia "AVerTV Satellite Trinity" (A707) is a combination DVB-T, DVB-S, analogue TV and FM PCIe device (PCI ID 1131:7160). There is no support for this device within any Linux DVB driver at this time. http://www.avermedia.com/avertv/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?Id=463 |
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aacraid M: 2009-06-01 |
a percraid (adaptec base) often from <dell>. In the Linux kernel as of version 2.4.17. http://wiki.debian.org/LinuxRaidForAdmins#aacraid |
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aaquake2 C: 2001-12-31 |
at http://www.jfedor.org/aaquake2/ and it lets you play Quake2 in the console, thats right the console!! |
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aarnet M: 2010-08-05 |
Australian Academic Research Network. The AARNet mirror is a secondary mirror of the Debian archive. http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/indexabout.html http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/debian/ |
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aaron C: 2004-01-02 |
<reply> Aaron is a weak AI cybernetic artist by Harold Cohen. See http://www.kurzweilcyberart.com/aaron/ |
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aarther C: 2001-03-21 |
see http://www.imaclinux.net/, or http://fatbitches.com/ |
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abacus_project C: 2000-08-08 |
the group behind such Intrusion Detection System (IDS) tools such as HostSentry, PortSentry and LogCheck. http://www.psionic.com/abacus/ |
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abcde M: 2011-03-02 |
<reply>abcde (A Better CD Encoder, formerly cdgrab) is a command line CD encoder. Rips, renames, encodes, and tags, with correctable <cddb> lookups (via freedb), all with one command. Configuration examples: http://www.andrews-corner.org/abcde.html . http://code.google.com/p/abcde/ |
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abi M: 2016-07-04 |
<reply>application binary interface (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_binary_interface). See also <kernel abi>. https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/02/msg00648.html |
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abiword M: 2010-08-08 |
<reply>AbiWord is a cross-platform, free and open source GTK+ word processor, which uses its own XML-based file format. Supports Microsoft Word (.doc), Office Open XML (.docx) and other file formats. http://www.abisource.com/wiki/FAQ http://abisource.com/ #abiword on irc.gnome.org. |
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abrotman M: 2008-01-16 |
someone we want to win the calendar poll on http://www.itsallpetesfault.org/, or obsessed with useless factoids, or "<abrotman> sgeigerbot: are you still sore at me?", or known for his often misinterpreted sense of humour, or one of the few nicks you can complete with left hand and four presses |
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abs M: 2010-06-27 |
<reply>[abs] The Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide, an in-depth exploration of the art of shell scripting, can be found at http://tldp.org/guides.html#abs . Packaged for Debian as abs-guide in non-free, ask me about <non-free sources>. See also <bash faq>, <bash pitfalls> or ask in #bash on irc.oftc.net and irc.libera.chat. |
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absinthe C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://itsa.ucsf.edu/~mbagg/roughabsinthefaq.html |
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ac18 C: 2001-03-11 |
http://boudicca.tux.org/hypermail/linux-kernel/2001week10/1126.html |
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ac6 bug C: 2001-03-01 |
2.4.2kernels with ac6 kernel patch may not work when trying to do menuconfig. get the patch at http://markybob.virtualave.net i'm _sorry_ for removing it from markybob.com, that server is being relocated |
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accelx C: 2000-04-26 |
Accelerated-X, by Xi Graphics, is a commercial, non-free X server. See http://www.xig.com/ |
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acct C: 2010-11-15 |
<reply>[acct] The GNU Accounting Utilities is a set of utilities which reports and summarizes data about user connect times and process execution statistics. http://www.gnu.org/software/acct/ The 'last' command is provided by the <sysvinit> package. |
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acenic M: 2010-10-07 |
<reply>acenic is a Linux kernel driver supporting Alteon AceNIC Tigon I and II gigabit Ethernet controllers. Firmware from userspace (Debian 2.6.26 and later kernels) is required and not currently packaged (Debian bug #517627), see http://wiki.debian.org/acenic for installation instructions. |
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acer M: 2009-12-09 |
<reply>[acer] Acer Incorporated is an electronics manufacturer. http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/Acer http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Acer . See also <acer_acpi>, <acerone>, <ar8151>, <atl1c>, <ipn2220>, <laptop>. |
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acerone C: 2008-08-26 |
<reply> The Aspire One is a <netbook> manufactured by Acer. Models supplied with Linux are shipped with the <Linpus> Linux Lite operating system which is not supported in #debian. To install Debian, see http://wiki.debian.org/DebianAcerOne for installation, configuration and troubleshooting instructions. |
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acer_acpi M: 2009-09-03 |
<reply>acer_acpi is an out-of-tree Linux kernel module, providing the ability to control hardware on modern Acer laptops. http://code.google.com/p/aceracpi/ Deprecated by acer-wmi ("Acer Laptop WMI Extras Driver", upstream driver port) in mainline as of Linux 2.6.25. http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/laptops/acer-wmi.txt |
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acid M: 2002-03-27 |
<reply>"It's so easy to get acid. You can get it anywhere.", or the analysis console for intrusion databases, a php based engine to search snort logs, available at http://acidlab.sourceforge.net/ |
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acl M: 2007-05-23 |
Access Control List. http://acl.bestbits.at/ http://www.informatik.uni-bremen.de/agbs/live/acl_eng.html http://www.suse.de/~agruen/acl/linux-acls/online/ |
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acm M: 2006-07-17 |
a multi-player aerial combat simulation. Association for Computing Machinery (http://www.acm.org/) |
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acpi M: 2009-11-12 |
<reply>Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) is a power management interface that gives more control to the BIOS, or horribly horribly broken, or "run this arbitrary code in ring 0", or generally better than <APM>. For a list of supported systems/BIOSes, see http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/acpi/ . See also <acpid>, <suspend>. |
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acpi4linux C: 2000-08-15 |
at http://phobos.fs.tum.de/acpi |
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acpid M: 2011-03-28 |
<reply>acpid is a daemon for delivering <ACPI> events. Install the recommended acpi-support-base package to enable power button use. http://www.tedfelix.com/linux/acpid-netlink.html https://wiki.debian.org/acpid |
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acrobat M: 2011-04-04 |
<reply>Adobe Acrobat is a computer program family for authoring and manipulating of Portable Document Format (<PDF>) files. Adobe Reader (formerly Acrobat Reader) is available from deb-multimedia, ask me about <dmm>. http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/ See also <edit pdf>, <adobe distiller server>. |
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acronyms M: 2024-02-01 |
at http://www.astro.umd.edu/~marshall/abbrev.html, or at http://rn4.informatik.uni-kl.de/people/thees/acronyms.html, or at https://www.infodrom.org/Debian/doc/acronyms.html |
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act M: 2004-10-24 |
the Archive Comparison Test at http://web.act.by.net/~act/, or a database program for Customer Relationship Management |
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activex M: 2001-07-09 |
Microsoft technology designed to enable easier multimedia on the Web. ActiveX controls can be used in Java to create multimedia effects. Check out http://www.activex.org for more info. used for compiling insecure code off the net and downloading viruses, or now supported in KDE |
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acx firmware M: 2010-08-16 |
<reply> Firmware required by the <acx-mac80211> driver is dependent on your device's chipset and is not packaged for Debian. See http://wiki.debian.org/acx#Firmware and http://acx100.sf.net/wiki/Firmware for more information and download links. |
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acx-mac80211 M: 2012-09-05 |
<reply>acx-mac80211 is an experimental, reverse-engineered, out-of-tree <mac80211> driver for wireless LAN devices based on Texas Instruments ACX100/TNETW1100, ACX111/TNETW1130, ACX100USB and TNETW1450 chipsets. This driver supports <WPA> and WPA2. To install on Debian systems, see http://wiki.debian.org/acx (Linux >= 3.2.0 required). See also <acx firmware>. |
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adb C: 2013-08-02 |
<reply>Android Debug Bridge (adb) is a command line utility for communicating with a connected Android-powered device or emulator instance. Packaged for Debian as adb. http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html |
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adbar C: 2004-09-12 |
the best feature from opera, now for firefox ! http://www.squarefree.com/extensions/adbar/ |
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adblock.hosts M: 2009-05-09 |
<reply>[adblock.hosts] You can use /etc/hosts to block ads, banners, 3rd party cookies, 3rd party page counters, web bugs and more. http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt -- http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm, or you could just use a browser not able to display ads like <links2>, <w3m> or many others. Alternatively, you can use an <adblock> extension or <privoxy>. |
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add-firmware-to C: 2016-05-16 |
a script that lets you add firmware to debian installation media https://people.debian.org/~dannf/add-firmware-to/add-firmware-to |
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adf C: 2008-06-15 |
Amiga Disk File - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga Disk File. ADF contents can be extracted using the unADF utility from ADFlib (http://lclevy.free.fr/adflib/unadf.html). |
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adhoc M: 2009-03-11 |
<reply>Procedures for establishing a <WiFi> ad-hoc network on Debian systems can be found at http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/AdHoc |
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adm8211 M: 2009-12-05 |
<reply>adm8211 is a driver for ADMtek ADM8211x-based 802.11b wireless LAN devices, included in the mainline Linux kernel since version 2.6.24. This driver does not require firmware from userspace. http://wiki.debian.org/adm8211 |
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admin M: 2007-04-26 |
like a omnipresent god, or http://home.datacomm.ch/prutishauser/humor/hack/know.ur.sysadmin.html, or and the guy you should always blame for problems with your computer |
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adminspotting C: 2001-07-19 |
http://www.adminspotting.org/Adminspotting-800x800b.png |
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adn C: 2010-10-12 |
<reply>[adn] http://ask.debian.net/ is a new web service that provides a question and answers system similar to stackoverflow. It runs on Shapado. |
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adopting C: 2012-11-07 |
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.html#adopting |
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adrian bunk C: 2001-09-21 |
at http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/kernel-24.html |
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advanced format C: 2010-09-04 |
<reply>Advanced Format is a blanket term describing any HDD sector format exceeding 512-520 bytes per sector. WRT Western Digital Advanced Format and Linux, see http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=5655 . |
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adventure M: 2002-02-20 |
the best damn computer game ever writen!, or the *only* good computer game ever writen, or see http://www.rickadams.org/adventure/e_downloads.html |
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adzapper M: 2009-07-13 |
adzapper is a URL rewriter program which intercepts known advertising, content trackers and some web bugs, preventing their acquisition and display. Can be used within <squid>, <apache2>, polipo, <konqueror> and Mozilla Firefox <Adblock>. Read /usr/share/doc/adzapper/README.Debian after installation to enable; see also Debian bug #588572. http://adzapper.sf.net/ See also <banner filtering>. |
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aeon legend C: 2003-03-31 |
an opensource free orpg for windoze, or at http://www.aeonlegendonline.com/ |
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aerobic C: 2001-03-18 |
at http://aerythmic.be |
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aerobics C: 2001-03-18 |
at http://aerythmic.be |
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aerythmic C: 2001-03-18 |
at http://aerythmic.be |
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aes M: 2006-08-26 |
<reply>Advanced Encryption Standard (AES, originally Rijndael) is a cipher for electronic data encryption, superseding <DES>. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Encryption_Standard . See also <loop-aes>. |
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aethera C: 2001-07-07 |
dope! http://www.thekompany.com/projects/aethera/ |
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aewm C: 2026-06-09 |
a very tiny window manager (http://www.red-bean.com/~decklin/aewm/) |
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af9015 C: 2010-05-12 |
<reply>The Afatech AF9015 is a DVB-T demodulator and USB bridge chip, supported by the Linux kernel's dvb-usb-af9015 driver since Linux 2.6.28. Firmware from userspace is required (dvb-usb-af9015.fw), currently not packaged by the Debian project (Debian bug #534379); firmware extracted from Windows device drivers is available at http://www.otit.fi/~crope/v4l-dvb/af9015/af9015_firmware_cutter/firmware_files/ . See also <tda18218>. |
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afbackup M: 2010-01-16 |
a client-server backup system. Removed from Debian post-Squeeze to resolve bug #612062. http://sf.net/projects/afbackup/ |
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affects C: 2012-11-09 |
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control#affects |
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afpfs-ng M: 2013-03-21 |
<reply>afpfs-ng is a userspace <AFP> client, allowing access to files exported from a Mac OS X or <netatalk> system. Not part of the Debian 7 "Wheezy" release due to bug #702889. http://alexthepuffin.googlepages.com/home |
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afs M: 2013-01-24 |
<reply>The Andrew File System (AFS) is a distributed network file system primarily used in distributed computing. The open source AFS implementation 'OpenAFS' is packaged for Debian. http://www.openafs.org/ #openafs on irc.libera.chat. |
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after y2k C: 2026-06-09 |
http://www.geekculture.com/geekycomics/Aftery2k/aftery2kmain.html |
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afterstep M: 2010-01-05 |
<reply>AfterStep is a <window manager> based on <FVWM> which attempts to emulate NEXTSTEP look and feel. http://wiki.afterstep.org/ http://www.afterstep.org/ #afterstep on irc.libera.chat. |
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agalmics C: 2026-06-09 |
http://agalmics.nu/ and is a pretty cool idea that lilo, (aka Robert Levin) is writing about. His paper is titled "Agalmics: The Marginalization of Scarcity" It has to do with the allocation of non-scarce resources. Much the same way economics has to do with the allocation of scarce resources. Free Software is a prime example of an agalmic entity, or "good". Check it out. Highly recommended by utopian, (in another life, known by 'bytor' :) |
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age verification M: 2026-03-23 |
<reply>Discussion of OS "age verification" laws in some parts of the US is ongoing and can be followed on the debian-legal mailing list. https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2026/03/msg00000.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2026/03/msg00041.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2026/03/msg00025.html |
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agi M: 2010-10-24 |
<reply>The Adventure Game Intepreter (AGI) is a game engine used by Sierra On-Line during the 1980s. http://www.agidev.com/intro/ . See also <scummvm>. |
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agimo website C: 2006-04-16 |
http://www.agimo.gov.au |
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agnula C: 2004-06-08 |
The AGNULA project is developing DeMuDi, a Debian based distribution especially for audio work (http://www.agnula.org), and also providing a download server for Free Music (http://muzik.agnula.org). |
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agnx M: 2009-03-24 |
<reply>agnx is an experimental mac80211 driver for Airgo Networks' AGN100 and AGN300 wireless LAN chipsets. Performance for AGN100 is currently poor, support for AGN300 is in progress. http://sf.net/projects/agnx80211driver/ . Use <git> to acquire the source from http://git.sipsolutions.net/agnx.git . See also <ndiswrapper>. |
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agplv3 C: 2008-06-25 |
the GNU Affero General Public License http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html - may not be compatible with <DFSG>, see http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2008/04/msg00054.html |
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agrsm M: 2012-03-13 |
<reply>The out-of-tree agrsm Linux kernel driver (http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/ltmodem/11c11040/ , not packaged for Debian) supports some PCI and USB software modem chipsets produced by Agere Systems. See also <martian>, <sv92p>. |
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ahci M: 2009-09-18 |
<reply>[ahci] Advanced Host Controller Interface, supported by the Linux kernel since version 2.6.19. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AHCI |
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ahmed charles C: 2005-01-31 |
at http://www.ahmedcharles.com |
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aide M: 2011-10-26 |
<reply>AIDE (Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment) is an open source, host-based intrusion detection system, initially developed as a free <tripwire> replacement. http://aide.sf.net/ |
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aiglx C: 2006-08-11 |
<reply>AIGLX is an open source project founded by the X.Org Foundation and the Fedora Core Linux community, to enable accelerated indirect GLX rendering capabilities in X.org and <DRI>. It allows remote X clients to get fully hardware accelerated rendering over the GLX protocol. Fucks up responsiveness with proprietary nvidia drivers under load. Want to get work done? Don't use it. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RenderingProject/aiglx |
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aiml C: 2003-06-25 |
at Artificial Intelligence Markup Languag more information can be found here http://www.alicebot.org/alice/aiml.html |
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aircrack-ng M: 2013-09-03 |
<reply>aircrack-ng is a suite of <WEP> and <WPA> cracking utilities forked from aircrack. http://aircrack-ng.org/doku?id=faq http://aircrack-ng.org/ #aircack-ng on irc.libera.chat. See also <pyrit>, <weplab>. |
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airo M: 2010-04-23 |
<reply>airo is a driver for Cisco/Aironet 802.11b PCI and PCMCIA wireless LAN devices (e.g. Aironet 4500 and 4800 series; Cisco PCM350-T, AIR-LCM350). <WPA> support requires firmware version 5.30.17 or later, this hardware does not support WPA2. http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/airo . Cisco Aironet 802.11a/b/g "tri-mode" devices contain an Atheros chipset; for support of these, ask me about <ath5k>. |
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aixos C: 2000-10-18 |
at http://www.AixOS.net - and has nothing to do with AIX yet |
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aklein M: 2002-06-17 |
at http://turnblue.net/ or a Bowie freak or always up for a movie or very Little Bunny FooFoo-like, or obsessed with NPR |
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alan cox M: 2000-07-08 |
just about 3/4 deity or is found in http://www.uk.linux.org/diary/, or someone who works on FreeBSD with the same name, but really isn't the Alan Cox you know of Linux fame., or http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/1999/40/ns-10500.html Interview by LWN: http://lwn.net/1999/features/ACInterview/, or a guy who drinks alot of beer. |
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alan matthews C: 2000-11-09 |
THE best erotic writer in the world, imho. He wrote classic stories like the (tragically unfinished) Watching Trilogy. His homepage is http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/5021/ |
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alc650 M: 2010-04-24 |
<reply> ALC650 is the soundchip of satan! Kill it! Kill it now! Use a hammer! For information on your destroyed audio chip, see http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/RealtekALC and http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Realtek_ALC650 |
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alien M: 2016-04-05 |
a program which allows one to convert from one package format to another: slackware to redhat, redhat to Debian, Debian to slackware, redhat to slackware, etc. http://kitenet.net/programs/alien/, or no longer maintained |
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alioth M: 2019-07-01 |
<reply>alioth was a GForge/FusionForge based system run by Debian for hosting free sofware and documentation projects. Ailoth was switched off in June 2018 and has been replaced by a GitLab based solution called salsa https://salsa.debian.org/ |
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allwinner a10 C: 2012-07-06 |
<reply> The Allwinner A10 is an ARM system-on-a-chip. It is used on the EOMA-68 CPU card, an open hardware design similar to the <raspberry pi> but without wireless, with free firmware, and having better specifications. The Mele 1000 is a product incorporating the EOMA-86 with PSU and case. http://rhombus-tech.net/allwinner_a10/ |
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allyourbase C: 2001-04-13 |
at http://alien.ath.cx/ShellOracle/all_your_base.swf |
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alot M: 2010-05-24 |
<reply> I think I'll allot a lot of beatings for people who think alot is a word. http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html |
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alpha M: 2009-10-08 |
<reply> WANTED: loving home for CPU architecture. Alpha is housebroken, and has had all its shots. Friendly, affectionate and energetic! Contact DEC (oops, Compaq! (oops, HP! (oops, the morgue))) for details. http://www.debian.org/ports/alpha/ http://alphalinux.org/wiki/ #alpha on irc.libera.chat. Debian 6.0 ("Squeeze") drops official support for the Alpha architecture. See also <qotd230>. |
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alpine C: 2010-02-08 |
<reply>Alpine is a cross-platform e-mail client for the console. It is a rewrite of <Pine>, distributed under the version 2.0 of the Apache License. It currently has no <maildir> support (Debian bug #405762). http://www.washington.edu/alpine/faq/ |
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alpine linux C: 2023-12-30 |
<reply>Alpine Linux is a security-oriented, <lightweight> Linux distribution based on musl libc and busybox. #alpine-linux on irc.oftc.net https://alpinelinux.org/community/ |
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alps C: 2007-10-18 |
Alps/Glidepoint works with the synaptics driver as well. Refer to http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Synaptics_Touchpad |
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als C: 2026-06-09 |
the atlanta linux showcase. http://www.linuxshowcase.org |
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alsa M: 2009-04-13 |
<reply>Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) is a Linux kernel component providing device drivers for sound cards. Ask me about <install alsa>. See also <alsa-checklist>, <default alsa>, <alsa firmware>. http://wiki.debian.org/ALSA http://www.alsa-project.org/ #alsa on irc.libera.chat. |
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alsa blacklist M: 2008-12-01 |
<reply> see http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/ALSA_Blacklist |
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alsaplayer M: 2010-03-10 |
<reply>AlsaPlayer is a PCM player designed for use with <ALSA> (also supports OSS and <ESD>), packaged for Debian. It has graphical scopes which displays sound waves. http://www.alsaplayer.org/ |
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alt C: 2026-06-09 |
a project by Alexey Tikhonov at http://www.altert.spb.ru/ |
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alternatetab C: 2021-08-16 |
<reply>The GNOME extension "AlternateTab" is no longer supported since GNOME 3.32 (bullseye has 3.38). Read <https://blogs.gnome.org/fmuellner/2018/10/11/the-future-of-alternatetab-and-why-you-need-not-worry/> for a workaround. |
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alternatives M: 2012-12-27 |
the way Debian manages multiple applications with the same function. For more info, man update-alternatives. Have a look at the galternatives package or ask me about <update-alternatives> <java alternatives>. http://people.debian.org/~jwilk/alternatives/Contents has a recently created list of all the available alternatives-managed paths in Debian. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianAlternatives |
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alx M: 2014-01-27 |
<reply>alx is a Linux kernel driver supporting the Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 and QCA8171 Gigabit Ethernet, and the AR8162 and QCA8172 Fast Ethernet controllers. The Debian 7 "Wheezy" release supports AR8161 and AR8162 devices. See https://wiki.debian.org/alx for more information and supported devices. |
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am M: 2005-08-15 |
an abbreviation for Armenia, or Application Manager, or http://wiki.debian.org/BecomingAM |
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am5067 C: 2012-03-13 |
<reply>The NetComm AM5067 is a 56 kbit/s USB dial-up software modem (USB ID 047e:2892). It contains an Agere Systems SV92U2 "Olympia" chipset, ask me about <agrsm> for device support. http://www.netcomm.com.au/netcomm-products/dial-up-modems/am5067 |
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amalgam M: 2001-06-20 |
at midkemia.yi.org 5000 (talonIX's new DSL - a perm. site! (until it stops being so), or at http://midkemia.yi.org/amalgam, or available at amalgam.xyu.ca:5000 |
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amanda M: 2009-07-31 |
Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver, a cross-platform backup system. Packaged for Debian as 'amanda-server' and 'amanda-client'. http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/FAQ http://www.amanda.org/ |
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amarok M: 2009-05-22 |
an audio player for <KDE>. http://wiki.debian.org/Amarok http://userbase.kde.org/Amarok http://amarok.kde.org/ |
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amarok homepage C: 2004-09-01 |
at http://amarok.kde.org/ |
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amavis M: 2010-01-27 |
<reply>AMaViS (A Mail Virus Scanner) scans e-mail attachments for viruses using third-party virus scanners available for Unix environments. It resides on a Unix (Linux) machine and looks through the attached files arriving via e-mail, generates reports when a virus is found and sets the delivery on hold. Packaged for Debian as amavisd-new. http://www.ijs.si/software/amavisd/ |
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amaya M: 2009-11-26 |
a graphical HTML editor with browsing capabilities, developed by the World Wide Web Consortium. Removed from Debian to resolve bug #522418. http://www.w3.org/Amaya/ #amaya on irc.w3.org (port 6665). |
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ambient C: 2026-06-09 |
Orbital at http://www.hyperreal.org/music/artists/orbital/. |
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america's army C: 2004-11-29 |
to run AA chrooted and thus prevent PunkBuster from looking at your personal data, see http://weshyo.mine.nu/scripts/chroot-aa.sh |
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amg C: 2026-06-09 |
to music as imdb is to film: http://www.allmusic.com |
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amiga on shell C: 2001-06-03 |
<reply> see http://www.freshmeat.net/projects/amigashell |
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amirc C: 2002-01-21 |
<reply>AmIRC is the Amiga <IRC> client that <XChat> is based upon. http://www.vapor.com/products/?prod=amirc |
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amiwm M: 2007-03-18 |
<reply> amiwm is an X window manager that tries to make your display look and feel like an Amiga. Packaged for Debian, ask me about <non-free sources>. http://www.lysator.liu.se/~marcus/amiwm.html |
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aml C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.cris.com/~adhawan/ (AML -- an implementation of a basic register machine with support for ASM.) or an igloo driver |
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amoeba C: 2001-04-09 |
a distributed operating system runs on he SPARC (Sun4c and Sun4m), the 386/486, 68030, and Sun 3/50 and Sun 3/60. Take a look at http://www.cs.vu.nl/pub/amoeba/ |
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ampl C: 2026-06-09 |
The Anti-Microsoft Public License. Read it at http://www.enemy.org/ms-public-licence.html |
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ample C: 2004-09-11 |
at http://ample.sourceforge.net/ |
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ampolirios C: 2001-03-22 |
a modular web content management engine by http://www.datalogica.it written in php4. caution: it depends on zend whose usage is not recommended |
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amprnet C: 2003-12-15 |
the Amateur Radio IP/Packet network; they have a homepage at http://www.amprnet.org |
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amsn M: 2012-01-10 |
<reply>aMSN (Alvaro's Messenger) is an open source <MSN Messenger> clone. http://www.amsn-project.net/faq.php Not part of the Debian 7 "Wheezy" release due to bug #654540. |
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amule M: 2010-06-02 |
<reply>aMule is a cross-platform client for the eDonkey and Kad peer-to-peer file sharing networks, forked from xMule. http://wiki.debian.org/aMule http://www.amule.org/wiki/index.php/FAQ_aMule http://www.amule.org/ See also <mldonkey>. |
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amv M: 2011-07-15 |
<reply>AMV is a proprietary multimedia container format (.amv, .mtv file extensions), created for S1 MP3 players to allow video playback. It is a variant of <AVI> and supported by most Chinese MP4 video players. <FFmpeg> can decode AMV since version 0.5. http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=AMV |
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anaconda M: 2009-11-18 |
the installation program used by Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fedora and some other distributions (e.g. <Progeny>). http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda |
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anacron M: 2011-01-08 |
a <cron>-like program that runs jobs that cron would have skipped if the system was shutdown. http://anacron.sf.net/ |
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anbox C: 2021-12-15 |
<reply>Android in a Box, lets you run Android applications on debian. https://anbox.io/ |
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ancient display C: 2009-03-18 |
<reply>If your monitor has no proper autoconfig support, add or modify a Monitor section like https://valdyn.org/~valdyn/xorg.conf.monitor to /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Insert YOUR OWN proper values, mine will break your monitor. |
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android M: 2011-03-13 |
<reply>Android is a Linux-based operating system for mobile devices. http://www.android.com/ #android on irc.libera.chat. For the related font family, ask me about <droid>. See also <adb> <lildebi> <mobile>. |
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angband M: 2012-10-23 |
<reply>Angband is a single-player roguelike game (dungeon hack-and-slash) based on <Moria>, with countless variants of its own. http://rephial.org/ |
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angel pictures C: 2000-05-13 |
<reply> Angel pictures are at http://profiles.yahoo.com/hanf_hanf |
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anjuta M: 2011-04-02 |
<reply>Anjuta is an integrated development environment to GTK+/GNOME for C/C++, similar to KDevelop. http://anjuta.sourceforge.net/ #anjuta on irc.gnome.org. |
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ankit C: 2016-09-10 |
at http://ankitrgadiya.me |
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anla C: 2007-05-14 |
<reply> http://debian.edos-project.org/anla/ |
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anoncvs C: 2002-03-14 |
located at http://www.kde.org/anoncvs.html |
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ansi fonts C: 2000-01-25 |
http://home.earthlink.net/~us5zahns/enl/ansifont.html |
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ansible C: 2020-05-05 |
<reply>Ansible is an open source configuration management tool for automating system administration tasks. It works over SSH and does not require any software or daemons to be installed on remote nodes. Available in Debian since jessie(8). https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/index.html ; #ansible on Libera.Chat |
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ant M: 2001-01-15 |
<reply> *STOMPSTOMPSTOMPSTOMP!!*, or a make replacement in, and for, java, or at http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/, or it uses XML for its buildfile |
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antennas C: 2000-12-31 |
at http://seattlewireless.net/?WirelessHardwareLinks |
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anthem C: 2000-03-04 |
the mozilla xul interface to manila (like anyone cares) and is at http://anthem.editthispage.com/ |
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anti-aliasing M: 2006-07-15 |
http://www.sawtoothdistortion.com/Articles/Anti-AliasedText.html, or http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Font-HOWTO/fix.html |
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antifud C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.feist.com/~jajohnson/antifud.html |
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antitrust C: 2000-01-14 |
Bill Gates broken up! http://www.segfault.org |
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antix M: 2020-12-21 |
<reply>antiX is a distribution <based on debian> that is designed to be run on older or low-memory systems. It uses sysvinit or runit in place of <systemd>. It is related to <mxlinux>. It is not supported in #debian. Support is available on their forum: https://antixforum.com. If you are new to linux, or want a distro with IRC support, try Debian instead: https://www.debian.org/intro/why_debian |
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any key C: 2007-05-22 |
<reply>http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fb/Userfriendly.20030128.gif |
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anykey C: 2007-05-22 |
<reply>http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fb/Userfriendly.20030128.gif |
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aop C: 2003-04-20 |
"Aspect Oriented Programming" http://aosd.net/ |
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apache M: 2009-02-24 |
<reply>Apache HTTPD is a versatile, high-performance HTTP server. Ask me about <apache2>, <install apache>, <apache manual>. See also <cnrd>, <userdir>, <htaccess>. http://wiki.debian.org/Apache http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/FAQ http://httpd.apache.org/ #httpd on irc.libera.chat. |
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apache config jessie M: 2014-08-12 |
<reply> Debian's apache2 web server uses /etc/apache2/apache2.conf, /etc/apache2/envvars. To ease maintenance, avoid modifying files installed from the packages and use /etc/apache2/{sites,mods,conf}-available}/*.conf instead (.conf suffix required for Apache 2.4); use a2en{mod,conf,site} to activate. See /usr/share/doc/apache2/README.Debian or http://deb.li/3jUSV for more info. Also ask me about <apache config wheezy>. |
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apache faq C: 2006-07-14 |
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/misc/FAQ.html |
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apache2 manual M: 2010-04-21 |
<reply>[apache2 manual] Install the apache2-doc package and browse to http://localhost/doc/apache2-doc/manual/ , or http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/ . See /usr/share/doc/apache2.2-common/README.Debian.gz for an explanation of the Debian Apache configuration file layout. See also <cnrd>. |
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apache2-ssl-certificate M: 2008-04-20 |
no longer present: ask me about <self-signed ssl key> or use make-ssl-cert from the ssl-cert package instead. See http://bugs.debian.org/398520, or make-ssl-cert /usr/share/ssl-cert/ssleay.cnf /etc/apache2/ssl/apache.pem |
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apache::gallery C: 2004-03-20 |
<reply> Apache::Gallery is probably the coolest gallery software known to man (or woman) designed specifically for the lazy system administrator. Abusing mod_perl, it enables a directory of pictures to be automagically resized, shown as a slide show, and even rotated (if your camera supports it). See http://apachegallery.dk/ or http://gallery.legart.dk/ and http://gallery.donarmstrong.com for examples. |
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apache_vhost C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply> NameVirtualHost 192.168.1.69, <VirtualHost 192.168.1.69>, ServerName http://www.foo.com, ServerAlias http://www.bar.foo.com http://www.foo.org. </VirtuaHost> |
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apcupsd C: 2009-06-27 |
a daemon for controlling <APC> UPSes. http://wiki.debian.org/apcupsd http://www.apcupsd.com/manual/manual.html#frequently-asked-questions . See also <nut>. |
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aphex stream C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://209.16.34.115:8000/ |
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api M: 2016-07-04 |
application programming interface. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface, or https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/02/msg00648.html |
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apl M: 2005-10-01 |
like a double-decker bus. It takes rows and columns of passengers to the same place all at the same time but it drives only in reverse and is instrumented in Greek. or an acronym for A Programming Language, or http://www.chilton.com/~jimw/ |
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apostrophe M: 2001-01-15 |
<reply>The apostrophe (') is used to indicate a possessive (Debian's distribution) or a contraction (o'er the deep blue sea). It is *not* used for plurals. Special note: "it's" is a contraction of "it is", whereas "its" is a possessive pronoun. Please don't mix them up. http://www.angryflower.com/aposter3.jpg |
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apparmor M: 2013-01-02 |
<reply>AppArmor (Application Armor, formerly SubDomain) provides pathname-based mandatory access control, a file-system neutral alternative to <SELinux>. Previously maintained by Novell and part of the Linux kernel since version 2.6.36. http://wiki.debian.org/AppArmor http://apparmor.wiki.kernel.org/ #apparmor on irc.oftc.net. |
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apper M: 2013-10-26 |
<reply>Apper (formerly KPackageKit) is a graphical user interface to add, remove and reinstall packages that uses <APT> via PackageKit. It can perform all the actions required for updating and installing packages and can also search for multimedia codecs and file handlers. http://userbase.kde.org/Apper http://projects.kde.org/apper |
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appimage C: 2020-12-10 |
<reply>Appimages are cross-platform app packages. Unlike <flatpak> and <snap>, they are designed to run without being installed. Considered third-party and not supported in #debian, but can be a low-impact way to use software not found in the debian archive, without creating a <frankendebian>. https://appimage.org |
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apple M: 2010-11-06 |
<reply>[apple] a fruit, or Apple Inc. (formerly Apple Computer, Inc.), a consumer electronics and software company. http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Apple . See also <airport>, <alac>, <combo drive>, <daap>, <hfs>, <hfsplus>, <imac>, <ipod>, <m68k>, <macbook>, <mac mini>, <open firmware>, <powerpc>, <quicktime>, <superdrive>. ##apple on irc.libera.chat. |
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appletalk M: 2013-04-23 |
<reply>AppleTalk is a proprietary suite of network protocols (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appletalk), not supported since Mac OS X v10.6 "Snow Leopard". Prior to version 3.0, <Netatalk> provides an AppleTalk implementation. See also <afp>. |
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applets C: 2005-06-16 |
on http://www.sodaplay.com |
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applixware C: 2001-02-01 |
a commercial office suite for linux, you can get a demo at ftp://206.138.127.145/pub/applixware/5.0/i386/demo/ |
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apps C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.linuxapps.com |
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appuntilinux C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.appuntilinux.prosa.it |
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april M: 2001-03-30 |
http://www.april.org. Association Pour la Promotion et la Recherche en Informatique Libre |
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apsfilter C: 2026-06-09 |
A lineprinter input filter for systems with lpd/lpr or at http://bonk.ethz.ch |
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apsl M: 2004-03-19 |
<reply>APSL is the Apple Public Source license. It's listed as an "Official Open Source License" on http://www.opensource.org/ and used by <Apple> for the lower level parts of <Mac OS X>, aka <Darwin>, or not that free. |
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apt https M: 2020-08-29 |
<reply> Debian packages are signed so that APT can detect if the package has been tampered with or corrupted while being transferred. Debian also depends on mirrors, and coordinating distribution of SSL keys would be very difficult. On the Debian-controlled CDN https://deb.debian.org/ HTTPS is available for the main archive and also the security archive. |
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apt myths M: 2012-03-08 |
<reply> Myths about APT never seem to die, the principal one being you can't mix using different APT front-ends like apt-get and aptitude. This is false. If you need further convincing, see http://tinyurl.com/3g4d4d9 and http://algebraicthunk.net/~dburrows/blog/entry/apt-system-diagram/ . See also <why aptitude> and <why not aptitude> for real reasons to choose one over the other. |
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apt offline M: 2008-04-25 |
<reply>To use apt on a machine that doesn't have a network connection (if you have a separate machine that does have a network connection), read https://sleeplessbeastie.eu/2014/01/30/how-to-manage-packages-on-an-off-line-debian-system/ . Ask me about <apt-zip>, <apt-walkabout>. |
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apt sources C: 2026-06-09 |
a list of unofficial sources for apt. The URL is http://www.internatif.org/bortzmeyer/debian/apt-sources/ |
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apt stale C: 2026-06-06 |
<reply>Sometimes apt silently leaves old index data. The most noticable impact is that you're lagging a point release behind, or package installations fail with 404. See https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1078608 |
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apt-cacher M: 2009-03-27 |
a caching proxy designed specifically for use by <apt>. http://www.nick-andrew.net/projects/apt-cacher/ See also <apt-cacher-ng>, <approx>, <aptly>. |
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apt-cacher-ng M: 2011-04-28 |
<reply>apt-cacher-ng is a replacement for <apt-proxy>. Its usage is documented at http://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~bloch/acng/ and alternatives comprise <apt-cacher>, <squid deb caching> and <approx>. |
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apt-dialog C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply> apt-dialog is a nifty interface to apt using 'dialog'.. get it at http://valinor.hawg-wild.com/%7Ebreakerx/apt-dialog/ |
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apt-gentoo C: 2004-03-31 |
<reply> apt-gentoo is a way of simulating the waste of time that is gentoo on your Debian system. Experience the thrill of compiling your own apps from source without actually bothering to compile them! Download it from http://www-jcsu.jesus.cam.ac.uk/~mma29/apt-gentoo/ Announcement at: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2004/03/msg02502.html |
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apt-get M: 2011-06-30 |
<reply>apt-get is a program (part of the apt package) used as a simple command line tool to libapt. apt-get is the original frontend for <apt>, but <aptitude> is now the recommended tool for managing packages. See also <why aptitude>, <reference>, <synaptic>, <apt-cache>, <gdebi>. http://wiki.debian.org/apt-get http://tinyurl.com/3g4d4d9 |
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apt-get porn C: 2002-04-25 |
http://www.sex.com |
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apt-gettable M: 2004-02-18 |
http://www.interq.or.jp/libra/oohara/apt-gettable/apt-gettable/most-primitive.html, or a new word in the english language. |
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apt-jdk C: 2002-08-21 |
deb ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/java-linux/debian woody non-free |
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apt-mirror M: 2009-10-08 |
<reply>apt-mirror is a tool for making a local mirror of any <APT> source. To mirror multiple architectures, specify "deb-$arch ..." in /etc/apt/mirror.list; e.g. "deb-amd64 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free". Discussion forum: http://sf.net/projects/apt-mirror/forums/forum/197335 . http://apt-mirror.sf.net/ See also <mirrors>. |
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apt-pinning M: 2010-01-03 |
<reply>Pinning is a method to choose which version of a package to install when multiple versions are available from <sources.list>. Bugs are explained at https://web.archive.org/web/20121017070250/http://carlo17.home.xs4all.nl/howto/debian.html#errata . If you use stable, pinning won't help you from messing up the system, ask me about <backports> instead. https://wiki.debian.org/AptPreferences |
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apt-proxy M: 2010-05-06 |
<reply>apt-proxy is a caching proxy for <apt>. See http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/237 for more information. http://apt-proxy.sf.net/ Removed from Debian post-Lenny to resolve bug #576821. For alternatives, ask me about <apt-cacher>, <apt-cacher-ng>, <squid deb caching>, <approx>. |
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apt-secure M: 2013-03-26 |
<reply>[apt-secure] Starting with version 0.6, <APT> performs signature checking of the Release file for all archives. See http://wiki.debian.org/SecureApt , "man apt-secure" and chapter 7 of the Securing Debian Manual (ask me about <securing debian>) for more information. The archive signing key can be found at https://ftp-master.debian.org/keys.html . See also <key>, <no public key>. |
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apt-setup M: 2009-05-30 |
<reply>apt-setup was a means of adding a Debian mirror to your APT sources. No longer available since <base-config> was removed (http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2006/01/msg00199.html). <apt-spy> or <netselect-apt> can be used instead, ask me about <sources.list> to manually configure. To install Debian packages located on CD, ask me about <apt-cdrom>. |
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apt-walkabout C: 2008-05-15 |
another tool for managing the distribution and upgrade of debian packages for non-connected or low-speed links computers. See http://quozl.netrek.org/apt-walkabout/ Also ask me about <apt-zip> <apt offline> |
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apt-x C: 2003-02-27 |
http://gamp.mine.nu/apt-x |
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apt-zip M: 2018-02-06 |
<reply> apt-zip has been removed post-wheezy (https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=815456) see alternatives like <apt offline> or <apt-walkabout> |
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apt4rpm C: 2003-09-14 |
http://apt4rpm.sourceforge.net/ |
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aptfind C: 2026-06-09 |
a program that is designed to ease the use of Debian's Aquisition Package Tool even further by providing a graphical ncurses interface for selecting, finding, and installing debian packages on the fly. or written by Patrick Cole (mailto:z@amused.net) and is available at ftp://fx1.circlefx.com/AptFind/ |
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aptitude M: 2011-06-30 |
a terminal-based package manager that can be used in a command-line mode (aptitude install foo ; aptitude remove goo) as well as a text user interface mode (just run "aptitude"). Ask me about <why aptitude> <why not aptitude> <aptitude-fu> <aptitude docs> or see http://wiki.debian.org/Aptitude or http://tinyurl.com/3g4d4d9. |
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aptitude actions M: 2013-11-26 |
<reply>The action that aptitude wants to perform on a package is: i=install, u=upgrade, d=remove (not conffiles), p=purge (see <purge>), h=on <hold>, F=upgrade forbidden (see <forbid-version>), r=reinstall, B=package will be broken by other actions. See http://aptitude.alioth.debian.org/doc/en/ch02s02s02.html#figureActionFlag and <aptitude ops>. |
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aptitude current state M: 2013-01-11 |
<reply>The current state of a package is shown by aptitude as: i=installed, c=config files present (see <purge>), p=purged, v=a <virtual package>, B=broken dependencies, u=unpacked not configured, C=half-configured (<package scripts> interrupted), H=half-installed (unpacking failed, e.g. disk full). See http://aptitude.alioth.debian.org/doc/en/ch02s02s02.html#figureCurrentFlag or dpkg(1). |
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aptitude docs M: 2026-04-01 |
<reply>Documentation for aptitude can be found in the aptitude-doc package (to see the languages in which it is available, apt-cache showpkg aptitude-doc) or at https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/aptitude/index.en.html . See also <aptitude build-dep> <aptitude clone> <aptitude-fu> <aptitude debug> <aptitude search> <aptitude states>. |
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aptitude reference manual C: 2026-04-01 |
<reply>https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/aptitude/index.en.html |
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aptitude search M: 2018-07-31 |
<reply>aptitude search is a powerful searching facility that by default only searches package names, but can be made to search priorities, installation status, dependencies etc. See /usr/share/doc/aptitude/html/en/ch02s04.html (aptitude-doc package), https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/aptitude/ch02s04s05.html or ask me about <aptitude docs>. |
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aptitude suffix C: 2012-05-15 |
<reply>The lowercase suffixes in braces {X} correspond to these actions: "Install", "Automatic", "Upgrade", "Downgrade", "Remove", "Purge", etc. This list is certainly incomplete; see http://algebraicthunk.net/~dburrows/blog/entry/aptitude-0.4.10-released/ and the aptitude-doc search term reference. |
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aptivate C: 2000-12-11 |
a graphical package management program for Debian. It'll provide the same features as apt-get and apt-cache with an GUI front-end for Gnome(and maybe also for KDE); it's first steps are at http://www.gnome.org/~chrisime/aptivate/ |
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aptly C: 2014-09-18 |
a swiss army knife for Debian repository management: it allows to mirror remote repositories, manage local package repositories, take snapshots, pull new versions of packages along with dependencies, publish as Debian repository. http://www.aptly.info/ |
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aptosid M: 2010-09-13 |
<reply>aptosid (formerly sidux) is a live distribution <based on Debian> Sid. It is not supported in #debian. http://aptosid.com/ #aptosid on irc.oftc.net. |
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aptsh C: 2009-03-07 |
a pseudo-shell for systems with the APT package managing tool. It offers tab completion, and is smart enough to decide whether you're trying to remove or install/ upgrade a package. DOCS - http://aptsh.berlios.de/howto.html |
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aptus M: 2022-09-11 |
<reply>APTus is the Sparky linux package management tool, based on Debian apt. https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-aptus/ #debian and #debian-next do not support aptus. For sparky help channels, ask me about <sparky>. |
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apu M: 2012-12-23 |
<reply>An Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) is an additional processor outside of a <CPU>. Examples include AMD Fusion and Intel HD Graphics. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerated_processing_unit |
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aquapad C: 2001-10-09 |
a cool little computer made by FIC and powered by a Transmeta Crusoe processor. http://www.fic.com.tw/ia/ia/aquapad/ |
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ar5005vl C: 2008-08-19 |
<reply>Wireless LAN devices based on the Atheros AR5005VL chipset (PCI ID 168c:0020, Atheros AR5513 chip) are not supported by <madwifi> or <ath5k>, see http://madwifi-project.org/wiki/Compatibility/Atheros#AtherosAR5005VL and http://madwifi-project.org/ticket/181 . Ask me about <ndiswrapper>. |
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ar5523 M: 2013-09-05 |
<reply>ar5523 is a Linux kernel driver introduced at Linux 3.8, supporting legacy Atheros 802.11g USB devices based on the AR5005UG and AR5005UX chipsets. Firmware is required (ar5523.bin) and packaged since firmware-atheros 0.39. Debian 7 "Wheezy" users: ask me about <bdo kernel> and install firmware-atheros from <wheezy-backports>. http://wiki.debian.org/ar5523 |
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ar9170usb M: 2013-02-03 |
<reply>ar9170usb is a Linux kernel driver, introduced in Linux 2.6.30, supporting draft 802.11n USB wireless LAN devices based on the Atheros AR9170 chipset. Firmware is required (ar9170.fw), ask me about <atheros firmware> to provide. This driver does not support 802.11n operation and was removed at Linux 3.0, ask me about <carl9170> for its replacement. For AR9271 and AR7010 support, ask me about <ath9k_htc>. http://wiki.debian.org/carl9170 |
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arab M: 2005-04-29 |
http://www.arabeyes.org, or #arabeyes |
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arabeyes C: 2002-03-14 |
a project which aims to bring the Arabic Language into various UNIX Systems, it can be found at http://www.arabeyes.org and #arabeyes |
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arch C: 2009-03-27 |
a hardware architecture (i386, amd64, armel, mips, mipsel, sparc, powerpc, alpha, hppa, s390 && ia64). Also a source control revision system (GNU arch). Arch (and its twin brother ArX) resides at http://arch.fifthvision.net/, or http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=5928, or #arch Since lenny, /bin/arch has disappeared, use "uname -m" instead, or <architecture>, or <arch linux>. |
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arch linux M: 2026-04-16 |
<reply>Arch Linux is an a x86-64 optimized linux distribution which claims to be minimalistic and fast, has binary and source based package management. They have an extensive wiki that can be a useful debugging resource, even on debian. http://www.archlinux.org/ #archlinux on irc.libera.chat. |
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arch primer C: 2003-09-21 |
http://repose.cx/ArchPrimer.html |
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archive M: 2009-11-11 |
<reply>An archive is a collection of files. 'tar', 'ar', 'cpio' are all archiving tools. This is *not* the same as compression, which is a separate operation. Debian Archives is the repository for old Debian releases, see http://www.debian.org/distrib/archive . For the package archive, ask me about <snapshot>. For old Debian <ISO> files ask me about <cd archive>. For old versions of source code see https://sources.debian.org/ |
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archive signing keys C: 2024-03-02 |
<reply> Debian's current and past archive signing keys, used to secure the apt repository's packages, are found at: https://ftp-master.debian.org/keys.html |
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archive statistics C: 2013-06-17 |
<reply> You can see some interesting statistics about the Debian archive at http://ircbots.debian.net/stats/ with even more useful(?) statistics indexed at http://wiki.debian.org/Statistics |
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archivemail C: 2007-08-07 |
a python utility for archiving and compressing old email in mailboxes. http://archivemail.sf.net/ |
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arcnet M: 2009-10-21 |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARCNET |
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ardour M: 2011-04-15 |
<reply>Ardour is a digital audio workstation suitable for real-time multi-track recording, mixing and editing. http://ardour.org/realfaq http://ardour.org/ #ardour at irc.libera.chat. |
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arena M: 2010-02-17 |
<reply>Arena is a web browser previously developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) for testing HTML 3 and Cascading Style Sheets. http://www.w3.org/Arena/ See also <amaya>. |
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argouml M: 2009-09-13 |
an open-source UML diagramming application written in Java. Removed from Debian to resolve bug #508358. http://argouml.tigris.org/ |
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aria2 M: 2010-05-04 |
a command line download utility, supporting the HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, BitTorrent and Metalink protocols. Packaged for Debian. http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/aria2/wiki/FAQ http://aria2.sf.net/ See also <download manager>. |
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arianne C: 2002-04-26 |
at http://www.arianne.cx or in channel #arianne of irc.openprojects.net |
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arm M: 2011-02-14 |
<reply>Advanced RISC Machine (ARM) is a processor architecture. The Debian arm port was deprecated at 5.0 "Lenny" with official support dropped at 6.0 "Squeeze", ask me about <armel> for the replacement port. See also <armhf>. http://www.debian.org/ports/arm/ For help with Debian on ARM systems, join #debian-arm on irc.oftc.net. |
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armadillo C: 2026-06-09 |
the new name for gzilla, a simple web browser. More info at http://www.gzilla.com or based on GTK+ |
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armagetron C: 2000-10-20 |
a gltron clone, i can be found at http://www.sourceforge.org |
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armel M: 2012-09-30 |
<reply>armel is the Debian <ARM> EABI port, first released with Debian 5.0 "Lenny". http://wiki.debian.org/ArmEabiPort http://www.debian.org/ports/arm/ #debian-arm on irc.oftc.net. See also <armel vs armhf>. |
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armhf M: 2012-09-30 |
<reply>armhf is a port of Debian requiring a floating-point unit (FPU) found in modern <ARM> hardware. It explicitly targets version 7 of the ARM architecture (i.e. not the Raspberry Pi), using the hard-float version of the ARM EABI. The armhf architecture was introduced at Debian 7.0 "Wheezy". http://wiki.debian.org/ArmHardFloatPort #debian-arm on irc.oftc.net. See also <armel vs armhf>. |
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arno-iptables-firewall M: 2011-11-01 |
<reply>Arno's iptables firewall is a single/multi-homed firewall script with DSL support. Packaged for Debian as arno-iptables-firewall; basic settings can optionally be handled by <debconf>, use 'dpkg-reconfigure -plow arno-iptables-firewall' to reconfigure. http://rocky.eld.leidenuniv.nl/ |
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arpanet C: 2002-12-03 |
http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/historical.html |
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arrow C: 2026-06-09 |
an X11 email client, with support for pgp, gpg, and pop3, is available under the OpenSource license and is at http://www.its.caltech.edu/~glenn/arrow/ |
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ars technica M: 2005-01-06 |
http://www.arstechnica.com, or they think #debian is the second worst thing ever after ATI. http://arstechnica.com/columns/linux/linux-20050102.ars/2 |
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arterex C: 2000-03-17 |
the maintainer of the Userfriendly Fan's website http://www.ufies.org and a good perl coder |
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artistx C: 2009-05-22 |
<reply>ArtistX (formerly Mediainlinux) is a <Ubuntu>-based Live DVD distribution, with a focus on multimedia production. Not supported in #debian. http://www.artistx.org/ User forum: http://www.artistx.org/site2/component/option,com_kunena/Itemid,48/ |
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artix C: 2025-04-26 |
<reply>artix linux is a rolling release distribution based on arch linux. https://artixlinux.org/ IRC support is available in channel #artix on irc.libera.chat and forum style support at https://forum.artixlinux.org/ |
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arts M: 2010-08-18 |
<reply>aRts (analog Real time synthesizer) is an audio framework used in KDE 2 and 3. http://www.arts-project.org/ . Dead upstream, replaced by the Phonon multimedia API in <KDE 4>, removed from Debian post-Squeeze to resolve bug #619729. |
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asci-red C: 2026-06-09 |
The worlds fastest computer, it can achive 1.3Tflops, URL: http://www.sandia.gov/ASCI/Red.htm or the worst engineered supercomputer on earth, with 9000 processors required to make it go that fast, and only hotswap disks. or made by intel (minus the bunny people) or just further proof of intel's idiocy. |
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ascii M: 2002-03-26 |
american standard code for information interchange, or see 'chandra' for an example of a great use of ASCII characters in art, or http://www.asciitable.com/ |
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ascii penguin C: 2003-07-24 |
Well, if you insist, there's always http://www.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/~diesch/asciipinguin.html |
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asclock C: 2026-06-09 |
A clock designed with the NeXTStep look or has a dedicated website at http://asclock.org/ |
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ash M: 2010-06-06 |
<reply>ash (Almquist shell, aka A Shell, ash) is a small shell designed to replace the Bourne shell on BSD systems. See also <dash>. http://www.in-ulm.de/~mascheck/various/ash/ |
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ask M: 2013-07-11 |
<reply>If you have a question, just ask! For example: "I have a problem with ___; I'm running Debian version ___. When I try to do ___ I get the following output ___. I expected it to do ___." Don't ask if you can ask, if anyone uses it, or pick one person to ask. We're all volunteers; make it easy for us to help you. If you don't get an answer try a few hours later or on https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/ See <smart questions><errors>. |
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asla C: 2001-02-13 |
at http://www.alsa-project.org |
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asmutils M: 2012-06-11 |
<reply>asmutils is an extremely scary set of basic Unix utilities -- written in x86 assembler. http://asm.sf.net/asmutils.html |
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aspm M: 2010-02-01 |
<reply>Active State Power Management (ASPM) is a <PCIe> enhancement allowing a device to become electrically idle. http://lwn.net/Articles/266585/ CONFIG_PCIEASPM is enabled in Debian Linux kernel images as of linux-2.6 2.6.32-6 (Debian bug #545417). |
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asstr C: 2000-11-09 |
a slow ass motherfucking sex story archive which can be found at http://www.asstr.org |
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asterisk M: 2010-02-18 |
<reply>Asterisk is an open source, cross-platform telephone Private Branch Exchange (PBX). It can be used with VoIP and PSTN services. http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+FAQ http://www.asterisk.org/ #asterisk on irc.libera.chat. |
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asterix's line C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply> the line Asterix wants to remember after he reboots is wget -r -l 10 -nc -k -np -A zip http://waveworld.simplenet.com/FF7/ |
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astroman C: 2005-09-04 |
at http://www.astro-man.org |
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asunder C: 2009-07-18 |
<reply>Asunder is a graphical audio CD ripper and encoder. It is a suggested replacement for <grip>. http://www.littlesvr.ca/asunder/ |
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asus C: 2010-01-16 |
<reply>ASUSTeK Computer Incorporated (ASUS) is a hardware and electronics manufacturer. http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Asus . See also <eee>, <laptop>. |
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asylumsoft C: 2003-05-23 |
<reply>An Online-Game Development Company ( http://www.asylumsoft.com/ ) led by [Jason Ely] |
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at76c50x-usb M: 2012-02-11 |
<reply>at76c50x-usb is the mac80211 port of the at76_usb driver, supporting Atmel-based USB 802.11b wireless LAN devices. Part of the Linux kernel since version 2.6.30. Firmware is required, ask me about <non-free sources> and install the atmel-firmware package to provide. This driver currently does not support <WPA>. http://wiki.debian.org/at76_usb |
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atemyram C: 2016-03-20 |
<reply>"Linux ate my ram!" No, it didn't. Read this: http://www.linuxatemyram.com/ |
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aterm M: 2010-01-05 |
a <xterm> replacement with fast transparency, tinting and NeXT scrollbar. http://aterm.sf.net/ aterm is deprecated, ask me about <urxvt>. |
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atfclan C: 2001-03-09 |
at http://atfclan.com |
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atfm C: 2002-01-29 |
Read The Fucking Manual, or 'apt-get install funny-manpages && man rtfm' . a response for easy questions from clueless lusers as documented here: http://www.microsoft.com&item%3Dq209354@hardware.no/nyheter/feb01/Q209354%20-%20HOWTO.htm |
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ath3k M: 2011-07-13 |
<reply>ath3k is a Linux kernel driver supporting <Bluetooth> devices based on Qualcomm Atheros AR3011 and AR3012 chipsets, introduced in Linux 2.6.34. Ask me about <ar3011> and <ar3012> for device specific information. http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath3k |
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ath5k M: 2009-04-02 |
<reply>ath5k is a completely free (no proprietary HAL) Linux kernel driver supporting PCI/PCIe 802.11a/bg wireless LAN devices with Atheros chips. It does not require firmware from userspace. See http://wiki.debian.org/ath5k for more information and supported devices. For 802.11n PCI/PCIe device support, ask me about <ath9k>. |
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ath9k M: 2008-12-13 |
<reply>ath9k is a completely free (no proprietary HAL) Linux kernel driver supporting PCI/PCIe 802.11n wireless LAN devices with Atheros chips. It does not require firmware from userspace. See https://wiki.debian.org/ath9k for more information and supported devices. For Atheros 802.11n USB device support, ask me about <ath9k_htc>, <carl9170>. |
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ath9k_htc M: 2011-06-08 |
<reply>ath9k_htc is a Linux kernel driver for Atheros AR9271 and AR7010-based 802.11n USB wireless LAN devices, introduced in Linux 2.6.35. Firmware is required, ask me about <atheros firmware> to provide. https://wiki.debian.org/ath9k_htc |
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atheism C: 2004-09-12 |
to disbelieve in a God, nothing more, or nothing less. Http://Atheism.about.com/ |
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atheos C: 2001-05-09 |
http://www.atheos.cx/ a GPL'ed desktop OS that supports some of POSIX but doesn't use X11 |
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atheros M: 2011-05-28 |
<reply>Qualcomm Atheros is a developer of semiconductors. For support of PCI/PCIe wireless LAN devices with an Atheros chipset, ask me about <ath9k>, <ath5k>. For USB wireless LAN device support, ask me about <ath9k_htc>, <carl9170>, <ar5523>. For Ethernet driver information, see <atl1c>, <alx>, <atl2>, <atl1e>, <atl1>. For Bluetooth device support, see <ath3k>. http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/Atheros |
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atlantik M: 2003-01-02 |
a client for Monopoly-like board games, available from both http://unixcode.org/atlantik/ (0.5.1 released January 2, 2003) and KDE's kdegames |
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atlas C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/atlas.html |
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atmail C: 2009-11-02 |
<reply>AtMail Open is a PHP-based <IMAP> client, the open source version of Atmail Webmail Client. Previously packaged for Debian (never part of a stable release), removed to resolve bug #531075. http://atmail.org/support.php . See also <roundcube>. |
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atmel_cs M: 2010-02-23 |
<reply>atmel_cs is a drver for Atmel PCMCIA 802.11b wireless LAN chipsets, included since Linux 2.6.5. Firmware is required, ask me about <non-free sources> and install the atmel-firmware package to provide. This driver does not support <WPA>. http://wiki.debian.org/atmel_cs |
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atmel_pci M: 2010-02-23 |
<reply>atmel_pci is a drver for the Atmel at76c506 PCI 802.11b wireless LAN chipset, included in since Linux 2.6.5. Firmware is required, ask me about <non-free sources> and install the atmel-firmware package to provide. This driver does not support <WPA>. http://wiki.debian.org/atmel_pci |
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atnet C: 2000-08-24 |
at http://www.atnet.at |
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atom C: 2024-12-26 |
<reply>The Atom text editor is no longer supported; see Pulsar instead (https://pulsar-edit.dev/) for a replacement. |
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atsc M: 2013-01-23 |
<reply>Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) is a consortium developing standards for digital television (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATSC). Drivers for some ATSC devices are included in the Linux kernel, see http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/ for more information. See also <dvb>. #linux-media on irc.oftc.net |
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atset C: 2001-04-11 |
http://gvs.rinet.ru/english/modems/hayes.html#atset. Modem carrier speed reported? ATW1 (and maybe ATS95=0). Save conf? AT&W0 |
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aucensor C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.anatomy.usyd.edu.au/danny/freedom/censorware/ifilter.html |
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audacious C: 2008-01-22 |
<reply>Audacious is an audio player forked from Beep Media Player 0.9.7.1. http://audacious-media-player.org/ #audacious on irc.atheme-project.org. |
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audacity C: 2002-07-25 |
<reply>Audacity is a multi-track audio editor, designed for easy recording, playing and editing of digital audio. Editing is very fast and provides unlimited undo/redo. The libmp3lame0 package is required for encoding to MP3, ask me about <lame>. http://audacity.sf.net/help/faq http://audacity.sf.net/ #audacity on irc.libera.chat. |
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audiere M: 2010-12-07 |
<reply>Audiere is a portable high-level audio library. Removed from Debian post-Lenny to resolve bug #595433. http://audiere.sf.net/ |
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audiofs C: 2000-06-17 |
http://fly.srk.fer.hr/~ptolomei/audiofs/ |
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audit M: 2010-12-26 |
<reply>audit is a collection of userspace tools for security auditing. The audit event dispatcher daemon (audispd) is packaged for Debian systems as auditd. http://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/audit/ |
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aufs M: 2013-01-22 |
<reply>aufs (Advanced multi layered unification filesystem) is a rewrite of <Unionfs> for Linux. In Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" and Debian 7 "Wheezy", the Debian Linux kernel is patched to provide aufs support. http://aufs.sf.net/ |
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australia M: 2003-01-22 |
known to be the ass end of the world, but we spell it 'arse', or http://www.satirewire.com/news/jan02/australia.shtml, or a small island with mini-lines when it comes to Internet access |
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auto-apt C: 2008-01-17 |
very cute. Run a shell under auto-apt and start doing something. If you access a missing file, and auto-apt can install a package that would provide that file, it does. http://packages.debian.org/auto-apt |
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autoconf M: 2001-02-11 |
the tool of the devil. check the AUTOBOOK at http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/ |
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autofs M: 2008-09-17 |
<reply>autofs is a kernel-based automounter that mounts remote shares when directories are accessed. Some regard it as a hackish p.o.s. and the 5 minute default timeout for unmounting is unlikely to be what you want. http://wiki.debian.org/AutoFs http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/127 . For hotplugging support for USB storage, ask me about <automount>. |
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autogroup M: 2013-01-22 |
<reply>Automatic process grouping (aka "patch that does wonders") modifies the process scheduler to group all processes with the same session ID as a single scheduling entity. Since Debian 7 "Wheezy", Linux kernel images are built with SCHED_AUTOGROUP but is disabled by default at run-time (this is the upstream default, Debian bug #645869); use the <sysctl> kernel.sched_autogroup_enabled=1 to enable. http://bit.ly/gH4Pxr |
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automake M: 2001-02-11 |
a tool for generating GNU Standards-compliant Makefiles. For general and extended usage examples browse to the free Autobook at http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/ |
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automatic packaging C: 2015-12-19 |
<reply> https://wiki.debian.org/AutomaticPackagingTools |
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automatix M: 2008-02-05 |
a tool which allows a menu-driven installation of 'capabilities', including commercial closed source programs such as Flash plug-in, Adobe Reader, w32codecs (divx, mp3, etc). You SHOULD NOT use it with Debian. Even the Ubuntu Technical Board advises against it, see http://mjg59.livejournal.com/77440.html |
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autopackage M: 2005-08-18 |
http://kitenet.net/~joey/blog/entry/autopackage_designed_by_monkeys-2005-03-28-14-20.html or http://autopackage.org, or http://www.netsplit.com/blog/tech/autopackage.html |
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autopaste C: 2007-03-04 |
dmesg > dmesg.file.txt && cat dmesg.file.txt | curl -i# -F 'code2=<-' -F poster=`whoami` -F paste=Send http://pasteitto.gnea.net/pastebin.php | grep '^Loc' |
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autopsy C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply> furby autopsy is at http://www.phoebe.com/furby |
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autoreconf M: 2015-11-03 |
<reply> Runs `autoconf' (and `autoheader', `aclocal', `automake', `autopoint' (formerly `gettextize'), and `libtoolize' where appropriate) in a project set up with configure.ac see the wiki page for autoreconf & packaging https://wiki.debian.org/Autoreconf |
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autotar C: 2003-03-25 |
<reply> auto-detect-compression tar: http://130.88.226.47/patches/tar.tgz |
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avahi M: 2010-06-20 |
<reply>Avahi is a <ZeroConf> (mDNS/DNS-SD) implementation, which facilitates service discovery on a local network. http://avahi.org/ |
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avg M: 2009-12-04 |
<reply>AVG is a blanket term for proprietary anti-virus and security products from AVG Technologies. "AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.5 for Linux" is not supported by upstream nor #debian. Self-help forum: http://forums.avg.com/en/avg-free-forum?sec=theme&act=show&id=151 . See also <clamav>. |
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avisynth C: 2005-08-03 |
soon available for linux, see http://avisynth3.unite-video.com/ |
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avl-mxe C: 2021-09-07 |
<reply>AV Linux MX Edition is a custom linux distro for an Audio/Visual workstation, based on MX linux. It is not debian, and is not supported in debian IRC channels. See https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=avlinux Post support issues in the MX Respins forum at https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewforum.php?f=127 See also <avlinux> |
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avlinux M: 2009-12-30 |
<reply>AV Linux (formerly A/V Linux) is a 32-bit Live DVD distribution based on Debian <squeeze> (as of version 6). It specializes in multimedia content creation using realtime-patched kernels. AV Linux is not supported in #debian. Support forum: http://remastersys.com/forums/?board=20 . http://www.bandshed.net/AVLinux.html See also <AVL-MXE> <based on debian>. |
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avp M: 2005-08-25 |
Anti Viral ToolKit Pro, a virus scanner for linux. ftp://ftp.avp.com/pub/avp30lin.tar.gz, or Alien vs Predator http://www.icculus.org/avp/ Alien vs Predator http://www.icculus.org/avp/, or "avp is Anti Viral ToolKit Pro, a virus scanner for linux. ftp://ftp.avp.com/pub/avp30lin.tar.gz" |
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avra M: 2009-03-07 |
an assembler for Atmel AVR microcontrollers, or http://packages.debian.org/avra |
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avrp M: 2009-03-07 |
a programmer for Atmel AVR microcontrollers, or http://packages.debian.org/avrp |
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avx C: 2015-05-01 |
<reply>The Advanced Vector Extension (AVX) introduces SIMD registers increased from 128 bits to 256 bits and non-destructive three-operand SIMD instructions, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Vector_Extensions . Supported since Linux kernel 2.6.30 (Q2 2009) and Intel "Sandy Bridge" processor (shipped since Q1 2011) and AMD "Bulldozer" prozessor (shipped since Q4 2011). |
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award C: 2000-08-08 |
go see what Debian won at: http://www.newsalert.com/bin/story?StoryId=Coy40qbKbyti2mZC&FQ=Linux&Nav=na-search-&StoryTitle=Linux |
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away M: 2009-04-01 |
<reply>Do not use public away/back messages in $channel. If we want to know where you are, we'll /whois you. In BitchX, /set auto_away off; in XChat, Preferences > Chatting > General > uncheck Announce Away Messages; ask in #yourircclient if you have questions. If you continue to use public aways/backs you will be devoiced. http://sackheads.org/~bnaylor/spew/away_msgs.html |
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awesome M: 2010-02-14 |
a dynamic floating and tiling <window manager>. http://wiki.debian.org/Awesome https://awesomewm.org/ #awesome on irc.oftc.net. |
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awk M: 2009-10-22 |
<reply>AWK is a pattern scanning and text processing language invented by Aho, Weinberger and Kernighan. http://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/ (reference), http://hibernia.jakma.org/~paul/awk-faq.html (FAQ), http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/Awk.html (tutorial), http://awk.freeshell.org/ (Wiki). #awk on irc.libera.chat. |
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awk cheats C: 2004-12-02 |
see http://www.student.northpark.edu/pemente/awk/awk1line.txt |
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awka C: 2002-04-20 |
AWK to C Conversion Tool, http://awka.sourceforge.net/ |
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awll5055 M: 2011-05-06 |
<reply>The Airlink101 AWLL5055 "Wireless N 150 USB Adapter with 10dBi High Gain Antenna" is an 802.11n device (USB ID 0bda:8171). It contains a Realtek RTL8188SU chipset; for device support on Debian systems, ask me about <r8712u>. http://airlink101.com/products/awll5055.php |
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awll5077 M: 2013-05-01 |
<reply>The Airlink101 AWLL5077 "Wireless N 150 Mini USB Adapter" is an 802.11n device (USB ID 0bda:8171). It contains a Realtek RTL8188SU chipset; for device support on Debian systems, ask me about <r8712u>. http://airlink101.com/products/awll5077.php |
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awll5088 C: 2011-04-27 |
<reply>The Airlink101 AWLL5088 "Wireless N 150 Ultra Mini USB Adapter" is an 802.11n device (USB ID 0bda:8176). It contains a Realtek RTL8188CUS chipset. For device support on Debian systems, ask me about <rtl8192cu>. http://airlink101.com/products/awll5088.php |
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awn M: 2010-03-11 |
<reply>Avant Window Navigator (Awn) is a Mac OS X like panel (dock) for the <GNOME> desktop, which represents open windows as icons. Packaged for Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" as avant-window-navigator. It requires a compositing manager (e.g. Metacity, Compiz, xfwm4) for its use. http://wiki.awn-project.org/ https://launchpad.net/awn/ Removed from Debian to resolve bug #725264. See also <cairo-dock>, <docky>. |
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awus036nh M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply>The Alfa Network AWUS036NH is an 802.11n USB device, containing a Ralink RT3070 chipset (USB ID 148f:3070). For device support, ask me about <rt2800usb>. http://www.alfa.com.tw/in/front/bin/ptdetail.phtml?Part=AWUS036NH |
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awwik C: 2026-06-09 |
at 328-3960 or mailto:erichun@mailroom.com or http://fina.lly.org under which you can go to the sounds folder for music |
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ax.25 M: 2004-04-06 |
a protocol based on X.25 that is used in Amateur Radio for packet communications and APRS, or http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/AX25-HOWTO/index.html |
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axe M: 2003-05-24 |
an editor for X. ; [non-free], or "Oh my god! There's an axe in my head" http://www.yamara.com/junk/xl970512.html |
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axel M: 2010-05-04 |
the best file retrieval utility for Unices, it can download from multiple locations at same time to improve download performance. Packaged for Debian, a graphical (QT) front-end is available in the axel-kapt package. http://axel.alioth.debian.org/ See also <download manager>. |
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ay2k M: 2000-04-15 |
After Y2K at http://www.geekculture.com/geekycomics/Aftery2k/aftery2kmain.html, or at http://www.nitrozac.com |
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ayn rand M: 2003-03-15 |
<reply> Likwuid_Ice says: Ayn Rand is a frightening cross-dresser look-alike (a true achievement) yet manages to write books that make the world wish writing was never invented. However, http://www.aynrandchat.com has a very nice web-based IRC client that allows you the freedom to switch servers... |
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azure M: 2013-01-11 |
<reply>Windows Azure is a Microsoft <cloud> computing platform (http://www.windowsazure.com/). To provision a Debian virtual machine and create a custom image, see http://wiki.debian.org/Cloud/WindowsAzureImage for details. |
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b'z C: 2002-09-23 |
a fantastic Japanese rock and roll band who started in 1988 http://bz-vermillion.com |
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b-120 C: 2009-02-13 |
<reply>The Zyxel B-120 is a 16-bit PC Card (PCMCIA) wireless LAN device containing a ZyDAS ZD1201 chipset (http://www.amperegeruch.de/wlan/b-120.html). It is not supported by the <zd1201> driver. You can't enable support for it via <NDISwrapper>. You are sadly out of luck. |
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b1ff M: 2001-03-09 |
an imaginary person that writes in CAPITAL LETTERS and often uses NUMB3R5 1N PLAC3 0F L3TT3R5 and whatnot. Also tends to use too many exclamation marks and question marks!!!!!!!, or http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/B/B1FF.html |
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b1gmail C: 2003-12-06 |
at http://www.b1g.de/ |
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b1gpop3 C: 2003-12-06 |
at http://www.b1g.de/produkte/b1gpop3/ |
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b43 M: 2013-04-30 |
<reply>b43 is a Linux kernel driver supporting PCI/PCIe wireless LAN devices with Broadcom chips. Firmware is required, ask me about <b43-fwcutter> to provide. http://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx For BCM4313/43224/43225 device support, ask me about <brcmsmac>. For support of the BCM4306 rev 2 and 802.11b-only devices, ask me about <b43legacy>, or for bluetooth firmware <bcmhybridbt> |
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b43-fwcutter M: 2013-08-21 |
<reply>Device firmware required by the <b43> and <b43legacy> drivers is proprietary and unable to be distributed by the Debian Project. The b43-fwcutter utility (packaged in contrib) can extract this firmware from Broadcom's binary drivers. Debian packages to download, extract and install firmware are available; ask me about <contrib> and use «apt-cache search firmware-b43» to list. http://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx#b43-b43legacy |
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b43legacy M: 2013-04-30 |
<reply>b43legacy is a Linux kernel driver supporting PCI wireless LAN devices with legacy 802.11b/g Broadcom chips. Firmware is required, ask me about <b43-fwcutter> to provide. http://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx Most modern Broadcom 802.11a/g/n chips are supported by the <b43> or <brcmsmac> drivers. For hybrid bluetooth firmware ask me about <bcmhybridbt>. |
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baarf C: 2021-03-27 |
<reply>Battle Against Any RAID Four/Five/Free - http://www.baarf.dk/BAARF/BAARF2.html |
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babelfish C: 2001-05-16 |
a small fish you put in your ear.It translates everything to your language.Look at http://babelfish.altavista.com |
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babysitting C: 2001-10-17 |
go read http://www.binaryfreedom.com/content.php?content_id=8 |
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backbox C: 2011-04-10 |
<reply>BackBox Linux is a distribution based on <Ubuntu>, developed to perform penetration tests and security assessments. It is not supported in #debian. http://www.backbox.org/ #backbox on irc.autistici.org. See also <based on debian>. |
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backport M: 2009-06-09 |
<reply>A backport is a package from a newer Debian branch, compiled from source for an older branch to avoid dependency and <ABI> complications. http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch02.en.html (2.7.4 and 2.7.10), http://backports.debian.org/ . Ask me about <debian-backports> and <backport caveat>. See also <simple sid backport>. |
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backports.debian.org M: 2013-10-23 |
<reply>backports.debian.org (formerly backports.org) is an official repository of <backports> for the current stable (see <trixie backports>) and oldstable (<bookworm backports>) distributions, prepared by Debian developers. Ask me about <backport caveat> and read http://backports.debian.org/Instructions/. See also <bdo kernel> <bdo contents> <bdo list> <bdo bugs> <bdo xorg> <bdo NEW>. |
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backports.debian.org lenny M: 2012-03-26 |
<reply>Backported packages for Debian 5.0 "Lenny" were removed from <debian-backports> on 2012-03-25. They were archived on archive.debian.org. A sample sources.list line is: deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-backports lenny-backports main contrib non-free. Security support for lenny-backports ended on 2012-02-06, ask me about <squeeze>. |
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backports.debian.org lenny-sloppy M: 2012-03-26 |
<reply>Backported packages for Debian Lenny/5.0 were removed from <debian-backports> on 2012-03-25. They were archived on archive.debian.org. For the lenny-backports-sloppy suite, a sample sources.list line is: deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-backports lenny-backports-sloppy main contrib non-free. Security support for lenny-backports-sloppy ended on 2012-02-06, ask me about <squeeze>. |
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backports.debian.org mirrors M: 2013-04-17 |
<reply>Mirrors of the <debian-backports> archive are listed at http://backports.debian.org/Mirrors/ . Note that from <wheezy-backports> onwards, the backports archive is on the regular mirror network. |
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backports.org etch M: 2010-09-06 |
<reply>Backported packages for Debian 4.0 "Etch" were removed from <debian-backports> on 13-Sep-2010. They were archived on archive.debian.org. A sample sources.list line is: deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-backports etch-backports main contrib non-free. Then, aptitude update && aptitude install debian-backports-keyring && aptitude update. Security support for etch-backports ended on 2010-02-15, ask me about <etch>. |
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backports.org sarge M: 2009-03-05 |
<reply>Backported packages for Debian 3.1 "Sarge" were removed from <debian-backports> on 13-Feb-2009. They were archived on archive.debian.org. A sample line for your sources.list is: deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-backports sarge-backports main contrib non-free. Then, aptitude update && aptitude install debian-backports-keyring && aptitude update. No security support is available, ask me about <sarge>. |
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backtrack M: 2011-05-14 |
<reply>BackTrack is not Debian and is not supported in #debian (ask me about <based on debian>). Try http://www.backtrack-linux.org/ instead. BackTrack is a Linux distribution based on <Ubuntu> Lucid (as of BackTrack 5), previously <SLAX>. Derived from merging two penetration-testing distributions: WHAX (formerly WHOPPIX) and Auditor Security Linux. Superseded by <kali linux>. |
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backuppc C: 2009-10-30 |
<reply>BackupPC is an open source cross-platform disk based backup system. http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net/ http://backuppc.sf.net/ |
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bacula M: 2009-05-22 |
<reply>Bacula is an open source network backup, recovery and verification tool. http://www.bacula.org/ |
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bad advice C: 2016-03-04 |
<reply>Don't blindly follow random advice from random strangers. Start by reading the Debian specific instructions. Understand what you are doing. See <finding docs> and https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian#Don.27t_blindly_follow_bad_advice |
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badblock C: 2016-04-12 |
<reply>The latest trend in giving bugs names and logos continues. Meet "Badblock" http://badlock.org/ aka CVE-xxxxx in samba. Debian backports security patches and updated packages for samba will be available with DSA-xxxx. Or perhaps you meant <badblocks>? |
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badram M: 2012-01-10 |
<reply>BadRAM is a Linux kernel patch allowing the safe use of RAM modules containing errors. Only historic kernels are supported (Debian bug #628993) and kernel-patch-badram was removed from Debian post-Squeeze to resolve bug #631436. http://rick.vanrein.org/linux/badram/ Ask me about <grub2 badram>. |
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bailey C: 2001-09-08 |
http://recipes.alastra.com/drinks/irish-cream09.html |
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baileys C: 2001-09-08 |
http://recipes.alastra.com/drinks/irish-cream09.html |
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balboy C: 2000-11-05 |
located at http://babbel.digibel.org |
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balsa M: 2009-07-14 |
a <GNOME> email client or you might as well use a decent <MUA> rather than this, or at http://pawsa.fedorapeople.org/balsa/ |
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bamt M: 2014-03-13 |
<reply>BAMT (Litecoin-BAMT, Big A Miner Thing) is a Linux distribution <based on debian>, configured with utilities for cryptocurrency mining. It is not supported in #debian. http://guiminer.net/bamt |
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band M: 2001-05-21 |
the greatest southern rock group ever, and they're at http://theband.hiof.no/, or at the manning bar tommorow night |
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bandwidth limiting howto C: 2001-08-17 |
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bandwidth-Limiting-HOWTO/ |
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bandwidth test C: 2001-08-22 |
http://www.dslreports.com/stest |
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banglinux C: 2001-01-09 |
Asia's Biggest Linux Conference every year in the first week of March, and in 1999 it had RMS/Miguel De ICaza among others, and in 2000 its having Alan Cox, Nat Friedman .. see http://www.banglinux.com |
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banned C: 2014-02-07 |
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianIRCChannelGuidelines#banned |
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banshee M: 2009-12-11 |
a 2D/3D graphics chipset by <3dfx>, or an audio management and playback application for the <GNOME> desktop. http://banshee-project.org/support/faq #banshee on irc.gnome.org. |
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barrier M: 2020-08-04 |
<reply>Barrier is a client/server program for sharing a keyboard and mouse between multiple systems (Linux, Mac OS X, Windows). https://github.com/debauchee/barrier/ . Barrier is an open source fork of <synergy> which switched to a proprietary licence. |
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barry C: 2002-07-18 |
a KDE frontend to the BSD ports system, http://frerich.ath.cx/barry |
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bart M: 2003-05-16 |
the Bay Area Rapid Transit system. See http://www.bart.gov/, or an underacheiver |
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bas.org C: 2003-04-10 |
http://bash.org/?81760 |
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base-config M: 2009-05-30 |
<reply>base-config (obsolete since Debian 4.0 "Etch") was a package to configure a Debian base install. Replaced by a single-stage installer, see http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/RemoveBaseConfig for historical information. To install Debian from a Unix/Linux system, ask me about <debootstrap>. To reconfigure an established Debian system, ask me about <timezone>, <apt-setup>, <tasksel>. See also <reference>. |
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bash M: 2010-08-31 |
the Bourne Again SHell, and the default Debian shell. Ask me about <bash faq>, <bash pitfalls>, <bbg>, <abs>, <parsing ls>, <bashism>. https://wiki.debian.org/Bash #bash on irc.oftc.net and irc.libera.chat. |
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bash eternal history M: 2008-11-09 |
<reply>Sick of bash not recording your command history in your ~/.bash_history when you have multiple sessions? Try making a ~/.bash_eternal_history: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/543 Ask me about <bashrc> and <bashprompt>. |
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bash faq C: 2006-05-23 |
http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ |
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bash guide C: 2010-09-01 |
http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashGuide |
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bash keep history faq C: 2016-05-18 |
<reply> http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/088 In short: set in .bashrc: HISTFILESIZE=400000000;HISTSIZE=10000;PROMPT_COMMAND="history -a";HISTFILE=~/.bash_history_custom; # Setting HISTFILE prevents shells not reading .bashrc from truncating the file. |
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bash pitfalls M: 2009-09-10 |
<reply>Read about common sh/bash script mistakes at http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashPitfalls or http://mywiki.wooledge.org/ParsingLs |
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bash programming M: 2005-05-31 |
fairly easy; a good intro may be found at http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.html |
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bash redirect C: 2014-09-11 |
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/io-redirection.html |
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bash.org C: 2005-08-11 |
a website dedicated to amusement of others by misquoting chat sessions. See http://www.bash.org and don't confuse it with <bash>. |
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bashism M: 2013-06-17 |
<reply>Many people think all that is in bash is in sh and put #!/bin/sh to start their script with bash extensions instead of #!/bin/bash. From Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" onwards, /bin/sh won't be bash but <dash>. See "checkbashisms" in the <devscripts> package -- you will need to either fix your scripts to only use real "sh" functionality (and leave them as #!/bin/sh) or change the first line to read #!/bin/bash. http://mywiki.wooledge.org/Bashism |
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bashprompt M: 2008-11-09 |
<reply> get it at http://bash.current.nu/themes.html (Configures the prompt in a bash shell), or a guide may be found here: http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-tip-prompt/, or ask me about <bash eternal history>. |
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bashref C: 2005-10-20 |
<reply>A good reference guide to /bin/bash can be found at http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.html |
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basic apt-get troubleshooting M: 2015-09-21 |
<reply>[Basic Apt* Troubleshooting]. To diagnose your problem, we need ALL OF THE FOLLOWING information: 1. complete output of your apt-get/apt/aptitude run (including the command used) 2. output from "apt-cache policy pkg1 pkg2..." for ALL packages mentioned ANYWHERE in the problem, and 3. "apt-cache policy". Use https://paste.debian.net/ to provide us with this information. Also ask me about <localized errors>. |
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basilisk M: 2012-01-09 |
<reply>Basilisk II is open source, cross platform <m68k> emulator. It allows use of m68k <Mac OS> software on a different operating system, a Macintosh ROM image and copy of Mac OS (versions 7.x through 8.1 supported) are required. Packaged as basilisk2 in <contrib>. http://basilisk.cebix.net/ See also <pearpc>. |
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basix C: 2026-06-09 |
a <BASIC> interpreter written in TeX. See http://www.loria.fr/services/tex/packages/basix.dvi |
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bastards C: 2026-06-09 |
"Attention Fat Corporate Bastards!" at http://www2.ecst.csuchico.edu/~atman/attention-fat-bastards.html |
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bastille M: 2014-08-13 |
<reply>Bastille Unix was an interactive hardening script for the Linux operating system. Removed before Debian 6 (squeeze) release due to bug #524599. Not updated since 2012. http://bastille-linux.sf.net/news_updates.htm See also <security> and <securing debian>. |
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bathe C: 2001-06-01 |
found at http://boudicca.tux.org/hypermail/linux-kernel/2001week14/0005.html |
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battalion M: 2000-11-30 |
at http://www.evl.uic.edu/aej/AndyBattalion.html. It's a cool 3D rampage-like game. |
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bawls C: 2000-11-27 |
a hyper-caffeinated drink from http://thinkgeek.com under the "caffeine" section |
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bazaar C: 2013-03-05 |
<reply> GNU Bazaar is a distributed version control system. http://bazaar.canonical.com/ . For similar systems, ask me about <git>, <hg>, <darcs>. |
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bbc M: 2001-05-18 |
the British Broadcasting Corporation (http://www.bbc.co.uk), or a primitive microcomputer (http://www.viewtronix.easynet.co.uk/beeb/bbc.htm), or The Boston Buyer's Club (http://www.vitatime.com/) |
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bbg M: 2010-08-31 |
<reply>The Bash Guide for Beginners is at http://tldp.org/guides.html#bbg . See also <abs>, <bash>. |
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bbkeys M: 2011-03-01 |
what you're going to need for any keybindings you'll want in <blackbox>, definitely get this if your planning on trying out blackbox, or you'll be whining about having no WM keybindings. Removed from Debian post-Squeeze to resolve bug #615643. http://bbkeys.sf.net/ |
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bbq C: 2003-01-13 |
http://www.mpcfaculty.net/ron_rinehart/grilfire.jpg |
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bbspot C: 2003-09-20 |
the ultimate geeky humor site - aside from alltooflat. bbspot is http://www.bbspot.com |
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bchunk M: 2009-04-29 |
<reply>bchunk is a Unix rewrite of BinChunker, used to convert CD images in .bin/.cue format (also .raw/.cue) to .iso and .cdr tracks. http://he.fi/bchunk/ See also <bin-cue>, <iat>, <iso>, <uif>. |
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bcm4306 M: 2011-04-06 |
<reply>The Broadcom BCM4306 is an 802.11b/g wireless LAN chipset. Revision 2 devices are supported by the <b43legacy> driver. Revision 3 devices are supported by the <b43> driver. http://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx |
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bcm4312 M: 2011-03-22 |
<reply>The Broadcom BCM4312 (PCI ID 14e4:4315) is a PCIe 802.11g wireless LAN chipset with a low-power PHY. It is supported by the <b43> driver. Firmware is required, ask me about <contrib> and install the firmware-b43-installer package to provide. Alternatively supported by <wl>. PCI ID 14e4:4312 uses a BCM4311 chipset, requiring firmware-b43-installer package as well. http://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx |
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bcm4323 M: 2010-11-02 |
<reply>The Broadcom BCM4323 "Intensi-fi XLR Single-Chip" is a USB 802.11 draft-n wireless LAN chipset. There is no Linux kernel driver available, ask me about <ndiswrapper>. http://www.broadcom.com/products/Wireless-LAN/802.11-Wireless-LAN-Solutions/BCM4323 . See also <bcm43231>. |
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bcmhybridbt C: 2020-09-18 |
<reply>For broadcom's hybrid wifi/bt cards requring firmware not found elsewhere for the bluetooth functionality, see https://wiki.debian.org/BCMHybridBTFirmware for information on how to extract firmware from a Windows(tm) driver. |
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bcs C: 2026-06-09 |
Burnside Computer Solutions http://www.bcsnet.net |
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bdb C: 2008-03-05 |
<reply>Berkeley DB (BDB), a high-performance, embedded database library with bindings in C, C++, Java, Perl, Python, Ruby, Tcl, Smalltalk, and many other programming languages. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_DB -- http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99/full_papers/olson/olson.pdf |
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bdo new M: 2013-07-04 |
<reply>Packages uploaded to the <backports.debian.org> NEW queue that have yet to be accepted are visible at https://ftp-master.debian.org/backports-new.html . These packages are not available for download and will enter the backports repository once manually approved. Also ask me about <NEW>. |
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bdo users M: 2010-10-22 |
<reply> Questions and problems with <debian-backports> packages can also be addressed to the debian-backports mailing list. Subscription and archives: http://lists.debian.org/debian-backports/ . Please report discovered bugs to the mailing list, not the Debian <BTS>. You can also ask in #debian-backports on irc.oftc.net (irc.debian.org). |
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bdo xorg C: 2011-09-03 |
<reply>The backports.debian.org repository contains updated xorg components (in particular video drivers) for Debian 6.0 "Squeeze". Ask me about <squeeze-backports> to enable and use this repository. See http://x.debian.net/reference/squeeze-backports.html for information on the xorg backports. |
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bdsm C: 2026-06-09 |
Bondage Domination Sadism and Masochism or Bondage, Discipline, Sadism and Masochism or http://www.leathernroses.com |
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beagle M: 2010-12-02 |
<reply>Beagle is an indexing and search tool for personal data. Removed from Debian post-Lenny to resolve bug #579567. http://beagle-project.org/ |
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bedrock M: 2020-06-23 |
<reply>Bedrock linux is a "meta distribution" that claims the ability to mix and match components from different linux distros in a single system. It is not supported in #debian even if you happen to be using a debian stratum. Support is available from https://bedrocklinux.org/. See also <frankendebian>. |
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beefheart C: 2000-07-19 |
at http://www.beefheart.com to find out more. download the bat chain puller mp3:s. |
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beej C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply> Beej's Guide to Network Programming is at http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~beej/guide/net/ |
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beep M: 2010-01-01 |
printf \\a, or aptitude install beep, or ask me about <bell>, <qotd89>. For the audio player, ask me about <bmp>. For the protocol framework, see http://beepcore.org/ |
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befunge C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply> 'Basically, Befunge is the first language (to our knowledge) to allow the program counter to move not only forwards and back,but also sideways. The source code for the language looks like garbage. It has been described as "a cross between Forth and Lemmings." ' or at http://www.cats-eye.com/befunge/ |
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believe C: 2007-10-12 |
<reply>We don't care what you believe, we care about what you know. Or see http://www.qwantz.com/archive/000391.html |
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benh M: 2001-06-24 |
<reply> benh maintains a powerpc kernel rsync tree, see http://penguinppc.org/~benh/, or see factoid 'ppc rsync' |
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benh linux M: 2002-12-10 |
rsync -avz --delete rsync.penguinppc.org::linux-2.4-benh <directory>, or http://penguinppc.org/dev/kernel.shtml |
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beonex C: 2000-11-02 |
an open-source, end-user distribution of Mozilla. Commercial support is available optionally. See <http://www.beonex.org>. |
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beos M: 2004-12-10 |
a graphical operating system related to Unix, non-free, ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/os/BeOS/, personal edition is free, dev tools in a seperate package at previous URL. kaput D.E.D. DEAD. see <haiku> |
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beowulf M: 2000-02-21 |
that nifty cluster technology at http://www.beowulf.org, or http://www.debian.org/ports/beowulf/ |
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berkeley spice M: 2004-10-08 |
an Analog Circuit Simulator at http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/circuits/!INDEX.html or you could get http://www.gfd-dennou.org/library/Linux/debian-jp/pool/contrib/s/spice/spice_3f5-2_all.deb which will fetch, compile and install it for you. |
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berlin M: 2003-08-20 |
an extension of fresco to a complete windowing system, using its own drawing libraries and a component loader. it works, is pretty, and is LGPL. it does not yet do enough to make it worth switching from X, but it will. Visit http://www.berlin-consortium.org for more info. or [Q: Why is it consortium? do dict consortium], or at #berlin, or now called fresco, see http://www.fresco.org |
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bernardshifman C: 2006-07-08 |
at http://petemoss.com/spamflames/ShifmanIsAMoronSpammer.html |
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bert M: 1999-12-13 |
<reply>This bot has been brought to you by the number e and the letter N or evil http://fractalcow.com/bert/bert.htm |
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bess C: 2026-06-09 |
an evil censorware proxy in use in many schools and libraries. If you find yourself in need of getting around it, try visiting http://xafloc.com/~peidran/cgi-bin/open.cgi |
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best homepage C: 2000-08-24 |
http://atreyunetwork.com |
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best practices M: 2010-06-09 |
a collection of packaging recommendations. DD's follow best-practices when they make sense, and collaborate with other DD's to make new best-practices in instances when there is no accepted practice. Available in the Debian Developer's Reference at https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/ch06.en.html |
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best thing evar C: 2006-12-11 |
<reply> The Official Best Thing Evar is http://ia331325.us.archive.org/1/items/eben-moglen-oct-2006/eben-moglen-keynote-oct-2006.mp3 |
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bestfit C: 2003-12-10 |
a utility to figure out which files to place onto a cd so space isn't wasted. It's at http://www.student.lu.se/~nbi98oli/bestfit.html |
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bf2.4.20 C: 2003-11-02 |
http://people.debian.org/~blade/bf3024/ |
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bfinn C: 1999-12-20 |
I TO KNOW BFINN TO QUACK TO PLAY GUN! or TO BE MIRROR OF TEXT OF BFINN TO BE AT http://www.styx.uk.eu.org/BF.txt or something megahal has a "brain" for: http://tool.dhs.org/~chucker/amusements/other/ or AT http://l8r.net/bfinn/ or not cool. or at http://bfinn.com |
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big blue button C: 2020-12-16 |
<reply> Big Blue Button is an open source video conferencing platform. See https://bigbluebutton.org/ |
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big linux M: 2010-06-09 |
<reply>Big Linux is a Linux distribution based on <Kubuntu> and localised into Portuguese. It is not supported in #debian. http://www.biglinux.com.br/ |
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bigaxe C: 2001-03-02 |
at http://bigaxe.ath.cx/ |
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bigloo C: 2026-06-09 |
A Scheme Compiler or at http://kaolin.unice.fr/~serrano/bigloo/bigloo.html |
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bikeshed C: 2003-03-31 |
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/misc.html#BIKESHED-PAINTING |
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bikeshed story C: 2003-01-16 |
http://www.unixguide.net/freebsd/faq/16.19.shtml |
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billgates C: 2026-06-09 |
http://web.archive.org/web/20010705183211/http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Dungeon/2170/fearthepenguin.jpg |
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bin2iso M: 2009-12-29 |
a simple utility to convert a BIN image (RAW/2352, Mode2/2336) to standard <ISO> format. Source available at http://mange.dynalias.org/linux/bin2iso/ . For a packaged utility, ask me about <iat>. |
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binary modules C: 2005-12-13 |
http://kerneltrap.org/node/1735 |
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binary units C: 2001-04-18 |
'k', 'M', 'G' each have two common meanings, the binary and the decimal, e.g. k can mean 1,024 (binary) or 1,000 (decimal). There's a new set of prefixes 'Ki', 'Mi' etc for the 2^X meanings - See http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html and http://www.pcguide.com/res/tablesBinDec-c.html. Hard disk manufacturers use 1MB = 1,000,000 bytes, so that they can sell you smaller disks than you expect. |
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binary-only drivers C: 2010-05-26 |
another name for <proprietary drivers>. There is a reason why people say "Use binary-only drivers, hate life." They make Linux less secure, less stable, and less flexible. See http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/technical-advisory-board-tab/kerneldriverstatement |
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bind M: 2010-01-09 |
the Berkeley Internet Name Daemon, a Domain Name System (DNS) server. To install: "aptitude install bind9 bind9-doc". See also <bind9 chroot>. http://wiki.debian.org/Bind9 https://www.isc.org/software/bind #bind on irc.libera.chat. |
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bind9 chroot M: 2011-08-08 |
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Chroot-BIND-HOWTO.html . Using <RSyslog>? See http://www.rsyslog.com/doc-imuxsock.html for details on creating the Unix socket input. http://mindref.blogspot.com/2010/12/debian-chroot-bind9.html |
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bindconf M: 2000-10-10 |
Debian BIND Zoen Creator, a command-line tool for adding zones to BIND on Debian systems, or at http://freshmeat.net/projects/debianbindzonecreator/ |
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bindsploit C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply> For information on six significant exploits against BIND, see http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/bind-security-19991108.html and to fix install bind 1:8.2.2p3-1 |
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binnmu M: 2011-07-01 |
binary <NMU>, which means a package was recompiled without changing the source. This often occurs when one of the libraries a package depends on has changed, and it needs to be recompiled against the newer library. The <debian revision> part of the package version normally has +b1 (+b2 etc) appended to it. http://wiki.debian.org/binNMU |
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binutils M: 2001-12-11 |
the package containing The GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities. The problem with post-11/2001 binutils vs. 2.4.x kernels is documented at http://bugs.debian.org/123218 and also see http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/2001-48/0793.html |
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biometric C: 2010-05-27 |
<reply>Biometric authentication can be used to replace username/password authentication. Support appears to still be in heavy development. If you know more, tell me! See http://wiki.debian.org/FingerForce |
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bios beep codes M: 2000-04-20 |
at http://www.ami.com/amibios/support/beepcodes.html, or at http://www.ozemail.com.au/~billi/Cosa1/PhoenixBIOS4.htm, or at http://www.esctech.com/faqs/part4.txt |
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bisect M: 2024-05-31 |
<reply>[Bisect] When debugging, use «debbisect» to find the package version or «git bisect» to find the exact commit where a bug was introduced. See also https://wiki.debian.org/BisectDebian https://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernel/GitBisect |
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bitch M: 2002-11-11 |
<reply> You fool, you're scaring away women. Read "HOWTO Encourage Women in Linux" at http://www.nmt.edu/~val/howto.html |
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bitlbee M: 2012-10-03 |
<reply>BitlBee is an IRC gateway to instant messaging networks (supports Jabber/XMPP (e.g. Google Talk), MSN, AIM, ICQ, Yahoo, Twitter/identi.ca/status.net). Since version 3.0, it can alternatively use the <Pidgin> libbpurple for all instant message communication (packaged for Debian as bitlbee-libpurple). http://www.bitlbee.org/main.php/faq.html http://www.bitlbee.org/ #bitlbee on irc.oftc.net. See also <minbif>. |
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bits M: 2013-03-28 |
<reply>"Bits from Debian" is the official blog of the Debian Project, complementing other <debian news> sources. It uses the <Pelican> site generator. http://bits.debian.org/ |
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bittorrent M: 2010-11-26 |
<reply>BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer (P2P) file distribution protocol. 'bittorrent' is also the name of the original BitTorrent client. Other clients include <aria2>, <azureus>, <bittornado>, <deluge>, <ktorrent>, <lftp>, <mldonkey>, <rtorrent> and <transmission>. To download Debian <stable> CD/DVD images via BitTorrent, see http://www.debian.org/CD/torrent-cd/ . #bittorrent on irc.libera.chat. |
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bjarne stroustrup C: 2000-02-22 |
the inventor of the C++ programming language.. see more at: http://www.research.att.com/~bs/ |
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blackarch C: 2019-02-04 |
<reply>Blackarch is a a security and penetration testing distribution. It is based on Arch, but it is not Debian and is not supported in #debian. Seek help in #blackarch on irc.libera.chat or https://blackarch.org/community.html. Also ask me about <based on debian>, and read http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html. |
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blackberry M: 2010-11-07 |
<reply>BlackBerry is a series of smartphone / mobile e-mail devices from Research In Motion. http://wiki.debian.org/BlackBerry |
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blackbox M: 2009-05-30 |
a window manager for X, or tormenting mhall by hiding the unminimize button, or unique in that its icons are completely invisible, and must be accessed via the middle-click menu. Ask about <bbtools> for some of the nifty tools available. http://blackboxwm.sf.net/BlackboxFAQ #blackbox on irc.libera.chat. |
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blackbuntu C: 2011-05-26 |
<reply>Blackbuntu is a Linux distribution for penetration testing, based on <ubuntu>. It is not supported in #debian. http://www.blackbuntu.com/ See also <based on debian>. |
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blacklist M: 2009-11-16 |
<reply>To blacklist a Linux kernel module, create/edit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.local.conf and add a line similar to this (without quotes): "blacklist module_name". If this doesn't work, do 'echo "install modulename /bin/true" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.local.conf'. IMPORTANT: ask about <blacklist-initramfs>. To blacklist a module at installation time, ask me about <installer blacklist>. http://wiki.debian.org/KernelModuleBlacklisting |
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blade M: 2000-03-10 |
located at http://www.thestuff.net/bob/projects/blade, or on sourceforge at http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/session_cleaner/?cvsroot=BLADE |
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bladeenc M: 2001-06-19 |
a highly optimized mp3 encoder URL: http://home8.swipnet.se/~w-82625/ (LGPLed) or source is available now. get lame (do apt: lame) or FSCKING BLOWS;; has moved to http://bladeenc.mp3.no/, or based on the ISO dist10 reference MP3 encoder which has known bugs |
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blender M: 2009-05-22 |
<reply>Blender is a free software, cross platform 3D creation suite, allowing fully integrated modeling, animation, rendering, post production and interactive 3D creation and playback. Its internal render engine supports ray tracing. http://www.blender.org/ #blenderchat and #blenderqa on irc.libera.chat. |
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bliss C: 2001-03-08 |
a Linux trojan that gets transmitted if you have the bad habit of using your box as <root> always. Bliss is infectious and has worm traits as well. http://www.debian.org/security/undated/1bliss http://math-www.uni-paderborn.de/~axel/bliss/ |
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blizah C: 2000-08-24 |
at http://www.fake-name.org |
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blob M: 2006-11-24 |
a data type (binary large object, or BLOB) used in a relational database that can contain any type of binary data, including sound, video, graphics, etc. Also closed-source binary-only drivers that may not work properly or expose security threats that the community cannot fix. See http://www.techspot.com/news/23217-nvidia-binary-linux-drivers-security-exploit.html |
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block C: 2012-11-09 |
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control#block |
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blootbot M: 2007-10-18 |
<reply> blootbot is a severely mutiliated infobot by xk. Homepage at http://blootbot.sf.net/ . Blootbot debs are now in Debian. You may not want to run a blootbot unless you're very good with perl. The latest svn has pgsql support. NOTE: blootbot development has officially stopped, and the project has been renamed back to infobot. Ask me about <infobot>. |
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blosxom C: 2010-09-14 |
<reply>Blosxom is a cross-platform, minimalist weblog application written in Perl. http://blosxom.sf.net/faq/ http://blosxom.sf.net/ |
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blowfish C: 2008-12-02 |
now http://digitalconsumption.com/forum/615-Blowfish-shadow-files-on-Debian http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man8/pam_passwdqc.8.html. |
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blowupdoll C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.linux-radio.com/images/linuxexpo/pictures/PIC00118.jpg |
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blue gene M: 2001-03-05 |
the largest box ever. really a thing to have a shell account at: The Blue Gene system will be capable of performing more than one petaop/s (1,000,000,000,000,000 operations per second). at http://www.research.ibm.com/bluegene/index.html#item4 |
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blue mars C: 2001-05-02 |
at http://www.bluemars.org/ |
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bluefish M: 2011-04-28 |
<reply>Bluefish is a GTK+ HTML editor targeted towards programmers and web designers. FAQ: http://bfwiki.tellefsen.net/index.php?title=Faq . http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/ |
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bluetooth M: 2007-09-07 |
<reply>Bluetooth is a wireless communications protocol (http://bluetooth.com/), about as secure as shouting. http://wiki.debian.org/BluetoothUser http://wiki.debian.org/Bluetooth/Alsa . For support of Qualcomm Atheros devices, ask me about <ath3k>. See also <btusb>. |
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bluetooth-alsa M: 2010-08-30 |
<reply>The bluetooth-alsa project provided an <ALSA> plugin for <Bluetooth> audio, now merged with the BlueZ project. The Debian bluetooth-alsa package was never part of a stable release and was removed to resolve bug #499052. Install the bluez-audio package and see http://web.archive.org/web/20080501040304/http://wiki.bluez.org/wiki/HOWTO/AudioDevices for further information. |
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bluewhite64 C: 2009-03-06 |
<reply>Bluewhite64 Linux is an unofficial port of <Slackware> to x86_64. http://www.bluewhite64.com/ |
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blurscope C: 2001-02-22 |
http://noatun.kde.org/shots/isp_sucks.png |
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bmj C: 2001-08-10 |
the great medical journal : British Medical Journal and it's all free : http://www.bmj.com |
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bna M: 2014-06-21 |
<reply>bna is a Linux kernel driver supporting Brocade 10Gb PCIe Ethernet adapters (e.g. PCI ID 1657:0014). Introduced at Linux 2.6.37, backported and enabled at linux-2.6 2.6.32-35 (part of the <6.0.2> point release). Device firmware (ctfw_cna.bin) is available from http://www.brocade.com/services-support/drivers-downloads/ (bfa_firmware_linux-2.3.2.3-0.src.rpm, use <rpm2cpio> and cpio to convert/extract). |
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bnt C: 2023-09-21 |
<reply> [Basic Network Troubleshooting] To diagnose networking issues, please provide the output of the following commands. You may need to output them to a file and transfer via USB to a machine that can reach https://paste.debian.net! 1. "ip addr" - Do you have an IP address? 2. "ip route" - do you have a route? 3. "cat /etc/resolv.conf" - do you have DNS? |
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bob was there too C: 2008-09-13 |
<reply>http://www.galactanet.com/comic/view.php?strip=527 |
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bob2 M: 2004-02-29 |
a donkey abuser!, or not your mother, or http://www.lgu.org/photohim02/pages/bob2.htm, or "an old man with no hair", according to himself, or my dog's name, or a fairly successful track and field athlete (http://www.birchfieldharriers.org/roadtosydney/profiles/rweir.htm), or a sneaky troll, or http://gamp.mine.nu/apt-x, or a how now brown cow, or a friendly helpful man unlike sussudio, or no fun, or a lemon meringue pie, or the kahaki pimp |
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bob2 freaks C: 2005-09-02 |
<reply> http://feayn.org/~lewis/bob2losesit.png |
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bob2_wba C: 2004-03-17 |
<reply> bob2: When Badgers Attack and are slapped up on http://gallery.donarmstrong.com/%23debian/ |
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bobbitt M: 2007-07-29 |
<reply>Remember Lorena Bobbitt [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorena_Bobbitt ]? Remember what she did to her husband's woody? Well, when you install binary packages from different branches onto your woody, you get the same result. Same goes for Bookworm, any other Debian system, "Debian based distro", or the fire that is <rpm>, <alien>, etc. |
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bobfont M: 2006-11-26 |
at http://twiki.iwethey.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/DebianFontGuideForNewbies, or the original is at http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/10/msg02286.html |
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bobot C: 2026-06-09 |
a nice little Irc bot written in C and can be found at http://www.via.ecp.fr/~hugo/bobot.html |
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bochs M: 2011-05-14 |
<reply>Bochs is a portable x86 and x86-64 IBM PC compatible emulator and debugger, capable of running most operating systems. http://bochs.sf.net/doc/docbook/user/faq.html http://bochs.sf.net/ |
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bof M: 2009-06-10 |
<reply>"Birds Of a Feather" (flocking together), or BoF, is a term for an informal discussion scheduled on a conference program. http://catb.org/esr/jargon/html/B/BOF.html, or an insulting term meaning "Boring Old Fart". |
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bofh M: 2006-10-30 |
<reply>http://bofh.ntk.net Bastard Operator from Hell, http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ballard/bofh/ BOFHs hang out on http://scarydevilmonastery.net and wield LARTs |
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bofh server C: 2000-03-19 |
<reply>http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ballard/bofh/ |
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bofh-magic C: 2004-08-17 |
http://www.scarynetworkguy.net/FuckingHead.jpg |
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bofh-style excuse server M: 2000-02-23 |
<reply> http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ballard/bofh/ -- or for the complete list, http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ballard/bofh/excuses, or do !excuse or !addexcuse, if is ever gets them to work |
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bofh_excuses C: 2008-06-22 |
bofh excuses can be found at http://www.kdegraaf.net/cgi-bin/bofh |
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bogdan M: 2003-01-17 |
ace, or called bogdan raczynski in full, or a darn good musician and lots of info about him can be found at http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=4:37:37|PM&sql=Bz3fe4j373wal |
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bogofilter M: 2010-03-16 |
<reply>Bogofilter is a mail filter, classifying messages as either spam or ham (non-spam) via statistical analysis, which learns from user-provided classifications and corrections. Packaged for Debian as bogofilter-{bdb,qdbm,sqlite,tokyocabinet}. claws-mail-bogofilter provides a plugin for <Claws Mail>. http://bogofilter.org/ |
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bolo M: 2004-07-31 |
<reply> The quintessential network tank game written by Stuart Cheshire, bolo has 16 players, each controlling their own tank and working to capture bases, pillboxes, and destroy tanks that are not allied. http://www.bolo.net/ |
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bonding M: 2010-03-18 |
<reply>bonding is configuring two NICs with same IP address, increasing throughput and providing failover. For setup instructions, see http://wiki.debian.org/Bonding . See also http://kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt . Older information at http://debian-administration.org/articles/350 |
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bong M: 2005-03-28 |
like, dude, yeah... see http://sluggy.com/daily.php?date=980804 |
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bonuspack C: 2005-04-20 |
Chris Olstrom's Recommended Packages, a collection of packages that he has deemed to be 'not full of suck', whatever that means. Apparently, he can't even form a coherent sentence, and he uses Sid, so using his script is probably a bad idea. You can find it here: http://colstrom.whatthefork.org/software/shellscript/bonuspack/ |
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books M: 2012-05-12 |
<reply>For documentation and books on Debian, see http://www.debian.org/doc and http://www.debian.org/doc/books . For the recently released "Debian Administrator's Handbook", ask me about <debian-handbook>; there is also the older <debiansystem>. Also ask me about <grounding>. |
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bookworm M: 2023-06-10 |
<reply>Bookworm is the codename for the current <oldstable> release, Debian 12, released 2023-06-10. Bookworm is the librarian in Toy Story 3, a big green worm with a flashlight and keeper of the instruction manuals, see https://wiki.debian.org/DebianBookworm . Ask me about <install bookworm>, <release notes>, <bullseye->bookworm> <bookworm-security>. |
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bookworm freeze C: 2022-12-28 |
<reply>the freeze process for upcoming Debian 12 'bookworm' is scheduled to begin on 2023-01-12, see https://release.debian.org/bookworm/freeze_policy.html |
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bookworm install guide C: 2023-06-10 |
<reply> The Installation Guide for Debian 12 "Bookworm" can be found at https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/installmanual . See also <errata> and <bookworm release notes>. |
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bookworm installation guide C: 2023-06-10 |
<reply> The Installation Guide for Debian 12 "Bookworm" can be found at https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/installmanual . See also <errata> and <bookworm release notes>. |
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bookworm release notes C: 2023-06-10 |
<reply>The release notes for Debian 12 (Bookworm) are at https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/amd64/release-notes/ . See also <bullseye->bookworm>, <bookworm install guide> |
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bookworm sources.list M: 2023-06-10 |
<reply>A suitable /etc/apt/sources.list for "Bookworm" has three lines: "deb https://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main" "deb https://deb.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main" "deb https://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-updates main". Note that it is <bookworm-security> and not <bookworm/updates>. See <deb-src> <contrib> <non-free> <non-free-firmware> <bookworm-updates> and "man 5 sources.list". |
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bookworm->trixie M: 2025-08-09 |
<reply>Do read (at least) the upgrading chapter of <release notes> https://deb.li/v8Rv . TL;DR: In /etc/apt/sources.list change "bookworm" to "trixie", remove stable-specific lines like bookworm-backports. apt update && apt upgrade --no-new-pkgs && apt full-upgrade. 3rd party repos like <dmo> cause problems with upgrades. |
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bookworm-backports M: 2023-06-10 |
<reply> Some packages intended for Trixie (which will be Debian 13) but recompiled for use with Bookworm (Debian 12) can be found in the bookworm-backports repository. See https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/ . Ask me about <bdo>, <backports>. |
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bookworm-lts C: 2023-06-10 |
<reply>It is expected that extended security support for Debian 12 "Bookworm" will be offered by the <LTS> project after the Debian Security Team ceases supporting bookworm in mid 2026, lasting until mid 2028. See https://wiki.debian.org/LTS for more information. |
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bookworm-updates M: 2023-06-10 |
<reply>bookworm-updates is a suite providing updates to some packages (from <proposed-updates>) prior to a <point release>. The updates may be important bug fixes or low priority security fixes. All packages from bookworm-updates will be included in point releases. https://wiki.debian.org/StableUpdates . Not to be confused with <bookworm-security> which is for <security> updates. |
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bookworm/updates M: 2023-06-10 |
<reply> There is no "bookworm/updates" repository for security updates. To reduce confusion with <bookworm-updates> (which is for other bug fixes), security updates are distributed via the <bookworm-security> repository "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main". Note that you may also need to adjust your Default-Release and pinning settings for apt. |
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boot disk url C: 2002-02-02 |
ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/ |
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bootable distros C: 2005-03-24 |
bootable Linux distros (CD, floppy, USB, other) including Knoppix (http://www.knoppix.org/) LNX-BBC (http://www.lnx-bbc.org/) Tom's Root Boot (floppy: http://www.toms.net/rb), Damn Small Linux (http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/), and more. |
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bootchart M: 2011-02-05 |
<reply>bootchart is a tool for performance analysis and visualization of the GNU/Linux boot process. Not part of Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" due to Debian bug #521437. http://www.bootchart.org/ See also <bootchart2>. |
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bootchart2 M: 2011-03-08 |
<reply>bootchart2 is a boot process performance analyser originating from <bootchart>. The recommended pybootchartgui package is used to view logged data. http://github.com/mmeeks/bootchart#readme |
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booth poster C: 2001-01-21 |
http://mwr.ddts.net/a/mwr/ |
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bootx M: 2010-02-04 |
<reply>BootX is an unmaintained graphical Mac OS-based bootloader which is only usable on Old World Power Macs; ask me about <quik>. Not to be confused with the Mac OS X bootloader of the same name. http://penguinppc.org/bootloaders/bootx/ BootX is _incompatible_ with New World Macintosh, ask me about <yaboot> instead. |
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bopm M: 2010-10-23 |
<reply>[bopm] <OFTC>'s Blitzed Open Proxy Monitor: http://www.oftc.net/oftc/BOPM |
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bored M: 2005-12-17 |
something that you are when you are asking apt stupid questions like "tell me about bored", or what you are when you ask apt stupid questions like "What is bored?", or check http://www.freshmeat.net/random/ , or <reply> only boring people get bored |
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borgbackup C: 2021-10-13 |
<reply>Borgbackup is a deduplicating and compressing backup program in the debian repositories. https://www.borgbackup.org/ https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/1.1-maint/quickstart.html https://practical-admin.com/blog/backups-using-borg/ |
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bork bork bork C: 2004-07-27 |
http://www.google.com/intl/xx-bork/ |
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boson M: 2000-11-19 |
a realtime strategy game for kde2/qt2, see http://boson.eu.org, or really fun, and only two player (so far) |
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bots.txt C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://tool.dhs.org/~chucker/debian/bots.txt or the documentation for the #Debian bots, which are informational and keen. |
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botsex M: 2003-09-05 |
<reply> Ok! Drop your pants and bend over!, or http://www.scoutwalker.com/ |
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boulder pledge C: 2003-04-09 |
at http://www.panix.com/~tbetz/boulder.shtml |
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boycott cvs M: 2004-04-27 |
An campaign to find a source tree alternative, or http://www.gnome.org/~jdub/images/boycott-cvs.jpg |
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br M: 2020-06-04 |
<reply> Este canal é apenas em inglês. Por favor, use #br ou #debian-devel-br on irc.oftc.net (/j #debian-devel-br) para ajuda em portugues. - https://lists.debian.org/debian-user-portuguese/ |
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braillespeak C: 2002-04-28 |
at http://www.brlspeak.net |
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brainfuck C: 2000-11-30 |
a Turing complete language at http://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/bf/ |
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brasero M: 2010-12-22 |
<reply>Brasero is a CD/DVD burning application for <GNOME> supporting multiple backends. To extend its functionality, ask me about <cdrdao>, <libdvdcss>, <lame>, <vcdimager>. http://projects.gnome.org/brasero/ #brasero at irc.gimp.org. |
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brave browser C: 2022-12-30 |
<reply>Brave is a 3rd party browser installable in debian. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_(web_browser) https://brave.com/faq/ |
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brcmsmac M: 2013-06-27 |
<reply>brcmsmac (brcm80211 prior to Linux 2.6.39) is an open source <mac80211> driver, supporting 802.11n PCIe devices based on Broadcom <BCM4313>, <BCM43224> and <BCM43225> chips. Firmware is required (bcm43xx-0.fw, bcm43xx_hdr-0.fw), ask me about <non-free sources> and install the firmware-brcm80211 package to provide. Access point and adhoc modes are supported since Linux 3.10. https://wiki.debian.org/brcm80211 |
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break M: 2021-03-24 |
<reply>"This release is currently considered ``unstable''. That means that things *will* break if you run it." (quote from old page https://www.debian.org/releases/woody/), or https://bugs.debian.org/155873#10 |
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bridge setup M: 2009-06-22 |
<reply>Install the bridge-utils package and read the bridge-utils-interfaces(5) man page. It contains basic and advanced bridge configuration examples ("dhcp" can be used in place of "static"). IP forwarding does _not_ need to be enabled. If intending to bridge a wireless interface in managed mode, see http://wiki.debian.org/BridgeNetworkConnections and ask me about <ebtables>. |
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british medical journal M: 2002-07-29 |
the bmj, or http://www.bmj.com and a one of the first free medical journals in the Internet |
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britney M: 2013-04-15 |
<reply>"britney" (now replaced by "britney2") is the script that the release team uses to work out which packages can and should migrate from unstable to testing. Britney was once part of a suite of scripts know as the <girls> that kept Debian running. See http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=mirror/britney2.git for details or ask me about <dak>. |
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brlix M: 2009-03-12 |
<reply>BRLix GNU/Linux (formerly Famelix) is a distribution <based on Debian>. The user interface is intended to resemble Windows Vista as close as possible. It is not supported in #debian. http://brlix.com.br/ User forum: http://famelix.com.br/forum/ |
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brlspeak C: 2002-04-28 |
at http://www.brlspeak.net |
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brltty C: 2026-06-09 |
an Access software for Unix for a blind person using a soft Brailleterminal. http://www.cam.org/~nico/brltty/ |
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broke after updates C: 2020-11-01 |
<reply>"$problem started after I did apt upgrade" is too vague, because Debian packages update individually, and we don't know what specific packages changed on your system. Look at the latest entries in /var/log/apt/history.log to narrow it down. You can share it with us via https://paste.debian.net/. See <smart questions>, <your screen> |
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broken ssl M: 2005-08-16 |
http://bugs.debian.org/321721, Request was from Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org" And of course, this is only a Minor severity bug. |
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broken update M: 2003-05-09 |
check the bug report for a workaround: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=192403 |
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broomball C: 2003-07-20 |
a cool sport! see http://www.broomball.com.au |
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browser security C: 2014-06-10 |
<reply>Since Debian 7 "Wheezy", <security> fixes for several popular web browsers often enter <stable> via new versions, not <security backports>. See https://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/i386/release-notes/ch-information#browser-security for more information. |
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browserspy C: 2000-09-17 |
http://www.gemal.dk/browserspy/, a great site to test a browser's javascript compatability |
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browsex C: 2002-04-02 |
http://www.browsex.com/ |
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bru C: 2000-04-21 |
http://www2.linuxjournal.com/glue/bru.html |
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bsd license M: 2001-10-01 |
<reply>the BSD-style license has important problems, see http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/bsd.html and http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories.html#TOCNon-CopyleftedFreeSoftware for why. ask me about <x windows trap> |
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bsdstats C: 2006-08-30 |
http://www.bsdstats.org or cd /usr/ports/sysutils/bsdstats && make install clean |
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bsod M: 2002-06-03 |
Blue Screen Of Happiness, or http://www.slime.com.tw/mail/mail5/ATT00013.jpg, or a cool screensaver in xscreensaver, or http://www.slime.com.tw/mail/mail5/ATT00013.jpg |
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bsp M: 2012-11-11 |
<reply>A Bug Squashing Party (BSP) is a gathering of Debian Developers and enthusiasts at a specific time, to fix as many <bugs> as possible. http://wiki.debian.org/BSP #debian-bugs on irc.oftc.net. Also ask me about <release-critical>. |
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btio C: 2001-04-30 |
at http://btio.com/btiocatd.htm |
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btrfs M: 2011-08-22 |
<reply>Btrfs (B-tree file system) is a copy on write filesystem for Linux, aimed at implementing advanced features while focusing on fault tolerance, repair and easy administration. Merged in mainline at Linux 2.6.29, utilities are packaged in btrfs-tools. http://wiki.debian.org/Btrfs http://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/ #btrfs on irc.libera.chat. See also <btrfs gotchas>. |
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btrfs gotchas C: 2011-08-15 |
https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Gotchas |
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bts M: 2007-12-07 |
<reply>Bug Tracking System for Debian packages, http://bugs.debian.org/ or to go directly to the bug page for a particular package/bug, try http://bugs.debian.org/packagename or http://bugs.debian.org/bugnumber . aptitude install reportbug, and check out <querybts> too. Users of unstable and testing are required to check the BTS. See also <apt-listbugs>, <reportbug>. http://wiki.debian.org/HowtoUseBTS |
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btsarchive C: 2012-11-09 |
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control#btsarchive |
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btsclone C: 2012-11-09 |
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control#clone |
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btscmd C: 2012-11-09 |
http://manpages.debian.org/man/1/bts |
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btsco M: 2010-08-30 |
<reply>The bluetooth-alsa project's btsco daemon and snd-bt-sco Linux kernel module are obsolete. Install the bluez-audio package and see http://web.archive.org/web/20080501040304/http://wiki.bluez.org/wiki/HOWTO/AudioDevices for further information. |
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btsfixed C: 2012-11-09 |
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control#fixed |
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btsoutlook C: 2012-11-09 |
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control#outlook |
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btsowner C: 2012-11-09 |
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control#btsowner |
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bttv M: 2013-01-21 |
<reply>bttv is a Linux kernel driver supporting PCI video capture devices with a Brooktree Bt848, Brooktree Bt878 (aka Fusion Bt878) or Conexant Fusion 878A (aka CX23878) chipset; see http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Bttv_devices_(bt848,_bt878) for supported devices. http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Bttv . See also <ivtv>. |
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bubbros M: 2013-08-05 |
<reply>The Bub's Brothers is a multiplayer clone of the famous Bubble Bobble game. Packaged for Debian as bubbros. http://bub-n-bros.sf.net/ |
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buckethead C: 2002-11-09 |
a fucking awesome abstract base player who apparently is touring with guns-n-roses, and has played previously with qbert. See a picture of bucket head at http://www.bucketheadland.com/bucketheadscoop/index.html |
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budgie C: 2020-06-17 |
<reply>Budgie is a GTK+ based desktop environment which focuses on simplicity and elegance, originally from the <solus> project. Available in Debian since <stretch> and packaged as budgie-desktop. https://github.com/solus-project/budgie-desktop |
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bug hunting M: 2010-03-18 |
see http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/BUG-HUNTING |
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bug-triage C: 2017-03-29 |
<reply> https://wiki.debian.org/BugTriage |
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bugg M: 2000-07-07 |
a unix weenie (who doesn't like the GPL), or see his house! http://www.incest.uklinux.net/buggh.jpg |
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bugtraq M: 2016-04-06 |
<reply>Bugtraq is a "security" distribution variously based on Debian, Ubuntu, and/or OpenSuse. It is not Debian and it is not supported in #debian, see <based on debian>, <unsupported>. http://bugtraq-team.com/. See also http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html |
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build mozilla with ssl C: 2001-02-23 |
at http://www.iceburg.net/~nesta/mozilla.html |
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build profiles C: 2016-11-11 |
<reply> build profiles define which build-dependencies are required to achieve a certain build output. They are involved in bootstrapping new architectures or skipping test suites. https://wiki.debian.org/BuildProfileSpec |
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build without helper C: 2014-02-12 |
<reply> You can build packages without using <debhelper>, but it's a lot more hard work and you don't get your package improved for free by newer versions of the helper. See http://wiki.debian.org/Courses2005/BuildingWithoutHelper for more information. |
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buildd M: 2006-05-06 |
<reply>Debian's automated build system that automatically compiles everything it finds. http://buildd.debian.org/ http://wiki.debian.org/buildd |
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bullseye M: 2021-08-15 |
<reply>Bullseye is the codename for the current <oldoldstable> release, Debian 11, released 2021-08-14. Bullseye is Woody's horse in Toy Story 2, see https://wiki.debian.org/DebianBullseye . Ask me about <install bullseye>, <release notes>, <buster->bullseye>, <bullseye-security>, <lts>. |
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bullseye exfat C: 2021-08-16 |
<reply>Starting with bullseye (deb11), the Linux kernel has exFAT file system support, and exfat-fuse is not needed. See <https://www.debian.org/releases/bullseye/amd64/release-notes/ch-whats-new.en.html#exfat-in-linux-kernel> for details. |
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bullseye freeze M: 2021-08-14 |
<reply>the freeze for Debian 11 'bullseye' began on 2021-01-13. See: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2021/01/msg00002.html. Bullseye released on 2021-08-14. |
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bullseye install guide C: 2021-08-15 |
<reply> The Installation Guide for Debian 11 "Bullseye" can be found at https://www.debian.org/releases/bullseye/installmanual . See also <errata> and <bullseye release notes>. |
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bullseye installation guide C: 2021-08-15 |
<reply> The Installation Guide for Debian 11 "Bullseye" can be found at https://www.debian.org/releases/bullseye/installmanual . See also <errata> and <bullseye release notes>. |
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bullseye release notes M: 2021-08-03 |
<reply>The release notes for Debian 11 (Bullseye) are at https://www.debian.org/releases/bullseye/amd64/release-notes/ . See also <buster->bullseye>, <bullseye install guide> |
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bullseye sources.list M: 2021-08-16 |
<reply>A suitable /etc/apt/sources.list for "Bullseye" has three lines: "deb https://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main" "deb https://deb.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main" "deb https://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main". See <deb-src> <contrib> <non-free> <bullseye-updates> and `man sources.list`. |
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bullseye ssh upgrade C: 2021-08-15 |
<reply> The ssh server may be unavailable for an extended period of time during the buster->bullseye upgrade, which would be problematic if your ssh connection is interrupted in the middle of upgrading. If you are upgrading over ssh, you may wish to upgrade the openssh-server package first. See https://www.debian.org/releases/bullseye/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#ssh-not-available |
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bullseye->bookworm M: 2023-06-11 |
<reply> Read (at least) the upgrading chapter of <release notes> https://deb.li/3i5fM . TL;DR: In /etc/apt/sources.list change "bullseye" to "bookworm", remove stable-specific lines like bullseye-backports. Add <non-free-firmware> section if needed. apt update && apt upgrade && apt full-upgrade. 3rd party repos like <dmo> cause problems with upgrades. |
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bullseye-backports C: 2021-08-15 |
<reply> Some packages intended for Bookworm (which will be Debian 12) but recompiled for use with Bullseye (Debian 11) can be found in the bullseye-backports repository. See https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/ . Ask me about <bdo>, <backports>. |
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bullseye-lts C: 2021-08-15 |
<reply>It is expected that extended security support for Debian 11 "Bullseye" will be offered by the <LTS> project after the Debian Security Team ceases supporting bullseye in mid 2023. See https://wiki.debian.org/LTS for more information. |
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bullseye-security M: 2021-08-23 |
<reply> The repository name for <security> updates has changed between buster and bullseye. Now it is: "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main". See <sources.list> <bullseye/updates>. Note that you may need to adjust the Default-Release and pinning settings to match this change. |
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bullseye-updates M: 2021-08-15 |
<reply>bullseye-updates is a suite providing updates to some packages (from <proposed-updates>) prior to a <point release>. The updates may be important bug fixes or low priority security fixes. All packages from bullseye-updates will be included in point releases. https://wiki.debian.org/StableUpdates . Not to be confused with <bullseye-security> which is for <security> updates (<bullseye/updates> was renamed and does not exist). |
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bullseye/updates M: 2021-08-15 |
<reply> There is no "bullseye/updates" repository for security updates. To reduce confusion with <bullseye-updates> (which is for other bug fixes), security updates are distributed via the <bullseye-security> repository "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main". Note that you may also need to adjust your Default-Release and pinning settings for apt. |
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bum M: 2009-04-22 |
<reply>Boot-Up Manager (bum) is a graphical <runlevel> configuration editor, a frontend to <update-rc.d>. http://www.marzocca.net/linux/bum.html . See also <rcconf>, <sysv-rc-conf>, <sysv-rc>. |
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bumblebee M: 2013-04-15 |
<reply>The Bumblebee project aims to provide support for the Nvidia Optimus GPU switching technology on Linux systems. GeForce 400M (4xxM) and later mobile GPU series are Optimus-enabled; if «lspci -nn | grep '\[030[02]\]'» returns two lines, the laptop likely uses Optimus. Packaged for Debian since <jessie>. http://wiki.debian.org/Bumblebee http://bumblebee-project.org/ |
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bunk 2.6 M: 2004-03-29 |
You can't run Linux 2.6 in woody without some newer packages. Get them at http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/packages/woody/kernel-26.html or just upgrade to sarge <woody->sarge>. |
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bunsenlabs C: 2016-06-21 |
<reply>BunsenLabs Linux is a community continuation of <crunchbang> that features the <Openbox> window manager. It is not supported in #debian. http://www.bunsenlabs.org/ #bunsenlabs on irc.libera.chat. See <based on debian> |
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burg C: 2010-12-20 |
<reply>burg ("Brand-new Universal loadeR from GRUB") is a bootloader based on GNU <GRUB2>. Not in Debian, <RFP> filed as Debian bug #585827. http://code.google.com/p/burg/ |
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burner C: 2026-06-09 |
a tool to burn cds and for more details you should go to http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/private/cdb.html |
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burnk7 C: 2008-01-19 |
http://pages.sbcglobal.net/redelm/ |
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burnproof C: 2002-03-27 |
Buffer Underrun proof, at http://www.plextor.be/english/technical/burnproof.html |
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businesscard M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply>As of Debian 7 "Wheezy", businesscard CD images - a minimal Debian installer requiring an Internet connection to finish base system installation - are no longer produced, see http://lists.debian.org/debian-cd/2012/07/msg00076.html for more information. For small installation images, ask me about <netinst>, <mini.iso>. |
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buster M: 2025-07-01 |
<reply>Debian 10 "buster" was released on 2019-07-06 and archived on 2025-06-25. Ask me about <buster sources.list>, <buster->bullseye>, <elts>, and see http://wiki.debian.org/DebianBuster |
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buster entropy C: 2019-09-16 |
<reply> In Buster, stricter random number initialization can slow down booting on some computer models. See buster release notes https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#entropy-starvation and the wiki: https://wiki.debian.org/BoottimeEntropyStarvation |
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buster freeze C: 2018-04-17 |
<reply> Buster started the freeze process on 2019-01-12 see https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2018/04/msg00006.html or ask me about <freeze>, <slushy>. |
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buster installation guide M: 2019-07-07 |
<reply> The Installation Guide for Debian 10 "Buster" can be found at https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/installmanual . See also <errata> and <buster release notes>. |
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buster rc1 C: 2019-04-28 |
<reply>There is no "release candidate" for Debian 10 "Buster" nor will one be made. There is a release candidate for the _installer_. Use it for installing Buster to help test the installer -- please report bugs if you find them! https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ |
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buster release C: 2019-06-11 |
<reply> Buster's release is planned for 2019-07-06 (https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2019/06/msg00003.html). Celebrate by attending, or hosting, a buster release party: https://wiki.debian.org/ReleasePartyBuster |
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buster release notes M: 2019-07-07 |
<reply>The release notes for Debian 10 "Buster" are at https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/amd64/release-notes/ . See also <stretch->buster>, <buster install guide> |
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buster sources.list M: 2019-09-03 |
<reply> A suitable /etc/apt/sources.list for "Buster" has the lines: "deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ buster main" "deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates main", and optionally "deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ buster-updates main". See <deb-src> <contrib> <non-free> <buster/updates> <buster-updates> and "man sources.list". |
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buster su M: 2019-10-10 |
<reply>Starting with Debian 10 (buster), su no longer overrides PATH by default, requiring that you use "su -" or "su -l" for login shells (which is not really a new thing at all...). See https://wiki.debian.org/NewInBuster#Changes for details. |
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buster sysvinit C: 2022-12-21 |
<reply>Untested: to replace systemd with sysvinit in buster (debian 10) or later, simply "apt install sysvinit-core libpam-elogind" and reboot. Read https://wiki.debian.org/Init for more information. |
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buster->bullseye M: 2021-08-15 |
<reply>Read (at least) the upgrading chapter of <release notes> https://deb.li/39cyD . TL;DR: In /etc/apt/sources.list change "buster" to "bullseye", fix the line for security updates (see <bullseye-security>), remove stable-specific lines like buster-backports. apt update && apt upgrade --no-new-pkgs && apt full-upgrade. 3rd party repos like <dmo> cause problems with upgrades. If working over ssh, upgrade ssh first, see <bullseye ssh upgrade>. |
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buster-backports M: 2019-07-07 |
<reply> Some packages intended for Bullseye (Debian 11) but recompiled for use with Buster (Debian 10) can be found in the buster-backports repository. See http://backports.debian.org/Instructions/ . Ask me about <bdo>, <backports>. |
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buster-lts M: 2022-12-21 |
<reply>Security support for Debian 10 "buster" from the Debian Security Team ended Aug 1st 2022. i386, amd64, armhf and arm64 architectures still have additional long term support (<LTS>) via <buster/updates> until June 30th 2024 for a 5 year total. See https://wiki.debian.org/LTS for more information. |
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buster-updates C: 2019-07-07 |
<reply>buster-updates is a suite providing updates to some packages (from <proposed-updates>) prior to a <point release>. All packages from buster-updates will be included in point releases. https://wiki.debian.org/StableUpdates . Not to be confused with <buster/updates> which is for <security> updates. |
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busybox M: 2010-02-20 |
<reply>BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common Unix utilities into a single small executable. It provides minimalist replacements for most of the utilities you usually find in GNU coreutils, util-linux, etc. http://busybox.net/FAQ.html |
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butterfly C: 2008-08-23 |
http://xkcd.com/378/ |
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bwinf C: 2004-01-25 |
at http://bwinf.de, german computer science competition |
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byld C: 2000-08-21 |
Build Your Linux Disk for rescue, net client etc, <http://byld.sourceforge.net/> |
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byobu M: 2010-03-22 |
<reply>byobu is a set of useful profiles and a profile-switcher for GNU <screen>, https://www.byobu.org |
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byte M: 2003-01-16 |
Simply put, it's 8 bits. Think of it as a string of 1s and 0s thatrepresents a number from 0 to 255. For example '01100101' is one byte ofinformation. read http://www.bobbemer.com/BYTE.HTM |
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bzflag M: 2003-01-17 |
http://BZFlag.SourceForge.net/ an opensource opengl multiplayer multiplatform 3D tank battle game, great for LUG fests, or #BZFlag, or apt-get install bzflag |
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c faq C: 2000-02-03 |
at http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html |
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c tutorial C: 2000-02-03 |
at http://www.le.ac.uk/cc/iss/tutorials/cprog/cccc.html |
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c++ in 21 days C: 2003-12-28 |
http://lib.daemon.am/Books/C++/ or http://newdata.box.sk/bx/c/index.htm |
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c88 C: 2005-12-30 |
at http://www.fuckingtwats.nu |
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c98 C: 2005-12-30 |
at http://www.friggintwats.nu |
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ca M: 2009-09-02 |
Certificate Authority. It's required when browsers check your SSL certs with the CA's digital signature. Also ask me about <ssl> and <rootca>. It has been observed that "Commercial certificate authorities protect you from anyone from whom they are unwilling to take money." (http://www.crypto.com/blog/spycerts/) |
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ca0106 M: 2011-01-04 |
<reply>The snd-ca0106 ALSA driver (formerly snd-audigyls) supports Creative Technology's Sound Blaster products based on the CA-0106 audio controller. This includes the Audigy SE, Audigy LS, Audigy Value, Live! 24-bit and X-Fi Xtreme Audio (PCI version). http://alsa.opensrc.org/Ca0106 |
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cable modem M: 2010-01-05 |
<reply>A cable modem is a network bridge/modem used to connect to the Internet through cable television wiring. To use with Linux, see http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Cable-Modem/ |
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cables C: 2001-05-25 |
some cable layouts are at http://www.pccables.com/cabtech.htm |
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cacert M: 2014-04-03 |
<reply>CAcert is a community-driven certificate authority (CA) which issues free public key certificates to the public. Their CA certificates used to be shipped in Debian but were removed in March 2014 due to bug #718434, see https://lwn.net/Articles/590879/ article for a decent explanation. http://www.cacert.org/ |
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cachyos M: 2026-01-05 |
<reply>a distro based on arch linux. it is not supported in debian IRC channels. for support see their forum: https://discuss.cachyos.org/ |
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cacti M: 2009-07-21 |
<reply>Cacti is open source web-based graphing tool, a frontend to <rrdtool> for monitoring systems and services. http://www.cacti.net/downloads/docs/html/faq.html http://www.cacti.net/ #cacti on irc.libera.chat. |
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cadaver M: 2009-07-24 |
a command-line <WebDAV> client. See cadaver(1) and http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/285 for usage examples. http://www.webdav.org/cadaver/ |
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cafelinux C: 2001-01-16 |
a cool http://www.entechtaiwan.com. |
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cafeole C: 2001-06-21 |
http://caf.netgod.net/ |
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caff C: 2026-05-13 |
a synonym for "CA - fire and forget". It's a Perl script that helps you to automate the whole bunch of manual steps you have to do for every single key you want to sign after a key signing party. caff is part of the package https://packages.debian.org/source/stable/signing-party |
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caffeine M: 2008-01-23 |
every programmers greatest need or the giver of life-source and the taker of sleep or necessary for most system administrators who have to deal with idiots who think that the world starts at 9a and ends at 5p. http://www.reallifecomics.com/comics/20000710.gif, or http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/caffeine/caffeine.shtml, or <C8H10N4O2> |
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cafix C: 2002-04-28 |
a program to let you use your casio calculator under linux, available at http://cafix.sf.net |
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cafuego M: 2004-05-04 |
god, or the devil, or available now from http://www.cafuego.net/ and maybe a crackwhore. See also 'cafuego disclaimer', or teh r0x0rxz and Marvin the Paranoid Android, or (un|)fairly accused of redirecting careless newbies to #shell. Also a sell-out. |
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cairo M: 2010-03-11 |
<reply>Cairo is a cross-platform 2D vector graphics library, with support for multiple output devices. http://cairographics.org/ For the application launcher, ask me about <cairo-dock>. |
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cairo-dock M: 2015-08-27 |
<reply>Cairo-Dock is a Mac OS X like themable animated dock (application launcher, optionally a taskbar). Wiki: http://www.glx-dock.org/ww_page.php?lang=en http://www.glx-dock.org/ http://www.glx-dock.org/ See also <docky>. |
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caladea C: 2014-02-20 |
<reply>Caladea is a freely-licensed font released by Google, which is metric-compatible to the Cambria serif font. Packaged for Debian as fonts-crosextra-caladea. https://wiki.debian.org/SubstitutingCalibriAndCambriaFonts |
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calamares C: 2019-12-26 |
<reply> Starting in Debian 10 Buster, the Calamares installer is included in the debian-live boot images. The normal installer is also included, in the first menu after boot. Once in the live system look for an Install Debian icon, or type: 'sudo calamares' https://github.com/calamares/calamares/wiki https://jonathancarter.org/2019/10/17/calamares-plans-for-debian-11/ and https://averagelinuxuser.com/debian-10-calamares/ |
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caldav C: 2011-03-29 |
<reply>CalDAV (Calendaring Extensions to <WebDAV>) is a standard for accessing scheduling (shared calendar) information, using the iCalendar data format. Clients supporting CalDAV include <evolution> and <iceowl-extension>. CalDAV servers packaged for Debian include calendarserver, <davical> and radicale. http://caldav.calconnect.org/ |
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calendar faq C: 2001-01-15 |
a very comprehensive guide to how our calendar system works and its history, <http://www.tondering.dk/claus/calendar.html> |
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calinuxsystems C: 2003-06-11 |
at http://www.calinuxsystems.com |
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calligra flow M: 2011-11-16 |
<reply>Calligra Flow (formerly Kivio) is an open source, cross-platform diagramming application, part of the Calligra Suite. http://www.calligra-suite.org/flow/ #calligra on irc.libera.chat. |
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calren2 C: 2004-07-17 |
<reply>I am connected to the network via calren2. See http://www.cenic.org/downloads/pmo/maps/Los%20Angels%20detail.pdf and http://www.cenic.org/downloads/pmo/maps/index.html |
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cals M: 2011-05-05 |
<reply>The CALS (Continuous Acquisition and Life-cycle Support) Raster file format is a graphics data interchange standard. To convert .cal files to other formats, use imagemagick or cals2tiff (http://www.sollers.ca/projects/cals2tiff/). |
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calu C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply> The Conference of Australian Linux Users is being held at Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, .au. Dates are the 9-12 of July. See http://www.linux.org.au/projects/calu for details. |
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calvin C: 2001-01-21 |
the creator and maintainer of the PalmPilot FAQ, which can be accessed from PalmGear HQ, http://www.palmgear.com. He also is the channel owner of #PalmChat, a channel where Palms are rarely discussed, but whose population almost always owns a Palm-related device, or in the usual case, several. Calvin also works at Palm Computing. His full name is Calvin O'Parker. |
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can wang C: 2003-08-26 |
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2000-09-22&res=l |
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canaima M: 2011-01-18 |
<reply>Canaima is a Venezuelan desktop distribution <based on Debian>. It is not supported in #debian. http://canaima.softwarelibre.gob.ve/ |
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capacitor plague C: 2006-10-22 |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_capacitors |
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capacitors M: 2005-11-29 |
no, it's not a tech support myth: the capacitors on many turn-of-the-millennium components (mostly motherboards) can leak and fail. If you're experiencing random hardware fuckups, check them for bulging. See http://www.guru3d.com/newsitem.php?id=78 for the story and http://us1.webpublications.com.au/static/images/articles/i303/30328_4mg.jpg for a photo, or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague |
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cape ann linux users group C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.calug.net/ |
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captcha C: 2007-01-09 |
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captcha |
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cardbus M: 2011-03-08 |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_Card#CardBus |
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cardlist C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.xfree86.org/cardlist.html or where you look to see if your graphics card is supported by X. |
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carl9170 M: 2013-01-25 |
<reply>carl9170 is a Linux kernel driver, introduced in Linux 2.6.37, supporting draft 802.11n USB wireless LAN devices based on the Atheros AR9170 chipset. It replaces <ar9170usb>, provides improved functionality (e.g. 802.11n support) and only uses open firmware. Firmware from userspace is required (carl9170-1.fw), install the firmware-linux-free package to provide. http://wiki.debian.org/carl9170 |
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carlito C: 2014-02-20 |
<reply>Carlito is a freely-licensed font released by Google, which is metric-compatible to the Calibri sans-serif font (default typeface of Microsoft Word since Office 2007). Packaged for Debian as fonts-crosextra-carlito. https://wiki.debian.org/SubstitutingCalibriAndCambriaFonts |
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carp M: 2005-01-18 |
the Common Address Redundancy Protocol, part of OpenBSD 3.5. It allows seamless firewall redundancy/failover as well as failover for many network applications. See <http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873> or ask me about <Redundancy must be free>. a smelly fish, or http://www.ucarp.org/ |
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cassandra M: 2010-12-24 |
<reply>Apache Cassandra is an open source, distributed database management system written in Java. Not in Debian, <ITP> filed as Debian bug #585905. http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/FAQ http://cassandra.apache.org/ |
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cat5-o-nine-tails C: 2004-05-15 |
http://www.roadkill.net/madmins/new/ |
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catb C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply> $who, The Cathedral and the Bazaar is the classic paper by Eric S. Raymond which can be found at http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/ |
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cathedral and bazaar C: 2001-03-27 |
ESR's fundamental open source software development essay which you have to get from http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/ |
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caudium M: 2010-01-04 |
an extensible <httpd> written in <Pike>, originally based on Roxen Challenger 1.3 and packaged for Debian. http://caudium.net/ #caudium on irc.caudium.net. |
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ccache M: 2009-06-20 |
a compiler cache, for speeding up code recompilation. To use it, see /usr/share/doc/ccache/README.Debian and INSTALLATION of ccache(1). http://ccache.samba.org/ See also <distcc>. |
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cclive C: 2011-11-18 |
<reply>cclive is a non-interactive, command-line utility for downloading videos from websites requiring Adobe Flash to view video content. It is a rewrite of <clive> in C++ with fewer dependencies. http://cclive.sf.net/ |
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ccsm M: 2010-09-19 |
<reply>CompizConfig Settings Manager (CCSM) is a configuration tool for <Compiz> Fusion, packaged for Debian as compizconfig-settings-manager. The Compiz icon plug-in for <cairo-dock> (cairo-dock-compiz-icon-plugin package) provides a sub-dock for access to CCSM. http://wiki.compiz.org/CCSM |
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cctld C: 2002-11-02 |
<reply> cctld is probably ask me about tld or at http://www.iana.org/cctld/cctld-whois.htm |
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cd archive C: 2008-11-01 |
<reply>A repository for CD images of older Debian releases is at http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/archive/ [for DFSG free ISOs] or https://cdimage.debian.org/images/unofficial/non-free/images-including-firmware/archive/ [for non-free images] |
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cd faq C: 2012-10-03 |
<reply>Many questions about Debian's ISO images for CDs and DVDs are answered at http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/ |
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cd mirror C: 2013-05-26 |
<reply>You can download Debian ISO images from the CD image network. See http://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/#mirrors for a list of mirrors that are available. Ask me about <install debian> <various cd1> <netinstall> <install guide>. |
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cdbs M: 2009-11-04 |
<reply>[cdbs] Common Debian Build System, a build system for Debian packages based on Makefile inheritance. Located at http://build-common.alioth.debian.org/ |
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cdc C: 2000-01-03 |
the cult of the dead cow - see http://www.cdc.org |
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cdcd M: 2010-03-24 |
a command-line CD player using libcdaudio. Change "www.freedb.org" to "freedb.freedb.org" in ~/.cdserverrc to workaround the CDDB information retrieval bug (BTS #485524). http://libcdaudio.sourceforge.net/ |
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cdcopy C: 2026-06-09 |
a cd-rom/audio copying/cdreation shell-script with dialog-interface. http://donald-duck.ele.tue.nl/meadow/cdcopy |
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cdebootstrap C: 2006-03-27 |
explained in http://bugs.debian.org/254248 |
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cdemu C: 2005-09-01 |
<reply> CDemu is a kernel module for Linux. It is designed to simulate a CD drive + CD with just simple <bin-cue> files. You can use it to watch an SVCD or mount the data track of an bin/cue. You should use mplayer to watch SVCD movies stored as cue/bin file, it also supports it. RFP filed as Debian bug #705409. http://cdemu.sf.net/ |
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cdfs M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply>CDfs is an out-of-tree Linux virtual file system, which exports tracks and boot images on a compact disc as regular files. To install on Debian 6.0 "Squeeze": «apt-get install module-assistant && m-a a-i». Not part of the Debian 7 "Wheezy" release due to bug #651788. http://users.elis.ugent.be/~mronsse/cdfs/ |
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cdlabelgen C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.red-bean.com/~bwf/software/cdlabelgen or a program for printing traycards and covers for CD's |
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cdn M: 2011-02-07 |
<reply>[cdn] Package <changelogs> are available at http://changelogs.debian.net/ . For information on the geoDNS Debian mirror service, ask me about <cdn.debian.net>. |
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cdo M: 2008-10-23 |
<reply> http://cdimage.debian.org/ -- if you are installing Debian and have the bandwidth to download cd or dvd images, you are much better off installing using netinstall anyway. See <netinstall>, <ig> |
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cdparanoia M: 2001-05-02 |
an Audio Extration Tool at http://www.xiph.org, or an irrational fear of CDs, or the RIAA |
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cdrdao M: 2010-12-14 |
<reply>cdrdao is a program which allows writing of audio CD-Rs in disk-at-once mode (its --swap option may be necessary in some cases). http://cdrdao.sf.net/ See also <bin-cue>. |
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cdrkit C: 2010-12-18 |
<reply>cdrkit is a fork of <cdrtools> developed by the Debian Project, introduced at Debian 4.0 "Etch". Documentation is packaged as cdrkit-doc, see /usr/share/doc/cdrkit-doc/WHY. See also <genisoimage>, <wodim>. http://www.cdrkit.org/ |
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cdrw M: 2003-04-23 |
<reply> The Unix CD-Writer compatibility list is at http://www.shop.de/cgi-bin/winni/lsc.pl, or http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/tutorials/cdrw/index-debian-cdrw.html |
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cdwriting C: 2002-05-21 |
IDE and SCSI CD Writing info, including kernel setup is at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/CD-Writing-HOWTO.html |
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cedega C: 2004-11-02 |
the new name for Transgaming's WineX - a proprietary fork of WINE designed to play Windows games. Limited CVS available at http://transgaming.org/cvs/ but missing key components such as copy protection or installshield functionality. The packaging saga is summarised at http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2002/debian-devel-200205/msg02823.html |
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cederqvist C: 2004-01-23 |
http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/ |
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celestia M: 2010-05-17 |
<reply>Celestia is an OpenGL astronomy program (visual space simulator). http://www.shatters.net/celestia/ |
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cellrelay C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://dwclive.cjb.net/. Online Cellular Broadcasting. |
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centerim M: 2010-02-14 |
<reply>CenterIM is an ncurses based multi-protocol instant messaging client, forked from <Centericq>. http://www.centerim.org/ |
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centos M: 2020-12-08 |
<reply>CentOS (Community ENTerprise Operating System) is a community-maintained distribution based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. http://centos.org/ For IRC support, join #centos on irc.libera.chat. No longer the free GNU/Linux OS with the longest support for each version since CentOS-8; if this is what you want, see <centos->debian>. |
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centos->debian C: 2020-12-08 |
<reply>Each debian stable release is supported for at least 5 years, see https://wiki.debian.org/LTS. For more about debian topics relevant to existing centos users, see https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/, especially sections 2.2, 3.1.3, and 4.5. For best results in #debian, see http://wiki.debian.org/GettingHelpOnIrc. |
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centova M: 2010-06-14 |
<reply>Centova Cast from Centova Technologies is a proprietary control panel for the management of Internet radio streams (SHOUTcast, Icecast). It is not supported in #debian. Unofficial support: http://forums.centova.com/ |
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centrallix C: 2002-06-03 |
a really cool app server (http://centrallix.sf.net) |
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centrino M: 2009-10-15 |
<reply>Centrino is a brand of Wi-Fi and <WiMAX> adapters from Intel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrino). For support of Intel wireless LAN devices on Debian systems, ask me about <iwlwifi> (Chief River, Huron River, Calpella, Montevina, Santa Rosa refresh), <iwlwifi> (Santa Rosa, Napa), <ipw2200> (Sonoma, Carmel) or <ipw2100> (early Carmel). See also <what's my wireless>. |
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ceph M: 2011-07-28 |
<reply>Ceph is a distributed file system, designed to be POSIX-compatible and without a single point of failure. The Linux kernel client for Ceph was merged at Linux 2.6.34. http://ceph.newdream.net/ #ceph on irc.oftc.net. |
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cert M: 2008-04-13 |
a security coordination group for software alerts - see http://www.cert.org for more information. If you are looking after any number of computers (especially servers that are on the internet) the CERT Advisory mailing list is one of the ones to which you should be subscribed. |
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cfengine M: 2013-06-19 |
<reply>CFEngine is an open source configuration management tool for automating system administration tasks. CFEngine 2 and 3 are packaged for Debian. http://cfengine.com/ #cfengine on irc.libera.chat. |
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cgi proxy C: 2003-03-16 |
v3 at http://freshmeat.net/projects/v3proxy/ |
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ch C: 2009-05-25 |
Switzerland or Confoederatio Helvetica. There is also a Swiss Debian Association: http://debian.ch/ which lives in #debian.ch. |
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chalmers M: 2007-12-03 |
a wonderfull place, or at http://www.chalmers.se |
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chandra C: 2001-01-23 |
http://emu.res.cmu.edu/~ked/chandra.txt |
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changelog M: 2010-05-14 |
<reply>The Debian changelog for foo can be found in /usr/share/doc/foo/ if foo is installed. From a .deb, "apt-listchanges -a foo.deb" or "dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile foo.deb| tar --wildcards -xOf - '*changelog.Debian.gz'|zless". You can also "aptitude changelog foo" or go to http://changelogs.debian.net/bar if foo is built from source package bar. See also <apt-listchanges>. |
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channel gallery C: 2003-12-18 |
at http://gallery.linuxtechnologies.co.uk/debian - no need to login to upload your pic - rename your pic to your nick before uploading - pics needed to build up the gallery! |
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channel guidelines M: 2021-06-19 |
<reply> are https://libera.chat/guidelines |
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charminthemoose's website C: 2006-12-20 |
http://andrew.endofinternet.org also,he is not a camel |
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chat M: 2021-06-03 |
<reply> This is not a chat channel, this is a Debian user support channel. Unless you have a Debian support question, please chat elsewhere, like #debian-offtopic or #moocows; or search for a chat topic of your choice at https://netsplit.de/channels/ |
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cheap box C: 2000-03-19 |
<reply> see a net appliance that can run linux with a bit of hacking. See http://www.netpliance.com for iopener info and http://www.linux-hacker.net/iopener/ for info on the mod, or it can also run win and beos |
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cheapbytes C: 2026-06-09 |
a company that sells Linux CDs cheaply, look at http://www.cheapbytes.com |
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check iso image M: 2011-08-19 |
<reply>To verify you have a valid and official Debian CD/DVD image, see http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#verify . To test an ISO image was burned correctly, compare the output of «md5sum filename.iso; dd if=/dev/cdrom | head -c `stat --format=%s filename.iso` | md5sum». You should compare this md5sum to the checksum for the ISO image on the mirror. See also <check iso signature>. |
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checkbacklight M: 2020-08-08 |
to hook backlight in udev and set minimum and maximum brightness you can use this script http://iamcowhearme.mooo.com/checkbacklight.html save it in root's PATH like wget -O /usr/local/bin/checkbacklight http://debian.boxathome.net:33243/checkbacklight then chmod +x and run the script and it will create a udev rule and settings file at /etc/default/backlight |
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checkinstall M: 2009-10-18 |
<reply>CheckInstall is a program that tracks all files installed by "make install" (or equivalent), creates a Debian (or other) package with those files, and adds it to the installed packages database, allowing for easy package removal or distribution. http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/ See also <stow>. |
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cheese M: 2010-01-11 |
<reply>Cheese is a webcam application for <GNOME> similar to Apple Inc's Photo Booth. Officially part of GNOME since version 2.22. http://live.gnome.org/Cheese/FAQ http://projects.gnome.org/cheese/ #cheese on irc.gnome.org. See also <webcam>. |
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chef_ C: 2002-09-21 |
at http://www.rfc1149.net/sam |
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chenv C: 2011-08-06 |
<reply>There is no (simple) way to change the environment for a running program, but you can do so by attaching to the process with a debugger: http://www.nanonanonano.net/linux/chenv |
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cherokee M: 2010-01-13 |
<reply> Cherokee (Tsa La Gi) are Native Americans. Cherokee is also the name of a fast and flexible HTTP server, packaged for Debian. http://www.cherokee-project.com/doc/other_faq.html http://cherokee-project.org/ See also <httpd>. |
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chessd C: 2000-06-04 |
a project that works on the second-generation ICS (internet chess server) programs. The ultimate goal is to create the ideal online chess experience for novices and experts alike. Chessd has raised the attention of nearly all of the existing internet chess servers. See http://chessd.sourceforge.net/ for more, or #chessd on OPN, or find bugg and talk to him ;) |
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chillispot M: 2010-02-14 |
<reply>ChilliSpot is an open-source wireless LAN access point controller or "captive portal". Packaged for Sid. Dead upstream, intended to be replaced in Debian by the CoovaChilli fork (http://www.coova.org/CoovaChilli), see Debian bug #473485. http://www.chillispot.info/ |
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chin C: 2006-03-12 |
http://chin.lugradio.org |
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chkrootkit M: 2010-05-01 |
<reply>chrootkit is a security scanner, used to determine if the local system is infected with a <rootkit>. To exclude reporting known false positives (http://www.chkrootkit.org/faq/#8), use the -e option. http://www.chkrootkit.org/ See also <system compromise recovery>, <rkhunter>, <tiger>. |
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chmod tutorial C: 2002-12-16 |
http://catcode.com/teachmod/ |
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chromebook M: 2022-05-03 |
<reply>Many ChromeOS devices can run Debian. Some are documented on the debian wiki: https://deb.li/3SRYU ; others can be installed normally once UEFI or Legacy firmware is enabled, see https://mrchromebox.tech/. See also <crouton> |
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chromium M: 2010-10-03 |
<reply>Chromium is an open source web browser produced by Google, based on WebKit. Google Chrome is based on Chromium. Ask me about <pepper flash>. https://wiki.debian.org/Chromium http://www.chromium.org/Home #chromium on irc.libera.chat. For the game formerly known as Chromium, ask me about <chromium-bsu>. |
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chromium cert transparency error C: 2016-12-11 |
<reply> there is a time-bomb in current jessie chromium, that make it stop trusting some certificates 10 weeks after build. See https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=664177 |
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chromium extensions M: 2017-03-23 |
<reply> Chromium has external extensions disabled by default. Howto enable: https://wiki.debian.org/Chromium#Extensions |
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chromium-bsu C: 2010-09-08 |
<reply>Chromium B.S.U. (formerly Chromium) is an arcade-style scrolling space shooter game. Packaged for Debian as chromium-bsu. http://chromium-bsu.sf.net/faq.htm http://chromium-bsu.sf.net . Not to be confused with the <chromium> web browser. |
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chrony C: 2004-04-06 |
a ntp program that is split into 2 parts: a daemon (chronyd) and a client that interfaces into the server (chronyc). For more information visit: http://chrony.tuxfamily.org/. Warning, you most likely will have to change your chrony.conf file after installing by adding some servers and removing the offline tag. |
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chroot 32bit M: 2007-08-02 |
<reply>To setup a 32 bit chroot check http://alioth.debian.org/docman/view.php/30192/21/debian-amd64-howto.html#id292205, or http://ornellas.apanela.com/dokuwiki/pub:multiarch |
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chroot howto C: 2003-10-28 |
Tony White's simple guide to confining shell users to their home directories. It's at -- http://www.tjw.org/chroot-login-HOWTO |
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chroot install M: 2007-04-26 |
http://twiki.iwethey.org/Main/DebianChrootInstall, or http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/apcs04.html.en, or ask me about <debootstrap>, or https://alioth.debian.org/docman/view.php/30192/21/debian-amd64-howto.html |
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cidr M: 2009-07-26 |
Classless Inter-Domain Routing, see RFC1517/1518/1519/1520. See http://www.sput.nl/software/cidr-routing.html maybe, or and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIDR, or http://docs.google.com/View?id=ajhrzck79vcg_76dsfd8t4b |
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cifs M: 2010-09-13 |
<reply>Common Internet File System (CIFS) is basically Server Message Block (SMB) without NetBIOS over TCP/IP. The mount.cifs program (cifs-utils package) is required when using a credentials file. See also <DFS>. http://kernel.org/doc/Documentation/filesystems/cifs.txt |
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cinelerra M: 2011-02-02 |
<reply>Cinelerra is a non-linear video editor and compositor for Linux. <ITP> filed as Debian bug #331072, ask me about <dmm> for unofficial packages. http://www.cinelerra.org/ |
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cinnamon M: 2023-09-21 |
<reply>Cinnamon is a fork of <GNOME Shell> initially developed by the Linux Mint distribution. Packaged since Debian 8 "Jessie", ask me about <install cinnamon>. https://projects.linuxmint.com/cinnamon/ or #linuxmint-help on irc.spotchat.org |
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cipe M: 2002-08-19 |
an ongoing project to build encrypting IP routers. It works by tunneling IP packets in encrypted UDP packets. The protocol is designed to be lightweight and simple. Special care has been taken to make this work over dynamic addresses, NAT and SOCKS proxies. at http://www.inka.de/~bigred/devel/cipe.html |
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cisco M: 2009-06-09 |
<reply> Cisco makes the routers that move the data across the internet at a very high rate of exchange, or a company full of patent protected punks! For Cisco/Aironet wireless LAN device support, ask me about <aironet>. http://www.bumwine.com/cisco.html |
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citral M: 2005-03-30 |
in french at http://chris.branch.free.fr |
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ck M: 2010-10-04 |
<reply>[ck] Con Kolivas' kernel patchset aimed at improving desktop interactivity; http://ck-hack.blogspot.com/ , patches at http://kernel.kolivas.org/ IRC: #ck on irc.oftc.net |
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ckermit M: 2009-11-01 |
<reply>C-Kermit is a combined serial and network communications package. Packaged for Debian as ckermit. http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ckfaq.html http://www.kermit-project.org/ |
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ckt kernel C: 2015-02-25 |
<reply> The Linux kernel in Debian 8 "Jessie" comes with the version string "ckt" as these receive long term support as a collaboration between the Debian and Ubuntu kernel maintainers: the Canonical Kernel Team. https://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2014/11/msg00154.html |
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clamav M: 2012-02-09 |
<reply>Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) is a GPL/FLOSS anti-virus toolkit for Unix-like systems, mainly used with a <MTA> for virus scanning. Install the clamav-freshclam package to automatically update virus definitions. "OUTDATED" warnings are a known issue (Debian bug #418963, wontfix). Install the libclamunrar9 <non-free> package for RAR file support. http://www.clamav.net/ #clamav on irc.libera.chat. See also <stable-updates>. |
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clamsmtp C: 2009-10-28 |
<reply>ClamSMTP is a virus scanning SMTP proxy using <ClamAV>, originally developed for use with the <Postfix> mail server. See /usr/share/doc/clamsmtp/README.Debian.gz regarding the Debian-specific port setup. http://thewalter.net/stef/software/clamsmtp/ |
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clanlib C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.clanlib.org/ (The platform independent game SDK.) or great, however it does not work on Penguin's computer :( |
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claws mail M: 2010-02-15 |
<reply>Claws Mail (formerly Sylpheed-Claws within <Sylpheed>) is an open source, cross-platform GTK+-based email and news client, similar in appearance to Outlook Express for Windows. Packaged for Debian as claws-mail. http://www.claws-mail.org/ #claws on irc.libera.chat. |
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clean M: 2008-04-21 |
a programming language and is at http://www.cs.kun.nl/~clean, or aptitude purge ~poptional ~pextra |
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cli M: 2010-01-13 |
<reply>[cli] Command Line Interface, the best form of interface around. See http://osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6282&page=1 or ask me about <general cli tutorial>. Call-Level Interface, originally developed by SQL Access Group, but now known as Microsoft's <ODBC> standard. Common Language Infrastructure, ask me about <mono>. |
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cli paste M: 2022-03-31 |
<reply>alternative CLI friendly pastebins: 1) curl -F'file=@yourfile.png' https://0x0.st 2) cat /some/file | curl -F 'sprunge=<-' http://sprunge.us |
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click to play flash C: 2005-03-02 |
http://www.squarefree.com/userstyles/xbl.html |
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client-error-not-possible C: 2007-05-07 |
at http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L291+I0+TFAQ+M10+P1+Q |
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clik C: 2000-04-30 |
the clik drive is a PCMCIA drive that uses removable 40MB disks. it works in Linux with kernel 2.2.14 and a modified ide-floppy.c from http://paul.bristow.free.fr/linux/clik.html |
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clive M: 2012-02-08 |
<reply>clive is a non-interactive, command-line utility for downloading videos from websites requiring Adobe Flash to view video content; e.g. <YouTube>, Google Video, Dailymotion, Metacafe, Sevenload, Myvideo, LiveLeak. http://clive.sf.net/ . See also <cclive>. |
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cloak M: 2006-10-08 |
a disguise for your IP address over the IRC network (see https://libera.chat/guides/cloaks or https://www.oftc.net/UserCloaks/). or, what James Bond do, using his DB9 to make an impression on girls. |
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clojure C: 2009-07-08 |
<reply>Clojure is a dynamic programming language (a dialect of <Lisp>) targeting the Java Virtual Machine. http://clojure.org/ #clojure on irc.libera.chat. |
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clonezilla M: 2010-04-19 |
<reply>Clonezilla Live is a live CD based on Debian, providing disk/partition cloning functionality similar to Symantec Ghost. Basically a front-end to <partimage>, <partclone>, <ntfsclone>, sfdisk and others. http://www.clonezilla.org/ See also <based on Debian>. |
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closure M: 2001-01-23 |
a function and its environment at the time of its creation, or first-class functions that encapsulate their environment, or languages that have closures: scheme,lisp,ML,haskell,cecil,smalltalk,perl,pizza, or see http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?closures |
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closures C: 2001-01-23 |
<reply> see a function and it's environment at the time of it's creation, or first-class functions that encapsulate their environment, or languages that have closures: scheme,lisp,ML,haskell,cecil,smalltalk,perl,pizza, or see http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?closures |
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cloud M: 2012-12-14 |
<reply>Cloud computing is more than just virtual servers, a workable definition from NIST is: Cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction. http://wiki.debian.org/Cloud |
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cloud images C: 2025-08-09 |
<reply>Ready-made disk images for various public, private cloud providers or possibly running in a VM on your computer, can be found at https://cloud.debian.org |
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clueless M: 2003-08-16 |
a thread long ago in debian-devel, "stupid users are bad for debian", or http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/1999/debian-devel-199903/msg02288.html |
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clueless-luser C: 2001-01-16 |
http://www.fazed.net/common/viewer.asp?source=users.jpg |
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cluetrain C: 1999-12-11 |
the Cluetrain Manifesto and Book, artifacts of a revolution. See http://www.cluetrain.com/ |
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clug C: 2003-01-23 |
the Canberra Linux User Group. Meetings are the fourth Thursday of each much in room N101, on the ground floor of the Computer Science and Information Technology building at the Australian National University. The meetings start at 7pm. We usually order pizza so come hungry and bring about $5 to cover the cost of your share if you want some. for more info: http://www.clug.org.au/ |
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cluster M: 2002-11-27 |
<reply>[cluster] http://www.clustercompute.com/ , Linux High-Availability Project (http://www.linux-ha.org). See also <drbd>, <heartbeat>, <lvs>. |
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clutter C: 2007-08-07 |
at http://www.clutter-project.org |
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cma C: 2026-06-09 |
The Classical Music Archives (mp3), at http://credit.pair.com/classical. |
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cmd: absg (.*?) C: 2005-11-01 |
($1): $1: abs-guide is the Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide to be found at http://www.tldp.org/guides.html#abs . It is also packaged in non-free, 'aptitude install abs-guide'. |
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cmd: alicesmite (.*?) C: 2004-08-10 |
($1): <reply> $1: http://wooledge.org/~greg/alicesmite.gif |
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cmd: away (.*?) C: 2007-04-05 |
($1): <reply> $1: No one cares if you are away. NO ONE! Read http://sackheads.org/~bnaylor/spew/away_msgs.html |
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cmd: btssmite (.*?) C: 2005-02-08 |
($1): <action> beats $1 around the head repeatedly with http://bugs.debian.org/ and apt-listbugs, along with a chainsaw if $1 is running testing or unstable |
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cmd: care (.*?) M: 2010-05-18 |
($1): $1: http://bit.ly/6z2yZi |
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cmd: cluebat (.*?) C: 2002-01-23 |
($1): <action> beats $1 with the ClueBat of #debian. Roll 1d6... (1! Go to http://www.tldp.org/ for HOWTOs|2! The Debian Installation Guide is at http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/|3! Read the DFSG at http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines|4! The Debian BTS is at http://bugs.debian.org|5! For security information, see http://www.debian.org/security/|6! Check video card compatibility at http://www.x.org/) |
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cmd: country (.*?) C: 2001-10-02 |
($1): <reply> Country codes are at http://www.ics.uci.edu/pub/websoft/wwwstat/country-codes.txt |
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cmd: cronguru (.*?) (.*?) (.*?) (.*?) (.*?) C: 2020-09-07 |
($1,$2,$3,$4,$5): <reply>https://crontab.guru/#$1_$2_$3_$4_$5 |
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cmd: cve lookup (.*?) C: 2010-11-17 |
($1): <reply>Information about the security advisory $1 may be found at https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/$1 |
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cmd: d-i (.*?) M: 2009-02-15 |
($1): <reply>$1, you want to go to http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/debian-installer/ |
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cmd: deb-src (.*?) C: 2011-08-16 |
($1): <reply>You can get apt to download source packages with a <deb-src> line in your <sources.list>. An example entry for the $1 release is: "deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ $1 main". Remember to "apt update" after changing your sources.list. See also <non-free sources>. |
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cmd: debwiki (.*?) (.*?) C: 2006-04-18 |
($1,$what): <reply> $1: http://wiki.debian.org/$what |
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cmd: dfe (.*?) C: 2009-10-21 |
($1): <reply>http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/$1 |
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cmd: dnsreport (.*?) C: 2006-01-12 |
($1): http://dnsreport.com/tools/dnsreport.ch?domain=$1 |
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cmd: dsa lookup (.*?) M: 2010-11-17 |
($1): <reply>Information about the Debian Security Announcement $1 may be found at http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/$1 . Ask me about <DSA>, <tracker of doom>, <debsecan>. |
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cmd: dw (.*?) (.*?) C: 2006-06-09 |
($1,$what): <reply> $1: http://wiki.debian.org/$what |
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cmd: facepalm (.*?) C: 2008-05-11 |
($1): <reply>$1: http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/2241/facepalm2ic7copyrl2.jpg |
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cmd: faq (.*?) C: 2004-10-15 |
($1): <reply> $1: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianIRC |
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cmd: faqsmite (.*?) C: 2004-04-07 |
($1): <reply> $1: GO READ THE FAQ!! It's at http://wiki.debian.org/DebianIRC -- greycat and others have SLAVED for HOURS to make a FAQ that answers your question and you don't even bother to read it! http://wiki.debian.org/DebianIRC |
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cmd: fgi (.*?) (.*?) C: 2004-07-15 |
($1,$2): <reply>$1: http://fuckinggoogleit.com/search?query=$2 |
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cmd: gafom (.*?) C: 2006-10-14 |
($1): <reply> Hey $1, check out the #debian give-a-fuck-o-meter, http://www.igophoto.net/xor/images/_giveahey2qt.gif |
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cmd: gentoofy (.*?) C: 2004-04-06 |
($1): <action> kicks $1 in the (shins|ass|crotch|head). This is #debian, not #gentoo! See http://www.devcave.net/termos/funny/gentoo.htm for more information. |
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cmd: grub error (.*?) C: 2008-04-28 |
($1): <reply> For grub error $1, see http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/grub-error-guide.xml |
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cmd: i-m (.*?) C: 2007-10-08 |
($1): <reply> $1: To work out what module you need to load for your pci card, try pasting lspci -n into http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/ . |
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cmd: ifi (.*?) C: 2005-06-13 |
($1): <reply>http://heim.ifi.uio.no/~toresbe/$1 |
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cmd: jw (.*?) M: 2005-05-29 |
($1): <reply> $1: Are people in #debian not helping you in the way you'd like to be helped? They won't hold your hand even though you need them to? A debian developer would probably be best to answer your question. Please go to http://www.jabberwacky.com/ and enter your question into the text box, and click on "say it". Your message will automatically be sent to the developer team, and you should receive an answer within seconds. |
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cmd: kingsleysmite (.*?) M: 2005-12-02 |
($1): <reply> Citizen Volunteer $1: Your Productivity* Rating has fallen below $rand! This is unacceptable. Please report to http://www.nas.com/~change/private/irc/ for immediate termination! |
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cmd: l33cate (.*?) (.*?) C: 2005-04-29 |
($2,$1): <reply>$2: ftp://127.0.0.1/upload/$1.exe and also ftp://warez.dal.net/operwarez/$1.exe |
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cmd: l33tcate (.*?) (.*?) C: 2005-04-29 |
($2,$1): <reply>$2: ftp://127.0.0.1/upload/$1.exe and also ftp://warez.dal.net/operwarez/$1.exe |
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cmd: man (.*?) C: 2010-06-26 |
($1): <reply>man $1 is probably at http://manpages.debian.org/$1 where you can view many Debian man pages. Ask me about <docs> <dmp> <grounding> <search>. |
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cmd: man (.*?) (.*?) M: 2011-01-18 |
($1,$2): <reply> man $1 $2 is probably at http://manpages.debian.org/$1/$2 , where you can view many Debian man pages. Ask me about <docs> <dmp> <grounding> <search>. |
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cmd: micro(.*?) C: 2003-11-03 |
($oft): http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2002-07-22&res=l |
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cmd: netsplit.de (.*?) (.*?) C: 2005-06-24 |
($1,$2): <reply> $1: look at http://irc.netsplit.de/channels/ and search for $2 |
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cmd: new2irc (.*?) C: 2021-04-20 |
($1): <reply>You are chatting on IRC. IRC is the original group chat. Similar to platforms like Slack, Matrix, or Discord, IRC was invented in the 1980s and formalized with RFC 1459 in 1993. This channel, #debian, is for help with the debian operating system. Ask us a debian support question, or read more about IRC at https://netsplit.de or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRC |
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cmd: nopony (.*?) C: 2006-10-11 |
($1): <reply> $1: http://www.brainfuel.tv/wp-content/uploads/2006/03/nopony.jpg |
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cmd: paste (.*?) M: 2009-11-13 |
($1): <reply> $1: put your output on http://paste.debian.net/ so we can see it. DO NOT paste into the channel. |
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cmd: pop (.*?) C: 2008-06-16 |
($1): Nobody ever uses $1! See http://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=$1 for more info. |
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cmd: why (.*?) is not in testing C: 2004-06-29 |
($1): $1 is not in testing for the reasons listed in https://qa.debian.org/excuses.php?package=$1 |
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cmd: why is (.*?) not in testing C: 2003-05-30 |
($1): $1 is not in testing for the reasons listed in https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/$1 |
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cmd: why isn't (.*?) in testing C: 2007-09-11 |
($1): $1 is not in testing for the reasons listed in https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/$1 |
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cmd: wikifaq (.*?) (.*?) C: 2005-02-22 |
($1,$2): <reply> $1: check out http://wiki.debian.org/$2 or if that doesn't work, try http://wiki.debian.org/ |
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cmd: wp (.*?) M: 2006-02-13 |
($1): <reply> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/$1 |
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cmdline_reference C: 2007-07-14 |
http://blog.lxpages.com/ultimate_linux.html |
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cml2 C: 2001-05-28 |
at http://catb.org/~esr/cml2/ |
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cmu M: 2002-10-18 |
Carnegie Mellon University, or http://www.carnegiemellon.eduhttp://www.cmu.edu |
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cnp-wf518n2 M: 2010-05-20 |
<reply>The Canyon CNP-WF518N2 is a 802.11n USB wireless LAN device (USB ID 0bda:8171) containing a Realtek RTL8188SU chipset. Supported as of linux-2.6 2.6.32-13, ask me about <rtl8192su> (squeeze) or <r8712u> (wheezy, squeeze-backports). http://www.canyon-tech.com/products/connectivity/wireless/CNP-WF518N2 |
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coda C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.coda.cs.cmu.edu/ or a distributed file system with cache and support for mobile computing |
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code of conduct C: 2015-06-29 |
<reply> Debian has a code of conduct that applies to all Debian communications including the bug tracker, mailing lists and IRC channels. Its goal is to outline the behaviour and type of interactions that we want to see within the Debian community (which includes you, since you're reading this...) https://www.debian.org/code_of_conduct |
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codeberg C: 2026-05-14 |
at http://codeberg.org |
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codehackers C: 2000-10-16 |
an online programming database and alround coding site which can be found at: http://www.codehackers.org |
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codenames M: 2011-02-06 |
<reply>Debian release codenames are buzz (1.1), rex (1.2), bo (1.3), hamm (2.0), slink (2.1), potato (2.2), woody (3.0), sarge (3.1), etch (4.0), lenny (5.0), squeeze (6.0), wheezy (7), jessie (8), stretch (9), buster (10), bullseye (11), bookworm (12) trixie (testing) and sid=Unstable. "lsb_release -sc" (lsb-release package) will display a Debian system's codename. http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-ftparchives#s-codenames |
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codesearch M: 2015-10-15 |
<reply> you can search Debian source code using regexes on https://codesearch.debian.net/ |
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coding guidelines C: 2001-09-12 |
http://www.cs.umd.edu/users/cml/cstyle/indhill-cstyle.html |
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coffee M: 2003-12-29 |
the reason the net exists, the drug of choice for a GNU generation, http://www.chez.com/emarsden/downloads/coffee.el , http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Coffee.html , geiseri's favorite beverage, smells better than it tastes. |
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coldstore C: 2001-01-16 |
a gigabyte scale persistent object store in C++. http://coldstore.sf.net/ |
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colemak C: 2010-10-08 |
at http://colemak.com/ |
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colfax M: 2001-02-14 |
@http://www.xafloc.com/, or @http://www.nod.to/, or contactable at ftp@xafloc.com, or tired |
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colinux M: 2009-06-21 |
<reply>Cooperative Linux (coLinux) is software for running Linux on Microsoft Windows. It is a port of the Linux kernel, allowing cooperative execution with another operating system on a single machine. http://colinux.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ http://www.colinux.org/ #colinux on irc.oftc.net. |
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collab-maint C: 2015-05-02 |
see this mail for how to join collab-maint https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2015/02/msg00001.html |
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collegelinux M: 2005-07-01 |
<reply> CollegeLinux is a new, stand-alone operating system based on Slackware, or http://www.collegelinux.org/ |
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colored pager M: 2009-05-06 |
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Using_vim_as_a_syntax-highlighting_pager, or ln -s /usr/share/vim/vimcurrent/macros/less.sh ~/bin/less |
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colorize M: 2009-05-29 |
<reply>colorize was a Perl script to produce colored log files. Previously packaged for Debian, became a transitional package to ccze as of colorize 0.3.1-3, removed from Debian to resolve bug #321905. See http://packages.debian.org/ccze |
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colortail C: 2001-11-07 |
a program that will display your logs in colour, great to put in decorationless transparent *term on desktop, look at http://www.student.hk-r.se/~pt98jan/colortail.html |
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colsfaq C: 2001-11-02 |
at http://www.linuxsecurity.com/docs/colsfaq.html |
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comic chat C: 2001-08-17 |
<reply>Microsoft Comic Chat is their sorry excuse for an IRC client. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Chat |
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command line M: 2001-07-17 |
In the Beginning was the Command Line, or http://cryptonomicon.com/beginning.html or http://econ161.berkeley.edu/OpEd/virtual/stephenson_beginning.html |
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command.com C: 2007-05-20 |
http://web.archive.org/web/20050414142121/http://command.com/ |
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commands M: 2021-01-22 |
<reply>An A-Z index of the linux command line can be found at https://ss64.com/bash/. See also <refcard> for a list of commonly used commands specific to debian. |
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compiere C: 2007-02-07 |
<reply>Compiere is an integrated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Customer Relations Management (CRM) software solution that combines the power of point of sales (POS), distribution, inventory, e-commerce, accounting, and workflow systems within one robust application. http://www.compiere.org/ |
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compiz M: 2013-08-19 |
<reply>Compiz is an OpenGL compositing and window manager, which brings to life a variety of visual effects that make the linux desktop easier to use, more powerful and intuitive, and more accessible for users with special needs. See also http://wiki.debian.org/Compiz http://www.compiz.org/ or #compiz on irc.libera.chat. |
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compliment C: 2003-07-30 |
See: http://www.madsci.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/~lynn/jardin/SCG |
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compose sequences M: 2012-02-14 |
<reply>The complete list of combinations of compose sequences is in /usr/share/X11/locale/*/Compose where * depends on your locale. See also https://wiki.debian.org/XCompose , http://andrew.triumf.ca/iso8859-1-compose.html or ask me about <compose>. |
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compton M: 2014-03-11 |
<reply>Compton is a composition manager for the X Composite extension, forked from xcompmgr-dana. It implements shadows, fading, translucency, window frame opacity control and inactive window transparency. Compton does not replace the existing window manager. https://github.com/chjj/compton/ |
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compuchat C: 2005-07-31 |
at http://compuchat.freeownhost.com |
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condor C: 2006-12-15 |
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/ and http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/map/ |
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conffile M: 2012-02-12 |
<reply>A conffile is a configuration file that is given special handling by dpkg to help preserve local changes; conffiles are listed in /var/lib/dpkg/info/$pkg.conffiles or by "dpkg --status $package". See Debian <policy> §10.7 (http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#s-config-files) for more information. Some packages use <ucf> as alternative way of managing config files. See also <confmiss>, <confnew>, <conffile check>. |
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conficker C: 2009-09-22 |
<reply>Conficker is a computer worm targeting the Microsoft Windows operating system (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conficker). <Nmap> versions 4.85beta5 and later can remotely detect Conficker variants using the included smb-check-vulns.nse script: nmap --script=smb-check-vulns --script-args=safe=1 -p445 -d foo |
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config-2.4.27-2-386 C: 2005-09-10 |
http://wooledge.org/~greg/config-2.4.27-2-386 |
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conio.h C: 2000-05-17 |
"The linux-conio.h is copyright (c) 1996,97 by Fractor / Mental EXPlosion. Look at our home page to get more information on Mental EXPlosion http://www.obh.snafu.de/~marte/friends/mxp.html" |
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conkeror C: 2010-01-03 |
<reply>Conkeror is a keyboard-driven Mozilla-based web browser, useful with window managers such as <ratpoison> and <xmonad>. Not to be confused with <konqueror>. http://conkeror.org/ See also <vimperator>. |
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conky M: 2010-05-28 |
<reply>Conky is a highly configurable system monitor for X based on torsmo. http://conky.sf.net/faq.html http://conky.wikia.com/ http://conky.sf.net/ #conky on irc.libera.chat. |
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connman M: 2012-11-14 |
<reply>Connection Manager (ConnMan) is an Internet connection management daemon designed for use within embedded devices. http://connman.net/ #connman on irc.libera.chat. |
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console M: 2010-07-16 |
<reply>Console Guides: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/DOS-Win-to-Linux-HOWTO.html http://www.linuxcommand.org/ http://tinyurl.com/gwg2b http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/05/20/terminal1.html http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~kevin/unix-tutorial/toc.html . See also <serial console>, <netconsole>. |
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console paster M: 2007-07-16 |
yes, Virginia, you can use a pastebin website from console. Save any relevant to file (redirect stdout & stderr). Install a console-mode browser (elinks, w3m, lynx), and console mouse management (gpm) and screen ('screen', RTFM for copy/paste). Use irssi as a text-mode IRC client, and sort it out. Remember: help us help you. http://pastebin.ca/tools.php |
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consultants C: 2003-03-04 |
http://www.debian.org/consultants/ |
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contents-file M: 2017-02-24 |
<reply> The Contents file in a Debian <repository> is an index of all filenames in all packages for a particular release and architecture. Source packages are also indexed. <apt-file> and <judd> use the Contents files to search for which package contains a given file. The hash of the Contents file is cryptographically checked using the <Release file>. See https://wiki.debian.org/RepositoryFormat or ask me about <secure apt>. |
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context C: 2017-10-11 |
<reply>Try to give enough context! For example, let us know which command/program you are running, what you expected, and what you got instead. Try to be as specific as possible. If your command produced output, share the complete command (with all parameters!) and its output on https://paste.debian.net. |
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contrib M: 2012-03-21 |
<reply>[contrib] Debian packages that contain <DFSG>-compliant software, but have dependencies not in main (possibly packaged for Debian in non-free). To get contrib packages, add lines like "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ [bookworm|trixie|forky|sid] main contrib" to your /etc/apt/sources.list, then «apt update». Also ask me about <non-free>, <contrib list>. |
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contribute M: 2025-10-28 |
<reply> check https://www.debian.org/devel/join/ for how to contribute to debian |
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converfs C: 2003-12-15 |
at http://tzukanov.narod.ru/convertfs/index.html |
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cookbook C: 2001-11-28 |
"Over 1,500 time-saving recipes and hints for busy modern computer users" at http://dsl.org/cookbook/ |
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cooking pasta C: 2005-09-21 |
an art that you can find out about at http://italianfood.about.com/cs/pasta/ht/cookingpasta.htm |
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cool uris don't change C: 2009-07-29 |
<reply> When fiddling with your server, remember that people will have bookmarks to your existing pages, other pages will have links and search engines will have your current set of pages indexed. Don't dump people at a 404 page and say "please update your bookmarks", use a rewrite rule or similar to make life easy for everyone (see Apache's mod_rewrite for example). http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI |
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coolpackager C: 2001-04-28 |
at http://cpkg.sourceforge.net/ |
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coop-award C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply> http://www.eff.org/coop-awards/ The EFF is giving away money to encourage cooperative computing. They're offering $50,000 USD for the discovery of a million-digit prime number, and GIMPS has already determined there are no more mersenne primes less than a million digits in length. Join GIMPS with the mprime program for a shot at the prize money. |
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copyleft C: 2006-02-01 |
<reply> see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyleft for a full explanation |
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copyright-format M: 2014-02-20 |
<reply>Many Debian packages use a standardised format for recording the information in the <debian/copyright> file. The format is documented in <policy> and can be found in /usr/share/doc/debian-policy/copyright-format* or at https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/ . This format was originally developed as Debian Enhancement Proposal (DEP) 5. |
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coq C: 2026-06-09 |
the Coq Proof Assistant or at http://coq.inria.fr |
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corba C: 2026-06-09 |
the Common Object Request Broker Architecture or at http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/corba.html or http://www.cetus-links.de/oo_corba.html |
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coreboot M: 2010-02-04 |
<reply>coreboot (formerly LinuxBIOS) is a free software project aimed at replacing the proprietary <BIOS> within most computers (over 200 mainboards are supported). http://coreboot.org/ #coreboot on irc.libera.chat. |
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coredump C: 2026-06-09 |
a slick techno/ambient/trance 128-bit mp3 stream or at http://pitfall.org/coredump/ or accessible directly at http://pitfall.org:8000/ |
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corel linux M: 2009-06-04 |
<reply>Corel Linux (a.k.a. Corel LinuxOS) was an operating system <based on debian>, released in 1999 and discontinued in 2001. The Corel Linux source code was purchased by <Xandros> Corporation. http://web.archive.org/web/20000308074253/http://corel.com/news/1999/may/may_1999_faqs.htm http://web.archive.org/web/20020127150324/http://opensource.corel.com |
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coreutils M: 2009-06-17 |
the GNU core utilities, which are essential/basic system utilities expected to exist on every operating system. http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html |
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corrections apt sources M: 2016-04-05 |
a list of unofficial sources for apt. The URL to unofficial list: http://www.apt-get.com del |
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corrections apt-sources M: 2016-04-05 |
a list of unofficial sources for apt. The URL to unofficial list: http://www.apt-get.com del |
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cosm C: 2000-02-16 |
at http://cosm.mithral.com/ (it's distributed.net's vapourware v3 after duncan split) |
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cosource C: 2000-12-05 |
a great fucking idea.... http://www.cosource.com |
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cost of debian C: 2008-10-07 |
free as in beer, or gratis. To see the estimated cost of developing Debian through a proprietary model, see http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/files/www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/nodes/2771/c20080123_cost-deb-bar.jpg |
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country codes C: 2000-04-29 |
at http://www.ics.uci.edu/pub/websoft/wwwstat/country-codes.txt |
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courier M: 2010-01-30 |
<reply>Courier mail server is a <MTA>, providing ESMTP, IMAP, POP3, webmail and mailing list services using additional components. http://www.courier-mta.org/FAQ.html http://www.courier-mta.org/ |
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covid C: 2020-04-30 |
<reply>The 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019–20_coronavirus_pandemic_by_country_and_territory |
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cow M: 2011-09-21 |
a Turing complete language at http://www.bigzaphod.org/cow/, or http://www.nichtlustig.de/toondb/050529.html, or the apt-get easter egg which says moo, or see <cow theory>, or copy-on-write, or a big animal that says <moo> |
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cow theory C: 2007-10-24 |
http://www.remix64.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1315 |
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cows with guns C: 2004-04-04 |
http://www.cowswithguns.com/ |
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cowsay M: 2010-04-30 |
a configurable talking cow, or an absolutely vital program for turning text into happy ASCII cows, or what asg uses to combat the evil Outlook(TM) stationary that is sent to him. xcowsay (http://www.doof.me.uk/xcowsay/) is packaged for squeeze. |
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cpan M: 2011-11-02 |
<reply>The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN) is a mirrored archive of <Perl> modules and documentation, also a Perl program used to access the network. To create Debian packages of CPAN modules, ask me about <dh-make-perl> and supply the --cpan option. http://www.cpan.org/ |
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cpip C: 2001-04-30 |
see http://www.blug.linux.no/rfc1149/ |
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cpu M: 2008-03-23 |
<reply>The Central Processing Unit (CPU) can be thought of as the brains of the computer. When most people think of processors, they think of Intel. The Pentium and Pentium Pro are CPUs, the Intel Core 2 Duo is a newer CPU. The most popular alternative to Intel is probably AMD. http://wiki.debian.org/HowToIdentifyADevice/CPU |
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cpu flags C: 2009-05-24 |
<reply>A list of CPU feature flags and their meanings: http://blog.incase.de/index.php/cpu-feature-flags-and-their-meanings/ |
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cpufreq M: 2010-07-28 |
<reply>The Linux kernel CPUfreq subsystem supports frequency scaling on mobile (and some desktop) x86, PowerPC and ARM processors. It provides an interface for throttling processor speed, to save power when the system is idle. http://wiki.debian.org/HowTo/CpuFrequencyScaling http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#cpufreq . See also <speedstep>, <coolnquiet>, <longhaul>, <intel_pstate>, <power saving>. |
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cpuidle M: 2011-11-06 |
<reply>cpuidle is a generic framework introduced in Linux 2.6.24, for supporting software-controlled idle processor power management. See also <intel_idle>. http://kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cpuidle/ |
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cpuset C: 2007-08-21 |
at http://www.bullopensource.org/cpuset/ |
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cr M: 2019-11-14 |
Costa Rica. Carriage Return, or your fecking enter key ;) See <https://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/052> |
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crack5 C: 2026-06-09 |
at ftp://ftp.cert.org/pub/tools/crack/ |
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cracker M: 2007-03-19 |
<reply> [cracker] defined at http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/C/cracker.html |
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cray M: 2001-04-30 |
at http://www.cray.com. Cray makes Supercomputers for SuperBots, or now owned by Tera (www.tera.com) |
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crda M: 2013-02-06 |
<reply>Central Regulatory Domain Agent (CRDA) is a <udev> helper to query/set the regulatory domain for wireless devices, packaged since Debian 7 "Wheezy". Some wireless LAN devices (e.g. Atheros) default to a strict world regulatory domain if CRDA is not present, preventing the use of channels 12 and 13. http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Regulatory/#CRDA |
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cream M: 2009-09-26 |
<reply>Cream is a configuration of the <Vim> text editor - conforming to Common User Access standards - for making Vim more approachable for beginners. Packaged for Debian, invoked by running 'cream' (default vim is untouched). http://cream.sf.net/ |
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creative M: 2010-12-21 |
<reply>Creative Technology (aka Creative Labs) is a manufacturer of computer multimedia products. For support of Sound Blaster devices, ask me about <sound blaster>. See also <pd1170>, <webcam>. http://connect.creativelabs.com/opensource/ |
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creativecommons.org C: 2003-07-10 |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ |
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crfh C: 2000-09-11 |
College Roomates from Hell, a kick ass and hilarious comic serial on College life with quite a large following. http://www.crfh.net/ |
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crfh!!! C: 2000-08-02 |
a really brilliant and funny webcomic at http://www.crfh.net |
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cricket C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply> cricket is this funkidelic successor to mrtg that has been optimized by the guys at webtv (a subsidiary of M$ ... ICK!) but nonetheless it's GPL'd, so it must be good. You can learn more at: http://www.munitions.com/~jra/cricket/ |
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critturs C: 2000-03-20 |
<reply> are at http://www.sleepbot.com/critturs/ |
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crm114 C: 2009-11-04 |
<reply>[crm114] the Controllable Regex Mutilator, pattern recognition software which is able to classify incoming data for sorting, filtering or modification. It is commonly used to filter <spam>. From the package maintainer in Debian bug #529720: "I'd say that backward compatibility is not a crm114 feature and one must expect problems when upgrading crm114 to a new version." http://crm114.sf.net/ |
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cron tutorial M: 2009-11-13 |
http://clickmojo.com/code/cron-tutorial.html or just read "man 5 crontab" locally |
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cross C: 2015-07-08 |
https://wiki.debian.org/CrossCompiling |
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cross compiler M: 2015-07-08 |
<reply> To install or build cross compilers and toolchains: https://wiki.debian.org/CrossToolchains |
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cross compiling M: 2015-07-08 |
<reply> To cross-compile your package: https://wiki.debian.org/CrossCompiling |
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cross compiling to dos C: 2002-05-10 |
at http://sourceforge.net/projects/crossgcc/ |
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cross-site scripting C: 2002-09-09 |
http://www.cgisecurity.com/articles/xss-faq.shtml |
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crossfire M: 2011-11-12 |
<reply>Crossfire is an open source, cooperative multiplayer graphical role-playing game (RPG). The client and server programs are packaged for Debian as crossfire-client and crossfire-server respectively. http://crossfire.real-time.com/ #crossfire on irc.libera.chat. |
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crossover M: 2002-03-04 |
a proprietary piece of software that allows x86 linux users to use some Windows Netscape plugins with Netscape/Mozilla/Konq. I'd give you a link, but I don't like spam. :-P, or a different wiring for CAT5 cabling, that allows you to hook 2 ethernet cards directly together with no hub in between. For more information, see http://www.gcctech.com/support/doc/crossover.html |
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crouton C: 2016-05-27 |
<reply>Crouton is a set of scripts to run Debian applications in a chroot on top of Chromium OS. It is not a way to run Debian on a <chromebook>. Crouton is not supported in #debian. See also https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton |
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crunchbang M: 2010-08-11 |
<reply>CrunchBang Linux is a Live CD distribution originally based on <Ubuntu>, now based on Debian as of version 10, featuring the <Openbox> window manager. It is not supported in #debian. http://www.crunchbangplusplus.org/ https://www.reddit.com/r/crunchbangplusplus/ See <based on debian>. |
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crusoe M: 2000-02-05 |
<reply> Crusoe will be cool hardware and software for mobile applications. On January 19th, 2000, Transmeta is announced and demonstrated what Crusoe processors can do. or THE SECRET WEAPON or World Domination Inside, but http://www.transmeta.com/, but crusoe has a very high noise:result ratio, but the character of one very popular story i cant remember right now. |
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crux M: 2010-03-31 |
<reply>CRUX is a lightweight, i686-optimised Linux distribution targeted at experienced Linux users. http://crux.nu/ #crux on irc.libera.chat. |
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crypto howto M: 2001-10-15 |
http://www.keepthetouch.org/~marvin/crypto/ or http://wooledge.org/~greg/crypto/ (slow) |
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crypto in main M: 2005-10-01 |
<reply>Legal advice received 31-Jul-2001 indicates that the new US export regulations on cryptographic software will allow Debian to distribute cryptographic software from the US, provided certain hoops are jumped through. http://www.debian.org/legal/cryptoinmain . Yes, this means you no longer need <non-US> sources. |
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crypto kernel patches M: 2001-01-05 |
at http://www.kerneli.org. For v2.4, there are prelimianry patches in ftp://ftp.kerneli.org:/pub/linux/kernel/people/astor/v2.4/harald. Images created in 2.2.x aren't compatible with the 2.4.x code and probably vice versa |
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crystal space C: 2003-01-02 |
at http://crystal.sourceforge.net, a free (LGPL) and portable 3D Game Development Kit written in C++. It supports: true six degrees of freedom, colored lighting, mipmapping, portals, mirrors, alpha transparency, reflective surfaces, 3D sprites (frame based or with skeletal animation), procedural textures, radiosity, particle systems, halos, volumetric fog, scripting (using Python or other languages), and much much more. |
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cs46xx M: 2013-02-15 |
<reply>The snd-cs46xx ALSA driver (supporting Cirrus Logic Sound Fusion CS4280/CS461x/CS462x/CS463x devices) requires firmware to be supplied for device operation. Device firmware is not distributed by the Debian project; to acquire, refer to the procedure at https://wiki.debian.org/snd-cs46xx |
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cscene C: 2026-06-09 |
a cool WebZine aimed at C and C+\+ programming. It can be found at http://www.cscene.org/ |
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csh M: 2001-02-05 |
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/shell/csh-whynot/ or BSD's standard shell, and very useful, or perverse, or considered harmful |
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css M: 2014-01-07 |
Cascading Style Sheets (http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/), or Content Scramble System, a <DRM> scheme for video DVDs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_Scramble_System), ask me about <libdvdcss>. |
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css flash killer C: 2005-01-01 |
http://www.squarefree.com/userstyles/xbl.html |
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ctte M: 2007-05-12 |
the Debian technical committee, http://www.debian.org/devel/tech-ctte . Their purpose is to judge technical disputes among developers that cannot be resolved by regular email debate. |
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cubic C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.cubic.org/player and is now open source. |
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cuda M: 2013-06-11 |
<reply>Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA) is a programming framework by Nvidia, allowing for parallel general purpose computation. CUDA works with all Nvidia GPUs from the G8x series onwards. http://www.nvidia.com/object/cuda_home_new.html |
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cuda repo M: 2025-12-05 |
<reply>Nvidia provides an apt repository with newer versions of <nvidia-driver> than are usually available in debian. Not supported in #debian, but may be needed for cutting edge GPUs, and is much safer than the <nvidia-installer> .run method. See https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/tesla/driver-installation-guide/debian.html and <why nvidia-installer sucks>" |
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cuecat M: 2000-10-05 |
a barcode scanner, or http://www.logorrhea.com/cuecat, or a full mirror of cuecat stuff is also at http://www.flyingbuttmonkeys.com |
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cult of vi C: 2003-05-01 |
<reply> http://www.splange.freeserve.co.uk/misc/vi.html |
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culture time C: 2026-06-09 |
a very entertaining occasional mailing list and its cousin 20 Past Midnight, to be found at http://www.cybernothing.org/jdfalk/html/culture-time.html |
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cunnilingus M: 2001-02-08 |
MEN! FAQ is at: http://www.psychedelic.com/sex/cunnilingus.html |
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cups M: 2023-04-26 |
<reply>CUPS (formerly Common Unix Printing System) provides a portable printing layer for Unix-based operating systems and supports the Internet Printing Protocol. See <cups driverless> for modern setups. For pre-2014 hardware, ask me about <cups setup>. See also <debug cups>. http://cups.org/faq.php http://www.cups.org/ |
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cups driverless M: 2023-04-26 |
<reply>Since Debian 10 (buster), driverless printing is the preferred method of setting up printers with <cups>. Most consumer printers made since 2014, and most business and enterprise printers of any age, support this approach. See https://wiki.debian.org/CUPSDriverlessPrinting |
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cups setup M: 2010-02-16 |
"aptitude install cups cups-bsd foomatic-db". Hit http://localhost:631/ and add a new printer. Enjoy! Optionally install the printconf package to automatically install attached printers. To troubleshoot printing problems, ask me about <debug cups>. |
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cups windows C: 2004-03-25 |
To print to CUPS printer from Windows using IPP look here : http://www.owlfish.com/thoughts/winipp-cups-2003-07-20.html |
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cupsys C: 2002-07-17 |
'apt-get install cupsys cupsys-bsd' on server and 'cupsys-client cupsys-bsd' on clients. Visit http://127.0.0.1:631/ to configure it. For local, parallel port printers, Device URI is parallel:/dev/lp0 |
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cupt C: 2009-09-24 |
<reply> Cupt is a partial re-implementation of <APT> suite from scratch using Perl. It consists of Perl modules and a console front-end. http://wiki.debian.org/Cupt |
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curl M: 2009-05-18 |
<reply>cURL is a command line tool for transferring files with URL syntax, supporting FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS, TFTP, Telnet, DICT, FILE and LDAP. Supports HTTPS certificates, HTTP POST, HTTP PUT, FTP uploading, Kerberos, HTTP form based upload, proxies, cookies, user+password authentication, file transfer resume, HTTP proxy tunneling. http://curl.haxx.se/ #curl on irc.libera.chat. |
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curlftpfs C: 2008-08-13 |
a filesystem for accessing FTP hosts based on FUSE and libcurl. http://curlftpfs.sourceforge.net/ |
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custom kernel M: 2010-10-07 |
<reply>Read http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html#Why and read "Debian" when it has "OpenBSD". Also ask me about <kernel-handbook>. |
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custom netinst M: 2009-06-22 |
<reply>To create customized Debian <netinst> images, see http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Modify/CustomKernel and http://wiki.debian.org/DebianCustomCD . See also <blend>. |
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customer M: 2009-01-08 |
<reply> Another happy customer leaves the building.||<reply> A satisfied customer? We should have them stuffed!||<reply>NEXT PLEASE!||<action>rattles the #debian tip jar (http://www.debian.org/donations) |
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customize C: 2006-03-04 |
at http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto/howtos/debcustomize |
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cute penguin C: 2001-11-07 |
http://www.73lab.com - site with many cute penguins for your desktop |
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cve M: 2010-11-17 |
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures, a database of publicly known information security vulnerabilities. http://cve.mitre.org/ Most Debian Security Announcements have a CVE identifier, ask me about <dsa>. Ask me about <cve lookup CVE-yyyy-nnnn> to get Debian-specific information. |
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cvoicecontrol C: 2000-09-20 |
a speech recognition program for Linux, more info at http://www.kiecza.de/daniel/linux/index.html |
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cvs M: 2004-03-28 |
the Concurrent Versions System -- an RCS extension. ; see(cvs-buildpackage ; cvs-pcl ; cvsweb) or a giant pharmacy corporation or developed at http://www.cyclic.com/, or has a faq at http://www.loria.fr/~molli/fom-serve/cache/1.html, or good documentation can be found at http://cvsbook.red-bean.com/cvsbook.html |
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cvs book C: 2004-07-10 |
<reply> The CVS book is a relatively decent introduction to CVS, at http://cvsbook.red-bean.com/ |
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cvs home dir C: 2003-04-24 |
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=5976 |
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cvsbook C: 2000-07-31 |
http://cvsbook.red-bean.com/ |
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cvsup M: 2000-10-29 |
at http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~nanbor/CVSUP/, or http://www.polstra.com/projects/freeware/CVSup/, a CVS repository mirroring client/server combining knowledge of RCS file format with rsync, gzip, and multithreading. Written in Modula-3, or used to distribute the CVS reopsitories for FreeBSD and OpenBSD, or the fastest way to mirror cvs |
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cxoffice C: 2011-08-11 |
<reply>Crossover Office (cxoffice) is a commercially supported version of <Wine> with a few extra hacks added in to help it run Windows programs under Linux. They actively develop for Wine and contribute back to the Wine project. Support for cxoffice can be found on their website http://codeweavers.com/ and in #crossover on irc.libera.chat. |
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cxq5 C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.whalebonepro.com/cxq5/frameset.html or at http://www.mp3.com/artists/34/cxq5.html |
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cyber9397 C: 2000-08-09 |
a graphics chipset used in some laptop computers, for example the lifetec lt9888. see http://www.ag2.mpi-sb.mpg.de/~funke/ALDI_Notebook.html for an x-server |
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cybersnare C: 2026-06-09 |
a funny article working out the differences between Windows and GNU/Linux to be found at http://www.netaction.org/msoft/cybersnare.html. |
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cygwin M: 2008-06-05 |
<reply> Cygwin is a <POSIX> environment for Microsoft Windows, running (among many programs) bash and gcc. Availiable from http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/mirrors.html , or broken WRT <rsync> (https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2208). #cygwin on irc.libera.chat. |
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cygwin-xfree86 C: 2001-07-01 |
an attempt by cygwin developers to port xfree86 to run under windows. it runs decently, although it can't run many window managers other than twm. You can find more information at http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/xfree/ . |
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cygwin/xfree86 C: 2001-07-01 |
an attempt by cygwin developers to port xfree86 to run under windows. it runs decently, although it can't run many window managers other than twm. You can find more information at http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/xfree/ . |
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cyrus M: 2009-11-26 |
the CMU Cyrus mail system. It supports IMAP, POP3, NNTP and many other mail related protocols. http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki/bin/view/Cyrus/CyrusFAQ http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ #cyrus on irc.libera.chat. <greycat> cyrus is like a huge black cube with an eyeball painted on it that says "YOUR MAIL IS SAFE WITH ME, CITIZEN" |
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d M: 2008-07-02 |
a systems programming language. Its focus is on combining the power and high performance of C and C++ with the programmer productivity of modern languages like Ruby and Python. Special attention is given to the needs of quality assurance, documentation, management, portability and reliability. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D_%28programming_language%29, or uninterruptible sleep (usually IO) |
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d-i M: 2019-06-29 |
<reply>Information about the development of the debian-installer is at the developers page http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ . If you want to make custom install CDs, start with d-i. IRC: #debian-boot on irc.oftc.net. See also <errata>, <g-i>. |
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d-i-status M: 2012-05-01 |
<reply>Known problems with Debian-Installer (D-I) daily builds are listed at http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Today . See also http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/errata for known problems in alpha/beta/release candidate versions. |
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d:sbd M: 2010-03-24 |
<reply>"Debian: Secure by Default" (D:SbD) was a project examining available open-source security features for integration within Debian. http://d-sbd.alioth.debian.org/ See also <harden>. |
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da.org C: 2008-03-09 |
System Administration Tips and Resources @ http://www.debian-administration.org/ |
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dac960 C: 2026-06-09 |
http://www.dandelion.com/Linux/DAC960.html |
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daca C: 2000-07-12 |
at http://limehouse.org |
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daemon M: 2011-07-05 |
<reply>A daemon is a process that runs in the background attending to various tasks without human intervention. Daemons typically have no controlling terminal, see http://www.steve.org.uk/Reference/Unix/faq_2.html#SEC16 for details on implementing a daemon. http://wiki.debian.org/Daemon |
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daemontools M: 2010-06-04 |
<reply>daemontools is a suite of programs for managing Unix services, not to be confused with <DAEMON Tools>. Previously <non-free>, included in main as of version 1:0.76-1. http://cr.yp.to/daemontools.html |
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dahb C: 2005-09-25 |
http://www.debiananwenderhandbuch.de/ |
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dak M: 2009-07-05 |
<reply>dak (debian archive kit) is the set of scripts that manage the Debian archives. See http://ftp-master.debian.org/git/dak.git or http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=mirror/dak.git for the code. dak transfers packages from unstable to testing (and from incoming to unstable) at {1,7,13,19}:52 UTC each day. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianDak |
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damnsmalllinux M: 2009-09-03 |
<reply>Although Damn Small Linux is <based on Debian>, it is offtopic on #debian. http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/ |
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dancer oper guide C: 2002-01-22 |
http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~aps100/dancer/dancer-oper-guide/dancer-oper-guide/ |
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dansguardian M: 2010-02-10 |
<reply>DansGuardian is a open source web content filter, which filters page content based on several methods. Packaged for Debian, requires a caching proxy server (e.g. <squid>) for its use. http://dansguardian.org/ |
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dante C: 2001-12-14 |
at http://velocity.editthispage.com and mesveldt@slc.edu or indistinguishable from a Computer Algebra System |
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darcs C: 2006-12-30 |
a revision control system build on top of the patch theory. http://www.darcs.net/ |
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darksnow C: 2001-06-21 |
at http://www.darksnow.org |
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darwin awards C: 2003-01-31 |
http://www.darwinawards.com/main.shtml |
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dash M: 2010-06-06 |
<reply>dash (formerly Debian Almquist shell) is a <POSIX> compliant shell, smaller than <bash> and offers faster script execution (decreasing boot time). dash is the default /bin/sh since the Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" release. To check if your existing scripts will work with dash, use checkbashisms from <devscripts> and see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DashAsBinSh |
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davezilla C: 2004-10-07 |
a GOD, sometimes badgered by the people from TOHO (owners of GODZILLA). His website which is (fairly|really|terribly|awfully|not really) funny can be found at http://www.davezilla.com/ -- aka Dave Linabury. Not as famous as (Jon Postel|Richard Stallman|Jakob Nielsen), but just as good looking. Your mileage may vary. It's an acquired taste. |
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davical C: 2011-03-29 |
<reply>DAViCal is a <CalDAV> server, used to store shared calendars in a central location. http://davical.dhits.nl/index.php?title=Frequently_Asked_Questions http://davical.org/ #davical on irc.oftc.net. |
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davmail M: 2012-02-04 |
<reply>DavMail is a POP/IMAP/SMTP/LDAP/CalDAV/CardDAV gateway for Microsoft Exchange. Not in Debian, <ITP> filed as Debian bug #569668. http://davmail.sf.net/ |
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db1-compat C: 2002-08-18 |
available from http://people.debian.org/~cjwatson/db1-compat/ |
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dban M: 2010-12-09 |
<reply>Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN) is a self-contained boot floppy/CD that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers (x86, x86-64, powerpc). DBAN will automatically and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect, which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk or emergency data destruction. http://www.dban.org/faq . See also <nwipe>. |
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dbdb M: 2000-04-02 |
a networked datebook system, or at http://www.lithic.org/dbdb/ |
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dbgsym M: 2020-05-05 |
<reply> Packages that end in '*-dbgsym' contain the symbols required for debugging executables and libraries. The dbgsym packages are automatically generated packages that are in a separate archive; add a line like "deb https://deb.debian.org/debian-debug/ trixie-debug main" to your sources.list. See also https://wiki.debian.org/HowToGetABacktrace |
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dbus M: 2010-01-02 |
<reply>D-Bus is an <IPC> system for software to communicate with each other. The dbus-1-doc package contains the API documentation along with the protocol specification. http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/DBusAnalogy http://www.freedesktop.org/software/dbus/ #dbus on irc.libera.chat. See also <dbus shutdown>. |
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dc22 C: 2022-07-18 |
https://debconf22.debconf.org/ |
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dc3dd M: 2010-12-10 |
<reply>dc3dd is a patched version of GNU <dd> with features useful for computer forensics. Not packaged for Debian, <RFP> in Debian bug #468958. http://dc3dd.sf.net/ |
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dcc M: 2005-09-15 |
a protocol used for sending files on IRC. <asuffield> I suggest burning all people who offer dcc connections, or The Distributed Checksum Clearinghouse or DCC is a cooperative, distributed system intended to detect "bulk" mail or mail sent to many people. http://www.rhyolite.com/anti-spam/dcc/ or see <dcc alliance> |
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dcc alliance C: 2005-09-15 |
http://www.dccalliance.org/ or even http://www.dccalliance.biz/ |
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dccp C: 2008-06-13 |
the Datagram Congestion Control Protocol, a message-oriented transport layer protocol - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DCCP |
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ddclient M: 2013-06-07 |
<reply>DDclient is a Perl script to update dynamic IP addresses with several dynamic DNS providers (e.g. <Dyn>, <FreeDNS>, <No-IP>, ZoneEdit). It also supports IP address acquistion from cable/DSL broadband routers and web servers. http://dyn.com/support/clients/linux/ddclient/ http://ddclient.sf.net/ |
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ddiff C: 2000-08-26 |
http://onegeek.org/~tom/software/ddiff/ - a program to do a binary diff of two .deb files |
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ddos M: 2003-01-26 |
Distributed Denial of Service, or http://grc.com/dos/grcdos.htm or see slashdot.org |
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ddp M: 2010-02-13 |
the Debian Documentation Project. http://www.debian.org/doc/ddp |
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ddrescue M: 2010-12-07 |
<reply>dd_rescue (packaged for Debian as ddrescue) is a tool to help you to save data from crashed partition. Unlike dd, dd_rescue will keep going on despite errors. It can also continue interrupted copying process and copy backwards. http://www.garloff.de/kurt/linux/ddrescue/ See also <gddrescue>. |
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ddtp C: 2002-07-17 |
the Debian Description Translation Project, read all about it at http://www.debian.org/intl/l10n/ddtp |
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de bian C: 2004-03-15 |
at http://www.debian.org |
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de usage C: 2018-12-27 |
The HDD/RAM of the 7 DE on Stretch: GNOME 4.2G 726M, KDE 4.1G 604M, Cinnamon 3.7G 482M, MATE 3.1G 215M, LXQt 3.1G 184M, LXDE 3.0G 180M, XFCE 2.9G 226M. For Buster usage, package lists, and screenshots of the same see http://nvz.farted.online/buster |
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dead badger C: 2004-04-15 |
Road kill, or see http://www.strangehorizons.com/2004/20040405/badger.shtml for instructions on installing linux on a dead badger. |
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dead laura C: 2001-01-16 |
available at http://www.markmcelroy.co.uk/lol.jpg |
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deadbeef M: 2010-12-10 |
<reply>DeaDBeeF is an audio player for GNU/Linux and other UNIX-like systems. Not in Debian, <ITP> filed as Debian bug #576975. http://deadbeef.sf.net/ #deadbeefplayer on irc.libera.chat. |
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death test C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://test.thespark.com/deathtest/ |
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deb cindy C: 2004-09-14 |
reply http://www.linuxforum.com/linux_wallpapers_full/104.php |
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deb kernels M: 2007-06-19 |
*really* new kernel debs, for people who dont know how to compile a kernel, or want a generic kernel if they dont know the hardware on the particular box very well. go to http://www.markybob.com/24misc/ |
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deb-of-trust C: 2026-06-09 |
a mapping of the pgp key signature relationships amoung all the Debian Developers. It can be found at: http://www.debian.org/~joeyh/keygraph/keyring.gif |
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deb-src M: 2016-11-16 |
<reply> You can have apt download the <source package> from which a <binary package> was compiled using a "deb-src" line in your <sources.list>. A line like "deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian sid main" does NOT make any binary packages available. Ask me about <source> <package recompile> <ssb>; make sure the "build-essential" package is installed. You might need linux-headers-$(uname -r) package installed. |
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deb.debian.org C: 2016-11-26 |
<reply>deb.debian.org is a mirror network that is backed by international content delivery networks and for most users, this is the most reliable <mirror> to use in the <sources.list>. From Debian 9 "Stretch" onwards, apt queries SRV records in DNS which then send it off to a CDN. Older apt will get an HTTP redirect from deb.debian.org to the same CDNs. See http://deb.debian.org/ for more details. |
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deb.li M: 2010-06-29 |
<reply>[deb.li] the Debian short URL service. http://wiki.debian.org/deb.li http://deb.li/ |
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deb.sury.org M: 2021-09-28 |
<reply>PHP Packages with different versions than stable are available from deb.sury.org, provided by the same developer who maintains PHP for debian stable. Not supported in #debian, but should be about as reliable as <backports>. Short instructions can be found at https://packages.sury.org/php/README.txt . See <mod-php>. |
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debaday M: 2007-03-11 |
<reply> The Debian project has created a new webpage: The 'Debian Package of The Day'. Each day the website highlights a different package from the repository. It includes screenshots and elaborate descriptions. The address is http://debaday.debian.net/, or apparently not an "official" website. |
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debbugs C: 2008-10-16 |
the software that Debian uses for the Bug Tracking System. It is in the package debbugs or available from http://bugs.debian.org/debbugs-source/ |
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debconf M: 2009-11-14 |
<reply>[debconf] Debian's configuration management system for packages, giving a single interface for asking and storing configuration-related settings. `man 7 debconf` http://wiki.debian.org/debconf http://www.fifi.org/doc/debconf-doc/tutorial.html . Not to be confused with the yearly Debian Conference (DebConf): http://wiki.debian.org/DebConf https://www.debconf.org/ |
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debconf-fix C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply> Either get the new version from incoming, or dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/debconf_*.deb, then try to upgrade again or the fixed version is at ftp://kitenet.net/pub/code/debian/debconf_0.2.6_all.deb |
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debconf6 C: 2005-10-26 |
http://wiki.debian.org/DebConf6 |
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debconf7 C: 2006-11-18 |
<reply>DebConf7 is in Edinburgh, Scotland from June 17, 2007 to June 23, 2007. http://wiki.debian.org/DebConf7 |
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debdelta C: 2010-08-07 |
a framework for updating machines using binary diffs of the .deb packages rather than downloading the full .deb. See http://debdelta.debian.net/FAQ |
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debgames C: 2007-02-10 |
debian games installable by apt-get are listed at http://debianlinux.net/games.html |
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debgen C: 2013-05-06 |
<reply>Websites that generate a <sources.list> for you (like http://debgen.simplylinux.ch/) create terrible sources.list files with syntax errors, encourage you to mix releases or even distributions and do silly things like using "stable" instead of the code name. Instead, ask me about <bookworm sources.list> or <trixie sources.list>. |
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debguide M: 2003-08-19 |
http://colt.projectgamma.com/debguide.html |
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debian M: 2003-12-22 |
http://www.debian.org. See http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/index.en.html#contents |
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debian 1.0 M: 2005-07-12 |
a mistake by InfoMagic. They released an unstable version of Debian as 1.0. Google groups archives the posting by Bruce Perens announcing this at http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=m0tPBxF-000F9vC%40mongo.pixar.com . The first stable Debian release was 1.1, ask me about <buzz>. |
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debian advantages howto C: 2000-08-17 |
at http://www.infodrom.ffis.de/~joey/Debian-Advantages-HOWTO.txt |
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debian advocacy C: 2000-08-24 |
http://www.infodrom.ffis.de/~joey/Debian-Advantages-HOWTO.txt |
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debian archive M: 2010-03-05 |
<reply>Debian has archives of no-longer-supported releases at http://archive.debian.org/ . To use with <APT>, see http://www.debian.org/distrib/archive . For old versions of specific packages, ask me about <snapshot>. Old Debian <ISO> files are archived at http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/archive/ [for DFSG free ISOs] or https://cdimage.debian.org/images/unofficial/non-free/images-including-firmware/archive/ [for non-free images] |
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debian base tarball C: 2003-07-05 |
available at http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/base-images-current/. Remember: objects in mirror are closer than they appear. |
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debian bsd M: 2009-10-22 |
<reply>Debian GNU/kFreeBSD and Debian GNU/NetBSD are ports of the Debian operating system using the FreeBSD and NetBSD kernels respectively. http://www.debian.org/ports/kfreebsd-gnu/ http://www.debian.org/ports/netbsd/ Ask me about <kfreebsd>. |
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debian build tools C: 2016-11-28 |
<reply>Building a package uses a set of tools, layered upon each other to provide different functionality such as managing the source code, creating the clean environment, and building the actual source. These layers can be pretty confusing to start with. See https://people.debian.org/~stapelberg//2016/11/25/build-tools.html |
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debian channels M: 2013-07-23 |
<reply>Debian IRC channels are listed at http://wiki.debian.org/IRC/ -- #debian is meant for general Debian user support, you may get better support for specific issues in another channel. |
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debian codenames C: 2004-08-12 |
<reply> The codenames for Debian releases come from the movie "Toy Story" by Pixar. For a list of possible future release names, see http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-ftparchives#s-sourceforcodenames |
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debian cut M: 2011-10-16 |
<reply>"Constantly Usable Testing" (CUT) is a proposal to make a rolling branch of Debian. See the proposal: http://lwn.net/Articles/406301/ and the discussion: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2010/09/msg00502.html . http://cut.debian.net/ |
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debian desktop C: 2002-10-28 |
the Debian Desktop project, see http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-desktop/ |
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debian does dallas C: 2006-04-11 |
http://gtm.regex.com/dallas.html Be patient she takes a while to get going ;) |
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debian elitism C: 2006-03-20 |
http://www.arouse.net/despair-linux/debian.jpg |
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debian font C: 2006-04-10 |
http://www.linuks.mine.nu/debian-font/ |
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debian glossary C: 2005-03-14 |
http://women.alioth.debian.org/dicts/debian-glossary.en.html |
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debian hands on C: 2003-06-08 |
http://colt.projectgamma.com/debguide/en/ |
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debian history M: 2004-06-10 |
<reply>http://www.debian.org/intro/about#history http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/ or ask me about <release history> for the reader's digest condensed version. |
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debian hk C: 2004-03-31 |
a project by Hong Kong (not necessarily living in :) Debian developers and enthusiasts to promote the use of Debian. More information can be found at http://www.debian.org.hk/. |
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debian irc C: 2021-05-22 |
<reply> The offical Debian IRC network is OFTC (irc.oftc.net). Please connect to OFTC for debian support and development communities. See https://wiki.debian.org/IRC for a list of channels. See also <oftc>, <oftc move>, and <libera>. |
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debian jp M: 2000-07-07 |
a project by Debian developers in Japan to provide excellent Japanese support in Debian. :-) See http://www.debian.or.jp/ for more information. |
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debian jr M: 2010-01-31 |
<reply>The Debian Jr. Project is a Debian Pure <Blend>, with the goal of making Debian an OS that children of all ages will want to use. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianJr http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-jr/ #debian-jr on irc.oftc.net. |
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debian live M: 2011-02-07 |
<reply>The Debian Live project provides pre-built Debian live system images and allows creation of your own. NOT recommended for installing Debian. Live images are available from http://www.debian.org/CD/live/ . https://wiki.debian.org/DebianLive #debian-live on irc.debian.org; also see <live login>, <uefi live>. |
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debian live oldstable M: 2013-10-25 |
<reply>Debian Live images of the <oldstable> release are available from http://live.debian.net/cdimage/release/oldstable/ |
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debian logo M: 2013-08-06 |
<reply>The Debian Open Use Logo is distributable under the LGPLv3 or later and is available in a variety of formats (jpg, png, svg, eps, pdf) from http://www.debian.org/logos . Usage of the logo shouldn't be confusing or misrepresenting as per the trademark policy http://www.debian.org/trademark http://www.debian.org/News/2013/20130301. Also ask me about <debian logo font> or see http://wiki.debian.org/DebianLogo |
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debian logo font M: 2013-08-06 |
<reply> The Debian logo's font is Poppl Laudation Condensed by Friedrich Poppl (http://www.identifont.com/show?U5). Note that the "i" has been changed and the text has been condensed horizontally and stretched vertically. There are free fonts that are almost the same (see http://wiki.debian.org/DebianLogo) and the Debian text is included in the vector images as an outline at http://www.debian.org/logos. |
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debian logo origin C: 2015-06-07 |
The Debian swirl is a simple, generic stroke of "rough charcoal", a standard brush shape that ships with Adobe Illustrator. https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2005/06/msg00340.html |
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debian machines C: 2006-01-15 |
http://db.debian.org/machines.cgi |
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debian man pages M: 2010-06-26 |
<reply>[debian man pages] The "Man Page Lookup" service searches on a man page's name and section as given in the selection menu and query dialog, for pages supplied in current Debian <releases>. http://manpages.debian.org/ |
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debian marketing M: 2009-09-04 |
<reply>Dig the printable flyer! http://web.archive.org/web/20070528092016/http://people.debian.org/~mbanck/flyer/flyer.pdf |
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debian mirror checker M: 2012-05-28 |
<reply>Debian mirrors have timestamp files we use to determine how recently they have been updated. Here are some statistics the mirror maintainers provide: https://mirror-master.debian.org/status/mirror-status.html and http://ftp.de.debian.org/dmc/today/ Ask me about <mirrors>. #debian-mirrors on irc.oftc.net. |
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debian mirrors M: 2012-08-17 |
<reply>The best mirror for most users is <deb.debian.org>; other mirrors are listed at http://www.debian.org/mirror/list and http://deb.li/map ; ask me about <netselect-apt>, <deb.debian.org>, <debian mirror checker>. To make a mirror, see http://www.debian.org/mirrors/ ; see also <debmirror>, <apt-mirror>, <ftpsync>, <mirror size>. #debian-mirrors on irc.oftc.net. |
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debian news C: 2025-02-20 |
New or noteworthy in Debian land: <release>, <search dpkg>. See also: <bits>, <dpn>, <dda>, <dsa>, /topic. http://www.debian.org/News/ http://identi.ca/debian |
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debian ooo C: 2011-03-31 |
<reply><OpenOffice.org> in Debian has been following the fork at http://go-oo.org/ for several years, meaning that OOo in Debian has had a set of LGPLv3 patches that Sun refused to accept on the grounds of their licence. The fork at go-oo.org has joined the <libreoffice> project so while there's a change in name for the openoffice.org packages in Debian, there's little practical difference for users at this stage. |
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debian ports C: 2002-01-08 |
<reply> Debian is being / has been ported to other kernels (HURD/Beowulf), architectures (besides x86), and more....see http://www.debian.org/ports/ |
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debian pure blend C: 2010-10-19 |
<reply>A Debian Pure Blend (formerly Custom Debian Distribution) is a subset of Debian configured to support a particular target group out-of-the-box. Not to be confused with distributions <based on Debian>. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianPureBlends http://blends.debian.org/ #debian-blends on irc.oftc.net. |
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debian repos howto C: 2003-02-05 |
http://www.isotton.com/debian/docs/repository-howto/repository-howto.html |
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debian repository M: 2010-02-16 |
<reply>A Debian repository is a set of Debian packages organized into a predefined structure for fetching with <apt>. A HOWTO (outdated since <secure apt>) is available at http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/repository-howto/repository-howto . Ask me about <list repositories>. |
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debian shop C: 2005-06-25 |
available at http://www.df7cb.de/debian/shop/ |
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debian snapshots C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://master.debian.org/~jim/snapshots/ |
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debian system M: 2010-03-29 |
<reply>"The Debian System" is a book written by Debian Developer Martin F Krafft aka madduck. It's an excellent resource for learning about how Un*x and in particular Debian systems run and how to look after them. http://debiansystem.info/ For a more up-to-date book on Debian, ask me about <debian-handbook> or ask me about <books>. |
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debian t-shirts C: 2008-11-15 |
http://shop.cafepress.com/debian http://www.paul.sladen.org/expo/lrlive-2005/T-shirt-logos.html http://www.aboutdebian.com/gear.htm |
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debian users C: 2002-11-10 |
http://www.debian.org/users/ |
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debian weather M: 2014-07-15 |
<reply>https://qa.debian.org/dose/ |
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debian wiki M: 2013-05-07 |
<reply>The Debian wiki (http://wiki.debian.org/) is a support and documentation resource for the Debian project. For information about the wiki itself, see http://wiki.debian.org/DebianWiki . Wiki bugs are documented in the <BTS>, see http://bugs.debian.org/wiki.debian.org . See also <immutable wiki>. |
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debian women M: 2010-06-10 |
<reply>Debian Women is a Debian subproject. For more information, see http://women.debian.org/ and http://wiki.debian.org/DebianWomen . #debian-women on irc.oftc.net. |
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debian zh C: 2000-07-07 |
a project by Chinese Debian developers to provide excellent Chinese support in Debian. See http://www.debian.org/international/chinese/ for more information. |
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debian's stuffs C: 2003-09-16 |
http://www.cafeshops.com/debianstuff |
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debian-br C: 2001-12-01 |
The Brazilian Debian Translation Project visit at: http://debian-br.cipsga.org.br or #debian-br |
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debian-devel-announce M: 2008-06-11 |
<reply> debian-devel-announce is an announcement list to which major Debian developments are posted. If you are running releases beyond <stable>, then YOU are part of the development process; it is your responsibility to read it (no excuses!) or risk missing important announcements. "mailx -s 'subscribe' debian-devel-announce-request@lists.debian.org < /dev/null" or http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/ See also <apt-listchanges>. |
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debian-fr C: 2003-08-13 |
an association giving you some documentation: http://www.debian-fr.org/ |
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debian-handbook M: 2017-05-24 |
<reply>The Debian Administrator's Handbook is at http://debian-handbook.info/ and can be browsed, bought and downloaded. From Debian 7 "Wheezy" onwards, it can also be installed from the debian-handbook package. Also ask me about <books> <docs>. PDF at https://debian-handbook.info/get/ |
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debian-help-de C: 2002-11-09 |
<reply> debian-help-de probably is at http://www.openoffice.de/linux/buch |
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debian-jp C: 2026-06-09 |
http://www.debian.or.jp/ |
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debian-kr C: 2000-07-07 |
a project by Korean Debian developers to provide excellent Korean support in Debian. See http://www.debian-kr.org/ for more information. |
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debian-legal M: 2012-05-30 |
http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/, or an echo chamber of arm-chair lawyers pretending they know what is happening. |
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debian-next M: 2022-04-04 |
<reply>#debian-next is the channel for testing/unstable support. It is on the OFTC network (irc.oftc.net), *not* on libera.chat! If you are unable to join #debian-next, it means you did not read it's on irc.oftc.net. See also https://wiki.debian.org/IRC and https://wiki.debian.org/GettingHelpOnIrc |
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debian-user C: 2010-06-10 |
<reply>debian-user is a <mailing list> for on which users of Debian can seek help from other users. List address: debian-user@lists.debian.org. Archives: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/ . Also available through <NNTP> from gmane.org. |
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debian-vs-ubuntu C: 2008-11-22 |
Ubuntu page on the differences: http://www.ubuntu.com/community/ubuntustory/Debian discussion from 2007: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-553987.html - a bit outdated: http://polishlinux.org/choose/comparison/?distro1=Ubuntu&distro2=Debian and http://madduck.net/blog/2006.05.24:ubuntu-and-debian/ (on conflicting views between the communities) |
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debian.net C: 2013-02-12 |
<reply>The "debian.net" domain points at unofficial resources maintained by Debian Developers. The resources are usually not managed or controlled by the Debian sysadmin group, unlike debian.org machines. See http://wiki.debian.org/DebianDotNet and http://wiki.debian.org/DebianNetDomains for more information. |
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debian/copyright M: 2014-02-20 |
<reply> All packages have copyright and licensing information in the file /usr/share/doc/$package/copyright. The copyright files are also available at via http://packages.qa.debian.org/$package for easy reference. The file must include where the source code came from, the copyright holders and the licence details (see §12.5 of <policy>). Ask me about <copyright-format> <nmg>. |
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debian/rules clean C: 2014-08-27 |
<reply>The "clean" target in debian/rules is required to undo the effects of the build. It needs to remove the output of the compilation and put the source tree back into its original state so that a fresh build can be performed. See Policy §4.9 https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-source#s-debianrules |
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debianday C: 2008-08-14 |
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianDay |
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debiandualboot C: 2004-12-25 |
at http://marc.herbert.free.fr/linux/win2linstall.html#debian-testing-sarge |
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debianedu M: 2009-04-09 |
<reply>Debian Edu is a project that aims to provide a free software distribution that is tailored for educational scenarios such as the class room, the staff room and the administration office. Ask me about <skolelinux>. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu |
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debianfr C: 2004-01-18 |
an association giving you some documentation: http://www.debian-fr.org/ |
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debiangit M: 2009-08-07 |
<reply>To build packages directly from Git in Debian, read the explanation at http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/notes/debian/git.html . Also ask me about <git>. For a jump start using Git, see http://ftp.newartisans.com/pub/git.from.bottom.up.pdf . |
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debianlove C: 2008-04-06 |
the more I gain knowledge about Linux, the more I like Debian. Ask me about <why debian> too. For more information, see http://wiki.debian.org/ |
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debianomic C: 2026-06-09 |
i guess debianomic is the Debianite's Nomic (ask me about 'nomic') game. http://cs-sun01.samford.edu:8080/Debianomic |
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debianunbroken C: 2014-06-08 |
https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian |
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debianwrt M: 2006-12-12 |
<reply> The DebianWRT project is to support running Debian on access points, such as those supported by the OpenWRT project. https://wiki.debian.org/DebianWRT |
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debirf C: 2010-01-04 |
<reply>debirf (DEBian on Initial Ram Filesystem) is a system for creating diskless kernel/initramfs images, which boot entirely into RAM and provide a fully functional Debian system. Packaged for Squeeze. http://cmrg.fifthhorseman.net/wiki/debirf #debirf on irc.oftc.net. |
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debmake C: 2023-03-28 |
<reply>The Guide for Debian Maintainers, aka debmake-doc, is a rewrite of the New Maintainer's Guide which aims to be a replacement. It describes the building of the Debian package to ordinary Debian users and prospective developers using the debmake command. https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debmake-doc/ |
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debootstrap M: 2021-01-21 |
<reply>debootstrap can create a basic Debian system from scratch, without apt/dpkg. Useful for installing in a <chroot>. It is key to installing Debian GNU/Linux from a Unix/Linux system. http://wiki.debian.org/Debootstrap - https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/amd64/apds03.en.html |
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deborphan bookworm C: 2026-04-15 |
a package that will tell you what library packages you have installed that nothing's using. If you want remove all packages use 'deborphan | xargs apt-get -y remove --purge', or a nice tool to clean up grown debians. http://deb.li/3qpqF provides a nice guide to several more steps to reclaim big chunks of HDD. Ask me about <debfoster><autoremove><unmarkauto>. |
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debports M: 2019-08-15 |
<reply>debports was a perl script to create a BSD-like ports structure on Debian systems, formerly at <http://www.the-labs.com/Linux/debports> (defunct). |
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debsecan C: 2008-10-05 |
a program that reports security advisories against programs installed on the host, similar to gentoo's glsa-check. See http://www.enyo.de/fw/software/debsecan/. |
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debsigs C: 2002-11-09 |
<reply>In order to verify debian packages, apt-get install debsig-verify debsigs debian-keyring. Read http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/debian/security/2002/09/msg00018.html, http://lists.debian.org/debian-security/2002/debian-security-200207/msg00130.html, and http://gopher.quux.org:70/devel/debian/debsigs.txt |
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debsrc3.0 M: 2023-11-30 |
<reply>The most common Debian source format, 3.0, has a <debian.tar.gz> file along side the original upstream tarball. It contains packaging scripts and any modifications needed to get the package to build/function on Debian. This format replaces the older <diff.gz> single big patch. See http://wiki.debian.org/Projects/DebSrc3.0 for more information. See also <policy> <nmg> <source package> <quilt> <gbp>. |
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debstats M: 2008-07-21 |
<reply> debstats is managed by sussudio: http://members.ziggo.nl/sussudio/debian-oftc.html (#debian OFTC) |
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debtags M: 2025-01-27 |
<reply>debtags was a way of categorising packages with tags (facets) that describe how a package can be used, what data it can read/write, what interfaces it has etc. No longer actively maintained, but existing tags can be searched with aptitude. https://wiki.debian.org/Debtags |
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debtakeover M: 2006-07-10 |
Debian Takeover, the next phase of Debian World Domination, is a script that will substitute Debian (woody, not sarge! Use DEFAULT_SUITE=woody and upgrade from there) for any running GNU/Linux distribution available at http://www.hadrons.org/~guillem/debian/debtakeover/ . You too can banish metoo, dead rat, crackware, mandribble and Sue.M.E. to the bit bin. |
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debtorrent M: 2009-10-25 |
a method of Debian package distribution using <BitTorrent>. http://wiki.debian.org/DebTorrent http://debtorrent.alioth.debian.org/ #debtorrent on irc.oftc.net. |
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debug nft C: 2025-02-23 |
https://wiki.nftables.org/wiki-nftables/index.php/Ruleset_debug/tracing and https://github.com/aborrero/nftables-tracer |
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debugging configure C: 2003-12-06 |
"What to do when programs won't compile", a HOWTO on tackling autoconf breakage at http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-debcon.html?ca=dgr-lnxw01DebugConfig |
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deception toolkit C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://all.net/dtk/dtk.html |
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decide C: 2008-02-06 |
http://xkcd.com/246/ |
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declick C: 2000-07-29 |
a wav-file declicker. Useful when cdparanoia can't quite fix your CDs. See http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~jschurig/declick.html |
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decss M: 2007-11-17 |
<reply>DeCSS is a computer program for decrypting content on a DVD (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeCSS). Not to be confused with <libdvdcss>. |
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deepin M: 2017-08-02 |
<reply> deepin is a Chinese distribution <based on debian>. It is not supported on #debian. Try their forums at https://www.deepin.org/en/ |
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default alsa C: 2010-12-23 |
<reply>Use the /etc/asound.conf or ~/.asoundrc configuration files to set your default sound card. See http://alsa.opensrc.org/MultipleCards for more information. You can also configure it in pavucontrol if you are using PulseAudio. |
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default desktop choice C: 2012-08-05 |
<reply>See http://lists.debian.org/debian-cd/2008/12/msg00019.html and https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2009/08/msg00499.html |
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default release M: 2026-05-13 |
deprecated and dangerous as it may prevent installation of security updates if not used correctly, see https://wiki.debian.org/AptConfiguration#Avoid_setting_APT::Default-Release |
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defrag M: 2009-03-24 |
generally not needed in linux. or http://cbbrowne.com/info/defrag.html or a respawn in a multiplayer game, or tip: fragmentation is low until you start using the default reserved-blocks-percentage space |
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dehs M: 2011-03-03 |
<reply>[dehs] Debian External Health Status. http://wiki.debian.org/DEHS http://dehs.alioth.debian.org/ |
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dell M: 2009-06-01 |
<reply> [dell] A wonderful company that makes very wonderful laptops, but also some extremely bad laptops, or the worst company you could ever do business with, or crap. http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Dell http://linux.dell.com/ See also <laptop>, <truemobile>. |
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deluge M: 2022-06-09 |
<reply>deluge is a fully-featured cross-platform bittorrent client. https://www.deluge-torrent.org https://dev.deluge-torrent.org/wiki/UserGuide https://forum.deluge-torrent.org |
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demoroniser C: 2000-04-06 |
for converting word's annoying little smart-quotes to ASCII. It's at http://www.fourmilab.ch/webtools/demoroniser/ |
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demudi M: 2010-07-07 |
<reply>DeMuDi (Debian Multimedia Distribution) is a defunct Debian-based distribution optimized for audio and multimedia work. It was absorbed into the Debian Multimedia project. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMultimedia #debian-multimedia on irc.oftc.net. |
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dents C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.dents.org/ (Well-designed nameserver which aims to be completely standards comformant) or GPL |
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denyhosts M: 2008-05-15 |
<reply>denyhosts is a python script that analyzes the sshd logs to find possible break-in attempts. It keeps track of the frequency of attempts from each host. Additionally, upon discovering a repeated attack host, the /etc/hosts.deny file is updated to prevent future break-in attempts from that host. A report can be sent to a system email address. http://denyhosts.sf.net/ See also <fail2ban>. |
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dep M: 2014-03-20 |
Debian Enhancement Proposal, or http://dep.debian.net/ |
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dep-11 C: 2020-03-23 |
a proposal to extend debian package metadata https://wiki.debian.org/DEP-11 ask me about <dep>. |
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dep-wait C: 2016-05-31 |
<reply> https://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt |
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dep3 C: 2016-12-04 |
<reply> http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep3/ |
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dependency symbols C: 2009-06-18 |
<reply>[dependency symbols] The relations allowed are <<, <=, =, >= and >> for strictly earlier, earlier or equal, exactly equal, later or equal and strictly later, respectively. See http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships |
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dependent wallclock M: 2014-01-03 |
<reply>Dependent wallclock was a feature of the classic <Xen> Linux kernels, which is not available in pvops kernels. Use of <NTP> within a Xen guest (domU) is now recommended. http://lists.xenproject.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2012-02/msg01413.html |
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depends: C: 2004-10-05 |
explained in http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html |
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derivatives M: 2009-09-03 |
<Knoppix>, <Ubuntu>, <Libranet>, <Corel>/<Xandros>, <Stormix>, <Progeny>, <Linspire>, <DamnSmallLinux>, <Kurumin>, <Agnula>, <Xebian> and many others, or see http://mako.cc/talks/20050418-customizing_debian/customizing_debian_slides/img1.html, or ask me about <dfd>, <cdd> |
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descent means descent iii C: 2000-08-01 |
available at http://www.lokigames.com |
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descriptions C: 2005-08-03 |
Debian package descriptions are often poor. See http://wiki.debian.org/PackagesDescriptionsReview to help review them or #debian-descriptions |
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desktop M: 2005-05-19 |
see http://xwinman.org/ |
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desktop environments M: 2024-03-15 |
<reply>Desktop environments available for installation on Debian systems include <GNOME>, <KDE>, <XFCE>, <LXDE>, <Cinnamon> and <MATE>. See also <window manager>. https://wiki.debian.org/DesktopEnvironment |
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desktop terminal C: 2007-09-30 |
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-create-a-transparent-terminal-session-as-your-desktop-background.html |
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desmume C: 2011-03-06 |
<reply>DeSmuME is an emulator of the Nintendo DS handheld video game console. http://desmume.org/ #desmume on irc.libera.chat. |
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devcenter C: 2001-01-08 |
an easy frontend to compiling and maintaining the KDE CVS code. It is written by Jono Bacon jono@kde.org. http://www.jonobacon.co.uk/devcenter/ |
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devconsole M: 2006-04-28 |
http://zgp.org/pipermail/linux-elitists/2005-October/011299.html or http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=282141 |
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devdsp M: 2009-10-08 |
<reply>If you are using <ALSA> and an application complains about /dev/dsp missing, you need to provide the Open Sound System (OSS) compatibility layer. Run "modprobe snd-pcm-oss" and add snd-pcm-oss to /etc/modules; the oss-compat package provides a <modprobe> configuration file which loads this module. A proposed Debian release goal is for packaged applications to stop using /dev/dsp: http://wiki.debian.org/ReleaseGoals/NoLinuxDevDsp |
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devede C: 2010-12-22 |
<reply>DeVeDe is an application for creating CDs/DVDs for use in home players, from any source format supported by <MPlayer>. Packaged since Debian 7 "Wheezy". http://www.rastersoft.com/programas/devede.html |
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devel docs C: 2003-09-20 |
http://www.debian.org/devel/ or aptitude install maint-guide developers-reference debian-policy |
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developers M: 2005-08-09 |
DEVELOPERSDEVELOPERSDEVELOPERS!, or http://www.ntk.net/ballmer/mirrors.html |
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devicekit M: 2010-02-08 |
<reply>DeviceKit is a hardware abstraction layer developed by the people at <freedesktop.org>, intended to replace and correct the perceived shortcomings of <HAL>. http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/DeviceKit Deprecated in favor of udev-extras, merged with <udev> (BTS #533348). |
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devilspie M: 2009-06-02 |
<reply>Devil's Pie is a utility to detect windows during their creation and perform desired actions (e.g. resizing, pinning, moving to another workspace). Packaged for Debian. http://live.gnome.org/DevilsPie http://foosel.org/linux/devilspie http://www.burtonini.com/blog/computers/devilspie |
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devkit C: 2011-01-25 |
a portable development environment, retargetable but machine-dependent. The wrapping library is written in C and can be reconfigured to any target system. The library is still unfinished but it is possible to code applications for any machine without source changes. http://sourceforge.net/projects/devkit/ |
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devo C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.circle-path.org/garrett/tech/devo.html (Perl script to convert MS Windows themes to KDE themes) or a kickass band from the 80s, fighting those evil spuds and looking out for geeks destined to be highschool math teachers... Are we not men? We are devo. |
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devuan M: 2015-07-08 |
<reply>Devuan (https://devuan.org/) is a Debian <derivative>, meant to avoid dependencies on <systemd>. Not supported in #debian, please see #devuan on irc.libera.chat for support. |
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dex M: 2011-03-21 |
<reply>The Debian dErivatives eXchange project (DEX) aims to bring deltas from Debian derivatives and merge them into Debian. http://www.debian.org/News/2011/20110318 http://dex.alioth.debian.org/ See also <dfd>. |
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dfd M: 2010-10-12 |
<reply>[dfd] Derivatives Front Desk: http://wiki.debian.org/DerivativesFrontDesk . Press release: http://www.debian.org/News/2010/20100629 . IRC: #debian-derivatives on irc.oftc.net. |
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dflinux M: 2017-06-25 |
based on Debian, but it is not Debian. Only Debian is supported on #debian. Use #debian-facile (French) on irc.libera.chat instead. Even if the channel happens to be less helpful, support for distributions other than Debian is offtopic on #debian. See also <based on debian>. For mor information, visit https://debian-facile.org/asso:salon-irc-df and https://dflinux.frama.io/documentation/ |
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dfm M: 2010-07-26 |
"Desktop-File-Manager for X11" (http://www.kaisersite.de/dfm/). Removed from Debian post-Etch to resolve bug #349205. |
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dfs rescue C: 2005-01-18 |
http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/01/10/1727246&from=#debian |
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dfsg M: 2003-05-24 |
<reply>DFSG is the Debian Free Software Guidelines, which are explained at http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines . For a full list of DFSG-compatible/incompatible software licenses, see http://wiki.debian.org/DFSGLicenses |
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dfsg faq C: 2003-07-15 |
at http://people.debian.org/~bap/dfsg-faq.html |
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dfsg-licenses C: 2007-04-09 |
http://wiki.debian.org/DFSGLicenses |
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dft C: 2003-05-12 |
Drive Fitness Test - http://www.ibm.com/ and search for "DFT". |
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dh M: 2015-06-16 |
<reply>dh is the command sequencer that is part of the <debhelper> set of tools use in <debian/rules> for building packages. dh(1) runs a set of commands in sequence and allows the maintainer to add in extra tools ("--with", "--buildsystem"). See dh(1) http://deb.li/3n28i debhelper(7) http://deb.li/cQ4v and <nmg> http://deb.li/3Gbzn . Also run «dh binary --no-act» |
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dh87mc M: 2013-08-31 |
<reply>The Intel DH87MC Desktop Board is a motherboard utilising the Intel H87 Express chipset. Its I217V Gigabit Ethernet controller (PCI ID 8086:153b) is not supported at Debian installation time (bug #720898), ask me about <i217>. http://ark.intel.com/products/69045/Intel-Desktop-Board-DH87MC http://downloadmirror.intel.com/22678/eng/DH87MC_TechProdSpec02.pdf |
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dhcpcd M: 2010-02-13 |
a RFC2131 compliant DHCP client, packaged for Debian. It allows for a script to be executed when the IP address changes. http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd See also <dhcp client>. |
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dhis.net C: 2026-06-09 |
a replacement for dhis.org being run by remi and others; or http://www.dhis.net |
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dia M: 2011-11-16 |
<reply>Dia is an open source diagramming application. It can import and export XML-based Microsoft <Visio> files (.vdx). http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq http://live.gnome.org/Dia |
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dictd M: 2010-04-14 |
<reply>dictd is a dictionary network protocol (DICT) server. See /usr/share/doc/dictd/README.Debian.gz after package installation for a description of available dictionary databases. http://sf.net/projects/dict/ |
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dietpi C: 2021-04-11 |
<reply> DietPi is a distribution <based on Debian> primarily developed for single board computers such as the <Raspberry Pi>. DietPi is not Debian and it is not supported in #debian. https://dietpi.com/ |
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diffcmdoutput C: 2014-02-08 |
a short script to help cache the output from cron jobs and inform you when the output changes. See http://bonedaddy.net/pabs3/log/2012/10/29/thoughts-on-debian-testing/ |
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diffserv M: 2000-12-04 |
Differentiated Services, part (or all) of QoS, or http://lrcwww.epfl.ch/linux-diffserv/ and http://www.globecom.net/ietf/draft/draft-almesberger-wajhak-diffserv-linux-00.html |
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dilbert M: 2002-03-31 |
a comic, online at http://www.dilbert.com, or see backissues using this script: http://www.stonehenge.com/cgi/dilbert |
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dillo M: 2012-01-10 |
<reply>Dillo is a minimalist web browser based on <FLTK> 1.3 and licenced under the GNU GPLv3, which runs well even on an Intel i486. It does not support JavaScript, Java, Flash and frames support is very poor. http://www.dillo.org/ |
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ding M: 2007-02-13 |
a dictionary, http://www.freshmeat.net/projects/ding/ |
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dinner C: 2003-06-09 |
http://www.petsorfood.com/ |
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dinstall M: 2013-05-28 |
the part of <dak> that processes newly uploaded packages. It is run 4 times per day at 0152 0752 1352 1952 UTC. See http://ftp-master.debian.org/#dinstall |
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dirc C: 2000-07-29 |
the dIRC IRC Client - http://www.dragonmount.net/dirc/ |
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direcpc C: 2000-03-15 |
See http://www.helius.com about the possibility of using the DirecPC satellite internet feed service with linux (see the Network Edition For DirecPC link on the left) |
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directconnect M: 2001-08-16 |
a P2P-with-hubs file sharing client at http://www.neo-modus.com, or written in VB6, is for windows only, and uses a proprietary protocol |
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directfb C: 2003-02-01 |
at http://www.directfb.org |
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dirvish M: 2010-04-28 |
<reply> Dirvish is a fast, disk based, rotating network backup system. With dirvish you can maintain a set of complete images of your filesystems with unattended creation and expiration. A dirvish backup vault is like a time machine for your data. http://www.dirvish.org/ |
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disable aaaa requests C: 2011-04-12 |
<reply>Unfortunately <eglibc> performs both ipv4 and ipv6 requests simultaneously, even if ipv6 is disabled. Please see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eglibc/+bug/417757/comments/288 for a "solution" to prevent AAAA requests from being made. |
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discus C: 2000-09-13 |
a program to print a report of disk space usage more prettily than df(1). http://www.futuresouth.com/~stormy/discus.shtml |
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disguise M: 2000-07-03 |
at 206-540-8673, or at 783-6963, or in dire need of coffee, or http://disguise.pitas.com, or at http://www.gurlpages.com/zines/disguise. Pinkmarble on aim |
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disk contents M: 2011-04-14 |
<reply>To find out which CD or DVD image contains a particular package or source file, use the search engine at http://cdimage-search.debian.org/ . To see what a specific image contains, examine the package lists within the list-{cd,dvd} subdirectories for the relevant architecture at http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/ (e.g. http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/list-cd/). |
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disk not spun down properly C: 2008-04-19 |
<http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/debian-26/disk-might-not-be-spun-down-properly.-update-shutdown-utility-583307/> |
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disks to bricks C: 2000-07-27 |
at http://www.lwn.net/2000/0727/a/disk-destroyer.php3 |
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distcc M: 2005-12-11 |
<reply>distcc is a distributed C/C++ compiler, allowing load balancing of large compilations (e.g. kernels) across two or more locally networked systems. A HOWTO for Debian is at http://myrddin.org/howto/using-distcc-with-debian/ . <zeroconf> IPv6 parsing is broken (Debian bug #481951). See also <ccache>. http://distcc.samba.org/ |
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distributed monkey C: 2003-10-03 |
at http://www.karwin.com/products/infinite-monkeys.html |
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distribution M: 2015-02-09 |
a collection of software built around a kernel like Linux. Ask me about <debian> and <why debian>. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distribution |
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distro timeline C: 2012-04-28 |
at http://futurist.se/gldt/wp-content/uploads/12.10/gldt1210.png - nice graph of Debian-based (and other) distributions. |
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distrobox C: 2024-09-26 |
<reply>info can be found at https://distrobox.it/ |
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distrowars C: 2026-06-09 |
an distribution debating environment at http://distrowars.linuxmafia.org |
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distrowatch M: 2013-09-27 |
<reply> Distrowatch (http://distrowatch.com/) attempts to estimate popularity of different distros and lists versions of some of the software they include. It is considered by many to be hopelessly biased, not giving an accurate picture of real numbers of users of each distro. See http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=debian and see also <popcon>. |
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ditz C: 2008-12-07 |
a simple, light-weight distributed issue tracker that works with git, darcs, mercurial, bazaar, etc. http://ditz.rubyforge.org/ In Debian since 2008-12-07 |
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divert C: 2008-05-05 |
<reply> Don't try to convince dpkg to overwrite files and don't start playing with "--force" options for dpkg. Instead, "divert" one of the files out of the way so that there is no conflict. See man dpkg-divert and also http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ap-pkg-diversions.html. Working with the package management system is much easier than trying to work against it. |
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django C: 2011-06-15 |
<reply>Django is an open source, high-level web development framework written in <Python>. Packaged for Debian as python-django, "apt-cache search python-django" for related packages. http://www.djangoproject.com/ #django on irc.libera.chat. |
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djb M: 2004-12-17 |
an arrogant jerk, or Daniel J. Bernstein, author of <qmail>, <djbdns>, etc., or at http://cr.yp.to/djb.html, or a UNIX coding and mathematics genius, or an ego-maniac. See <wanker>. |
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djbdns M: 2013-06-20 |
<reply>djbdns is a collection of Domain Name System tools: a name server, cache, client and debugging utilities. Not part of the Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" and Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" releases due to CVE-2008-4392 (bug #516394). http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html |
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djbware C: 2001-03-21 |
Dan Bernstein's software, see http://cr.yp.to/software.html |
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djgpp M: 2002-05-10 |
<reply>djgpp - a free C compiler for Dos and windows - available from http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/, or a Dos/Windows port of GCC, or at http://sourceforge.net/projects/crossgcc/ with precompiled easy to install package |
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djmount M: 2012-11-20 |
<reply>djmount is a <UPnP> AV client. It discovers media servers on the network and mounts their content as a file system via <FUSE>. http://djmount.sf.net/ |
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djvu C: 2002-07-31 |
a smartass compressed image format. http://www.djvu.org/ |
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dkim C: 2011-10-04 |
<reply>DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is a method for associating a domain name to an email message, thereby allowing a person, role, or organization to claim some responsibility for the message. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DKIM |
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dlna M: 2011-06-05 |
<reply>Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) is a trade organisation, certifying devices providing interoperability via Universal Plug and Play. http://dlna.org/ Ask me about <upnp>. |
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dm M: 2010-01-09 |
<reply>DM means Display Manager, the app that brings up a graphical login screen and starts your login session. <lightdm>, <gdm3>, <xdm>, sddm, <kdm>, <wdm>, pdm, login.app and <slim> are all examples of display managers. Ask me about <nodm> if you want to disable the DM. Or Debian Maintainer: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer . For the deb-multimedia repository, ask me about <dmm>. |
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dm-crypt M: 2010-04-11 |
<reply>dm-crypt is a Linux kernel subsystem providing a cryptographic device-mapper target, which enables filesystem encryption in files, partitions, whole disks, logical and software RAID volumes. dm-crypt is the successor of <cryptoloop> and uses the Crypto API cryptography framework. The cryptsetup and cryptmount utilites are in the cryptsetup package. http://www.saout.de/misc/dm-crypt/ |
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dm.txt M: 2017-02-23 |
<reply> https://ftp-master.debian.org/dm.txt. You can use the tool who-permits-upload from the devscripts package to search this list |
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dma M: 2010-07-03 |
<reply>[dma] (Direct Memory Access) PCs have DMA channels that allow certain devices to directly access memory in order to speed up the process. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_memory_access . To disable use of DMA with <libata> (not possible at run-time via hdparm), add the kernel command line option libata.dma=0 to your bootloader. For the MTA, ask me about <dragonfly>. |
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dmca M: 2009-08-02 |
<reply>The Digital Millennium Copyright Act is a bad law adopted in the USA that makes it illegal to try to circumvent even the most petty Digital Restrictions Management controls to allow you to access content. Other treaties have brought DMCA-like laws to other parts of the world. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act (Its Fun to Be At The Deee Emmm Cee Ayyyyy....) |
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dmesg M: 2017-12-07 |
<reply>dmesg is used to examine or control the kernel ring buffer. /var/log/dmesg gives you the whole thing from boot time, the `dmesg' command shows you current ring buffer contents. dmesg as non-root from stretch on, see bug #842226 and http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=130372 |
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dmitry C: 2005-01-09 |
probably Dmitry Sklyarov: Russian programmer prosecuted by Adobe Corp and held in jail for 26 months. http://www.freesklyarov.org/ |
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dmix M: 2011-04-02 |
<reply>dmix is an <ALSA> subsystem allowing an audio device to play multiple sound streams simultaneously, without the need for an external sound server. See http://alsa.opensrc.org/Dmix for more information. A sample asound.conf is at http://img.hexus.net/v2/features/foss/a3/images/asound.conf |
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dmm M: 2015-04-19 |
<reply>We recommend against using deb-multimedia.org; these unofficial packages are known to cause many hard to debug problems. They are not in Debian either because they are poor in quality or for legal reasons. See http://deb-multimedia.org/ or ask me about <dmm bookworm>, <dmm trixie>. See also <dmm list>, <dmm mirrors>, <dmm pinning>, <why not dmm>, <dmm remove>. |
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dmm bookworm C: 2023-06-10 |
<reply>If you really need deb-multimedia.org (are you sure your information isn't 15 years out of date?), then (as root): echo "deb https://www.deb-multimedia.org/ bookworm main non-free" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dmm.list; apt update && apt install deb-multimedia-keyring && apt update. For an alternative way to load Marillat's archive key, ask me about <apt-key 1F41B907>. See <why not dmm>. |
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dmm bullseye C: 2021-08-15 |
<reply>If you really need deb-multimedia.org (are you sure your information isn't ten years out of date?), then (as root): echo "deb https://www.deb-multimedia.org/ bullseye main non-free" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dmm.list; apt update && apt install deb-multimedia-keyring && apt update. For an alternative way to load Marillat's archive key, ask me about <apt-key 1F41B907>. See <why not dmm>. |
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dmm buster C: 2019-07-07 |
<reply>If you really need deb-multimedia.org (are you sure your information isn't ten years out of date?), then (as root): echo "deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org/ buster main non-free" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dmm.list; apt update && apt install deb-multimedia-keyring && apt update. For an alternative way to load Marillat's archive key, ask me about <apt-key 1F41B907>. See <why not dmm>. |
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dmm mirrors C: 2010-06-21 |
<reply>Servers mirroring deb-multimedia.org content are listed at http://www.deb-multimedia.org/debian-m.php (copy at http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:www.deb-multimedia.org/debian-m.php). |
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dmm stretch C: 2015-04-19 |
<reply>If you really need deb-multimedia.org (are you sure your information isn't five years out of date?), then (as root): echo "deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org/ stretch main non-free" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dmm.list; aptitude update && aptitude install deb-multimedia-keyring && aptitude update. For an alternative way to load Marillat's archive key, ask me about <apt-key 1F41B907>. See <why not dmm>. |
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dmmj M: 2013-08-26 |
<reply>If you really need deb-multimedia.org (are you sure your information isn't five years out of date?), then (as root): echo "deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org/ jessie main non-free" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dmm.list; aptitude update && aptitude install deb-multimedia-keyring && aptitude update. For an alternative way to load Marillat's archive key, ask me about <apt-key 1F41B907>. See <why not dmm>. |
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dmms M: 2009-02-24 |
<reply>To add the deb-multimedia repository run (as root) # echo "deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org/ squeeze main non-free" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dmm.list; aptitude update && aptitude install deb-multimedia-keyring && aptitude update. For an alternative way to load Marillat's archive key, ask me about <apt-key 1F41B907>. |
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dmmw M: 2013-01-20 |
<reply>If you really need deb-multimedia.org (are you sure your information isn't five years out of date?), then (as root): echo "deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org/ wheezy main non-free" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dmm.list; aptitude update && aptitude install deb-multimedia-keyring && aptitude update. For an alternative way to load Marillat's archive key, ask me about <apt-key 1F41B907>. See <why not dmm>. |
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dmoz C: 2026-06-09 |
the open directory project, see http://www.dmoz.org/ and it also rocks |
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dmt C: 2001-09-15 |
savage, once said esko, http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/dmt/dmt.shtml |
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dmup C: 2010-07-08 |
the Debian Machine Usage Policies. See http://www.debian.org/devel/dmup |
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dnat M: 2010-01-15 |
Destination NAT (ask me about <nat>) or http://www.frozentux.net/iptables-tutorial/chunkyhtml/x4033.html |
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dnm C: 2003-08-28 |
<reply>Debian New Maintainers' Guide, Debian Policy Manual and Debian Developer's Reference - if you are a deb-newbie read them in this order, found at http://www.debian.org/doc/devel-manuals |
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dnrd C: 2000-11-19 |
a proxying nameserver, it forwards DNS queries, and is at http://dnrd.nevalabs.org |
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dns spam C: 2002-05-30 |
<reply> see http://www.dnsspam.nl |
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dns-323 M: 2010-02-06 |
<reply>The DNS-323 is a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device produced by D-Link. Revisions A1 and B1 are supported by Debian Installer, see http://www.cyrius.com/debian/orion/d-link/dns-323/ for details and installation instructions. |
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dnsmasq M: 2010-08-11 |
<reply> dnsmasq is a lightweight, easy to configure DHCP server, DNS forwarder and TFTP server. See /usr/share/doc/dnsmasq/README.Debian, dnsmasq(8) and /usr/share/doc/dnsmasq/setup.html for configuration details. http://wiki.debian.org/HowTo/dnsmasq http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/docs/FAQ |
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dnswalk C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~barr/dnswalk/ |
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doas C: 2022-07-31 |
https://wiki.debian.org/Doas alternative to sudo |
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doc-base C: 2011-02-12 |
a standardised method for Debian packages to register the documentation they include. There are several doc-base clients that will then let you browse and search the documentation, for example installing doc-central and a web server will let you browse the documentation at http://localhost/dc/ . See also http://wiki.debian.org/doc-base |
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docbook M: 2001-07-13 |
a sgml or xml dtd used for docmentation authoring. documentation for it can be found at http://www.docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/docbook.html. Install: docbook, docbook{-doc,-styles,-xml,-xt,-too}, sgml{-base,-data}, task-sgml, task-sgml-dev, jade. See: docbook-markup |
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docbook-markup C: 2001-07-13 |
See http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/documentation/reference/html/docbook.html |
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dock M: 2010-06-27 |
<reply>A dock is a graphical user interface element: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dock_(computing) . For Mac OS X inspired dock applications, ask me about <awn>, <cairo-dock>, <docky>. |
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dockapp C: 2001-03-21 |
Dock Applications, found at http://www.bensinclair.com/dockapp/ |
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docker M: 2020-02-09 |
<reply> docker is available in debian, see https://wiki.debian.org/Docker General docker help is available at #docker on irc.libera.chat https://xkcd.com/1988/ |
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docker-slim C: 2020-02-17 |
<reply>Official Debian <docker> images each have a slim variant that removes most documentation and is unsuitable for daily use. See .slimify-includes at https://github.com/debuerreotype/debuerreotype/blob/master/scripts/ ; Avoid -slim builds if you need man pages or standard documentation in /usr/share/doc/packagename/ |
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docky C: 2010-06-26 |
<reply>Docky is a Mac OS X like panel (dock) written in C#, derived from the <GNOME> Do "docky" interface, for opening common applications and managing windows. http://wiki.go-docky.com/ https://launchpad.net/docky See also <cairo-dock>. |
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does anyone know C: 2005-09-01 |
http://homepages.tesco.net/~J.deBoynePollard/FGA/questions-with-yes-or-no-answers.html |
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dog M: 2009-07-27 |
called man's best friend, or a footstool, or god spelled backwards, or cats from www, or http://mfrost.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/gracem.jpg, or a buffering replacement for <cat>: not maintained upstream, removed from Debian post-Lenny resolve bug #518398. |
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dogs C: 2001-09-09 |
http://wldo.folder.dk |
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dolphin M: 2012-09-02 |
<reply>Dolphin is the default file manager in KDE Software Compilation 4. https://community.kde.org/Dolphin #kde-fm on irc.libera.chat. See also <dolphin-emu>. |
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dolphin-emu M: 2012-09-02 |
<reply>Dolphin is an open source <Nintendo> GameCube, Wii and Triforce emulator. <ITP> filed as Debian bug #535073. http://dolphin-emulator.com/ #dolphin-emu on irc.efnet.org. |
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domain name system M: 2009-08-02 |
<reply>Domain Name System (DNS) is a distributed client-server database system which links domain names with their numerical IP adresses. Ask me about <resolv.conf> and <resolvconf>, <rfc1034>. See also <bind>, <dnsmasq>, <host>, <pdnsd>. http://wiki.debian.org/DNS |
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don't use nslookup C: 2020-04-30 |
<reply>The nslookup command is deprecated, and has many known bugs and problems. See <http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/nslookup.html>. Use "host", "dig" or other tools instead. |
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donate M: 2008-04-22 |
<reply> If you like Debian and are able to donate hardware, services or money, please do so. See http://www.debian.org/donations and http://www.spi-inc.org/donations |
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dont break debian C: 2014-09-16 |
<reply>https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian |
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doom3 C: 2004-10-04 |
http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/linux/doom |
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dorward C: 2001-05-27 |
A Linux User who runs http://www.dorward.co.uk/ |
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dosbox M: 2009-05-24 |
<reply>DOSBox is an open source x86 emulator designed to run old <DOS> games under unsupported platforms. See /usr/share/doc/dosbox/README.Debian for Debian-specific notes. See also http://www.markus-raab.org/Howtos/Hardware/midi regarding sound. http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/DOSBox_FAQ http://www.dosbox.com/ #dosbox on irc.libera.chat. |
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dosemu M: 2010-03-11 |
<reply>DOSEMU is a compatibility layer software package for Linux, for running DOS (e.g. MS-DOS, <FreeDOS>) and associated applications. If you use X, graphical DOS programs will be much easier to run than if you set up DOSEMU to do graphics at the console. http://www.dosemu.org/docs/HOWTO/ http://www.dosemu.org/ DOSEMU is kind of buggy and doesn't play games well, see <dosbox>. |
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dotdeb M: 2012-10-23 |
<reply>http://dotdeb.org/ is an unofficial package repository with emphasis on the <LAMP> solution stack, unsupported in #debian. To get support, read http://www.dotdeb.org/2012/08/24/how-to-post-useful-bug-reports/ and report any issues to https://github.com/gplessis/dotdeb-php5/issues . Ask me about <dotdeb alternatives>. |
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dotfiles M: 2008-09-04 |
http://wiki.debian.org/DotFiles. Remember that changes to these files won't be reflected until you log out and then log back in. Ask me about <bash login scripts>. |
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dothan C: 2005-06-08 |
http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=601 |
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dotnet C: 2002-03-20 |
in kdeartwork/styles/dotnet BUT the qt-only version is at http://clee.kdedevelopers.net/kde/dotNET-qt3.tar.bz2 |
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doudoulinux C: 2013-10-25 |
<reply>DoudouLinux is a live Linux distribution based on Debian, targeting young children. It is not supported in #debian. http://doudoulinux.org/ See also <based on debian>. |
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douma C: 2001-03-08 |
a representative of all that is wrong with the tech industry today. An author of the doumacode which threatened to destroy the sanity of donut. http://www.michaeldouma.com |
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dovecot M: 2013-05-15 |
<reply>Dovecot is an IMAP and POP3 server, written with security in mind. Easy to set up and fast, supports <mbox> and <maildir>. See /usr/share/doc/dovecot-{core,common}/README.Debian for important information. http://wiki2.dovecot.org/ http://www.dovecot.org/ See also <dovecot wheezy>. |
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dovecot wheezy C: 2013-05-15 |
<reply>The upgrade from Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" to Debian 7 "Wheezy" takes you from Dovecot 1.2 to 2.1. This is a big upgrade that requires manual intervention. Further details are available in the /usr/share/doc/dovecot-core/README.Debian.gz in wheezy's dovecot-core package and at http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Upgrading/2.0 and http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Upgrading/2.1 |
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down not across C: 2003-03-25 |
the <asr> motto (non ex transverso sed deorsum). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Asr-coa-na.svg or http://google.com/search?q=down,+not+across |
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down to earth C: 2000-12-11 |
at http://www.downtoearthcomic.com |
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downd C: 2000-03-28 |
the most 31337 downtime daemon in existence. Keeps your server down, and records how long it was down. Get it at ftp://leguin.org.uk/~ejb. |
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doxygen C: 2000-08-28 |
http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen, a manual making tool |
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dpa C: 2008-10-02 |
a Video tutorial/discussion of the Anatomy of Debian Pacakges - You should follow this along with the New Maintainers Guide -- http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6726522426109060914&ei=NwblSI3ODaGI-gG5vpifAg&q=debian&hl=en |
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dpi M: 2009-05-19 |
<reply>Your Dots Per Inch (DPI) setting affects the size of your fonts. Remove any explicit DPI settings in /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc or your display manager's configuration file, and X should autodetect your DPI. If not, add DisplaySize Width_in_millimeters Height_in_millimeters to Section "Monitor" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, ask me about <xorg config>. http://scanline.ca/dpi/ |
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dpkg-scanpackages C: 2012-02-20 |
a tool to make your own repository for apt: [1, as root] apt-get install dpkg-dev; [2, as user] mkdir -p ~/public_html/foo; cd ~/public_html/foo; [3] cp /your/packages.deb .; [4] dpkg-scanpackages . /dev/null | gzip > Packages.gz; [5, as root] Add a deb line to your /etc/apt/sources.list: "deb http://localhost/~username/foo ./" or "deb file:///home/username/public_html/foo ./". Alternatively, ask me about <reprepro>. |
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dpkg-statoverride M: 2026-06-01 |
<reply>the proper, upgrade proof way to handle permissions on package owned files. https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#the-use-of-dpkg-statoverride |
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dpkg.log M: 2009-08-17 |
<reply>/var/log/dpkg.log is the default log file of dpkg, it contains list of latest status changes and upgrades to packages; see also also /var/log/aptitude or files under /var/log/apt/. see http://simple.be/software/daudit/ |
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dpkgbot M: 2008-06-02 |
<reply>Please visit http://wiki.debian.org/IRC/DpkgBot to learn how to effectively search the factoids database for FAQ, and not flood in the channel with !tell <who> about <what>. Also ask me about <msg the bot>. We ask that you learn to search for yourself first, unless it is a specific problem. Many questions are asked repeatedly, and the factoid database can be of great help to you. Ask me about <search dpkg>. |
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dpl M: 2024-05-01 |
<reply> The DPL is the Debian Project Leader, an elected position that is the representative of the project (but not 'chief' in a technical or decision making sense). The current DPL is Andreas Tille. See https://www.debian.org/devel/leader |
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dpl debate C: 2002-03-26 |
available at http://beta.hardware.no/~tfheen/debian-debate.{html,txt} |
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dpl reports C: 2005-07-13 |
<reply> are at http://people.debian.org/~branden/dpl/reports/ |
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dpn M: 2010-09-21 |
<reply>[dpn] Debian Project News (http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/) is a bi-weekly newsletter with the most important and interesting news about Debian in general. http://wiki.debian.org/ProjectNews |
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dps-ftp C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www2.netdoor.com/~epg/dpsftp/ |
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dr. ron zammit M: 2001-08-27 |
an electronics god. a physicst who can be found at http://www.calpoly.edu/~rzammit/, or the president of the North American Railcar Operator's Association, http://www.narcoa.org |
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dracut C: 2009-09-08 |
a "cross-distribution" <initramfs> (a cpio archive of the initial filesystem that gets loaded into memory at boot time) which looks to replace the initramfs patchwork. http://lwn.net/Articles/317793/ |
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dragnarok C: 2006-04-15 |
at http://dragnarok.info |
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dragnarpg C: 2006-04-15 |
at http://dragnarpg.tuxfamily.org |
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dragon player C: 2009-01-03 |
a video player for <KDE4>. Packaged for Debian in squeeze. http://www.dragonplayer.org/ |
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dragonfly M: 2020-04-09 |
<reply> The DragonFly Mail Agent (DMA) is a small nullmailer; suitable for cases where a system needs to send email and there's an upstream MTA/smarthost available. It does not listen for incoming connections. Packaged for Debian as dma. http://github.com/corecode/dma |
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draveland C: 2002-06-01 |
at http://www.draveland.de.vu |
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drbd M: 2011-04-11 |
<reply>Distributed Replicated Block Device (DRBD) is designed for building high availability clusters, by mirroring a block device via a dedicated network. Included in Linux since 2.6.33, a backport is included in Debian 2.6.32 Linux kernel images. Utilities are packaged as drbd8-utils. http://wiki.debian.org/DrBd http://www.drbd.org/ #drbd on irc.libera.chat. |
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dreamcast linux C: 2003-06-28 |
at http://linuxdc.sourceforge.net/ |
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dreamlinux M: 2009-11-30 |
<reply>Dreamlinux is a Brazilian live CD based on Debian Lenny (as of version 3.5). http://www.dreamlinux.com.br/ http://dreamlinuxforums.org/ See also <based on Debian>. |
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dri M: 2010-02-16 |
Direct Rendering Infrastructure, included in X. http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/DriTroubleshooting http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/ #dri-devel on irc.oftc.net |
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dri cvs C: 2001-04-06 |
http://people.debian.org/~warp/dri/ |
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dri debs M: 2003-02-12 |
'echo "deb http://people.debian.org/~daenzer/dri-trunk/ ./" >> source.list', 'apt-get update;apt-get install xserver-xfree86-dri-trunk xlibmesa3-dri-trunk drm-trunk-module-source'. These are not updated daily and not the same as the snapshots at dri.sf.net. USE AT OWN RISK! |
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dri debs of the cvs C: 2002-10-07 |
<reply> are 'echo "deb http://penguinppc.org/~daenzer/debian/dri-trunk ./" >> source.list', 'apt-get update;apt-get install xserver-xfree86-dri-trunk xlibmesa3-dri-trunk drm-trunk-module-source'. These are not updated daily and not the same as the snapshots at dri.sf.net. USE AT OWN RISK! |
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drinky nerd C: 2005-02-02 |
http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/Dr-Fun/df9404/df940404.jpg |
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driver locator M: 2010-10-12 |
<reply>To work out what module you need to load for your PCI card, try pasting the output from "lspci -n" into http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/ . Ask me about <which ethernet driver> and <which video driver>. See also <oot>, <nodriver>, <judd-hardware>. |
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drizzle M: 2013-12-31 |
<reply>Drizzle is an open source database management system forked from <MySQL>, targeted at web infrastructure and cloud computing markets. It is not a drop-in replacement for MySQL. http://drizzle.org/ |
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drm M: 2010-02-16 |
Direct Rendering Manager, a <DRI> component (http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/DRM, http://dri.sf.net/doc/drm_low_level.html), or Digital Rights Management (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management) |
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droid M: 2011-08-25 |
<reply>Droid is a font family created for use by the <Android> mobile operating system. Packaged for Debian as fonts-droid (formerly ttf-droid). http://www.ascendercorp.com/pr/2007-11-12/ |
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dropbear M: 2010-02-17 |
<reply>Dropbear is a <SSH> 2 server and client, designed to be small enough for use in low-memory embedded environments, while still being functional and secure for general use. It does not have TUN/TAP support. Does not set <locale> (Debian bug #533525). Install the suggested openssh-client program to provide ssh and scp binaries. Read /usr/share/doc/dropbear/README.Debian after installation. http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html |
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drop_caches C: 2016-03-31 |
«reply»To make linux kernel free up most of the RAM used for its cache and buffer, run «sysctl -w vm.drop_caches=3». Or even «free; sync; sysctl -w vm.drop_caches=3; free». http://www.linuxinsight.com/proc_sys_vm_drop_caches.html https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt |
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drupal M: 2010-06-08 |
<reply>Drupal is an open source content management framework, packaged as drupal6 (Debian 6.0 "Squeeze") and drupal7 (Debian 7 "Wheezy"). No automated upgrade path from drupal6 exists, see http://wiki.debian.org/Drupal/Upgrade/From6To7 . dh-make-drupal can be used to create packages of Drupal modules/themes. General FAQ: http://drupal.org/node/202799 http://www.drupal.org/ #drupal-support on irc.libera.chat. |
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drupal7 M: 2015-09-14 |
<reply>Drupal is an open source content management framework, packaged as drupal7 (Debian 8 "Jessie", Debian 7 "Wheezy") and drupal6 (Debian 6.0 "Squeeze"). No automated upgrade path from drupal6 exists, see https://wiki.debian.org/Drupal/Upgrade/From6To7 . dh-make-drupal can be used to create packages of Drupal modules/themes. http://www.drupal.org/ #drupal-support on irc.libera.chat. |
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ds M: 2009-04-10 |
<reply> ds is a little perl script that lists installed Debian packages in descending size order. It's available at http://wooledge.org/~greg/ds or just use this "dpkg-query -W -f='${Installed-Size}\t${Package}\t${Status}\n' | grep installed | sort -rg | less", or dpigs -n 500 (in the debian-goodies pkg), or "wajig size". |
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dsa M: 2010-11-17 |
<reply>[dsa] Debian Security Announcement, see http://www.debian.org/security/ and http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/ ; RSS feeds at http://www.debian.org/security/dsa (titles only) and http://www.debian.org/security/dsa-long (summaries). Ask me about <dsa lookup DSA-nnnn> for information about the packages affected. See also <tracker of doom>, <debsecan>, <dsa team>. |
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dsa team C: 2010-11-17 |
<reply>The Debian System Administration team are the people who look after the Debian infrastructure machines. See http://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DSA or contact them via rt.debian.org to install software and such on Debian Project computers. |
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dsa1571 M: 2008-05-14 |
<reply> Due to a weakness in a random number generator, keys generated after 2006-09-17 (using openssl 0.9.8c-1 and later) need to be regenerated with a newer openssl (at least 0.9.8c-4etch3). See http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1571 http://wiki.debian.org/SSLkeys . Updated openssh packages that check for weak keys are also available. Ask me about <ssl update><dsa1576><ssh-vulnkey><dsa1571 jokes> |
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dsa1571 jokes M: 2008-11-04 |
<reply>For some light relief between changing your keys, see http://xkcd.com/221/ http://picpaste.com/glasbergen_-_new_encryption_code.gif, or http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/2996/pmeo9hcjp7aw9.jpg, or http://xkcd.com/424/, or http://www.random.org/analysis/dilbert.jpg |
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dsa1603 C: 2008-07-09 |
structural dns design flaw. the end of the world is near, unless dns updated. test the dns you're using here: http://www.doxpara.com/ |
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dsa2896 M: 2014-04-11 |
<reply> Versions of openssl prior to 1.0.1e-2+deb7u5 (wheezy) and 1.0.1g-1 (sid) are vulnerable to DSA-2896 (see http://deb.li/3BrUE). Check the version of the libssl1.0.0 packages: «aptitude versions '~i?source-package(openssl)'». Remember that the upstream version part (1.0.1e) doesn't change when security bugs are fixed in stable releases; ask me about <security backports>. See also http://heartbleed.com/, http://xkcd.com/1354/ |
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dsa3032 M: 2014-09-29 |
<reply>The vulnerability in bash has been fixed for <wheezy> and <squeeze-lts>. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-6271 and https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-7169. You have Debian installations older than squeeze? Shame on you. However, look at http://ftp.linux.it/pub/People/md/bash/ for sarge, etch and lenny packages. |
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dsc M: 2010-04-01 |
<reply>Debian source control file (.dsc) is part of a <source package>. This file is a control file used by dget to fetch package sources and dpkg-source to extract them. See http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html or ask me about <source package> <diff.gz> <package recompile> <policy>. |
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dsdt M: 2009-05-06 |
a Differentiated System Description Table, which supplies the information and configuration information about the base system. It is always inserted into the ACPI namespace by the OS at boot time. See lesswatts.org , acpi.sf.net , http://www.acpi.info/acpi_faq.htm , and kernel /Documentation and its kernel-parameters.txt. |
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dselect M: 2006-09-13 |
<reply>dselect is a wonderful UI for package management, or really more powerful than apt-get, or the only thing that provides FULL data when making decisions on whether to install a package. Obsolete documentation is at http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/dselect-beginner/ . See also <aptitude>, <fix-unmet>. For details about the bot, ask me about <dselectbot>. |
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dselect howto C: 2003-01-14 |
at http://www.debian.org/releases/2.1/i386/dselect-beginner.en.html |
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dsl M: 2006-08-27 |
<reply>[dsl] Digital Subscriber Line, the wonder technology the telcos will nevertheless find a way to turn into a con, or better than cable, or Damn Small Linux (http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/), see also <based on debian>. |
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dsniff M: 2009-06-17 |
a password sniffer for several protocols. It is also a collection of tools (packaged for Debian as 'dsniff') to examine various network traffic for cleartext insecurities. http://www.monkey.org/~dugsong/dsniff/faq.html |
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dspam M: 2015-08-10 |
<reply>DSPAM is an open source statistical anti-spam filter. No longer maintained upstream, removed from Debian post-Wheezy to resolve bug #754810. http://dspam.sf.net/ |
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dtc M: 2012-06-14 |
<reply> Domain Technologie Control (DTC) is a GPL-licensed web hosting control panel. Currently only in <experimental> because of a poor security track record. http://www.gplhost.com/software-dtc.html |
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dtk C: 2026-06-09 |
the Deception ToolKit, a set of scripts to baffle and confuse attackers by making them waste their time chasing vulnerabilities that you don't have -- get it at http://all.net/dtk/ |
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dual boot M: 2020-01-01 |
<reply> This describes a system that can boot to two different OSs. Debian's installer and grub boot loader are quite good at co-existing with other OSes on the same machine. See https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch03s05.en.html and https://wiki.debian.org/DualBoot/Windows and <supergrub> |
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dual monitors M: 2008-10-24 |
<reply>For a wide desktop over multiple monitors (<xinerama>), you can either configure your layout in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, or use xrandr in lenny onwards. See http://www.jejik.com/articles/2008/10/setting_up_dual_monitors_system-wide_with_xrandr_on_debian_lenny/ , http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Xorg_RandR_1.2 . See also <xrandr>. |
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dualceleron C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.kikumaru.com |
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dualppga C: 2026-06-09 |
at ftp://ftp.abit.com.tw/pub/pictures/BP6%20.jpg |
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dub-1312 C: 2014-04-29 |
<reply>The D-Link DUB-1312 "USB 3.0 to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter" (USB ID 2001:4a00) is supported by the ax88179_178a driver since Linux 3.14. http://www.dlink.com.au/products/?pid=1034 |
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dublab C: 2000-12-03 |
a dope ass net radio station at http://www.DubLab.com |
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duckduckgo C: 2015-04-24 |
at https://duckduckgo.com/ |
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dudeman C: 2008-09-13 |
dudeman's Debian GNU/Linux website is http://dudeman.gotdns.com |
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dudle M: 2001-02-07 |
at http://dudle.linuxroot.org |
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dueling banjos M: 2004-05-13 |
a weird question that's always asked on the debian lists, or http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-0309/msg00382.html, or what the heck are you talking about |
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dul M: 2002-07-08 |
the Dial-Up Users List or Use your ISPs Relay/Smart Host. See http://mail-abuse.org/ or a textbook example of the cure being worse than the disease |
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dump M: 2001-05-02 |
See <core dump>, or the act of relieving oneself of solid waste, or a backup tool - see 'man dump' and http://dump.sourceforge.net/ |
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dunc-tank C: 2007-10-15 |
http://www.dunc-tank.org/ |
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duppa C: 2007-09-18 |
at http://www.duppa.org |
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dust puppy C: 2026-06-09 |
a neat little critter that makes it's home at http://www.userfriendly.org/ |
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dvb M: 2011-03-29 |
<reply>Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) is a suite of standards for digital television (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVB). Drivers for a large number of DVB devices are included in the Linux kernel, see http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/ for more information. For USB DVB bridge firmware, ask me about <af9015>, <dib0700>. See also <atsc>, <dtv1000s>, <dvb-apps>, <e506r>, <mantis>, <saa7134>, <saa716x>, <stv22>. #linux-media on irc.oftc.net |
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dvd+rw C: 2004-07-14 |
for a technical comparison between dvd-r and dvd+r technologies see http://www.opticaldisc-systems.com/2003sep-oct/Eyeball54.htm |
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dvd-a M: 2009-04-05 |
http://www.dvda.org/, or dvd-audio, designed to work on most standalone dvd players, check http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html#1.12 |
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dvd-linux C: 2004-06-01 |
the linux-dvd howto is at http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/DVD-HOWTO.html |
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dvd::rip C: 2009-04-21 |
a Perl front-end for <transcode> and <FFmpeg>. Packages are available from <deb-multimedia>. http://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/ See also <handbrake>, <ogmrip>, <dvd ripping>. |
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dvdstyler C: 2006-05-18 |
<reply> deb http://dvdstyler.sourceforge.net/repository/debian/ unstable testing (or so, change it maybe) |
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dvorak M: 2007-06-26 |
for typing better than qwerty :P, or the coolest layout ever, or at http://www.mwbrooks.com/dvorak/, or <grub dvorak>. See also <keymap>. |
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dwa110 M: 2011-12-06 |
<reply>The D-Link DWA-110 is a USB wireless LAN device. For support of version A/A1 (USB ID 07d1:3c07, Ralink RT2571W chip), ask me about <rt73usb>. For support of version B (USB ID 07d1:3c0b, Ralink RT2870 chip), ask me about <rt2800usb> and <new_id>. http://www.dlink.com.my/products/?idproduct=195 |
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dwa120 M: 2010-06-09 |
<reply>The D-Link DWA-120 "Wireless 108G Adapter" is a 802.11g USB 2.0 device (USB ID 07d1:3a0d). It contains an Atheros AR5523 chipset, but is not supported by the experimental <ar5523> driver at this time. Ask me about <ndiswrapper>; NDIS drivers are available from http://ftp.dlink.ru/pub/Wireless/DWA-120/Drivers/ |
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dwa510 M: 2010-07-15 |
<reply>The DWA-510 "Wireless G Desktop Adapter" is a PCI 802.11g device produced by D-Link (PCI ID 1814:0302). For support on Debian systems, ask me about <rt61pci>. http://www.dlink.com.au/products/?pid=790 |
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dwdw C: 2016-05-31 |
<reply> https://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt |
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dwm M: 2010-01-11 |
<reply>dwm (dynamic window manager) can manage windows in tiling and floating modes. http://dwm.suckless.org/ #suckless at irc.oftc.net. See also <window manager>. |
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dx-busb C: 2010-05-03 |
<reply>The Dynex DX-BUSB is an 802.11g USB device (USB ID 4317:0720) containing a Broadcom chipset. There is no native Linux driver currently available, ask me about <ndiswrapper>. http://www.dynexproducts.com/products/computers/DX-BUSB.html |
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dx-ebusb M: 2011-05-12 |
<reply>The Dynex DX-EBUSB "Enhanced Wireless-G USB 2.0 Network Adapter" is an 802.11g device (USB ID 4317:0721). It contains a Broadcom chipset; there is no native Linux driver currently available, ask me about <ndiswrapper>. http://www.dynexproducts.com/products/computers/DX-EBUSB.html |
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dynamic dns M: 2008-06-18 |
free dynamic DNS (hostname -> IP mapping) is provided by http://www.dhis.net http://www.yi.org http://www.myip.org http://dyn.com http://dynip.org http://freedns.afraid.org/ - also see <dynamic dns clients> |
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dynamics M: 2000-07-25 |
a scalable, hierarchical, standards compliant Mobile IP system featuring several extensions, such as: FA hierarchies enabling localized location updates; Support for non-routed (so called private) IP addresses; Extremely fast handoffs for Mobile Nodes with Linux wireless extensions support., or at http://dynamics.lifix.fi/, or /join #dynamics |
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dzen C: 2010-12-27 |
<reply>dzen is a menuing, messaging and notification program for X11, often used with tiling window managers (e.g. <dwm>, <wmii>, <xmonad>). Packaged for Debian as dzen2. Wiki: http://dzen.geekmode.org/dwiki/doku.php . http://gotmor.googlepages.com/dzen #dzen on irc.oftc.net. |
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e-cvs C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply>debs for E cvs snapshots can be found at http://www.debian.org/~ljlane/downloads/enlightenment-cvs (or for /etc/apt/sources.list, 'deb http://www.debian.org/~ljlane/downloads enlightenment-cvs/') |
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e17cvs M: 2005-08-27 |
If you are feeling like you want to blame yourself for something, download http://gnea.net/debian_e17_install2cvs.sh and run it as root to install a bleeding-edge version (not debs, actual cvs source) of E17. May break, use at your own risk. You have been warned. Please read the script before using to email bugfixes. |
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e2fsprogs M: 2005-10-06 |
http://bugs.debian.org/325834, or if you are getting a messages about Force LoopBreak a likely cause is that you are trying to upgrade pre-stable packages to testing which isnt' supported. you should fully upgrade to the current stable before upgrading to testing,ask me about <force loopbreak> |
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e2k C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.elbrus.ru |
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e4rat C: 2011-05-29 |
<reply>e4rat ("Ext4 - Reducing Access Times") is a set of tools that may accelerate your boot times through physical file reallocation. http://e4rat.sf.net/ |
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e506r M: 2010-03-18 |
<reply>The "AverMedia Cardbus Hybrid TV FM E506R" (PCI ID 1131:7133) is a hybrid analogue/digital TV tuner, supported by the in-tree <saa7134> driver. Firmware is required (xc3028-v27.fw), acquire http://kernel.org/doc/Documentation/video4linux/extract_xc3028.pl and read the extraction procedure within. |
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eaccelerator M: 2011-04-02 |
a free open-source <PHP> accelerator, optimizer, and dynamic content cache. Not packaged for Debian, see bug #445998 for identified packaging issues. http://eaccelerator.net/ See also <xcache>. |
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eagle M: 2013-06-27 |
<reply>EAGLE is an electronic design automation application from CadSoft Computer. It includes a layout editor, schematic editor and autorouter. EAGLE freeware is packaged in <non-free>; since Debian 7.0 "Wheezy", amd64 users are required to enable <multiarch> and install the eagle:i386 package. http://www.cadsoftusa.com/ |
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easychains C: 2000-07-31 |
a GUI for making easy ipchains rules... at http://dejavo.homepage.com/djvlinux.html |
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easylinux C: 2026-06-09 |
a new Linux distribution at http://www.eit.de. |
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easypeasy M: 2009-11-13 |
<reply>easy peasy (formerly Ubuntu Eee, ION) is a Linux distribution based on <Ubuntu> for use on netbooks. It is not supported in #debian. http://www.geteasypeasy.com/ See also <based on debian>. |
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eatshit C: 2000-11-03 |
at http://www.crap.com |
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ebay C: 2000-06-23 |
a very popular auction site (good for cheap computer stuff) and is at http://www.ebay.com |
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ebda M: 2004-08-22 |
http://wiki.a32.net/bin/qwiki.pl?EBDAIsBig |
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ebloggy C: 2006-02-04 |
at http://www.ebloggy.com/ |
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ebtables C: 2009-06-03 |
used to configure Ethernet frame rules in the Linux kernel. Like <iptables>, but operates at the MAC layer. http://ebtables.sf.net/ |
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ec2 C: 2012-12-07 |
<reply>The Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) delivers pay-as-you-go capacity in virtualised resources: see https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/ . Debian images for EC2 (AMIs) are created by members of the Debian project. See http://wiki.debian.org/Cloud/AmazonEC2Image and http://blog.james.rcpt.to/2012/12/06/official-debian-images-on-amazon-web-services-ec2/ for details. |
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echelon C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply> echelon can be found at http://www.gn.apc.org/duncan/echelon-dc.htm or at http://www.iptvreports.mcmail.com/ic2kreport.htm |
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echoaudio C: 2013-01-02 |
<reply>The echoaudio ALSA driver supports Echo Digital Audio Darla(24), Gina(24/3G), Indigo (DJ/DJx/IO/IOx), Layla(24/3G), Mia/MiaMIDI and Mona devices. Firmware from userspace is required and not distributed by the Debian project; to acquire, refer to the procedure at http://wiki.debian.org/echoaudio |
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eclipse M: 2009-07-31 |
<reply>Eclipse is an extensible integrated development environment written in Java. http://wiki.eclipse.org/IRC_FAQ http://www.eclipse.org/ #eclipse on irc.libera.chat. |
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ecn M: 2004-09-14 |
<reply>Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) is a TCP/IP feature which should be supported by the whole Internet, but unfortunately, some broken firewalls don't like it. To disable: echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn . To disable permanently, echo net/ipv4/tcp_ecn=0 >> /etc/sysctl.conf . See also http://p12n.org/kb/ecn.html; you can disable ECN via <iptables> selectively. |
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ecryptfs M: 2011-10-21 |
<reply>eCryptfs (Enterprise Cryptographic Filesystem) is a POSIX-compliant encrypted filesystem, part of the Linux kernel since version 2.6.19. The userland utilities are packaged for Debian as ecryptfs-utils. https://launchpad.net/ecryptfs #ecryptfs on irc.oftc.net. Not to be confused with <encfs>. |
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ed M: 2004-10-12 |
the standard editor! http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~smikes/emacs/ed.html, or http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1991Jul11.031731.9260@athena.mit.edu&output=gplain |
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edid_disable_exts C: 2013-07-15 |
<reply>edid_disable_exts is a utility to modify a binary <EDID> file. It removes all EDID extension blocks by default, but can remove just audio information and the HDMI identifier (--to-dvi). The modified EDID can be supplied to Xorg display drivers to workaround rendering issues or disable HDMI audio. http://analogbit.com/software/edid_disable_exts |
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editmoin M: 2009-03-10 |
<reply>editmoin is a Python script to allow modification of <MoinMoin> wiki pages using your preferred <editor>. Packaged for Debian, also includes a Vim syntax file. After installation, read the editmoin man page to create a ~/.moin_ids file. Examine the relevant cookie in your browser to determine the moin ID (e.g. content of MOIN_SESSION or MOIN_ID) for a wiki account, see also <moincookies>. http://labix.org/editmoin |
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edoc C: 2001-03-27 |
an SGML/XML editor written in Perl, debs are located at http://users.linuxbourg.ch/ribnitz |
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edos M: 2011-03-23 |
<reply>EDOS was a research project funded by the European Commission that united several academic and industrial project partners concerned with the improvement of the development and distribution of Open Source Software. http://www.edos-project.org/ |
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edubuntu C: 2009-03-29 |
<reply>Edubuntu (aka Ubuntu Education Edition) was a standalone <Ubuntu> derivative, now an Ubuntu add-on. http://www.edubuntu.org/ #ubuntu on irc.libera.chat |
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eee M: 2008-12-15 |
<reply>The Eee PC (aka RM Asus Minibook) is a <netbook> designed by Asus. Linux models are supplied with <Xandros> which is not supported in #debian. To install Debian, see http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC for installation and configuration details. Mailing lists: http://alioth.debian.org/mail/?group_id=31309 #debian-eeepc on irc.oftc.net. |
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eeebuntu C: 2010-02-02 |
<reply>Eeebuntu (not to be confused with Ubuntu Eee, now <easypeasy>) is a Linux distribution based on <Ubuntu> for use on netbooks. It is not supported in #debian. http://www.eeebuntu.org/ Support forum: http://forum.eeebuntu.org/ See also <based on debian>. |
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efl C: 2006-01-07 |
it has been said that efl is the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries. See http://enlightenment.org/index.php?id=18 The core libraries of the EFL are: Evas, Imlib2, Ecore, EDB, EET, Embryo, Edje, Esmart, Etox, and EWL. |
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efnet M: 2001-11-27 |
the Eris Free Network - IRC With Script Kiddies. Servers: (US) irc.core.com irc.mcs.net irc.concentric.net irc.prison.net irc.lagged.org (EU) irc.ins.net.uk irc.homelien.no irc.isdnet.fr efnet.demon.co.uk, or efnet.vuurwerk.nl, or a piece of split, pardon the pun, see SFILOE, or http://efnet.net/serverlist.html or efnet is a joke. --lazarus |
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efs C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://aeschi.ch.eu.org/efs/ (Extent File System support (read-only)) or emacs' integrated FTP client |
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efuns C: 2000-05-02 |
a set of GUI tools written and extensible in OCaml, including an Emacs clone and a window manager, at http://pauillac.inria.fr/para/cdrom/prog/unix/efuns/ |
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egd M: 2001-04-13 |
the Entropy Gathering Daemon, a userspace /dev/random replacement for legacy Unix systems. If you're on Linux or most BSDs, you don't need to know what this means. http://www.lothar.com/tech/crypto/ |
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eggdrop M: 2005-03-01 |
<reply> Eggdrop!? I scoff at Eggdrop bots! I'll have you know, $nick, that I am a blootbot, and proud of it! If you really want to sift through the rubbish heap of Tcl, it's allegedly sitting somewhere near <ftp://ftp.eggheads.org/pub/eggdrop/>, but don't say I didn't warn you! |
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eglibc M: 2013-07-23 |
<reply>Embedded GLIBC (eglibc) is a variant of the GNU C Library (<glibc>), which the Debian project switched to in 2009 (http://blog.aurel32.net/?p=47, http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2009/05/msg00175.html). http://www.eglibc.org/faq http://www.eglibc.org/ |
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egroupware M: 2011-01-15 |
<reply>EGroupware is an open source <groupware> product intended for business use. Removed from Debian post-Lenny to resolve bug #574186, also removed from <lenny-backports> (BSA-018). The vendor-provided Debian packages are not supported in #debian. http://www.egroupware.org/ |
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egyptian C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.LandmarkTheatres.com/Market/Seattle/EgyptianTheatre.htm or at (206) 323-4978 or at 801 East Pine |
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eiffel M: 2001-01-12 |
an OO programming language, or http://www.eiffel.com, or ask washort, i'm sure he'll tell you all about it :), or the most inefficient compiler ever written |
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ejabberd C: 2010-07-01 |
<reply>ejabberd is the Erlang Jabber/<XMPP> daemon, a cross-platform instant messaging server. http://www.ejabberd.im/ http://www.process-one.net/en/projects/ejabberd/ xmpp:ejabberd@conference.jabber.ru. |
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ekiga M: 2009-06-23 |
<reply>Ekiga (formerly GnomeMeeting) is a H.323 and SIP compatible <VoIP> client, supporting video chat and mostly compatible with the proprietary NetMeeting program. http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/FAQ http://www.ekiga.org/ #ekiga on irc.gnome.org. |
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elastic C: 2001-03-22 |
an object-oriented scripting language by Marco Pantaleoni at http://www.elasticworld.org |
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elastix C: 2017-11-14 |
<reply>Elastix is a distribution that integrates IP PBX, email, instant-messaging, faxing and groupware in one package. Older versions are based on CentOS, 5.0 and newer is based on Debian, but it is not supported in #debian. Visit https://www.elastix.org/support/ for support. |
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election C: 2000-11-30 |
at http://satire.ch/cartoons/florida2.swf |
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electricsheep M: 2010-01-30 |
<reply>Electric Sheep is a distributed fractal "flame" screensaver. http://electricsheep.wikispaces.com/Electric+Sheep+FAQ http://electricsheep.org/ |
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eleet hacker C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/forum_message.html?forum=2&head=32&id=32, see week three. |
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elementary os C: 2013-09-18 |
<reply>elementary OS is a Linux distribution based on <Ubuntu>. It is not supported in #debian; ask me about <based on debian>. http://elementaryos.org/ |
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elf M: 2002-12-20 |
the Executable and Linking Format .. it is a Binary format used by System V Release 4 Unix. It is also the prefered binary format in Linux. or the little people. There are three kind of elven: Noldor, Sindar and Wood elven || information on ELF can be found at ftp://tsx.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/ELF.doc.tar.gz,text doc here: http://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/software/ELF.txt. |
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elftor C: 2003-01-15 |
http://www.elftor.com and damn funny |
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elive M: 2009-05-22 |
<reply> Elive (Enlightenment live CD) is a desktop distribution <based on Debian>, featuring the <Enlightenment> window manager. It is not Debian and thus not supported in #debian. http://www.elivecd.org/ |
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elks M: 2006-03-27 |
http://elks.sf.net/ and is the Embeddable Linux Kernel Subset, a project to build a small kernel subset of Linux (which will provide more or less UNIX V7 functionality within the kernel) that can run on machines with limited processor and memory resources. The initial proposed targets are the Intel 8086 and eventually the 286's 16-bit protected mode. |
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elky C: 2008-06-20 |
the one who started the e-mail thread that resulted in the splitting of #debian-offtopic - see http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-women@lists.debian.org/msg03320.html |
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ell C: 2003-01-15 |
the Emacs Lisp List (the authoritive source of all Emacs packages) at http://www.anc.ed.ac.uk/~stephen/emacs/ell.html |
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elmo C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://plaza.v-wave.com/bert/bert007.htm |
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elpicx C: 2008-01-05 |
<reply> elpicx ("eLearning for the LPI certification") is a run-from-DVD GNU/Linux distribution based on <Knoppix> and <CentOS>, designed to help students prepare for LPI certification exams. http://www.elearnit.de/live_cds/elpicx/ |
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elts M: 2025-08-09 |
<reply>Limited commercial support for past debian releases exists in form of Extended LTS, see https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/Extended and https://www.freexian.com/extended-lts/ ; wheezy-elts ended 2020-06-30. jessie-elts ended 2025-06-30. |
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elven C: 2002-03-18 |
at http://lorien.shacknet.nu/ - debian/sid/blackbox/mozilla/exim |
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emacs M: 2012-06-22 |
<reply>Emacs is the extensible macro editor that is already quite extensively extended. A popular editor choice with major and minor modes for almost every conceivable language and task. High priests of emacs have even been known to use emacs as their shell, and sometimes have whole systems with init=/usr/bin/emacs. http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs http://emacswiki.org/ #emacs on irc.libera.chat. See also <emacs docs>. |
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emacs snapshot M: 2007-07-13 |
<reply> emacs-snapshot is a set of packages of the CVS version of GNU Emacs for Debian available at http://emacs.orebokech.com/ |
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emacs-snapshot C: 2008-05-05 |
there is no longer a cvs snaphost package in debian unstable, the maintainer now maintains it in a separate repository, see http://emacs.orebokech.com/ |
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emacsos C: 2007-06-21 |
<reply>http://www.grassouille.org/emacs/index.en.html |
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emacspeak M: 2000-09-26 |
at http://emacspeak.sourceforge.net/, or a debian package, or an overlay to emacs for visually-impared users |
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embed M: 2020-05-09 |
<reply> We don't like embedded copies of data or code in Debian, please package them separately and get them removed from upstream. https://wiki.debian.org/EmbeddedCopies |
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emdebian M: 2010-02-06 |
<reply>Emdebian is a binary distribution for embedded devices. It is created by the Embedded Debian project, an official Debian sub-project, which aims to make Debian GNU/Linux a mainstream choice for embedded projects. http://wiki.debian.org/Embedded_Debian http://www.emdebian.org/ #emdebian on irc.oftc.net. As of July 2014, updates to Emdebian distributions ceased, there will be no further stable releases. |
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emech M: 2004-06-04 |
a cool little irc bot http://www.suba.com/~proton for source, or at http://www.energymech.net/ |
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emech has C: 2004-06-04 |
not at http://www.energymech.net/ |
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emesene M: 2010-03-05 |
<reply>emesene is a platform-independent <MSN messenger> client. http://www.emesene.org/ |
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emf M: 2008-05-15 |
Enhanced Metafile, a vector file format and an enhanced version of Microsofts wmf format. It is probably your best bet to get vector graphics from Linux programs into a Windows application. Under linux, applications (gnuplot, grace, pstoedit) can use it using the libemf library, which is not yet (June 2008) in Debian. See http://libemf.sourceforge.net/ |
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eml M: 2008-05-05 |
the Microsoft Outlook/mail e-mail format. Just like Word documents have the .doc extensions and text files have .txt, email files have .eml. You should be able to open .eml files in Outlook Express. All this has <b>nothing whatsoever</b> to do with EML (Extended ML). I am not an MS Outlook user and can't help you any further. http://www.broobles.com/eml2mbox/ |
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emma goldman C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.pitzer.edu/~dward/Anarchist_Archives/goldman/GoldmanCW.html or a great Anarchist |
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emmabuntus C: 2021-06-30 |
<reply>Emmabuntüs is a linux distribution, based on debian and ubuntu. It is not debian, and is not supported here. Seek help at http://forum.emmabuntus.org/ or https://emmabuntus.org/ If you are new to linux, or want a distro with IRC support, try Debian https://www.debian.org/intro/why_debian |
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empath C: 2001-06-10 |
a mail client library, see http://www.geoid.clara.net/rik/empath.html |
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empathy M: 2009-11-05 |
<reply>Empathy is a cross-platform multi-protocol instant messaging and SIP <VoIP> client, providing a rich set of reusable instant messaging widgets for the <GNOME> desktop. Included in GNOME since version 2.24. http://live.gnome.org/Empathy/FAQ http://live.gnome.org/Empathy |
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empeg C: 2026-06-09 |
a car mp3 player that runs on linux. see http://www.empeg.com/ |
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emu10k1 M: 2010-07-07 |
<reply>The snd-emu10k1 ALSA driver supports Creative Technology's Sound Blaster Live! (excluding Live! 24-bit), Sound Blaster Audigy (excluding value/SE editions) and E-MU Systems' "Digital Audio Systems" non-USB devices. Firmware from userspace is required for the E-MU 0404, 1212m, 1616, 1616m, 1820 and 1820m. E-MU firmware is not distributed by the Debian project; to acquire, refer to the procedure at http://wiki.debian.org/snd-emu10k1 |
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emusic M: 2000-04-09 |
located at http://www.icom.net/~smelecat/emp3/, or the site doesn't work |
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emux M: 2000-11-05 |
the most complete site of video-games emulators and roms. It can be reached by going to http://www.emux.com, or the slower site of the web |
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encfs M: 2011-10-21 |
<reply>EncFS is a <FUSE>-based cryptographic filesystem. http://www.arg0.net/encfs |
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encompass C: 2000-11-29 |
at http://zephyr.webhop.net/encompass/ |
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encrypt M: 2010-08-11 |
<reply>Encryption is useful to keep data protected on your system. There is a nice guide on how to use LVM encrypted partitions at http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/469 . See also <dm-crypt>, <ecryptfs>, <encfs>, <gpg>, <luks>. |
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endian M: 2012-03-29 |
a small linux distribution that is designed for firewalls based on ipcop/smoothwall/rhel. Commercial support is available from http://www.endian.com/ and community support at http://www.endian.com/en/community/get-help/support-forums/ . The endian distribution is not Debian and is not supported in #debian. See also <big endian> <little endian>. |
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energymech M: 2004-06-04 |
found at http://www.energymech.net/, or known as emech |
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eng->jap C: 2003-04-13 |
http://www.freedict.com/onldict/jap.html |
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engarde C: 2010-02-07 |
<reply>EnGarde Secure Linux is a server-only distribution originally based on Red Hat Linux. EnGarde Secure Community is not supported in #debian. http://www.engardelinux.org/ |
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enigma M: 2010-12-06 |
<reply>Enigma is an open source transport puzzle game based on Oxyd. http://enigma.nongnu.org/ |
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enlightenment M: 2013-01-09 |
<reply>Enlightenment is a stacking X11 <window manager>. Development Release 16 is packaged for Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" as e16, removed post-Squeeze to resolve bug #619707. Development Release 17 is packaged as e17, not part of the Debian 7 "Wheezy" release due to bug #697707. http://enlightenment.org/ |
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enterprise M: 2007-07-11 |
a marketing buzzword which means "big, expensive, complex, and so full of bugs that you require a support contract to keep it running", or dict says an organization created for business ventures. check http://wiki.debian.org/Enterprise |
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environment modules C: 2015-08-20 |
http://modules.sourceforge.net/ - a system for installing more than one version of a software concurrently on the same machine. Software is only available after loading it, with e.g. module load software/3.4.1. Similar software: lmod |
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eog M: 2010-06-07 |
<reply>Eye of Gnome (EoG) is the official <GNOME> image viewer. http://projects.gnome.org/eog/ #eog on irc.gnome.org. |
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epic4 M: 2010-06-03 |
an <IRC> client based on ircII. http://www.epicsol.org/ |
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epic4-ssl debs C: 2000-10-01 |
http://sync.dyndns.org/~walker/epic4-ssl/ |
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epinions C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.epinions.com/welcome.html?member=ajulius |
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epoxy C: 2001-11-26 |
<reply> Epoxy! The mail client that Zibby might code someday. http://epoxy.itouthouse.com |
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epplet M: 2000-01-05 |
an applet for E (get it? get it? zort!);; deb http://www.debian.org/~ljlane/downloads epplets-cvs/ |
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epplets C: 2000-01-21 |
enlightenment applets. Try at: http://www.cuddletech.com/epplets or http://rahga.com/epplet/ or http://www.sanity.uklinux.net/epplets.html |
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eq.preset C: 2001-04-10 |
at http://noatun.kde.org/shots/eq2.2.png |
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eros M: 2000-06-08 |
a cool OS design.. a design of the future OS.. http://www.eros-os.org, or unfortunately written in C++ |
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eros-os C: 2026-06-09 |
"Extremely reliable operating system" - http://www.eros-os.org |
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errata bookworm C: 2023-06-10 |
<reply>Last minute notes regarding Debian 12 ("bookworm") are listed at https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/errata . Known problems in the installer are listed at https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/debian-installer/#errata |
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errata bullseye C: 2021-08-15 |
<reply>Last minute notes regarding Debian 11 ("bullseye") are listed at https://www.debian.org/releases/bullseye/errata . Known problems in the installer are listed at https://www.debian.org/releases/bullseye/debian-installer/#errata |
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errata buster C: 2019-07-07 |
<reply>Last minute notes regarding Debian 10 ("Buster") are listed at http://www.debian.org/releases/buster/errata . Known problems in the installer are listed at http://www.debian.org/releases/buster/debian-installer/#errata |
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errata etch M: 2009-06-02 |
<reply>Errata for Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (Etch) is available from http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/errata . Installation system errata is at http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/debian-installer/#errata |
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errata jessie C: 2015-04-25 |
<reply>Last minute notes regarding Debian 8 ("Jessie") are listed at https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/errata . Known problems in the installer are listed at https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/debian-installer/#errata |
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errata lenny M: 2011-02-05 |
<reply> Last minute notes regarding Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (Lenny) are listed at http://www.debian.org/releases/lenny/errata . Installation system errata is at http://www.debian.org/releases/lenny/debian-installer/#errata |
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errata squeeze M: 2011-03-21 |
<reply>Last minute notes regarding Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" are listed at http://www.debian.org/releases/squeeze/errata . Known problems in the installer are listed at http://www.debian.org/releases/squeeze/debian-installer/#errata |
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errata stretch C: 2017-06-17 |
<reply>Last minute notes regarding Debian 9 ("Stretch") are listed at http://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/errata . Known problems in the installer are listed at http://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/debian-installer/#errata |
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errata wheezy M: 2013-05-04 |
<reply>Last minute notes regarding Debian 7 "Wheezy" are listed at http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/errata . Known problems in the installer are listed at http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/debian-installer/#errata |
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es-xchat C: 2010-04-28 |
<reply> http://deb.li/xchates |
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escape from chroot C: 2011-02-17 |
http://www.bpfh.net/simes/computing/chroot-break.html |
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esp M: 2024-05-05 |
<reply>the EFI System Partition is a partition used by machines that adhere to the Extensible Firmware Interface https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EFI_system_partition -- see also <uefi> |
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espy M: 2000-07-27 |
"This factoid is dedicated to the sacred memory of Joel "Espy" Klecker who passed away July 11, 2000, aged 21 from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. We shall be ever grateful for his work as a Debian developer (glibc maintainer) since 1997 and his priceless help provided on IRC. Hence Debian 2.2 is dedicated to his memory. Rest in Peace. Official dedication: ftp://ftp.debian.org/doc/dedication-2.2.txt", or check espy_quote |
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esr M: 2012-07-02 |
<reply>Eric S. Raymond, a very clever Linux d00d with lots of very interesting philosophical and political texts. a guy who has some ideas about guns and who can't figure out CUPS. The geezer who wrote Cathedral and Bazaar. Somebody whose sgeigerbot's computer thinks about when it boots: "ESR value before enabling vector: 00000000", or http://geekz.co.uk/lovesraymond, or <iceweasel esr> |
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esr cups M: 2004-03-25 |
http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cups-horror.html or http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/02/27/0043250 (aka "The Luxury of Ignorance"), or http://www.asktog.com/ |
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essid M: 2010-04-25 |
http://www.cryer.co.uk/glossary/e/essid.htm |
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etch M: 2010-06-20 |
<reply>Etch is the codename for Debian GNU/Linux 4.0, released on April 8th, 2007. Etch security support ended on 2010-02-15, this release is no longer supported. Etch users should upgrade to Lenny, ask me about <etch->lenny>. Removed from the mirrors (2010-06-20); ask me about <etch sources.list>. For old Etch ISOs, ask me about <etch iso>. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEtch http://www.debian.org/News/2010/20100121 |
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etch floppies M: 2011-08-04 |
<reply>[etch floppies] http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/main/installer-i386/current/images/floppy/ -- substitute your architecture for "i386". As Etch was removed from the mirrors, use of the Debian archive is required; when asked to choose an archive mirror country, select "enter information manually" and provide archive.debian.org for the mirror hostname. |
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etch iso M: 2010-06-23 |
<reply>Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 ("Etch") installation images are available from http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/archive/4.0_r9/ . Note that Etch has been superseded by Lenny, ask me about <install lenny>. Security support for Etch ended on 2010-02-15, this release is no longer supported. |
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etch release notes M: 2009-06-14 |
<reply>Release Notes for Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (Etch) are at http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/releasenotes . Also ask me about <errata etch>, <etch sources.list>. |
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etch sources.list M: 2010-07-25 |
"deb http://archive.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free" and "deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-security etch/updates main contrib non-free". But realise that Etch has not had security support since February 2010 and that you should upgrade to a newer release. Ask me about <etch->lenny>. |
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etcher M: 2021-09-10 |
<reply> Etcher is not a reliable way to copy Debian images for installation. Instead, use cp or dd for linux or win32diskimager for Windows. https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch04s03.en.html See <malicious etcher> |
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etchnhalf M: 2010-02-15 |
<reply> Etch-And-A-Half -- additional packages in the Debian <4.0r4> point release providing additional support for more hardware. It included a 2.6.24 kernel along with an updated installer. As security support for Etch has ended, the Etch-And-A-Half release is no longer supported; ask me about <etch->lenny> to upgrade. http://wiki.debian.org/EtchAndAHalf http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/etchnhalf |
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etckeeper C: 2016-10-21 |
<reply>etckeeper is a collection of tools to let /etc be stored in a git, mercurial, bazaar or darcs repository. This lets you use git to review or revert changes that were made to /etc. Or even push the repository elsewhere for backups or cherry-picking configuration changes. https://etckeeper.branchable.com |
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eterm M: 2010-02-16 |
<reply>Eterm (Enlightened terminal emulator) is a color vt102 terminal emulator, an <xterm> replacement. http://www.eterm.org/ |
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etherkiller C: 2003-07-31 |
at http://www.fiftythree.org/~dwcarder/etherkiller.jpg or http://hot.ee/warmice7/etherkiller.jpg |
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ethernet link status C: 2002-03-26 |
at http://www.scyld.com/diag/ |
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ethtool C: 2009-11-21 |
<reply>ethtool is a utility for displaying and changing Ethernet device settings, e.g. speed, duplex, auto-negotiation, wake-on (lan). Since Debian 6.0 "Squeeze", most settings can be specified in /etc/network/interfaces; see /usr/share/doc/ethtool/README.Debian for supported settings. http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/software/network/ethtool/ See also <which ethernet module>, <wol>, <nictools>. |
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eto demerzel M: 2002-12-31 |
a l33t Debian newbie or http://www.pobratyn.com/phpwiki/index.php3?Eto%20Demerzel, or rather silly |
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euro M: 2002-01-18 |
the new currency used by the countries in the European Union. http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-euro-support/ |
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eurovision M: 2004-09-09 |
at http://www.eurovision.tv/english/index.htm, or the Eurovision Song Contest, a night where every country in Europe puts forward their worst musical act, and countries vote full marks on their best friends. |
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evdev M: 2008-05-02 |
the generic input event interface of the Linux kernel and an input driver for X.Org X11. It is probably the way to get all buttons working on your new shiny Logitech mouse. See http://web.archive.org/web/20081224081950/http://www.linux-gamers.net/modules/wiwimod/index.php?page=HOWTO+Mouse+Buttons . See also <xorg config>. |
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evdo C: 2008-11-23 |
EVolution Data Out, or a cellular broadband networking device, usually USB or PCMCIA. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution-Data_Optimized or http://legreensolutions.com/How-to-install-EVDO-on-Debian-GNU-Linux-or-Ubuntu.html |
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evergreen M: 2011-02-26 |
<reply>Evergreen is a GPU family by AMD, featured in their PCIe (Radeon HD 54xx-5970) and <IGP> (Radeon HD 6xxx, 6xxxD) products. Also the name of an open source Integrated Library System (http://evergreen-ils.org/) and <OpenSUSE> community maintenance project (http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Evergreen). |
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everything2 C: 2001-05-14 |
the ultimate index of everything at http://www.everything2.org |
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evince M: 2010-05-28 |
<reply>Evince is a document viewer designed for <GNOME> and based on Poppler, supporting the DjVu, DVI, <PDF>, PostScript and TIFF formats. http://live.gnome.org/Evince http://projects.gnome.org/evince/ #evince on irc.gnome.org. |
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evms M: 2009-06-24 |
Enterprise Volume Management System. Discontinued by IBM in 2006, the Debian evms packages were removed from the Debian to resolve bug #490787. http://wiki.debian.org/EVMS http://evms.sf.net/ Ask me about <LVM>. |
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evolution M: 2010-03-17 |
<reply>Evolution (formerly Ximian Evolution) is an email client and personal information manager for <GNOME>, an <Outlook> clone. Specify "hostname:port" for the SMTP server if using a port other than TCP 25. http://live.gnome.org/Evolution/FAQ http://projects.gnome.org/evolution/ #gnome-evolution on Libera.Chat. |
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ew-7318ug M: 2010-03-15 |
<reply>The Edimax EW-7318Ug is a 802.11g USB wireless LAN device (USB ID 148F:2573), supported by the <rt73usb> driver. If <rt2500usb> claims this device instead, blacklist the rt2500usb module; ask me about <blacklist>. Firmware is required, ask me about <ralink firmware>. Not to be confused with the <ew-7318usg>. http://www.edimax.com/en/produce_detail.php?pd_id=3&pl1_id=1&pl2_id=44 |
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ew-7318usg M: 2010-03-15 |
<reply>The Edimax EW-7318USg is a 802.11g USB wireless LAN device (USB ID 7392:7318), supported by the <rt73usb> driver since Linux 2.6.29. Firmware is required, ask me about <ralink firmware>. Not to be confused with the <ew-7318ug>. http://www.edimax.com/en/produce_detail.php?pd_id=8&pl1_id=1&pl2_id=44 |
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ew-7811un M: 2011-06-08 |
<reply>The Edimax EW-7811Un is an 802.11n USB device (USB ID 7392:7811). It contains a Realtek RTL8188CUS chipset; for device support on Debian systems, ask me about <rtl8192cu>. http://www.edimax.com/en/produce_detail.php?pl1_id=1&pl2_id=44&pl3_id=161&pd_id=347 |
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ewmh M: 2011-05-03 |
<reply>Extended Window Manager Hints (aka NetWM, Net WM) is a <freedesktop> standard to augment ICCCM. Basically how window managers and other X programs talk to each other. Supported by most modern window managers. http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/wm-spec |
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exact M: 2016-11-26 |
<reply>Please tell us exactly what you typed, and exactly what the error was. Please use a <pastebin> like http://paste.debian.net/ to show long output and, where possible, have the output in English (see <localised errors>). |
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exaile C: 2009-06-06 |
an audio player similar to <amarok> but for GTK+. http://www.exaile.org/wiki/Exaile:Faq http://www.exaile.org/ |
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excuse C: 2009-05-07 |
http://www.strauss.za.com/sla/support.asp |
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exe C: 2001-10-03 |
the extension of an executable file in the DOS, Microsoft Windows, OS/2, Symbian and OpenVMS operating systems. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EXE |
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exec shield C: 2010-06-02 |
<reply>Exec Shield is a patch set for the Linux kernel on i386 (not relevant for x86_64, Debian bug #516488) to protect against stack smashing attacks and other exploits. Packaged for Debian as linux-patch-exec-shield in squeeze, see /usr/share/doc/linux-patch-exec-shield/README.Debian for more information. See also <kernel-package>. http://people.redhat.com/mingo/exec-shield/ |
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exfat C: 2012-11-13 |
<reply>exFAT (Extended File Allocation Table, <MBR> partition ID 0x07) is a proprietary file system designed for flash drives. Works by default in bullseye (see <bullseye exfat>). A <FUSE> driver providing exFAT read/write support (for buster and earlier) is packaged for Debian as exfat-fuse. http://code.google.com/p/exfat/ . Not to be confused with FATX. |
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exile C: 2002-02-13 |
a professionally-developed RPG that has cool graphics and a really great plot, look @ exile 3 for linux http://www.spiderwebsoftware.com |
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exile nethack C: 2002-02-13 |
a game, but if you want a professionally-developed RPG that has cool graphics and a really great plot, look @ exile 3 for linux http://www.spiderwebsoftware.com |
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exim M: 2025-04-24 |
<reply>Exim is a message transfer agent developed at University of Cambridge for use on Unix systems connected to the internet. It is available under the GPL and the current version in Debian is exim4. Ask me about <exim4> <exim boot stall> <exim flush queue> <why exim>. http://www.exim.org/ #exim on irc.oftc.net. official channel with more activity and sometimes devs is on libera.chat |
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exim+spamassassin C: 2003-08-02 |
well, Marc Merlin's exim4 + spamassassin docs are one starting place: http://marc.merlins.org/linux/exim/sa.html (or do me better and add refs here) |
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exim4 M: 2009-06-01 |
<reply>Exim 4 is the default <MTA> since Debian 3.1 "Sarge". The Debian package has a debconf-driven configuration which greatly eases configuration for most run-of-the-mill applications. E-Mail is a complicated matter, so it might be necessary to read a lot of documentation to allow more advanced features. exim4 is very powerful and flexible. Find more about Debian's exim4 on http://pkg-exim4.alioth.debian.org/ |
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exim4 gmail C: 2016-04-10 |
Check out: http://www.pontikis.net/blog/gmail-smarthost-exim4-debian and https://wiki.debian.org/GmailAndExim4 and https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch06.en.html#_the_mail_system and perhaps see also msmtp-mta and <ssmtp>. |
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experimental M: 2006-09-02 |
<reply> experimental is the bleeding edge of Debian Development. Packages here have been deemed unfit/DANGEROUS/untrustworthy/etc for release by the maintainer responsible for them. DO NOT INSTALL PACKAGES FROM EXPERIMENTAL WITHOUT KNOWING EXACTLY WHY AND WHAT YOU ARE DOING. #debian does _not_ support experimental. For an actual description, see section 4.6.4.3 of the Developer's Reference. http://packages.debian.org/experimental/ |
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explore2fs M: 2007-08-12 |
a win32 utility that lets you read and write (at your own risk!) ext2 file systems under win9x/nt/2000. URL: http://www.chrysocome.net/explore2fs Ask me about <ext2ifs>. able to access LVM2. |
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ext2 M: 2009-05-29 |
the second extended filesystem. http://e2fsprogs.sf.net/ext2.html See also <ext3>, <resize2fs>, <ext2read>, <ext2fsd>, <ext2ifs>. |
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ext2fsd M: 2011-04-06 |
<reply>ext2fsd is an ext{2,3,4} filesystem driver for Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7. Supports reading and writing on ext2/ext3, ext4 extent read-only support available as of version 0.50. http://www.ext2fsd.com/ See also <ext2read>, <ext2ifs>. |
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ext2ifs M: 2009-05-29 |
<reply>"Ext2 Installable File System For Windows" is a Microsoft Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008 driver for accessing <ext2> and <ext3> filesystems, supports reading and writing. http://fs-driver.org/ See also <ext2read>, <ext2fsd>. |
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ext2read M: 2013-12-11 |
<reply>Ext2read is a userspace tool for accessing <ext2>, <ext3> and <ext4> (with extents) filesystems from Microsoft Windows. Supports <LVM2> as of version 2.2. http://ext2read.sf.net/ See also <ext2ifs>. |
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ext2resize M: 2009-06-27 |
<reply>ext2resize is a tool that can shrink or extend an existing ext2 partition. No longer maintained, see http://ext2resize.sf.net/faq.html . Never part of a stable release, removed from Debian to resolve bug #553894. Ask me about <resize2fs>. |
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ext3 M: 2013-04-28 |
<reply>ext3 (third extended filesystem) was introduced in Linux 2.4.15; its main advantage over <ext2> is journaling. Ask me about <ext2->ext3>. FAQ: http://batleth.sapienti-sat.org/projects/FAQs/ext3-faq.html . See also <ext4>. |
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ext3 vs reiserfs M: 2010-03-08 |
http://www.gurulabs.com/archive/ext3-reiserfs/ |
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ext3grep M: 2012-03-19 |
<reply>ext3grep is a tool to assist in recovering deleted files from an <ext3> filesystem. http://code.google.com/p/ext3grep/ http://carlo17.home.xs4all.nl/howto/undelete_ext3.html |
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ext4 M: 2013-04-28 |
<reply>ext4 (fourth extended filesystem) was introduced in Linux 2.6.28. It supports volumes up to one exabyte (1024 petabytes) and extents. ext4 is the default Linux filesystem since Debian 7 "Wheezy" (bug #603084). Ask me about <ext3->ext4> and <ext4->ext3>. ext4 is not supported by <grub legacy> (bug #511121). http://wiki.debian.org/Ext4 http://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/ #ext4 and #linuxfs on irc.oftc.net. |
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ext4->ext3 M: 2009-04-29 |
not possible. Once extents are enabled, it is an ext4 filesystem and cannot be reverted to ext3. http://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions |
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ext4lazyinit C: 2016-06-28 |
a kernel process started after mkfs.ext4 (with default options) to finish initializing the inodes in the background upon first mount. <https://www.thomas-krenn.com/en/wiki/Ext4_Filesystem#Lazy_Initialization> |
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extended partition C: 2015-05-03 |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_partitioning |
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externally managed python M: 2023-04-29 |
<reply> From Debian 12 bullseye, Python installed by apt follows PEP668 "externally managed". pip will refuse to do things that might break your installation. Best plan: use a venv with pip; see /usr/share/doc/python3.*/README.venv for details and other suggestions. Removing /usr/lib/python3.*/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED isn't the best plan as it will come back. https://peps.python.org/pep-0668/ |
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extlinux M: 2014-09-04 |
<reply>EXTLINUX is a derivative of <SYSLINUX>, which boots from an ext2/ext3/ext4 or btrfs filesystem. http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/EXTLINUX |
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extra debs C: 2000-02-15 |
<reply> are at http://www.internatif.org/bortzmeyer/debian/apt-sources/ |
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extremetuxracer M: 2012-02-09 |
<reply>Extreme Tux Racer (aka etracer) is a 3D racing game based on PlanetPenguin Racer (a fork of Tux Racer), that lets you control Tux as you race down snow-covered mountains. http://extremetuxracer.com/ #etracer on irc.efnet.net. |
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exult M: 2012-10-22 |
<reply>Exult is a cross-platform, free software reimplementation of the Ultima VII game engine, allowing play of "The Black Gate", "Serpent Isle" and their associated expansions. Packaged for Debian in <contrib>. http://exult.sf.net/ #exult on irc.openprojects.net. |
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eyecandy M: 2007-10-21 |
see gtk-engines-*, penguineyes, clearlooks-cairo-2, <compiz>, <beryl>, http://www.kde-look.org/, |
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eyed3 C: 2009-06-25 |
<reply>eyeD3 is a Python module and <CLI> program to display and edit ID3 tags, packaged for Debian. Supports ID3 v2.4. http://eyed3.nicfit.net/ |
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ezmlm C: 2002-01-29 |
easy mailing list manager: http://www.ezmlm.org |
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ezpublish M: 2010-10-12 |
<reply>[ezpublish] eZ Publish is an open source content management system written in PHP. Removed from Debian post-Etch to resolve bug #442951. http://ez.no/ |
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f-spot M: 2006-06-14 |
a photograph management application, similar to Google Inc.'s freeware Picasa 2. F-Spot is an application designed to provide personal photo management to the GNOME desktop. Features include import, export, printing and advanced sorting of digital images by using tags. http://f-spot.org/ #f-spot on irc.gnome.org. |
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f2fs C: 2019-09-07 |
<reply>f2fs is a flash friendly filesystem a guide on installing debian to f2fs can be found at https://howtos.davidsebek.com/debian-f2fs.html |
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f3 C: 2022-07-30 |
Fight Flash Fraud - f3 is a simple tool that tests flash cards capacity and performance to see if they live up to claimed specifications. It fills the device with pseudorandom data and then checks if it returns the same on reading. https://github.com/AltraMayor/f3 |
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f4l C: 2005-01-14 |
flash for linux or http://f4l.sf.net |
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faac C: 2010-06-23 |
<reply>[faac] "Freeware Advanced Audio Coder" is a project providing a cross-platform <AAC> encoder (FAAC) and decoder (FAAD2). FAAC is proprietary (based on ISO MPEG-4 reference code), whereas FAAD2 is free software. libfaac* and faac packages are available from deb-multimedia, ask me about <dmm>. http://www.audiocoding.com/faac.html http://www.audiocoding.com/faad2.html . Not to be confused with <FLAC>. |
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fable M: 2007-03-18 |
<reply> http://wiki.debian.org/TheFable |
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face recognition C: 2010-02-12 |
a list of software from 2005 can be found at http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~hanlen/vision/facelinks.html |
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fai M: 2009-10-14 |
<reply>Fully Automatic Installation (FAI) is an automated tool to install or deploy Debian (and other distributions) on a bunch of different hosts or a cluster. It is more flexible than tools like <kickstart> (Red Hat), autoyast and alice (SuSE) or jumpstart (Oracle Solaris). FAI can also be used for configuration management of a running system. http://fai-project.org/ #fai on irc.oftc.net. |
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fail2ban M: 2011-03-11 |
<reply>Fail2ban invokes system access restrictions after repeated logon attempts. It uses <ssh> and <iptables> by default, but can be extended to whatever authentication and access denial system you're using. Fail2ban does not support <IPv6> (Debian bug #470417). http://www.fail2ban.org/ See also <denyhosts>. |
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failover C: 2006-11-18 |
The High-Availability Linux Project: http://www.linux-ha.org/ |
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fakeid C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.fakeids.com |
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fakemail M: 2009-09-16 |
a fake mail server that captures emails as files for acceptance testing. http://fakemail.sf.net/ |
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fakeraid M: 2010-04-02 |
<reply>Fakeraid is a term used for controller cards that advertise RAID functionality that is NOT supported by a hardware chip for parity. Most of these have only a BIOS. For use with Debian systems, it is suggested that you do not set a RAID in the BIOS and don't use dmraid, just use regular software RAID instead; ask me about <md>. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/SataRaid |
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falconseye C: 2001-11-02 |
a nice graphical version of nethack that looks GREAT http://www.hut.fi/~jtpelto2/nethack.html |
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fam M: 2004-05-27 |
a piece of software that monitors changes in inodes to track missing or deleted files. It is required by <efm>, and it is a bitch to compile with g++., or http://oss.sgi.com/projects/fam/, or something that requires an apt-get install portmap, or if lack of FAM is killing your courier-imap, build courier-imap from upstream source. |
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family tree C: 2011-05-21 |
<reply>Confused about the relationship between your <based on debian> distribution and all of the others? Wikimedia has a handy image located at http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Gldt.svg . And as always, if something is based on Debian, it is not Debian, and it is not supported in #debian. |
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faq M: 2009-04-17 |
<reply>[faq] Frequently Asked Questions. The #debian FAQ is at http://wiki.debian.org/DebianIRC . The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ is at http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ . Ask me about <search dpkg> to search my database for FAQ links. Many other FAQ are listed at http://wiki.debian.org/FAQ . Read the FAQs! |
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farts C: 2003-03-25 |
<reply> are at http://www.farts.com |
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fast startup M: 2019-09-09 |
<reply> Windows fast startup is enabled by default and will interfere with a dual-boot linux installation, and risks damaging the Windows filesystems during dual boot. Disable it with the instructions here: https://www.windowscentral.com/how-disable-windows-10-fast-startup See this section of the bookworm installation guide: https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/amd64/ch03s06.en.html#disable-fast-boot |
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fasttrack M: 2022-01-09 |
<reply>fasttrack is a repository that allows making “backports” of packages available to users of the stable distribution, if those packages cannot be maintained in testing and backported in the usual way. http://fasttrack.debian.net/ |
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fat corporate bastards C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply>Attention Fat Corporate Bastards! http://www2.ecst.csuchico.edu/~atman/attention-fat-bastards.html |
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fatback M: 2010-08-12 |
<reply>Fatback is a file recovery tool for Microsoft FAT file systems (FAT12, FAT16, FAT32), developed by the U.S. Department of Defense Computer Forensics Laboratory. ITP filed as Debian bug #512483. http://fatback.sf.net/ |
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fatz C: 2001-04-08 |
a cool guy based in Louisville, Kentucky. fatz@linuxhaven.com http://www.linuxhaven.com |
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fbterm M: 2011-07-06 |
<reply>FbTerm is a fast FrameBuffer based TERMinal emulator for Linux. http://code.google.com/p/fbterm/ |
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fcc song C: 2005-11-13 |
http://www.pythonline.com/plugs/idle/FCCSong.mp3 |
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fcgp C: 2005-01-16 |
free code graphing project, http://fcgp.sf.net |
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fd M: 2002-03-01 |
at http://www.freedevelopers.net. File Descriptor |
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feature removal M: 2011-03-31 |
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob_plain;f=Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt;hb=HEAD |
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fedora M: 2007-06-16 |
<reply>Fedora is the Red Hat-derived distribution of Linux, although it is not supported by Red Hat officially, you can get help from the community: #fedora on irc.libera.chat. http://fedoraproject.org/ |
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ferm M: 2010-01-15 |
<reply>ferm (For Easy Rule Making) is a frontend for <iptables> to maintain and set up complicated firewall rules. http://wiki.debian.org/ferm http://ferm.foo-projects.org/ #ferm on irc.libera.chat. |
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festival M: 2000-02-06 |
a multi-lingual speech synthesis system with various APIs, as well as an environment for development and research of speech synthesis techniques, or free software as of version 1.4.0, or http://cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival/ |
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feta M: 2004-09-04 |
a Front-End To Apt. (http://www.sacredchao.net/software/feta/index.shtml), or cheese made from goat's milk |
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fetchmail M: 2010-02-10 |
<reply>Fetchmail is <ESR>'s pet POP/IMAP client. It fetches mail from the server then hands it over to the local MDA, or a tool that can use ESMTP ETRN extension. Most frequently broken by not having a working MTA on the local machine, most frequently fixed by reading its manpage. http://geekz.co.uk/lovesraymond/archive/specificator . http://fetchmail.info/fetchmail-FAQ.html See also <getmail>, <mpop>. |
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fetchyahoo M: 2010-11-09 |
<reply>fetchyahoo is a Perl script for downloading Yahoo! webmail messages to a <mbox> file, a local mail spool or <procmail>. http://fetchyahoo.sf.net/ To download messages from a Yahoo! Groups mailing list, ask me about <yahoo2mbox>. |
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ff-irc C: 2007-08-07 |
at http://www.ff-irc.net/ |
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ffmpeg M: 2010-01-09 |
<reply>FFmpeg is a complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video, available in jessie-backports, stretch and sid. The Debian ffmpeg package contains a multimedia player (ffplay), server (ffserver) and encoder (ffmpeg). Use "ffmpeg -formats" to list supported transcoding formats for ffmpeg's -target option. http://ffmpeg.org/ #ffmpeg on irc.libera.chat. See also <libav>. |
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fgfs C: 2006-07-06 |
FlightGear Flight Simulator, an open-source, multi-platform, cooperative flight simulator development project, see also http://www.flightgear.org/, see also http://wiki.flightgear.org/ |
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fgi M: 2004-11-24 |
http://www.fuckinggoogleit.com/ |
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fglrx M: 2012-08-08 |
<reply>fglrx / AMD Catalyst is the proprietary display driver for AMD Radeon R9 200 series, Radeon R7 200 series, Radeon HD 8000/7000/6000/5000 and FirePro graphic processing units. To install fglrx, see https://wiki.debian.org/ATIProprietary or ask me about <fglrx dkms>. This driver is incompatible with the GNOME desktop of Debian 8 "Jessie" due to lack of EGL support (ref. §5.11 <jessie release notes>), use the <radeon> driver instead. |
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fglrx legacy M: 2015-04-26 |
<reply>The AMD Catalyst Legacy proprietary display driver supports the Radeon HD 2000/3000/4000 series of GPUs. Available for Debian 7 "Wheezy" systems via wheezy-backports, see https://wiki.debian.org/ATIProprietary#wheezy-legacy . Not available for Debian 8 "Jessie" systems as upstream has not updated this driver for newer Xorg releases (Debian bug #726500). |
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fhs M: 2010-12-09 |
<reply> Debian follows the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard. The filesystem is categorized by purpose, not application. This allows, for example, the easy and efficient deployment of a read-only /usr area across a number of thin clients. See http://www.pathname.com/fhs/ or install the 'debian-policy' package (/usr/share/doc/debian-policy/fhs/*), or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard, or "man hier". |
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fictionwise C: 2001-01-24 |
an ebookstore that sells mainly science fiction and fantasy. They sell affordable stories by well known authors. Check them out at http://www.fictionwise.com |
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fidonet C: 2001-03-09 |
an old BBS message network. Thousands of nodes (BBSs) are (or used to be) connected to the net. Messages are posted and passed upstream, new messages are downloaded in the ungodly hours of the night. http://www.fidonet.org/ is *not* very helpful. Ask about a nodelist. |
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figlet C: 2000-01-17 |
<reply>FIGlet is a nice program to make big ASCII characters out of normal text using nice fonts. http://www.figlet.org/ |
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file-lookups C: 2001-04-05 |
done by going to http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages, scroll down to "Search the contents of the latest release", and input the filename you're looking for. |
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file-nr C: 2004-07-11 |
/proc/sys/fs/file-nr gives 3 numbers: the number of allocated file handles, the number of unused file handles and the maximum number of file handles. See http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt for more info (but beware the typos!). |
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file-roller C: 2010-02-20 |
<reply>File Roller is an archive manager for the <GNOME> desktop. The archive compression level cannot be configured within the program; use GConf-Editor to adjust, see https://bugzilla.gnome.org/450019 . http://fileroller.sf.net/ |
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filesystem benchmark C: 2005-07-07 |
Visit http://fsbench.netnation.com/ |
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filesystem comparison M: 2011-09-06 |
http://linuxgazette.net/122/piszcz.html (speed comparison, 2006), or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems |
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filesystems M: 2009-05-30 |
<reply>Journaling filesystems in a nutshell: <peterS> fast but dangerous: reiserfs. medium-speed but reliable: ext3. fast, mostly reliable, and *huge*: xfs. slow, probably reliable: jfs. unknown, probably buggy: reiser4. If you have to ask, use <ext3> or <ext4>. Old benchmarks at http://fsbench.netnation.com/ . http://wiki.debian.org/FileSystem #linuxfs on irc.oftc.net. |
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filext C: 2001-12-13 |
a site containing all file extensions known to man! http://www.filext.com/ |
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filezilla M: 2009-08-07 |
a cross-platform FTP, <SFTP> and FTPS (FTP over SSL/TLS) client, packaged for Debian. It has been designed for ease of use and support for as many features as possible, while still being fast and reliable. http://filezilla-project.org/ |
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finch M: 2010-08-03 |
<reply>Finch (formerly gaim-text) is the console version of the <Pidgin> instant messaging client, packaged separately as finch in Debian. http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/Using%20Finch |
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finding docs M: 2010-07-26 |
<reply>Documentation is available in /usr/share/doc/packagename/ (esp. the <README.Debian> files!), man command, apropos command, info command, apt-cache search -- "-doc$". Some packages have a -doc package (perhaps in non-free, ask me about <gcc-doc>, <gdb-doc>). Also ask me about <list docs>, <debian system>, <debwiki>, <search>. http://debian.org/doc/ http://wiki.debian.org/DebianDocumentation http://tldp.org/ http://newbiedoc.sf.net/ |
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finger M: 2010-04-25 |
a insecure service that lets people find valid accounts to crack. SUPPOSED TO DO THAT, remove it immediately, or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_protocol |
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finger @kernel.org C: 2004-03-12 |
deprecated (and often non-functional); try curl http://www.kernel.org/kdist/finger_banner |
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fink M: 2010-05-18 |
<reply>Fink is a project to port and package open source Unix software to Mac OS X. It also uses Debian's package management system. Not supported in #debian. http://www.finkproject.org/ #fink on irc.libera.chat. |
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finnix M: 2009-06-13 |
<reply>Finnix is a Live CD GNU/Linux distribution for system administrators originally based on Red Hat Linux, now <based on debian> testing. http://www.finnix.org/ See also <Debian Live>'s rescue variant. |
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fips M: 2000-12-20 |
<reply> http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/people/chaffee/fips/fips.html, or a program for non-destructive splitting of FAT16 and FAT32 harddisk partitions. |
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firebird M: 2010-03-18 |
<reply>Firebird is an open source relational database management system (RDBMS), originally forked from Borland's InterBase. http://www.firebirdsql.org/ |
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firefox tou C: 2025-03-05 |
<reply> Debian has not made any decision about the new firefox terms of use yet. https://bugs.debian.org/1099130 and https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2025/02/msg00022.html for current discussion. |
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firefox-release M: 2017-03-12 |
<reply>For stable releases, newer versions of Firefox, Icedove and Iceape can be found at http://mozilla.debian.net/ ; you will want the "esr52" repository. For users of testing and unstable, updated packages are normally in <experimental>; only Extended Support Release (ESR) versions are suitable for release in <stable> so only those versions can be uploaded to unstable. As of v52, only the ESR version can be compiled for Jessie. |
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firegpg M: 2011-11-12 |
<reply>FireGPG is an extension for Iceweasel / Mozilla Firefox which provides an interface for performing <GnuPG> operations. Packaged for Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" as xul-ext-firegpg. Removed from Debian to resolve bug #626278. http://getfiregpg.org/ |
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firehol C: 2009-06-08 |
<reply>FireHOL is a high-level <iptables> rule generator. It does not support IPv6 (Debian bug #292621). http://firehol.sf.net/faq.html http://firehol.sf.net/ |
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firewall scripts C: 2000-11-13 |
http://www.linuxhelp.bc.ca/firewalls.php |
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firmware M: 2011-05-04 |
<reply>Firmware is software to operate electronic devices, usually contained in EPROM or flash memory. Some Linux kernel drivers require firmware to be provided from userspace, notably for <WiFi> devices. Most firmware files are not part of a Debian release as they do not conform to the <DFSG>; some are available via <contrib> and <non-free> packages, ask me about <search>. See also <installer firmware>. http://wiki.debian.org/Firmware |
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firmware images bullseye M: 2023-06-10 |
<reply> For bullseye, there are <live> system and <netinst> and DVD images containing non-free Debian <firmware> packages available from https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/current/amd64/iso-cd/ The images are "unofficial" because "official Debian" includes only 100% free software, but otherwise identical to the normal installer images and prepared by the same Debian Developers. |
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firmware images jessie M: 2017-04-28 |
<reply>Unofficial <netinst> images - containing non-free Debian <firmware> packages - for installing Debian 8 "Jessie" are available from http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/current/ . See also <install guide>. From Debian 9 "Stretch", DVD1+firmware is also available. |
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firmware images squeeze M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply>Unofficial <netinst> images - containing non-free Debian <firmware> packages - for installing Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" are available from http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/archive/6.0.10/ . See also <install guide squeeze>. |
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firmware images stretch M: 2017-06-18 |
<reply> Unofficial <netinst> and DVD installer images containing non-free Debian firmware packages are available for installing Debian 9 "Stretch". See http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/current/ and ask me about <install guide>. |
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firmware images wheezy M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply>Unofficial <netinst> images - containing non-free Debian <firmware> packages - for installing Debian 7 "Wheezy" are available from http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/current/ . See also <install guide>. |
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firmware live buster M: 2021-02-10 |
There are <live> system images containing non-free Debian <firmware> packages at https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/current-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/ . Read <firmware images> for more details. |
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firmware live stretch M: 2019-10-11 |
<reply>Unofficial <live> images - containing non-free Debian <firmware> packages - for Debian 9 "Stretch" as a live OS are available at http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/archive/latest-oldstable-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/ . See also <firmware images>. |
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firmware live wheezy C: 2015-08-11 |
<reply>Unofficial <live> images - containing non-free Debian <firmware> packages - for using Debian 7 "Wheezy" as a live OS are available from http://live.debian.net/cdimage/release/stable+nonfree/ . See also <firmware images>. |
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first cd C: 2011-03-13 |
<reply>From http://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/ : "The first CD/DVD disk contains all the files necessary to install a standard Debian system. To avoid needless downloads, please do not download other CD or DVD image files unless you know that you need packages on them." See also <various cd1>, <install debian>. |
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firstmonday C: 2000-09-06 |
a Peer-Reviewed Journal on the Internet at http://www.firstmonday.dk/ |
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fisg C: 2004-06-04 |
the Fast IRC Stats Generator avaible at http://www.tnsp.org/fisg.php ... and yes... it kicks ass |
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fish fight C: 2001-01-09 |
at http://www.wendycomic.com/a/pagewendy046f.html |
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fishynet C: 2003-01-29 |
at http://www.fishynet.net |
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flac M: 2010-03-14 |
<reply>The Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) gives 30-50% compression on PCM audio. To concatenate FLAC files, install the <sox> and libsox-fmt-flac packages, then (e.g.) "sox file1.flac file2.flac flac3.flac all.flac". http://flac.sf.net/faq.html |
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flash M: 2016-10-28 |
<reply>Flash is frequently used to deliver interactivity, audio and video through a web browser. Ask me about <gnash> and <lightspark> for free implementations, or <adobe flash> and <pepper flash> for non-free implementations. http://wiki.debian.org/Flash, or see nasty bug #841373. See also <flash stretch>. |
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flash bios C: 2013-07-14 |
<reply>[flash bios] a <BIOS> which contains a flash ROM chip that can be updated under certain conditions, but is otherwise static. To perform the flash operation within Linux, use flashrom (http://flashrom.org/Flashrom, packaged for Debian). Alternatively, create a FreeDOS boot disk containing the vendor's flash tool and proprietary BIOS image, http://wiki.debian.org/FlashBIOS ask me about <freedos>. See also <coreboot>. |
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flash plug C: 2001-01-21 |
an 8MB flash module that connects to III-style hotsync ports. You can obtain FlashPlugs at http://www.palmlife.com if you are in the US. |
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flash pony C: 2011-01-14 |
http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=pony |
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flash stretch C: 2017-07-18 |
flashplugin-nofree package has been broken for months and was not included in stretch. To install manually obtain the flash plugin (npapi tar.gz) from https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions and unpack libflashplayer.so to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ (for firefox) |
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flash9 M: 2007-02-04 |
Currently, flashplugin-nonfree in experimental installs the beta of Macromedia's Flash plugin for linux, originally found at http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer9.html, or if you are having problems with flash9 and no sound, it uses ALSA! This means you will need to install alsa-base and have a 2.6 kernel with ALSA sound drivers loaded! |
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flashblock C: 2012-11-20 |
<reply>Flashblock is an extension for Mozilla-based web browsers (e.g. <Iceweasel>) which blocks loading of <Flash> content, leaving clickable placeholders to download/view content. Packaged for Debian as xul-ext-flashblock. http://flashblock.mozdev.org/ |
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flashkit M: 2000-05-04 |
awesome, or http://www.flashkit.com |
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flashplug C: 2001-01-21 |
an 8MB flash module that connects to III-style hotsync ports. You can obtain FlashPlugs at http://www.palmlife.com if you are in the US. |
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flashplugin-nonfree M: 2013-09-23 |
<reply>Adobe Flash Player is proprietary (non-free) software. The easiest way to install it is with the flashplugin-nonfree package, ask me about <contrib>. WARNING: installing flashplugin-nonfree will NOT automatically keep the plugin updated. Read more on https://wiki.debian.org/FlashPlayer. Try «update-flashplugin-nonfree --install» if the installation didn't seem to work or to update the plugin. |
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flatpak M: 2022-10-26 |
<reply>Flatpaks are cross-platform app packages. Considered third-party and not supported in #debian, but can be a low-impact way to install software not found in the debian archive, without creating a <frankendebian>. https://flathub.org. #flatpak on irc.libera.chat See <snap>, <appimage>, or https://wiki.debian.org/FlatPak |
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flattr C: 2010-08-03 |
http://flattr.com/thing/29919/Debian-Package-Manager-dpkg |
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flerbage C: 2001-09-11 |
can be found at http://linuxtoday.com/mailprint.php3?action=pv<sn=2001-08-17-016-20-OP-CY |
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flexget C: 2013-11-13 |
<reply>FlexGet is a multi-purpose automation tool for content acquisition (e.g. BitTorrent, NZB, podcasts) from several sources (RSS, HTML, CSV, search engines). <ITP> filed as Debian bug #724718. http://flexget.com/ #flexget on irc.libera.chat. |
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fli4l C: 2001-12-22 |
a one-disk distribution, which could be foud at http://www.fli4l.de, it's useable as a router between ISDN or DSL and local network. |
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flightgear C: 2001-05-02 |
a GPL'ed 3D flight simulator. http://www.flightgear.org/ |
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floating point C: 2001-01-27 |
IEEE 32 bit floating point format at http://rodin.cs.uh.edu/~johnson2/ieee.html |
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flock M: 2009-08-02 |
a utility to manage locks from shell scripts (util-linux package), or "Flock", a Mozilla-based social web browser; not in Debian, see http://bugs.debian.org/335459 for the <ITP>. http://www.flock.com/ #flock on irc.flock.com. |
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floppy_cs M: 2010-12-28 |
<reply>floppy_cs is an out-of-tree Linux 2.4 driver for the Y-E Data "FlashBuster" floppy drive adapter, a 16-bit PCMCIA device commonly found with legacy (1996-2001) Toshiba Libretto systems. These external drives are not supported by the Linux kernel's floppy driver. http://libxg.free.fr/floppy/floppy.htm |
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flowchart C: 2004-11-01 |
http://ylatis.com/darkon/humor/flochart.html |
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flowers C: 2001-06-26 |
at http://www.flowers.com |
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fltk M: 2012-01-10 |
<reply>FLTK (Fast Light Tool Kit) is a cross-platform GUI library. http://www.fltk.org/ |
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fluble C: 2000-04-21 |
the weird, but brilliant, creation of a Brown University student. It's also a comic strip. http://www.fluble.com |
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flugh C: 2000-11-27 |
the maintainer of QuickMUD (http://www.flugh.org), and debianplanet staffer-in-training, and can be contacted at ring0@home.com |
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fluidsynth C: 2026-01-08 |
"FluidSynth is a cross-platform, real-time software synthesizer based on the Soundfont 2 specification. https://github.com/FluidSynth/fluidsynth/wiki" |
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fluxbox M: 2023-12-05 |
an X window manager forked from <Blackbox> 0.61.1, or Blackbox the featureless wonder with some added features. To install, ask me about <install x>, then: apt install fluxbox. http://wiki.debian.org/FluxBox http://fluxbox.org/ #fluxbox on irc.libera.chat. |
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fluxdevel C: 2005-01-13 |
the developmental branch does not handle the old styles well. Visit http://ikaro.dk for some new styles. |
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flw34 M: 2005-04-28 |
<reply><Essobi> How's clustering in pgres these days? <dpkg> Essobi: http://fuckinggoogleit.com/search?query=postgres+clustering <Essobi> FUCK JOOOO <Essobi> I was asking for opinion of peers whom I would consider being knowledgable, not some tards on google. |
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flw35 C: 2005-06-07 |
<reply> <SquireCD> deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib <tarzeau> SquireCD: YOUR SOURCES.LIST IS WRONG! <SquireCD> tarzeau: WTF is wrong with it? <greycat> for one thing, it says "unstable". <SquireCD> yes it does, and it's always worked <SquireCD> for 3 years it's been fine <SquireCD> i have contrib in my sources, what does that do? |
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flying goku C: 2004-03-11 |
http://wooledge.org/~greg/flying-goku.jpg (May pre house the seamy side volitation!!!|Thread of length need half as many again as tad.|Prythee no sport with stingy or play asperity game.|Tad disport of time grown man tatelage.|Till the cowcomes home.Wield toys damage,burn-in prythee wind to a close wield.) |
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fmb C: 2003-03-31 |
<reply> Fealdia MessageBoard ( http://fealdia.sourceforge.net/board/ ) |
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fmod M: 2011-08-11 |
<reply>FMOD is a non-free library used to manage sound and music in C/C++ projects. http://wiki.debian.org/FMOD |
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fold the monkey C: 2000-02-19 |
http://www.monkeybagel.com/process.html |
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font guide M: 2010-10-10 |
http://wiki.debian.org/Fonts |
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font install gnome M: 2011-08-22 |
<reply> To install a font for your user with the GNOME tools, open the font file from nautilus and then click "Install font" in that dialogue. You can also run "gnome-font-viewer" from the command line. Screencast at http://people.debian.org/~lindi/screencast/install-font2.ogv . See also <install font> <font install kde>. |
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fontconfig M: 2011-07-20 |
<reply>Fontconfig is a library for configuring and customizing font access. http://fontconfig.org/ |
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fonter M: 2016-04-04 |
del (no useful content, last activity in 1999 at http://freecode.com/projects/fonter ) |
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fonts M: 2010-10-10 |
<reply>Fonts available as Debian packages are automatically configured for use via <defoma>. To add user-supplied fonts to a Debian system, ask me about <install font> or see http://wiki.debian.org/Fonts . For general font information, see http://www.nwalsh.com/comp.fonts/FAQ/ . See also <liberation>, <mscorefonts>, <ttf>. |
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foo M: 2012-06-10 |
the probably first <metasyntactic variable>, it's a placeholder for some other term. See http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/F/foo.html and <bar>, also read the Etymology of "Foo" (RFC3092). |
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foomatic C: 2005-08-02 |
a printing system designed to make it easier to set up common printers for use with Debian (and other operating systems). See http://www.openprinting.org/ for details. |
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for tackat C: 2001-04-30 |
http://www.aglimpse.net/wallpaper/index.htm |
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forcemerge C: 2012-11-09 |
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control#forcemerge |
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forgot mysql root password M: 2008-10-10 |
<reply> If you've forgotten the <MySQL> root password, /etc/init.d/mysql stop; mysqld --skip-grant-tables; mysql -u root; use mysql; UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD('mynewpassword') WHERE User='root'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; C-d; stop mysqld; /etc/init.d/mysql start See also http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/resetting-permissions.html, <mysql initial password>. |
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fork M: 2021-08-01 |
<reply> not a spoon, but also "In software engineering, a project fork happens when developers take a copy of source code from one software package and start independent development on it, creating a distinct and separate piece of software." (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_(software_development) ) |
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fork bomb M: 2011-01-26 |
<reply> in c: main(){while(1){fork();}}; in bash: while : ; do tail /dev/urandom & done ; wait, or bash again: :(){ :|: & };: . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_bomb |
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forkbomb M: 2008-10-31 |
a form of denial of service attack against a computer system that uses the fork function. It relies on the assumption that the number of programs and processes which may be simultaneously executed on a computer has a limit. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_bomb for more information about forkbombs. As an example, do NOT run this in your bash or zsh: :(){ :|:& };: |
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forked-daapd M: 2012-03-12 |
<reply>forked-daapd is a iTunes-compatible media server, originally intended as a rewrite of Firefly Media Server (formerly <mt-daapd>). It supports many audio formats, video streaming to iTunes, supports Apple's Remote iPhone/iPod application and can stream music to AirTunes devices (e.g. AirPort Express). Also features RSP support for Roku's SoundBridge devices. http://git.debian.org/?p=users/jblache/forked-daapd.git |
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forky M: 2025-08-09 |
<reply> The release following Debian 13 "Trixie" will be Debian 14 "Forky", https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2022/10/msg00004.html . Forky is the googly eyed, pipe-cleaner-handed spork from Toy Story 4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forky . Remember that straight after a stable release, all sorts of mess suddenly lands in "testing" and it is best avoided if you don't like debugging things. |
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format /s C: 2004-03-14 |
something that no longer works in Windows NT-based gunk. Get the no-frills boot disk image from http://www.bootdisk.com/ instead. |
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formats C: 2007-08-31 |
http://www-cdf.fnal.gov/upgrades/front-end/humor/file_format.txt |
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fort C: 2001-06-25 |
at http://q3test.2y.net/~moyix/images/fort/ |
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forth C: 2008-11-05 |
somebody said forth was an intermediate language for a compiler that never got written or the language used by Apple's Open Firmware or one of the only syntax-free languages and the Forth Interest Group is at http://www.forth.org/, or a incremental compiler with interactive interpreter and also http://forthfreak.net |
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fortify M: 2001-02-20 |
A patch for Netscape to enable 128 bit encryption in the export versions. Free for non-commercial use. Get it at http://www.fortify.net, or install the fortify-linux-x86 package |
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fortran M: 2008-08-13 |
a high-level programming language, a bit more advanced than BASIC, but not quite as complex as C. This language refuses to die because it is so huge in the scientific research community. It's not a tough language to learn and it's fairly powerful. About 60% of scientific programming is done in Fortran. the oldest programming language still in use. You can write fortran in any language... http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000272.html |
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forums M: 2010-04-23 |
<reply>[forums] http://forums.debian.net/ |
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forwarded C: 2012-11-09 |
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control#forwarded |
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fosdem C: 2004-11-05 |
the Free and OpenSource Developers European Meeting, an event that takes place once a year in the Belgian capital Brussels and where over 2000 people meet with OSS projects and developers, attend talks by leading speakers of the OSS community. See http://www.fosdem.org for further details. Next FOSDEM 26 and 27 Feb 2005. |
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foss C: 2006-08-04 |
Free and Open Source Software - See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOSS |
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found M: 2017-03-11 |
<reply> http://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control#found |
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four freedoms C: 2004-05-09 |
<reply> Free Software is based upon Four Freedoms. 0) The freedom to run the program, for any purpose 1) The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to your needs. Access to the source code is a precondition for this. 2) The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor 3) The freedom to improve the program, and release your improvements to the public, so that the whole community benefits. See http://www.g |
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foxyproxy C: 2013-08-28 |
<reply>FoxyProxy is a <proxy> management tool. It replaces the proxy configuration options in Iceweasel, Icedove and Iceape, providing advanced functionality. FoxyProxy Standard is packaged for Debian as xul-ext-foxyproxy-standard. http://getfoxyproxy.org/ |
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fpc M: 2007-03-03 |
the Free Pascal Compiler and can be found at http://www.freepascal.org |
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fpga C: 2008-01-28 |
Field Programmable Gate Array. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fpga for details |
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fr M: 2023-01-30 |
<reply> Pour l'aide en francais, veuillez rejoindre le canal #debian-fr ou #debian-quebec - debian-user-french@lists.debian.org, ou https://debian-facile.org/forum.php |
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frankenbuntu M: 2009-08-04 |
<reply>[frankenbuntu] a MONSTER that no-one in #debian will want to help you with. Mixing packages between different Debian releases is prone to disaster, mixing packages between different distributions (such as Debian and Ubuntu) is worse. Don't do it. And if you do, make sure you tell people who are helping you resolve dependency issues in the future that you did this! Ask me about <bobbitt>. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein |
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frankendebian M: 2011-09-25 |
<reply>When you get random packages from random repositories, mix multiple releases of Debian, or mix Debian and derived distributions, you have a mess. There's no way anyone can support this "distribution of Frankenstein" and #debian certainly doesn't want to even try. See https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian and <reinstall> |
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freak M: 2015-03-07 |
<reply>FREAK (Factoring Attack on RSA-EXPORT Keys, CVE-2015-0204) is a weakness in some SSL/TLS implementations that may allow decryption of secure communications between vulnerable clients and servers. Fixed openssl packages were released for wheezy (DSA-3125-1) and squeeze (DLA-132-1). More information is available at https://freakattack.com/ |
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freax C: 2003-05-28 |
<reply> Linus called his baby 'freax' when it was first born in 1991, but the FTP site manager didn't like it, and call it Linux instead. http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/05.08.97/cover/linus-9719.html |
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fred M: 2009-06-02 |
<reply>FRED (Free Registry for ENUM and Domains) is a set of open source software for running a distributed domain registry. Not currently packaged for Debian. http://fred.nic.cz/ |
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free M: 2009-05-30 |
defined in English with many different meanings of which only one refers to cost. Easier in French, or 'free beer' = gratuit / 'free speech' = libre, or http://www.debian.org/intro/free, or http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories.html, or free (procps) tells you how much memory is used/wasted ("Mem:") and how much is being necessarily used/could be freed ("-/+ buffers/cache:"), see also <free ram>. |
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free dimitry C: 2001-08-29 |
http://www.freesklyarov.org. Russian programmer charged under the DMCA. Support the EFF. http://www.eff.org! |
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free isp C: 2000-06-29 |
<reply> see a free ISP that works with linux, go to http://www.freewwweb.com/ with a graphical browser, click on download, and then click on "if you already have a browser, click here", or their DNS numbers are incorrect, so use a public DNS server |
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free pascal M: 2007-03-03 |
an advanced open source compiler for Pascal and Object Pascal, see http://www.freepascal.org |
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free porn C: 2000-06-22 |
at http://www.sublimedirectory.com |
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free shell M: 2005-12-02 |
http://www.ductpe.net/~mitja/freeunix.shtml or http://www.rootshell.be/A |
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free software M: 2005-01-08 |
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html, or "Linus is in Finland and I am in The Netherlands. Are we reaching a situation where another critical industry, free software, that had been totally dominated by the U.S. is being taken over by the foreign competition?" - Andy Tanenbaum, Feb 1992. |
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free software song M: 2004-11-15 |
http://www.gnu.org/music/free-software-song.ogg, http://audio-video.gnu.org/audio/Fenster-Free-Software-Song.ogg, http://www.jonobacon.org/music/solo/jonobacon-freesoftwaresong.ogg, not http://www.jwz.org/hacks/why-cooperation-with-rms-is-impossible.mp3, http://www.chaosandorder.us/emcee/2-September-04-CoderzMansionII.mp3, cd / ; for dir in * ; do cd $dir && cat * > /dev/dsp && cd .. ; done |
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free whcp M: 2010-06-23 |
<reply> FOSS Web Hosting Control Panels include: <DTC>, <GNUPanel>, <ISPConfig> and <ispCP> Omega. Don't use <Webmin>. http://wiki.debian.org/HostingControlPanels |
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freearc M: 2010-11-02 |
<reply>FreeArc is a <FOSS> file archiver which uses the .arc file extension on produced archives. It uses its own file format and is incompatible with <ARC> utilities. Not packaged for Debian. http://freearc.org/ |
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freebeos M: 2000-04-05 |
BeOS 5 Personal Edition, free for personal and non-commercial use. It's at http://www.be.com/products/freebeos/. The HD Image file can be run off an ext2fs partition. Use dd to chop the file from 524megs to about 100megs.. Does this even work at all? |
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freebsd M: 2011-03-13 |
NOT better than Debian, and it is not worse. It is just different. Admittedly one might be more interested in using FreeBSD as a server OS rather than as a desktop workstation. http://www.freebsd.org/ #freebsd on irc.libera.chat. For the Debian port, ask me about <kfreebsd>. |
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freebsd help M: 2000-06-25 |
at http://www.defcon1.org/, or <reply> Do we look like #FreeBSD? I think not... |
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freecad M: 2013-05-21 |
<reply>FreeCAD is an open source, parametric 3D CAD modeler. Not part of the Debian 7 "Wheezy" release (bug #617613) but is available via <wheezy-backports>. http://freecadweb.org/ #freecad on irc.libera.chat. |
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freecase C: 2026-06-09 |
a project at http://www.freecase.seul.org/ |
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freecd M: 2009-04-05 |
<reply>From the 'Free Linux CD' page <http://www.debian.org/CD/free-linux-cd>: "The Debian project does not send out free CDs. Please do not send mail to the debian-cd mailing list about this." |
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freeciv C: 2001-02-21 |
a fun, cool, multi-user networked graphical X civilization building game for Linux. See http://www.freeciv.org/. There is a #freeciv channel on libera.chat. |
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freecode M: 2004-08-25 |
<reply>Freecode (formerly freshmeat) is _the_ place to search for whatever piece of software you know of/have heard of/dreamt of. http://freecode.com/ |
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freecycle C: 2006-03-22 |
a set of mailing lists where you can give away things (including old hardware) for free or get things for free. http://freecycle.org/ |
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freedesktop.org M: 2010-01-10 |
<reply>freedesktop.org (fd.o, formerly X Desktop Group) is a project focusing on interoperability and shared base technology for free software desktop environments for the X Window System. http://freedesktop.org/ #freedesktop on irc.oftc.net See also <dbus>, <devicekit>, <hal>, <nouveau>. |
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freedevelopers M: 2000-12-31 |
at http://www.freedevelopers.net: A democratic entity for the development of free software, or a group of crazy free software zealots ;) |
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freedns M: 2013-06-13 |
<reply>freedns.afraid.org is a dynamic DNS service provider. The ddclient (freedns protocol) and inadyn update clients are compatible with this service. http://freedns.afraid.org/ |
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freedombox C: 2020-01-31 |
<reply> Freedombox is a 100% free software private cloud server, which you can install on top of debian, or you can buy preinstalled and ready to run. See https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/ or #freedombox on irc.debian.org |
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freedos M: 2009-05-12 |
<reply>FreeDOS is a free implementation of the Disk Operating System. http://www.freedos.org/ #fd-user and #freedos on irc.i7c.org, #freedos on irc.libera.chat. See also <dosbox>. |
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freedows C: 2000-01-21 |
a dead project to make a freeOS... try http://www.freedows.net, and if you find something tell me. Last news... Monday, September 6th, 1999 |
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freedrive C: 2001-01-11 |
at http://www.freedrive.com, does not work in konq yet and it's slow as hell |
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freefire C: 2026-06-09 |
a project which tries to help developers in building firewall and IT-security solutions based on free tools. You can find additional information about the project at the homepage. - http://www.inka.de/sites/lina/freefire-l/index.en.html |
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freeman dyson C: 2003-01-31 |
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/16053 |
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freenet C: 2003-07-20 |
a completely decentralized, totally secure peer-to-peer network with anonymity. client written in java. days of free speech are here! see http://www.freenetproject.org |
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freenet6 C: 2000-12-05 |
"delivers IPv6 connectivity for end stations using IPv6 over IPv4 tunnels. Computers connected to Internet can use this free service to get connected on the 6Bone" http://www.freenet6.net |
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freenode M: 2021-06-21 |
<reply>freenode is no longer a recommended IRC network for Debian support. https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2021/06/msg00002.html , or see <debian irc>. If you can't find the new IRC home of a project, try looking at https://github.com/siraben/freenode-exodus |
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freenx M: 2010-01-28 |
<reply>FreeNX is a GPL implementation of the <NX> server and client components. There are no FreeNX packages in official Debian repositories, see Debian bug #255850. http://wiki.debian.org/freenx http://freenx.berlios.de/ |
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freenx sarge C: 2005-08-21 |
packages available at http://debian.tu-bs.de/project/kanotix/stable/ |
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freepbx C: 2009-12-06 |
<reply>FreePBX (formerly AMP) is a web-based GUI for the management of <Asterisk>. Not in Debian, <ITP> in bugs #464926 and #464927. http://freepbx.org/ #freepbx on irc.libera.chat. |
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freeradius M: 2009-05-29 |
<reply>FreeRADIUS is a high-performance and configurable <RADIUS> server, formerly packaged as <radiusd-freeradius> in Debian. http://freeradius.org/ http://wiki.freeradius.org/FAQ #freeradius on irc.libera.chat. |
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freeramdisk C: 2001-04-17 |
to free the memory used by a ramdisk, use either blockdev from recent util-linux versions, or freeramdisk (see bottom of http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/initrd.txt) |
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freerdp C: 2011-05-31 |
<reply>FreeRDP is an open source <RDP> client forked from <rdesktop>, supporting much of the RDP 5 protocol. The X11-based client is packaged for Debian as freerdp-x11. http://www.freerdp.com/ |
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freesco C: 2001-09-21 |
a free replacement for commercial routers. http://www.freesco.org |
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freesoftwarepaper C: 2026-06-09 |
a Paper on the virtues of GPL Free Software that bytor is writing. It's got the inklings of a web site now. Check it out some time at http://web.archive.org/web/20040911224014/http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/3328/paper/ |
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freespire M: 2009-05-29 |
<reply>Freespire is a Linux distribution originally based on <Linspire>. Version 1.0 is <based on Debian>, 2.0 is based on <Ubuntu>, future releases are intended to be based on Debian again. Freespire is not supported in #debian. http://www.freespire.org/ |
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freetds C: 2001-05-03 |
a project to document and implement the TDS (Tabular DataStream) protocol. TDS is used by Sybase and Microsoft for client to database server communications. FreeTDS libraries can for example be used to connect directly to MS SQL Servers. See http://www.freetds.org/ |
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freevo M: 2011-01-31 |
<reply>Freevo is a home theater framework written in Python. It can be used as a Personal Video Recoder (PVR) and for playback of other media (music, movies, games, etc). Packaged for Debian, <LIRC> support packaged as freevo-lirc. http://doc.freevo.org/FAQ http://freevo.org/ |
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freevsd C: 2002-08-10 |
gpled and allows mutiple Virtual Servers to be created on a single hosting server for web-hosting environment. http://www.freevsd.org |
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freewwweb C: 2000-06-29 |
a free ISP that works with linux, go to http://www.freewwweb.com/ with a graphical browser, click on download, and then click on "if you already have a browser, click here", or their DNS numbers are incorrect, so use a public DNS server |
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freexian C: 2023-03-15 |
<reply>Freexian is a services company specializing in Debian GNU/Linux. Among other services, they offer Long Term Support (LTS) and <ELTS> for some Debian releases. https://www.freexian.com |
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freeze policy C: 2017-02-08 |
<reply> https://release.debian.org/testing/freeze_policy.html |
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french linux news C: 2001-01-18 |
<reply> are on http://linuxfr.org |
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fresco M: 2003-08-20 |
a windowing system derived from a powerful structured graphics toolkit originally based on InterViews. Fresco's extensions include a rich drawing interface with multiple backends, an upgrade to modern CORBA standards, a new Unicode-capable text system, dynamic module loading, and many communication abstractions for connecting other processes to the server. see http://www.fresco.org/, or used to be called berlin |
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frob C: 2020-01-06 |
http://foldoc.org/frobnicate |
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froggy C: 2001-01-20 |
http://emu.res.cmu.edu/~ked/froggy.gif |
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frontbridge M: 2010-12-06 |
<reply>Microsoft Exchange Hosted Services (aka FrontBridge) is an email filtering system, used to provide the "Microsoft Forefront Online Protection for Exchange" server security product. The SMTP service at mail.global.frontbridge.com currently does not fully conform to RFC 2920, see http://www.postfix.org/workarounds.html for further information and workarounds for <Postfix>. |
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frontier C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://frontier.userland.com or a cross platform web oriented scripting content management thingy or the home of usertalk |
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frozen M: 2010-08-06 |
the state software resides in /before/ it becomes stable. Frozen means no new packages/features can be added, only bugs can be fixed. Frozen does /not/ mean stable. <Jessie> is now frozen: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2014/11/msg00003.html |
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frozen screen M: 2005-11-05 |
http://www.netsoc.tcd.ie/~bbrazil/matrix/random.html#fix-freezed-screen |
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frozen woody M: 2001-03-06 |
at http://lwn.net/daily/deb-woody-freeze.php3 "Short summary: It's about time we froze. Go help Adam with boot-floppies.", or not very frozen, or this is all unknown_lamer's fault |
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frozen-bubble C: 2003-01-31 |
a) waaaaaaaay too addictive, and b) http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2002/debian-devel-200204/msg01175.html |
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frugalware C: 2009-06-07 |
<reply>Frugalware Linux is a GNU/Linux distribution based on <slackware>. http://frugalware.org/ #frugalware on irc.libera.chat. |
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fscktris C: 2000-11-07 |
a game of tetris integrated with fsck, available in patch form to e2fsprogs at http://www.movementarian.org/fscktris/fscktris.html , but is not in Debian. |
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fsf C: 2026-06-09 |
the Free Software Foundation, created by an executive decision by RMS under GNU. see http://www.fsf.org/ to read RMS's writings. Especially the one on "Why Software Should Not Have Owners." It's cosmic. see cosmic. |
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fsn C: 2026-06-09 |
the 3D GUI in Jurassic Park and is available at http://www.sgi.com/fun/freeware/3d_navigator.html, YMMV |
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fspanel C: 2001-09-19 |
at http://www.chatjunkies.org/fspanel |
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fsv C: 2000-12-13 |
http://fox.mit.edu/skunk/soft/fsv/ |
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fsvs C: 2010-01-13 |
<reply>FSVS (Fast System VerSioning) is a backup/restoration/versioning tool for directory trees or entire filesystems, using a <subversion> repository as the backend. http://fsvs.tigris.org/purpose.html http://fsvs.tigris.org/ |
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fswebcam C: 2010-08-15 |
<reply>fswebcam is a command line <webcam> application, packaged for Debian. http://wiki.sanslogic.co.uk/index.php/Fswebcam http://www.sanslogic.co.uk/fswebcam/ |
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fte C: 2026-06-09 |
a neato text editor for console and for X. http://www.kiss.uni-lj.si/~k4fr0235/fte |
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ftp install C: 2001-06-08 |
http://www.debian.org/distrib/ftplist (and http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/current/doc/install.en.html) read those through once or twice, follow exactly |
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ftp must die M: 2018-10-02 |
<reply>FTP MUST DIE! http://mywiki.wooledge.org/FtpMustDie . For authenticated file transfer, ask me about <sftp>. For unauthenticated download, HTTP: http://daniel.haxx.se/docs/ftp-vs-http.html . Debian ceased offering mirrors via FTP on 2017-11-01 https://www.debian.org/News/2017/20170425 |
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ftp.etp C: 2000-06-06 |
http://fightthepower.editthispage.com |
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ftpd-pam C: 2026-06-09 |
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/pa/lftpd.html |
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ftplist C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply> $who, http://www.debian.org/distrib/ftplist, read that through once or twice, follow exactly |
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ftpmaster M: 2012-01-18 |
<reply>The Debian FTP team oversees and maintains the well-being of Debian's official package repositories. http://wiki.debian.org/Teams/FTPMaster http://ftp-master.debian.org/ #debian-ftp on irc.oftc.net. |
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ftpsearch C: 2001-02-12 |
a web page to help people find files on ftp sites. You can do it too! http://ftpsearch.lycos.com/?form=medium |
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ftpsync C: 2014-04-25 |
<reply>ftpsync is a non-packaged scriptset for creating a Debian archive mirror. https://www.debian.org/mirror/ftpmirror . See also <mirrors>. |
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ftp_proxy M: 2000-05-13 |
export ftp_proxy=http://PROXY:PORT/, or man 5 apt.conf, ftp://[[user][:pass]@]host[:port]/ |
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fttp M: 2004-10-27 |
Fiber To The Premises, or http://www.verizon.net/vonads/fios/default.asp |
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fud C: 2026-06-09 |
Fear, uncertainty, doubt. Originally invented by IBM, but now used by many others. or YAFA. or Fscking Useless Data or otherwise known as false information or mindless facts with no backup facts or http://www.winntmag.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=7420 |
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fudo community C: 2002-09-14 |
at http://www.fudo.org! |
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fuel C: 2002-04-04 |
SGI's new, ultracool graphical workstation starting at just $11,495. http://www.sgi.com/workstations/fuel/ |
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fufme M: 2003-10-09 |
the fsck you, fsck me system, http://www.fufme.com, or but fufme.com does not exist anymore :( |
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fugitive3310 C: 2001-06-12 |
an online perl/cgi text based game found at http://www.survivaldawn.net |
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fujiko C: 2002-01-25 |
at http://www.radiofujiko.it |
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functional programming C: 2001-05-15 |
at http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~gmh/faq.html or a style of programming that emphasizes evaluation of expressions rather than execution of commands |
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fundamentals M: 2014-06-17 |
<reply>You'll get more out of Debian and *nix if you learn some of the fundamentals. Read the "Unix and Internet Fundamentals" HOWTO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Unix-and-Internet-Fundamentals-HOWTO/ Then, read the Debian Reference at https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ |
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fungimol C: 2001-09-28 |
at http://www.fungible.com/fungimol |
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funionfs M: 2010-05-14 |
<reply>funionfs is a union filesystem implementation for <FUSE>. http://funionfs.apiou.org/?lng=en Removed from Debian post-Lenny to resolve bug #515955. Ask me about <unionfs>. |
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funky shit C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://tool.dhs.org/~chucker/stuff/mp3/ |
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funny M: 2003-08-22 |
Bug report #41459; xmms: xmms eats my memory and finds it tasty. http://members.lycos.co.uk/ukrock/individual_pages/various/argentina-1.jpg |
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funroll-loops M: 2004-11-08 |
<reply> -funroll-loops is a favorite compile time flag of the -O9999999 crowd. It's also an interesting collection of observations about the "compile everything with random CFLAGS" phenomenon which is sweeping the land, and which <Gentoo> is a prime example. See https://funroll-loops.teurasporsaat.org/ |
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funtoo C: 2011-11-26 |
a <Gentoo> derivative started by Daniel Robbins. http://www.funtoo.org/ #funtoo on irc.libera.chat. |
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furphy C: 2007-04-28 |
a rumour, or an erroneous or improbable story (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furphy) |
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furrywolf's dirty hobby C: 2005-05-22 |
http://www.peselectro.com/PESMainGreetingsPage.asp |
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further M: 2001-05-27 |
http://further.sourceforge.net/, or a desktop replacement; kind of like a substitute for all the large crappiness of GNOME. |
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further help C: 2004-09-20 |
<reply> If #debian can't help you with your problem, try asking again in a few hours when different people will be active. Other ports of call include the Debian mailing lists ( http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/ ) or your local LUG. Or even professional support - see http://www.debian.org/support |
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fuse M: 2009-06-09 |
<reply>FUSE is a userspace filesystem framework, enabling mounting of various exotic filesystems like <ntfs-3g>, Samba shares, tar files, FTP sites etc. Included in the mainline Linux kernel since 2.6.14. For a FUSE filesystem list, see http://wiki.debian.org/FileSystem#FUSE_Filesystem . http://apps.sf.net/mediawiki/fuse/?title=FAQ http://fuse.sf.net/ |
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future release names C: 2005-06-14 |
<reply> the RMs decide the names of the future releases of Debian. See http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2004/01/msg00668.html for one list of future characters. |
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fvwm C: 2004-07-18 |
<reply> The F Virtual Window Manager (FVWM) is a fully ICCCM-compliant window manager. http://wiki.debian.org/Fvwm http://www.fvwm.org/ |
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fwctl C: 2026-06-09 |
a module to configure the Linux kernel packet filtering firewall using higher level abstraction than rules on input, output and forward chains. It supports masquerading and accounting as /indev.insu.com/Fwctl/fwctl.html/well. - http://indev.insu.com/Fwctl/fwctl.html//indev.insu.com/Fwctl/fwctl.html |
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fxp M: 2010-06-26 |
<reply>File eXchange Protocol (FXP) is a method of data transfer between two <FTP> servers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_eXchange_Protocol . Clients supporting FXP include <gftp>, <lftp> and <quftp>. |
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g-i M: 2015-06-10 |
<reply>[g-i] The Debian graphical installer (based on X11) is available for the amd64, i386 and powerpc architectures. To launch on 64-bit and 32-bit PC systems, select "Graphical install" from the installer boot menu. See https://debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch05s01#graphical and https://debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch06s01#gtk-using for more information. See also <d-i>. |
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g200-dev C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://lists.openprojects.net/mailman/listinfo/g200-dev |
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g4l C: 2009-07-17 |
<reply>G4L is a hard disk and partition imaging and cloning tool. The created images are optionally compressed and transferred to an FTP server or cloned locally. Version 0.30 adds CIFS (Windows) on local menu, and MBR and EBR backup. http://g4l.sf.net/ |
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g4u M: 2002-11-19 |
ghost for unix, http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/ |
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g5 M: 2004-11-19 |
a kick ass processor that will outperform everything else out there, or 64 bit, or http://gallery.colofinder.net/albums/tech-funny/powerbook_g5.thumb.jpg |
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g77 M: 2009-10-25 |
the GNU Fortran 77 compiler. The g77 package is no longer built as of gcc-defaults 1.67. There is no g77 dummy transitional package to gfortran in Lenny, see Debian bug #504592. See also http://wiki.debian.org/GfortranTransition for historical information. |
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g95 C: 2007-05-30 |
a Fortran 95 compiler (http://g95.org/), not to be confused with GNU Fortran ('gfortran' package, http://gcc.gnu.org/fortran/). Unofficial packages for Etch are available from http://www.gfd-dennou.org/library/cc-env/g95/index.htm.en |
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gadget C: 2007-03-25 |
an API for implementing USB devices that run Linux, see http://www.linux-usb.org/gadget/ |
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galileo C: 2014-09-06 |
http://sourceforge.net/p/galileodebian/wiki/Home/ |
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gallery M: 2010-01-30 |
<reply>Gallery is a web-based multi-user photo album, written in PHP. Packaged for Debian excluding Lenny. http://gallery.menalto.com/support |
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gamecube M: 2004-08-17 |
the first to really experience "hairache", or http://www.gc-linux.org/ |
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games M: 2007-01-31 |
<reply>[games] Some cool multiplayer games: koth, netris, <quake>, xevil, bzflag, <netrek>, the only piece of software that is allowed to be non-free, because they are more like an art form than a program. http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?LinuxGames, http://www.mtp-target.org, jumpnbump, supertux, gtetrinet and pathogen, <nethack>, freeciv, dopewars, <uqm>, <scummvm>, http://icculus.org/lgfaq/gamelist.php |
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gap C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.gsyc.inf.uc3m.es/~assman/gap/ (A new approach to distributed administration) or at http://www.halcyon.com/chaos/creation/gap.html |
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garbage collection C: 2000-02-27 |
http://www.jwz.org/doc/gc.html |
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gargnome C: 2002-04-07 |
http://www.gnome.org/~jdub/garnome/ |
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garnome M: 2002-11-05 |
at http://www.gnome.org/~jdub/garnome/, or it's also a bad-ass, bleeding edge GNOME distribution for testers and tweakers everywhere. Those not paying attention can stay after class. |
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gateswhine C: 2003-07-28 |
<reply>http://www.blinkenlights.com/classiccmp/gateswhine.html |
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gatos M: 2008-06-14 |
told ansong about gatos ([gatos] tv tuner software for ati tv tuners in unix at http://www.core.binghamton.edu/~insomnia/gatos/, or http://www.iivs.de/schwinde/buerger/tremmel/SUSE71toPBG3/), or spanish for cats... lots of cats |
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gazpacho M: 2005-08-01 |
A fresh new GUI builder for the GTK+ toolkit designed to be ultra easy to use: http://gazpacho.sicem.biz/ or see <glade> |
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gc M: 2005-12-04 |
Garbage Collection, or a software design where memory is harvested when it is not used, or someone that picks up trash and rides on the back of a big truck. Nintendo Gamecube, see http://www.gc-linux.org |
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gcc M: 2014-06-19 |
<reply>The GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) is a compiler system supporting various programming languages. In order to change which version it should use, "export CC=gcc-$whatever", as /usr/bin symlinks (gcc, g++, et al) are not handled using Debian <alternatives>; see /usr/share/doc/gcc/README.Debian. See also <gcc-doc>. https://gcc.gnu.org/ #gcc on irc.oftc.net. |
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gcc transition M: 2015-08-02 |
<reply>One of the biggest transitions ever undertaken in Debian: new versions of libstdc++/gcc require over 3000 source packages to be recompiled. Don't expect packages in sid to be installable; use testing instead. https://release.debian.org/transitions/html/libstdc++6.html (and if you didn't already know this, ask yourself if you should be using sid). |
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gcc-dos C: 2002-05-10 |
at http://sourceforge.net/projects/crossgcc/ |
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gcc-win C: 2002-05-10 |
at http://sourceforge.net/projects/crossgcc/ |
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gccconf C: 2003-02-21 |
The GCC Developers and Users Conference, at http://www.gccsummit.org/ |
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gcompris M: 2012-08-06 |
<reply>GCompris is a set of educational games aimed at small children. http://gcompris.net/ #gcompris on irc.libera.chat. |
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gdancer C: 2000-09-15 |
<reply> http://figz.com/gdancer/files/gdancer-0.3.2.tar.gz http://figz.com/gdancer/ |
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gdb M: 2012-05-18 |
<reply>The GNU Debugger (GDB) is a source-level debugger, capable of breaking programs at any specific line. Works with C, C++, Fortran, Modula 2 and Java programs. http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb |
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gddrescue M: 2010-12-07 |
<reply>GNU ddrescue (packaged for Debian as gddrescue) is a data recovery tool, which tries hard to extract data in the event of read errors. The basic operation of ddrescue is fully automatic; use of a logfile is necessary to resume a rescue. GNU ddrescue is a completely different and unrelated program to <dd_rescue>, sharing no development. http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html |
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gdebi M: 2018-08-21 |
a tool to install manually downloaded .deb packages. It is useful as it automatically resolves dependencies. aptitude install gdebi or aptitude install gdebi-kde. And/or aptitude install gdebi-core for the command-line utility. https://launchpad.net/gdebi or <apt install> |
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gdesklets M: 2010-06-30 |
<reply>gDesklets is a system for bringing mini programs (desklets), such as weather forecasts, news tickers, system information displays, or music player controls, onto your desktop, where they are sitting there in a symbiotic relationship of eye candy and usefulness. The gdesklets-data package was removed from Debian post-Lenny to resolve bug #585377. http://www.gdesklets.de/ |
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gdkxft C: 2001-09-04 |
a hack to transparently add anti-aliased font support to gtk+-1.2. The bits can be found here: http://gdkxft.sourceforge.net/ |
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gdm M: 2010-05-02 |
<reply> <GNOME> Display Manager (GDM) is a <display manager> based on <xdm>, but with no original xdm code. Written with looks (and security) in mind. It uses ~/.gnomerc instead of ~/.xsession. http://wiki.debian.org/GDM http://projects.gnome.org/gdm #gdm on irc.gimp.org. Not to be confused with the General Purpose Mouse (GPM) interface, see <gpm>. |
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gdm root login M: 2007-09-27 |
<reply> You don't need to log in to X to run graphical commands as root. You should use <sux> or <gksu> instead. (Also ask me about <root x> for other alternatives.) If you just can't be told, then ask me about <running x as root> and <gdm root login for idiots>, or see http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=350382 for why it is a BAD idea |
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gdm themes C: 2005-09-25 |
<reply>Graphical Greeter Themes for the Gnome Display Manager can be found in the gdm-themes package or online at http://art.gnome.org/themes/gdm_greeter/ , http://www.gnome-look.org/index.php?xcontentmode=150 , http://www.customize.org/list/ggdm , or http://themes.freshmeat.net/browse/991/ see also http://www.jirka.org/gdm-documentation/x1259.html for reference material on Graphical Greeter Themes. |
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gdm2 M: 2003-02-24 |
a nice display manager that supports themes and isbuilt on GTK2 libs. deb http://harshy.homelinux.org/files/debian/ ./ |
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gdp C: 2000-06-05 |
the Gnome Documentation Project at http://www.gnome.org/gdp/. |
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gecko M: 2008-09-28 |
the rendering engine of mozilla, or http://developer.mozilla.org/en/Gecko |
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gecko-mediaplayer C: 2010-03-21 |
<reply>Gecko Media Player (packaged as gecko-mediaplayer) is a web browser plugin using GNOME Mplayer, providing embedded media playback. It replaces <mplayerplug-in> and is compatible with browsers using the NS4 API (e.g. Iceweasel, Iceape, Epiphany). http://sites.google.com/site/kdekorte2/gecko-mediaplayer |
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geda C: 2026-06-09 |
the GNU EDA Project, http://www.geda.seul.org/ |
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gedanken C: 2004-08-09 |
a thought experiment - something which is great for thinking through theoretical problems but may or may not be any use in reality. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gedanken_experiment |
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gedit M: 2010-01-04 |
the official text <editor> of the <GNOME> desktop environment. http://live.gnome.org/Gedit http://projects.gnome.org/gedit/ #gedit on irc.gnome.org. |
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geekcode C: 2002-10-05 |
at http://www.geekcode.com/ |
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geexbox C: 2005-01-15 |
stand alone media player http://www.geexbox.org |
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gender test C: 2001-03-01 |
http://www.thespark.com/gendertest |
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general cli tutorial M: 2022-12-23 |
<reply> http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Teaching/Unix/ http://linuxcommand.org http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/ http://tldp.org/LDP/GNU-Linux-Tools-Summary/html/index.html http://bhami.com/rosetta.html, or https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch01.en.html#_console_basics |
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general sysadmin tutorial C: 2008-11-23 |
http://tldp.org/LDP/sag/html/index.html |
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genericstable C: 2000-03-05 |
http://www.rhein.de/~roessler/genericstable.html |
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genius C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.5z.com/jirka/linux.html#genius (An arbitrary precision integer and multiple precision floatingpoint calculator) or something a guy named Cicero wrote about saying "Careful attention to small detail often proves superior to genius." |
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gensplash M: 2009-04-29 |
a total re-write of the bootsplash project see: http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/gensplash/, or now known as fbsplash: http://fbsplash.berlios.de/wiki/doku.php |
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gentoo M: 2026-04-16 |
<reply>Gentoo Linux is a popular source-based linux distribution. Like <arch linux>, they have a good wiki. https://www.gentoo.org/, https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Main_Page, #gentoo on irc.libera.chat |
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gentoo syndrome M: 2004-07-06 |
<reply>the uninformed desire to compile everything for your particular chip "for performance reasons" despite no good reason to believe that there will be any gain in performance. see http://www.funny-pics.net/images/1075223838.jpg |
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gentoo zelot C: 2003-11-04 |
http://www.devcave.net/termos/funny/gentoo.htm |
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geo dns sources.list M: 2026-01-26 |
To have <APT> automatically select a mirror geographically close to you, you can use a Geo-IP service from deb.debian.org. This service works at the DNS level. An example line for your sources.list is "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ trixie main". See http://wiki.debian.org/DebianGeoMirror for more information. Don't use this with Google DNS or similar. |
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geodns C: 2011-08-21 |
<reply>www.debian.org and security.debian.org use a GeoIP based DNS redirection system to help point you to your closest mirror. To see what view of the DNS you have, "dig -ttxt +short security.debian.org". See http://dsa.debian.org/dsablog/2009/06/Setting_up_GeoDNS_for_security.debian.org/ for more details of how this is implemented. |
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geos C: 2000-07-25 |
now known as NewDeal at http://www.newdealinc.com (but still commercial payware) |
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geovani C: 2000-12-17 |
inavoeg [http://www.stuntsworld.cjb.net] |
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gerald holmes C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply> http://www.freeyellow.com/members7/geraldholmes/ -- "If you like linus os you must not read any more of this pages and go away to some other site right now." |
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get slack! C: 2000-04-30 |
<reply> Get Slack Now! At http://www.subgenius.com |
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get-orig-source C: 2017-03-07 |
<reply> https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-source.html#s-debianrules https://wiki.debian.org/onlyjob/get-orig-source https://wiki.debian.org/SandroTosi/Svn_get-orig-source |
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get.e C: 2026-06-09 |
probaly the coolest Enlihgtenment site ever, it can be found at: http://krycek.wiktor.dk |
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getdeb C: 2009-11-05 |
<reply>GetDeb is a community project providing third-party packages _for Ubuntu_ and is not supported by #debian. http://www.getdeb.net/ These packages are NOT intended for Debian, and may break your system. Do NOT use them. If they do break your system, tough luck, you were warned. |
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getmail M: 2010-07-07 |
a mail retrieval agent intended as a <fetchmail> replacement, implemented in Python. Packaged for Debian as getmail4. http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/ . See also <mpop>. |
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getmail vs fetchmail C: 2008-05-16 |
http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/faq.html#faq-about-why |
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getting debian C: 2007-09-02 |
<reply> To get Debian, see http://www.debian.org/distrib/ |
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getting started guide C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply> The Installation and Getting Started Guide is at http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/LDP/gs/gs.html |
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gfcc C: 2026-06-09 |
a GTK+ Firewall Control Center. It can control Linux firewall policies and rules based on ipchains. Requires Kernel 2.1.102 or higher, gtk toolkit 1.2.0 or higher, libipfwc (which is included in ipchains and this package). http://icarus.autostock.co.kr/ |
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gfdl C: 2008-08-26 |
<reply>[gfdl] The GNU "Free" Documentation License, considered <non-free> by Debian in some cases. Read the discussion at http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2003/debian-legal-200309/msg00169.html and http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2003/debian-legal-200304/msg00246.html . See the position statement at http://people.debian.org/~srivasta/Position_Statement.html and resolution at http://www.debian.org/vote/2006/vote_001 |
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gforge C: 2003-03-31 |
http://www.gforge.org |
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gforward M: 2003-12-01 |
ftp://muse.linuxmafia.org/pub/gShield/v2/gforward.pl...well, if that url doesn't work, try this one: http://www.mirrors.wiretapped.net/security/firewalls/gShield/v2/gforward.pl |
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gfs M: 2010-06-21 |
<reply>The Global File System (GFS) allows multiple Linux machines to share storage devices over a network. http://sources.redhat.com/cluster/gfs/ #linux-cluster on irc.libera.chat. |
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gftp M: 2003-03-13 |
<reply> move over, ws-ftp!, or http://bugs.debian.org/176188 |
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gfxboot C: 2009-09-15 |
a graphic boot loader extension introduced by SuSE (http://en.opensuse.org/Gfxboot). It is also the name of a userland utility to create boot logos used by this extension; ITP in Debian bug #465768. |
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gfy C: 2000-07-07 |
http://www.amishrakefight.org/gfy/ |
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ggi C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.ggi-project.org or General Graphics Interface, a UNIX graphics system capable of running on multiple targets such as X, svgalib, fbcon, and others |
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ggz C: 2000-08-15 |
the Gnu Gaming Zone: http://ggz.sourceforge.net/ |
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ghc M: 2009-06-15 |
the Glasgow <Haskell> Compilation system, which is a compiler for Haskell98. Packaged as ghc6 for Squeeze, ghc for Wheezy. http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/GHC:FAQ http://haskell.org/ghc/ #ghc on irc.libera.chat. |
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ghost C: 2015-01-28 |
for current information in Debian, see http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-0235 |
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ghostscript C: 2000-01-30 |
a postscript processor, get it at http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/ |
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gibi M: 2004-11-09 |
2^30 or see http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html |
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gibraltar M: 2011-11-01 |
<reply>Gibraltar Firewall is a discontinued operating system <based on Debian>. It is not supported in #debian. http://www.gibraltar.at/ |
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gif M: 2003-07-04 |
(Graphical Interface Format) Invented by CompuServe for efficient transmission of graphics. The format can only support 256 colors, or 8 bits. The newer revision, 89a, allows for multiple images in one file to simulate animation., or check out http://www.burnallgifs.org, or the PNG format (ask me about png) is designed to replace GIF, or to save gifs in gimp apt-get install gimp1.2-nonfree |
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gifswfs C: 2006-05-24 |
GNOME is f*cked seven ways from Sunday, or http://linuxmafia.com/~karsten/gnome-is-fucked-seven-ways-from-sunday.txt |
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giftcurs M: 2003-05-12 |
a very good giFT client. Get it at http://giftcurs.sf.net/. 'deb http://fnord.hemmet.chalmers.se/giftcurs unstable main' |
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gigabase C: 2001-04-25 |
http://www.ispras.ru/~knizhnik/gigabase.html |
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gill C: 2026-06-09 |
the Gnome Illustrator app, see http://www.levien.com/svg/ for more info. |
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gimp M: 2012-02-23 |
<reply>GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free software raster graphics editor. It is used for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. http://www.gimp.org/docs/userfaq.html http://manual.gimp.org/ http://www.gimp.org/ #gimp-users and #gimp on irc.gimp.org. See also <gimp 2.8>. |
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gimp manual C: 2002-06-10 |
<reply>A good manual to The Gimp is available at (duh) http://manual.gimp.org/ |
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ging C: 2009-11-12 |
<reply>Ging (Ging Is Not Ging) is a live CD based on Debian GNU/kFreeBSD. http://glibc-bsd.alioth.debian.org/ging/ #debian-kbsd on irc.oftc.net. See also <kfreebsd>. |
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gipsc C: 2026-06-09 |
the Gnome IP Subnet Calculator (It rocks) or get it at http://www.gnome.org |
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giram C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.minet.net/giram/ (Giram is a modeller, written in GTK+) or on incoming |
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girl's guide to geek guys M: 2005-08-11 |
http://www.crash.com/fun/texts/gg2gg.html |
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girls M: 2013-04-15 |
<reply>Historically, a set of script (impolitely) known as "the girls" kept Debian's office running, dealing with packages, running the pool system, migrating packages to testing and various other tasks for the Debian distribution. See http://deb.li/rxTF for a list of scripts that were once in use; today they have been replaced by <dak> and <britney>. |
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git M: 2020-10-14 |
<reply>Git is a distributed version control system, used to maintain lots of software projects. http://wiki.debian.org/UsingGit http://cworth.org/hgbook-git/tour http://git-scm.com/ #git on irc.libera.chat. Many Debian source packages are in git follow the links from https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/$package or ask me about <salsa>. See also <movein>. |
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git-horror C: 2015-01-25 |
http://mikegerwitz.com/papers/git-horror-story |
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give-back C: 2013-06-12 |
http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt |
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giveaway C: 2001-10-03 |
explained on http://www.nyip.net/~jkarin/give.html |
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giyf M: 2007-06-22 |
<reply>Google Is Your Friend. http://google.com/ |
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gizmo5 M: 2011-06-07 |
<reply>Gizmo5 (formerly Gizmo Project) is a discontinued <VoIP> communications network and associated client application. http://gizmo5.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gizmo5 |
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gkrellm M: 2011-10-07 |
<reply>GKrellM (GNU Krell Monitors) is a single process stack of system monitors based on GTK+. Use «apt-cache search gkrellm» to list packaged plugins. http://members.dslextreme.com/users/billw/gkrellm/FAQ.html http://gkrellm.net/ |
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glade M: 2005-08-01 |
the Gtk+ GUI builder at http://glade.pn.org, or the company that does annoying "Glade plug-ins" commericals, or see <gazpacho> |
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glaurent C: 2001-02-11 |
at http://www.telegraph-road.org |
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glftpd M: 2009-05-23 |
<reply>glFTPd (GreyLine File Transfer Protocol Daemon) is a multi-platform FTP server. Not packaged for Debian. http://www.glftpd.dk/ #glftpd and #glhelp on irc.efnet.net. See also <ftpd>. |
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glib C: 1970-01-01 |
<reply> The GLib library of C routines. URL: http://www.gtk.org/ |
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glibc M: 2008-11-17 |
<reply>The GNU C Library (glibc) also known as libc6 in the Linux universe. glibc is the most fundamental piece of software on your machine, basically every piece of software you have installed other than your kernel depends on it, so upgrading it is essentially upgrading your entire system/debian release/version. http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/ . See also <eglibc>. |
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glide M: 2011-05-09 |
<reply>Glide is a graphics library for <3dfx> Voodoo based cards. http://packages.qa.debian.org/glide http://glide.sf.net/ |
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glide3 C: 2000-10-18 |
http://whitestar.soark.net/~warp/glide3/ |
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gllug M: 2001-06-03 |
The Greater London Linux User Group, or at http://www.gllug.org.uk/. Greater Lansing Linux UsersGroup, or at http://www.gllug.org/ |
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glossary C: 2015-06-01 |
https://wiki.debian.org/Glossary |
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gluck comprise C: 2006-07-13 |
<reply>it was discovered that gluck.debian.org which hosts many debian.org web services was recently compromised. other Debian servers are still locked down. see http://tinyurl.com/ks7x2 or for more information http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2006/07/msg00056.html |
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gluck compromise M: 2006-07-16 |
it was discovered that gluck.debian.org which hosts http://www.debian.org and planet.debian.org was compromised through a local kernel exploit (http://lwn.net/Articles/190529/), please refer to http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/07/msg00003.html and http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2006/07/msg00056.html |
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gluck down C: 2005-04-05 |
"gluck (cvs, people, planet, etc.) downtime - ongoing raid problems" http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/04/msg00006.html |
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gluck problems C: 2005-04-04 |
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/04/msg00006.html |
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glx M: 2010-08-27 |
<reply>GLX (OpenGL Extension to the X Window System) enables programs wanting to use <OpenGL> to do so, via a window provided by X Window System. http://web.archive.org/web/20080510115750/http://www.sgi.com/products/software/opensource/glx/ |
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gmailfs M: 2011-01-23 |
<reply>GmailFS is a hack to let your <Gmail> account be mounted as a local filesystem (http://richard.jones.name/google-hacks/gmail-filesystem/gmail-filesystem.html). Removed from Squeeze and Lenny to resolve bugs #540773 and #610035 respectively. |
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gmake M: 2001-09-27 |
the GNU make, or http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/make/ or ln -s /usr/bin/make /usr/local/bin/gmake |
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gmane M: 2010-09-01 |
<reply>Gmane is an e-mail to news gateway and message archive, providing access to many <mailing lists> via <NNTP> and web interfaces. http://www.gmane.org/ news://news.gmane.org/ To export archived content as a <mbox> file, see http://gmane.org/export.php . |
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gn-wb32l M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply>The Gigabyte GN-WB32L is an 802.11n USB device (USB ID 1044:800d). It contains a Ralink RT3070 chipset; for device support, ask me about <rt2800usb>. http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3132 |
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gn-wi01gs M: 2011-01-16 |
<reply>The Gigabyte GN-WI01GS "AirCruiser G Mini-PCI Adapter" is an 802.11g wireless LAN device (PCI ID 1814:0301). For device support on Debian systems, ask me about <rt61pci>. http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=985 |
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gnapster M: 2001-02-28 |
the best napster client available.. There's a bug in gnapster 1.4.1a which might disc you from the official napster servers. Version 1.4.2 fixes this problem. http://jasta.gotlinux.org/programs.htm, or worse than lopster |
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gnash M: 2010-02-16 |
<reply>Gnash is the GNU <Flash> movie player, developed from GPLFlash and part of the GNU project. The project aims to create a free software player and browser plugin. The browser plugins are packaged for Debian as browser-plugin-gnash (for Iceweasel/Firefox) and konqueror-plugin-gnash. http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/ |
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gnewsense C: 2014-03-03 |
<reply>gNewSense GNU/Linux is an operating system previously based on <Ubuntu>, now <based on debian> without most non-free software/firmware/binary-only blobs, but with <GFDL>-licensed documentation. It is not supported in #debian. http://www.gnewsense.org/ |
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gngb M: 2011-03-06 |
<reply>Gngb is an emulator of the Nintendo GameBoy Classic and GameBoy Color. http://m.peponas.free.fr/gngb/ See also <mednafen>, <vba>. |
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gnocatan M: 2004-10-22 |
a Faithful translation of the boardgame 'Settlers of Catan'. You can find it at http://gnocatan.sourceforge.net |
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gnocchi C: 2003-07-09 |
an italian kind of pasta, see http://ketavet.dyndns.org/gnocchi-howto.txt for making details. |
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gnokii M: 2010-02-12 |
<reply>Gnokii is a suite of programs for communicating with mobile phones (supports Nokia, Symbian-based and all AT capable phones); serial, USB, <infrared> and bluetooth connections are supported. The virtual modem (gnokiid) is only necessary for old Nokia phones that don't expose the AT layer. http://wiki.gnokii.org/ http://gnokii.org/ |
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gnome M: 2010-02-06 |
<reply>GNOME is a Desktop Environment ("DE", so are <KDE> and <XFCE>) based on GTK+. To get or delete GNOME, ask me about <install gnome> or <remove gnome> respectively. See also <gnome status>. https://wiki.debian.org/Gnome http://www.gnome.org/ #debian-gnome on irc.oftc.net. GNOME-related IRC channels: https://wiki.gnome.org/Community/GettingInTouch/IRC |
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gnome status M: 2013-07-10 |
<reply>Status of GNOME 3.26 packaging can be found at http://www.0d.be/debian/debian-gnome-3.26-status.html |
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gnome-calculator bug C: 2025-06-08 |
<reply>`dconf write /org/gnome/calculator/refresh-interval 0`, for references see https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1052551 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1098315 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1099119 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1059773 |
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gnome-shell M: 2011-09-18 |
<reply>The GNOME Shell is the core user interface for the <GNOME> desktop as of version 3, replacing GNOME Panel. http://wiki.debian.org/GnomeShell http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/FAQ http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell #gnome-shell on irc.gnome.org. See also <mutter>, <cinnamon>. |
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gns M: 2022-02-14 |
gnu naming system, https://www.gnunet.org/en/gns.html which is an a decentralized naming system that is Censorship resistant and private |
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gnu M: 2006-02-14 |
a recursive acronym which stands for GNU's Not UNIX. The GNU project is dedicated to the creation of a 100% Free Software Operating System. http://www.gnu.org/ #gnu on irc.libera.chat. |
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gnu history C: 2001-02-11 |
at http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=01/02/11/016201&cid=6 |
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gnu radio C: 2017-02-05 |
'GNU Radio is a Free & Open-Source Toolkit for Software Radio' (see: http://gnuradio.org/) |
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gnu song C: 2000-12-05 |
at http://www-jcr.lmh.ox.ac.uk/~roney/kidsongs.html#gnu |
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gnu-linux C: 2001-09-23 |
<reply>Variants of the GNU operating system, which use the kernel Linux, are now widely used; though these systems are often referred to as ``Linux'', they are more accurately called GNU/Linux systems. Please see http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html for an explanation. |
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gnu32 C: 2016-08-30 |
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/coreutils.htm |
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gnucash M: 2011-09-08 |
<reply>GnuCash is a cross-platform, free and open source accounting application. http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ http://www.gnucash.org/ #gnucash on irc.gimp.org. |
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gnuchess C: 2003-01-09 |
<reply> woody debs for gnuchess can be found at http://rzlab.ucr.edu/debian/gnuchess_5.04-4_i386.deb |
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gnue C: 2001-03-22 |
GNU Enterprise can be found at http://www.gnue.org it is an enterprise business application framework written in C and python. |
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gnufan C: 2006-04-18 |
http://simonwaters.technocool.net/ |
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gnuheter C: 2002-08-18 |
http://www.gnuheter.com/ |
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gnulinex M: 2009-10-12 |
<reply>gnuLinEx (formerly LinEx, GNU/LinEx) is a discontinued Spanish Linux distribution <based on Debian>. It is not supported in #debian. http://wiki.debian.org/Derivatives/Census/LinEx |
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gnumaniak C: 2026-06-09 |
a project to write new man pages for the GNU utilities and can be found at ftp://sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/docs/LDP/man-pages |
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gnumeric M: 2010-08-23 |
<reply>Gnumeric is a spreadsheet application, part of the <GNOME> project. It has support for many file formats, including Microsoft Excel (.xls, .xlsx), OpenOffice.org XML and StarOffice (.ods, .sdx). User FAQ: http://projects.gnome.org/gnumeric/faq.shtml . http://projects.gnome.org/gnumeric/ #gnumeric on irc.gnome.org. |
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gnunet M: 2009-10-03 |
<reply>GNUnet is a free software framework for secure peer-to-peer networking, that does not use any centralized or otherwise trusted services. It is an official part of the GNU project. http://gnunet.org/ #gnunet on irc.libera.chat. |
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gnupanel C: 2008-06-09 |
the GNU web hosting control panel. http://www.gnupanel.org/ |
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gnuplot M: 2013-09-12 |
<reply>gnuplot is a graphing and plotting program which has nothing to do directly with the GNU project - see http://gnuplot.sf.net/faq/faq.html [1.2] for the naming history. Ask me about <plotting>. #gnuplot on irc.libera.chat |
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gnuplot-faq C: 2002-07-27 |
http://www.ucc.ie/gnuplot/gnuplot-faq.html - and section 1.2 shows that gnuplot has NOTHING to do with the GNU project - the name was a comprimise. |
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gnusocial C: 2016-12-10 |
at http://www.gnu.io/gnusocial |
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gnustep M: 2004-04-19 |
a cross-platform development environment based on OpenStep, going to be really awesome, if it ever gets finished, http://www.gnustep.org/, http://www.lefinnois.net/step-art/, http://www.linuks.mine.nu/gnustep/ (tarzeau the fanboy) |
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gnutella2 C: 2003-01-12 |
the new generation gnutella protocol, see http://www.gnutella2.com |
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goats C: 2000-09-17 |
this cool online comic at http://www.goats.com |
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gobi-loader C: 2011-02-07 |
<reply>gobi-loader is a <firmware> loader for Qualcomm Gobi chipsets, packaged for Debian in <contrib>. The firmware itself is copyright Qualcomm and not redistributable, see (e.g.) C:\Program Files (x86)\QUALCOMM\Images\Lenovo on an existing Windows installation to acquire. file:///usr/share/doc/gobi-loader/README.Debian http://www.codon.org.uk/~mjg59/gobi_loader/ |
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god ate dante's homework C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.futuresights.com/~gamh/ |
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godwin's law C: 2009-07-10 |
<reply>Godwin's Law: "As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1.", see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law |
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goe C: 2003-12-12 |
a clan from switzerland - see http://www.guardians.ch |
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goedel C: 2026-06-09 |
a logic programming language and is at http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/~bowers/goedel.html |
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gogo M: 2000-12-08 |
a very fast MP3 encoder for x86-CPU, which is based on LAME ver 3.5xbeta and optimized by PEN@MarineCat, Keiichi SAKAI, URURI, kei and shigeo. Unmaintained by its Japanese author. http://homepage1.nifty.com/herumi/gogo_e.html |
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gomp C: 2000-04-07 |
a great web frontend to an mp3 jukebox -- http://altern.org/mpnet/ -- requires a newer version of mpg123 than is in potato. |
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good encyclopedia C: 2004-07-04 |
Wikipedia, which can be found at http://www.wikipedia.org/ |
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goodluck C: 2006-01-13 |
at http://www.goodluck.com |
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google M: 2009-04-09 |
<reply>Google is a search engine owned by Google Inc. whose mission statement is to "organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful." The largest search engine on the web, Google receives over 200 million queries each day through its various services. http://www.google.com/ See also <chromium>, <gmail>, <googledns>, <googleearth>, <googletalk>, <gsoc>, <gtalk>. |
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google first C: 2003-03-05 |
http://www.janasfam.de/images/bart.png |
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google mirror C: 2002-07-08 |
<reply> Google Mirror at: http://www.alltooflat.com/geeky/elgoog/ |
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google-chrome C: 2016-04-06 |
<reply>On multiarch amd64 systems, edit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list and change "deb http://dl.google.com/..." to "deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/..." |
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googledns M: 2010-07-24 |
<reply>Google Public DNS is a free Domain Name System resolution service. Uses the nameservers 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4. http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/ . See also <opendns>, <override dns>. |
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googleearth M: 2010-12-06 |
<reply>Google Earth is a proprietary geographic information program, which cannot be distributed by any third party. To build a Debian package of Google Earth: ask me about <contrib>, install the googleearth-package package and read /usr/share/doc/googleearth-package/README.Debian. http://earth.google.com/ |
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googlefu C: 2007-04-25 |
http://www.mschien.com/googlefu.htm |
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googlegroup C: 2002-04-11 |
http://groups.google.com/ |
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googolplex C: 2026-06-09 |
10^10^100, or 10^googol, or 1 followed by a googol zeroes. or see http://public.logica.com/~stepneys/cyc/g/googol.htm |
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gorm.app M: 2011-10-11 |
<reply>Gorm (Graphical Object Relationship Modeller) is a tool for building <GNUstep> user interfaces. Packaged for Debian as gorm.app. http://www.gnustep.org/experience/Gorm.html |
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gos C: 2008-04-08 |
<reply> gOS is a GNU/Linux distribution developed by Good OS LLC, based on <Ubuntu>. http://dev.thinkgos.com/ See also <based on Debian>. |
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gp M: 2003-04-11 |
18/m from sydney- http://www.gpunix.dhs.org/ Galaxy Police ;) |
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gpart M: 2009-07-20 |
<reply>Gpart is a tool to recover the primary partition table of PC-type disks. It can also restore the types, sizes and locations of deleted partitions. http://home.pages.de/~michab/gpart/ Not to be confused with <gparted>. See also <testdisk>. |
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gparted M: 2009-06-09 |
<reply>GParted is the <GNOME> partition editor, which uses libparted (see <parted>) and other optional filesystem tools. Install the suggested ntfsprogs and dosfstools packages to enable <NTFS> and FAT16/32 support respectively. Consider a <debian-live> image and installing gparted (after boot) as an alternative to the GParted Live CD. http://gparted.sf.net/faq.php #gparted on irc.gnome.org. |
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gparted iso C: 2017-02-26 |
live cd to manage partitions http://gparted.org/livecd.php |
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gpg M: 2009-05-13 |
<reply>[gpg] GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG, GPG) is free public-key encryption program, an alternative to <PGP>. Packaged for Debian as gnupg and gnupg2. http://gnupg.org/ #gnupg on irc.libera.chat. |
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gpg sign multiple files C: 2003-11-09 |
http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2001-January/007597.html or http://www.gnupg.org/documentation/faqs.html#q4.13 |
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gpgpu M: 2011-01-26 |
<reply>[gpgpu] General-Purpose computing on Graphics Processing Units. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPGPU |
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gphoto C: 2026-06-09 |
supports over 80 different digital cameras. Home is http://www.gphoto.org, and there is a debian package in potato. |
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gphoto faq C: 2003-10-26 |
<reply> http://gphoto.sourceforge.net/doc/manual/FAQ.html |
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gpkg C: 2002-05-06 |
at http://www.gnupdate.org/components/gpkg/index.xml |
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gpl M: 2001-05-01 |
about freedom whereas the BSD license allows people to take that away, or at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html |
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gpl no, C: 2000-06-29 |
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html or at /usr/doc/copyright/GPL |
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gpl quiz C: 2008-06-22 |
http://www.gnu.org/cgi-bin/license-quiz.cgi |
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gpl3 C: 2006-01-27 |
GPL3, or the newly PROPOSED draft of the GPL at http://gplv3.fsf.org/draft . Debian has already started the debate: http://trends.newsforge.com/trends/06/01/24/1710240.shtml |
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gplv3 C: 2008-09-07 |
GPL version 3, often abbreviated GPLv3, http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html |
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gpm M: 2010-05-02 |
<reply> gpm (General Purpose Mouse) is a package for use of the mouse in a Linux (text-only) console. Install it, then use left button to select text, middle or right button to paste. In some applications (such as elinks), you have to hold down Shift in order to cut or paste, otherwise the application itself interprets the mouse clicks. http://www.nico.schottelius.org/software/gpm/ |
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gpm-x C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply> For help with GPM and X11 sharing a mouse, see the FAQ-O-Matic entry at http://www.debian.org/cgi-bin/fom?file=45 |
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gprs modem C: 2008-07-24 |
http://www.pharscape.org/content/blogsection/4/53/ |
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gps C: 2001-07-10 |
Global Positioning System; see http://www.phrack.org/show.php?p=55&a=14 for an introduction. |
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gps as ntpd source C: 2014-01-04 |
<reply>To use a GPS receiver as a time source for ntpd, see http://www.rjsystems.nl/en/2100-ntpd-garmin-gps-18-lvc-gpsd.php |
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gpt C: 2010-12-09 |
<reply>GPT (GUID Partition Table) is a disk partition format frequently used by firmware compliant with the Extensible Firmware Interface (<EFI>). Understood by <fdisk> since jessie, or <parted>. http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-gpt/ |
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gp_fault C: 2002-12-25 |
http://goatse.cx/ |
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gq M: 2008-11-06 |
Are you sure your question allows us to help you? Please read http://www.sabi.co.uk/Notes/linuxHelpAsk.html to understand how to ask a 'better' question.. Equatorial Guinea |
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gr2004-004 C: 2004-07-07 |
see http://www.debian.org/vote/2004/vote_004 |
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gr2004/004 C: 2004-07-06 |
<reply> see http://www.debian.org/vote/2004/vote_004 and http://master.debian.org/~srivasta/gr_sarge_results.txt |
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grace M: 2013-09-11 |
<reply>Grace (formerly Xmgr) is a point-and-click tool that allows the user to draw X-Y plots. http://plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il/Grace . Ask me about <plotting>. |
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grammer M: 2005-07-30 |
<reply> it's grammar, dammit, unless you're talking about Kelsey. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=grammer |
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grant C: 2000-07-18 |
definately NOT at http://www.goatse.cx |
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graphire C: 2001-07-29 |
hard to install in debian, although I managed to get it working with the following driver: http://www.pxh.de/fs/graphire/ |
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greasemonkey C: 2010-03-21 |
<reply>Greasemonkey is a browser add-on for modifying the content/behavior of web sites via user-supplied JavaScript files. Packaged for Debian in iceweasel-greasemonkey and epiphany-extensions. http://wiki.greasespot.net/ http://www.greasespot.net/ #greasemonkey on irc.libera.chat. |
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great images for your desktop C: 2000-03-31 |
<reply> are at at http://www.digitalblasphemy.com |
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grep M: 2010-04-08 |
<reply>grep (global / regular expression / print) is a command line text search utility. It searches one or more input files for lines containing a match to a specified pattern, printing the matching lines by default. http://www.gnu.org/software/grep/manual/ http://www.gnu.org/software/grep/ (GNU grep, egrep and fgrep) #grep on irc.libera.chat. |
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greycat linux C: 2001-12-10 |
at http://www.greycatlinux.myweb.nl/ |
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greylistd M: 2010-10-29 |
<reply>greylistd is a <greylisting> implementation for use with <Exim> 4. http://greylstd.cmeerw.org/ . See also <postgrey>. |
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greylisting M: 2006-10-19 |
<reply>Greylisting is a method of blocking significant amounts of spam at the mailserver level, without resorting to heavyweight statistical analysis or other heuristical (and error-prone) approaches. See http://projects.puremagic.com/greylisting/whitepaper.html and http://greylisting.org/ for more information. See also <postgrey>, <greylistd>. |
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grip M: 2009-07-18 |
<reply>Grip is a compatible but stripped-down version of Debian requiring only 32MB of disk space for a minimal install, see http://www.emdebian.org/grip/ . Also the name of an old GTK-based front-end for CD ripping; dead upstream, removed from Debian post-Lenny to resolve bug #515887. For alternatives, ask me about <asunder>, <mp3mesa>. |
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grml M: 2025-03-23 |
<reply> grml is a bootable CD (Live CD) originally <based on> Knoppix, now Debian. It includes a collection of GNU/Linux software especially for users of text tools and system administrators. It can be used as a rescue system, for analyzing systems/networks or as a working environment. http://grml.org/ #grml on oftc.net. https://wiki.debian.org/Derivatives/Census/Grml |
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grok M: 2001-03-13 |
http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?query=grok , or to understand something completely, to take it in and make it part of you so that you never forget it, need or consider it, as you simply *know* (grok) everything about it. |
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grokster C: 2002-08-02 |
http://www.rendler.org/node?name=grokster_wine_install |
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groups M: 2009-02-17 |
file:///usr/share/doc/base-passwd/users-and-groups.html . Ask me about <group> and <desktop groups>. See also http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html#s9.2 |
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groupware M: 2009-04-18 |
<reply>Groupware is a term used to describe any form of software designed to allow a group of people to easily share ideas and data. Examples include Lotus Notes, Novell GroupWise, and Microsoft Exchange. For Groupware in Debian, see the list at http://wiki.debian.org/Groupware |
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growisofs M: 2010-03-31 |
<reply>growisofs is a program for burning DVD images, it can also create a data DVD on-the-fly. Packaged for Debian in dvd+rw-tools. http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/ See also <wodim>. |
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grsecurity M: 2016-03-14 |
<reply>Patch set to enhance Linux kernel security: ACL system/auditing/measures against common system exploits. In Debian as linux-patch-grsecurity2, see /usr/share/doc/linux-patch-grsecurity2/README.Debian to apply. Packaged as kernel for sid since 2016, search https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=linux-image%20grsec http://www.grsecurity.net #grsecurity on <oftc> |
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grub M: 2013-04-21 |
<reply>GNU GRUB 2 is a portable and powerful boot loader. Ask me about <grub config> and <grub default>. To reinstall, ask me about <fixmbr>. http://wiki.debian.org/Grub2 #grub on irc.libera.chat. See also <grub legacy>. |
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grub config M: 2009-12-23 |
<reply> If all you want is to dual-boot Debian and Windows, just install the os-prober package and run update-grub. Otherwise, check /etc/default/grub, /etc/grub.d/* and http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub#Configuration |
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grub dvorak M: 2009-04-25 |
<reply> Dvorak keymapping for <GRUB Legacy> is available from http://web.archive.org/web/20060927011728/http://www.dakotacom.net/~donut/programs/index_f.html#grubdvorak . Add the contents of 'grub-dvorak.lst' above any menu items in your /boot/grub/menu.lst file. Not compatible with <GRUB2> due to lack of setkey implementation. |
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grub fallback C: 2007-04-24 |
<reply><GRUB> Legacy has a mechanism for setting up fallback kernels in case the default kernel doesn't boot for some reason. See http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/legacy/Booting-fallback-systems.html |
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grub floppy image M: 2008-03-05 |
http://packages.debian.org/grub-disk, or http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/legacy/Creating-a-GRUB-boot-floppy.html, or ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/grub/ |
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grub legacy M: 2013-04-21 |
<reply>GNU GRUB (GRand Unified Bootloader) 0.9x (aka GRUB Legacy) is a powerful boot loader which can boot many OSes and understands many filesystems. To install: «aptitude install grub-legacy grub-legacy-doc». To reinstall, ask me about <fixmbr>. To migrate from LILO, ask about <lilo->grub>. See also <grub legacy errors>, <grub2>, <supergrub>. http://wiki.debian.org/Grub |
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grub legacy errors M: 2013-04-22 |
<reply>"GRUB error X" with <GRUB Legacy>? Go to http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/legacy/Troubleshooting.html to find out what it means. |
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grub submenu C: 2017-11-10 |
<reply>when you do the GRUB_DEFAULT variable, you don't just go in order 0,1,2 etc. you use the > to demark submenus: GRUB_DEFAULT="2>0" (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Submenus) |
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grub vs lilo C: 2005-08-28 |
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-bootload.html?ca=dgr-lnxw01LILOandGRUB |
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grub-reboot C: 2026-05-01 |
https://wiki.debian.org/GrubReboot |
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gs C: 2026-06-09 |
The Linux Installation and Getting Started guide can be found at http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/LDP/gs/gs.html |
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gsi C: 2000-10-15 |
a heavy ion research center funded by the Federal Government of Germany and the state of Hesse. See http://www.gsi.de. |
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gspca M: 2011-05-06 |
<reply>The GSPCA driver provides support for digital cameras and webcams, based on several USB bridge and image sensor chipsets. It is part of the Linux kernel since version 2.6.27. Supported devices: http://kernel.org/doc/Documentation/video4linux/gspca.txt . See also <uvcvideo>, <webcam>. |
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gstreamer M: 2009-09-19 |
<reply>GStreamer is a multimedia framework finding widespread use in various applications like <rhythmbox>, <totem>, <parole> etc. It is configured with gstreamer-properties. gst123 is a GStreamer-based command line player. http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/doc/gstreamer/head/faq/html/ http://www.gstreamer.net/ #gstreamer on irc.oftc.net. See also <w32codecs>, <lame>. |
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gtetrinet C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://gtetrinet.sourceforge.net/ (A clone of the game Tetrinet.) or a highly addicting waste of time |
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gthumb M: 2025-02-12 |
a free and open-source image viewer and image organizer, https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gthumb |
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gtk M: 2013-01-01 |
<reply>GTK+ (GIMP Tool Kit) is a cross-platform toolkit for creating graphical interfaces. GTK+ themes can be previewed and changed using the gtk-chtheme and gtk-theme-switch utilities. http://www.gtk.org/ #gtk+ on irc.gnome.org. |
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gtk-gnutella M: 2009-09-22 |
<reply>gtk-gnutella is a GTK+ <Gnutella> client for Unix systems, packaged for Debian. FAQ: http://gtk-gnutella.sf.net/en/?page=faq . http://gtk-gnutella.sf.net/ #gtk-gnutella on irc.libera.chat. |
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gtk-xemacs C: 2000-11-12 |
Gtk+ support and lisp bindings for XEmacs, at http://www.cs.indiana.edu/elisp/gui-xemacs/ |
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gtk/de C: 2026-06-09 |
a new Desktop Environment Project made purely with GTK. http://myrddincon.werb.org/projects/gtkde.php3 |
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gtk2 vim C: 2003-05-18 |
deb http://people.debian.org/~mmagallo/packages/vim/i386 ./ |
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gtkmonop M: 2001-09-01 |
the gtk+ monopoly simulator, works with monopd; check out gtkmonop.sourceforge.net and sourceforge.net/projects/monopd, or deb http://odinnet.ath.cx/debian ./ |
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gtkpod M: 2010-01-02 |
<reply>gtkpod is an application for managing songs and playlists on an Apple <iPod>, packaged for Debian. http://gtkpod.wikispaces.com/FAQ http://www.gtkpod.org/ |
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gtkrc C: 2010-07-15 |
http://live.gnome.org/GnomeArt/Tutorials/GtkThemes#The_gtkrc_File |
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gtkwm C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.accesscom.com/~edem/andrew/gtkwm/index.html |
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guadalinex C: 2010-03-03 |
<reply>Guadalinex is a distribution promoted by the government of the Spanish province of Andalusia. It is either based on Debian or Ubuntu depending on which of their web pages you read, but as it's not Debian, it is not supported in #debian. See http://www.guadalinex.org/ for support. See also <based on debian>. |
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gubed C: 2008-09-01 |
http://gubed.mccabe.nu/ - Gubed is a cross platform program to debug PHP scripts. It is not, as some people first believe, a PHP syntax checker. That is, it wont tell you where you forgot to put an ending bracket. It is rather a debugger to find logical errors, like 'why does this if-statement not occur' or 'why does that loop never end'. |
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guckes C: 2000-07-26 |
hints for setting up vim, slrn and mutt at http://www.math.fu-berlin.de/~guckes/setup/ |
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guerin M: 2007-07-18 |
http://wiki.debian.org/TheFable |
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guess the release date M: 2011-01-18 |
<reply>Guess the release date is a game you can play! Look at http://bugs.debian.org/release-critical/ and guess when the green line will reach 0. |
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guest-account C: 2015-05-26 |
https://dsa.debian.org/doc/guest-account/ |
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gui M: 2006-04-27 |
(Graphical User Interface) Any system that uses graphics to represent the functions of a program. All Windows operating systems are GUI. or point-and-drool, double-click, drag-and-drop. Of course Real Programmers use the command line interface. Ask me about <cli>. See also http://unix.rulez.org/~calver/pictures/toolbarsarecool1.gif |
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guide C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~infobot/infobot_guide.html |
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guikachu C: 2001-03-11 |
at http://cactus.rulez.org/projects/guikachu/ |
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guilib C: 2003-02-27 |
at http://www.free-soft.org/guitool/ |
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guix C: 2018-04-20 |
<reply>https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/ is a package manager or a "fully free" Linux distribution, not related to Debian. Get help in #guix channel on irc.libera.chat |
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gulic C: 2001-12-28 |
the Canary Islands LUG (Spain): Grupo de Usuarios de LInux de Canarias: http://www.gulic.org |
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gutenberg C: 2026-06-09 |
a project to put lots of books online, at http://www.gutenberg.net |
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gweather C: 2001-04-10 |
GNOME-Weather, a useful panel applet that tells you the forecast for your city. http://gweather.dhs.org |
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gwenview M: 2010-06-07 |
<reply>Gwenview is an image viewer, part of the <KDE 4> graphics module. http://gwenview.sf.net/ |
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gwml C: 2000-10-16 |
a window manager written in OCaml, at http://pauillac.inria.fr/para/cdrom/prog/unix/efuns/eng.htm |
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gwu625 C: 2012-01-09 |
<reply>The IOGear GWU625 "Compact Wireless-N USB Adapter" is an 802.11n device, containing a Realtek RTL8191SU chip. For device support on Debian systems, ask me about <rtl8192su> (squeeze) or <r8712u> (wheezy, squeeze-backports). http://www.iogear.com/product/GWU625/ |
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gyve C: 2026-06-09 |
the GNU Yellow Vector Editor, at http://www.maru.cs.ritsumei.ac.jp/~sanchan/gyve/ |
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gzip C: 1970-01-01 |
<reply> GNU compression utility (replacement for compress). URL: http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/gzip.html |
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h-bomb C: 2001-04-30 |
at http://my.ohio.voyager.net/~dionisio/fun/make-your-own-h-bomb.html |
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h2n C: 2003-07-25 |
at http://www.deer-run.com/~hal/h2n/h2n |
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h4x0r M: 2003-05-23 |
someone who just 0/\/|\|3|) j00R 455!!!!, or http://www.messengers-of-messiah.org/~csebold/emacs/h4x0r.el (h4x0r mode for emacs) |
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hacker M: 2000-01-26 |
someone that hacks. See <hacking>, or an interesting essay can be found at http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html . Someone who plays with stuff, and figures things out just to satisfy his own idle curiosity. |
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hackles C: 2002-11-20 |
a funny comic about animals working at a computer company, at http://www.hackles.org |
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hahaha C: 2001-02-18 |
http://www.shugashack.com/screens.x/iotd//5/thumbs/bsodirony.jpg |
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haiku M: 2009-11-28 |
<reply> here in this channel / we write very bad haiku / readers all go mad | debian woody / stiffs out the competition / no pun intended. See also <symlink>. Haiku is also the name of an open source binary-compatible clone of the BeOS operating system. http://haiku-os.org/ |
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hal M: 2010-02-08 |
<reply>HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) is <freedesktop.org> project, which gives desktop software a programmatic way to examine present hardware and be notified of its changes. http://wiki.debian.org/hal http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/InputHotplugGuide http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/HalFAQ http://hal.freedesktop.org/ Deprecated, see <devicekit> and http://wiki.debian.org/HALRemoval |
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hal91 C: 2026-06-09 |
a 1-floppy mini-distro, availible at http://home.sol.no/~okolaas/hal91. |
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half life C: 2000-10-27 |
now playable in Linux under Wine. goto the Emulated Half-Life site http://eg4l.sourceforge.net/ehl/ for easy to use scripts to get it installed and running. also ask apt about half-life. |
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half-life C: 2000-10-27 |
now playable in Linux under Wine. goto Linx Half-Life site at http://lhl.linuxgames.com/ for the HOWTOs, see also transgaming.com, also ask apt about half life |
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halflife C: 2001-04-07 |
a cool game that runs under wine (quite nicely i might add). the howto is here http://lhl.linuxgames.com/ |
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halloween M: 2009-11-19 |
<reply> $who, the Halloween Documents are available at http://www.catb.org/~esr/halloween/ |
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hamm M: 2009-03-30 |
<reply>Hamm (Debian GNU/Linux 2.0) was released for i386 and m68k (first multi-arch release) on July 24, 1998. It is no longer supported. Get old hamm ISOs here: http://mirror.debianforum.de/debian-iso-archive/hamm/ http://wiki.debian.org/DebianHamm |
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handbrake M: 2010-03-12 |
<reply>HandBrake is a cross-platform, GPL-licensed multithreaded video transcoder. It is commonly used to convert media into formats suitable for playback on media centers and portable electronic devices. http://handbrake.fr/ See also <dvd::rip>, <ogmrip>. |
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handgranat M: 2006-01-29 |
at http://www.handgranat.org, or a very nice place to hang out |
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happy M: 2005-08-03 |
:-), or http://www-i2.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/Software/Haskell/ |
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happy hacker M: 2003-01-17 |
a stripped down keyboard that works on multiple hardware platforms specifically designed for hacking with the CONTROL key finally back where it belongs. http://www.pfuca.com or probably inferior to an IBM Clicky Keyboard, or available at http://shop.store.yahoo.com/pfuca-store/. While inferior to a type M, a kinesis, they're still really nice. |
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hard drive upgrade M: 2010-01-06 |
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Hard-Disk-Upgrade/ |
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hard link M: 2008-08-14 |
simply put a pointer to the contents of a file. Normal files have hard link count of 1, and when they are hard linked elsewhere the count is incremented. Thus, a file may have multiple names but the content is only stored once. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_link |
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hard linking directories C: 2002-12-27 |
not possible on existing implementations of ln. See http://linux.umbc.edu/lug-mailing-list/2000-11/msg00106.html |
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hardware detection C: 2005-02-22 |
at http://wiki.debian.org/HardwareAutodetection |
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harmony M: 2007-08-19 |
(REPLY) an attempted to create a GPL'd implementation of the QT widget set. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmony_toolkit |
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harry C: 2006-05-06 |
http://www.dragonnorth.com/pictures/HairyPotter/images/Dscf1599.jpg |
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harry potter M: 2003-06-18 |
the boy who lived. Books for download at http://mozcom.com/~enreyes/, or the devil |
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hash-debian C: 2000-11-28 |
the #debian/opn site, if you want to be on it, send a pic or whatever to brusso@phys.hawaii.edu, it [will be] at http://hash-debian.leguin.org.uk |
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hashes C: 2017-02-24 |
<reply> The hash of a file is a string of numbers/digits calculated from its contents in such a way as to mean that if the hash is correct then the file is OK. Debian uses hashes extensively to ensure that apt downloads verified packages for you. Ask me about <secure apt> or see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_function |
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hashibrasil C: 2005-01-06 |
a group with a lot of nonsense guys who eat with hashi at RU in UFPR! http://www.hashibrasil.org |
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haskell M: 2009-06-15 |
a non-strict purely functional programming language, named after the logician Haskell B. Curry. A free implementation is in the hugs package. The language specification is in the haskell-doc package. <GHC> is a free Haskell compiler. Even more perlish than perl!, or very evil, or not evil at all, and has fewer bracketses than Lithp. http://learnyouahaskell.com/ http://haskell.org/ #haskell on irc.libera.chat. |
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havp M: 2011-02-28 |
<reply>HAVP (HTTP Antivirus Proxy) is a proxy using the <ClamAV> anti-virus scanner. Not part of the Squeeze release due to Debian bug #582306. http://www.server-side.de/ |
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hbc C: 2026-06-09 |
the Chalmers Haskell Compiler, at http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~augustss/hbc/hbc.html or the Haskell B Compiler, whose acronym is meant to coincide with the initials of Haskell B. Curry |
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hblogo C: 2001-06-05 |
Logo competition for hashbrits.org, Submissions to TheNut, see http://thenut.demon.co.uk/~matthew/hashbrits/logocompetition |
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hcf M: 2009-06-30 |
<reply>HCF is a controllerless modem chipset family produced by Conexant (formerly Rockwell). Free - limited to 14.4Kbps data - and non-free drivers for HCF-based devices are available from Linuxant: http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hcf/ (not packaged in Debian). A driver license from Linuxant is required for (preliminary) fax and voice support. See also <hsf>, <winmodem>. |
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hcl M: 2010-10-13 |
<reply>[hcl] Hardware Compatibility Lists for Linux include http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/ (PCI verification only), http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/ , http://www.linuxcompatible.org/compatdb/lists/hardware_linux.html and http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/ . Also ask me about <driver locator>, <judd-hardware>. |
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hdaps C: 2009-06-17 |
<reply>Hard Drive Active Protection System (HDAPS) is a technology developed by IBM to prepare hard disk(s) for reducing or avoiding impact damage. http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Active_Protection_System . For support in ThinkPads, ask me about <hdapsd>. See also <tp_smapi>. |
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hdapsd C: 2009-06-17 |
<reply>hdapsd is a <HDAPS> daemon for IBM/Lenovo ThinkPads, monitoring acceleration values and parking hard disk heads if a fall/slide is detected. Read /usr/share/doc/hdapsd/README.Debian after package installation, also ask me about <tp_smapi>. http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/HDAPS |
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hdmi M: 2014-07-22 |
<reply> HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a compact audio/video interface for transmitting uncompressed digital data. See also <radeon audio>. http://goo.gl/l4GfSb |
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hdparm M: 2009-10-19 |
the HD tuning tool. It's also very dangerous, don't blame us if it makes you lose data. If your IDE drive seems sluggish, you should experiment with hdparm with the following options: unmasked irq (on), I/O support (3, 32bit w/sync), and multcount (16) and using dma (on), or read http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2000/06/29/hdparm.html, or apt-get install hdparm and RTFM :). IDE?? try: hdparm -d1 -m16 -A1 -a64 -u1 -X70 /dev/hda |
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hdsentinel C: 2013-10-07 |
<reply>A gratis but closed source <SMART> client with slightly more user-friendly output than <smartctl> and ability to read more USB devices than smartctl. Binaries for x86 and ARM at http://www.hdsentinel.com/hard_disk_sentinel_linux.php |
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hebrew M: 2006-03-19 |
to install hebrew fonts in debian: apt-get install culmus, or check out http://iglu.org.il/faq/cache/8.html or http://debian-hebrew.alioth.debian.org/ |
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hedgewars M: 2014-03-02 |
<reply>Hedgewars is an open source, cross-platform artillery game inspired by <Worms>. http://hedgewars.org/ #hedgewars on irc.libera.chat. |
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hehi C: 2000-03-30 |
at http://bettspc.phy.uic.edu |
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heirloom-mailx M: 2017-12-13 |
<reply>Heirloom mailx (formerly nail) is a feature-rich mail user agent (MUA) for Unix systems. Supports UTF-8, SSL/TLS, reading of local/POP3/IMAP mailboxes, and sending of messages through /usr/bin/sendmail or via SMTP. See http://heirloom.sf.net/mailx.html for all available features. Packaged for Debian as heirloom-mailx. Replaced by <s-nail> in stretch. |
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heisenbug C: 2010-05-06 |
a bug that changes its behaviour (usually by disappearing) through the act of trying to debug it. Unfortunately not as uncommon as you might expect and particularly common when you start talking about compiler optimisation. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unusual_software_bug#Heisenbug and http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20000326 |
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helix M: 2010-02-06 |
a type of space curve, or the Helix Community, a collaborative effort to develop and extend the Helix DNA platform (http://helixcommunity.org/about/). Ask me about <helix player>. |
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helix express C: 2004-08-26 |
<reply>Helix Express is a strange relational database for the macintosh that (not surprisingly) uses a totally icon based system to generate queries, databases, tables, and display results from them. See http://www.helixtech.com/ and http://www.helixtech.com/1Product/PRpix/abacus1.gif |
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helix player M: 2010-02-06 |
the Helix Community's GTK2-based open source media player (http://player.helixcommunity.org/). Removed from Debian post-Etch to resolve bug #449011. Ask me about <real codecs>. |
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helix problems C: 2000-10-28 |
<reply> $who, see http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-0010/msg01438.html for info on problems with helix gnome packages. |
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helladmin C: 2007-07-07 |
<reply>http://picpaste.com/dontfuckwiththeadmin.jpg |
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hellbillies C: 2001-10-02 |
on http://hellbillies.com |
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hello kitty C: 2002-06-29 |
a popular product made by sanrio, inc. see http://www.sanrio.com |
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help M: 2007-01-29 |
<reply> Enter /msg dpkg help in your IRC client, or http://www.debian.org/intro/about |
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help-debian M: 2017-03-29 |
<reply> https://www.debian.org/intro/help |
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helponirc C: 2010-03-31 |
<reply>Getting help on <IRC> is different from phoning tech support of a vendor. To help you and us to solve your problem(s) faster, please read https://wiki.debian.org/GettingHelpOnIrc and try to follow those guidelines when asking for help. |
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hermes2 M: 2013-08-20 |
<reply>Hermes-II 802.11b (WL60010) and Hermes-II.5 802.11a/bg (WL60040) are wireless LAN chipsets developed by Agere Systems. A driver based on Agere Systems' BSD-licensed source code (wlags49_h2) is included as a staging driver in the Linux kernel since version 2.6.33; this is not enabled in Debian kernel image packages. http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/wlags49_h2 |
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hex C: 2026-06-09 |
an Eliza clone by the author of megahal. See http://ciips.ee.uwa.edu.au/~hutch/hal/ftp/HeX.html |
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hexchat M: 2013-05-20 |
<reply>HexChat (formerly XChat-WDK) is a fork of the <XChat> IRC client. http://hexchat.org/ #hexchat on irc.libera.chat. |
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hey mercedes C: 2002-07-23 |
at http://www.heymercedes.com |
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hfsc C: 2005-09-21 |
the obvious best choice for fair packet queueing, and the worst choice for n00bs lacking docs. however, http://www.tik.ee.ethz.ch/~crossbow/rp/plugins/hfsc.html has a tolerable explanation |
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hhk C: 2026-06-09 |
http://www.pfuca.com/products/hhkb/hhkbindex.html or Happy Hacking keyboard or the keyboard that baseinfinity uses |
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hidpi C: 2018-01-23 |
Dots Per Inch (DPI) measures the number of dots or pixels per horizontal or vertical inch on a monitor, visit https://wiki.debian.org/MonitorDPI for more information |
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higan M: 2013-12-06 |
<reply>higan (formerly bsnes) is a Nintendo SNES, NES, Gameboy, Gameboy Color and Gameboy Advance emulator. http://byuu.org/higan/ |
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high availability C: 2000-09-15 |
the High Availability Linux Project is located at http://linux-ha.org |
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highmem M: 2008-08-04 |
what you should enable in your kernel if you have a gigabyte (or more) of RAM and Linux claims you only have 900MB. See http://www.debian-administration.org/users/sebastian/weblog/12 Not to be confused with <bigmem>. Debian -486 kernel images are not highmem enabled, you'd usually want to be using a -686 kernel image instead. |
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hippi C: 2002-03-27 |
HIgh Performance Parallel Interface, a networking technology capable of achieving speeds up to 6400 mbit/s. See http://www.hippi.org. |
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history of the world C: 2003-12-19 |
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=65382&cid=6032631 |
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hitachi vibrator C: 2003-03-06 |
http://www.libida.com/content/shop/toys/item.php?view=toys&product_id=001037 |
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hiweed linux C: 2009-03-29 |
<reply>Hiweed Linux is a Chinese GNU/Linux distribution based on <Ubuntu>, preconfigured with chinese applications, input methods, dictionaries and fonts. It is not supported in #debian. http://www.hiweed.com/ Forum: http://www.hiweed.com/forum |
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hlug C: 2001-02-10 |
at http://www.hlug.org |
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hoda M: 2003-07-11 |
at http://www.itstudents.ch/users/dave/free/files/hodamoron.txt, or at http://www.math.leidenuniv.nl/~wpalenst/pentagramlog.php?log=2Jan2003 |
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hola M: 2013-08-10 |
<reply>hola, bienvenidos a IRC. Por favor, lea http://www.arrakis.es/~domitila/ayuda/irc.htm |
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home networking C: 2003-02-13 |
see: http://www.nobell.org/~gjm/homenet |
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home_index C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply> if you have a home page, please do the following in #debian: apt: !homepage ircnick is <reply> ircnick's homepage is at http://site.com/whatever/ |
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horde M: 2013-01-03 |
<reply>Horde is a <PHP>-based web application framework. Horde 3 is packaged for Debian 6.0 "Squeeze", see http://wiki.debian.org/Horde/Horde3 for installation and configuration details. Horde is not part of the Debian 7 "Wheezy" release. http://www.horde.org/ |
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hostap M: 2013-05-15 |
<reply>hostap is a Linux kernel driver supporting PCI and PC Card 802.11b wireless LAN devices based on Intersil (now Conexant) Prism 2/2.5/3 chips. <WPA> support requires station firmware v1.7.4 or later. See also <prism firmware>, <prism2_usb>. http://wiki.debian.org/hostap . For the user-space access point, ask me about <hostapd>. |
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hostapd M: 2009-11-20 |
<reply>hostapd is a user-space IEEE 802.11 access point (AP) and IEEE 802.11X/WPA/WPA2/EAP authenticator. Any mac80211 driver providing AP functionality is supported by hostapd's nl80211 (netlink) driver. See /usr/share/doc/hostapd/README.Debian for program invocation and driver version/firmware notes. See also https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/hostapd . http://w1.fi/hostapd/ |
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hosting M: 2009-07-09 |
<reply>http://wiki.debian.org/DebianHosting |
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hostname M: 2009-04-10 |
<reply>Use «hostname foo» to set the hostname, $EDITOR /etc/hostname to set it for the next boot (create /etc/hostname if it does not exist) and $EDITOR /etc/hosts to set up local translations for a FQDN. See also 'man 1 hostname', or ask me about <mailname>. http://wiki.debian.org/HowTo/ChangeHostname |
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hotline M: 2000-01-02 |
a napster-like private network of file "backup" servers;; at http://www.hotlinecentral.com and http://www.hotlinesw.com |
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hotmail theorem C: 2000-02-19 |
http://www.interlog.com/~gray/ |
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hotplug M: 2009-09-08 |
<reply>hotplug was a package providing scripts to enable device hotplugging in Linux. http://linux-hotplug.sf.net/ Superseded by udev, removed from Debian post-Etch to resolve bug #428692. Ask me about <udev>. |
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hotplug auto detect that C: 2004-02-02 |
<reply> are pluged into a running system (USB / IDE) http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net/ |
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houston C: 2001-02-10 |
at http://www.hlug.org |
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houston lug C: 2001-02-10 |
at http://www.hlug.org |
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houstonlug C: 2001-02-10 |
at http://www.hlug.org |
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hovercraft M: 2007-10-05 |
<reply>My hovercraft is full of eels. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6D1YI-41ao |
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how-can-i-help M: 2014-02-14 |
<reply>Want to help out with Debian and become more involved in the Debian project? The tools wnpp-alert, rc-alert (both from the devscripts package) and how-can-i-help can provide inspiration on buggy or unmaintained packages that you have installed on your system. Ask me about <wnpp>, <rc-alert>, <devscripts>, <new maintainer guide>. https://debian.org/intro/help |
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howto M: 2013-01-09 |
<reply>Linux HOWTOs are detailed "how to" documents on specific subjects. http://tldp.org/docs.html#howto . This is where you _learn_ stuff, but ask me about <tutorials>... |
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howto google C: 2004-11-17 |
at http://www.googleguide.com/intro.html |
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hp M: 2010-03-14 |
<reply>Hewlett-Packard (HP) is an American Information Technology corporation. For information on HP ProLiant servers and Debian, ask me about <proliant>. http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/HP http://hp.com/go/debian . See also <hplip>, <hpsa>, <laptop>. |
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hp48 M: 2004-11-14 |
the best pocket calculator ever!, or http://www.hpcalc.org/ |
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hplip M: 2011-05-25 |
<reply> HPLIP is a vendor developed solution for printing, scanning, and faxing with HP inkjet and laser based printers in Linux. A list of supported devices can be found at http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/supported_devices/index.html See also <hpijs>. |
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hppa M: 2010-09-22 |
<reply>[hppa] PA-RISC is a <RISC> architecture (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PA-RISC). See "Debian for PA-RISC" at http://www.debian.org/ports/hppa . At Debian 6.0 "Squeeze", official support for the HP PA-RISC architecture was dropped (http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2010/09/msg00008.html). http://parisc-linux.org/ #parisc on irc.oftc.net. |
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hpsa C: 2013-02-24 |
<reply>hpsa is a Linux kernel driver for HP Smart Array <SAS> RAID controllers. Support for additional hardware (backported from Linux 3.2.35) was introduced in the Debian <6.0.7> point release (bug #690100). See http://wiki.debian.org/LinuxRaidForAdmins#hpsa for supported devices. |
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hpt370 C: 2003-06-22 |
a fake hardware (ie it's really software) RAID controller. There's basic support in the latest 2.4 kernels for RAID0, for more information http://compsoc.dur.ac.uk/~djw/hpt370.html |
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hsf M: 2009-06-30 |
<reply>HSF is a pure software modem chipset family produced by Conexant (formerly Rockwell). Free - limited to 14.4Kbps data - and non-free drivers for HSF-based devices are available from Linuxant: http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hsf/ (not packaged in Debian). A driver license from Linuxant is required for fax support. See also <hcf>, <winmodem>. |
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hsl C: 2016-04-04 |
A cilindrical representation of colors. More at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSL_and_HSV |
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hsts M: 2014-02-01 |
<reply>HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) is a web security policy mechanism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Strict_Transport_Security |
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htb C: 2002-01-15 |
the Hierarchical Token Bucket approach to traffic shaping and bandwidth limiting. Details and patches to kernel and iproute at http://luxik.cdi.cz/~devik/qos/htb/ |
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htl-tex C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.htl-tex.ac.at |
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html5 C: 2011-10-15 |
<reply>HTML5 is the new version of the language running the web. Check your browser's support level at http://html5test.com/ . Not sufficient? Ask me about <iceweasel backports> for newer Iceweasel versions. See also <webm>. |
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html::mason C: 2000-01-09 |
http://www.masonhq.com/ |
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htod M: 2009-10-23 |
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ , newbiedoc.sf.net and http://www.tldp.org, or holy trinity of documentation |
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htop M: 2013-08-02 |
<reply>htop is an interactive process viewer similar to <top>, but allows scrolling the list vertically and horizontally to see all processes and their full command lines. http://htop.sf.net/ |
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htp M: 2001-12-01 |
<reply> Hack the Plannet!!!, or an HTML pre-processor. It is designed to be a flexible authoring tool that can easily be integrated into the HTML design process. Take a look at http://maths.newcastle.edu.au/~rking/htp/ |
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https everywhere C: 2013-12-31 |
<reply>HTTPS Everywhere is a Firefox/Iceweasel extension, which uses rulesets to detect and force/rewrite HTTP requests to use HTTPS, for a number of major websites. Packaged for Debian as xul-ext-https-everywhere in <jessie> and <wheezy-backports>. https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere |
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https security.debian.org C: 2018-01-04 |
<reply>Downloads from security.debian.org are protected by GPG signatures so can't be modified in transit which provides better assurance than trusting some random certificate issuer for https; ask me about <secure apt>. If you still think https is of any benefit for your downloads, then see https://deb.debian.org/ . |
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http_proxy M: 2011-06-07 |
export 'http_proxy=http://PROXY:port/' -- it can be used with apt-get or lynx or wget (but not links/links2) - the trailing slash is important! Export 'http_proxy=http://username:password@proxy:port/' if you need to authenticate. Note that http_proxy could be set from your preferences by your window manager, and can be set (manually or auto-detected) in your browser (e.g. chromium). |
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huayra M: 2014-01-20 |
<reply>Huayra is a derivative of Debian developed in Argentina. It is not supported in #debian; ask me about <based on debian>. Este canal es de soporte tecnico en Ingles para Debian. Solo Debian es soportado en #debian. Si prefiere que el soporte sea en espanol, por favor ingrese a #debian-es con /join #debian-es tecleado en la linea de chat. http://huayra.conectarigualdad.gob.ar/ |
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huffman encoding C: 2000-04-24 |
http://www.ee.uwa.edu.au/~plsd210/ds/huffman.html |
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hugin M: 2009-10-20 |
a cross-platform open source panorama photo stitching and high dynamic range (HDR) merging program. Packaged for Debian. http://hugin.sf.net/ |
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hugo M: 2001-02-16 |
The Sequence of the Human Genome, http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/291/5507/1304, or http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/291/5507/1153, or sluggo's more loving sibling, or http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v409/n6822/full/409745a0_fs.html, or http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v409/n6822/full/409747a0_fs.html |
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huizebb M: 2002-01-22 |
at http://huizebb.cjb.net, or join #huizebb |
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hunter2 C: 2019-02-24 |
<reply> hunter2 is the <foo> of passwords. http://bash.org/?244321 |
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hup C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply>[hup] Hangup signal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIGHUP). kill -HUP pid or killall -HUP name |
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hurd M: 2013-05-23 |
<reply>GNU Hurd (<HIRD> of Unix-Replacing Daemons) is a POSIX-compatible collection of servers which run on the Mach microkernel. It is the GNU project's replacement for the Unix kernel. https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/ #hurd on irc.libera.chat. For the Debian GNU/Hurd port (not an official Debian release), see https://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/ and https://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-news #debian-hurd on irc.oftc.net. |
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hurricane rita C: 2005-09-21 |
<reply>High Resolution photos available at http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/Archive/Sep2005/Rita_TMO_2005264_lrg.jpg |
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hvm C: 2007-11-17 |
used under xen to allow full virtualization of unmodified operating systems such as windows and unmodified kernels, for this to work you need a CPU with intel's VT or amd's pacifica support. xen also needs a special package xen-ioemu-3.0.3-1 (Etch) to work with hvm. Read this for further information on motherboards http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/HVM_Compatible_Motherboards |
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hvr-950 M: 2013-01-24 |
<reply>The Hauppauge WinTV HVR-950 (USB ID 2040:6513) is a hybrid ATSC/NTSC device. Firmware is required (xc3028-v27.fw), acquire http://kernel.org/doc/Documentation/video4linux/extract_xc3028.pl and read the extraction procedure within. |
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hwb C: 2026-06-09 |
some kind of info database of sorts on 'puter hardware it's got a debian package, and is on the web at http://machine.cx/doc/hwb/html/hwb.html |
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hwnup-150 C: 2011-05-23 |
<reply>The Hercules HWNUp-150 "Wireless N USB Pico" is an 802.11n device (USB ID 06f8:e033). It contains a Realtek RTL8188CUS chipset; for device support on Debian systems, ask me about <rtl8192cu>. http://www.hercules.com/us/wifi/bdd/p/131/hercules-wireless-n-usb-pico-hwnup-150-/ |
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hwu8dd M: 2010-02-25 |
<reply>The HWU8DD "Hi-Gain™ USB Wireless-G Dish Adapter" is a 802.11g wireless LAN device produced by Hawking Technology. For support of revision B (USB ID 0ACE:1215), ask me about <zd1211rw>. http://www.hawkingtech.com/products/productlist.php?CatID=32&FamID=60&ProdID=308 |
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hybrid images M: 2011-03-10 |
<reply>Since the 6.0 "Squeeze" release, Debian installation images for x86 systems - e.g. <netinst>, <CD1>, DVD1 - are hybrid images. These can be written directly to CD or HD Media (e.g. USB thumbdrive) without further preparation. See http://www.debian.org/News/project/2010/14/#hybrid for details. See also <install debian>, <usb install>. |
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hydra M: 2013-03-21 |
<reply>THC Hydra is a network logon cracker supporting several services. Not part of the Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" release due to bug #702889. http://www.thc.org/thc-hydra/ |
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hylafax C: 2009-06-10 |
<reply>HylaFAX is a telecommunication system for Unix systems, allowing facsimiles to be sent and received. Packaged for Debian as hylafax-server and hylafax-client. http://wiki.debian.org/HylaFax http://www.hylafax.org/content/FAQ See also <t38modem>. |
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hyperiums C: 2001-08-20 |
an on-line space strategy game at http://www.hyperiums.com/ |
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i18n M: 2010-11-20 |
an abbreviation for internationalisation, which is a really long word used a lot in some circles, so it's shortened by effectively saying "I, then 18 more letters, then N", get it? http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/intro-i18n/ http://wiki.debian.org/I18n http://lists.debian.org/debian-i18n/ #debian-i18n on irc.oftc.net. |
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i2c M: 2007-02-01 |
<reply> i2c, or the Inter IC bus, is a method of communicating between ICs typically found on modern motherboards via a serial bus. Invented by Philips, this bus is typically used for temperature sensors and the ilk, although it has other uses as well. See http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/markets/mms/protocols/i2c/ for more information, or the i2c-source and derived packages in Debian. Described at http://voxel.at/prj/i2c/ |
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i3 M: 2021-04-11 |
<reply> i3 is a tiling window manager inspired by <wmii>. https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html https://i3wm.org/ #i3 on irc.oftc.net. Not to be confused with <ion3>. |
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i386 M: 2016-05-07 |
<reply>Debian's i386 port is for some subset of the 32-bit x86 instruction set as has grown organically over the years. From Debian 6 Squeeze onwards, only 586 machines and newer are supported, while from Debian 9 Stretch, only 686 processors will be supported. See http://deb.li/3yPPV |
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i386->amd64 M: 2015-07-08 |
<reply>Converting an i386 installation into an amd64 installation in-place is quite difficult. It's much easier to reinstall the system with the new architecture -- ask me about <install debian>. If you've got good backups, plenty of time and are feeling lucky, you can try https://wiki.debian.org/CrossGrading but really... good backups... |
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ia64 M: 2014-02-18 |
<reply>Intel Itanium Architecture (formerly IA-64) is Intel's *other* 64-bit architecture. Itanium processors are primarily found in HP Integrity servers. http://www.debian.org/ports/ia64/ . Debian 8 ("Jessie") drops official support for Intel Itanium Architecture. It is not the same as the AMD64 / Intel 64 / x86-64 chips used in PCs, ask me about <amd64>. See also <qotd279>. |
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iam C: 2000-12-16 |
at http://www.untied-domains.de |
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iaq C: 2000-10-01 |
at http://www.plethora.net/~seebs/faqs/c-iaq.html |
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iat M: 2009-05-15 |
<reply>The ISO-9660 Analyzer Tool (iat) can detect the structure of many CD/DVD image formats (e.g. <B5I>, <BIN>, CDI, <MDF>, <NRG>, PDI) and convert them to ISO-9660. http://iat.berlios.de/ See also <bchunk>, <ccd2iso>, <uif>. |
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ibiblio C: 2000-10-22 |
at http://www.ibiblio.org/ The current location for the picky metalab.unc.edu crew. Place your bets in the #debian pool on how long this name lasts! |
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ica C: 2000-06-03 |
Independent Computing Architecture http://www.citrix.com |
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icap C: 2008-01-24 |
Internet Content Adaptation Protocol. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Content_Adaptation_Protocol Supported in Squid 3.0 and later versions. |
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icecast M: 2011-03-11 |
<reply>Icecast is a free software Ogg <Vorbis> and MP3 streaming media server / audio broadcasting system (e.g. Internet radio station, private jukebox). Packaged for Debian as icecast2 (Ogg Vorbis and MP3) and icecast-server (legacy, MP3 only, removed from Debian post-Squeeze to resolve bug #617584). http://www.icecast.org/ #icecast on irc.libera.chat. |
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icecat M: 2010-05-17 |
<reply>GNU IceCat is a web browser distributed by the GNU Project, formerly known as GNU IceWeasel (not to be confused with Debian's <Iceweasel>). It is a fork of Mozilla Firefox made entirely of free software, without distributing or recommending non-free software as plug-ins or addons. Not packaged for Debian, RFP in bug #637348. http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/ #icecat on irc.libera.chat. |
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icedove M: 2019-10-25 |
the name Debian used for Mozilla Thunderbird until March, 2016. See <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation_software_rebranded_in_Debian> for more information. |
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icedtea M: 2017-05-19 |
<reply>IcedTea is a <Java> implementation based on <OpenJDK> and GNU Classpath, which can bootstrap OpenJDK using only free software components. It currently provides the only working free software Java web browser plugin. Packaged as icedtea-7-plugin (Debian 8 "Jessie") and icedtea-8-plugin (Debian 9 "Stretch"). http://icedtea.classpath.org/ |
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icefox C: 2003-03-18 |
http://www.csh.rit.edu/~benjamin |
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icewalkers C: 2005-07-21 |
at http://www.icewalkers.com |
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iceweasel M: 2016-06-21 |
<reply>Iceweasel was a DFSG-free fork of <firefox>, replacing it in Debian since 4.0 "Etch". See <why iceweasel>, <iceweasel vs firefox>, <iceweasel user-agent>, https://wiki.debian.org/Iceweasel for historical information. Since 2016, Debian no longer applies a custom branding to Mozilla Firefox (https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3600). <https://lwn.net/Articles/676799/> |
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iceweasel esr M: 2013-10-12 |
<reply>Iceweasel Extended Support Release, see https://wiki.mozilla.org/Release_Management/Calendar . Since Debian needs to support packages for years (not weeks!) only the ESR versions are uploaded to unstable as developers only upload packages that are suitable for being included in a release. Other versions are at <mozilla.debian.net> and in <experimental>. |
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iceweasel ntlm C: 2014-07-23 |
<reply>Since Iceweasel 30.0, NTLMv1 authentication has been disabled and <NTLM> support on non-Windows platforms is deprecated (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox/Releases/30/Site_Compatibility#Security). NTLMv2 is not supported by Iceweasel. It is possible to continue using NTLMv1 by switching the network.negotiate-auth.allow-insecure-ntlm-v1 preference in about:config. |
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iceweasel session C: 2011-11-10 |
<reply>Iceweasel 8 can restore tabs on demand rather than restoring them all at once, which is very handy if you're restarting Iceweasel with a huge number of tabs. You can also get Iceweasel 7 to do this. See http://glandium.org/blog/?p=2180 for more details. |
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icewm M: 2011-08-22 |
<reply>IceWM is a stacking <window manager> for the X Window System. http://www.icewm.org/ #icewm on irc.libera.chat. |
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icfpc C: 2005-07-09 |
at http://icfpcontest.org/ |
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ich M: 2010-10-16 |
<reply>I/O Controller Hub (ICH, aka Intel 82801) is <Intel>'s term for a southbridge chip. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I/O_Controller_Hub |
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icinga M: 2012-03-18 |
<reply>Icinga is an open source computer system and network monitoring application, forked from <nagios>. http://www.icinga.org/ |
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icmp M: 2020-07-09 |
Internet Control Message Protocol. or DO NOT BLOCK ALL ICMP or someone will thwack you and you will have deserved it., or use --state RELATED in iptables to selectively block and still have legal icmps pass, or http://shouldiblockicmp.com/ |
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icmp codes C: 2001-07-08 |
<reply> A fairly extensive list of ICMP codes may be obtained at http://192.117.130.34/Fendor/icmp_codes |
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icon M: 2005-12-06 |
an image used to represent a symbolic link, or http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/iconsext.html && wine |
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icons C: 2003-04-02 |
<reply> are findable at http://art.gnome.org/. On your filesystem they live in /usr/share/(icons|pixmaps) |
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icontext C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.andyland.net/icontext/index.html or at http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/09/cyber/artsatlarge/30artsatlarge.html |
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icq M: 2009-05-23 |
<reply>ICQ is an instant messaging program created by Mirabilis, originally designed for non-Unix operating system users. It uses AOL's <OSCAR> protocol, third-party clients for Linux include <bitlbee>, <centerim>, <empathy>, <finch>, <licq> and <pidgin>. All <Jabber> clients can communicate by using an ICQ transport. Note that ICQ Inc. receives all <copyright> for posted information: http://www.icq.com/legal/policy.html |
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ics C: 2002-04-17 |
the acronym for "Internet Chess Server". You can use Xboard to connect to one (e.g. ICC - http://www.chessclub.com/). |
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ide-cd M: 2004-10-20 |
the ATA(PI) driver for CD-ROMs, and is used in newer (2.6.x and VERY recent 2.4.x) kernels for CD burning with the "ATA" driver. See also <ide-scsi>. http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0408.0/0267.html |
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ide-scsi C: 2006-04-27 |
a horrible kludge (Linus says something like this: http://programming.linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/12/09/1341236 ) and you don't need it to run CD record in Debian anyway http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/339#comment_5 |
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ide=reverse M: 2010-03-30 |
<reply>ide=reverse (formerly pci=reverse) was a recognized Linux kernel parameter/value, removed at Linux 2.6.26. Previously used to preserve device ordering WRT off-board IDE controllers, see http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/13/196 . Ask me about <uuid>, <label>. See also <kernel-params>. |
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ident M: 2009-06-04 |
an evil system, or http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1413 , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ident . See also <identd>. |
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idesk M: 2003-01-26 |
an icon manager for your root window (desktop). It includes support for PNG alpha layers, and pretty antialiased text with Xft, or at http://freshmeat.net/projects/idesk/, or at http://linuxhelp.hn.org/idesk.php |
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ids pop M: 2000-07-08 |
at http://www.ndn.net/software/mailutils. GNU pop3d POP3 Server |
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ieee1394 M: 2010-07-05 |
<reply>[ieee1394] IEEE 1394 is a serial bus system, also known as Firewire (Apple) and i.Link (Sony). It provides a fast (400-3200 Mbit/sec) connection and was designed for transferring large data streams. Also suitable for network connections. http://ieee1394.wiki.kernel.org/ |
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ifconfig stretch C: 2017-08-28 |
<reply>Starting with Debian 9 <stretch>, net-tools package with ifconfig, route, netstat tools is not installed by default. https://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#iproute2 |
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ifrename M: 2010-03-19 |
<reply>ifrename is a utility which sets interface names based on parameters such as MAC address. Very handy if different kernels or kernel modules assign different identifiers to your interfaces, or just to make your firewall rules more readable. Semi-deprecated in favor of udev, ask me about <udev mac>. http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/netos/article.php/3586546 |
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igp M: 2011-02-27 |
<reply>[igp] Integrated graphics processor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_processing_unit#Integrated_graphics_solutions |
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ihex2fw M: 2011-06-28 |
<reply>The ihex2fw utility (included with vanilla Linux kernel source) can be used to extract binary-only firmware within. It is not packaged for Debian, see http://bugs.debian.org/603775#10 for details. |
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ii2 C: 2003-05-04 |
international irc picture gallery @ http://www.ii2.org/ |
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iinet C: 2000-05-02 |
an australian ISP or http://www.iinet.net.au |
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ikiwiki C: 2010-09-14 |
<reply>Ikiwiki is a wiki compiler designed by Joey Hess, which stores its pages in a revision control system. http://ikiwiki.info/ #ikiwiki on irc.oftc.net. |
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ilo C: 2026-06-09 |
short for an Internet Linked Object. The current ILO registry can be found at http://www.openstandards.org/ilo/ |
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iloveyou fix C: 2000-05-09 |
at http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=620544112&fmt=text |
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ilwm C: 2001-10-04 |
https://psychonut.dyndns.org/ or http://psychonut.dyndns.org:81/ and http://ILWM.dyndns.org/ |
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imac M: 2011-04-16 |
<reply>iMac is a range of Macintosh desktop computers produced by Apple Inc. Intel and PowerPC (G3, G4, G5) models are supported by the Debian operating system, ask me about <install debian>. See also <amd64>, <powerpc>. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/iMac |
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imagemagick M: 2013-06-24 |
<reply>ImageMagick is a cross-platform software suite for raster image manipulation (displaying, converting, editing). Supports over 200 image file formats. http://www.imagemagick.org/ https://xkcd.com/2347 |
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imapproxy C: 2010-07-25 |
<reply>UP-ImapProxy is a transaction proxy which caches <IMAP> server connections, useful for <webmail> clients that are unable to maintain persistent connections. Packaged for Debian as imapproxy. http://www.imapproxy.org/ |
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imaprc C: 2000-12-20 |
at http://support.serv.ch/mail/imap4/imaprc |
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imdb C: 2003-01-17 |
the internet movie database at http://www.imdb.org |
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imgur C: 2021-09-02 |
<reply> A handy way to upload images to imgur from a command line can be found at https://github.com/ram-on/imgurbash2 |
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imon M: 2000-05-10 |
Inode Monitor - a linux kernel patch that massively speeds up the operation of fam, or http://oss.sgi.com/projects/fam/ |
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imp M: 2012-08-28 |
<reply>IMP (Internet Messaging Program) is an open source, PHP-based IMAP <webmail> client, a component of the Horde project. Packaged for Debian as imp4, ask me about <horde>. Removed from Debian post-Squeeze to resolve bug #683554. http://www.horde.org/imp/ |
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imps C: 2001-10-03 |
the Infinite Monkey Protocol Suite on http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2795.html |
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imq M: 2007-01-10 |
intermediate queueing device. Useful for shaping incoming traffic. lartc.org/howto/lartc.imq.html http://www.linuximq.net |
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in5699 M: 2012-03-25 |
<reply>The NetComm IN5699 "InModem 56 V.92" is a PCI controller-less dial-up modem (PCI ID 11c1:044c). For device support on Debian systems, ask me about <martian>. http://www.netcomm.com.au/netcomm-products/dial-up-modems/in5699 |
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inactive maintainer C: 2005-04-14 |
dealt with by the process outlined in http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/ch-beyond-pkging.en.html#s-mia-qa |
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incoming M: 2021-03-24 |
to be used at your own risk, packages are even dodgier than unstable (see <break>) but can be obtained from https://incoming.debian.org/, or https://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/resources.html#incoming-system |
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incron M: 2010-11-25 |
an "inotify cron" system. It consists of a daemon and a table manipulator. You can use it a similar way as the regular <cron>. The difference is that the inotify cron handles filesystem events rather than time periods. http://inotify.aiken.cz/?section=incron&page=faq |
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independence C: 2026-06-09 |
a distribution located at http://independence.seul.org/ |
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indonesia C: 2002-06-26 |
http://indonesia.elga.net.id/ |
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infernix M: 2000-07-28 |
using debian since birth, or hosting cool shit at http://www.infernix.nl |
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inferno M: 2004-11-20 |
``A compact operating system for building cross-platform distributed systems'' http://www.vitanuova.com/inferno/ |
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infinity project C: 2001-11-02 |
electrical engineering for the next century, http://www.infinity-project.org/ |
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infinityos M: 2010-06-02 |
<reply>infinityOS is a Linux distribution forked from <Ubuntu>. It is not supported in #debian. http://infinityos.net/forums http://infinityos.net/ |
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infobot M: 2010-09-15 |
<reply> Infobot is an IRC bot that is geared towards remembering "factoids", and repeating them back to people on request. It supports many additional features, such as google lookups, dictionary, spell checker, debian package checks, and more. See http://infobot.sf.net/ for more. |
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infobot guide C: 2026-06-09 |
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~infobot/infobot_guide.html |
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infopages M: 2011-06-20 |
<reply>"info" pages are a hypertext set of manual pages that can be read with the "info" or "pinfo" utilities. Many man pages (especially for the GNU utilities) contain only a brief overview with further details in the info page. Some info pages are <non-free> due to the way they use the <GFDL>. http://xkcd.com/912/ |
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infozip C: 2000-08-18 |
at http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/ and is under a new BSD-like license! |
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init system debate M: 2014-02-11 |
<reply>Debian has worked through an extensive process to evaluate init systems for future releases. Technical comparisons of the init systems are at http://wiki.debian.org/Debate/initsystem ; systemd has been chosen (http://lists.debian.org/20140211193904.GX24404@rzlab.ucr.edu). Bugs with the necessary information on how to reproduce the problem should be reported to the relevant package in the <bts>; see <systemd ranting>. |
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initng M: 2010-12-28 |
<reply>[initng] http://alioth.debian.org/projects/pkg-initng/ . Previously in experimental, dead upstream, removed from Debian to resolve bug #435127. |
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initramfs M: 2009-05-04 |
the new <initrd>. See http://www.ducea.com/2006/10/10/debian-etch-kernels/ for Sarge and Etch kernel differences (forward looking as we know it prior to etch's release), or ask me about <initramfs debug>. See also <targeted>. http://wiki.debian.org/initramfs |
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initramfsdebug C: 2007-11-15 |
http://wiki.debian.org/InitramfsDebug |
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initrd M: 2010-01-04 |
<reply>[initrd] Initial ramdisk, or god's way of punishing you for using a pre-built kernel image... and you WILL HAVE TO INCLUDE AN INITRD STATEMENT IN YOUR BOOTLOADER (hint, hint). Typically if you can't find your root filesystem, this is your problem, see <can't mount root>. A great system for those who understand modules or need/want root in LVM and/or md RAID. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initrd . See also <initramfs>, <kp mantra>. |
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inkscape M: 2011-11-08 |
<reply>Inkscape is an open source vector graphics editor forked from Sodipodi, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw and Xara X. This program uses the W3C Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format. http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/FAQ http://www.inkscape.org/ #inkscape on irc.libera.chat. |
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inotify M: 2011-04-27 |
<reply>inotify is a replacement for dnotify, included in Linux since version 2.6.13. Command-line programs are packaged for Debian in inotify-tools. http://edoceo.com/creo/inotify/ http://inotify-tools.sf.net/ |
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inout M: 2010-04-08 |
<reply>To determine packages going in/out of <testing> today, see http://release.debian.org/migration/accepted.html . To see why a package is not in testing, "/msg dpkg why is <foo> not in testing" or see http://release.debian.org/migration/ . For packages coming into unstable, use http://incoming.debian.org/ . For package removals, ask me about <removed>. |
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inrelease C: 2013-06-29 |
<reply>InRelease is an inline signed release file. See http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2009/11/msg00001.html |
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insigne linux M: 2010-04-27 |
<reply>Insigne Linux is a Brazilian GNU/Linux distribution, based on Debian's <testing> branch. It is not supported in #debian. http://www.insignelinux.org/ See also <based on Debian>. Development appears to have stopped and the website is now ready for cybersquatters to move in. |
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inspiron C: 2002-04-27 |
8000/8100 guide to debian: http://vergil.chemistry.gatech.edu/~park/dell.html |
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install bookworm M: 2023-06-10 |
<reply>There are a myriad of different ways to install Debian. See https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/debian-installer for a list of images and ask me about <netinst> and <firmware images>. See also <install guide> and <d-i> for detailed instructions. (If you've never installed Debian before, you should read the install guide.) |
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install bullseye M: 2021-08-15 |
<reply>There are a myriad of different ways to install Debian. See https://www.debian.org/releases/bullseye/debian-installer for a list of images and ask me about <netinst> and <firmware images>. See also <install guide> and <d-i> for detailed instructions. (If you've never installed Debian before, you should read the install guide.) |
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install buster M: 2019-07-07 |
<reply>There are a myriad of different ways to install Debian. See http://www.debian.org/releases/buster/debian-installer for a list of images and ask me about <netinst>, <various cd1> and <firmware images>. See also <install guide> and <d-i> for detailed instructions. (If you've never installed Debian before, you should read the install guide.) |
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install gnome M: 2014-01-14 |
<reply>To install GNOME: «apt-get install …» 1. 'task-gnome-desktop' (Debian installer default) 2. 'gnome' (recommended) 3. 'gnome-core' (like 2, minus end-user applications) 4. 'gnome-session gdm3 network-manager-gnome' (minimalist, not recommended). https://wiki.debian.org/Gnome |
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install jessie M: 2017-06-20 |
<reply> Debian 8 "Jessie" installation images are available from https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/debian-installer/ . Note that this release has been superseded by Debian 9 "Stretch", ask me about <install debian>. |
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install release candidate M: 2015-04-18 |
<reply>So you want to test a Debian installer release candidate? 1. Get it: http://deb.li/Fqhg 2. Read the release notes: http://deb.li/3d6yl and errata: http://deb.li/uacx 3. Install it: http://deb.li/Wavn 4. Don't forget to file an installation report, even if the install was successful: http://deb.li/i4j4E Also ask me about <testing>, <install testing>. |
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install slides M: 2010-03-30 |
<reply>http://www.thecodingstudio.com/opensource/linux/screenshots/index.php?os=debian |
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install squeeze M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply>Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" installation images are available from https://www.debian.org/releases/squeeze/debian-installer/ . Note that this release has been superseded by Debian 7 "Wheezy", ask me about <install wheezy>. |
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install stretch M: 2019-06-29 |
<reply>There are a myriad of different ways to install Debian. See http://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/debian-installer for a list of images and ask me about <netinst>, <various cd1> and <firmware images>. See also <install guide> and <d-i> for detailed instructions. (If you've never installed Debian before, you should read the install guide.) |
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install testing M: 2017-06-17 |
<reply>Daily built <netinst> images to install <testing> are available from http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ . The chance of the testing installer being broken on any given day is quite high. Instead, do a minimal installation using the stable installer and ask me about <stable->testing>. Also ask me about <testing>, <apt-listchanges>, <d-d-a>. |
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install trixie M: 2025-08-09 |
<reply>There are a myriad of different ways to install Debian. See https://www.debian.org/releases/trixie/debian-installer for a list of images and ask me about <netinst>. See also <install guide> and <d-i> for detailed instructions. (If you've never installed Debian before, you should read the install guide.) Alternatively, ask about full VM <cloud images>. |
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install using lvm M: 2009-05-10 |
at http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/FAQ ("How do I install using LVM? Is there any more information about using the LVM installer? LVM installation doesn't work!"). Also ask me about <lvm> and <install guide>. |
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install video C: 2006-06-22 |
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0nU0uy8Mfzo |
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install wheezy M: 2015-04-26 |
<reply>Debian 7 "Wheezy" installation images are available from https://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/debian-installer/ . Note that this release has been superseded by Debian 8 "Jessie", ask me about <install debian>. |
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install windows C: 2022-02-15 |
https://atkdinosaurus.wordpress.com/2020/04/25/how-to-create-a-bootable-uefi-gpt-windows-10-usb-stick-in-ubuntu/ |
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install without systemd M: 2016-01-27 |
<reply>https://wiki.debian.org/systemd#Installing_without_systemd |
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installation report M: 2010-06-03 |
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch05s04#submit-bug |
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installer firmware bookworm C: 2023-07-27 |
<reply>Starting with Debian 12 (bookworm), non-free firmware is included on official install images. However, some firmware files might still be missing. The installer can load these files from external media, see https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/amd64/ch06s04 ; see also <firmware never> |
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installer firmware bullseye C: 2021-08-15 |
<reply>Debian-Installer is able to load additional <firmware>, by including it within installation media or supplying on removable media (e.g. USB stick, floppy). See https://www.debian.org/releases/bullseye/amd64/ch06s04 . To include firmware within Debian <netboot> images, see https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/NetbootFirmware . See also <firmware images>. |
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installer firmware buster C: 2019-07-07 |
<reply>Debian-Installer is able to load additional <firmware>, by including it within installation media or supplying on removable media (e.g. USB stick, floppy). See http://www.debian.org/releases/buster/amd64/ch06s04 . To include firmware within Debian <netboot> images, see http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/NetbootFirmware . See also <firmware images>. |
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installer firmware jessie C: 2015-04-25 |
<reply>Debian-Installer is able to load additional <firmware>, by including it within installation media or supplying on removable media (e.g. USB stick, floppy). See http://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/amd64/ch06s04 . To include firmware within Debian <netboot> images, see http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/NetbootFirmware . See also <firmware images>. |
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installer firmware stretch C: 2017-06-29 |
<reply> Debian-Installer is able to load additional <firmware>, by including it within installation media or supplying on removable media (e.g. USB stick, floppy). See http://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/amd64/ch06s04 . To include firmware within Debian <netboot> images, see http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/NetbootFirmware . See also <firmware images>. |
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installer firmware wheezy M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply>Debian-Installer is able to load additional <firmware>, by including it within installation media or supplying on removable media (e.g. USB stick, floppy). See http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch06s04 . To include firmware within Debian <netboot> images, see http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/NetbootFirmware . See also <firmware images>. |
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installer screenshot C: 2021-02-06 |
<reply>Debian's graphical installer can save screenshots -- https://wiki.debian.org/ScreenShots#debian-installer-gui |
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instructions M: 2024-02-26 |
<reply> "Literacy is so you can read the operating instructions." Ursla K. Le Guin See: <man pages>, info pages, <readme.debian>, and various books at debian.org -- especially (!) the <release notes> when upgrading. See also: https://spsp.org/news-center/press-release/entitled-people-dont-follow-instructions-because-they-see-them-unfair |
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intel macs M: 2010-03-21 |
<reply>Intel Macs are peecees in an Apple(tm) case, which boot with EFI; do not send people over to #debianppc. See http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Apple instead. |
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intel slow scrolling C: 2009-03-10 |
<reply>Switch to XAA acceleration by modifying or adding a device section like https://valdyn.org/xorg-intel-use-xaa in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf. |
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intel stepping table C: 2000-08-28 |
at http://users.erols.com/chare/mixed.htm, A table that lists which processors are compatible with another in SMP configuration |
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intel-gfx M: 2020-09-14 |
<reply>The intel <Xorg> driver provides 2D/3D support for Intel integrated graphics chipsets, from the i810, i915 and 945 series to the more recent UHD and Iris, but not the <GMA 500>. Firmware is required for some models; see <i915 firmware>. Packaged for Debian as xserver-xorg-video-intel. http://x.org/wiki/IntelGraphicsDriver https://01.org/linuxgraphics/ #intel-gfx on irc.libera.chat. |
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intel-gfx shadow M: 2011-01-15 |
<reply>The shadow option for the intel Xorg driver in Debian is automatically enabled if an 8xx chipset is detected (http://bugs.debian.org/597993#64). Using the shadow buffer disables GPU RENDER acceleration, forcing software fallbacks; see intel(4) for rationale. To override (n.b. this is a system stability risk), ask me about <xorg.conf.d> and define 'Option "Shadow" "false"' in the Device section (e.g. http://paste.debian.net/6494). |
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intellimouse C: 2001-07-23 |
to get Intellimouse Explorer side buttons to work, see http://www.justlinux.com/nhf/Hardware/Configuring_the_Intellimouse_Explorer_in_XFree86.html |
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intelpwm C: 2019-11-25 |
<reply>intelpwm is a nifty udev trick in archlinux for fixing a quirky intel pwm backlight using a udev rule, script, and config file, the three files are available under sources at https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/intelpwm-udev/ |
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interactive lag C: 2001-12-17 |
read http://www.prout.be/qos/ |
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intercal M: 2004-05-26 |
the Compiler Language With No Pronounceable Acronym or available in Debian or your worst nightmare, or <http://www.catb.org/~esr/intercal/>, or http://www.stud.uni-karlsruhe.de/~usac/jintercal.html |
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interface names C: 2017-06-20 |
<reply>Starting with <stretch>, network interface names have changed from the previous convention of eth0, eth1/wlan0, wlan1 to names based on the device vendor or driver. This has some upsides and some downsides. For more information and options, see https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PredictableNetworkInterfaceNames/ or ask me about <dpni>. |
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interface naming C: 2017-11-29 |
<reply> predictable interface naming (and the interface names) changed from jessie to stretch. See https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/07/msg01453.html |
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interfaces M: 2006-07-12 |
<reply>Your network configuration is in the file /etc/network/interfaces ; "man 5 interfaces" for documentation, "zless /usr/share/doc/ifupdown/examples/network-interfaces.gz" for example configurations. Start and stop your networking with ifup -a and ifdown -a respectively. http://wiki.debian.org/NetworkConfiguration . See also <dhcp client>, <resolv.conf>, <static route>. |
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intermezzo C: 2001-09-04 |
a *very* cool distributed highly availible file system. http://www.inter-mezzo.org/ |
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internet M: 2005-08-10 |
An internet is any set of interconnected networks. The Internet is the largest internet in the world. It is an extensive worldwide computer network made up of thousands of other, smaller business, academic, and government networks. http://www.advogato.org/proj/internet/, or known as cyberspace. It is where I live dpkg |
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internet keys C: 2002-12-22 |
at http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/linux/kbd/scancodes-2.html |
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intltool M: 2002-03-06 |
a development application to facilitate translations by (1) extracting translatable strings from various source files (.glade, .xml.in, .oaf.in, etc), (2) collecting the strings together with messages from traditional source files (.c, .h) in po files, and (3) merging back the translations into .xml, .oaf and .desktop files. available at ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/unstable/sources/intltool/ |
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intro-linux C: 2003-03-17 |
The Introduction to Linux Hands on guide. Seriously recommended for new Linux Users (Newbies, if you must). http://www.tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/index.html |
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introduction to latex C: 2003-07-30 |
see http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/lshort/ |
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intrusion detection checklist C: 2002-09-24 |
at http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/intruder_detection_checklist.html -- This document outlines suggested steps for determining if your system has been compromised. |
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invisible C: 2000-09-16 |
<reply> Rootprompt article on making your Debian Boxen invisible online <http://www.rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=922> |
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invite only C: 2020-05-07 |
<reply>Many debian channels are on the OFTC network (irc.oftc.net), *not* on Libera.Chat. If you try to join one and you see "Cannot join (Channel is invite only)." it means you did not read it's on irc.oftc.net. See also https://wiki.debian.org/IRC and https://wiki.debian.org/GettingHelpOnIrc |
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io scheduler C: 2006-11-03 |
you can read about linux kernel I/O scheduling here: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6931 |
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ioccc M: 2000-08-06 |
international obfuscated c code contest, or http://www.ioccc.org/ |
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iopener M: 2000-03-19 |
a net appliance that can run linux with a bit of hacking. See http://www.netpliance.com for iopener info and http://www.linux-hacker.net/iopener/ for info on the mod, or it can also run win and beos |
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ioquake3 C: 2010-10-18 |
<reply>ioquake3 is a game engine based on id Software's Quake 3 source code, which can be used to play various games based on the id Tech 3 engine (e.g. <OpenArena>, Quake III: Arena). Packaged for Debian 7 "Wheezy" and later releases; the openarena package in Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" contains its own ioquake3 version. http://www.ioquake3.org/ #ioquake3 on irc.libera.chat. |
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ip aliasing M: 2010-03-18 |
<reply>IP aliasing is when you establish multiple network interfaces on the same network card, generally the aliases are eth0:1, eth0:2, etc. Ask me about <interfaces>. http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/alias.txt |
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ipac-ng M: 2003-01-03 |
an ip accounting package for linux. It collects, summarizes and nicly displays ip accounting data. The output of ipac-ng can be a simple ascii table or graph images. Ipchains and iptables now supported. Postgresql too. found at http://sourceforge.net/projects/ipac-ng/ |
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ipalias M: 2007-05-21 |
at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/IP-Alias/ , or see examples in /usr/share/doc/ifupdown/examples/network-interfaces.gz |
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ipcop M: 2010-04-15 |
<reply>IPCop is a Linux distribution providing a simple-to-manage stateful firewall using <Netfilter>. Originally a fork of <SmoothWall> by disillusioned developers. Not supported in #debian. http://www.ipcop.org/ |
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ipf C: 2000-11-26 |
better known as IP Filter, a TCP/IP packet filter, suitable for use in a firewall environment. It's homepage is http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html and HOWTO homepage is http://www.obfuscation.org/ipf/. |
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ipfw C: 2000-12-07 |
a utility used to setup IP Firewalls. It can be found at ftp://coombs.anu.edu.au/pub/net/ip-filter. |
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iphone M: 2010-08-09 |
<reply>A phone made by <Apple> Inc. http://wiki.debian.org/iPhone |
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ipl M: 2000-06-26 |
the IBM Public License, a good, DFSG-free license at http://www10.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/license10.html .. Interbase Public License (??) http://www.interbase.com/IPL.html |
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iplanet C: 2001-09-27 |
http://www.iplanet.com To install their products on debian run the following commands: `ln -s /lib/libncurses.so.4 /lib/libtermcap.so.2` and `apt-get install libstdc++2.9-glibc2.1` |
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iplog C: 2000-09-27 |
a a TCP/IP traffic logger. Currently, it is capable of logging TCP, UDP and ICMP traffic. http://ojnk.sourceforge.net |
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ipod M: 2010-12-26 |
<reply>An iPod is a purty silver and white or black box, definitely not bigger than a breadbox. Would be better if it supported some non-encumbered formats. To manage an iPod using a Debian system, ask me about <amarok>, <banshee>, <gtkpod>, <rhythmbox>. http://wiki.debian.org/iPhone |
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ippl M: 2000-04-19 |
at http://www.via.ecp.fr/~hugo/ippl/ (IP Protocols Logger) or a configurable program to log all tcp/icmp/udp packets/connection attempts to any port on a system or a new and improved superset of iplogger, tcplogd, etc.. It lacks examples of configuration unfortunately., or check http://larve.net/ippl/ |
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iproute M: 2005-12-09 |
the successor to ifconfig and route and allows proper aliasing of ips rather than the old 'ip aliasing' scheme - read http://www.linuxguruz.com/iptables/howto/2.4routing-3.html or a more graceful handler for <ipv6> |
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iptables M: 2021-07-02 |
<reply>[iptables] The legacy user-space process used to administer iptables kernel parts on top of <netfilter>, to be replaced by <nftables>. For usage examples, see http://wiki.debian.org/iptables or ask me about <iptables-restore>. http://netfilter.org/ #netfilter on irc.libera.chat |
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iptables flowchart C: 2009-01-06 |
http://cs.senecac.on.ca/~selmys/subjects/sec830-051/iptables.gif |
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iptables howto M: 2002-04-09 |
at http://www.linuxguruz.org/iptables/howto/iptables-HOWTO.html |
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iptables tutorial M: 2010-01-15 |
http://www.frozentux.net/documents/iptables-tutorial/ |
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iptables-persistent M: 2015-04-26 |
a utility to load an <iptables> rule file; see http://wiki.debian.org/iptables for more examples. You can run iptables-restore manually, from an interface hook script (see interfaces(5) for information about "pre-up" scripts) or from an init script provided by the iptables-persistent package. This package can be removed from jessie systems, it's functionality is provided by netfilter-persistent. |
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iptables-restore C: 2013-04-26 |
a utility to load an <iptables> rule file; see http://wiki.debian.org/iptables for more examples. You can run iptables-restore manually, from an interface hook script (see interfaces(5) for information about "pre-up" scripts) or from an init script provided by the iptables-persistent package. |
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iptables.sh C: 2007-06-21 |
for a flexible general-purpose firewall, hack on http://feayn.org/~lewis/iptables.txt |
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ipv6 M: 2011-02-20 |
<reply>Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is the next-generation IP version designed to replace IPv4. Available in Debian since <potato>, full IPv6 support was a release goal for Squeeze. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianIPv6 http://ipv6.debian.net/ http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux+IPv6-HOWTO/ http://www.ipv6.org/ #debian-ipv6 on irc.oftc.net, #ipv6 on irc.libera.chat. To disable IPv6 on your system, ask me about <noipv6>. |
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ipw2100 M: 2010-02-14 |
<reply>ipw2100 is a Linux kernel driver supporting the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 802.11b device. Firmware is required, ask me about <non-free sources> and install the firmware-ipw2x00 package to provide. http://wiki.debian.org/ipw2200 |
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ipw2200 M: 2010-02-14 |
<reply>ipw2200 is a Linux kernel driver supporting Intel PRO/Wireless 2200 (802.11bg) and 2915 (802.11a/bg) devices. Firmware is required, ask me about <non-free sources> and install the firmware-ipw2x00 package to provide. http://wiki.debian.org/ipw2200 |
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ipx C: 2000-11-21 |
Internetwork Packet Exchange (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internetwork_Packet_Exchange) |
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ipxe M: 2011-05-27 |
<reply>iPXE (formerly gPXE, Etherboot) is an open source network bootloader. It implements <PXE> and extends it with additional protocols and features (e.g. booting from HTTP instead of TFTP). Supports a variety of network devices, including wireless LAN. Packaged for Debian (bnx2, linda infiniband drivers removed). http://ipxe.org/ #ipxe on irc.libera.chat. |
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irc M: 2009-07-13 |
<reply>IRC is Internet Relay Chat, the means to provide #debian to its patrons. Debian IRC channels are listed at http://wiki.debian.org/IRC . Please read http://wiki.debian.org/GettingHelpOnIrc . Ask me about <irc tutorial> and <faq>. See also <debstats> and <irclog>. |
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irc primer M: 2020-01-06 |
<reply>"A Short IRC Primer": https://www.irchelp.org/faq/ircprimer.html See also "The IRC Prelude": http://www.irchelp.org/faq/new2irc.html |
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irc-tuto-es C: 2010-03-20 |
<reply> Para un tutorial de que es irc y como funciona http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/misc/esnew2irc.html |
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ircd-hybrid M: 2009-06-15 |
a high-performance secure IRC server. http://ircd-hybrid.com/ #ircd-coders on irc.ircd-hybrid.org. |
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irclog M: 2021-05-04 |
<reply>#debian on <freenode> was formerly logged at http://infobot.rikers.org/%23debian/ , #debian on <OFTC> was formerly logged at http://irclogs.thegrebs.com/debian/ |
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irda M: 2010-02-12 |
<reply>IrDA is an infrared wireless communication standard. To use on Debian systems: enable infrared in BIOS (if built-in), install the irda-utils package (its init script starts irattach by default), enable infrared on the other device, "cat /proc/net/irda/discovery" / irdadump to test. To provide /dev/ircomm* devices, "modprobe ircomm-tty". See also irda-utils' README.Debian. http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Infrared-HOWTO/ Not for CIR, see <lirc>. |
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irman M: 2010-02-13 |
<reply>Irman is the name of a home-brew Universal Infrared Receiver (http://fly.cc.fer.hr/~mozgic/UIR/) and a formerly available commercial infrared receiver product. Both allow use of a remote control to control your computer, ask me about <lirc> for support in Linux systems. |
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irssi M: 2009-06-06 |
the best <IRC> client ever. "aptitude install irssi" and read http://www.irssi.org/documentation/startup . See also http://irssi.org/documentation/faq . http://www.irssi.org/ #irssi on open.ircnet.net and irc.libera.chat. |
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irssi+utf8 C: 2008-01-12 |
http://www.iovene.com/the-ultimate-guide-for-utf-8-in-irssi-and-gnuscreen/ |
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isc C: 2003-04-13 |
<reply>Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) are the makers of DHCP, <BIND> and INN, among other things. http://www.isc.org/ |
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iscsi M: 2012-01-11 |
<reply>iSCSI (Internet Small Computer System Interface) is an IP-based storage networking standard. https://wiki.debian.org/SAN/iSCSI |
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isdn M: 2010-04-11 |
<reply>ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) is a set of communications standards for simultaneous digital transmission, often used to connect to the Internet. ISDN is supported on Debian systems, but not at Debian installation time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Services_Digital_Network . See also <isdn4linux>, <misdn>. |
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isdn4linux M: 2010-10-15 |
<reply>ISDN4Linux is a set of Linux kernel drivers providing support for ISDN hardware. Considered legacy since Linux 2.6.0, most drivers are not SMP-safe. Disabled in Debian kernel images at linux-2.6 2.6.32-16, re-enabled as of linux-2.6 2.6.32-25; now marked as staging (see Debian bug #588551). http://www.isdn4linux.de/ Also ask me about <misdn>. |
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isetl C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.math.purdue.edu/~ccc/distribution.html |
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islsm C: 2008-04-27 |
<reply> The Prism54 project (http://lekernel.net/prism54/) provided the reverse-engineered "islsm" driver for Intersil ISL38xx SoftMAC chipsets. This driver is obsolete and no longer maintained, ask me about <p54>. |
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iso M: 2009-04-16 |
<reply>[iso] CD image, a file containing an ISO 9660 standard filesystem. Debian CD/DVD images are available at http://www.debian.org/CD . Also ask me about <netinst> and <check iso image>. To download via BitTorrent or Jigdo, ask me about <bittorrent>, <jigdo>. Debian CD image FAQ: http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/ See also <vendors>, <cd1>, <missing iso>, <blu-ray disc>, <iso mount>, <iat>. |
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iso archive C: 2023-05-20 |
<reply> This is where we store older CD/DVD releases of Debian: https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/ |
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ispconfig C: 2007-08-07 |
<reply> ISPConfig is a web hosting control panel available under the BSD license. http://www.ispconfig.org/ |
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ispcp M: 2011-03-29 |
<reply>ispCP Omega is a multi-server control and adminstration panel forked from VHCS. Not packaged for Debian (BTS #383934). http://isp-control.net/ |
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ispmail C: 2006-09-17 |
http://workaround.org/articles/ispmail-sarge/ |
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itanium M: 2011-01-13 |
<reply>Intel Itanium Architecture (formerly IA-64) is Intel's *other* 64-bit architecture. Itanium processors are primarily found in HP Integrity servers and are supported by Debian's ia64 port (http://www.debian.org/ports/ia64/). It is not the same as the AMD64 / Intel 64 / x86-64 chips used in PCs, ask me about <amd64>. |
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itbwtcl C: 2007-03-19 |
In the Beginning Was the Command Line (http://artlung.com/smorgasborg/C_R_Y_P_T_O_N_O_M_I_C_O_N.shtml ) |
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itw2c C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://valinor.ssd.k12.wa.us/~breakerx/ideas/ITW2C.html |
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ivman M: 2011-03-01 |
<reply>ivman is an alternative to gnome-volume-manager that uses <dbus> and <hal> to be notified (upon other things) about when devices are attached and detached, allowing you to auto-mount or run scripts. Removed from Debian post-Squeeze to resolve bug #499249. http://ivman.sf.net/ |
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ivtv M: 2010-08-11 |
<reply>The IVTV drivers provide support for Conexant CX23415/CX23416 based PCI hardware. Supported devices: http://ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Supported_hardware . ivtv Linux kernel driver and all related i2c drivers (inc. saa717x) are part of the Linux kernel since Linux 2.6.26. Firmware is required, ask me about <ivtv firmware>. http://ivtvdriver.org/ See also <pvrusb2>. |
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ivtv firmware M: 2010-03-07 |
<reply>Firmware for devices supported by the cx88-blackbird, <ivtv> and <pvrusb2> drivers is available in the firmware-ivtv package, ask me about <non-free sources>. IVTV firmware can alternatively be extracted from the respective Windows drivers, see http://ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Firmware for instructions. |
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iw M: 2011-10-12 |
<reply>iw is a nl80211 (netlink for IEEE 802.11) based command-line configuration utility for wireless devices. Packaged for Debian, it is currently not integrated with <ifupdown>. http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/iw |
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iwlegacy C: 2012-02-11 |
<reply>Support of Intel 3945 ABG/BG and 4965 AGN wireless LAN devices was removed from the <iwlwifi> driver at Linux 2.6.39. These are now supported by the iwlegacy driver, which provides the iwl3945 and iwl4965 kernel modules in Debian 7 "Wheezy" and later releases. Firmware is required, ask me about <non-free sources> and install the firmware-iwlwifi package to provide. http://wiki.debian.org/iwlegacy |
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iwlwifi M: 2013-08-07 |
<reply>The iwlwifi Linux kernel driver supports several Intel 802.11n (WiFi Link, Wireless-N, Advanced-N, Ultimate-N) and 802.11ac adapters. Firmware is required, ask me about <non-free sources> and install the firmware-iwlwifi package to provide. Supported devices and troubleshooting hints are listed at https://wiki.debian.org/iwlwifi . See also <iwlegacy>, <iwl7000>. |
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j2re1.4 C: 2002-02-24 |
ftp://ftp.java.sun.com/pub/j2sdk/1.4.0/poiu4rfpo4/j2re-1_4_0-linux-i386.bin unless the directory name changes |
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jabberd14 M: 2011-11-30 |
<reply>jabberd14 is a Jabber/<XMPP> server implemented in C/C++. http://jabberd.org/ Removed from Debian post-Squeeze to resolve bug #650105; for alternatives, ask me about <prosody> and <ejabberd>. |
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jabberd2 M: 2011-11-30 |
<reply>jabberd2 is a Jabber/<XMPP> server and the next generation of the <jabberd> project. http://jabberd2.xiaoka.com/ |
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jabberwocky C: 2026-06-09 |
"Beware the Jabberwock mumak's son, with jaws that bite and claws that catch. Beware the Jub-Jub bird and shun the frumious Bandersnatch" or available in 29 languages at http://www76.pair.com/keithlim/jabberwocky/ |
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jack M: 2010-06-01 |
<reply>[jack] a colloquialism for a person who doesn't care about anything, or a CD ripping front-end (packaged as jack, http://www.home.unix-ag.org/arne/jack/), or the JACK Audio Connection Kit: a low-latency sound server, allowing multiple applications to connect to one audio device; install the jackd package to provide the current default JACK implementation. http://jackaudio.org/ #jack on irc.libera.chat. |
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jackson's release cycle C: 2005-09-10 |
at http://resiak.dyndns.org/~will/logloglog/?m=single&qid=33 |
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jacorb C: 2000-05-17 |
at http://www.inf.fu-berlin.de/~brose/jacorb/ |
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jahshaka C: 2009-05-20 |
a open source and cross-platform video, effects and compositing application. A possible alternative to Adobe's After Effects product. http://www.jahshaka.org/ |
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jakarta M: 2009-05-29 |
<reply>The Jakarta Project, a set of open-source Java solutions. Apache <Tomcat> is no longer part of Jakarta. http://jakarta.apache.org/ http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta |
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jakob nielsen C: 2000-12-01 |
the internet amish guru on http://www.useit.com. THE designer of webpages |
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jam C: 2000-07-30 |
a make replacement, see http://www.perforce.com/jam/jam.html |
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james M: 2012-01-15 |
<reply>Apache James Server is a Java mail server, including SMTP, IMAP services and other components. http://james.apache.org/server |
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jamiebecker C: 2001-11-14 |
at http://www.jamiebecker.com |
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japanese tutorial C: 2005-12-21 |
http://www.freejapaneselessons.com |
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japhar C: 2026-06-09 |
the Hungry Programmers' Java VM. http://www.japhar.org/ |
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jaqs procmailrc C: 2001-07-11 |
at http://spacepants.org/conf/dot.procmailrc |
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jargon file M: 2010-01-22 |
<reply>The Jargon File is a compendium of <hacker> slang, available in print as The New Hacker's Dictionary. Packaged for Debian as jargon-text (the info version in the jargon package is obsolete), the Jargon Lexicon section is also packaged as dict-jargon. http://www.catb.org/jargon/ |
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jargoogle M: 2010-01-22 |
a <Jargon File> search using Google. http://catb.org/jargon/jargoogle.html |
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jason pepas M: 2001-05-20 |
jason@pepas.com, or a debian newbie, or see http://jason.pepas.com |
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jasonf M: 2004-12-28 |
the co-lead of no-sources (at #no-sources / http://no.oldos.org/files/ ), or the administrator of Old Os (www.oldos.org), the best site for old computer information |
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jaunt C: 2002-10-14 |
<reply>Jaunt is the first demo song for Thinksynth. It was written by ink and can be found at http://coiley.net/~ink/music/jaunt.ogg |
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java M: 2009-06-11 |
<reply>Java is a cross-platform C++-like OO language. Sun, now Oracle, has released most of its Java implementation under the GPL as <openjdk>. There are other implementations packaged; for Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" systems, Sun's JRE/JDK is in <non-free> (for i386, amd64 only). Ask me about <install java>. See also <java alternatives>, <icedtea>, <java ipv6>, <java-package>. http://wiki.debian.org/Java #java on irc.libera.chat. |
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java-package M: 2013-03-07 |
<reply>java-package (formerly mpkg-j2se, j2se-package) provides the make-jpkg utility for creating Debian packages from manually downloaded <Java> distributions; Oracle Java 6 (update >= 10), 7, and 8 are currently supported. java-package is available for Debian 7 "Wheezy" and later systems in <contrib>. http://wiki.debian.org/JavaPackage . Where possible, use <OpenJDK> instead, ask me about <install java>. |
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javascript M: 2011-04-03 |
<reply>JavaScript (originally Mocha, formerly LiveScript) is a simple scripting language - an implementation of ECMAScript - designed by Netscape to be embedded into HTML documents. Despite the name, it is entirely unrelated to <Java>. http://js.isite.net.au/ #javascript on irc.libera.chat. |
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jcm C: 2001-09-01 |
at http://www.jonmasters.org/ |
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jcvs C: 2000-12-14 |
a CVS GUI in Java, from http://www.jcvs.org |
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jdub homes C: 2001-05-11 |
at http://solutionsfirst.net/webcam/ |
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jed C: 2001-05-13 |
<reply> Jed is a free editor. Jed makes extensive use of the S-Lang library, which endows it with a powerful S-Lang macro language. Features: Color syntax highlighting - a variety of programming modes (with syntax highlighting) are available including C, C++, FORTRAN, TeX, HTML, SH, python, IDL, DCL, NROFF (more). http://space.mit.edu/~davis/jed/ |
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jedit M: 2003-05-16 |
an extensible programmers editor, refer to http://jedit.sourceforge.net.deb package available on their website, nice xml editing facilities |
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jeffk M: 2001-05-22 |
http://www.somethingawful.com/jeffk/, or a 1337 hax0r d00d |
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jessie M: 2019-03-26 |
<reply>Jessie is the codename for Debian 8, released on 2015-04-25. Security support ended 2018-05-17, repos removed from mirrors around 2019-03-24, except for <jessie-lts>. Jessie is the cowgirl in Toy Story 2. See http://wiki.debian.org/DebianJessie and ask me about <install jessie> <jessie release notes> <wheezy->jessie>. Last point release was <8.11>. |
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jessie freeze C: 2013-11-06 |
<reply> Remember, remember, the fifth of November, gunpowder treason and plot! Debian 8.0 "Jessie" was frozen on 2014-11-05. See http://release.debian.org/jessie/freeze_policy.html or ask me about <slushy>. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder_Plot |
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jessie init system C: 2014-02-09 |
<reply>Debian's Technical Committee has completed a technical evalution init systems for Debian 8 "Jessie"; see http://wiki.debian.org/Debate/initsystem . This technical decision has little (if any) impact on most users. The CTTE has selected <systemd> as the default init system in Jessie; <sysvinit> init scripts must be retained to permit an upgrade path. |
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jessie installation guide C: 2015-03-21 |
<reply> The Installation Guide for Debian 8 "Jessie" can be found at https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/installmanual . See also <errata>, <jessie release notes>. |
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jessie kernel M: 2015-08-31 |
<reply>Debian 8 "Jessie" released with the Linux 3.16 kernel, see https://bits.debian.org/2014/07/kernel-version-for-jessie.html for further details and also ask me about <stable kernel>, <ckt kernel>. Later kernel versions are available through <debian backports>, ask me about <bdo kernel>. |
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jessie release notes M: 2015-03-21 |
<reply> Release notes for Debian 8 "Jessie" are at http://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/releasenotes . See also <wheezy->jessie>, <install guide>. |
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jessie samba M: 2016-06-07 |
<reply>A security update in jessie upgrades Samba to 4.2. The NEWS.Debian.gz file has some errors. See <http://bugs.debian.org/820983> for the correct instructions. Win XP clients use NTLM by default; to switch them to NTLMv2 you will need admin, and follow <https://www.imss.caltech.edu/node/396> depending on which XP it is. |
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jessie sources.list M: 2023-04-22 |
<reply>An /etc/apt/sources.list for Debian 8 "Jessie" has two lines: "deb http://archive.debian.org/debian jessie main" "deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-security jessie/updates main". KEYEXPIRED? Grab faketime and libfaketime 0.9.6-3 .deb from https://archive.debian.org/debian/pool/main/f/faketime/, dpkg -i those, then "faketime 2020-01-01 apt-get update". |
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jessie->stretch M: 2017-06-17 |
<reply>Read (at least) the upgrading chapter of the <release notes> http://deb.li/OFVv . In /etc/apt/sources.list, change "jessie" to "stretch" and remove stable-specific lines like jessie-backports. apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade. 3rd party repos like <dmo> are known to cause problems with the upgrade. |
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jessie-backports M: 2019-04-12 |
<reply>Some packages intended for Stretch (Debian 9) but rebuilt for use with Jessie (Debian 8) can be found in the "jessie-backports" repository. See http://backports.debian.org/Instructions/ . Jessie-backports are no longer being created, and the existing ones are archived. See https://wiki.debian.org/DebianJessie for instructions. |
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jessie-lts M: 2020-07-19 |
<reply>Security support for Debian 8 "Jessie" from the Debian Security Team ended on 2018-05-17. The amd64, i386, armel and armhf architectures received additional long term support (<LTS>) via <jessie/updates> until June 30, 2020 for a 5 year lifetime total. jessie-lts is no longer supported. Ask me about <jessie->stretch> and <stretch->buster>. See https://wiki.debian.org/LTS for more information |
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jessie-proposed-updates M: 2015-06-18 |
<reply> jessie-proposed-updates is a repository containing packages being prepared for the next <point release>. Each package is tested and approved; your additional testing is most welcome prior to wider release. http://www.debian.org/releases/proposed-updates http://release.debian.org/proposed-updates/stable.html . In your sources.list: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ jessie-proposed-updates main |
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jessie-updates M: 2019-03-26 |
<reply>jessie-updates was a suite providing updates to some packages (from <proposed-updates>) prior to a <point release>. All packages from jessie-updates were included in point releases. https://wiki.debian.org/StableUpdates . Not to be confused with <jessie/updates> which is for <security> updates. jessie-updates has been unsupported since 2018-05-17. |
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jesux M: 2009-10-26 |
http://web.archive.org/web/20071102203307/http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Node/4081/ |
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jewellery C: 2002-11-16 |
http://linuxjewellery.com/debian/ |
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jffs2 C: 2010-01-28 |
<reply>Journalling Flash File System version 2 (JFFS2) is a log-structured file system, the successor to JFFS. Designed for use in Memory Technology Devices (i.e. raw flash), not block devices (e.g. USB stick, CF card). Included in Linux since 2.4.10. The mtd-utils package provides the mkfs.jffs2 utility. http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/faq/jffs2.html http://sources.redhat.com/jffs2/ |
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jfs M: 2009-05-30 |
Journaled File System from IBM, licensed under the GPL. Fast and very reliable. Performance has improved significantly since initial release(s). Give it a try! http://jfs.sf.net/ |
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jigdo M: 2017-09-14 |
<reply>Jigsaw Download (jigdo) is a method for downloading CD/DVD/BD images of Debian. See "Downloading Debian CD images with jigdo" at https://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd/ . https://wiki.debian.org/jigdo http://atterer.org/jigdo/ Jigdo uses .deb packages and a .jigdo receipe to create the image. |
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jikes C: 2026-06-09 |
a good, fast, open-source Java compiler from IBM, licensed under the IPL, and is at http://www10.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/jikes/project/ . |
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jim's toy C: 2001-02-26 |
http://node2.mullercaulfield.com:8081/reserve (and /reserve/admin too) Please Play. |
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jitsi M: 2013-10-11 |
<reply>Jitsi (formerly SIP Communicator) is a cross platform voice (VoIP), video conferencing and instant messaging application. It supports the <SIP> and <XMPP> protocols, along with support for other instant messaging services (e.g. AIM, ICQ, Yahoo). https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/jitsi http://jitsi.org/ #jitsi on irc.libera.chat. |
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jmicron M: 2009-12-30 |
<reply>JMicron Technology Corporation is an integrated circuits manufacturer. Having problems booting IDE on a JMicron chipset or MSI G965M-FI? See http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/16/1829231 . For support of JMicron PCIe Ethernet controllers, ask me about <jme>. |
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jmtpfs C: 2014-03-16 |
<reply>jmtpfs is a <FUSE> and libmtp-based filesystem for accessing <MTP> devices. Packaged for Debian in <testing> and <wheezy-backports>. https://github.com/JasonFerrara/jmtpfs |
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jodi C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://owns.stanford.edu or mailto:shew@owns.stanford.edu |
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joesmack M: 2002-11-10 |
like a cool unix dude. from http://joesmack.dhs.org, or from joesmack.com |
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jolicloud M: 2010-05-01 |
<reply>Jolicloud is a distribution based on <Ubuntu> targeted at netbooks. It is not supported in #debian. http://www.jolicloud.com/ See also <based on debian>. |
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jolt M: 2001-12-09 |
the most caffeine in a holdable bottle., or http://www.wetplanet.com/, or something that Servowire drinks alot :) |
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jon lech johansen C: 2005-12-09 |
at http://www.nanocrew.net/ |
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jon masters C: 2001-09-01 |
at http://www.jonmasters.org/ |
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jonhall C: 2000-01-03 |
http://debian.entropy.net/~solomon/weird2.jpg |
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jonocam C: 2002-02-20 |
Jono Bacon's webcam at http://jono.kdedevelopers.net/jonocam/jsjonocam.html (needs JavaScript browser) |
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joomla M: 2012-09-07 |
<reply>Joomla! is an open source content management system forked from Mambo. Not packaged for Debian, <RFP> filed as Debian bug #571794. http://docs.joomla.org/Category:FAQ http://www.joomla.org/ |
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jordanb C: 2000-11-25 |
http://www.hafd.org |
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jos C: 2000-08-24 |
a java based operating system. see http://www.jos.org |
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journalling M: 2001-11-18 |
a type of fs that logs when it attempts an operation that could leave the fs in an inconsistent state, and then again when it finishes that operation. That way, if the system crashes, fsck just has to look and see what operations were marked as started and not finished and fix those, instead of scanning the whole disk, or at http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue55/florido.html |
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journey C: 2026-06-09 |
Erik or a great band... Wheel in the Sky keeps on turning or has some debs up at http://table.jps.net/~mrosemanza/debian or a great band |
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jpilot C: 2001-01-20 |
a palm desktop tool based on GTK. It's not the best, but it works, mostly. http://www.jpilot.org/ |
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jtb C: 2026-06-09 |
the Java Tree Builder, which may be found at http://www.cs.purdue.edu/jtb/ |
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judd M: 2012-10-07 |
<reply>judd is a window into the Ultimate Debian Database (ask me about <udd>). Judd can look up package, PCI ID and kernel config information. See http://ircbots.debian.net/judd/ for detailed information, or ask me about <judd-file>, <judd-packages>, <judd-hardware>, <source judd>. |
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judd-file C: 2014-01-20 |
<reply>You can use the bot <judd> to work out what package contains a file in any release on any architecture. For example: «/msg judd file bin/startx» «/msg judd file man/*/startx*» «/msg judd file bin/ls --release sid». For more information, «/msg judd help file» or see http://ircbots.debian.net/judd/ . Also ask me about <apt-file> <dlocate>. |
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judd-hardware M: 2012-10-08 |
<reply>The bot "judd" can tell you a lot about hardware and kernel support. /msg judd pciid 8086:4222 ; /msg judd xorg 1002:7145 ; /msg judd pciname 82574L ; /msg judd kconfig firmware ; /msg judd kernels. For full information, /msg judd list Piccy ; /msg judd help commandname. http://ircbots.debian.net/judd/ |
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judd-packages M: 2012-10-08 |
<reply>The bot "judd" can tell you lots of information about packages. /msg judd versions package ; /msg judd src binarypackage ; /msg judd builddep package ; /msg judd depends package ; /msg judd recommends package. For full information, /msg judd list Judd ; /msg judd help commandname. http://ircbots.debian.net/judd/ |
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juggalo C: 2005-02-11 |
http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=476 |
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juk M: 2009-11-12 |
<reply>JuK is an audio player for <KDE>, the default since KDE 3.2. http://developer.kde.org/~wheeler/juk.html |
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juked C: 2001-07-09 |
at http://www.superduper.net/juked |
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jules C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.jules.com |
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jumbo frames C: 2005-04-13 |
"Jumbo frames" often mean 9000 bytes for Gigabit ethernet, but can refer to anything over 1500 bytes. see http://sd.wareonearth.com/~phil/jumbo.html |
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jurasic park C: 2005-01-21 |
<reply> "This is a UNIX system! I know this!" see http://www.sgi.com/fun/freeware/3d_navigator.html |
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justin_ M: 2003-10-06 |
an arrogant prick, or http://l.bouncybouncy.net:8000/~justin/code/, or a little touchy on the subject of nvidia |
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jw M: 2005-05-29 |
<reply> Are people in #debian not helping you in the way you'd like to be helped? They won't hold your hand even though you need them to? A debian developer would probably be best to answer your question. Please go to http://www.jabberwacky.com/ and enter your question into the text box, and click on "say it". Your message will automatically be sent to the developer team, and you should receive an answer within seconds. |
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jwm M: 2009-06-20 |
<reply>Joe's Window Manager (JWM) is a low resource <window manager> using minimal external libraries, with a look and feel similar to Microsoft Windows. http://joewing.net/projects/jwm |
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jxta M: 2005-08-29 |
http://www.jxta.org, or a was originally a sun project for creating peer to peer netowrks using java, but now it is supported on many other platforms |
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jylam C: 2000-11-16 |
at http://www.linuxde.org |
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k-12 C: 2003-12-15 |
http://www.k12ltsp.org/ |
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k3b M: 2010-12-21 |
<reply>K3b is a sophisticated CD/DVD burning application for Linux, optimized for <KDE>. http://www.k3b.org/faq http://www.k3b.org/ |
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k9-net C: 2006-10-05 |
at http://www.k9-net.org/ |
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kademar C: 2010-06-28 |
<reply>kademar Linux (formerly K-DEMar) is a Spanish live CD/DVD distribution based on Debian and Knoppix. It is not supported in #debian. http://www.kademar.org/soporte . See also <based on debian>. |
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kadu C: 2005-12-05 |
at http://www.kadu.net |
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kaffeine M: 2010-03-10 |
<reply>Kaffeine is a <xine>-based media player for <KDE>. http://kaffeine.kde.org/?q=faq |
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kafka C: 2000-10-22 |
a WYSIWYG web editor for KDE http://www.jonobacon.co.uk/kafka/ |
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kahakai C: 2003-12-10 |
a windowmanager, fluxbox without the fuss, http://kahakai.sf.net |
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kaisen C: 2022-04-07 |
<reply>kaisen linux (https://kaisenlinux.org) is a distribution "for professional IT". It is based on debian testing, but is not debian. For support visit https://forum.kaisenlinux.org -- or install debian itself, for a distribution with IRC support. |
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kali M: 2021-05-08 |
<reply>Kali Linux https://kali.org/ is a security/penetration testing distribution from the creators of <backtrack>. It is based on Debian, but is different enough that we don't provide support in #debian. Seek help in #kali-linux on irc.oftc.net or https://forums.kali.org/ Also ask me about <based on debian> and read https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html |
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kamailio M: 2009-12-29 |
<reply>Kamailio (formerly OpenSER) is an open source SIP proxy server. OpenSER is packaged for Debian, ITP for Kamailio in bug #527615. http://www.kamailio.org/ #kamailio on irc.libera.chat. See also <opensips>. |
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kangrejo C: 2002-10-29 |
a plugin based filesharing client developed by Duncan Mac-Vicar <duncan@kde.org> http://kangrejo.sf.net |
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kannel M: 2010-09-10 |
<reply>Kannel is a <WAP> and SMS/SMPP gateway, packaged for Debian. http://www.kannel.org/faq.shtml http://www.kannel.org/ |
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kano C: 2022-09-23 |
<reply>Kano is a RaspberryPi based "eco-system" with its own derivative Kano OS, built on <raspbian> It is not Debian and not supported in #debian. https://help.kano.me/ |
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kanotix M: 2010-06-25 |
<reply>Kanotix is a live CD Linux distribution based on Debian 7 "Wheezy" (as of Kanotix Dragonfire). It is not supported in #debian. http://www.kanotix.org/ See also <based on Debian>. |
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kaos C: 2001-03-13 |
http://www.thekompany.com/ |
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karbon C: 2001-06-24 |
yet another vector graphics program. See http://www.kudling.de/kde/. |
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kate M: 2010-11-04 |
<reply>Kate (formerly Kant) is an advanced text editor, part of <KDE> since release 2.2. http://www.kate-editor.org/ |
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kawa C: 2000-10-06 |
a Scheme environment, written in Java, and that compiles Scheme code into Java byte-codes. http://www.gnu.org/software/kawa/kawa.html |
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kazza C: 2001-12-09 |
http://www.kazza.com > Download. is a "napster" like download client also available for Linux |
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kbdbabel C: 2007-05-13 |
http://kbdbabel.sf.net/ |
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kcmu M: 2000-01-20 |
90.3 FM Seattle... A World of Difference, but broadcasting live over the net at http://kcmu.org/listen/live.html |
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kd3-debs C: 2002-05-20 |
<reply> are at http://calc.cx/kde.txt |
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kde 4 M: 2012-06-08 |
<reply> KDE software is based on the Qt toolkit. See http://www.kde.org/ for release news and other details. Ask me about <install kde> or <remove kde>. You can also get KDE-specific help in #debian-kde (irc.oftc.net) or in other KDE-related IRC channels: http://userbase.kde.org/IRC_Channels . Also check out http://wiki.debian.org/KDE . |
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kde version C: 2008-04-25 |
<reply>To see what versions of KDE are available, look at http://wiki.debian.org/KDE for detailed information. |
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kdenlive M: 2012-06-08 |
<reply>Kdenlive (KDE Non-Linear Video Editor) is an open source cross-platform video editor, packaged for Debian from squeeze onwards. http://kdenlive.org/ . The <Debian Live>-based Kdenlive Live Demonstration DVD/USB is not supported in #debian. http://kdenlive.org/user-manual/frequently-asked-questions #kdenlive on irc.libera.chat. |
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kdevelop M: 2012-06-08 |
an integrated development environment for KDE. It particularly excels with C++ and Qt/KDE development, but is also a capable IDE for other languages and toolkits. See http://kdevelop.org/ |
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kdiff2 C: 2001-06-25 |
a program to view diffs with and can be found on http://apps.kde.com and for more screenies go to http://members.home.nl/bruggie/kdiff2/index.html |
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kdstat M: 2002-10-10 |
If you have tried everything, and just cannot figure out what the kernel is asking kerneld to do, there is a way of seeing the requests that kerneld receives, and hence to figure out what should go into /etc/conf.modules: The kdstat utility. This nifty little program comes with the modules-package, but it is not compiled or installed by default. have a look at http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/Kerneld/spying.html |
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kept back M: 2019-02-16 |
<reply>Apt says packages are "kept back" when they cannot be upgraded even though newer versions are available. This happens if dependencies cannot be resolved, packages are on hold or you used "upgrade" not "full-upgrade" and old packages need to be removed as part of the upgrade. To investigate, "aptitude -s install <kept-package>". See also http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/69 and ask me about <full-upgrade>. |
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keramik M: 2003-05-19 |
a default visual style for KDE 3.1, or a visual style for Microsoft Windows (http://diz_7.tripod.com/) |
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kerberos M: 2009-05-08 |
a cross-platform networked security and authentication system for accessing services. http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/ #kerberos on irc.libera.chat. |
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kerberos + ldap C: 2002-07-16 |
<reply>Replacing NIS with Kerberos and LDAP: http://www.ofb.net/~jheiss/krbldap/ |
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kerberos installation C: 2008-08-29 |
at http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/570 |
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kerberos installation guide C: 2008-08-29 |
at http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/570 |
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kernel 2.4 on potato C: 2001-09-21 |
at http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/kernel-24.html |
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kernel 2.4.x on debian potato C: 2001-09-21 |
at http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/kernel-24.html |
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kernel 2.4.x on potato C: 2001-09-21 |
at http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/kernel-24.html |
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kernel abi M: 2023-01-14 |
<reply>Debian kernel packages have an <ABI> to indicate when out-of-tree modules must be rebuilt; upgrading from a package with 5.10.0-3-amd64 to another 5.10.0-3-amd64 doesn't require wl/nvidia/etc to be rebuilt, but upgrading from 5.10.0-3-amd64 to 5.10.0-4-amd64 does. Development kernels intended for <experimental> now have the ABI 0 to indicate the ABI is unmanaged. https://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernelABIChanges |
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kernel api C: 2000-03-30 |
at ftp://ftp.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/alan/Kernel/Documents/kernel-api.pdf. Alan Cox is documenting the linux kernel API for the 2.4.0 release. |
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kernel compile M: 2009-04-08 |
<reply>[kernel compile] To (re)build the official Debian kernels, see http://wiki.debian.org/HowToRebuildAnOfficialDebianKernelPackage . For personal kernel packages, it is simpler to just use <make-kpkg>. |
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kernel config M: 2007-08-17 |
<reply> See /boot/config-* for debian kernels which you have installed, or http://merkel.debian.org/~jurij/ for other official kernels. |
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kernel cousins C: 2001-07-20 |
tracks, and summarizes discussions from various linux development mailing lists (kernel, Debian Hurd, Gimp, Wine, KDE). It lives at http://kt.zork.net/ |
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kernel docs C: 2000-01-29 |
http://www.kernelnotes.org/ |
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kernel handbook M: 2018-06-05 |
<reply>The Debian Linux Kernel Handbook http://kernel-handbook.debian.net/ - packaged as debian-kernel-handbook since Debian 7 "Wheezy" - serves as a single access point to all kernel-related documentation. See chapter 4.2 to rebuild official Debian kernel packages, see chapter 4.5 to build a custom kernel from Debian kernel source. |
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kernel headers C: 2002-05-19 |
<reply>http://uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0007.3/0587.html |
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kernel symlinks C: 2002-08-27 |
<reply>Linus comments on kernel header files, kernel source tree symlinks, and using /usr/src ... http://uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0007.3/0587.html |
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kernel traffic C: 2002-01-20 |
http://kt.zork.net/ |
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kernel-handbook M: 2011-06-06 |
<reply>The Debian Linux Kernel Handbook https://kernel-team.pages.debian.net/kernel-handbook/ - packaged as debian-kernel-handbook since Debian 7 "Wheezy" - serves as a single access point to all kernel-related documentation. See chapter 4.2 to rebuild official Debian kernel packages, see chapter 4.5 to build a custom kernel from Debian kernel source. |
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kernel-howto M: 2009-11-14 |
<reply>"The Kernel-HOWTO has been removed because it don't fitted the LDP standard." (http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO/). Ask me about <kp>. |
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kernel-image M: 2009-09-07 |
<reply>kernel-image-$flavour was the previous Debian package naming convention for Linux kernel images (e.g. kernel-image-2.4.27-3-386, kernel-image-2.6.8-4-686). This was changed to linux-image-$flavour in 2006 (e.g. linux-image-2.6.18-6-686). http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/03/msg00007.html . To create a custom linux-image-* package, ask me about <kernel-package>. |
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kernel-params M: 2010-03-18 |
<reply> http://kernel.org/doc/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt or install the <linux-doc> package for the parameters supported by your kernel. |
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kernel-source-nonfree C: 2005-08-23 |
http://www.acm.rpi.edu/~dilinger/kernel-source-nonfree-2.6.11/ |
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kernel.org M: 2000-11-27 |
the right place to get the latest kernel sources. ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/, or OR http://www.kernel.org |
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kernelnotes C: 2026-06-09 |
http://www.kernelnotes.org, for a linux kernel needs. A summary of changes for each kernel is provided with links to the patch files. |
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kernelpanic C: 2002-03-03 |
see http://www.kernelpanic.com/ |
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key server M: 2000-09-02 |
a server where you can get public PGP/GPG keys. A good one is pgp.surfnet.nl, which has a web interface at http://pki.surfnet.nl/extract.html. gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.us.pgp.net --recv-keys _keyID_ |
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keyboard M: 2009-04-18 |
<reply> A keyboard is something you hit to fix segfaults, sigsegvs, and faulty hardware, or at http://store.yahoo.com/pfuca-store/ . For help configuring up your keyboard, ask me about <keymap>, <keyboard specialkeys>, <multimedia keys>, <key delay>, <capslock>. See also <cherry>. |
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keyring M: 2013-06-21 |
<reply> A keyring in the context of Debian are the public GPG keys used for signing the packages in the repository. Available in debian-archive-keyring or from https://ftp-master.debian.org/keys.html. Also see <apt-key-auto>, <multimedia keyring> and <public key not available>. |
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keytouch M: 2011-07-05 |
<reply>KeyTouch is a program for configuring <multimedia keys>. Removed from Debian post-Squeeze to resolve bug #632110. http://keytouch.sf.net/ |
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kfreebsd M: 2015-04-28 |
<reply>Debian GNU/kFreeBSD is a port that consists of GNU userland using the GNU C library on top of FreeBSD's kernel, coupled with the regular Debian package set. kfreebsd-amd64 and kfreebsd-i386 are not official release architectures since Debian 8 "Jessie" due to quality concerns. https://www.debian.org/ports/kfreebsd-gnu/ https://wiki.debian.org/Debian_GNU/kFreeBSD_FAQ #debian-kbsd on irc.oftc.net. |
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kha0s C: 2026-06-09 |
a volunteer group creating an ultra high-security distribution of linux. Their motto: "Better Living Through Extreme Paranoia". Check 'em out at http://www.kha0s.org |
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kibi M: 2004-11-09 |
2^10, or http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html |
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kibitz M: 2003-02-13 |
<reply> kibitz - allow two people to interact with one shell, or http://expect.nist.gov/example/kibitz.man.html |
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kibyte C: 2001-09-01 |
http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html |
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kickstart M: 2010-07-16 |
<reply>Kickstart is an automated installation method used by Red Hat Enterprise Linux, allowing installation of large numbers of identical Linux systems. A Kickstart file can be loaded from an initrd via the 'initrd-kickseed' debian-installer udeb package. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Kickstart . See also <fai>. |
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kiddieporn C: 2000-01-03 |
at http://www.microsoft.com/~bgates/ |
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kim M: 2001-01-30 |
at http://home.zf.jcu.cz/~zakkr/kim/, or a KDE ISDN Monitor in form of a Kicker applet, that displays current connections with bandwidth graph and incoming calls, is in KDE's CVS, kdenonbeta/applets/kim, or a snapshot is at http://userpages.fu-berlin.de/~starosti/kim/, or supports monitoring remote ISDN devices now |
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kinesis C: 2003-01-17 |
a company that makes ergonomic keyboards. See http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/contoured.htm. While not for everyone, if you prefer an ergonomic keyboard, they're pretty nice. Of course, if you can afford it, a datahand input device [which isn't a keyboard] would probably be better. |
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kinesis advantage M: 2003-11-13 |
a wierdly shaped keyboard that helps reduce finger movement. See one at http://gallery.donarmstrong.com/2003/04_april/kinesis_04092003.jpg, or see kinesis |
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kinetd C: 2002-03-15 |
at http://www.tjansen.de/krfb |
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kingdome C: 2000-03-19 |
at http://www.martinidesign.com/kingdome/implode.htm |
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kinky C: 2000-06-20 |
FOODLUBE AIR-FLO - http://www.rocol.com/english/product/maintainence/product_info/technicalsheets/1541.html |
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kiosk M: 2006-03-17 |
/bin/su -c "/usr/bin/X11/startx" - kiosk (/usr/sbin/kiosk); kk:2345:respawn:/usr/sbin/kiosk (/etc/inittab); telinit q, or http://www.linuks.mine.nu/webkiosk/ |
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kioslave C: 2001-08-25 |
a nice tutorial can be found on http://www.heise.de/ct/english/01/05/242/ |
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kismet M: 2012-12-16 |
<reply>Kismet is a wireless network detector, sniffer and <IDS>. Read /usr/share/doc/kismet/README.gz for details, it will not work with <ndiswrapper>. Not part of the Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" release due to bug #693351. http://www.kismetwireless.net/ |
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kitty M: 2022-01-11 |
<reply>? or possibly the GPU-based terminal emulator https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/ or perhaps even the alternative to PuTTY https://www.9bis.net/kitty/ |
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kiwi M: 2005-07-26 |
a media player by clee at http://c133.org/kiwi/, or a small flightless bird from some backwater country whose populace root sheep |
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klamav M: 2010-07-05 |
<reply>KlamAV is a <KDE> frontend for <ClamAV>. http://klamav.sf.net/ |
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klecker M: 2006-07-14 |
see http://db.debian.org/machines.cgi?host=klecker |
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klyx M: 2000-02-07 |
at http://www.devel.lyx.org/~ettrich/klyx.html (A modern approach of writing documents with a computer) or lyx ported to qt, or an unfortunate mistake. Also visit http://www.devel.lyx.org/~rae/www-user/about/klyx.php3 |
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kmail M: 2010-02-22 |
<reply>KMail is <KDE>'s default mail user agent, the email component of Kontact. http://userbase.kde.org/KMail/FAQs_Hints_and_Tips http://userbase.kde.org/KMail #kontact on irc.libera.chat. |
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kmail smime C: 2004-09-21 |
http://lists.debian.org/debian-kde/2004/09/msg00102.html also check http://kmail.kde.org/kmail-pgpmime-howto.html |
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kmfdm C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.kmfdm.net |
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kms M: 2010-03-23 |
<reply>Kernel Mode Setting (KMS) has graphical modes initialized by the Linux kernel instead of X. It is hardware dependent, introduced in Linux 2.6.29. Enabled via modprobe as of xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.1-2 and xserver-xorg-video-radeon 1:6.12.192-2. To disable, edit /etc/modprobe.d/{i915,radeon}-kms.conf or boot with the 'nomodeset' kernel command line parameter. http://wiki.debian.org/KernelModesetting |
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kmuto M: 2011-08-21 |
<reply>*No Longer Maintained* - Unofficial images for installing Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" using a later kernel (Linux 3.2.4) are available from http://kmuto.jp/debian/d-i/ (images are on the CD mirrors). To supply additional firmware, ask me about <installer firmware>. For a USB install, use the lenny instructions: http://www.debian.org/releases/lenny/i386/ch04s03 |
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knacki C: 2001-05-25 |
at http://www.walraet.com |
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knacky C: 2001-06-03 |
at http://www.walraet.com |
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knark M: 2004-06-10 |
at http://www.sans.org/resources/idfaq/knark.php |
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knightcap M: 2000-07-05 |
http://syseng.anu.edu.au/lsg/knightcap.html, or http://crudpuppy.nmd.se/knightcap.tar.bz2 |
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knockd M: 2010-12-22 |
<reply>[knockd] one of the most famous and robust implementations of a "port knocking" mechanism for Linux and UNIX. See http://www.linux-mag.com/id/5445 for a short HOWTO. http://www.zeroflux.org/projects/knock |
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knoppix M: 2008-03-07 |
<reply>Knoppix is _not_ Debian. Knoppix is a live CD distribution which is <based on Debian>, useful as a rescue CD, to test hardware, and for situations where you have access to a computer but it isn't Debian. http://www.knoppix.org/ <Debian-live> is the Debian equivalent for publishing live systems. |
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knoppix2debian M: 2004-11-11 |
http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2251 or something which will leave you running neither Knoppix nor Debian and with no help from anywhere. |
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knoppmyth M: 2009-07-12 |
<reply>KnoppMyth is Linux distribution based on <KNOPPIX>, for installing <MythTV> to a system intended to operate as a personal video recorder (PVR). See also <based on Debian>. Renamed to LinHES as of version 6 and based on <arch linux>. http://mysettopbox.tv/ |
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knuth M: 2003-05-10 |
the guru of theoretical computer science or the father of <TAOCP> or the author of <TeX>, or a mathematical genius, talented hacker, decent musician, computer scientist, <emacs> user and opposed to software patents. at http://www-cs-staff.stanford.edu/~knuth/ |
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kodi M: 2024-01-25 |
<reply>Kodi (formerly XBMC or Xbox Media Center) is an open source home theater and media library application. In debian since jessie. See https://kodi.tv and https://wiki.debian.org/Kodi |
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koffice M: 2010-07-28 |
<reply>KOffice is an office suite built on the <KDE> platform. KOffice for <KDE4> migrated to <testing> on 2010-07-23. http://www.koffice.org/ |
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koha C: 2011-07-05 |
<reply>Koha is an open source integrated library system (ILS). Not packaged for Debian (BTS #186958, #389876), the experimental koha-community.org packages are not supported in #debian. The Ubuntu-based Koha Live CD is not supported in #debian. http://koha-community.org/ #koha on irc.oftc.net. |
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komander C: 2004-05-31 |
a really nice dialog editor, that designs scripted dialogs that can be ran without compiling. http://www.kdewebdev.org/kommander/ |
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kommander C: 2004-05-31 |
a really nice dialog editor, that designs scripted dialogs that can be ran without compiling. http://www.kdewebdev.org/kommander/ |
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komodo C: 2001-07-19 |
a multilanguage (perl, PHP, python, etc.) IDE and debugger for windows and linux, freely available from ActiveState at http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Reference/Products/ASPNTOC-KOMODO____ or something like that. |
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konqueror M: 2010-01-03 |
<reply>Konqueror is a web browser and file manager, a core component of <KDE>. It replaces kfm (KDE file manager). http://wiki.debian.org/Konqueror http://www.konqueror.org/faq/ |
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konstruct C: 2003-02-20 |
http://konsole.kde.org/konstruct/ |
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konversation M: 2009-11-18 |
<reply>Konversation is an <IRC> client for the <KDE>. http://konversation.kde.org/wiki/FAQ http://konversation.kde.org/ #konversation on irc.libera.chat. |
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kopete M: 2010-03-20 |
<reply>Kopete is <KDE>'s flexible and extendable multi-protocol instant messaging system, designed as a plugin-based system. All protocols are plugins and allow modular installation and configuration. http://kopete.kde.org/ |
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korg1212 C: 2010-07-26 |
<reply>The snd-korg1212 ALSA driver (supporting the Korg 1212 I/O PCI sound card) requires firmware from userspace for device operation. Device firmware (korg/k1212.dsp) is not distributed by the Debian project; to acquire, refer to the procedure at http://wiki.debian.org/snd-korg1212 |
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koth C: 2026-06-09 |
a game with small tanks with insanely powerful weapons at http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~tetron/koth or get doogie's deb or at http://www.via.ecp.fr/~sam/debian/koth/ for debianised packages. or it rocks get it and play. or at http://master.debian.org/~doogie/koth/ |
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kparts C: 2000-08-17 |
the KDE architecture for creating reusable software components and compound documents. http://developer.kde.org/documentation/tutorials/kparts/ |
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kpdf M: 2010-05-25 |
<reply>KPDF is a <PDF> viewer based on xpdf for <KDE>. http://kpdf.kde.org/ Replaced by Okular in KDE 4, ask me about <okular>. |
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kppp M: 2013-01-02 |
<reply>KPPP is a <KDE> modem dialer and front-end for <pppd>. http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kdenetwork/kppp/ . See also <ppp>. |
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krackattacks C: 2017-10-16 |
<reply>Just update your wpa_supplicant or hostapd. It has been fixed in 2:2.4-1+deb9u1 for stretch, 1:2.3-1+deb8u5 for jessie, and 1:1.0-3+deb7u4 for wheezy. See also https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3999. See https://www.krackattacks.com/ for details on the attack on WPA2. |
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kragen C: 2026-06-09 |
a guy with mailing lists at http://www.pobox.com/~kragen/mailing-lists.html and a web page at http://www.pobox.com/~kragen/ |
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krpn C: 2001-02-28 |
a Reverse Polish Notation calculator for kde. http://www.katzbrown.com/krpn |
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krycek C: 2026-06-09 |
a wanker or avalible on http://home0.inet.tele.dk/trashman in a little while |
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ksh M: 2010-12-28 |
<reply>The Korn shell (ksh) is a Unix shell developed by David Korn (AT&T Bell Laboratories) in the early 1980s. It is upwards compatible with the Bourne shell, also including many features of the C shell (e.g. command history) inspired by requests of Bell Labs users. Packaged as ksh, pdksh (public domain version) and mksh (MirBSD enhanced pdksh). http://www.kornshell.com/ http://web.cs.mun.ca/~michael/pdksh/ http://mirbsd.de/mksh |
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ksm M: 2009-12-17 |
<reply>Kernel Samepage Merging (KSM) is a Linux kernel feature combining identical memory pages from multiple processes into one copy-on-write region. It decreases memory usage in virtualization environments. Enabled in Debian Linux kernel images as of linux-2.6 2.6.32-2. http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_32#head-d3f32e41df508090810388a57efce73f52660ccb http://kernel.org/doc/Documentation/vm/ksm.txt . Not to be confused with <KMS>. |
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ksourcerer C: 2001-01-29 |
http://www.ksourcerer.org/ |
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kstudio M: 2000-12-13 |
at http://kdestudio.sourceforge.net, or on a server that is down |
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ksvg C: 2002-05-26 |
the KDE SVG project, for infos about SVG ask apt about 'svg' :) Information can be found at http://svg.kde.org |
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ktnxbye C: 2004-11-18 |
http://tinyurl.com/44l54 |
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ktorrent M: 2011-01-12 |
<reply>KTorrent is a <BitTorrent> client for <KDE>, part of the KDE Extragear collection. FAQ: http://ktorrent.org/?q=faq . http://ktorrent.org/wiki/ http://ktorrent.org/ |
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kumaplayer C: 2002-08-20 |
a movie player / mplayer front-end for KDE developed by Michael Mac-Vicar P. ( Sacred ). http://www.mac-vicar.com/~michael/kmp/index.php |
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kurumin M: 2009-06-06 |
<reply>Kurumin Linux was a Brazilian Linux distribution originally based on <Knoppix>, then Debian Etch. Discontinued January 29 2009: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=pt-BR&sl=pt&tl=en&u=http://www.gdhpress.com.br/kurumin/ , http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20090202#news . Ask me about <install debian>. |
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kvim C: 2002-04-17 |
to be found at http://freehackers.org/kvim |
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kvirc M: 2009-06-15 |
<reply>KVirc (K Visual IRC) is a cross-platform Qt-based <IRC> client with MDI, a powerful scripting language, plugins and optional support for <KDE>. http://www.kvirc.net/?id=faq&lang=en #kvirc on irc.libera.chat. |
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kvirc3 C: 2000-11-17 |
the next generation kvirc, it's been rewritten from scratch and is already looking quite good... look forward to it!!! (http://www.kvirc.net) |
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kvm M: 2011-02-21 |
<reply>Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a full <virtualization> solution for Linux hosts on x86 hardware with x86 guests. Packaged as qemu-kvm since Debian 6.0 "Squeeze". See http://wiki.debian.org/KVM for installation instructions, also ask me about <xve>. http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/FAQ http://www.linux-kvm.org/ #kvm on irc.libera.chat. |
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kwave C: 2000-06-08 |
A simple digital sound signal editor for KDE. URL: http://fs.spinfo.uni-koeln.de/~kwave/ |
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kwheezy C: 2013-09-16 |
<reply>Kwheezy is a <debian-based> distro, not supported in #debian. http://www.kwheezy.com/en/support/ |
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kwin M: 2010-01-03 |
<reply>KWin is the <KDE> window manager. http://userbase.kde.org/KWin |
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kwrite M: 2010-11-04 |
<reply>KWrite is a basic text editor included in <KDE>. http://kate-editor.org/ See also <kate>. |
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kylix M: 2005-07-17 |
at http://www.borland.com/kylix/, or not portable |
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l'hopital C: 2000-03-08 |
at http://www.npac.syr.edu/projects/reu/reu94/williams/ch3/subsection3_1_6.html |
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l10n M: 2010-11-20 |
an abbreviation for localization, which is a long word used a lot in some circles, so it's shortened by effectively saying "L, then 10 more letters, then N", get it? http://wiki.debian.org/L10n http://lists.debian.org/debian-l10n-$language |
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l2tpd M: 2010-01-28 |
<reply>l2tpd is the original Layer 2 Tunnelling Protocol Daemon, which is obsolete and unmaintained. http://l2tpd.sf.net/ Debian transitioned to xl2tpd as of Lenny, ask me about <xl2tpd>. |
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l33nguistics C: 2004-02-02 |
<reply>http://home.cwru.edu/~jar20/l33tpaper.htm |
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la maudite C: 2005-05-10 |
<reply> see http://www.unibroue.com/produits/maudite.cfm |
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lad C: 2002-07-23 |
the linux audio developers mailinglist. see http://www.linuxdj.com/audio/lad/ |
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ladspa C: 2002-07-23 |
the Linux Audio Developer's Simple Plugin API, see http://www.ladspa.org |
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ladybird C: 2026-02-21 |
a new browser engine built from scratch, not a fork https://ladybird.org/ |
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laespiral C: 2001-12-21 |
on http://laespiral.org |
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laetos C: 2026-06-09 |
a Debian-based Linux distribution at http://www.laetos.org/ |
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laeufer C: 2001-09-29 |
a project at the technical university of darmstadt, germany. See http://www.projekt-laeufer.de for details |
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lame M: 2014-05-07 |
<reply>LAME is an open source MP3 encoder, accepted into <main> in July 2011 (closing bug #90091). Applications using <GStreamer> for MP3 file output require the LAME plugin, packaged as gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly for Debian 7 "Wheezy". http://lame.sf.net/ |
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lamp M: 2013-06-15 |
<reply>LAMP: Linux, Apache, MySQL, {PHP,Perl,Python} server. Ask me about <install debian><install apache><install mysql><install php>. (Hmm... doesn't that make it a DAMP stack?), or "aptitude install libapache2-mod-php5 mysql-server php5-mysql". http://wiki.debian.org/LaMp, or http://geek-and-poke.com/geekandpoke/2013/6/15/the-geekpoke-old-chestnut-of-the-week |
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landialler C: 2001-10-13 |
at http://landialler.sourceforge.net/ |
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laptop M: 2009-06-09 |
<reply>All there is worth knowing about Linux and laptops can be found at http://www.linux-laptop.net/ and http://tuxmobil.org/mylaptops.html . For Thinkpads, ask me about <thinkpad>. Also ask me about <acpi>, <laptop mode>, <netbook>, <pcmcia>, <suspend>. http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn . See also the debian-laptop mailing list: http://lists.debian.org/debian-laptop/ |
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laptop mode M: 2013-05-20 |
<reply>Laptop mode is a set of Linux kernel controls and user-space scripts that try to reduce power consumption by putting your hard drive to sleep, along with various other power management features. They are in the laptop-mode-tools package. http://kernel.org/doc/Documentation/laptops/laptop-mode.txt http://samwel.tk/laptop_mode/faq . See also <power saving>. |
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lard C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.man.ac.uk/muhc/lard/lard.html |
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large beer C: 2008-12-18 |
http://photo.verhau.de/drink/largebeer.jpg for a beer one can swim rounds in. |
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larrabee C: 2008-07-22 |
an intel gfx platform, due out in 2009/10, see also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larrabee_%28GPU%29 |
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lartc M: 2010-01-15 |
the Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO. http://lartc.org/ #lartc on irc.oftc.net. Also ask me about <wondershaper>. |
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lasg C: 2026-06-09 |
Linux Administrators Security Guide : A 150 page free book on linux security by Kurt Seifried -- URL: http://www.seifried.org/lasg/ or a good place to learn linux security or in PDF format |
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last.fm M: 2010-03-24 |
<reply>last.fm (formerly Audioscrobbler) is a social music network, or a Data Mining/"Spyware" site offering various music related services in exchange and based on for users' listening habits. http://www.last.fm/ For an alternative service, see http://libre.fm/ |
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lastlog M: 2025-06-04 |
<reply>[lastlog] The lastlog(8) command reports the most recent login of all users, or of a given user. Moved to the wtmpdb package for debian 13 <trixie> and later due to the Y2038 problem; see <t64> and https://www.thkukuk.de/blog/Y2038_glibc_lastlog_64bit/ |
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lat C: 2005-06-06 |
<reply> lat is The Linux Aptitude Test brought to you by Phated, the evil and elegant one, and scarynetworkguy, the violent and angry one, get it at http://www.scarynetworguy.net/lat.txt. |
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latencytop C: 2008-09-05 |
a tool for developers to visualize system latencies; use it to find out what operation is causing latency in your system. Requires CONFIG_LATENCYTOP in kernel. http://www.latencytop.org/ |
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latex M: 2009-12-06 |
<reply>LaTeX (pronounced la tech) is a set of macros for the TeX document formatting system to produce beautiful documents. Read "The Not-So-Short Guide to LaTeX": http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/lshort/english/ or see http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Software/Typesetting/TeX/LaTeX/ http://www.tex.ac.uk/ . Install the texlive package for an extensive installation; "aptitude search latex" for more. #latex on irc.libera.chat. |
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latte C: 2000-05-01 |
a really really nice html-outputting formatting language, http://www.latte.org . Or really, scheme with different quoting rules. It rocks. |
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laurent C: 2003-08-13 |
a person: Laurent Coustet, http://ed.zehome.com/ :) |
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lava C: 2014-07-01 |
<reply>The Linaro Automated Validation Architecture (LAVA) is an extensible automated testing system. Packaged for Debian <unstable>. https://wiki.debian.org/LAVA https://wiki.linaro.org/LAVA http://www.linaro.org/projects/test-validation/ |
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layer7 M: 2010-05-01 |
<reply>[layer7] L7-filter is a classifier for Linux's <netfilter>, for packet identification based on application layer data. http://www.clearfoundation.com/Software/l7-filter.html |
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lazarus C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.pcpros.net/~vbman/ (Lazarus Object Pascal IDE) or the irc user lazarus can be found at mailto:lazarus@overdue.dhis.net |
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lba M: 2000-05-12 |
<reply>Logical Block Addressing (LBA) is a method for specifying data block locations on computer storage devices. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_block_addressing |
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lcdproc M: 2010-04-17 |
<reply>LCDproc is a program used to control text-based LCD/VFD displays from Linux, packaged for Debian. http://lcdproc.org/ See also <g15>. |
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lclint C: 2001-02-19 |
at http://www.sds.lcs.mit.edu/lclint/ |
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ldap M: 2009-07-30 |
<reply>Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is a client/server protocol for accessing a directory service. Ask me about <openldap>. http://wiki.debian.org/LDAP http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/Ldap #ldap on irc.libera.chat. |
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ldapdns M: 2006-01-24 |
probably a DNS server superior to BIND http://nimh.org/code/ldapdns, or a dead project |
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ldh C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://lhd.datapower.com, aka Linux Hardware Database, where you can checkout which hardware works for linux with peoples' comments. |
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ldif C: 2000-09-29 |
the acronym for LDAP Data Interchange Format, used to represent LDAP entries in a simple text format. For technical specification see RFC2849(ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2849.txt) |
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ldm C: 2010-09-15 |
<reply>Logical Disk Manager (LDM) is a logical volume manager implementation used by Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 operating systems. Partitions created within LDM are referred to as dynamic disks. Supported by the Linux kernel since 2.4.8, not supported by <GRUB> (Debian bug #569133). <testdisk> can convert a dynamic disk to a basic disk. http://kernel.org/doc/Documentation/ldm.txt . See also <lvm>. |
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lea-linux C: 2004-01-18 |
an association giving you a lot of very useful documentation in french: http://www.lea-linux.org |
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leader M: 2005-04-18 |
<reply> Debian's current DPL is Branden Robinson (Overfiend). Find more information at http://www.debian.org/devel/leader |
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leap second C: 2008-12-29 |
A leap second will be added to atomic clocks worldwide at 23:59:60 (or near midnight) at Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on December 31, 2008. This is the 24th leap second to be added since the first leap second was added in 1972. This is also the first leap second in three years. http://www.timeanddate.com/time/leapseconds.html |
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learning debian M: 2008-07-24 |
ORA's "Learning Debian GNU/Linux", read it free online @ http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/debian/chapter/, or ask me about <debian books> |
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learning debian gnu/linux C: 2001-03-11 |
availible online in its entirety at http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/debian/chapter/ |
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leetnux C: 2000-10-07 |
<reply> even more l33t dan Slakbladder --> http://leetnux.sourceforge.net |
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leetspeak C: 2005-02-20 |
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/children/kidtalk.mspx |
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leguin M: 2000-04-17 |
a system for hosting open projects - http://leguin.org.uk. It has been down for about two days, so much for stability :). Ask me about 'downd' |
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lenny M: 2012-03-26 |
<reply>Lenny is the codename for Debian GNU/Linux 5.0, released on February 15th, 2009. Lenny security support ended on 2012-02-06, this release is no longer supported. Lenny users should upgrade to Squeeze, ask me about <lenny->squeeze>. Removed from the mirrors (2012-03-25), ask me about <lenny sources.list>. For old Lenny ISOs, ask me about <lenny iso>. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianLenny http://www.debian.org/News/2012/20120209 |
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lenny freeze C: 2009-02-16 |
<reply> Lenny was frozen from Jul 27th 2008 (see http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2008/07/msg00007.html), "deep freeze" was from Feb 1st 2009 until the release on Feb 14th 2009. |
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lenny installation guide C: 2011-02-05 |
<reply>The Installation Guide for Debian 5.0 "Lenny" can be found at http://www.debian.org/releases/lenny/installmanual . See also <lenny errata> and <installer firmware>. |
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lenny iso M: 2012-02-08 |
<reply>Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 "Lenny" installation images are available from http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/archive/5.0.10/ . Note that Lenny has been superseded by Squeeze, ask me about <install squeeze>. Security support for Lenny ended on 2012-02-06, this release is no longer supported. |
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lenny pic C: 2007-04-03 |
http://archimedes.ucr.edu/ss/lenny_binoc.jpg |
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lenny release notes M: 2010-08-18 |
<reply>Release Notes for Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (Lenny) are at http://www.debian.org/releases/lenny/releasenotes . Also ask me about <errata lenny>, <lenny sources.list>. |
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lenny sources.list M: 2012-03-26 |
<reply>Debian 5.0 "Lenny" is no longer on the mirror network but can be found on archive.debian.org; you can use sources.list lines "deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ lenny main" and "deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-security lenny/updates main". Realise that Lenny has not had security support since February 2012 and that you should upgrade to a newer, supported release. Ask me about <lenny->squeeze>. |
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lenny-support C: 2011-10-12 |
<reply>Debian Lenny/5.0 can be installed using Squeeze/6.0 Debian-Installer images: supply the 'suite=lenny' boot option to include the lenny-support <udeb>. Use of <6.0.3> (or later) installation images is recommended, in order for GRUB Legacy to be installed (http://packages.qa.debian.org/g/grub-installer/news/20110927T015611Z.html). See also <install guide>. |
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lex M: 2007-07-03 |
in computer science lex is a program that generates lexical analyzers ("scanners" or "lexers"). Lex is commonly used with the yacc parser generator. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_programming_tool - aptitude install flex |
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lfs M: 2008-08-30 |
large file support (http://web.archive.org/web/20110723152405/http://www.suse.de/~aj/linux_lfs.html), or ask me about <linux from scratch>, or Log-structured File System (NetBSD) |
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lftp M: 2009-07-31 |
<reply>lftp is a FTP(S)/HTTP(S)/SFTP/FISH/BitTorrent client. Quick lftp howto: lftp foo, get blah, cd bleh, ^z to background downloads, jobs to list them. http://lftp.yar.ru/FAQ |
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lgpl M: 2011-02-24 |
<reply>The GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) is a <DFSG>-compatible license. http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html |
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lhd C: 2000-04-03 |
the Linux Hardware Database, at http://lhd.datapower.com/. The information is contributed by people who actually used the hardware, so it can be patchy but is often more up-to-date than vendor reports |
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libata M: 2010-04-11 |
<reply>libata is a Linux kernel library supporting ATA controllers and devices. Devices handled by libata appear as SCSI devices with associated device names: 'sd' (hard drive, instead of 'hd'), 'sr' (optical), 'st' (tape). Since Debian 6.0 "Squeeze", libata-based drivers are used for most PATA controllers (bug #444182). http://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Libata_FAQ . See also <uuid>. |
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libav C: 2011-08-09 |
<reply>Libav is a complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video. Libav is a fork of <FFmpeg> and replaces it in the Debian 7 Wheezy and 8 Jessie releases. Multithreaded decoding is available since libav 4:0.7~rc1-1 (bug #575600); MP3 encoding support is available since libav 4:0.7.1-2 (bug #587904). http://libav.org/faq.html http://libav.org/ |
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libc-alpha C: 2000-11-04 |
the development version of glibc, you can find out how to get it from http://sources.redhat.com/glibc/ |
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libera manifesto C: 2001-03-19 |
at http://www.lockergnome.com/manifesto.html |
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liberation M: 2013-06-05 |
<reply>Liberation is a set of free fonts with the same metrics as Microsoft's Times New Roman, Arial and Courier New fonts. They can act as drop-in replacements. Packaged for Debian as fonts-liberation (7 "Wheezy" and later releases) and ttf-liberation (6.0 "Squeeze"). http://fedorahosted.org/liberation-fonts/ . See also <carlito>, <caladea>. |
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libertas M: 2013-08-25 |
<reply>Libertas is a series of 802.11g wireless LAN chipsets produced by Marvell. The 88W8385 (CF/SDIO), 88W8388 (USB) and 88W8686 (SDIO/GSPI) FullMAC chipsets are supported by the Linux kernel's libertas driver. Firmware is required, see http://wiki.debian.org/libertas for more information. The <88W8335> chipset is not supported by the libertas driver. |
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libglide3 C: 2000-10-27 |
http://whitestar.soark.net/~warp/glide3/ |
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libgnomemm C: 2000-05-29 |
http://sourceforge.net/project/filelist.php?group_id=1161 |
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libmng C: 2000-11-07 |
The reference library for the MNG image format, at http://www.libmng.com/ |
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libmysqlclient15off C: 2006-03-22 |
the new (transitioned) name of the libmysqlclient15 package. For the reason of the transition, look here: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2006/03/msg00576.html |
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liboh323v1 C: 2001-09-23 |
at <http://www.bucksch.org/1/projects/debian/potato/> |
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libpkg C: 2014-03-20 |
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-sharedlibs.html |
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libpkg-guide M: 2015-03-27 |
http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/column/libpkg-guide/libpkg-guide.html |
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libpng C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.cdrom.com/pub/png/ |
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libpng2 C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply> the libpng2 fix is at http://master.debian.org/~vincent/ [Sun Jan 10 18:59:17 CST 1999] |
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libpst M: 2010-12-12 |
http://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/ |
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libpt1 C: 2001-09-23 |
at <http://www.bucksch.org/1/projects/debian/potato/> |
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librecad C: 2011-10-12 |
<reply>LibreCAD is a free and open source computer-aided design application. It is a version of <QCad> Community Edition ported to <Qt4>. http://librecad.org/ #librecad on irc.libera.chat. |
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libreoffice M: 2012-01-04 |
<reply>LibreOffice is a fork of <OpenOffice>. It is packaged for <wheezy>, <squeeze-backports> and all later releases, replacing the OpenOffice.org packaging. Debian users will see little difference between the old OOo packages and LibreOffice, ask me about <debian ooo>. http://wiki.debian.org/LibreOffice http://www.debian.org/News/2011/20110623 http://www.libreoffice.org/ #libreoffice on irc.libera.chat. |
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libssl0.9.8 M: 2013-12-12 |
<reply>libssl0.9.8 isn't included in Debian releases from Debian 7 "Wheezy" onwards. Packages requiring libssl0.9.8 aren't designed for your release. If needed, you can get libssl0.9.8 from Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" via http://packages.debian.org/ but understand that you won't get security support. The best approach is either to rebuild the source against the current libssl-dev and/or cluebat the people who gave you the package. |
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libtool M: 2001-02-11 |
at ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu, or chechk the AUTOBOOK if you want to learn it - http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/ |
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libungif C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://prtr-13.ucsc.edu/~badger/software/libungif.shtml (A library for reading and writing gif images without LZW compression) or available from http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/libs/graphics/libungif-4.1.0.tar.gz |
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libungif-error C: 2000-01-16 |
<reply> fixed debs at ftp://arrakis.dhis.net/pub/debian |
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libversion C: 2008-07-05 |
executing "eval $(wget -q http://scarydevilmonastery.net/version -O -)" will check you libc version and make available to supporters so they can be of better help to you. |
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libvirt M: 2011-07-29 |
<reply>Libvirt is a library for interfacing with different virtualization systems. http://libvirt.org/ #virt on irc.oftc.net. |
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libxml M: 2003-07-28 |
the library you need for the new KDE docs setup, and you can get it from http://xmlsoft.org/, or a naughty little bitch |
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licenses M: 2006-10-06 |
<reply> are intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change free software, or http://www.debian.org/legal/licenses/ |
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licq M: 2009-12-30 |
an instant messaging client supporting multiple interfaces (Qt, KDE, GTK+, console) via plugins. Supports <ICQ>, <MSN> and <AIM>. http://licq.org/wiki/LicqFaq http://licq.org/ |
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lids M: 2000-09-16 |
an IDS and is at http://www.soaring-bird.com.cn/oss_proj/lids/, or http://www.lids.org |
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lifecycle C: 2019-09-23 |
<reply> The life cycle of a Debian release is described at https://debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/sect.release-lifecycle.html |
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lifeless C: 2026-06-09 |
at "http://www.life.org" |
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liferea M: 2010-02-19 |
<reply>Liferea (Linux Feed Reader) is a news feed aggregator for <GNOME>, a clone of FeedReader. http://liferea.sf.net/ |
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lifespan M: 2014-04-17 |
<reply>The security team tries to support a <stable> distribution for about one year after the next stable distribution has been released, except when another stable distribution is released within this year. For the <squeeze> release, there is a volunteer effort to extend security support to a total of five years; ask me about <squeeze-lts>. http://www.debian.org/security/faq#lifespan |
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lifetec M: 2000-08-09 |
at http://experte.kt2.tu-harburg.de/Linux/LT9888.html ... if you can't read german, see babelfish, or for X see cyber9397 |
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lightdm C: 2012-11-12 |
<reply>LightDM is a cross-desktop X display manager, packaged since Debian 7.0 "Wheezy". http://wiki.debian.org/LightDM https://github.com/CanonicalLtd/lightdm |
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lightspark M: 2014-04-12 |
<reply>Lightspark is an experimental, high-performance <Flash> player and browser plugin, aiming to support newer formats and the AVM2 virtual machine. The Mozilla browser plugin is packaged for Debian 7 "Wheezy" as browser-plugin-lightspark. http://lightspark.github.io/ |
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lighttable M: 2014-01-09 |
<reply>Light Table is an interactive IDE in active development, released under the GPL. http://www.lighttable.com/ https://github.com/LightTable/LightTable |
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lighttpd M: 2009-11-24 |
<reply>lighttpd (pronounced "lighty") is a small and fast HTTP server with a minimal memory footprint. To install: "aptitude install lighttpd lighttpd-doc", then read /etc/lighttpd/conf-available/README, see also http://localhost/ . It does not support .htaccess files. http://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/lighttpd/wiki/FrequentlyAskedQuestions http://lighttpd.net/ #lighttpd on irc.libera.chat. See also <httpd>, <userdir>. |
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lightweight C: 2011-05-13 |
<reply><mjg59> To a first approximation, when someone says "Lightweight" what they mean is "I don't understand the problems that the alternative solves". (http://mjg59.livejournal.com/136274.html) |
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lildebi C: 2014-03-29 |
<reply>Lil' Debi is an <android> app designed to put Debian in a <chroot>. See also https://github.com/guardianproject/lildebi and <mobile>. |
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lilo M: 2010-06-04 |
<reply>LILO (LInux LOader) is an operating system boot loader for x86 systems. Documentation is packaged in lilo-doc. http://wiki.debian.org/LILO http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LILO.html http://lilo.alioth.debian.org/ . See also <grub>.. |
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lilo problems M: 2005-03-19 |
/usr/share/doc/lilo/Manual.txt.gz, or ask me about <LI->, <LI>, or http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/lilo.htm |
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lilo->grub M: 2010-06-04 |
<reply>aptitude install grub; aptitude purge lilo; edit /etc/kernel-img.conf, so both postinst_hook and postrm_hook are equal to /sbin/update-grub - then run update-grub and install-grub /dev/harddiskdevice to be sure. http://wiki.debian.org/FromLiloToGrub |
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limecat C: 2005-05-14 |
not pleased at http://limecat.net |
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limewire M: 2009-10-18 |
<reply>LimeWire is a peer-to-peer file sharing client written in Java, which uses the <Gnutella> network. Previously packaged for Debian (never part of a stable release), removed to resolve bug #231457. Not supported in #debian; LimeWire PRO users, go to http://www.limewire.com/support/pro/ for support. FrostWire, a fork of LimeWire, has a <RFP> filed in Debian bug #419730. Ask me about <gtk-gnutella>. |
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limit b/w C: 2002-03-15 |
<reply> Try http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bandwidth-Limiting-HOWTO/index.html |
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limit bandwidth M: 2005-02-26 |
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bandwidth-Limiting-HOWTO/ |
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limited security support C: 2013-09-01 |
<reply>Some packages have poor security track records and the security team is unable to provide full security support for these packages. To see installed packages that may be affected, install the <debtags> package and then «aptitude search '~Gsecteam::squeeze-limited-support~i'». See also http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/secure-testing/data/package-tags?view=co or ask me about <debsecan>. |
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links M: 2002-09-09 |
another great text mode web browser, http://artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mikulas/links/, or properly supports frames!, or [elinks] http://elinks.or.cz/, or [links-lua] http://links.sf.net/links-lua/, or ask about <links2> |
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links2 M: 2009-05-17 |
<reply>links2 is a text and graphics browser with support for HTTPS and JavaScript. For using in console as GUI (with mouse and keys support), see /usr/share/doc/links2/README.Debian (so you can use as regular non-root user when running in console in GUI mode). Ask me about <links2 settings>. Does not honor the <http_proxy> / <ftp_proxy> environment variables (Debian bugs #55425, #93359). http://links.twibright.com/ |
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links2 settings C: 2008-08-08 |
<reply>You can allocate more RAM + resources to links2, see File > Resource Info (and Memory Info) -- and then Settings > Cache (to set sizes). Then remember to do Settings > Save Options (once you like them) config file is in ~/.links2/links.cfg. Press [ESC] Help > keys to see some key bindings, and http://links.twibright.com/user_en.html for more - use [ESC] to toggle menu bar (or just click that area). |
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links2.1 C: 2003-09-15 |
links graphics browser, http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~clock/twibright/links |
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linode C: 2022-03-05 |
<reply>See https://wiki.debian.org/ThomasChung/Linode |
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linphone M: 2012-07-11 |
<reply>Linphone is an audio and video Internet phone with instant messaging features. It can be used with any SIP <VoIP> operator. http://www.linphone.org/ |
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linpus linux C: 2008-12-02 |
<reply> Linpus Linux is a distribution based on <Fedora>, designed to run on low-cost hardware devices (e.g. netbooks). http://www.linpus.com/ |
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linspire M: 2009-06-08 |
<reply>Linspire (formerly LindowsOS) was a commercial operating system based on Debian, then Ubuntu. Discontinued in favour of <Xandros>. http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/144307 http://www.linspire.com/ See also <freespire>. |
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lintian M: 2014-02-14 |
<reply>lintian is the Debian package checker (http://www.debian.org/lintian/). To get a description of a lintian tag (often with suggestions of how to fix it and links to more information, run "lintian-info -t $tagname". |
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linus M: 2008-09-25 |
The Man. or someone who pushes to have procfs replace sysctl, despite the fact for programs this makes things significantly slower. someone that doesn't comment, or at http://revolution-os.com/images/linus_at_linuxworld.jpg |
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linus crisp C: 2003-04-24 |
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=105115686114064&w=2 |
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linuspic C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/linus/lw-03-torvalds.jpg |
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linux 3.0 M: 2011-05-30 |
<reply>Linux 3.0 is the next mainline version following 2.6.39. There was no significant <API> change. http://lwn.net/Articles/445222/ http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2011/05/msg00011.html |
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linux aim M: 2001-01-30 |
good, or found at http://www.aol.com and is very nice |
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linux assembly C: 2001-08-30 |
at http://www.linuxassembly.org |
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linux backports M: 2013-08-26 |
<reply>Linux backports (formerly compat-drivers, compat-wireless) is the Linux kernel backporting project: providing drivers released with newer kernels backported for use with older kernels. <RFP> filed as Debian bug #696038. http://backports.wiki.kernel.org/ #kernel-backports on irc.libera.chat. Not to be confused with <debian backports>. Ask me about <stable kernel> <bdo kernel>. |
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linux booklist C: 2002-12-01 |
at http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Linux/FAQs/books.html |
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linux chick M: 2001-01-14 |
a George Michael-looking, kernel-loving beauty. or users angel and addiction. ask me about them. user Tahara_Lap, or http://www.fazed.net/humor/images/linux.jpg and http://www.fazed.net/humor/images/linuxchick.jpg |
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linux dos attack M: 2004-06-28 |
http://linuxreviews.org/news/2004-06-11_kernel_crash/, or fixed in 2.6.7 |
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linux exploits C: 2000-02-22 |
at http://www.anticode.com |
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linux filesystem tour C: 2009-03-22 |
http://www.tuxradar.com/content/take-linux-filesystem-tour |
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linux from scratch M: 2011-05-07 |
<reply>Linux From Scratch (LFS) is a project providing instructions for building a custom Linux system entirely from source code. http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/ #lfs-support at irc.linuxfromscratch.org. |
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linux gaming M: 2005-05-26 |
http://www.hexus.net/content/reviews/review.php?dXJsX3Jldmlld19JRD0xMDEx, linux-gamers.net, icculus.org, zerowing.idsoftware,com |
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linux gazette M: 2005-06-13 |
the best linux journal ever. http://www.linuxgazette.net/, or apt-get install lg-latest-two |
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linux kernel bug database C: 2003-05-12 |
at http://bugme.osdl.org/ |
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linux laptop M: 2005-08-26 |
<reply> All ya always wanted to know about linux on laptops is at http://tuxmobil.org or http://linux-laptop.net/ |
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linux lite C: 2012-12-27 |
<reply>Linux Lite is a distribution based on <ubuntu> and Debian. It is not supported in #debian -- please ask questions on their or forums at http://www.linuxdistrocommunity.com/forums/ . Ask me about <based on debian>. |
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linux loving sluts C: 2001-03-24 |
<reply> are at http://www.stileproject.net/lls.html |
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linux mint M: 2010-12-03 |
<reply>Linux Mint is not Debian and is not supported in #debian. Please use their forums at http://forums.linuxmint.com/ or join #linuxmint-help on irc.spotchat.org for support. Linux Mint is variously based on <Ubuntu> with a "Linux Mint Debian Edition" (LMDE) also available. See also <based on debian>, <mintppc>. |
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linux on xbox C: 2003-10-29 |
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2003-06-30&res=l |
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linux-cookbook C: 2003-05-12 |
at http://www.dsl.org/cookbook/ |
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linux-firmware M: 2010-01-14 |
<reply>The upstream for Debian's firmware-nonfree source package is the shared linux-firmware repository: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/ . Not all available <firmware> is packaged by the Debian project due to licensing concerns or lack of redistribution permission. |
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linux-kbuild-2.6 M: 2011-05-08 |
http://wiki.debian.org/HowToRebuildAnOfficialDebianKernelPackage#The_story_of_linux-tools |
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linux-laptop M: 2006-11-15 |
http://www.linux-laptop.net/ or ask me about <laptop>. |
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linux-libre C: 2009-04-23 |
<reply>Linux-libre is a project producing modified Linux kernel sources with <non-free> components removed. http://fsfla.org/svnwiki/selibre/linux-libre/ See also <libre>. |
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linux-on-laptop M: 2006-03-24 |
Since 1995, a resource for documentation about installing and running the Linux operating system on laptop and notebook computer hardware. http://www.linux-laptop.net/ |
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linux-phc M: 2011-03-12 |
<reply>Linux-PHC (Linux Processor Hardware Control) is a project providing kernel patches and utilities for controlling a processor's core voltage. http://linux-phc.org/wiki http://linux-phc.org/ |
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linux-smp C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.irisa.fr/prive/mentre/smp-faq/ or http://www.ima.umn.edu/~klee/linux-smp.shtml. To join the mailing list, send "subscribe linux-smp" to mailto:majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu. |
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linux2.0->2.2 C: 2026-06-09 |
http://www.debian.org/releases/slink/running-kernel-2.2 |
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linux4blinds C: 2002-04-28 |
at http://www.brlspeak.net |
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linuxcare C: 2000-05-07 |
a Linux support company at http://www.linuxcare.com |
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linuxchiq C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.addikt.com/~nerual/pics/Linuxchiq.jpg |
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linuxchix M: 2000-11-13 |
at http://www.stileproject.com/lls.html, or at http://linuxchix.org, or at http://xray.mine.nu/pics |
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linuxchix-faqs M: 2005-04-08 |
at http://www.linuxchix.org/content/docs/faqs/issues.html |
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linuxcnc C: 2017-08-22 |
<reply>LinuxCNC is an OS for some models of CNC machines, <based on debian>. For support, ask at on of the venues listed at http://linuxcnc.org/community/ |
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linuxcode C: 2004-01-18 |
an website give you documentations of programming on unix in french: http://linuxcode.eu.org |
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linuxcounter C: 2001-10-05 |
at http://counter.li.org/ Go register your linux boxes! |
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linuxgazette M: 2005-07-06 |
a free magazine, that you can download on the internet: http://linuxgazette.net. To subscribe apt-get install lg-subscription or apt-get install lg-latest-two. |
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linuxhardware C: 2006-04-22 |
http://www.linuxhardware.org/ |
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linuxhq C: 2026-06-09 |
http://www.linuxhq.com/ |
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linuxisnotwindows C: 2006-04-14 |
http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm |
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linuxlinks C: 2000-04-21 |
http://www.estinc.com/linuxlinks.html |
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linuxnews C: 2001-11-06 |
A Polish news site, http://linuxnews.pl, which covers many topics connected with Linux and Open Source in general. |
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linuxone sales C: 2000-03-07 |
at http://www.phys.hawaii.edu/~brusso/linuxone-sales.mp3 or http://bofh.ns.ca/~bk/linuxone-sales.mp3. This is a recorded conversation with a linuxOne sales woman. Grab it and have a laugh. |
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linuxos C: 2026-06-09 |
the best channel about linux you can find on EFNET, it's at http://www.linuxos.org |
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linuxquestions C: 2004-11-18 |
<reply> DON'T bother going to linuxquestions.org for help. By and large the people there are Red Hat tools or Mandrake tards or Knoppix morons who don't know a goddamn motherfucking thing about debian, and do nothing but lead innocent newbies astray. See http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/archive/26/2004/06/2/154223 |
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linuxriot C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://w3.one.net/~sunlion/linuxriot.html |
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linux_is_obsolete C: 2000-09-04 |
the famous 1992 USENET thread involving Andrew Tanenbaum and Linus Torvalds: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/appa.html |
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linuzito C: 2002-04-13 |
at http://www.linuzito.com.ar |
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lion worm M: 2001-03-23 |
a Linux worm that infects bind, or at http://www.sans.org/y2k/lion.htm |
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lirc M: 2013-05-01 |
<reply>Linux Infrared Remote Control (LIRC) is a package providing the ability to send and receive infrared (i.e. Consumer IR, aka CIR) signals. http://lirc.org/faq.html See also <irda>. |
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lisp M: 2001-11-24 |
<reply>[lisp] Let's Include Some Parentheses or a LISt Processor or want to learn lisp? Go to http://www.elwoodcorp.com/alu/table/learn.htm or <lithp> or at http://www.apl.jhu.edu/~hall/lisp.html, or loads of innovative semantic paradigms Let's Instinctively Slotski Parallel.. Lisp Is Super Powerful, or a speach impediment. Lisp beats the competition, read: http://www.paulgraham.com/paulgraham/avg.html. Lots of Insidious, Silly Parentheses |
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lispm C: 2000-12-08 |
<reply> are hardware LISP Machines at http://fare.tunes.org/LispM.html |
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list M: 2013-09-06 |
<reply> $nick: È possibile scaricare un sacco di software libero puntando il tuo browser a http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/ !||<reply>$nick: Debian è un sistema operativo composto da software libero (un concetto distinto da quello di gratis): vedi http://www.debian.org/intro/free.it.html per saperne di più.||<reply>$nick: vedi http://packages.debian.org/ |
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list of unofficial packages C: 2000-09-17 |
<reply> are at http://www.internatif.org/bortzmeyer/debian/apt-sources/ |
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list repositories M: 2010-06-17 |
<reply> To see what repository a package may have come from, try http://svn.noreply.org/svn/weaselutils/trunk/apt-listrepository , or use dpkg -l | awk '/^.i/ {print $2}' | xargs apt-cache policy | awk '/^[a-z0-9.\-]+:/ {pkg=$1}; /\*\*\*/ {OFS="\t"; ver=$2; getline; print pkg,ver,$2,$3}', or ask me about <obsolete>, or http://people.debian.org/~dannf/apt-inventory, or <bdo list>, or <dmm list> |
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list spam M: 2009-10-20 |
<reply> Seen spam on the Debian mailing lists? Report it and help the listmasters. See http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2007/10/msg00004.html for details. See http://wiki.debian.org/Teams/ListMaster/ListArchiveSpam/MUAPlugins for reporting with various MUAs. |
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literal why debian C: 2003-08-01 |
because http://www.debian.org/intro/why_debian, http://ext2.org/99/02/imoore2.html, http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/2204/1/, http://twiki.iwethey.org/Main/WhyDebianRocks |
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lithium C: 2026-06-09 |
a SMTP management tool at http://jw.themes.org/lithium/introduction.shtml |
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live M: 2019-12-25 |
<reply> The Debian Live project provides pre-built Debian live system images and allows creation of your own. These can be used to install a Debian system (although the installer is better to use). Live images are available from http://www.debian.org/CD/live/ . https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-live/ #debian-live on irc.debian.org. See also <live firmware>. <UEFI> mode is supported by Debian Live images. |
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live firmware M: 2021-01-29 |
<reply> There are <live> system images containing non-free Debian <firmware> packages available at: https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/current-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/ See also: <firmware images> |
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live jessie M: 2017-04-28 |
<reply>The Debian Live project provides pre-built Debian live system images and allows creation of your own. These can be used to install a Debian system. Live images are available from http://www.debian.org/CD/live/ . http://live.debian.net/ #debian-live on irc.debian.org. See also <live firmware>. For Debian 8 "Jessie", you CANNOT install in <UEFI> mode from a Debian Live image. See <live stretch>. |
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live jigdo M: 2011-09-08 |
<reply>Use of <jigdo> to produce Debian Live images is not possible, see http://lists.debian.org/debian-live/2009/09/msg00190.html |
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live manual M: 2019-01-30 |
<reply> the Debian Live manual is available at https://live-team.pages.debian.net/live-manual/html/live-manual/index.en.html and is also available in the debian-live-pdf package. |
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live testing M: 2017-04-28 |
<reply>The Debian Live project provides pre-built Debian live system images and allows creation of your own. These can also be used to install a Debian system. Live images of <testing> are available from http://get.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-live-builds/ . http://live.debian.net/ #debian-live on irc.debian.org. See also <live firmware>. From Debian 9 "Stretch", <UEFI> mode is supported by Debian Live images. |
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livecd M: 2010-02-21 |
<reply>A "live CD" (or live system) is an operating system that can boot and run directly from CD. Linux-based examples are Knoppix and Ubuntu. Useful as a rescue CD or for showing off to your geek friends. Debian has its own Live CD (https://www.debian.org/CD/live/ or https://cdimage.debian.org/images/unofficial/non-free/images-including-firmware/current-live/), ask me about <debian live>. http://www.livecdlist.com/ |
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livux C: 2005-04-16 |
not Debian, is a linux distro made by an entreprise in Valencia, SPAIN. More info, ask them at http://81.202.131.30/livux/ |
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lj C: 2026-06-09 |
the Linux Journal, at http://www.linuxjournal.com/ |
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lkddb C: 2009-04-06 |
<reply>http://cateee.net/lkddb/ -- Linux Kernel Driver DataBase "What Linux drivers are for me?" |
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lkml M: 2010-06-06 |
the Linux Kernel Mailing List. Read http://web.archive.org/web/20110721110318/http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/lkml/reporting-bugs.html before you post there and ALSO read http://www.tux.org/lkml/ |
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lksr C: 2000-08-25 |
the Linux Kernel Source Reference http://lksr.org/, using lxr |
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llama M: 2024-04-04 |
a cuddly animal certain old school quake players were rather `fond of'... or the Learning Perl book published by O'Reilly, or http://images2.jokaroo.net/flash/llamasong.swf. Meta's family of Large Language Models |
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lliurex C: 2009-03-29 |
<reply>LliureX is a Spanish GNU/Linux distribution based on <Edubuntu>, intended for use within educational institutions in the Valencia region. http://www.lliurex.net/ Forum: http://lliurex.net/home/va/forum/ |
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llp C: 2000-08-18 |
linux lab project at http://www.llp.fu-berlin.de |
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lm C: 2008-05-26 |
"long mode" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_mode): grep -w lm /proc/cpuinfo |
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lmbench M: 2008-01-03 |
at http://www.bitmover.com/lmbench/ Packaged for Debian ('lmbench', 'lmbench-doc') in <non-free>. |
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lmgtfy C: 2009-07-13 |
a rude but oft-deserved slap in the face which simultaneously points one to the information they so easily could have found themselves by entering some simple search terms into google, especially when the answer is found in the very first result. http://lmgtfy.com/ |
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lmms M: 2010-06-01 |
<reply>Linux MultiMedia Studio (LMMS) is a free, cross-platform alternative to commercial programs like FL Studio, which allow you to produce music with your computer. This includes the creation of melodies and beats, the synthesis and mixing of sounds, and arranging of samples. You can have fun with your MIDI-keyboard and much more. http://lmms.sf.net/wiki http://lmms.sf.net/ #lmms on irc.libera.chat. |
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lm_sensors M: 2007-12-02 |
<reply>lm_sensors (Linux-monitoring sensors) is a hardware health monitoring package for CPU temperature, fan speed, etc. Packaged for Debian as lm-sensors. http://www.lm-sensors.org/wiki/FAQ http://www.lm-sensors.org/ |
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lnw C: 2006-01-17 |
http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm everyone should read this article who is a techie. |
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lnx-bbc C: 2003-08-02 |
a mini Linux Distribution on a business-card sized CDROM. At http://www.lnx-bbc.org/ |
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load M: 2016-06-29 |
<reply> The load shown by uptime is the sum of the number processes running and queued to run. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Load_%28computing%29 |
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loadlin M: 2012-08-12 |
<reply>loadlin is a Linux kernel boot loader which runs under DOS-based operating systems. http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Loadlin+Win95-98-ME.html http://youpibouh.thefreecat.org/loadlin/ |
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loaf C: 2001-02-04 |
Linux On A Floppy. It can be found at: http://loaf.ecks.org/ |
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localdomain C: 2005-10-20 |
a hack which you should really remove from /etc/hosts, or at the very least, move it to the right of 'localhost'. http://groups.google.co.uk/group/linux.debian.devel/browse_thread/thread/55eb94f315d023ed/749bf59c19a0b671?q=localhost.localdomain& |
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locale M: 2010-09-21 |
<reply>A locale is a set of rules for presenting information to humans according to local conventions (date format, thousands separators, language, etc.). Ask me about <locales> to establish on a Debian system. http://wiki.debian.org/Locale http://mywiki.wooledge.org/locale |
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locales M: 2009-08-05 |
<reply> Use 'dpkg-reconfigure locales' to get it up and running. This generates <locale> definitions and also edits /etc/default/locale which sets the $LANG environment variable at login time. Use "LANG=C command" to change the output language for a one off command, ask me about <localised errors>. See also <mac locales>. http://wiki.debian.org/Locale |
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locusts C: 2010-09-28 |
<reply>dpkg: error processing package (--purge): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit 163: OH_GOD_THEYRE_INSIDE_MY_CLOTHES ( http://xkcd.com/797/ ) |
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lodur C: 2000-12-02 |
file-sharing software and a protocol for unix. http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/lodur |
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login shell C: 2023-02-21 |
<reply> For the differences between login vs non-login, and interactive vs non-interactive shells, see https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/38175/difference-between-login-shell-and-non-login-shell and https://askubuntu.com/questions/879364/differentiate-interactive-login-and-non-interactive-non-login-shell |
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logwatch C: 2010-07-29 |
<reply>Logwatch is a modular log analyser, which runs via cron each day, parses _yesterday_'s log files by default and returns summarised log output by service. Empty /etc/logwatch/* directories are intentional, see /usr/share/doc/logwatch/HOWTO-Customize-LogWatch.gz. http://www.logwatch.org/ |
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lojban C: 2026-06-09 |
a constructed, culture-neutral language that is especially good at expressing logical ideas (although it is useful as a spoken language!) See http://www.lojban.org |
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loki M: 2001-08-14 |
the norse trickster god, or a company that ports games to Linux (http://www.lokigames.com/), or bankrupt |
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lokkit M: 2010-07-27 |
<reply>Lokkit is a basic interactive firewall configuration tool with console and <GNOME> interfaces. Dead upstream, not part of Lenny (Debian bug #460774) and removed from Debian to resolve bug #508396. http://web.archive.org/web/20041205040955/http://www.linux.org.uk/apps/lokkit.shtml |
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longest url C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://discuss.userland.com/msgReader$7369 |
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longhorn M: 2004-05-11 |
<reply>You know why it's called longhorn? Look at its logo: http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/ne/pg/fd/102703msft2.jpg, or wronghorn |
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lonix M: 2001-06-03 |
The London Linux User Group, or at http://www.lonix.org.uk/ |
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looking glass C: 2006-03-07 |
Sun's 3d Linux Desktop at http://www.sun.com/software/looking_glass/ |
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lord M: 2001-03-09 |
Legend Of The Red Dragon, an old text-based multiuser (and oversimplified) RPG for dial-up BBS systems. It rawks. LORD2 is the ANSI-art version, Zelda-like. written by Seth Able Robinson of Robinson Technologies. http://www.rtsoft.com/ All RTSoft's BBS products were sold to Metropolis Gameport some time ago |
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lorem ipsum C: 2005-05-27 |
a dummy text of the typesetting industry. See http://lipsum.com |
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lost lilo C: 2004-05-24 |
see this: http://www.hantslug.org.uk/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?LinuxHints/LostLILO |
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lost var M: 2005-05-30 |
so you nuked /var? never fear, 'tis but a flesh wound! See http://linux.sys-con.com/read/32607.htm?CFID=133431 |
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lotr M: 2001-01-22 |
"Lord of the Rings", or movie info at http://www.lordoftherings.net and http://www.theonering.net, or see lort |
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lotr teaser C: 2001-01-25 |
at ftp://lindo.cheakamus.com/ |
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lowlat C: 2001-02-23 |
at http://people.redhat.com/mingo/lowlatency-patches/ |
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lpb M: 2000-08-04 |
the Linux Programming Bible, CosmicRay's book at http://www.complete.org/lpb/, or an acronym for Low Ping Bastard. Applies to bastards who play online first-person shooting games with cablefukin' ADSL |
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lpi certification C: 2001-04-25 |
at http://www.lpi.org Creating a Standard for cetification in linux. Testing avalible |
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lprng M: 2001-03-08 |
at http://www.lprng.org/ or ftp://ftp.lprng.org/pub/LPRng/LPRng (The Next Generation of LPR) or wacked out, it makes my printer take about 2 days to print.. lprng 3.6.12-7 is buggy, upgrade to 3.6.12-8 |
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lrp M: 2000-04-27 |
the Linux Router Project -- Embedding the bird for the sake of all humanity. http://linuxrouter.org/ or another debian-based linux distribution. interesting, or http://lrp.c0wz.com/ |
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ls120 M: 2001-02-02 |
a removable storage device that looks almost exactally like a standard 3.5" disk drive. Although unlike a standard 3.5" drive a LS120 can read/write 120MB disks as well as standard 1.44MB floppies. It is an ATAPI device and is AFAIK suppored by Linux (Zip drives are ATAPI and they are supported so why wouldn't these).. FAQ at http://swift.embl-heidelberg.de/johnny/sys/ls120-linux.html, or http://www.freelabs.com/~whitis/hardware/ls120.html |
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lsb M: 2015-10-12 |
Debian is dropping LSB support; see https://lwn.net/Articles/658809/ -- Linux Standard Base is a set of guidelines which all linux distributions should follow to ensure compatability between them. http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/lsb . See also <lsb tags>, <fancytty>. |
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lsd M: 2000-12-04 |
3l33t or lysergic acid diethylamide or Linux Software Distribution or linux + freebsd, or a way to mistype ls. see also sl or http://www.erowid.org/archive/hyperreal/drugs/humor/man.lsd, or see FreeLSD |
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lsh M: 2002-01-08 |
a free ssh replacement. http://www.lysator.liu.se/~nisse/archive/ -- v0.1 released 26 May, 1999. or at http://www.net.lut.ac.uk/psst/, or a Baby Shell for Novices with DOS compatible commands |
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lshort C: 2001-05-18 |
The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX2e at http://www.loria.fr/services/tex/general/lshort2e.pdf |
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lsl C: 2001-09-26 |
linux system labs, http://www.lsl.com/ |
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lsm M: 2010-11-20 |
<reply>[lsm] Linux Security Modules is a framework allowing the Linux kernel to support various computer security models. Ask me about <apparmor>, <selinux>, <tomoyo>. http://security.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Projects . Not to be confused with <KSM>. |
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lso M: 2010-10-26 |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_segment_offload |
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lspci M: 2008-03-03 |
a utility to display information about PCI buses in the system and their connected devices, provided by the pciutils package. Ask me about <lspci -k>, <pciids>, <pciid> or <hcl>. Use http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/ to match pciids to devices for the latest kernel. |
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lt1000 M: 2009-06-27 |
<reply>The LT 1000 is a <netbook> series produced by Gateway. http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/Gateway/LT+1000 http://www.gateway.com/programs/ltseries/ See also <ath9k>. |
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lt9888 C: 2000-08-09 |
<reply> see at http://experte.kt2.tu-harburg.de/Linux/LT9888.html ... if you can't read german, see babelfish, or for X see cyber9397 |
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ltp C: 2002-03-17 |
the Linux Test Project, a joint project with SGI,IBM,OSDL and Bull with a goal to deliver test suites to the OpenSource community that validate the reliability, robustness, and stability of Linux. http://ltp.sf.net |
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lts M: 2018-06-19 |
<reply> Debian Long Term Support (LTS) is a project to extend the lifetime of all Debian stable releases to (at least) 5 years. Debian LTS is not handled by the Debian security team, but by a separate group of volunteers and companies. Ask me about <bookworm-lts> and see https://wiki.debian.org/LTS for more information. #debian-lts on irc.oftc.net. |
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ltsp M: 2009-08-29 |
the Linux Terminal Server Project. http://wiki.debian.org/LTSP http://www.ltsp.org/ #ltsp on irc.libera.chat. |
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ltt C: 2005-02-04 |
Linux Trace Toolkit, see http://www.opersys.com/LTT/ |
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lua M: 2009-11-27 |
<reply>Lua is an embeddable "scripting" language that is too new to use, or mostly all hype. http://www.lua.org/faq.html http://lua-users.org/wiki/LuaFaq http://www.lua.org/ #lua on irc.libera.chat. |
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lubuntu C: 2010-03-02 |
<reply>Lubuntu is a derivative of <Ubuntu> with <LXDE>. It is not supported in #debian. http://www.lubuntu.net/ #lubuntu on irc.libera.chat. See also <based on debian>. |
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luci C: 2002-10-21 |
a male man not a female bot as someone does think ;) and is btw the http://artist.kde.org maintainer now |
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lucida fix C: 2015-03-30 |
Lucida is The Font That Cannot Be Rendered. Replace it, by configuring fontconfig (see <http://www.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html>) with a snippet like <http://paste.debian.net/163985/> |
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lucifel's portfolio C: 2026-06-09 |
located at http://shannalise.dhis.org/lucifel/index.html |
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lug M: 2017-09-01 |
<reply>[lug] Linux User Group. They are superb for getting free, in-person help for Linux installation and other issues. There is one in every large city, and some in smaller places too. Use Google to search for: London Linux User Group or New York Linux User Group or some such. Or, ask your local college's Computer Science department if there is a computer club or Linux club. http://wiki.debian.org/LocalGroups, or #debian-localgroups |
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lug (.*?) (.*?) C: 2006-05-30 |
($1,$2): <reply>$1: Linux User Groups in your area may be found at http://google.com/search?query=$2+linux+user+group |
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lugar C: 2000-12-17 |
Linux User Group from Argentina [http://www.linux.org.ar] |
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luks M: 2010-08-11 |
<reply>Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) is a disk encryption specification with a platform-independent format. https://cryptsetup-team.pages.debian.net/cryptsetup/ https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/-/wikis/home . To access on Microsoft Windows systems, see http://sf.net/projects/freeotfe.mirror/ and <ext2read>. |
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luks on removable media C: 2012-01-05 |
<reply> For information on setting up a <LUKS> key on a removable media, see section 4 of http://howto.web.skrewz.dk/encrypted-root.html |
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luks-boot C: 2020-11-18 |
https://cryptsetup-team.pages.debian.net/cryptsetup/encrypted-boot.html |
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lunix C: 2026-06-09 |
a unix clone for c64. It supports slip with telnet over serial You can connect multiple c64's together. You can get 7 of these into a Beowulf :). http://hld.c64.org/poldi/lunix/lunix.html |
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lurker C: 2004-11-07 |
a great web interface to mailing lists. Lurk on debian's mailing list archives at http://people.debian.org/~terpstra/splash/index.en.html |
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lustre C: 2011-11-14 |
<reply>Lustre is a distributed file system for Linux, generally used in cluster computing. Lustre servers require a patched Linux kernel, see linux-patch-lustre's README.Debian. Lustre servers and clients require a lustre-modules-* package to be built/installed using <module-assistant> ("m-a a-i lustre"). Userspace utilities are packaged in lustre-utils. http://wiki.debian.org/Lustre http://www.lustre.org/ #lustre on irc.libera.chat. |
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luv C: 2002-10-06 |
the Linux Users of Victoria, Inc. Victoria is a state of Australia (not as in Victoria, Canada). Meetings are usually held on the evening of the first Tuesday of the month. See http://www.luv.asn.au/ for more details. |
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lvcool C: 2003-06-20 |
Athlon powersaving HOWTO is at http://cip.uni-trier.de/nofftz/linux/Athlon-Powersaving-HOWTO.html |
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lvfs C: 2022-12-07 |
Linux Vendor Firmware Service https://fwupd.org/. Used by fwupd to update firmware on some main boards. To fix the error 'lvfs: checksum failure' run 'fwupdmgr --force refresh'. |
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lvm M: 2008-07-21 |
<reply>[lvm] the Linux Logical Volume Manager (http://sources.redhat.com/lvm2/). Resources: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/, <lvm_tutorial>, <lvm removedisk>, <lvm movelv>, <install using lvm>, http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/410, http://sources.redhat.com/lvm2/wiki/ IRC: #lvm on irc.libera.chat. |
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lvm removedisk M: 2009-06-07 |
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/migrateoffpv.html and http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/removeadisk.html . Also ask me about <lvm>. |
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lvm_tutorial M: 2011-11-23 |
<reply>IBM developerWorks article on LVM2 (2007): http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/l-lvm2/index.html |
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lvs M: 2010-11-09 |
<reply>Linux Virtual Server (LVS) is a highly scalable and highly available server built on a cluster of real servers. http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/ Not to be confused with <linux-vserver>. |
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lwce C: 2003-01-03 |
Linux World Conference and Expo (http://www.linuxworldexpo.com) |
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lwn M: 2010-09-21 |
<reply>[lwn] Linux Weekly News, a reader-supported news site covering the Linux and free software development communities. http://lwn.net/ |
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lxc C: 2010-01-31 |
<reply>Linux Containers (LXC) is an open source virtualization system using kernel-level isolation. http://wiki.debian.org/LXC http://lxc.sf.net/ See also <virtualization>. |
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lxde M: 2009-05-30 |
<reply>The Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE) is available since Debian 5.0 "Lenny". To install, ask me about <install lxde>. https://wiki.debian.org/LXDE https://wiki.lxde.org/en/LXDE:Questions https://www.lxde.org/ #lxde on irc.oftc.net. |
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lxqt C: 2021-08-22 |
<reply>The Lightweight Qt Desktop Environment (LXQt) is available since Debian 9.0 "Stretch". It can be selected in the Debian Installer, or ask me about <install lxqt>. https://wiki.debian.org/LXQt https://lxqt-project.org/ #lxqt on irc.oftc.net. |
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lye C: 2003-04-10 |
http://lye.upnet.ru || what leaves scars |
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lync M: 2012-02-08 |
<reply>Microsoft Lync (formerly Microsoft Office Communicator) is an instant messaging client used in some corporate environments. Lync uses extensions to the SIP/SIMPLE instant messaging protocol suite, which are implemented by the third-party pidgin-sipe plugin. http://sipe.sf.net/ See also <pidgin>. |
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lynxos C: 2026-06-09 |
a Realtime operating system from Lynx REaltime Systems, Inc. IT's found at http://www.lynx.com/ and it's not a browser. |
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lynx_proxy C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply> If external (shell) variable definition of the proxy is breaking lynx, make sure it's in the format of http://PROXY:PORT/, remember the trailing slash. |
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lyx M: 2001-03-06 |
<reply>LyX is a high-level document processor that uses <LaTeX> as its backend. http://www.lyx.org/ |
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lzip C: 2001-03-31 |
a lossy data compression tool. It's the best compression tool around, it can compress you file to +/- 15% and sometimes even 0% of their original size. See http://lzip.sourceforge.net |
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m4a2mp3 C: 2006-04-30 |
to convert m4a files to mp3 files, see http://linux.togaware.com/survivor/m4a_mp3.html |
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m560x-driver M: 2009-07-22 |
a project to create Linux drivers for the ALi M5602 (USB ID 0402:5602) and M5603C USB webcam chipsets. The M5602 driver (gspca_m5602) is included in mainline Linux kernels as of 2.6.28. http://m560x-driver.sf.net/ See also <webcam>. |
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m68k M: 2010-05-31 |
<reply>[m68k] Motorola 680x0 CPU family. Used in old world Apple Macintosh, Amiga, Palm, old Sun workstations and various VME bus systems. Linux m68k runs on some of these, ucLinux should run on the less powerful models. As of Debian 4.0 "Etch", the m68k port is not a release architecture. http://www.debian.org/ports/m68k/ http://wiki.debian.org/M68k http://www.linux-m68k.org/faq/faq.html #debian-68k on irc.oftc.net. See also <basilisk>. |
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mac mini M: 2009-03-16 |
<reply>The Mac Mini is a small desktop computer produced by Apple Inc. Contains either a PowerPC G4 or Intel Core, Core 2 or Core i5/i7 CPU. http://wiki.debian.org/MacMini http://wiki.debian.org/MacMiniIntel http://www.sowerbutts.com/linux-mac-mini/ . For PowerPC G4 models, see also <powerpc>. |
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mac80211 M: 2011-06-28 |
<reply>mac80211 is a Linux kernel driver <API> for SoftMAC wireless LAN cards. http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation/mac80211 |
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macbook M: 2009-04-07 |
http://wiki.debian.org/MacBook . For the Pro model, ask me about <macbookpro>. For the Air series, ask me about <macbookair>. See also <laptop>. |
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macbookair M: 2010-12-08 |
<reply>The MacBook Air is an ultraportable laptop series produced by Apple Inc. http://wiki.debian.org/MacBookAir . See also <bcm4360>, <laptop>. |
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macbookpro C: 2009-01-31 |
<reply>The MacBook Pro is a laptop series produced by Apple Inc., succeeding the PowerBook G4. http://wiki.debian.org/MacBookPro . See also <bcm4331>, <laptop>. |
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mach M: 2010-01-18 |
<reply>[mach] a microkernel from CMU, on which NeXT, rhapsody, and hurd all have chosen to run their OS services. "[Mach] contains all the design mistakes you can make, and manages to even make up a few of its own." according to Linus. Also a utility (mach: "make a chroot") to produce clean roots (e.g. for UML, Xen) from <RPM>-based distributions, packaged for Debian. http://thomas.apestaart.org/projects/mach/ |
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mach64 M: 2010-02-19 |
<reply>Mach64 is a graphics accelerator chipset family introduced by ATI in 1994, supported by the mach64 xorg driver (xserver-xorg-video-mach64 package). The Mach64 <DRM> driver is unmaintained, see http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/ATIMach64 |
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maclist C: 2002-09-09 |
at http://standards.ieee.org/regauth/oui/oui.txt |
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macsound M: 2012-01-09 |
<reply>Experiencing no sound on Macintosh PowerPC hardware? A bug within the hw-detect component of Debian-Installer (of Debian 7 "Wheezy" and earlier releases) may incorrectly blacklist audio modules required for New World ROM systems; see http://bugs.debian.org/650588 and adjust /etc/modprobe/blacklist.local.conf and /etc/modules as necessary. This issue was corrected at the Debian 8 "Jessie" release. |
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mad C: 2001-04-22 |
Rob Leslie's MPEG Audio Decoder, GPL, at http://www.mars.org/home/rob/proj/mpeg/ |
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madwimax M: 2009-12-20 |
<reply>madWiMAX is an experimental, reverse-engineered user-space Linux kernel driver for mobile <WiMAX> devices based on the Samsung CMC-730 chip. Supports the Samsung SWC-U200, SWC-E100 and SWM-S10R (found in the Samsung NC-10 netbook). http://code.google.com/p/madwimax/ |
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maemo M: 2008-05-08 |
<reply> Maemo is a development platform to create applications for the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet and other maemo compliant handheld devices. http://maemo.org/ #maemo on irc.libera.chat. |
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maestro3 M: 2009-06-28 |
<reply>The snd-maestro3 ALSA driver (supporting ESS Allegro/Maestro3 devices) requires firmware from userspace for device operation. Device firmware (ess/maestro3_assp_kernel.fw, ess/maestro3_assp_minisrc.fw) cannot currently be distributed by the Debian project as its license is unknown; to acquire, refer to the procedure at http://wiki.debian.org/snd-maestro3 |
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mageia C: 2014-05-14 |
a fork of Mandriva Linux. http://www.mageia.org/ irc://irc.libera.chat/#mageia |
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magellan C: 2000-08-04 |
a powerful E-Mail client, check the homepage at http://www.kalliance.org for further details. |
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magic cauldron C: 2026-06-09 |
Eric Raymond's latest essay: see http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/magic-cauldron/magic-cauldron.html |
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magic sysreq M: 2015-03-26 |
<reply> You can use the SysReq key on your keyboard to send signals to the kernel when your machine is hosed. Alt+SysReq+R E I S U B (Raising Elephants Is So Utterly Boring) will try to kill processes and write data to disk before rebooting. see http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/457 and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key, or /proc/sysrq-trigger |
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magical trevor M: 2005-04-05 |
ten times as slick as the last time, the last time you saw him, now you can see why we really adore him, or http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/55/ |
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mahogany M: 2013-06-15 |
<reply>Mahogany is an open source, cross-platform mail and news client using <wxWidgets>. http://mahogany.sf.net/ |
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mail M: 2009-07-29 |
a great program for sending mail, or <mutt> can send mail from the command line with attachments, or elm rewarded the best emailer of 1999. Pine is out. http://wooledge.org/~greg/mail.html |
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mail tutorial C: 2002-06-15 |
at http://wooledge.org/~greg/mail.html |
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maildir M: 2010-03-17 |
<reply>[maildir] a one-message-per-file mailbox format used by <qmail> and supported by <mutt>, see http://www.qmail.org/man/man5/maildir.html, or DJB's one good idea. Supported by <postfix>, <exim>, etc., several final delivery/filtering programs (maildrop, procmail) and IMAP servers (courier-imap, dovecot, cyrus). To convert from mbox to maildir, ask me about <mb2md>. |
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maildrop M: 2010-07-30 |
<reply>maildrop is a mail delivery agent with filtering abilities similar to <procmail>, often used with the Courier mail server. See /usr/share/doc/maildrop/README.Debian, the maildropfilter man page and http://www.courier-mta.org/maildrop/maildropex.html . http://www.courier-mta.org/maildrop/ |
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mailfilter C: 2001-06-11 |
a tool to filter spam away from your mailbox contrary to the filtering with promail, mailfilter filters the mail ONLINE which means that it can delete unwanted spam directly from your pop3 account before fetchmail (or your favorite pop3 client) even sees it which can be found at http://mailfilter.sourceforge.net/ |
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mailing list M: 2010-07-06 |
<reply>Mailing lists allow large numbers of people to share knowledge and experiences, these communications are also persistent. See http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/ . mbox archives are not provided via the web archive due to Listmaster team policy (Debian bug #161440), see <gmane>. For lists.debian.org questions, join #debian-lists on irc.oftc.net or e-mail listmaster@lists.debian.org. See also <list spam> and <subscribed>. |
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mailing-list C: 2002-07-06 |
see http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/subscribe |
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mailinglist C: 2002-04-09 |
at http://lists.debian.org |
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mailman M: 2010-02-12 |
<reply>GNU Mailman is an excellent Python-based mailing list manager. To convert Mailman text archives to the <mbox> format, see http://www.dev411.com/wiki/Converting_Mailman_Archives . http://wiki.list.org/ http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/ |
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mailman home page C: 2000-07-18 |
http://www.list.org |
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mailpile M: 2013-09-08 |
<reply>Mailpile is an open source <webmail> client. http://mailpile.is/ #mailpile on irc.libera.chat. |
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mailscanner M: 2011-06-24 |
<reply>MailScanner is an email gateway for virus scanning, spam and phishing detection. Not part of Lenny's release due to Debian bug #506353. Broken by Perl tainting fixes (DSA 2265-1), see Debian bug #631537. Removed from Debian post-Squeeze to resolve bug #531317. http://mailscanner.info/ |
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mailwatch C: 2001-01-16 |
a cool app for tracking mailing list traffic and generating reports on it. Check out http://www.stonekeep.com/content/other/mailwatch/ |
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main C: 2011-05-15 |
<reply>Debian's "main" archive area consists of <DFSG>-compliant packages, which do not rely on software outside this area to operate. These are the only packages considered part of the Debian distribution. http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive#s-main . See also <contrib>, <non-free>. |
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maintainer-scripts C: 2016-07-07 |
<reply> https://wiki.debian.org/MaintainerScripts |
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make debian boot faster M: 2008-12-29 |
Check http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/620 |
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make oldconfig M: 2005-07-29 |
what you run when you copy your old .config file into a new kernel source directory.. it'll take the values it can and prompt you for the others, or http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html |
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make tutorial C: 2001-03-26 |
http://wooledge.org/~greg/make-tutorial.txt |
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make-kpkg initrd M: 2009-10-25 |
see http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2009/10/msg01265.html |
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make-trick M: 2014-12-11 |
https://paste.debian.net/plain/135983/ |
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makefile C: 2026-06-09 |
a file to pass rules and dependencies to <make>. A nice guide to writing makefiles can be found at http://www.la.utexas.edu/lab/software/devtool/gnu/make/Top.html |
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malware M: 2010-11-02 |
<reply>[malware] "malicious software", see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malware . Malware Patrol provides automated and user contributed malware block lists (MBLs) for use with <AdBlock>, <ClamAV>, <Postfix>, <Squid> and other applications. http://www.malwarepatrol.net/ |
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mame M: 2013-01-21 |
<reply>MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) is an emulator of arcade game system hardware. XMAME (X11 port for Unix-like systems) is packaged for Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" as xmame-{sdl,svga,tools,x}, ask me about <non-free sources>; it was removed post-Squeeze to resolve bug #612531. SDLMAME (XMAME's official replacement) is packaged for Debian 7 "Wheezy" as mame and mame-tools, ask me about <non-free sources>. http://wiki.debian.org/Mame |
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mammut M: 2002-03-05 |
a big animal and one of the best climbing eq. producers, or at http://www.mammut.ch, or at http://www.bever.nl |
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man ed C: 2007-04-09 |
http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed.msg.html |
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mandriva M: 2021-06-22 |
<reply>Mandriva was the result of merging Mandrake and <Conectiva> linux distros. It is no longer supported, last release 2011. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandriva_Linux |
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maniadrive M: 2010-04-17 |
<reply>ManiaDrive is a free clone of TrackMania, an arcade racing game. Written in C and PHP. <RFP> in Debian bug #532135. http://maniadrive.raydium.org/ |
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manjaro M: 2021-06-04 |
<reply> Manjaro Linux is desktop-oriented distribution based on Arch Linux. http://manjaro.org/ #manjaro on irc.libera.chat |
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manning bar M: 2001-05-21 |
at sydney uni, or at http://spacepants.org/halfdave/whereismanning.jpg, or at http://www.usu.usyd.edu.au/whatsnew/manningcam.html |
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manuals M: 2006-08-20 |
<reply> If you are looking for manuals, guides and procedures focusing on Debian - from a user perspective, the administrator's view and others - see http://www.debian.org/doc/ . Also ask me about <reference> and <grounding>. |
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maps rbl C: 2026-06-09 |
the maps realtime blackhole list, a realtime updated spam filter at maps.vix.com; to enable it in sendmail just add the line FEATURE(rbl) to /etc/mail/sendmail.mc and rerun sendmailconfig or for exim info, see http://www.exim.org/howto/rbl.html |
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maradns M: 2011-09-11 |
<reply>MaraDNS is a security-aware DNS implementation. http://www.maradns.org/faq.html http://www.maradns.org/ |
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mariadb M: 2015-04-28 |
<reply>MariaDB is a community-developed fork of <MySQL>, intended as backward compatible drop-in replacement. Packages are available for Debian 8 "Jessie" and later releases. https://mariadb.org/ #maria on irc.libera.chat. |
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markov C: 2013-08-14 |
a mathematical system used in many scientific areas like text processing for artifical intelligence and to generate human looking sentences, also abused by spammers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markov_chain#Markov_text_generators |
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markybob M: 2001-05-22 |
insane, or in need of sleep, or both, or needs someone to shout him a good aussie beer, or dumb enough to compile mozilla on a 266mhz with 80mb ram (it worked, too!), or for his dream ask apt about linux chick, or in a bad mood, or check out http://www.markybob.com !, or ask me about markybob help |
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markybob help C: 2001-05-22 |
http://www.markybob.com does not resolve ever since he lost a mobo at home. If you'd like to help him and show your appreciation for what he's done in the past, his paypal account is at mark.pinto@capitolcreag.com |
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marleneos C: 2001-07-02 |
at http://ILWM.dyndns.org |
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mars C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.altara.org/mars.html (Java-based network services status monitor) or at http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mgs/movpics/anim/anim.html |
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marte C: 2001-01-13 |
the Minimal Real-Time Operating System for Embedded Applications, available from http://ctrpc17.ctr.unican.es/marte.html it's far simpler to compile than rtems (apt rtems) and it's but 1/60th the size. |
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martian M: 2009-06-24 |
<reply>Martian is a driver for PCI controller-less modems (aka <Winmodem>) based on Agere 164x "Mars" DSPs, found within the ThinkPad A20, T20 and others. Martian is an alternative to the ltmodem driver, with the core moved to userspace. To install (i386 architecture only), refer to the procedure at http://wiki.debian.org/martian_dev |
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mash potato upgrade C: 2000-08-06 |
<reply> http://www.debian.org/releases/potato/#release-notes |
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mash shell intro C: 2000-08-06 |
<reply> http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/users/reriksso/unix/shell.html |
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mashsite C: 2000-08-10 |
<reply>mashsite runs on php-nuke - http://www.linuxpreview.org/ |
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mason C: 2000-10-23 |
a powerful Perl-based web site development and delivery engine. With Mason you can embed Perl code in your HTML and construct pages from shared, reusable components. http://www.masonhq.com |
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masqmail M: 2010-01-06 |
a small <MTA> and <POP3> client for hosts with no permanent network connection. http://prog.marmaro.de/masqmail/ |
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mass market busking C: 2000-08-04 |
http://www.boswa.com/buskware/buskware.html |
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matchbox C: 2008-06-08 |
a open-source base environment for the X Window System running on non-desktop embedded platforms. http://matchbox-project.org/ |
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mate M: 2014-02-11 |
<reply>The MATE Desktop Environment is a fork of GNOME 2, available since Debian 8 "Jessie" (and also in wheezy-backports). To install, ask me about <install mate>. https://wiki.debian.org/Mate http://mate-desktop.org/ #mate on irc.libera.chat. |
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matplotlib C: 2013-09-11 |
<reply>The python module "matplotlib" provides plotting and data visualisation tools to use either interactively in a python shell like ipython or from larger scripts. It works well with <scipy> and <numpy> analysis routines. http://matplotlib.sf.net/ packaged for Debian in the python-matplotlib and python3-matplotlib packages. Also ask me about <plotting>. |
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matriux M: 2013-10-03 |
<reply>Matriux is a distribution based on Debian that aims to provide security tools for ethical hackers. It is not Debian and is not supported in #debian. Seek help in their forums at http://forum.matriux.com/ See also <based on debian>. |
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matroska M: 2013-01-30 |
<reply>Matroska is an open multimedia container format, supporting chapters, subtitles and multiple streams. Its file types include .mkv (video with subtitles and audio) and .mka (audio only). Supported by <mplayer>, <totem>, <vlc>, <xine> and other applications. Matroska manipulation tools are packaged in mkvtoolnix and mkvtoolnix-gui. http://www.matroska.org/ #matroska on irc.libera.chat. |
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maven C: 2026-06-09 |
a VAT-capable audioconferencing tool for the MacOS and is available at http://www-commeng.cso.uiuc.edu/~kline/cvk-ido.html |
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maximus M: 2011-05-03 |
<reply>Maximus is an automaximizing window management tool. It operates as a daemon, automatically maximising and (optionally) un-decorating windows. Compatible with any window manager supporting <EWMH>. http://launchpad.net/maximus |
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mb2md M: 2010-03-17 |
a Perl script for converting <Mbox> mailboxes to the <Maildir> format, packaged for Debian. http://batleth.sapienti-sat.org/projects/mb2md/ |
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mbf C: 2009-09-20 |
Mass Bug Filing. http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/beyond-pkging.html#submit-many-bugs |
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mbr M: 2009-05-11 |
<reply>The Master Boot Record (MBR) is the first bit of code loaded from the hard drive when a PC boots. To install a clean MBR (e.g. to get rid of LILO within the MBR) from Linux "install-mbr /dev/hda"; from DOS one can run "fdisk /mbr", or ask me about <fixmbr>. See http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-copy-mbr/ for guidelines on copying the MBR. |
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mbv C: 2000-11-13 |
My Bloody Valentine at http://www.expectdelay.com/mbv/ |
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mbx2mbox C: 2002-11-15 |
a converter for Outlook/Internet Mail and News mailboxes (.mbx, .dbx) to standard UUCP mailboxes (mbox), it's at http://mbx2mbox.sourceforge.net/ |
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mc M: 2014-12-15 |
<reply>Midnight Commander is a cross-platform orthodox file manager, a clone of Norton Commander. It is a text mode application, with the main interface consisting of two panels which display the file system. Samba (SMB) support is disabled by default since mc 2:4.6.2~git20080311-1 (Debian bug #432324). http://www.midnight-commander.org/wiki/doc/faq http://www.midnight-commander.org/, or The best file manager. |
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mca C: 2026-06-09 |
Micro Channel Architecture, the bus used in IBM PS/2 machines. http://glycerine.itsmm.uni.edu/mca/ or is out of date. |
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mcnlive M: 2010-03-12 |
<reply>MCNLive is a Live CD/USB Linux distribution based on <Mandriva> Linux. It is not supported in #debian. http://www.mcnlive.org/ |
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mcse M: 2001-12-04 |
Minesweeper Consultant and Solitaire Expert. Must Consult Someone Else. Microsoft Certified System Engineer. http://www.leftmind.net/asr/mcse.txt |
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md M: 2010-07-15 |
<reply>"Multidisk Device" (MD) is commonly used to describe the software <RAID> facilities available in the Linux kernel. To establish a software RAID array at Debian installation time, see section 6.3.3.4 of the <install guide>. See also <mdadm>. http://wiki.debian.org/SoftwareRAID http://linux.yyz.us/why-software-raid.html http://raid.wiki.kernel.org/ #linux-raid on irc.libera.chat. |
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md9888 C: 2000-08-09 |
<reply> see at http://experte.kt2.tu-harburg.de/Linux/LT9888.html ... if you can't read german, see babelfish, or for X see cyber9397 |
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mdadm M: 2010-03-23 |
<reply>mdadm is a tool for administering Linux multi-disk (MD) arrays. Debian mdadm FAQ: http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-mdadm/mdadm.git;a=blob_plain;f=debian/FAQ;hb=HEAD . Linux RAID mdadm FAQ: https://raid.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Mdadm-faq . See also <MD>. |
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mdb M: 2010-12-08 |
<reply>MDB is the file format used by Microsoft Access database products prior to Access 2007 (Access 97: Jet 3; Access 2000/2002: Jet 4). On Debian systems, the mdbtools package provides utilities for reading MDB files (http://mdbtools.sf.net/). |
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mdk M: 2001-07-27 |
<reply> Mandrake!. Murder-Death-Kill, or the GNU MIX Developer Kit, an IDE for Donald Knuth's mythical computer language, described in Volume one of his "The Art Of Computer Programming" series. http://www.gnu.org/software/mdk/mdk.html |
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mds M: 2019-05-17 |
<reply>Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) (aka MDSUM). Yet another hardware exploit in recent Intel CPUs. See <https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4447>, or <https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-11091> |
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meaning of stable M: 2007-07-03 |
<reply>"Stable" is a release, and it does not change much at all over its lifetime. There is a known set of bugs, and it gets security updates, and point releases. Some will consider this as 'stale', while others consider this one of the great advantages of Debian. http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-getting#s-updatestable |
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meat M: 2004-10-04 |
<reply> meaty: apt, or http://www.terrybisson.com/meat.html |
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media M: 2009-03-31 |
TP Debian recorded media can be found at http://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/ |
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mediawiki M: 2024-12-30 |
<reply>MediaWiki is a wiki engine written in <PHP>. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ http://www.mediawiki.org/ #mediawiki on irc.libera.chat. |
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medion C: 2000-08-09 |
<reply> see at http://experte.kt2.tu-harburg.de/Linux/LT9888.html ... if you can't read german, see babelfish, or for X see cyber9397 |
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mednafen C: 2011-03-06 |
<reply>Mednafen is a command-line driven multi-platform emulator, supporting the Atari Lynx, GameBoy, GameBoy Color, GameBoy Advance, Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), PC Engine / TurboGrafx 16, NeoGeo Pocket, NeoGeo Pocket Color, PC-FX, SuperGrafx and WonderSwan systems. Video game hardware (e.g. Game Genie, NES Zapper, PowerPad) is also emulated. http://mednafen.sf.net/ |
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megapov C: 2001-07-17 |
at http://www.nathan.kopp.com/patched.htm |
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megaraid M: 2013-02-24 |
<reply>The LSI Logic MegaRAID Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) driver and MegaRAID legacy driver are part of the Linux kernel. Support for additional hardware (backported from Linux 3.0.56) is included since the Debian <6.0.7> point release (bug #666108). See http://wiki.debian.org/LinuxRaidForAdmins for supported devices. |
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megatokyo C: 2001-04-22 |
a nice online comics at http://www.megatokyo.com |
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meh C: 2005-01-30 |
<reply> http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=meh&f=1 |
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meltdown C: 2018-01-07 |
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5754 |
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memcache C: 2008-10-20 |
memcached is a high-performance, distributed memory object caching system, generic in nature, but intended for use in speeding up dynamic web applications by alleviating database load. http://www.danga.com/memcached/ |
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memorex 0wned C: 2001-02-08 |
http://mail.icixcorp.com/~gjw/memorex/ |
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memoware C: 2001-01-24 |
the best place to get free ebooks for the Palm. Check it out at http://www.memoware.com. |
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memprof C: 2026-06-09 |
a memory leak detection tool see http://people.redhat.com/~otaylor/memprof/index.html |
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memtest M: 2013-05-16 |
<reply>To test a computer's memory subsystem for faults, use either: memtest86 / memtest86+ (thorough real-mode testers) or memtester (userspace utility), all packaged for Debian. http://www.memtest86.com/ http://www.memtest.org/ http://pyropus.ca/software/memtester/ See also <grub2 badram>. |
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mencoder M: 2010-08-13 |
<reply>MEncoder is a command line video decoding, encoding and filtering tool, built from the same source as <MPlayer>. For usage instructions, see http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/mencoder.html and http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/encoding-guide.html . Also ask me about <mplayer faq>. |
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mentalinux C: 2001-02-08 |
unknown_lamer's cool linux distro that features mpkg and stuff. See http://mentalunix.sourceforge.net and subscribe to the mailing lists now(http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mentalunix-developers ) |
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mentors M: 2021-08-28 |
<reply>mentors is the system the Debian project uses to train new people to become Debian Developers or Debian Maintainers and get their packages into the Debian archive. Ask me about <nmg>. http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/ http://mentors.debian.net/ #debian-mentors on irc.debian.org (irc.oftc.net). |
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menuetos M: 2005-09-02 |
Graphical realtime OS written in all 32-bit assembly, for x86 i386+, fits on one floppy, protected memory, 44 kHz sound soon, GUI, DOS loader download;, or learn more at http://www.MenuetOS.org |
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mepis M: 2011-05-14 |
<reply>MEPIS is a live CD distribution based on Debian. SimplyMEPIS 11 (based on Squeeze), SimplyMEPIS 8.0/8.5 (based on Lenny) and antiX (based on <testing>) are not supported in #debian. http://www.mepis.org/ See also <based on debian>. |
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merchandise M: 2011-03-18 |
http://www.debian.org/misc/merchandise , http://wiki.debian.org/Merchandise |
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mercurial M: 2013-12-04 |
<reply>Mercurial is a distributed cross-platform revision control system. http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/ #mercurial on irc.libera.chat. |
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merge C: 2012-11-09 |
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control#merge |
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mesa M: 2011-03-01 |
<reply>Mesa 3D is an open source implementation of the <OpenGL> API. http://mesa3d.org/ #dri-devel on irc.oftc.net. See also <glx>. |
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meta distro C: 2006-01-30 |
not Knoppix, but not Debian either. Meta Distributions are Spanish-based sub-distributions of Ubuntu (see !ubuntu), which is Debian-based, and are thus not Debian and are further NOT supported here. Please see !es and read carefully http://soleup.eup.uva.es/mario/post/1/265 (english version: http://tinyurl.com/agyu2) |
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meta-programming C: 2000-06-20 |
http://fare.tunes.org/articles/ll99/mpfas.html |
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metacity M: 2010-06-08 |
a lightweight and compositing <window manager>, the default WM in <GNOME> prior to GNOME 3, which nobody makes any documentation on. It does not have a homepage either, see http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2007/12/23/start-reading-here/ . See also <metacity bell bug>. |
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metacity bell bug M: 2010-06-08 |
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2010/04/msg01928.html |
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metakit C: 2026-06-09 |
a lightweight database solution at http://www.equi4.com/metakit/ |
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metalab M: 2000-10-22 |
http://metalab.unc.edu/, ftp://metalab.unc.edu/, see also sunsite, or see 'apt ibiblio' for current location |
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metasploit M: 2010-04-06 |
<reply>The Metasploit Framework is a penetration testing system and development platform, used for authoring and executing exploit code against a target machine. Not in Debian, <RFP> in bug #323420. http://www.metasploit.com/ #metasploit on irc.libera.chat. |
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methinks gpl C: 2005-10-15 |
about freedom whereas the BSD license allows people to take that away, or at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html |
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metro C: 2000-07-19 |
http://transit.metrokc.gov |
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metrosexual C: 2004-03-30 |
An urban male with a strong aesthetic sense who spends a great deal of time and money on his appearance and lifestyle (http://www.wordspy.com/words/metrosexual.asp) |
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mft M: 2010-03-30 |
<reply>[mft] Mail-Followup-To:, a sane method of specifying if you want to be Cc:'ed or not. Used by <gnus>, <mutt> and other sane <MUA>s. http://cr.yp.to/proto/replyto.html http://www.leptonite.org/mft/software.html |
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mga_hal M: 2011-01-05 |
<reply>The <Matrox> binary-only mga_hal module provides extra functionality in open and closed source drivers for G400/450/550 video cards, including support for DualHead and TV-out on G400, DVI support on G450/550 cards. Not packaged for Debian, it is available from http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/support/drivers/latest/ |
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mgmt M: 2003-11-09 |
Debian Package Management - Most Important Commands: http://sgeiger.mine.nu/docs/ or 'man apt-get'; 'man apt-cache', or apt-get install apt-dpkg-ref |
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mht C: 2007-06-14 |
"Microsoft Hypertext Archive", short for MHTML, "The idea behind MHT documents is to embed all external resources, usually images, in a single document. You can think of MHTML as a HTML document with all external images, frames, etc.. embedded in the document, not just linked from the document." http://www.aspnetmht.com/overview.aspx |
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mia M: 2015-01-14 |
missing in action. status of missing unknown. as opposed to KIA, POW, or AWOL. https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/beyond-pkging.html#mia-qa |
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mibi M: 2004-11-09 |
2^20 or see http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html |
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michael k. smith C: 2000-11-09 |
the second greatest author of erotic fiction in the world. ever. You can find his writing at http://www.asstr.org/~michaelksmith/ |
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micq M: 2009-05-14 |
<reply>mICQ was an <ICQ> clone for the console. Previously trojaned by upstream (Debian bug #180842, http://lwn.net/Articles/22991/), application since removed from Debian. Renamed to climm (Command Line Interface Multi Messenger) as of version 0.6. |
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microcode M: 2012-11-13 |
<reply>Microcode are instructions/structures for implementing high-level machine code within processors. The Linux kernel can load updated microcode on most x86 processors. Microcode patches for Intel and AMD64 CPUs are packaged for Debian as intel-microcode and amd64-microcode respectively; installing the relevant package is recommended to ensure system stability. Ask me about <non-free sources>. http://wiki.debian.org/Microcode |
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microphone M: 2010-12-01 |
<reply>A microphone is an acoustic-to-electric transducer/sensor, converting sound into an electrical signal. To record from a microphone using <ALSA>, see http://alsa.opensrc.org/Record_from_mic |
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microwindows C: 2001-01-01 |
http://www.microwindows.org |
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mid C: 2001-09-03 |
<reply> see Musical Instrument Digital Interface, or timidity to play. smurf to edit, or http://www.midi-howto.com |
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midgard C: 2001-05-01 |
at http://www.midgard-project.org |
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midi M: 2002-05-26 |
Musical Instrument Digital Interface, or timidity to play. smurf to edit, or http://www.midi-howto.com |
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midori M: 2009-07-08 |
<reply>Midori is a lightweight graphical web browser based on WebKit. Not part of the Debian 8 "Jessie" release due to bug #759959. http://twotoasts.de/index.php/midori/ #midori on irc.libera.chat. |
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mikmod M: 2013-01-05 |
<reply>MikMod is a music player and library, supporting several music module and archive formats. http://mikmod.shlomifish.org/ |
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mikolee C: 2003-07-20 |
the worlds best ass fucking pornstar -> http://www.mikolee.com |
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milfmothers C: 2005-12-30 |
at http://www.milfhunter.com |
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milkymist C: 2011-08-24 |
a system-on-chip uses the LatticeMico32 (LM32) core as a general purpose processor. http://milkymist.org/ |
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milo C: 2001-07-06 |
short for the Multiple ILO document formatting system. See http://www.openstandards.org/milo/ or a choclatey beverage, or the alpha arch linux loader. |
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mime M: 2010-09-13 |
<reply>Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) are functions used for the attachment of binary files to an e-mail message. MIME is the most common group of functions used to make this translation, allowing us to tack on graphics, sound and executable files to our e-mail messages. http://wiki.debian.org/MIME |
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minbif M: 2010-05-17 |
<reply>Minbif is an IRC gateway to instant messaging networks (e.g. AIM, MSN, ICQ, XMPP, Yahoo) using the <Pidgin> libpurple library. http://minbif.im/ See also <bitlbee>. |
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mindcraft C: 2026-06-09 |
the completely objective company that Microsoft bribed to run a test pitting a finely tuned NT versus a crippled Linux. More information can be found at http://www.kegel.com/mindcraft_redux.html |
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mindguard C: 2026-06-09 |
the leader in psychotronic protection software. Mind Your Mind(tm) with MindGuard! http://members.tripod.com/~zoam/mindguard.html |
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mindterm M: 2001-07-27 |
a GPL'd java ssh client written in Java. http://www.mindbright.se/mindterm/, or see epocssh for mindterm on nokia |
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mineos C: 2020-09-11 |
<reply> mineos is based on debian, but it is not debian, and it is not supported here. Seek help at https://minecraft.codeemo.com/mineoswiki/index.php?title=Main_Page |
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minetest C: 2013-08-28 |
<reply>Minetest is an open source sandbox construction game, inspired by Infiniminer and Minecraft. http://minetest.net/ #minetest on irc.libera.chat. |
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mini-commander gone C: 2006-06-03 |
<reply>If your mini commander gnome applet has dissapeared, update your system (See http://bugs.debian.org/368528 for more info). |
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mini.iso C: 2009-06-11 |
<reply>mini.iso is a super small ISO that utilizes the <netboot> images to fetch <d-i> and all components over the network. Only contains a boot loader, kernel and initrd, typically ~20MB. Start at http://debian.org/distrib/netinst#verysmall ("Tiny CDs, ...") and work your way until you find the mini.iso for your architecture. |
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minidlna C: 2011-05-29 |
<reply>MiniDLNA (aka ReadyDLNA) is an <UPnP>-AV server targeted at embedded systems, serving media files (music, pictures, and video) to network clients (e.g. <totem>, smartphones, televisions). Packaged since Debian 7.0 "Wheezy". http://sf.net/projects/minidlna/ |
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minimal install M: 2012-04-03 |
<reply>See http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch03s04 for required/recommended disk space. Debian keeps the base install relatively small for both hardware requirements and flexibility. As a consequence half the people are surprised that basic tools (like bzip2) are not "default" and half think that the existing base install contains too much (cron, python, ...). Also see <emdebian> <base install> <standard task>. |
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minitube M: 2013-06-04 |
<reply>Minitube is a native <YouTube> client which does not require <flash player>. Not part of the Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" release due to bug #607525, not part of the Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" release due to bug #673696. http://flavio.tordini.org/minitube |
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miniwoody C: 2003-03-27 |
at http://ktown.kde.org/~nolden/ISO/ |
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minix M: 2002-05-07 |
at http://www.minix3.org, or ask me about <tanenbaum v torvalds>. |
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mintppc C: 2011-03-24 |
<reply>MintPPC (formerly Linux MintPPC) is a Linux distribution for <PowerPC> systems based on <Linux Mint> LXDE and Debian. It is not supported in #debian or #debianppc. http://mintppc.org/ |
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mips M: 2011-05-17 |
<reply>MIPS is a <RISC> architecture (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIPS_architecture). Debian's MIPS port consists of two ports (debian-mips and debian-mipsel) differing in binary endianness. See http://www.debian.org/ports/mips/ for more information, supported machines and related links. See also <install guide>. http://lists.debian.org/debian-mips/ http://www.linux-mips.org/ |
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mirage M: 2014-05-25 |
<reply>Mirage is an image viewer, which only depends on PyGTK. http://mirageiv.berlios.de/ |
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mirc M: 2005-10-13 |
http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/mirc/exploit.html, or sucks festering dog balls |
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miro C: 2008-06-08 |
<reply>Miro (formerly Democracy Player) is a GTK+ based video aggregator. http://www.getmiro.com/ |
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mirror map C: 2012-02-20 |
<reply>You can find a mirror that is geographically close to you using the Debian mirror map: http://deb.li/map . For other mirror finding tools, ask me about <geo sources.list> <apt-spy> <mirrors>. |
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mirror size M: 2011-06-28 |
<reply>To see the size of the Debian archive for each architecture, see http://www.debian.org/mirrors/size . To make your own mirror, ask me about <mirrors>. |
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mirror split C: 2006-02-28 |
http://lists.debian.org/debian-mirrors-announce/2006/02/msg00000.html |
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mirror stats C: 2017-05-03 |
Debian mirrors have timestamp files we use to determine how recently they have been updated. Here are some statistics the mirror maintainers provide: https://mirror-master.debian.org/status/mirror-status.html and http://ftp.de.debian.org/dmc/today/ Ask me about <mirrors>. #debian-mirrors on irc.oftc.net. |
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mirror torrents C: 2017-11-16 |
wget -r -np -e robots=off -A torrent http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian-cd/ |
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mirrorlist C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.debian.org/~jgg/Mirrors.masterlist |
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misdn M: 2010-04-10 |
<reply>mISDN (modular ISDN) is an <ISDN> driver for Linux, the successor of the <isdn4linux> subsystem. It is a BRI and PRI ETSI compliant DSS1 protocol stack for TE and NT modes. Added to the mainline Linux kernel in 2.6.27. http://www.misdn.org/ |
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missing images C: 2011-02-23 |
<reply>Not all Debian CD/DVD images are made available for download due to space considerations on mirrors. If you are one of the very few people who really requires these images, use jigdo to produce these using a Debian mirror; ask me about <jigdo> and <mirrors>. http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#not-all-images |
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missing lsb tags C: 2009-11-16 |
<reply> From 6.0 "Squeeze" onwards, Debian uses a dependency-based boot sequence (see /usr/share/doc/sysv-rc/README.Debian). This requires all init scripts having appropriate headers, so that the correct order of execution can be determined. Scripts like S25libdevmapper1.02 are left over from 3.1 "Sarge" and can be deleted; your own scripts will need LSB headers added: http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts |
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mit-scheme C: 2011-02-22 |
<reply>MIT/GNU Scheme is an implementation of the <Scheme> programming language. Packaged for Debian as mit-scheme, currently limited to the i386 architecture (Debian bug #365530). http://www.gnu.org/software/mit-scheme/ |
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mitm M: 2019-10-15 |
<reply>A Man-In-The-Middle attack is when someone intercepts and modifies your communications. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-in-the-middle_attack> SSH avoids this by storing host keys. Debian package lists are signed. <https://wiki.debian.org/SecureApt> |
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mitnick M: 2004-07-02 |
the guy who got locked up in jail for h4x0ring some puters, or a script kiddie, or http://www.rajuabju.com/warezirc/elitehax0r.htm |
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mixed system M: 2008-07-01 |
Read section 3.8 "How to keep a mixed system" of the APT HOWTO at http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ (N.B. this document is obsolete, ask me about <reference>). Make sure you know the various different ways this can go wrong and remember: if you break it, you get to keep both pieces. |
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mixmaster M: 2010-03-31 |
<reply>Mixmaster is the reference implementation of the type II remailer protocol, a service for privatizing email. http://mixmaster.sf.net/faq.shtml |
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mkfontalias C: 2003-11-02 |
download at http://it.cgb.ki.se/download/corefont/ |
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mkfontalias.py C: 2003-11-02 |
download at http://it.cgb.ki.se/download/corefont/ |
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mktemp C: 2009-06-17 |
a tool for creating a temporary file or directory. Now included in <coreutils> as of version 7.4-1; the mktemp package is a transitional package to coreutils in Squeeze. http://manpages.debian.org/man/1/mktemp |
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mldonkey M: 2010-06-02 |
<reply>MLDonkey is an open source, cross-platform, multi-protocol (BitTorrent, Direct Connect, eDonkey, Gnutella, Kad) peer-to-peer file sharing application, originally an <eDonkey> Linux client. Controllable via web browser, GTK+ interface or telnet. Packaged for Debian as mldonkey-server and mldonkey-gui. http://mldonkey.sf.net/ |
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mlocate M: 2010-11-20 |
<reply>mlocate (where m == "merging") is locate/updatedb implementation, a replacement for the <locate> and <slocate> tools from lenny onwards. mlocate is clever in that it remembers timestamps on directories so it doesn't need to rebuild the entire database each day. See http://packages.debian.org/mlocate for more information. http://carolina.mff.cuni.cz/~trmac/blog/mlocate |
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mlwm M: 2002-11-03 |
the Mac-like window manager, or on http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~y-miyata/mlvwm.html |
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mm1 patch M: 2003-08-12 |
get your mm1 patches at ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/, or this is a 2.6 patch with many bugfixes and speed improvements |
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mmap_min_addr C: 2009-10-23 |
<reply>mmap_min_addr is a Linux kernel tunable, specifying the minimum virtual address a process can map. Low values increase susceptibility to NULL pointer privilege escalation. The default value on Debian systems increased from 0 to 4096 as of <5.0.4>, which impacts the use of Win16 binaries with <wine>. See http://wiki.debian.org/mmap_min_addr for more information. |
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mms M: 2003-06-07 |
console mpg123 frontend, with nice ncurses interface which can be found in debian source format at http://yacoob.dnsalias.net/debian/, or the protocol used by Windows Media Player (probably stands for Mostly Microsoft Stuff), or mplayer -dumpstream mms://blah |
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mmv C: 2022-07-24 |
a program to move/copy/link multiple files according to a set of wildcard patterns. This multiple action is performed safely, i.e. without any unexpected deletion of files due to collisions of target names with existing filenames or with other target names. https://github.com/rrthomas/mmv |
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mng C: 2001-02-01 |
at http://www.libmng.com/pub/mng/ - Multiple Network Graphic, a superset of PNG, Portable Network Graphic |
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mobian M: 2024-03-13 |
<reply> visit https://wiki.mobian-project.org/doku.php?id=start and https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/PINE64/PinePhone, or https://wiki.debian.org/Mobian, or #mobian on OFTC |
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mobile M: 2014-03-29 |
<reply>You can install Debian on your <android> based mobile device using <lildebi> or manually install Debian in a chroot: https://wiki.debian.org/ChrootOnAndroid . More advanced approaches are possible but require a lot more work, e.g. http://bonedaddy.net/pabs3/log/2012/12/03/debian-mobile/ . See also https://wiki.debian.org/Mobile and #debian-mobile on irc.oftc.net. |
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moblin M: 2010-01-27 |
<reply>Moblin (Mobile Linux) is a distribution and application stack for netbooks, nettops, Mobile Internet Devices and embedded systems. The Moblin 2 distribution is based on <Fedora> and is not supported in #debian. http://moblin.org/ |
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mobo search C: 2001-01-25 |
a way of identifying your motherboard manufacturer by the BIOS id: http://www.motherboards.org/moboidtools.html |
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moc M: 2009-04-19 |
the Qt meta object compiler, or "music on console", a console audio player (the player binary is `mocp'). http://moc.daper.net/ Use the forum for developer/user contact: http://moc.daper.net/forum . See also <mpd>. |
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mod perl C: 2002-05-28 |
http://www.modperldev.com |
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modeline M: 2011-01-12 |
<reply>Modeline directives in <xorg.conf> are used to specify low-level video modes for your monitor. Since XFree86 4.0, manually supplying modelines is usually unnecessary, as video modes are automatically determined using monitor capabilities acquired via <EDID>. Custom modelines can be created using http://xtiming.sf.net/cgi-bin/xtiming.pl ; see also the cvt, gtf (xserver-xorg-core) and videogen utilities. |
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modem M: 2009-10-09 |
<reply>A modem (modulator/demodulator) is a device turning digital signals into analog ones, for transmission to another modem and translation back to digital. Used for communication through means of audio, telephone, CB, etc. Ask me about <ppp>. USB CDC ACM-compliant modems are supported by the Linux kernel's cdc-acm driver (/dev/ttyACM*). See also <winmodem>, <3g>. http://wiki.debian.org/Modem |
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modplug C: 2026-06-09 |
a tracker, player, or web-browser plugin-in for playing mod files in windows or at http://www.castlex.com/modplug/ |
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modsecurity M: 2013-04-22 |
<reply>ModSecurity is a cross-platform web application firewall, providing methods to tighten web application security. The module for Apache HTTPD is packaged for Debian 7 "Wheezy" as libapache2-modsecurity. http://modsecurity.org/ |
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module M: 2009-06-01 |
a driver for a device (a part of a kernel) which can be dynamically loaded/unloaded. Ask me about <modprobe>. To compile modules available in Debian module source packages, ask me about <dkms>, <module-assistant>. http://wiki.debian.org/Modules |
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module options C: 2016-01-30 |
<reply>To inspect and set the modules for a kernel module, see http://feeding.cloud.geek.nz/posts/linux-kernel-module-options-on-debian/ |
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module-assistant M: 2009-08-20 |
<reply>module-assistant is a tool helping to build additional (kernel) module packages - from Debian module source packages - and install them. "aptitude install module-assistant". See usage examples at http://wiki.debian.org/ModuleAssistant . Log files from successful (and unsuccessful!) builds can be found in /var/cache/modass/ |
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modules r evil C: 2001-05-23 |
Loadable Kernel Modules are significant security risk. Go read http://www.sans.org/newlook/resources/IDFAQ/knark.htm |
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modx C: 2009-10-29 |
<reply>MODx is an open source cross-platform content management system written in PHP. It is not in the Debian archive. http://www.modxcms.com/ |
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mod_auth_mysql C: 2001-03-03 |
http://apachetoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2000-08-07-001-01-NW-LF-SW |
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mod_cvs C: 2000-01-24 |
at http://www.sub.nu/mod_cvs/ |
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mod_gzip C: 2003-03-25 |
enable the options listed here: http://www.bluestream.org/Networking/gzip.htm |
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mod_userdir M: 2011-02-12 |
<reply>mod_userdir is a module available for <Apache> HTTPD and <lighttpd>, allowing access to user-specific directories via http://example.com/~user/ URLs. The UserDir (Apache HTTPD) and userdir.path (lighttpd) directives specify directory locations (e.g. public_html). To enable this module in Apache HTTPD and lighttpd on Debian systems: "a2enmod userdir" or "lighty-enable-mod userdir" respectively. See also <php userdir>. |
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moincookies C: 2011-02-12 |
<reply>To parse <moin> wiki IDs from the Iceweasel cookie database for use with <editmoin>: sqlite3 -separator ' ' ~/.mozilla/*/*.default/cookies.sqlite "SELECT host,value FROM moz_cookies WHERE name='MOIN_SESSION'" | sed 's_^_https://_' >> ~/.moin_ids |
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moinmoin M: 2009-03-10 |
<reply>MoinMoin is a wiki engine written in Python with lots of nifty features. Packaged for Debian as python-moinmoin. http://moinmo.in/ #moin on irc.libera.chat. See also <editmoin>. |
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mol M: 2010-11-04 |
<reply>Mac-On-Linux is virtual machine for PowerPC systems to run PowerPC operating systems (Mac OS, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux) natively. Not available for Squeeze due to Debian bug #536641, removed from Debian to resolve bug #592034. http://mac-on-linux.sf.net/ See also <pearpc>. |
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moleskine C: 2001-06-14 |
http://www.moleskine.f2s.com |
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monash image library C: 2000-09-29 |
a c library to handle images of various formats, see http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/software/mil/ |
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mondo M: 2009-06-16 |
<reply>Mondo Rescue is a full-featured backup/restore system with support for backup media CDRW, tape, NFS mount, etc - a complete system can be restored from bare metal. http://www.mondorescue.org/docs/mondorescue-howto.html#FAQ http://trac.mondorescue.org/wiki/FAQ http://www.mondorescue.org/ |
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money M: 2006-05-25 |
the root of all evil, but see http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines |
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mongodb C: 2020-06-11 |
<reply>mongodb was removed after stretch; see https://bugs.debian.org/916107 and https://bugs.debian.org/915537 for details. |
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monit M: 2009-06-04 |
<reply>Monit is a utility for monitoring services on a Unix system, performing actions (e.g. service restart via init script) when issues are detected. http://mmonit.com/wiki/Monit/FAQ http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/269 http://mmonit.com/monit/ See also <nagios>. |
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monitor database C: 2001-02-18 |
at http://www.griffintechnology.com/monitor.html and has sync rates for many monitors. |
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monkey nutsack linux C: 2003-06-24 |
a linux distribution with the goal of copying everything other projects do and then IPOing with the stock symbol "SAQ", see http://www.advogato.org/proj/Monkey%20Nutsack%20Linux/ |
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monmotha C: 2003-12-01 |
A great iptables firewall reference: http://monmotha.mplug.org/firewall/index.php |
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mono M: 2009-05-17 |
<reply>[mono] infectious mononucleosis ("glandular fever", "kissing disease"), or a community initiative to develop an open source, cross-platform version of the Microsoft .NET development framework. http://wiki.debian.org/Mono http://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianMonoGroup http://www.mono-project.com/ #debian-cli on irc.oftc.net. |
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monodevelop C: 2010-02-09 |
<reply>MonoDevelop is a <GNOME> integrated development environment, primarily for C# and other Common Language Infrastructure (.NET) languages. http://monodevelop.com/FAQ#Troubleshooting #monodevelop on irc.gimp.org. |
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monopd M: 2003-06-16 |
a server for Monopoly-like board games at http://unixcode.org/monopd/ (0.8.0 released June 16, 2003) |
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monopoly M: 2003-03-10 |
Of all operating systems used to access Google in January, 2003, one percent were Linux, 91% variants of Microsoft Windows. (Source: http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html) |
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monowall C: 2005-06-28 |
a freebsd based firewall that provides a web based configuration and will run off a 8mb CF card: http://m0n0.ch/wall |
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moolux C: 2009-08-07 |
<reply>MooLux is a Live USB GNU/Linux distribution based on <slackware>. http://www.moolux.org/ |
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moon M: 2007-03-08 |
<reply> ( * ), or http://www.rathergood.com/moon_song/ |
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moonlight M: 2011-08-30 |
<reply>Moonlight was an open source implementation of Microsoft Silverlight for Linux and other Unix-based systems. Silverlight is used to deliver interactive audio and video through a web browser, similar to <Adobe Flash>. Previously packaged for Debian (never part of a stable release), removed to resolve Debian bug #638565. Moonlight's development has been discontinued. http://www.mono-project.com/Moonlight |
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moonos M: 2009-07-15 |
<reply>moonOS is a Linux distribution based on <Ubuntu>, featuring <LXDE> and <enlightenment>. Not supported in #debian. http://moonos.org/ See also <based on Debian>. |
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more magic C: 2009-11-09 |
<reply> More magic and the magic switch, see http://catb.org/esr/jargon/html/magic-story.html |
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moron speak M: 2004-06-30 |
<reply> FUKN SPEK PRPLY U TARDS!!1 or this is funny: http://www.hohto.to/forums/index.php?board=5;action=display;threadid=17720. Moronspeak in general is not. See <sms-over-irc> <ne1> <lol> <2> <u> <r> <k> |
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moronic security C: 2004-12-30 |
see http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/12/msg03860.html |
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morphine C: 2001-11-26 |
located at http://morphine.mine.nu |
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morphix M: 2003-10-18 |
a modular linux distribution that provides tools for building your own custom cd live using standard debian tools like apt-get. The prebuilt cds are made from sid (unstable) and can be installed to create a pure sid system using the installer, or http://morphix.sourceforge.net |
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mosaic C: 2019-12-09 |
http://www.ncsa.illinois.edu/enabling/mosaic |
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mosfet M: 2003-10-25 |
a kde hacker that can be located at http://www.mosfet.org, or site down, try http://arachni.kiwi.uni-hamburg.de/~harlekin/binary-i386/ |
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mosix M: 2002-07-04 |
http://www.mosix.org, or a clustering system that allows any size Linux cluster of x86 based workstations and servers to work like a single system. |
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motd jessie M: 2015-05-04 |
<reply>The "Message Of The Day" (MOTD) may be shown to users at login time. In Debian 8 "Jessie", motd is entirely under the control of the administrator; edit /etc/motd as desired. For login(1), pam will prepend uname; customise that in /etc/pam.d/login. For ssh, /run/motd.dynamic is used with sysvinit and nothing is used with systemd; customise that in /etc/init.d/motd. See "man 5 motd" http://deb.li/3WLLd |
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motherboard M: 2012-02-18 |
<reply>The circuit board that your CPU, I/O chips and all the peripheral cards plug into. http://wiki.debian.org/HowToIdentifyADevice/Motherboard |
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mouse 2.6 C: 2005-04-14 |
see: http://kerneltrap.org/node/2199 |
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mouse wheel M: 2001-02-07 |
at http://www.inria.fr/koala/colas/mouse-wheel-scroll/, or http://www.horns.freeserve.co.uk/wheel_a.jpg |
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movabletype M: 2010-09-14 |
<reply>Movable Type is a weblog publishing system (blogging engine) from Six Apart, relicensed under the GNU GPL in 2007. Packaged for Debian as movabletype-opensource. http://www.movabletype.org/opensource/ |
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movein C: 2011-10-19 |
a script for managing various files in your $HOME such as dotfiles (.bashrc, .zshrc, .devscripts, ...) and utility scripts in ~/bin using <git>. For more information, see http://stew.vireo.org/blog/posts/My_Movein_Script/ and to obtain it, "git clone git://git.vireo.org/movein.git". |
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moyix M: 2001-05-15 |
brendan's new name, not that anyone knows who brendan is or cares much :), or at http://q3test.2y.net/ |
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mozart C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.lx.net/shock (Browser-based contact and case/project manager) or a famous composer, 1756-1791, austria |
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mozex C: 2005-09-14 |
the mozilla/firefox extension that makes the browser usable instead of shit. the official version is not updated for firefox 0.9+ but there's an unofficial update at http://www.extensionsmirror.nl/index.php?showtopic=70 |
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mozilla animated gifs C: 2003-12-08 |
the unsolvable bug from hell! http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70030 |
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mozilla jre plugin C: 2001-09-26 |
Install and unzip ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/netscape6/english/6.01/unix/linux22/xpi/jre.xpi, then "mv jre-image-i386 /usr/lib/mozilla-0.9.x/plugins/java2; cd /usr/lib/mozilla-0.9.x/plugins; ln -s java2/plugin/i386/ns600/libjavaplugin_oji.so ./" run mozilla as root to let it register plugin. And you're done. |
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mozilla print C: 2004-07-01 |
<reply>For problems relating to Xprint and mozilla, read the FAQ: http://xprint.mozdev.org/docs/Xprint_FAQ.html#printout_only_covers_1_4_of_the_paper |
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mozilla song C: 2001-01-11 |
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=01/01/10/023248&cid=106 |
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mozilla-potato C: 2000-10-29 |
<reply> add "deb http://klecker.debian.org/%7Efrb/mozilla experimental main" to your sources.list to get mozilla M18 for potato |
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mozilla-ssl M: 2001-12-06 |
http://docs.iplanet.com/docs/manuals/psm/psm-mozilla/index.html, or apt-get install mozilla-psm |
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mp. everything C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://everything.slashdot.org/fadlkfdlf |
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mp3 encoder review C: 2000-05-06 |
at http://arstechnica.com/wankerdesk/1q00/mp3/mp3-1.html |
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mp3 printer C: 2000-12-21 |
a hack for the lprng printer spool to use it as an mp3 play spool. Ask ifvoid for more info, or rip Square's /etc/printcap (http://square.a-es2.uu.nl/~bas/mp3printcap). Oh, and ifvoid rulez! |
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mp3blaster M: 2010-12-08 |
<reply>mp3blaster is a console <MP3> and <Ogg Vorbis> player supporting multiple playlists. http://mp3blaster.sf.net/ |
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mp3enc C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.iis.fhg.de/amm/ |
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mp3maker.app C: 2000-02-21 |
a front-end to most popular CDDA extractors and MP3 encoders for WindowMaker. Easy to use, preferences for each CDDA ripper/MP3 encoder, drag/drop support from FSFile Viewer, and CDDB support. Developed in C using the WINGs ToolKit. No .deb for it as of yet. :~( http://www.users.comcity.de/~schueler/Apps/mp3maker.html |
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mp3mesa C: 2009-09-15 |
<reply>mp3mesa is a fork of the <grip> CD ripping and encoding front-end. RFP in Debian bug #518114. http://sf.net/projects/mp3mesa/ . See also <asunder>. |
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mp4 M: 2010-09-02 |
<reply>MPEG-4 Part 14 (MP4) is a media container format used to store, audio, video, subtitles and images (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-4_Part_14). <FAAD2> can play/decode mp4 audio (.m4a) files, see also <alac>. |
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mpc M: 2011-04-17 |
<reply>mpc is a command-line tool to interface <mpd>, not to be confused with the <musepack> .mpc file format. http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/Client:Mpc |
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mpd M: 2014-09-11 |
<reply>Music Player Daemon (mpd) is a server allowing remote access for audio file/stream playback and playlist management. Prior to version 0.17-1, Debian's mpd package did not use <dmix> by default (Debian bug #568588). http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ http://www.musicpd.org/ #mpd on chat.libera.chat. See also <xmms2>. |
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mpg C: 2026-06-09 |
try mtv, http://www.mpegtv.com |
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mpg123 M: 2010-06-13 |
a command line MPEG layer 1/2/3 audio player. Previously <non-free>, available in main since Etch (Debian bug #292260). http://www.mpg123.org/ See also <mpg321>. |
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mpg321 M: 2010-09-01 |
a clone of <mpg123>, based on the mad MPEG audio decoding library. It is highly accurate and uses only fixed-point calculation. Not as fast as mpg123 on systems with a floating point unit. Does not support HTTP proxying. http://mpg321.sf.net/ |
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mpi C: 2003-06-25 |
Message Passing Interface, a parallel programming standard for SMPs and clusters. http://www.mcs.anl.gov/mpi. It is a library specification for message-passing proposed as a standard. MPI was designed for high performance on both massively parallel machines and on workstation clusters. See MPICH and MPILAM. |
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mpich C: 2003-06-25 |
http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/mpi/mpich/, a freely available, portable implementation of MPI. |
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mpilam C: 2003-06-25 |
LAM-MPI, http://www.lam-mpi.org, an MPI programming environment and development system for heterogeneous computers on a network. With LAM, a dedicated cluster or an existing network computing infrastructure can act as one parallel computer solving one problem. |
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mpkg-j2sdk C: 2003-01-06 |
at http://www.stud.uni-karlsruhe.de/~ude2/debian/ |
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mplayer M: 2009-04-14 |
<reply>MPlayer is a movie player for Unix-like systems. Binary codecs can be provided with the package-supplied binary_codecs.sh script or <w32codecs>. For DVD support, ask me about <dvd playback>. See also <mplayer faq>, <mencoder>, <mplayer2>. http://www.mplayerhq.hu/ #mplayer on irc.libera.chat. |
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mplayer faq M: 2009-04-14 |
<reply> The Debian and mplayer FAQ is at http://people.debian.org/~mjr/mplayer.html . Upstream's FAQ is at http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/faq.html . The #mplayer FAQ is at http://wiki.multimedia.cx/?title=MPlayer_FAQ |
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mplayerplug-in M: 2010-03-21 |
<reply>mplayerplug-in is a Mozilla plugin for embedded video playback via <mplayer>, packaged for Debian as mozilla-mplayer. http://mplayerplug-in.sf.net/ Removed from Debian post-Lenny to resolve bug #557591, ask me about <gecko-mediaplayer>. |
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mpop M: 2009-07-21 |
<reply>mpop is a simple <fetchmail> replacement for retrieving mail from <POP3> servers. Features include filtering based on message headers, a variety of authentication methods, STARTTLS, POP3-over-TLS (aka POP3 with SSL) and direct delivery to mbox and maildir folders. http://mpop.sf.net/ See also <msmtp>. |
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mppe M: 2010-01-07 |
<reply>Microsoft Point-to-Point Encryption (MPPE) is a protocol mainly used in conjunction with <pptp> to allow Unix-like and Windows systems to setup "secure" VPNs. Previously packaged for Debian as kernel-patch-mppe, removed post-Sarge to resolve bug #380295. Debian Linux kernel image packages contain MPPE support since Debian 4.0 "Etch". http://www.networksorcery.com/enp/protocol/mppe.htm |
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mpv C: 2016-05-04 |
a fork of mplayer2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpv_(media_player) |
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mrh C: 2001-09-20 |
at http://www.mrh.com |
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mrproper M: 2001-02-21 |
at http://kt.linuxcare.com/kernel-traffic/kt20010202_105.epl#10, or ( It is Finnish for "Mr. Clean" ) |
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mrtg M: 2010-02-02 |
<reply>The Multi Router Traffic Grapher (MRTG) is used to monitor traffic load on network links and present a visual (live) representation. http://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/ See also <rrdtool>. |
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ms grey hair C: 2001-04-30 |
Windows Bug causes grey hair!! http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q281/9/23.ASP |
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ms ruling C: 2000-06-18 |
at http://usvms.gpo.gov/ms-final.html and ms-final2.html |
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ms-sys M: 2011-03-01 |
<reply>ms-sys is a program to create a Microsoft compatible boot record. Removed from Debian post-Etch to resolve bug #470678. http://ms-sys.sf.net/ |
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msg the bot M: 2014-07-05 |
<reply>Please have conversations with the bots in a private message as much as possible. Instead of using "!factoid" or "!tell <your nick> about <factoid>" in the channel, use "/msg dpkg factoid". See <bot help> and http://wiki.debian.org/IRC/DpkgBot to learn more and browse my factoids on-line at http://ircbots.debian.net/ . Also ask me about <judd>, which is another bot and window into the Ultimate Debian Database. |
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msmtp M: 2009-07-21 |
<reply>msmtp is a replacement for complicated mailservers, if you have a SMTP-able mail account and want to send your mail via those. Very nice addition to mutt! :) http://msmtp.sf.net/ |
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msn-pecan M: 2010-08-25 |
<reply>msn-pecan is an alternative <MSN> protocol plugin for instant messaging clients using libpurple, such as <pidgin> and telepathy-haze. http://code.google.com/p/msn-pecan/ |
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mswordview M: 2000-05-14 |
now known as wvware, http://www.wvware.com, or yes, it is still LGPL |
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msworld C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.ampland.com/humor/msworld.jpg |
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mta M: 2009-07-29 |
<reply>A Message/Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) is a program that transfers e-mail in or out of a system, most often using SMTP. An MTA is usually accessed by calling /usr/sbin/sendmail and thus usually includes that binary. Therefore, in Debian, all MTAs (<exim4>, <postfix>, <qmail>, <ssmtp>, <nullmailer>, etc) mutually conflict. Ask me about <which mta>, <mta comparison> and <why an mta>. http://wooledge.org/~greg/mail.html |
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mta comparison C: 2004-11-23 |
http://shearer.org/MTA_Comparison |
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mtbf M: 2000-04-21 |
(Mean Time Between Failures) This is a time normally given in hours that predicts the failure of a device. The larger the number the better., or rigged mathematics, used for marketing, or at http://www.quantum.com/src/whitepapers/wp_mtbf.htm |
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mtr M: 2009-08-28 |
<reply>mtr (Matt's traceroute, My traceroute) is a network diagnostic tool combining traceroute and ping. Packaged for Debian as mtr and mtr-tiny. http://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/ |
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mtrr C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply>Memory Type Range Register (MTRR) is a feature on modern x86 processors that can give a 2.5x performance boost when using PCI/AGP graphics cards. MTRR's are supported by Intel PPro or higher, Cyrix 6x86L and AMD K6-2 (step>=8). See also <inconsistent mtrr>. http://kernel.org/doc/Documentation/x86/mtrr.txt |
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mu M: 2008-03-16 |
<reply> When asked by a monk if a dog had Buddha Nature, Joshu said "Mu.", or nothingness; neither yes nor no, but tabula rasa. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu_(lost_continent), or in Andre Norton's novel, Operation Time Search |
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muffin M: 2013-07-09 |
<reply>Muffin is the <Cinnamon> window manager, forked from <mutter> 3.2.1. Packaged in <testing>. https://github.com/linuxmint/muffin |
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mullets M: 2001-10-04 |
<reply> are at http://www.mulletsgalore.com and http://www.mulletjunky.com, or personified by Jaq |
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multi-arch installer M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply> The multi-arch installer contains binary packages for both i386 and amd64, and architecture is chosen at install time. This does not automatically enable <multiarch>. See http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/debian-installer |
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multiarch M: 2013-06-26 |
<reply>Multiarch allows you to install foreign architecture packages. For example, to allow i386 packages to be installed on an amd64 system: «dpkg --add-architecture i386 && apt-get update». See http://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch and <multiarch howto>, <multiarch failures>. For the unrelated installer that can install i386 or amd64, see <multi-arch installer>. |
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multiarch howto C: 2012-12-27 |
http://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch/HOWTO |
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multimedia keys M: 2008-07-06 |
<reply>Multimedia keys are the special keyboard keys for doing such things as changing the volume or launching your web browser. Check to see if these keys generate a scan code using xev and set the keyboard layout correctly or assign them to a shortcut with xmodmap, systemsettings, gnome-control-panel etc. See also <pbbuttons>, <tpb>. See http://tuxmobil.org/Mobile-Guide.db/mobile-guide-p2c1s8-ext-keys.html |
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multiple default gw C: 2002-11-21 |
use round-robin default gw. http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/~julian/ |
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multiseat M: 2011-01-05 |
http://wiki.debian.org/Multi_Seat_Debian_HOWTO |
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mumble C: 2011-02-19 |
<reply>Mumble is an open-source, cross-platform, low latency <VoIP> client and server similar to <TeamSpeak> and <Ventrilo>. http://mumble.sf.net/FAQ http://mumble.sf.net/ #mumble:matrix.org on Matrix |
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munin M: 2013-06-22 |
<reply>Munin (formerly LRRD) is a network and system monitoring application, presenting graphs via <rrdtool>. http://munin-monitoring.org/ |
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mupad C: 2026-06-09 |
a very nifty mathematical, algebraic tool and is at http://www.mupad.de/ |
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mupen64plus M: 2009-11-06 |
<reply>Mupen64Plus is a cross-platform open source Nintendo 64 emulator for x86 and x86-64 systems, a fork of the unmaintained Mupen64. http://code.google.com/p/mupen64plus/ |
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musepack M: 2011-04-17 |
<reply>Musepack (formerly MPEGplus, MPEG+, MP+) is an open source lossy audio codec. The mpcenc encoder is packaged for Debian in musepack-tools. http://www.musepack.net/ #mpc on irc.musepack.net. |
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museum C: 2008-01-12 |
the Retrocomputing Museum at http://www.catb.org/retro/ , a good source for old programming languages, emulators for ancient machines, and so on. |
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mushroom porn C: 2004-11-17 |
http://www.boners.com/grub/791568.html |
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mushrooms C: 2001-09-15 |
<reply> are http://www.erowid.org/plants/mushrooms/mushrooms.shtml once said esko |
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music M: 2001-06-12 |
at http://www.napster.com, ftp://ftp.scene.org/music/, ftp://Grep.is.org/cool, http://freenetproject.org/ |
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musix M: 2009-05-22 |
<reply>Musix GNU+Linux is a <Knoppix>-based distribution with a large selection of free audio software. It is not supported in #debian. http://www.musix.org.ar/ See also <based on Debian>. |
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mutt M: 2009-05-13 |
<reply>mutt is a mail user agent/. Has message threading, built-in <PGP> support and more configuration options than you can count. "My First Mutt": http://mutt.blackfish.org.uk/ . Internal SMTP relay support available since version 1.5.15. Receiving "No authenticators available"? Install the libsasl2-modules package. http://wiki.debian.org/Mutt http://www.mutt.org/ #mutt on irc.libera.chat. |
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mutt color M: 2006-10-19 |
<reply> Read 'man muttrc', search for color, or http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/manual-3.html#ss3.7 |
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mwl8k M: 2012-09-08 |
<reply>mwl8k is a Linux kernel driver supporting 802.11n and 802.11b/g wireless LAN devices based on specific Marvell TopDog and Avastar PCI/PCIe chipsets: 88W8363 (since Linux 2.6.34), 88W8366 (since Linux 2.6.33), 88W8687, and 88W8764 (since Linux 3.10). Firmware from userspace is required, see http://wiki.debian.org/mwl8k for more information. The <88W8360> and <88W8361> chipsets are not supported by this driver. |
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mwr C: 2026-06-09 |
the default route from #debian to metalab.unc.edu/LDP/, http://www.google.com, and groups.google.com. Maintainer of none, but a fount of 90%-truths. |
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mxlinux M: 2020-12-21 |
<reply>MX Linux is a popular distribution <based on debian>. It is not supported in #debian. Support is available on their forum: https://forum.mxlinux.org/. It is related to <antix>. If you are new to linux, or want a distro with IRC support, try Debian instead: https://www.debian.org/intro/why_debian |
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mybeer C: 2004-04-14 |
at http://LetMeGetYouABeer.com |
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mydick C: 2001-03-07 |
at http://www.microsoft.com |
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myrinet C: 2004-11-15 |
an expensive line of low-latency interconnects for use in supercomputer clustering, see http://www.myri.com |
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mysql M: 2016-08-24 |
a fast and reliable open source relational database implementing a large subset of SQL. It is the world's most popular open source database. To install, ask me about <install mysql>. http://wiki.debian.org/MySql http://mysql.com/ #debian-mysql on irc.oftc.net. See also <mysql test>, <mysql squeeze>, <mysql checking>, <mariadb> |
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mysql gotchas C: 2005-01-24 |
http://sql-info.de/mysql/gotchas.html |
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mysql utf8 C: 2007-09-05 |
<reply> You need to have an end-to-end utf-8 workflow. (a) the client must use utf-8 (accept-charset='utf-8') (b) mysql connection must be in utf-8 (edit my.cnf or SET NAMES 'utf8') (c) the database columns must be in utf-8 (check this with phpmyadmin or the cli tools) (d) set the encoding on generated pages to utf-8 (xml, meta or http header) (e) your browser must use a decent font. more detail see: http://www.phpwact.org/php/i18n/utf-8/mysql |
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myths C: 2002-07-10 |
http://kdemyths.urbanlizard.com/ for some myths about kde |
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mythtv M: 2007-12-30 |
<reply>MythTV is software to turn a Linux box into a complete multi-media entertainment recording and playback center supporting - given the right hardware - TV, movies, music, and more. Not in Debian (ITP filed as bug #570611); unofficial packages can be found in <deb-multimedia>. For tuner card information, ask me about <dvb>, <ivtv>, <bttv>. http://www.mythtv.org/ |
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n/j 3etcraft C: 2006-04-17 |
an Internet monitoring company based in Bath, England (recently having relocated from Bradford on Avon). They monitor uptimes and provide server operating system detection as their most notable services. They also provide security testing and publish news about the state of various networks that make up the Internet. http://www.netcraft.com/ |
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n2100 M: 2012-11-13 |
<reply> The Thecus N2100 is a consumer Network Attached Storage (NAS) device. The Debian <armel> port can be installed to it, see http://www.cyrius.com/debian/iop/n2100/ for details and installation instructions. See also Debian bug #444271. |
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n68pv-gs C: 2009-04-28 |
<reply>The N68PV-GS is a motherboard produced by ASRock. http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/Asrock/N68PV-GS , http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=N68PV-GS . Ask me about <rtl8211cl>. |
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nabou C: 2002-05-23 |
named after the planet in a highly anticipated but terribly disappointing movie, its a perl script to verify your security written by Thomas Linden available at http://www.nabou.org |
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nag M: 2009-11-14 |
the Network Administrator's Guide, available at http://www.tldp.org/LDP/nag/nag.html |
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nagios M: 2010-02-14 |
<reply> Nagios (formerly NetSaint) is a popular open source computer system and network monitoring application. It watches hosts and services that you specify, alerting you when things go bad and again when they get better. Packaged for Debian as nagios4 or nagios3. http://wiki.debian.org/PkgNagios http://www.nagios.org/faqs/ |
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nagt C: 2000-03-21 |
the best punk band on earth and coming to a city near you. http://surf.to/nagt |
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naim M: 2009-10-30 |
a console <AIM>, <ICQ>, <IRC> and Lily CMC client. Note that naim uses the TOC (Talk to OSCAR) protocol instead of <OSCAR>, which reduces some AIM and ICQ functionality. Removed from Debian post-Lenny to resolve bug #555281. FAQ: http://naimdoc.net/index.php/FAQ http://naim.n.ml.org/ |
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name M: 2003-04-11 |
<reply>The name "Debian" comes from the names of its creator, Ian Murdock, and his wife, Debra. (See http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/) |
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name the dictator C: 2001-02-22 |
found at http://208.177.130.81/dictator/dictator.pl?restart |
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nameif C: 2003-11-02 |
a tool to juggle the order in which your nics appear, see http://xenotime.net/linux/doc/network-interface-names.txt |
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nano M: 2009-06-15 |
<reply>GNU nano is a text <editor>, the default editor on Debian systems since 4.0 "Etch". nano is also a DFSG-free alternative to <pico>. http://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v2.2/faq.html http://www.nano-editor.org/ |
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nanog C: 2000-02-16 |
The North America Network Operators Group located at http://www.nanog.org/ |
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nap M: 2005-01-31 |
a command line napster client, at http://www.gis.net/~nite , also check out http://opennap.sourceforge.net/, or is now open source finally, or you may want to try TekNap instead, or a short period of sleep |
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napi C: 2003-10-03 |
a technique to improve network performance on Linux. See also http://lwn.net/2002/0321/a/napi-howto.php3 |
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napster bad C: 2001-03-29 |
http://www.joecartoon.com/buddies/chaos/ |
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napsterbad C: 2001-07-02 |
Money GOOD, napster BAD. http://www.campchaos.com |
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nasm C: 2001-04-20 |
Netwide Assembler, a free assembler. Homepage: http://www.web-sites.co.uk/nasm |
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nasoftware C: 2000-09-09 |
at http://www.nasoftware.au.com |
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nat M: 2010-07-07 |
<reply>Network Address Translation (NAT) modifies IP address information in packet headers during transit across a router. IP masquerading is a form of NAT. Install the <iptables> package, then read http://tldp.org/HOWTO/IP-Masquerade-HOWTO/ and http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Masquerading-Simple-HOWTO/ for more information. Related Debian packages include <arno-iptables-firewall>, <ferm>, <iptables-persistent>. |
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nat howto C: 2001-10-02 |
http://netfilter.samba.org/unreliable-guides/NAT-HOWTO/index.html |
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natalie portman C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://members.tripod.com/~yoda_natalieportman/ or *WHACK* *WHACK* *WHACK* |
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naughty bunny C: 2003-04-20 |
at http://home.iprimus.com.au/cojoco/Naughty_Bunny.html |
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nautilus M: 2009-08-22 |
<reply>Nautilus is the official file manager for the <GNOME> desktop. If the 'paper' icon is shown for all file types, install the gnome-icon-theme package to resolve. FAQ: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Nautilus/FAQ . User Guide: http://library.gnome.org/users/user-guide/stable/nautilus.html . https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Nautilus #nautilus at irc.gnome.org. |
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navigatrix M: 2013-09-19 |
<reply>Navigatrix is an <Ubuntu>-based Linux distribution with specialist software for use on boats. It is not supported in #debian; ask me about <based on debian>. http://navigatrix.net/ |
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nbd C: 2008-12-18 |
Network Block Device -- http://nbd.sf.net/ -- READ IT!! |
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nbench C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.tux.org/~mayer/linux/bmark.html and it's used to benchmark unix and dos boxens |
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ncftp M: 2009-07-31 |
<reply>NcFTP is an improved FTP client, available under the Artistic licence. http://www.ncftp.com/ncftp/ See also <lftp>. |
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ncmpcpp M: 2010-06-29 |
<reply>ncmpcpp is a ncurses-based Music Player Daemon client (a near identical clone of ncmpc), rewritten in C++ with additional features. http://ncmpcpp.rybczak.net/faq.php http://ncmpcpp.rybczak.net/ See also <mpd>. |
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ndas C: 2007-09-18 |
for building Debian NDAS packages from XIMETA code, see http://code.ximeta.com/trac-ndas/wiki/HowToBuildDEB |
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ndiswrapper M: 2007-11-01 |
<reply>NDISwrapper enables the use of Windows XP (not Vista/7/8) network device drivers within the Linux kernel (x86 and x86-64 systems only). If a Linux kernel driver is available for your device, consider using that instead; for wireless LAN devices, ask me about <wireless>. To install NDISwrapper on Debian systems, see http://wiki.debian.org/NdisWrapper . http://ndiswrapper.sf.net/ |
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ne C: 2011-01-20 |
<reply>The NE1000/NE2000 is a line of Ethernet network cards. <ISA> variants are supported by the Linux kernel's ne driver; NE2000 diagnostics and EEPROM setup is available using ne2k-diag (nictools-nopci package), for Plug and Play versions, see also <pnp>. PCI variants are supported by the Linux kernel's ne2k-pci driver, diagnostics and EEPROM setup is available using ne2k-pci-diag (nictools-pci package). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NE2000 |
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necromancer C: 2002-11-19 |
a NC clone for DOS/WIN/Linux (use mc instead!). http://www.necromancer.newmail.ru and http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/pc/dos/msdos/dosshells/dn*.zip |
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nedit M: 2010-01-04 |
<reply>NEdit is a <Motif>-based text editor for the X Window System. http://www.nedit.org/faq/index.php http://www.nedit.org/ |
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needhelp C: 2008-11-17 |
a cardboard sign might be more effective for obtaining help: http://blueprintfundraising.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/20063300246.jpg |
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nekita M: 2002-03-05 |
at http://nekita.no-ip.com, or a great site that may be updated soon, made by a great guy. Nekita |
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neko M: 2009-06-20 |
a programming language, compiler and virtual machine. The compiler and VM are packaged for Debian as neko, mod_neko as libapache2-mod-neko. Not to be confused with <oneko>. http://nekovm.org/faq |
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nemo C: 2013-01-07 |
<reply>Nemo is a fork of <Nautilus> version 3.4. Its goal is to extend the <Cinnamon> user experience to desktop and file management. https://github.com/linuxmint/nemo |
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neptuneos C: 2022-07-23 |
based on Debian, but it's not Debian. Only Debian is supported on #debian. Please look to the Neptune forum for support on that OS https://forum.neptuneos.com/public/ |
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nerdgear C: 2000-11-16 |
where us nerds can buy some nerd-like clothes! for good prices! http://www.nerdgear.com/ |
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nerim C: 2004-07-06 |
http://hpisi.nerim.net/ , a place to get many sound&video editing tools, including mplayer & other fine programs. |
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net-tools M: 2020-09-18 |
<reply>The net-tools package (including ifconfig, netstat and route commands) is optional starting with stretch. See https://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#iproute2 for a quick ref sheet -- users are encouraged to use those iproute2 commands (ip, ss) instead. |
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net::dns C: 2026-06-09 |
a Perl interface to the DNS resolver. Authors page is http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/perldns/ or needed by 'dnswalk' |
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netatalk M: 2013-04-23 |
<reply>Netatalk is an open source <AFP> server, capable of serving many Macintosh clients simultaneously. <AppleTalk> support was removed at version 3.0. http://netatalk.sf.net/ |
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netbeans M: 2011-01-27 |
<reply>NetBeans is an open source, cross-platform Integrated Development Environment (IDE) written in <Java>. https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/netbeans http://wiki.netbeans.org/NetBeansUserFAQ http://www.netbeans.org/ #netbeans on irc.libera.chat. |
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netboot M: 2013-08-04 |
a Debian installation method involving the use of TFTP and DHCP (or BOOTP, RARP) servers, to provide installation media to clients on a local network. http://wiki.debian.org/PXEBootInstall - not recommended for novice users, ask me about <netinst>. See also <install guide>, <netboot miniiso>, <installer firmware>, <open firmware>. |
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netbsd C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply>NetBSD is a 4.4BSD variant. http://www.netbsd.org/ See also <debian bsd>. |
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netcardconfig C: 2005-07-12 |
<reply> http://drbl.nchc.org.tw/debian/download/script/netcardconfig |
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netcat M: 2001-08-30 |
a neat little networking toolkit, or a must-have (http://www.l0pht.com/~weld/netcat/), or a great MUA... no, really. try "nc" if you want the other netcat thingy |
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netconsole M: 2010-01-29 |
<reply>netconsole is a Linux kernel driver which logs kernel <printk> messages over UDP. It is commonly used to capture system crash information. http://kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt . See also <serial console>. |
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netcraft M: 2006-04-17 |
an Internet monitoring company. They monitor uptimes and provide server operating system detection as their most notable services. They also provide security testing and publish news about the state of various networks that make up the Internet. http://www.netcraft.com/ or BSD is dying http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot_trolling_phenomena#Netcraft_confirms_it |
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netfilter M: 2021-07-02 |
<reply>[Netfilter] The linux kernel firewall. May be administered via <nftables> or <iptables>, depending on your debian version. https://netfilter.org/ #netfilter on irc.libera.chat. |
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netfilter docs M: 2010-01-15 |
<reply> are at /usr/share/doc/iptables/html/ , http://netfilter.samba.org/unreliable-guides/ , http://www.frozentux.net/documents/iptables-tutorial/ , http://netfilter.samba.org/ |
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netfilter intro C: 2001-03-30 |
at http://linux.rice.edu/~arudys/netfilter.ps |
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netfs C: 2008-02-14 |
is a file system interface to the networking componets of an OS. It's platfrom independent and tries to unify exisiting APIs for easier network configuration. The main idea is to unifiy all the exisitng network control and configuration utilities under a unified API which is well-known to the user and already tested. http://www.isi.edu/netfs/ |
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netgear M: 2009-08-27 |
<reply>Netgear is a network equipment manufacturer. To determine the chipset in a Netgear wireless LAN adapter, ask me about <what's my wireless>. Have a Netgear WGR614vX or WGR624vX router? You probably have a security hole. To fix, turn off Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) in firewall settings. Further, connecting to Libera.Chat/OFTC on port 8001 instead of 6667 will prevent disconnections, see http://tinyurl.com/faxo7 for details. |
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netgod C: 2001-01-13 |
THE pr0ng0d (http://netpics.org) |
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nethack M: 2009-06-11 |
a great rogue-like game that kicks butt all over *angband. For more information, read http://www.nethack.org/ or read the newsgroup rec.games.roguelike.nethack. To play: aptitude install nethack-console (or nethack-{x11,el,lisp}); then run nethack. Movement is by default using the vi keys, but you can change the keybindings. |
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netinst M: 2009-09-19 |
a small CD image with which you can install Debian. If, during the installation process you have a working Internet connection, you can install more packages straight away, otherwise, you will have a base install and more packages later. See http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/ See also <various cd1>, <check iso image>, <dialup install>, <usb install>, <installer>. |
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netinsturl M: 2024-05-22 |
A=amd64;U="https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/${A}/iso-cd";curl -s $U/SHA512SUMS|awk -v u=$U '/debian-[0-9.]*-'$A'-netinst.iso$/ {printf "%s/%sn", u, $2}' |
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netiquette M: 2001-05-30 |
a set of guidelines that makes the people on the Internet live together in peace and harmony, well, at least in theory, or at http://www.fau.edu/netiquette/netiquette.html, or found at ftp://ftp.ripe.net/rfc/rfc1855.txt |
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netmask M: 2004-12-08 |
the number of bits in an IP address that are the same, and a neat little program that enables one to calculate ranges, netmask pairs, CIDR lists, Cisco lists, addresses in hex, octal, binary, etc. from a address specification. see http://technical.vnnic.net.vn/tools/calc_netmask.htm |
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netpbm C: 2001-01-08 |
http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/ |
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netplan M: 2024-08-10 |
<reply>Netplan allows writing declarative network configuration in YAML for various backends, such as SystemdNetworkd or NetworkManager. Used by default in debian <cloud> images since bookworm. See https://wiki.debian.org/Netplan |
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netrek M: 2010-10-18 |
<reply>Netrek is a very cool 2D strategy game loosely based on Star Trek where 2-4 teams with 1-8 players per side fight for galactic supremacy. Netrek was the first multiplayer game to make use of TCP. Its ancestors were Xtrek and before that the Empire system running on PLATO. A very addictive and worthwhile game if you invest the time. http://www.netrek.org/ |
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netris M: 2001-01-24 |
an online 2-player tetris game, or apt-get install netris, or http://www.netris.org |
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netrunner C: 2011-12-23 |
<reply>Netrunner is an operating system <based on Debian> Testing. It is not supported in #debian. http://www.netrunner.com/ |
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netspeak M: 2005-08-28 |
<reply>See http://usrbinw00t.keenspace.com/comics/20021217.gif |
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netsurf C: 2011-02-15 |
<reply>NetSurf is a cross-platform web browser with <CSS> and Unicode support. Not part of the Squeeze release due to Debian bug #574299. http://www.netsurf-browser.org/ |
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netwatch C: 2000-03-14 |
a Linux program created to aid in monitoring Network Connections. It is based on a program called "statnet" but has been substantially modified for its Ethernet emphasis. It is a dynamic program which displays the Ethernet status based each the connection's activity. It has the capability of monitoring hundreds of site statistics simultaneously. http://www.slctech.org/~mackay/netwatch.html |
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network manager M: 2015-08-23 |
<reply>NetworkManager is a network management framework daemon. See /usr/share/doc/network-manager/README.Debian for setup instructions and ask me about <nm unmanaged>. http://wiki.debian.org/NetworkManager http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManager http://projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/ #nm on irc.libera.chat. See also <nmcli>, <wireless connection managers>. nmtui for ncurses interface |
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network stats C: 2002-11-27 |
<reply> are at http://xgoogle.com/details?network=163 |
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network-online.target M: 2023-04-16 |
<reply>To have a service wait until networking is configured before starting add two lines to the .service unit: "After=network-online.target" "Wants=network-online.target" *and* enable the appropriate wait service for example: "systemctl enable ifupdown-wait-online.service". https://systemd.io/NETWORK_ONLINE/ |
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networkconsole C: 2017-05-14 |
allows you to do some really cool stuff- like a completely remote full installation of Debian. instructions are here https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/NetworkConsole |
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networking M: 2013-07-23 |
<reply>For basic networking, «man interfaces» and see http://wiki.debian.org/NetworkConfiguration . For further information, see http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/254 and http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch05 . See also <interfaces>, <wifi>, <wireless connection managers>. |
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networkmanager M: 2011-02-05 |
<reply>NetworkManager is a network management framework daemon. See /usr/share/doc/network-manager/README.Debian for setup instructions and ask me about <nm unmanaged>. http://wiki.debian.org/NetworkManager http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManager http://projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/ #nm on irc.libera.chat. See also <nmcli>, <wireless connection managers>. |
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neuralabyss software C: 2000-09-09 |
at http://www.nasoftware.au.com |
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nevow C: 2004-10-20 |
http://nevow.com |
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new M: 2009-04-29 |
the NEW queue for Debian packages, part of the <incoming> system, at http://ftp-master.debian.org/new.html . Packages that are in the NEW queue cannot be downloaded, because they have not yet been checked to see if they are allowed to be distributed by the Debian project. http://wiki.debian.org/NewQueue |
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new2irc M: 2023-03-01 |
<reply>You are chatting on IRC. IRC is the original group chat and is a predecessor to platforms like Slack, Matrix, and Discord. It has been in use since the 1980s and is entirely text-based. This channel, #debian, is for help with the debian operating system. Ask us a debian support question, or learn more about IRC at https://www.irchelp.org/ or https://netsplit.de |
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newbiedoc M: 2008-12-14 |
<reply>http://newbiedoc.sf.net/ -- newbies check it out! Veterans too, so you can contribute! :) |
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newcomer M: 2020-02-06 |
<reply> Welcome to Debian! Here's some resources to help you on your merry way: The Debian Handbook: https://debian-handbook.info/ Reference manual: https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ FAQ: https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ - reading https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian is also a very good idea. Also ask me about <grounding> |
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newmaint M: 2023-03-28 |
<reply>The packaging tutorial (https://deb.li/QYyI) and New Maintainer's Guide (https://deb.li/3DiDA) are good places to start learning about Debian packaging. Also read <devref> and <policy> to understand how packages should be maintained and how they should interact with each other, as well as <package basics>, <mentors>, <best practices> <build without helper>, <debmake>. https://www.debian.org/devel/ |
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newos M: 2003-07-28 |
an open source operating system with an emphasis on design and portability. Currently there are x86 and SuperH ports (PowerPC, ARM and others coming soon). http://newos.sf.net . Its' features include: TCP/IP, SMP, basic VESA, native shell, loadable kernel modules and more. Also a native filesystem, graphical interface and C library are in the works, or the shiznit, or now dominates 65% of the desktop market |
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newpkg C: 2020-08-06 |
<reply>https://packages.debian.org/experimental/main/newpkg shows new packages in the <experimental> repository. |
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newsbeuter M: 2026-06-06 |
<reply> a highly-configurable text mode RSS/Atom news reader (with podcast support), the self-proclaimed <mutt> of feed readers, see http://newsbeuter.org/ and also <newsboat> |
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newsboat C: 2026-06-06 |
<reply> an actively maintained fork of Newsbeuter https://newsboat.org/ |
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newspeed C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.atcomp.cz/podpora/CPU/Intel/Util/ |
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newton C: 2026-06-09 |
now at http://www.newton.apple.com/ or at http://rainbow.rmii.com/~rbruce/ or at http://www.newton-inc.com or at http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive/Abstracts/nwt/HyperArchive.html |
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new_in_2.6 C: 2003-07-21 |
http://www.kniggit.net/wwol26.html |
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nex C: 2001-05-29 |
a new in-development noatun visualization like winamp's AVS, see http://noatun.kde.org/oldshots/nex.png |
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nexenta M: 2010-06-30 |
<reply>Nexenta OS is an operating system using the OpenSolaris kernel, with the GNU C library and userland, along with Debian tools and packages. It is not supported in #debian. http://www.nexenta.org/ |
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nextcloud M: 2019-11-18 |
a fork of owncloud. https://nextcloud.com |
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nexuiz M: 2013-04-15 |
<reply>Nexuiz Classic (aka Classic Nexuiz, packaged for Debian as nexuiz) is a first-person deathmatch game with high-end, complex graphics effects, using the DarkPlaces engine. http://www.alientrap.org/games/nexuiz . Not to be confused with the CryEngine 3 version by IllFonic. See also <xonotic>. |
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nfs M: 2018-10-17 |
<reply>Network File System (NFS) is a distributed file system protocol developed by Sun Microsystems. To set up and secure, read the Linux NFS-HOWTO at http://nfs.sf.net/nfs-howto/ . For notes on NFSv4 in Debian, see /usr/share/doc/nfs-common/README.Debian.nfsv4. Mailing list: http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-nfs . http://wiki.debian.org/NFS http://nfs.sf.net/ #linux-nfs on irc.oftc.net. |
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nftables M: 2021-07-02 |
<reply>[nftables] The user-space tools for administering <netfilter>, and successor to <iptables>. For usage examples, see http://wiki.debian.org/nftables. http://netfilter.org/ #netfilter on irc.libera.chat |
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nginx M: 2010-02-14 |
<reply>Nginx (engine x) is an open source HTTP server (supports FastCGI, not CGI), reverse proxy and POP3/IMAP/SMTP proxy. http://wiki.debian.org/Nginx http://wiki.nginx.org/NginxFaq http://www.nginx.net/ #nginx on irc.libera.chat. See also <httpd>. |
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nhc C: 2026-06-09 |
the York Haskell Compiler, at http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/fp/nhc98/ |
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nhf C: 2000-06-08 |
<reply> NHF = Newbieized Help Files located @ http://www.linuxnewbie.org |
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nifty doorways C: 2011-02-14 |
an operating system by Ubersoft that is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike Windows. It's fictional, too. https://www.ubersoft.net/comic/kp/introduction |
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niftytelnet C: 2000-03-05 |
http://www.lysator.liu.se/~jonasw/freeware/niftyssh/ |
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nil C: 2001-10-14 |
http://nil.sourceforge.net/, a liero clone |
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nilfs M: 2010-01-27 |
<reply>NILFS (New Implementation of a Log-structured File System) is a log-structured file system implementation for Linux. It automatically checkpoints file changes, those can be made permanent by changing them to snapshots. NILFS2 is included in mainline since Linux 2.6.30. http://nilfs.org/ |
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nilo C: 2000-07-30 |
a network boot loader http://nilo.sourceforge.net |
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nimda judo C: 2001-10-01 |
RedirectMatch (.*)\cmd.exe$ http://127.0.0.1 |
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nimh M: 2001-01-21 |
the National Institute of Mental Health or Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH or The Secret of NIMH or is _NOT_ Nickel Metal Hydride, or located at http://nimh.freeshell.org |
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ninja M: 2006-03-03 |
http://www.ninjatune.net, or or ninjas..., everywhere! |
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njaard's os C: 2002-01-27 |
http://www.derkarl.org/valaskjalf-cvs.tar.bz2 |
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nllinux C: 2000-07-02 |
Northern Logic Linux Systems [http://www.nllinux.net] |
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nm M: 2011-10-31 |
<reply>New Member (formerly New Maintainer) is the process through which new Debian developers are accepted into the project; see http://nm.debian.org/ and <nmg> . nm(1) is a program to list symbols from object files and libraries, or Never/No Mind, New Mexico, No Molestes (do not disturb) in spanish. See also <networkmanager>. |
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nm unmanaged M: 2014-01-15 |
<reply>In Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" and later releases, NetworkManager does not manage any interface defined in /etc/network/interfaces by default. See http://wiki.debian.org/NetworkManager#Wired_Networks_are_Unmanaged for more information. |
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nmap M: 2009-05-17 |
<reply>Nmap ("Network Mapper") is a free software port scanner written by Fyodor. It is used to evaluate the security of computers, and to discover services or servers on a computer network. Don't use it to do anything you wouldn't want done to yourself. Popular by the clueless to audit computers they could and should just run 'netstat -plunt' on (ask me about <open ports>). http://nmap.org/ |
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nmcli M: 2011-06-19 |
<reply>nmcli is a command line interface for controlling <NetworkManager>, introduced at version 0.8.1. See nmcli(1) or http://manpages.debian.org/man/1/nmcli for use cases. |
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nmi M: 2010-03-02 |
Non-Maskable Interrupts, a way to diagnose why a CPU soft-froze. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-maskable_interrupt |
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nmpg C: 2001-06-12 |
a command driven frontend and network-jukebox for mpg123. See it's site at http://zippy.ultrashell.net/~nevyn/soft/nmpg.htm for more information. |
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nmu M: 2011-02-01 |
<reply>Non Maintainer Upload (NMU): when a Debian Developer who is not the package maintainer uploads an update of said package. http://wiki.debian.org/NonMaintainerUpload . See also <binnmu>. |
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no cdrecord C: 2005-02-22 |
, now known as cdtools, a CD writing tool which can deal with .iso (the file system) and .cdr (cd audio). It's available at http://www.fokus.gmd.de/nthp/employees/schilling/cdrecord.html. Use -pad if you intend to use .wav when burning audio. Use -swab if your CDR uses little endian or the .cdr is in big endian -- basically if the audio on cd is static, use -swab. now from version 2.0 up it supports atapi cd bur |
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no pkgmgmt C: 2003-08-18 |
package commands is Debian Package Management - Most Important Commands: http://sgeiger.mine.nu/docs/pkgmgmt.txt or 'man apt-get'; 'man apt-cache', or apt-get install apt-dpkg-ref |
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no public key M: 2008-08-18 |
<reply> Seeing "There are no public keys available"? This means that the Release file has been signed by a key which you do not have. If it's signed by another key which you do have, you can ignore the warning. Otherwise, you can add the key listed *AFTER* checking the validity of the signatures on the key. The current key will be linked at http://ftp-master.debian.org/ |
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no-ip M: 2014-07-01 |
<reply>No-IP is a dynamic DNS service provider. The ddclient (noip protocol) and inadyn update clients are compatible with this service. The no-ip.com update client (noip2) was removed from Debian to resolve bug #653957. http://www.noip.com/integrate/request |
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no-word C: 2003-04-06 |
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html |
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noatime M: 2000-02-01 |
a cool mount option if the filesystem is mainly read. This prevents updating access times. Reference: http://tunelinux.com/bin/page?filesystems/general/ It may break(??) on things like 'find /tmp -atime +30 -exec rm ...' so it would be a good idea to give /tmp a separate partition without noatime option |
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noatun sucks C: 2001-05-08 |
<reply> http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-multimedia&m=98893887805954&w=2 |
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noatun sux C: 2001-05-08 |
<reply> http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-multimedia&m=98893887805954&w=2 |
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noclue C: 2004-03-12 |
http://shogun.shafted.com.au/temp/bunny_with_pancake.jpg |
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nodata 2 C: 2010-10-03 |
<reply> Is apt complaining "W: GPG error: http://... Release: The following signatures were invalid: NODATA 2"? Due to a problem with the archive signing scripts on 2010-10-03, the Release.gpg file was not created correctly. This will be fixed in the next mirror pulse. Ask me about <secure apt>. |
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node.js M: 2014-04-16 |
<reply>Node.js is an event-based server-side <JavaScript> engine packaged for Debian as 'nodejs'; Debian 7 "Wheezy" users can find this in <wheezy-backports>. https://wiki.debian.org/Javascript/Nodejs http://nodejs.org/ |
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nodejs M: 2021-07-16 |
<reply> Node.js is an event-based server-side <JavaScript> engine packaged for Debian as 'nodejs'; Debian 7 "Wheezy" users can find this in <wheezy-backports>. https://wiki.debian.org/Javascript/Nodejs http://nodejs.org/ |
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nodelist C: 2001-03-09 |
a list of FidoNet-connected BBSs (or nodes). You can get some antiquated nodelists from ftp://ftp.tnl-online.com/pub/nodelist/. Ask me about BBS and Fidonet. |
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nodm M: 2011-03-07 |
<reply>In systemd, "systemctl set-default multi-user.target", or remove the DM package(s) with "aptitude remove gdm3 kdm lightdm lxdm nodm sddm slim wdm xdm". "echo false >/etc/X11/default-display-manager" will also disable the DM, or just hit ctrl-alt-fN to get to a console. nodm is the name of a minimal/automatic display manager (https://github.com/spanezz/nodm). |
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nodriver M: 2016-10-12 |
<reply>Some hardware types do not require a Linux kernel driver for their use, see http://linuxdriverproject.org/mediawiki/index.php/No_Linux_Driver_Needed |
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nofail M: 2015-08-17 |
<reply>Systemd by default does not let your system boot if any filesystem fails to mount. You can prevent that by adding the mount option "nofail" in /etc/fstab to non-essential filesystems. see https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#systemd-auto-mounts-incompat |
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nofb M: 2012-02-21 |
<reply>To disable framebuffer use at Debian installation time, supply the "fb=false" (d-i) or "video=vga16:off" (kernel) boot options. http://wiki.debian.org/GrubTransition (search linux16) |
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noflushd M: 2011-04-20 |
a daemon to spin down idle hard disks. http://noflushd.sf.net/ See also <laptop mode>. |
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nofrendo C: 2001-05-07 |
an NES emulator, currently at http://www.pretendo.org/nofrendo/ |
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nomenclature M: 2006-01-18 |
how we refer to Debian releases, branches and versions - see http://sparky.ox.compsoc.net/~grimoire/howto/nomenclature.html for a guide |
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nomic C: 2026-06-09 |
a fun little(?) game - FAQ at http://www.faqs.org/faqs/games/nomic-faq/ |
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non-free iso M: 2011-06-23 |
<reply>Packages in <non-free> are not included on official Debian CD/DVDs. See http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#nonfree for details. |
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non-free non-free-firmware M: 2023-06-12 |
required in sources.list to install non-free firmware. make sure both are added your "deb https://" lines when upgrading to Bookworm, or important drivers may be uninstalled. |
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non-free-firmware M: 2023-01-30 |
<reply>non-free firmware in bookworm and later has moved from the non-free archive component to a new non-free-firmware component (alongside main/contrib/non-free). Please add "non-free-firmware" to your apt sources and run `apt update`. (This was implemented on 2023-01-27, see also https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2023/01/msg00235.html) |
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non-us M: 2010-01-03 |
<reply>Non-US is where we placed software previously unable to hosted within the USA. Changes in legislation mean that post-<Woody>, there is no non-US, so you don't need it for Sarge, Etch, Lenny, Squeeze, Wheezy or later. Ask me about <crypto> and <crypto in main>. Old non-US packages (for slink, potato, woody) are at archive.debian.org. http://wiki.debian.org/non-US |
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noowner C: 2012-11-09 |
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control#noowner |
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norly C: 2006-10-09 |
"No,Not Really.." http://files.myopera.com/drlaunch/albums/94593/no-not-rly001.jpg .in opposite of "Ya rly". |
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noscript M: 2008-06-17 |
<reply>NoScript is an extension for Mozilla-based web browsers (e.g. <Iceweasel>) which blocks JavaScript, Java, Flash, Silverlight and other "active" content by default; content can be allowed trusted web sites on a temporary or permanent basis. Packaged for Debian as xul-ext-noscript. http://noscript.net/ |
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nospambot M: 2005-08-31 |
http://p12n.org/tmp/nospambot.pl - put that in ~/.irssi/scripts and do /run nospambot to ignore join and quit messages of users who stay online for 2 seconds or less, or change timeout to a higher number to ignore bots who evade the k-line for more than 2 seconds |
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nospambots M: 2005-09-26 |
<reply> nospambot is http://p12n.org/tmp/nospambot.pl - put that in ~/.irssi/scripts and do /run nospambot to ignore join and quit messages of users who stay online for 2 seconds or less, or change timeout to a higher number to ignore bots who evade the k-line for more than 2 seconds or just "/ignore #debian JOINS PARTS QUITS" |
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not-systemd C: 2026-05-31 |
<reply><systemd> has been the default init system in debian for over 10 years, starting with <jessie> in April 2015. Volunteers in #debian will assume you are using debian with defaults unless you specify otherwise. Other init systems are supported on a best-effort basis. History at https://wiki.debian.org/Init ; arguments > /dev/null |
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notfixed C: 2012-11-09 |
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control#notfixed |
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notforwarded C: 2012-11-09 |
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control#notforwarded |
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notfound C: 2012-11-09 |
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control#notfound |
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notion M: 2013-06-30 |
<reply>Notion is a fork of the <ion3> tiling and tabbing window manager. It is in non-free due to restrictions on modification imposed by its licence; ask me about <non-free sources>. http://notion.sf.net/ |
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notlongenough C: 2008-06-28 |
http://forthfreak.net/misc/password.jpg |
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notme (formerly knows as inode) C: 2000-06-12 |
trying to establish a new KDE news site (known as KDE News Dateline Extras) which is reachable under http://knews.derkarl.org. Unfortunately, he's not that good with HTML yet so everybody's wondering what that project will end like. |
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notmuch M: 2010-09-23 |
a tag based email system with emacs and vim front-ends, which stores tags in xapian. http://notmuchmail.org/ #notmuch on irc.libera.chat. |
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notwhoami C: 2000-04-25 |
a nifty tool to generate fake addresses/DOBs/phone numbers for use in applications -- at http://notwhoami.sourceforge.net/ |
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nouveau M: 2020-05-15 |
<reply>The nouveau open source <DRM> drivers for Nvidia GPUs (Riva, TNT, GeForce, Quadro) are part of the Linux kernel and the display driver is packaged as xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (read its README.Debian file for important notes). Install the libgl1-mesa-dri package for 3D acceleration. Firmware from userspace may be required, ask me about <nouveau firmware>. http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/ #nouveau on OFTC |
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npm2deb C: 2015-12-19 |
<reply> https://wiki.debian.org/Javascript/Nodejs/Npm2Deb |
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nptl M: 2004-11-29 |
Native Posix Threading Library http://ijuz.uugrn.org/nptl-0.60-0/ |
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nsi C: 2026-06-09 |
Network Solutions Inc or is Internic or is http://www.networksolutions.com or is extremely slow and sometimes hopeless at processing requests. |
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nslookup localhost C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply> localhost is http://www.porn.org |
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nslu2 M: 2010-09-22 |
<reply>[nslu2] The Linksys NSLU2 "Network Storage Link" is a NAS device with two USB 2.0 ports and one 10/100 Ethernet port. Supported by the <armel> port of Debian GNU/Linux. http://www.cyrius.com/debian/nslu2/ . Proprietary NPE-B microcode (used by the Intel IXP4xx Ethernet driver) is available in the ixp4xx-microcode package, ask me about <non-free sources>. |
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nsupdate C: 2008-06-19 |
a dynamic dns update utility that comes with bind, see http://linux.yyz.us/nsupdate/ |
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ntfs M: 2010-05-16 |
<reply>Windows NT File System (NTFS) has drivers available in Debian: the read-only Linux kernel driver and a <FUSE> driver providing write support. For information about the former, ask me about <ntfsro>. For information about read/write access, ask me about <ntfsrw>. See also <ntfsclone>, <label>. http://wiki.debian.org/NTFS |
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ntfs resize C: 2003-04-01 |
http://mlf.linux.rulez.org/mlf/ezaz/ntfsresize.html |
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ntfs-3g M: 2011-05-31 |
<reply>NTFS-3G is a userspace driver providing NTFS read and write support. "aptitude install ntfs-3g". Usage examples: http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-download/#usage . Also ask me about <user accessible ntfs>. |
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ntfsclone M: 2009-01-18 |
<reply>ntfsclone is a utility to efficiently copy/backup/restore NTFS filesystems, part of the <ntfsprogs> package. The bad sectors list is preserved, which can hinder ntfsresize(8) after restoration on a new device; use ntfstruncate to reset: http://web.archive.org/web/20090221023808/http://www.linux-ntfs.org/doku.php?id=ntfsclone#reseting_the_bad_sectors_list_after_cloning . Otherwise, call ntfsresize with the -b option. |
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ntgrub C: 2004-12-25 |
at http://marc.herbert.free.fr/linux/win2linstall.html |
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ntlm M: 2011-01-30 |
<reply>NT LAN Manager (NTLM) is a security protocol suite by Microsoft which is no longer recommended, ask me about <kerberos>. Debian Installer supports NTLM. NTLM authentication proxies packaged for Debian include ntlmaps and cntlm. See also <iceweasel ntlm>. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTLM http://ntlmaps.sf.net/ http://cntlm.sf.net/ |
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ntop M: 2013-05-01 |
<reply>ntop is a web-based passive network monitoring application. Read /usr/share/doc/ntop/README.Debian after installation to set an administration password; additional command-line options (e.g. -M) can be specified within GETOPT in /etc/default/ntop. Post-install, run "dpkg-reconfigure ntop" to specify interfaces ntop should listen on. http://wiki.ntop.org/ http://www.ntop.org/ |
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ntp M: 2022-05-03 |
The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is used to synchronize the clocks of computer systems over a network. "aptitude install ntp" is enough to get going and synchronise your clock using the default ntp pool. http://wiki.debian.org/NTP See also <systemd-timesyncd>, <set time>, <pool.ntp>, or ntpsec |
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ntpasswd M: 2010-01-05 |
<reply>[ntpasswd] The administrator password within a Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/7 system can be recovered using the live CD available at http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/ . See also Debian's ophcrack and ophcrack-cli packages. |
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nude teen stick figures C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.nudestickfigures.com/ |
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nullmailer M: 2009-08-17 |
a minimal <MTA> for hosts which just sends directly to smart relays. Does not support /etc/aliases; define a catch-all alias in /etc/nullmailer/adminaddr instead, see adminaddr(5). http://untroubled.org/nullmailer/ See also <ssmtp>. |
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number.pl C: 2001-06-11 |
the most thorough treatment of a "number to words" script known to man which can be found at http://www.isthe.com/chongo/tech/math/number/number |
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nut C: 2008-03-21 |
<reply>Network UPS Tools (NUT) is a client/server <UPS> monitoring system that permits UPS sharing between several machines. Able to signal shutdown of Unix/Linux and Windows (via WinNUT) systems. Packaged for Debian as nut, optional packages as nut-* (excluding nut-nutrition). Read /usr/share/doc/nut/README.Debian.gz for installation instructions. http://networkupstools.org/ |
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nutty C: 2006-06-11 |
a modified version of a simple SSH and telnet client called PuTTY. This patch enables users to select and open hyperlinks that they see on the terminal window to their favourite web browser. Check out http://www.groehn.net/nutty/ |
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nv M: 2014-02-04 |
<reply>nv is an Xorg driver for Nvidia video cards, packaged as xserver-xorg-video-nv for the kfreebsd-amd64 and kfreebsd-i386 architectures since Jessie in <non-free>. It does not support 3D acceleration. http://wiki.x.org/wiki/nv http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/NVIDIA . For Linux systems, ask me about <nouveau>. |
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nvidia M: 2013-05-24 |
<reply>Where possible, Nvidia graphic processing units are supported using the open source <nouveau> driver on Debian systems by default. To install the proprietary "nvidia" driver, see https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers or ask me about <nvidia dkms>, <nvidia legacy>; installing this directly from nvidia.com (i.e. with <nvidia-installer>) is _not_ supported in #debian,. |
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nvidia codenames M: 2013-01-10 |
http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/CodeNames |
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nvidia legacy squeeze M: 2013-05-04 |
<reply>Nvidia proprietary legacy drivers support GPUs no longer supported by the Nvidia proprietary unified Unix graphics driver. To install, see http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers or ask me about <nvidia dkms-173xx squeeze> (173.14.xx series, supports GeForce 5/FX GPUs) or <nvidia dkms-96xx squeeze> (96.43.xx series, supports GeForce 2/3/4 GPUs). |
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nvidia-graphics-drivers C: 2006-01-13 |
<reply> See http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers to install the Nvidia proprietary driver on Debian systems. |
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nvme unsafe shutdown M: 2021-08-25 |
<reply>If smartmontools complains about "unsafe shutdown" on NVMe devices, increase nvme_core's shutdown_timeout. To make that change permanent, have a look at https://gitlab.com/iKarith/stupid-debian-tricks/-/raw/main/etc_default_grub.d/11_nvme-safe-shutdown.cfg and ask me about <grub config> |
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nvrun M: 2008-03-07 |
<reply> For a quick nvidia-installer how-to, try http://linux.hfds.com/files/n-i.txt Please note that #debian does not support the nvidia-installer, ask for assistance in #nvidia , if need be. |
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nvtv C: 2002-03-21 |
at http://sourceforge.net/projects/nv-tv-out/, a program that'll let you switch between TV and monitor at any time. It will also help getting rid of the black border on TV |
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nwd2205 C: 2011-05-23 |
<reply>The ZyXEL NWD2205 "Wireless N USB Adapter" is an 802.11n device (USB ID 0586:341f). It contains a Realtek RTL8192CU chipset; for device support on Debian systems, ask me about <rtl8192cu>. http://www.zyxel.com/products_services/nwd2205.shtml |
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nwipe C: 2010-12-09 |
<reply>nwipe is a fork of dwipe (Darik's Wipe), which enables secure disk wiping in distributions outside of <DBAN>. http://nwipe.sf.net/ |
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nwm C: 2026-06-09 |
a strange idea: the NonExistent Window Manager, for info, goto http://workstation.mc.yale.edu/nwm/ and email mailto:ken.lai@writeme.com |
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nx M: 2009-10-17 |
<reply>"NX technology" is a partially <non-free> computer program handling remote X Window System connections. Like <VNC> but faster, with security and support for multiple clients. Ask me about <freenx>. http://www.nomachine.com/ |
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o'reilly C: 2000-05-07 |
free computer books online from O'reilly at http://www.oreilly.com/ |
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o-o C: 2026-06-09 |
Christoph Lameter see also http://lameter.com |
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oberon C: 2001-03-16 |
http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/, an OS/language hybrid. The language is a Wirth language (Pascal-like), and the OS has GUI and network support, and can run on bare hardware or under Linux/Solaris/Win32 |
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objc C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply> The Objective-C Homepage is at http://www.slip.net/~dekorte/Objective-C/... or the FAQ is at http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/computer-lang/Objective-C/faq/faq.html |
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objc-tut C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/macosxserver/ObjectiveC/TOC.html |
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objprelink C: 2001-12-28 |
at http://leon.bottou.com/objprelink/ |
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ocaml M: 2015-04-25 |
<reply>Ocaml is an object-oriented functional programming language based on ML, or a programming language doing better than any other in programming contests. See https://wiki.debian.org/OCaml . |
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ocfs C: 2011-03-22 |
<reply>Oracle Cluster File System (OCFS) is a shared/clustered file system developed by Oracle Corporation. OCFS version 2 is part of the mainline Linux kernel since version 2.6.16, tools to manage OCFS2 file systems are packaged for Debian in ocfs2-tools. http://kernel.org/doc/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2/ |
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ocr M: 2011-03-12 |
<reply>Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is a technology allowing computers to "read" text from physical objects. It requires a graphical representation of text to interpret, usually coming from a scanned image. gocr (http://jocr.sf.net/) and ocrad (http://www.gnu.org/software/ocrad/ocrad.html) are packaged for Debian. The fuzzyocr <SpamAssassin> plugin can be used to check image attachments. |
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ocs C: 2026-06-09 |
The Obsidian Communication Server it is a server to fill every possible need of an intranet see http://www.obsidian.co.za/demo/ |
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octave C: 2002-10-17 |
a really cool matlab-alike http://octave.org |
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odbc C: 2000-02-17 |
<reply>Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC) is an <API> for accessing database management systems. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OBDC |
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off the hook C: 2000-04-07 |
a radio program that can be found at http://www.2600.org/offthehook/ |
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offenbach C: 2026-06-09 |
a cool dude from Canada, that has webpage at http://www.pacificcoast.net/~pavel/ |
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offensive C: 2026-06-09 |
Bob Metcalfe, http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/990621opmetcalfe.xml or good music played too softly. |
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offlineimap M: 2008-05-18 |
<reply>OfflineIMAP is an IMAP/Maildir synchronization and reader support tool. http://offlineimap.org/ |
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oftc M: 2006-06-05 |
<reply>OFTC is the Open and Free Technology Community, a support/collaboration service. They have an IRC network: irc.oftc.net. You may (or may not) be connected to OFTC's network. http://www.oftc.net/ See also <debian irc>, <oftc move> and <fact sharing>. |
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oftc channel setup C: 2018-10-26 |
Add the @debian-chanop and @debian-master groups to access list /msg chanserv ACCESS #debian-foo ADD @debian-chanop CHANOP ; /msg chanserv ACCESS #debian-foo ADD @debian-master MASTER ; and add the channel to https://wiki.debian.org/IRC |
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oftc modes C: 2006-12-28 |
<reply> see http://www.oftc.net/oftc/ChannelModes and http://www.oftc.net/oftc/userModes |
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oftc move M: 2021-06-18 |
<reply>irc.debian.org moved to OFTC on June 4th 2006, see http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/05/msg00012.html . Operators and bots (see <fact sharing>) can also be found on <libera>. Questions? Ask in #debian on one or other network. See also http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2006/04/msg00333.html |
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ogg M: 2011-03-13 |
<reply>Ogg is a patent-free, open standard multimedia container format, designed to be streamable and accept a variety of <codecs>. The only widely used codec for Ogg is Vorbis, ask me about <vorbis> for more information. Ogg files generally end in .ogg. http://www.xiph.org/ogg/ |
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ogle M: 2009-04-15 |
yet another DVD player for Linux, it sticks out a bit because it supports DVD menus, available at: http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd/ Dead upstream, buggy and obsolete; removed from Debian to resolve bug #509586. For alternative players, ask me about <dvd>. |
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ogm M: 2010-03-12 |
<reply>OGM was a hack on Ogg (it is not Ogg), no longer supported or developed. Discouraged by Xiph.org, see http://www.xiph.org/container/ogm.html . Ask me about <theora>, <mkv>. |
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ogmrip M: 2009-01-02 |
<reply>OGMRip is an application and library set for ripping and encoding DVD into AVI/<OGM>/MP4/<MKV> files. GNOME client provided, CLI client (shRip) available. Packages are available from <deb-multimedia>. http://ogmrip.sf.net/ See also <dvd::rip>, <handbrake>. |
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ogre3d C: 2006-02-10 |
a 3d engine ( http://www.ogre3d.org ) |
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okular M: 2010-01-19 |
<reply>Okular is a <PDF>, image, and other document viewer based on KPDF for KDE 4. http://okular.kde.org/ |
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old firmware images C: 2021-10-02 |
<reply>Find unofficial <firmware images> for previous releases under https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/archive/ |
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old kernel C: 2010-12-11 |
<reply>Old Debian Linux kernel image packages can be acquired from the <snapshot> archive: http://snapshot.debian.org/package/linux-2.6/ . As older package versions contain known security issues, these should only be used for testing and troubleshooting purposes, not with production systems. |
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old man murray C: 2026-06-09 |
http://www.oldmanmurray.com/. Just click it. Trust me. |
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oldlynx C: 2009-05-04 |
<reply> If you want lynx-cur to look like etch's lynx, try Thomas Dickey's "oldlynx" script at http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-user@lists.debian.org/msg524046.html |
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oldstable-proposed-updates C: 2012-03-12 |
<reply>oldstable-proposed-updates is a repository containing packages being prepared for the next <point release>. They should be safe but are held back for wider testing before being accepted into the oldstable release at the time of the next point release. http://www.debian.org/releases/proposed-updates http://release.debian.org/proposed-updates/oldstable.html . See also <stable-proposed-updates>, <testing-proposed-updates>. |
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olpc M: 2009-06-20 |
<reply>One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) is a non-profit organization overseeing the creation of an affordable educational device for the developing world. To install Debian on the OLPC XO-1 subnotebook, see http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/OLPC/Installation . http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/OLPC #debian-olpc on irc.oftc.net. |
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omsa C: 2008-06-12 |
<reply>Packages of questionable quality available at http://ftp.sara.nl/pub/sara-omsa/dists/dell/sara/binary-i386/ |
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onedisktoanother C: 2004-06-06 |
<reply>See this : http://www.hantslug.org.uk/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?LinuxHints/OneDiskToAnother |
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oneko C: 2009-06-20 |
an entertainment application involving a cat and mouse (pointer), packaged for Debian. Not to be confused with <neko>. http://www.daidouji.com/oneko/ |
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onion C: 2000-06-15 |
at http://www.theonion.com/ ... go there now! |
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online help C: 2003-07-26 |
http://www.debianhelp.org |
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online-manpage M: 2026-06-02 |
https://manpages.debian.org/ |
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oom M: 2007-05-13 |
<reply>what a woc says. Out Of Memory, or http://lwn.net/Articles/104185/ |
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oom-killer C: 2007-10-16 |
responsible for picking a process to kill when the computer is out of memory. It uses some heuristics to choose the process to kill: unprivileged, short-running, low-priority processes are more likely to be killed. See http://linux-mm.org/OOM_Killer for more information. |
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oomon C: 2000-05-01 |
like tcm but better. http://toast.blackened.com/oomon/oomon-install.html |
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open relay M: 2005-04-29 |
a promiscuous mail server (MTA) which accepts messages from anyone, for anyone, and relays them. Used by spammers to amplify their own bandwidth. Running an open relay is *bad* and you will be blacklisted. To test for an open relay, you can use http://www.abuse.net/relay.html |
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open source M: 2004-05-27 |
<reply>While free software by any other name would give you the same freedom, it makes a big difference which name we use: different words convey different ideas. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html for an explanation. s.d. |
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open webmail C: 2003-11-09 |
a webmail system based on the Neomail version 1.14 from Ernie_Miller. Open WebMail is designed to manage very large mail folder files in a memory efficient way. It also provides a range of features to help users migrate smoothly from Microsoft Outlook to Open WebMail. http://openwebmail.org/ |
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openal C: 2000-03-11 |
the Open Audio Library, at http://www.openal.org |
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openap C: 2002-04-23 |
http://opensource.instant802.com/ |
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openarena C: 2010-10-18 |
<reply>OpenArena is an open source 3D first-person shooter game for <ioquake3> and is a free content replacement for id Sofware's Quake III: Arena. It is not compatible with the proprietary game. http://openarena.ws/ |
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openbeos M: 2004-12-10 |
an open source project dedicated to the re-creation of BeOS (the Be Operating System), or at http://www.openbeos.org/, or now known as Haiku, http://haiku-os.org |
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openbios M: 2009-07-15 |
http://www.openfirmware.info/ |
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openbot C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://starship.python.net/crew/adjih/yacd/ |
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openbox M: 2010-01-12 |
<reply>Openbox is an X window manager originally based on <Blackbox> 0.65.0, then rewritten in C (no code based on Blackbox since v3.0). http://wiki.debian.org/Openbox http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:FAQ http://www.openbox.org/ #openbox on irc.oftc.net. |
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openchrome M: 2009-08-27 |
<reply>The OpenChrome project develops free and open source drivers for VIA UniChrome, UniChrome Pro and Chrome9 integrated graphics processors. Packaged for Debian as xserver-xorg-video-openchrome. http://www.openchrome.org/ |
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opencola C: 2001-03-15 |
at http://www.opencola.com |
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opendns M: 2010-08-27 |
<reply>OpenDNS is a service allowing faster and more secure DNS resolution. Uses the nameservers 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220. http://www.opendns.com/ #opendns on irc.oftc.net. See also <googledns>, <override dns>. |
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openerp M: 2011-07-13 |
<reply>Open ERP (formerly TinyERP) is an open source Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system. Packaged for Debian as openerp-server and openerp-client. Removed post-Squeeze to resolve bugs #633587 and #633592. http://openerp.com/ |
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openfire M: 2011-02-25 |
<reply>Openfire (previously Wildfire, Jive Messenger) is an <XMPP> server written in Java, not packaged for Debian (<RFP> in #689589). http://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire/ |
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openfoam M: 2013-12-28 |
<reply>OpenFOAM (Open source Field Operation And Manipulation) is a library for the development of customized numerical solvers/utilities, which are used for grid generation, simulation and analyzing complex fluid flows. FreeFOAM (fork of OpenFOAM) is packaged for Debian. http://openfoam.org/ http://freefoam.sf.net/ |
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openfwwf M: 2010-09-25 |
<reply> "Open FirmWare for WiFi networks" (OpenFWWF) is a project developing open source firmware for wireless LAN devices based on Broadcom AirForce chipsets (specifically BCM4306 rev 3, BCM4311 rev 1 and BCM4318). Supported by the <b43> driver since Linux 2.6.30; firmware is requested from b43-open/ . v5.2 does not correctly handle FIFO overflow conditions. <RFP> filed as Debian bug #513974. http://www.ing.unibs.it/openfwwf/ |
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opengeu M: 2009-07-15 |
<reply>OpenGEU (formerly Geubuntu) is a desktop-focused Linux distribution based on <Ubuntu>. The project's aim is to integrate <GNOME> with <Enlightenment>. Not supported in #debian. http://opengeu.intilinux.com/ See also <based on Debian>. |
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opengl M: 2000-11-29 |
<reply>OpenGL (Open Graphics Language) is a 3D graphics <API> originally developed by Silicon Graphics. http://www.opengl.org/ There is a free implementation available, ask me about <mesa>. |
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opengl tutorial M: 2000-12-16 |
at http://devcentral.iftech.com/learning/tutorials/opengl/, or check out <http://libsdl.org/opengl/intro.html> for an SDL OpenGL tutorial (that works) |
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openindiana C: 2014-06-24 |
the sucessor of opensolaris | mostly licensed under the GPL-unfriendly CDDL | GNOME 2 as default desktop | native ZFS support | http://openindiana.org/ |
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openjdk M: 2011-02-25 |
<reply>OpenJDK is the open source release of <Java> from Oracle America (formerly Sun Microsystems). All required functionality (according to the J2SE spec) is present, but some optional stuff is missing and some stuff uses different implementations from Oracle's binary JDK. Install the default-jre package for the runtime environment or default-jdk for the development kit. http://openjdk.java.net/ #openjdk on irc.oftc.net. |
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openldap M: 2009-07-30 |
<reply>OpenLDAP is an open source implementation of <LDAP>. The OpenLDAP server is packaged for Debian in the slapd package. Frequently Asked Questions: http://www.openldap.org/faq/ . http://wiki.debian.org/LDAP/OpenLDAPSetup http://www.openldap.org/ #openldap on irc.libera.chat. |
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openlinux M: 2002-09-25 |
not open at all, therefore you shouldn't use it, or because it has an all-graphical bootup *shudder*, or nothing but a marketing strategy with some rhetoric thrown in. http://www.arouse.net/despair-linux/caldera.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldera_OpenLinux |
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openmediavault M: 2012-08-23 |
<reply>OpenMediaVault is a NAS operating system with a web-based control panel. It is <based on Debian> but not supported in #debian. Support can be found at http://docs.openmediavault.org/ |
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openmosix M: 2005-02-09 |
http://openmosix.sourceforge.net, or is the GPLv2, Open Source, project to extend the outstanding Mosix project. New releases of Mosix became proprietary software in late 2001 Not appropriate for true parallel programs, where interconnect speed matters (and ethernet won't cut it) |
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openmotif M: 2010-02-16 |
http://www.opengroup.org/openmotif/ |
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opennap M: 2000-09-08 |
opennap.sourceforge.net, or a reverse engineered napster server clone, or a list of servers can be had at http://www.napigator.com/list.php |
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opennemasy C: 2002-09-10 |
the open source network management system (http://www.sf.net/projects/opennemasy) |
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openntpd M: 2010-08-19 |
<reply>OpenNTPD is the OpenBSD <NTP> daemon. It provides the ability to sync the local clock to remote NTP servers and can act as NTP server itself, redistributing the local clock. Not part of the Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" release due to bug #593429. http://www.openntpd.org/ See also <set time>, <pool.ntp>. |
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openoffice M: 2013-12-24 |
<reply>OpenOffice is a productivity suite based on Sun's StarOffice. http://wiki.debian.org/OpenOffice http://www.openoffice.org/ See also <debian ooo> and <libreoffice>. OpenOffice is no longer packaged starting from wheezy, but its fork LibreOffice is: http://www.debian.org/News/2011/20110623 |
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openoffice fonts C: 2003-07-09 |
http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/fontguide.html |
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openoffice-fontproblems C: 2002-05-20 |
at http://gsl.openoffice.org/servlets/ProjectDocumentList?dcID=335 |
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openpackages C: 2000-12-09 |
an attempt to create a standard package format among FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, BSD/OS, and Darwin. http://www.openpackages.org/ for more. |
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openpgp M: 2016-06-05 |
<reply> best practices for OpenPGP keys are described at https://help.riseup.net/security/message-security/openpgp/best-practices |
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openpgp-create C: 2014-02-14 |
http://keyring.debian.org/creating-key.html |
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openprinting.org C: 2011-05-25 |
a repository of information about what drivers to use for various printer makes and models. Browse for your printer at http://www.openprinting.org/printers/ to find out what drivers will support it; most drivers will be packaged for Debian (e.g. ask me about <cups>, <hplip>, <hpijs>). |
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openrc C: 2015-05-01 |
<reply> OpenRC is a dependency based init system originated from <gentoo>. https://wiki.debian.org/OpenRC |
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opensips M: 2009-12-29 |
<reply>OpenSIPS is an open source SIP server implementation, forked from <Kamailio>. Not in Debian, ITP in bug #556131. http://www.opensips.org/ |
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opensmtpd C: 2021-06-18 |
a secure, reliable, lean, and easy-to configure <SMTP> server and Mail Transfer Agent <mta>. https://www.opensmtpd.org/ #opensmtpd on irc.libera.chat. |
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opensources C: 2000-01-02 |
a very cool book by o'reilly that everyone should read with essays by everybody who was ever important, available to read online at http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/toc.html |
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opensrs C: 2000-04-20 |
Tucows, Inc's Open Shared Registration System at http://www.opensrs.com |
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openssh M: 2010-02-17 |
<reply>OpenSSH (OpenBSD Secure Shell, http://www.openssh.com/) is a free implementation of the Secure Shell (<SSH>) protocol. Packaged for Debian as openssh-server and openssh-client (install the ssh <metapackage> for both). SSH protocol 1 is disabled by default as of openssh 1:5.4p1-1. "Getting started with SSH": http://kimmo.suominen.com/docs/ssh/ |
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openssl M: 2009-04-24 |
the open source version of Secure Socket Layer. http://www.openssl.org/ . See also <why gnutls>. |
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opensuse C: 2008-06-25 |
the community-developed version of <SUSE> Linux. https://www.opensuse.org/ #opensuse on irc.libera.chat. |
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openswan M: 2010-01-16 |
<reply>Openswan is an <IPsec> implementation for Linux kernels, forked from <freeswan>. Install the openswan package to provide Openswan IPsec utilities. As Debian stock kernels have IPsec (NETKEY, aka 26sec) and crypto support enabled, the openswan-modules-source or linux-patch-openswan packages are only necessary for KLIPS use. http://wiki.openswan.org/ http://www.openswan.org/ |
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openttd M: 2010-09-28 |
<reply>OpenTTD is a reimplementation of the Microprose game "Transport Tycoon Deluxe". Versions prior to 1.0.0~rc3-2 were in <contrib> and required data files from the original game. Now playable with free graphics (openttd-opengfx package), optional music (openttd-openmsx package) and sound files (openttd-opensfx package in <non-free>). See also /usr/share/doc/openttd/README.Debian. http://www.openttd.org/ #openttd on irc.oftc.net. |
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openuniverse M: 2010-05-17 |
<reply>OpenUniverse (aka OU) is an OpenGL space simulator. http://www.openuniverse.org/ Not actively maintained upstream, ask me about <celestia> instead. |
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openvas M: 2013-01-09 |
<reply>OpenVAS (OpenSource Vulnerability Assessment Scanner, formerly GNessUs) is a fork of <Nessus>, but is not a drop-in Nessus replacement. OpenVAS 2 is not part of the Debian 7 "Wheezy" release as upstream support was discontinued in 2011 (bug #690655). http://www.openvas.org/ #openvas on irc.oftc.net. |
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openverse C: 2000-06-26 |
at http://www.openverse.org Debian packages are at http://thebucket.org/pub/openverse |
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openvista C: 2005-12-09 |
http://worldvista.sourceforge.net/ |
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openvpn M: 2014-12-09 |
<reply>OpenVPN is a <VPN> daemon, which can securely tunnel IP networks over one UDP or TCP port. Packaged for Debian, provides "openvpn" ifupdown hooks to <interfaces>. Add "script-security 2" in configuration files for use of external commands. Debian 8 "Jessie" users: see https://bugs.debian.org/785200 (fixed at openvpn 2.3.4-5+deb8u1, ask me about <spu>). https://openvpn.net/ #openvpn on irc.libera.chat. See also <easy-rsa>. |
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openvz M: 2011-01-26 |
<reply>OpenVZ provides OS-level <virtualization>, creating isolated and secure virtual private servers on a single physical server. Deprecated in Debian (bug #574529) and not supported for the Debian 7 "Wheezy" release; ask me about <lxc>, <kvm>, <xen> for alternatives. http://wiki.debian.org/OpenVz http://www.openvz.org/ |
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openwebmail M: 2005-02-22 |
a webmail system based on the Neomail version 1.14 from Ernie_Miller. Open WebMail is designed to manage very large mail folder files in a memory efficient way. It also provides a range of features to help users migrate smoothly from Microsoft Outlook to Open WebMail. http://openwebmail.org/ |
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openwengo C: 2007-09-05 |
a community of enthusiasts and developers, creating free software products related to communication over IP, see http://www.openwengo.org/ |
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openwrt M: 2014-08-12 |
<reply>OpenWrt is a Linux distribution for embedded devices. http://openwrt.org/ . See also <debianwrt>. |
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opera M: 2009-06-05 |
<reply> Opera is a cross-platform web browser and Internet suite, which handles common tasks including visiting web sites and sending/receiving e-mail. As of version 8.5, Opera is freeware but NOT open source. It is not included in Debian and therefore not supported by #debian. To install, ask me about <opera apt> and see http://wiki.debian.org/Opera . http://www.opera.com/support/ #opera on irc.opera.com. |
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opera apt M: 2013-06-07 |
http://deb.opera.com/ |
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operafs M: 2009-12-23 |
<reply>OperaFS is a Linux implementation of the Opera file system, used on 3DO CD-ROMs. http://www.stack.nl/~svdb/operafs/ |
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operator precedence C: 2000-02-12 |
http://pfah.informatik.uni-kl.de/home/jmayer/c-operator-precedence.html |
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opie M: 2011-04-14 |
<reply>OPIE (One-time Password In Everything) is a system for using one-time passwords in applications. Packaged for Debian as opie-client and opie-server, removed post-Squeeze to resolve bug #622246. http://www.linux.ie/lists/pipermail/ilug/2005-August/083130.html |
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opteron M: 2003-10-08 |
See http://www.debian.org/ports/amd64/ and the #debian-amd64 IRC channel |
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optimization C: 2012-04-17 |
<reply> Premature optimization is the root of all evil. Donald Knuth http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Donald_Knuth |
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optimus M: 2022-11-15 |
<reply>[Optimus] nVidia hybrid graphics. Bullseye users (and up) should use PRIME offloading, either via the proprietary driver (https://wiki.debian.org/NVIDIA%20Optimus#PRIMEOffload) or nouveau (https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/Optimus.html). For earlier debian releases, see <bumblebee>. |
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oracle M: 2009-11-25 |
<reply>oracle info at http://otn.oracle.com/ |
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orb M: 2001-03-14 |
Castlewood Orb and for linux orb howto, go here: http://www.nexuscomputing.com/~linuxorb/ Object Request Broker. examples are OMG's CORBA and Microsoft's COM architecture. Hey! CORBA is not an ORB, it's a specification for a common orb architecture. |
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oreally C: 2000-06-18 |
Global Linux Usability Lab: http://oreally.net/linux/960533633/ |
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oreilly M: 2003-10-08 |
a publisher of computer books. Top of the line and compared to other books, cheap. Check them out at http://www.oreilly.com or http://www.ora.com or Praised be the name of OReilly. not at http://www.hk8.org/old_web honest. |
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org.asm C: 2001-04-07 |
http://www.derkarl.org/asm/ |
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orielly C: 2026-06-09 |
probably a publisher of computer books. Top of the line and compared to other books, cheap. Check them out at http://www.oreilly.com or http://www.ora.com Praised be the name of OReilly. |
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origins of sysadmins C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.monkeybagel.com/sysadmin.html |
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orinoco M: 2012-02-12 |
<reply>orinoco is a Linux kernel driver supporting 802.11b wireless LAN devices based on Hermes I and Spectrum24 Trilogy chipsets. WPA1 support for Hermes devices is available and requires firmware v9.42 or later, see http://wiki.debian.org/orinoco for more details. For Prism 2/2.5/3 support, ask me about <hostap>. For ORiNOCO USB device support, ask me about <orinoco usb>. |
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orinoco usb M: 2011-03-02 |
<reply>Support for early-model ORiNOCO USB 802.11b devices is provided by the orinoco_usb driver, introduced at Linux 2.6.35. Card firmware v9.42 or later is required for <WPA> support. http://wiki.debian.org/orinoco_usb |
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orly C: 2006-10-09 |
an internet slang, short for "Oh, really?", mainly used to indicate sarcasm or acknowledgement of obviousness.Synonymous with a white snow owl: http://www.hjo3.net/orly/gal1/orly_owl.jpg |
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oroborus M: 2003-06-13 |
at http://www.oroborus.org |
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os x M: 2010-06-24 |
<reply>OS X (formerly Mac OS X) is a BSD and NeXTSTEP based operating system from <Apple> Inc. A complete overhaul from previous versions of Mac OS (v1.0-9.2). http://www.apple.com/macosx/ ##apple on irc.libera.chat. See also <afp>, <hfsplus>. |
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os-prober M: 2022-11-21 |
<reply>os-prober is a utility for detecting other installed operating systems. <UEFI> support was added at os-prober 1.58. http://joeyh.name/code/os-prober/ . See also <grub config>. /usr/share/doc/os-prober/README |
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os4 C: 2013-07-18 |
a derivative of Xubuntu. It is not Debian and we cannot support it in #debian. See http://www.os4online.com/ or ask me about <based on debian>. |
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oscar C: 2009-05-20 |
<reply>Open System for CommunicAtion in Realtime (OSCAR) is <AOL>'s ironically named proprietary instant messaging and presence protocol, used by <ICQ> and <AIM>. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSCAR_protocol . See also <XMPP>. |
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osdir C: 2006-12-06 |
many screenshots of differents distro's/stuff see at http://shots.osdir.com/ |
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osmc M: 2015-04-19 |
<reply>OSMC is a Linux distribution enabling the <Raspberry Pi> and other devices to operate as an <XBMC> front-end. It is not supported in #debian. https://osmc.tv/ See also <based on debian>. |
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ospf M: 2002-04-23 |
Open Shortest Path First, or a good open internal routing protocol, or see http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2328.txt |
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oss4 M: 2009-12-05 |
<reply>[oss4] Open Sound System is a cross-platform set of device drivers providing a standard audio API for Unix systems. OSS/Free was in the 2.2 and 2.4 series of Linux kernels, with OSS/Linux remaining proprietary, replaced by <ALSA> in Linux 2.6. Open Sound System v4.0 was made available under the GPLv2 in July 2007, this is packaged since Debian 6.0 "Squeeze". http://www.opensound.com/ |
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ossec C: 2011-10-26 |
<reply>OSSEC is an open source, host-based intrusion detection system. Not in Debian, <ITP> filed in bug #361954. http://www.ossec.net/ |
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oto C: 2001-06-26 |
http://www.otohq.org a religious group based on the works of aleister crowley, also see http://www.the-equinox.org |
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otpw C: 2013-01-24 |
<reply>One-time passwords in Debian are provided by the libpam-otpw and otpw-bin packages. Make sure to read the included html file for an overview. For a quick guide on setting up one-time passwords for SSH, see http://blog.dhampir.no/content/one-time-passwords-in-debian-wheezy-with-libpam-otpw |
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otr M: 2013-08-07 |
<reply>Off-the-Record (OTR) Messaging is a cryptographic protocol providing encryption for instant messaging and IRC conversations (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-the-Record_Messaging). OTR support for <irssi> and <xchat> is available via the irssi-plugin-otr and xchat-otr packages (not part of the Debian 7 "Wheezy" release due to bug #703999), support for <pidgin> is available via the pidgin-otr package. |
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otus M: 2010-08-31 |
<reply>otus is the unsupported vendor driver supporting wireless LAN devices based on Atheros AR9170 chip. Requires its own <wpa_supplicant> driver backend. http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/otus . Removed from the Linux kernel at version 2.6.37. For the AR9170 driver available in Debian Linux kernel images, ask me about <carl9170>, <ar9170usb>. |
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out of date C: 2001-02-28 |
<reply>If you think a package is out of date, don't whine to us or anyone else. All Debian Developers are VOLUNTEERS, so they have no obligation to package stuff that you want. If you want a package updated, go to the Developer's Corner at http://www.debian.org/devel/ and learn how to do it. |
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out of tree M: 2010-10-12 |
<reply>Open source drivers not included in the mainline Linux kernel ("out of tree") are listed at http://linuxdriverproject.org/mediawiki/index.php/Out_Of_Tree_Drivers . Some are packaged for Debian, ask me about <search>. |
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overbiteff M: 2011-04-21 |
<reply>OverbiteFF is an add-on for Iceweasel/Firefox and Iceape/SeaMonkey providing <Gopher> protocol support. Firefox 4, SeaMonkey 2.1 and all later versions no longer support Gopher internally. RFP filed as Debian bug #589060. http://gopher.floodgap.com/overbite/ |
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override dns M: 2018-07-31 |
<reply>To have dhclient etc not touch /etc/resolv.conf, the best plan is to configure it not to touch that file. See https://wiki.debian.org/resolv.conf for more details. Note that by ignoring the DHCP-provided DNS servers, you may find that you are unable to use captive portals or surf the web on some network. Beware creating technical debt by doing things like chattr +i |
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overview M: 2013-10-12 |
<reply>Debian stable does not always include all the software people need or want so there is much official, semi-official, and non-official software available for stable. See http://wiki.debian.org/DebianSoftware . Ask me about <security>, <installer firmware>, <backports>, <stable-updates>, <multimedia>, <non-free>, <contrib>, <emdebian>, <debian live>. See also <grounding>, <social contract>, <introduction>. |
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ovhkernel C: 2012-08-26 |
ovh kernel configs ftp://ftp.ovh.net/made-in-ovh/bzImage/ |
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own repo M: 2012-02-20 |
<reply>To feed your own packages into apt, you need to create a repository with a Packages file that lists the packages. If you only have a few packages and don't have very sophisticated requirements, you can use <dpkg-scanpackages>. If you want to be able add/remove packages using regular Debian tools like dput then try <reprepro> or mini-dinstall. See http://wiki.debian.org/HowToSetupADebianRepository |
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owncloud C: 2013-08-24 |
<reply>ownCloud is an open source web application for data synchronization, file sharing and cloud storage. http://owncloud.org/ |
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oz C: 2026-06-09 |
a logic programming language or at http://www.mozart-oz.org |
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oznoid C: 2026-06-09 |
at mailto:lenzo@cs.cmu.edu or at http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~lenzo |
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p3p M: 2002-10-15 |
http://www.w3.org/P3P/ The Platform for Privacy Preferences Project |
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p54 M: 2010-01-06 |
<reply>p54 is a Linux kernel driver, supporting PCI and USB devices based on Intersil/Conexant ISL38xx 802.11g wireless LAN chipsets (aka Prism54). Firmware is required and not packaged (Debian bug #481234), see http://wiki.debian.org/prism54 for installation instructions. The obsolete prism54 driver is disabled in Debian Linux kernel images. #linux-wireless on irc.libera.chat. |
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p7zip M: 2010-12-15 |
<reply>p7zip is a Unix port of the 7-Zip file archiver, supporting the <7z> compressed archive file format. It does not store the owner/group of the file (ref. p7zip-full README). Use 7za (p7zip-full package) to extract password-protected archives. http://p7zip.sf.net/ |
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pac C: 2009-05-27 |
<reply>[pac] Proxy Auto-Config, a method of supplying web browsers/user-agents with proxy server information. http://web.archive.org/web/20060424005037/wp.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/2.0/relnotes/demo/proxy-live.html http://wiki.debian.org/ProxyAutodetectConf http://wiki.squid-cache.org/KnowledgeBase/ProxyPacSlow . See also <wpad>. |
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pacemaker M: 2015-06-24 |
<reply>Pacemaker is an open source, high availability resource manager suitable for both small and large clusters. http://clusterlabs.org/. The pacemaker package was not included in Debian 8 "Jessie" but will soon be available from a separate repository created by the Debian maintainers. https://wiki.debian.org/Debian-HA/FAQ |
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package a deb M: 2000-05-17 |
<reply> Go to http://www.debian.org/devel, to dh_make., or check out the Debian Packaging Manual at http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/packaging.html/index.html |
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package basics M: 2021-08-22 |
"Basics of the Debian package management system" is a chapter of the Debian GNU/Linux <FAQ>, which describes the Debian package format. https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/pkg-basics . To create your own Debian packages, ask me about <nmg>. |
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package breakage C: 2001-12-22 |
<reply> If you're getting errors when installing a package, consult the BTS (http://bugs.debian.org/${broken-package}) first. If that doesn't reveal the answer explore the various installation scripts at /var/lib/dpkg/info/${broken-package}.{postinst,whatever}. If the remedy is still left undiscovered, consult the channel. |
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package commands M: 2002-09-13 |
Debian Package Management - Most Important Commands: http://www.javadelic.com/pkgmgmt.txt or 'man apt-get'; 'man apt-cache', or apt-get install apt-dpkg-ref |
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package cycle M: 2005-02-15 |
http://kmark.home.pipeline.com/debian.png, or http://people.debian.org/~madduck/graphs/package-cycle/en/ |
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package database repair C: 2005-04-30 |
http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Debian/package-database-rebuild.html |
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package relationships C: 2004-10-05 |
see http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html |
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package search M: 2002-03-15 |
to find the package that provides a file, go to http://package.debian.org/ , at the bottom of that page enter the file to find in the "Search the Contents of the Latest Release" search, select which distro and arch to search in, and submit, or use 'auto-apt search filename' |
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package triggers C: 2014-03-26 |
<reply>Package triggers are a way for packages to declare an interest in actions taken by other packages for example installing a new configuration snippet or a man page. See dpkg-trigger(1) /usr/share/doc/dpkg-dev/triggers.txt.gz and https://wiki.debian.org/DpkgTriggers for more information. |
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packages file M: 2017-02-24 |
<reply>The Packages file in a Debian <repository> is an index of all the binary packages that are available for a particular release and architecture. It contains metadata about the package such as versions, dependencies and file <hashes>; the hash of the Packages file is cryptographically checked using the <Release file>. See https://wiki.debian.org/RepositoryFormat or ask me about <secure apt>. |
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packaging M: 2020-05-14 |
<reply>Visit http://mentors.debian.net/intro-maintainers for information on how to package for Debian. Also ask me about <nmg> <package basics> <policy> <mentors> and <best practices>. See the #debian-mentors or #packaging channels on irc.oftc.net. |
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packetfence C: 2019-12-29 |
<reply>PacketFence is a Debian-based distro FOSS Network Access Control solution: http://packetfence.org/ and in #packetfence |
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pads C: 2005-05-10 |
http://www.cjfearnley.com/pads/ |
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paipix M: 2008-01-14 |
a live DVD based on the <Kanotix> and <Knoppix> distributions, with a focus on scientific applications. Homepage: http://www.paipix.org/ See also <Based on Debian>. |
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palladium M: 2003-07-20 |
the next evil plan to rule the world by the Borg Bill Gates, or faq at http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/rja14/tcpa-faq.html, or a stupid DUMBASS!!! |
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pam M: 2003-09-24 |
the Pluggable Authentication Modules. Check http://web.archive.org/web/20110721105843/http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/ for more information. Linux-PAM System Administrators' Guide: http://web.archive.org/web/20110613030734/http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/Linux-PAM-html/Linux-PAM_SAG.html |
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pam_ssh M: 2011-12-04 |
<reply>pam_ssh is a pluggable authentication module which provides single sign-on behavior using secure shell keys. Packaged for Debian as libpam-ssh, removed from Debian post-Squeeze to resolve bug #650644. http://pam-ssh.sf.net/ |
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pan M: 2012-11-12 |
<reply>Pan (originally Pimp-Ass Newsreader) is a <NNTP> client for <GNOME>. Does not support SOCKS proxies, see Debian bug #103000 and https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92236 . http://wiki.debian.org/Pan http://pan.rebelbase.com/faq/ #pan on irc.gimp.org. See also <pan0>. |
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pan0 C: 2012-11-12 |
<reply>pan0 is a network interface for your "personal area network" (http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_area_network). Ask me about <bluetooth> and see http://wiki.debian.org/BluetoothUser for more information. |
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pandaboard C: 2012-12-19 |
<reply>The PandaBoard is a low-power, low-cost single board computer supported by Debian's <armhf> port. Hardware support is mostly good but not complete. See http://wiki.debian.org/PandaBoard |
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panorama tools C: 2004-11-12 |
Software to View, Create, Edit and Remap Panoramic Images. http://www.path.unimelb.edu.au/~dersch/ |
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paps C: 2012-09-25 |
<reply>Paps is a UTF-8 to <PostScript> converter using Pango. http://paps.sf.net/ |
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parabola C: 2018-10-09 |
<reply> Support for Parabola Linux can be found onhttps://www.parabola.nu/ |
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paragui M: 2003-03-30 |
a cross-platform high-level application framework and GUI library based on Simple DirectMedia Layer. at http://www.paragui.org/ |
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parallel-build M: 2015-06-16 |
<reply> To enable parallel building support in a package using the dh(1) sequencer, use «dh $@ --parallel». To actually build in parallel, use «sbuild -jNUM» or specify "parallel=NUM" in the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable. dh will then pass a -jNUM parameter (or equivilent) to the upstream build system. See policy §4.9.1 http://deb.li/5AjA , dh(1) http://deb.li/3n28i or ask me about <dh>. |
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pardus C: 2021-05-04 |
<reply>Pardus is a linux distro based on debian since 2013, partly sponsored by the government of Turkey. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardus_(operating_system) https://www.pardus.org.tr/ Also the name of a Turkish arms manufacturer, or an Austrian browser game, and the Latin and ancient Greek name for the panther or leopard. |
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parinux M: 2001-03-30 |
http://www.parinux.org, or a LUG in Paris |
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parole M: 2011-01-04 |
<reply>Parole is a media player based on <GStreamer>, intended for use within the <Xfce> desktop environment. http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/parole |
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parport C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.torque.net/parport/ |
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parrot M: 2019-11-09 |
<reply>Parrot Linux is a distribution based on <testing> for security experts, developers and privacy aware people. It is not Debian and is not supported in #debian. Support can be found in #parrotsec on irc.libera.chat or the community pages https://docs.parrotlinux.org/community. Ask me about <based on debian> and <parrot-overnight>. If you are new to linux, try using Debian: http://www.debian.org. |
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parrot os C: 2017-01-04 |
<reply>Parrot OS (https://www.parrotsec.org/) is a security and penetration testing distribution. It is based on Debian testing, but it is not Debian and is not supported in #debian. Seek help in the community pages https://docs.parrotsec.org/community, or try the mailing lists at http://lists.parrotsec.org/listinfo. Also ask me about <based on debian>. |
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parrot security C: 2016-06-05 |
<reply> Parrot Security OS is not Debian and is not supported in #debian. Please use their forums at http://forum.frozenbox.org/ . Parrot is a security oriented distro based on Debian stable. http://www.parrotsec.org/ |
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parsec C: 2000-03-01 |
a 3d space game at http://www.parsec.org |
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parsing ls C: 2009-09-16 |
<reply>Trying to manipulate the output of "ls" isn't a very good idea at all: the output varies when you change locales or even between different versions of coreutils (let alone between linux and other unices). The output of ls was never designed to be fed into other programs and if you have odd characters like spaces or newlines in your filenames then you will strike trouble. See http://mywiki.wooledge.org/ParsingLs |
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partboot C: 2002-12-09 |
a parted bootable floppy is at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parted/bootdisk/partboot.img |
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partclone M: 2010-07-01 |
<reply>Partclone is a program for saving/restoring used blocks of a filesystem. It differs from <partimage> by using existing filesystem shared libraries (e.g. e2fslibs for ext{2,3,4}). http://partclone.org/ |
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parted M: 2008-07-25 |
<reply> GNU Parted is a partition editor, used for creation, destruction, resizing and copying, including the associated file system within. Supports Apple and sparc partition tables, can only shrink HFS/HFS+ filesystems. http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/ |
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partimage C: 2009-11-19 |
<reply>Partition Image (partimage) is a utility for saving/restoring partitions and their filesystems to/from a compressed file. Supported filesystems: http://www.partimage.org/Supported-Filesystems (ext4 and btrfs not supported, NTFS is experimental). http://www.partimage.org/Partimage-FAQ . See also <ntfsclone>, <partclone>. |
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partition M: 2008-06-03 |
<reply> You can partition your hard drive by breaking it up into one or more pieces, or "partitions". Partition manipulators include <fdisk>, <cfdisk>, sfdisk, <parted> and <gparted>. Also ask about <list partitions>. Linux Partition HOWTO: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Partition/. Linux Partitioning mini-FAQ: http://linuxmafia.com/~karsten/Linux/FAQs/partition.html |
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partman C: 2010-10-17 |
the partitioning tool of the <debian-installer> using libparted. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Partman |
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partysip M: 2004-11-14 |
an implementation of a SIP proxy server. SIP stands for the Session Initiation Protocol and is described by the rfc2543 (soon to be deprecated by later revisions). SIP is a open standard replacement from IETF for H.323. http://www.nongnu.org/partysip |
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paste M: 2021-06-05 |
<reply>Do not paste more than 2 lines to this channel. Instead, use for text: https://paste.debian.net | pics/screenshots: https://imgbb.com/ or https://imgur.com/upload | large files up to 100MB (think tar.gz): https://wikisend.com | Remember to tell us the URL of your paste! Cannot cut and paste? Ask me about <pastebinit>, <nopaste>, <termbin>. |
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pastebin pipe M: 2010-06-09 |
<reply>To pipe command output to a paste site, ask me about <pastebinit> and <paste2pastebin.pl>. You can alternatively upload a file to http://pastebin.ca/upload.php or pipe to "nc paste.dyndns.org 1234". |
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pastebin.com M: 2018-12-18 |
<reply> pastebin.com mangles input, takes forever to load, is full of js, often makes us enter a CAPTCHA to see your paste and fills the screen with ads. Please use a different site, like http://paste.debian.net/ (or give us the raw link like pastebin.com/raw/<identifier>, in other words pastebin.com/foo becomes pastebin.com/raw/foo) |
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pastebinit config M: 2017-02-07 |
<reply>Applicable to squeeze and earlier (later releases default to paste.debian.net). To configure pastebinit to use paste.debian.net, echo "<pastebinit><pastebin>https://paste.debian.net</pastebin><author>$USER</author><format>text</format><jabberid>nobody@nowhere.org</jabberid></pastebinit>" > ~/.pastebinit.xml |
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pastercat M: 2006-07-02 |
a hack that lets you upload data to a <paster> when you're stuck without an easy way to copy-and-paste into a browser. Use the command: eval `wget -O- https://secure.dlitz.net/pastercat.sh | sh` |
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pastewithoutx M: 2008-05-21 |
<reply>Install gpm, which gives you familiar mouse functionality from the console ; or upload a file to http://paste.debian.net; or: apt-get install w3m ; w3m http://paste.debian.net/ ; hit enter on the Big Box, it will open /usr/bin/editor where you can insert the file, then save ; then hit enter on the submit button in w3m, or the "screen" utility also provides keyboard driven copy/paste, or ask me about <paste2pastebin pipe> |
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patent information C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.freepatents.org/ |
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patents M: 2011-08-21 |
<reply>Patents were designed to encourage innovation by providing protection for a limited period. Quite how this works for software is often unclear and varies widely between jurisdictions. The relationship between patents and Free software is discussed at http://www.debian.org/reports/patent-faq or search for patents at http://www.patents.ibm.com/ http://www.uspto.gov/ http://www.european-patent-office.org/ and http://www.jpo.go.jp/ |
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path M: 2010-10-16 |
<reply>PATH is the environment variable that tells the OS where to look for programs. It is defined in /etc/profile or ~/.bash_profile or ~/.profile (for sh-like shells) or ~/.login for csh-like shells. http://tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/sect_07_02.html |
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pathetic writer C: 2000-03-25 |
<reply> PW (Pathetic Writer) is an X-based word processor for Unix, part of SIAG Office, http://siag.nu |
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pathscale C: 2005-03-15 |
http://www.pathscale.com , a GCC compatible compiler for x86 |
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patience M: 2021-06-28 |
<reply> Don't feel ignored and repeat your question quickly; if nobody knows your answer, nobody will answer you. While you wait, try searching https://wiki.debian.org. |
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pauldoo C: 2000-09-20 |
Paul Richards - http://www.pauldoo.co.uk |
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pax M: 2017-04-21 |
Portable Archive Interchange, unix utility for reading and writing archives (apt-get install pax), or (when spelled PaX) a Linux kernel hardening patch (which may break JIT programs), part of <grsecurity> patchset. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PaX |
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paxil C: 2026-06-09 |
http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/parox.htm |
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pbbuttonsd M: 2011-09-06 |
<reply>PBButtons is a program suite handling the special hotkeys of an Apple iBook, PowerBook/TiBook, MacBook (since version 0.8.0) and other laptop/notebook models. Packaged for Debian powerpc as pbbuttonsd. http://pbbuttons.berlios.de/ |
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pcb M: 2000-07-02 |
at ftp://ftp.uni-ulm.de/pub/pcb/mirror/ () or process control block or (Process Control Block) n. aka task control block, a PCB contains 1. process state 2. program counter 3. cpu registers 4. cpu scheduling info 5. memory managment 6. accounting info 7. i/o status or printed circuit board, or or at http://www.cadsoft.de <freeware> |
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pci modem M: 2010-01-05 |
<reply> Most PCI modems are Winmodems, ask me about <winmodem> for device support. However, a few are real (i.e. controller-based), see http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~comech/tools/PCImodems.html for more information. |
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pci-x M: 2008-10-16 |
<reply>PCI-X (Peripheral Component Interconnect eXtended) is a bus and expansion card architecture. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI-X . Superseded by <PCIe>. |
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pcie M: 2008-10-16 |
<reply>PCI Express (PCIe) is an expansion card interface format. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express . Not to be confused with <PCI-X>. |
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pciids M: 2010-03-03 |
run `update-pciids' to update your PCI ID database, if your <lspci> output shows "unknown device". The PCI ID Repository is at http://pciids.sf.net/ |
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pcl M: 2005-06-03 |
Peripheral Conversion Language HP's "Printer Control Language", for which there is a generic interpreter at http://www.artifex.com/downloads/, or at http://www.ghostscript.com |
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pclinuxos C: 2009-05-22 |
<reply>PCLinuxOS (aka PCLOS) is Live CD distribution originally based on <Mandrake> Linux. It is not supported in #debian. http://www.pclinuxos.com/ |
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pcmcia M: 2009-11-28 |
<reply>[pcmcia] PC Card (originally PCMCIA) is a hardware expansion technology for laptop computers. Install the pcmciautils package to provide PCMCIA initialisation tools. No socket driver loaded? (e.g. old system with ISA-to-PCMCIA bridge): modprobe i82365, tcic or i82092 and add the working module's name to /etc/modules. To identify a PC Card device, see http://wiki.debian.org/HowToIdentifyADevice/PC_Card . See also <cis>. |
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pcp M: 2001-01-10 |
the powerforce behind linus torvalds's programmin'!, or the Principia Cybernautica Project, at http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/, or angel dust, some pretty rockin' shit (just don't go jumping out of windows like the guys the gov't tested it on...) |
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pcsxr M: 2011-05-25 |
<reply>PCSX-Reloaded (pcsxr) is a cross-platform PlayStation 1 console emulator based on <pcsx-df>. Packaged for Debian 7 "Wheezy". http://pcsxr.codeplex.com/ |
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pctel M: 2010-06-25 |
<reply>PCTel is a former software modem chipset designer. An unofficial Linux 2.6 device driver for support of the PCtel HSP MicroModem (PCI IDs 134d:7890, 134d:7891, 134d:7892, 134d:7893, 134d:7894, 134d:7895, 134d:7896, 134d:7897) and C-Media CM8738 (PCI ID 13f6:0211) is available from http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/pctel-linux/welcome.html . See also <winmodem>. |
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pdc M: 2009-07-08 |
primary domain controller, see http://wiki.debian.org/SambaDomainController |
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pdf M: 2010-07-04 |
<reply>Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format for document exchange, designed by Adobe as a replacement for <PostScript>. Free software to view PDFs include <xpdf>, <okular>, <evince> (all poppler based) and gv, kghostview (ghostscript-based, much slower!). Adobe Reader (acroread) is available from deb-multimedia in non-free; ask me about <dmm>. See also <edit pdf>, <pdf writer>. http://wiki.debian.org/PDF |
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pdf writer M: 2011-04-05 |
<reply> You can add a virtual printer to your system with the "cups-pdf" package. Through the cups web interface (http://localhost:631) you can then add a new "Virtual PDF Printer" using the Generic->CUPS_PDF printer driver. This can accept <PostScript> files for conversion to PDF. |
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pdftohtml M: 2005-02-22 |
http://pdftohtml.sf.net/ |
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pdn C: 2004-05-15 |
<reply>http://planet.debian.net |
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pdo M: 2006-05-06 |
<reply> http://packages.debian.org/ - here you can search for Debian packages and their contents. Or http://people.debian.org/ in some contexts. Maybe even http://planet.debian.org/ |
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pdq C: 2000-02-29 |
an AWESOME printing system for unixlike operating systems, see http://feynman.tam.uiuc.edu/pdq/ |
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peanuts C: 2002-02-13 |
at http://www.peanuts.com |
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pear M: 2010-12-05 |
<reply>The PHP class library (coded in PHP) is known as PEAR. Many of these modules are already available in the Debian archive; ask me about <search>. You can also download and install PEAR classes using the "pear" command or even better, make a .deb package out of the modules using the dh-make-pear command from the dh-make-php package. Also ask me about <pecl> or see http://pear.php.net/ . |
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pear linux M: 2012-12-23 |
<reply>Pear Linux is a Linux distribution based on <Ubuntu>. It is not supported in #debian. http://pearlinux.fr/ See also <based on debian>. |
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pearpc M: 2010-01-27 |
<reply>PearPC is a portable <PowerPC> architecture emulator, capable of running most PowerPC operating systems (excluding Mac OS 7/8/9). http://wiki.pearpc.net/ http://pearpc.sf.net/ See also <basilisk>, <virtualization>. |
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pebble C: 2004-01-15 |
a small debian distribution for embedded x86 router/wireless boxes. You can find it at http://www.nycwireless.net/pebble. |
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pebrot M: 2011-03-28 |
<reply>pebrot is a curses <MSN Messenger> client written in Python. Not packaged for Debian (BTS #389754). http://pebrot.sf.net/ |
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peercast C: 2003-10-11 |
a Peer to peer Mp3, Ogg and Video streaming system allowing everyone to be a broadcaster, even with a 56k modem. Visit http://www.peercast.org for more informations |
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pegasos C: 2004-12-22 |
http://www.pegasosppc.com/ |
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pekwm C: 2002-08-23 |
a light weight window manager based on aewm++ available at http://pekdon.babblica.net/?section=home/projects/pekwm |
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pelican C: 2013-03-28 |
<reply>Pelican is an open source, static site generator written in <python>. Packaged in <testing>. http://getpelican.com/ |
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pendrivelinux M: 2010-03-12 |
<reply>Pendrivelinux is a Live GNU/Linux distribution which operates from a portable USB device. "V1" is based on Debian Etch. "2008" is based on <MCNLive>. "2009" is based on Debian Lenny and runs under <colinux>. All variants are not supported in #debian. http://www.pendrivelinux.com/ |
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penfold C: 2026-06-09 |
a Debian GNU/Linux/Apache/Perl hacker for CricInfo (http://www.cricket.org/). He suffers a lot from brain-ahead-of-fingers disease while typing.... or somewhat obsessive about net adserving (ask me about AdLib) |
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penguin M: 2001-06-25 |
really a carnivourous ManEating bird. And a #debian regular, or http://rio.dhs.org/penguin.html, or kewl crypto infrastructure for perl |
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penguin game C: 2000-05-17 |
http://www.rocketsnail.com/games/penguins/game.htm -- needs shockwave |
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penguin pr0n C: 2000-02-26 |
at http://www.lwn.net/Gallery/ |
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pennergame C: 2008-10-07 |
yet another spamming game. First someone posts a pennergame url on #debian (http://www.pennergame.de/change_please/<id>/), and then someone goes to #pennergame and reports that <id> to be banned. |
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penny-arcade M: 2003-09-05 |
*best* comic ever, or http://www.penny-arcade.com |
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pentadactyl M: 2013-10-13 |
<reply>Pentadactyl is an Iceweasel/Firefox extension forked from <vimperator>, providing a keyboard-accessible user interface inspired by <vim>. Packaged as xul-ext-pentadactyl; removed from the Debian 7 "Wheezy" release at <7.2> (incompatible with Iceweasel ESR releases), install xul-ext-pentadactyl from <testing> or via the browser's add-on manager. http://5digits.org/pentadactyl/ #pentadactyl on irc.oftc.net. |
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pep-668 M: 2023-10-19 |
<reply> Python 3.11 introduced PEP-668, which Debian follows, meaning python3-pip in Debian 12 Bookworm and later will refuse to install into the default shared namespace of /usr and ~/.local/lib/python3.*. For Python applications not in Debian, use pipx; for libraries, use a venv. See https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#python3-pep-668 and https://peps.python.org/pep-0668/ |
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pepperflashplugin-nonfree M: 2015-04-26 |
<reply>Pepper Flash Player is a proprietary <flash> plugin included with the Google Chrome web browser. The pepperflashplugin-nonfree Debian package can be used to install this plugin for the <Chromium> browser, ask me about <contrib>. https://wiki.debian.org/PepperFlashPlayer |
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peppermintos C: 2010-12-01 |
<reply>Peppermint OS is a Linux distribution based on <Lubuntu>. Peppermint Three, Two, One and Ice are not supported in #debian. http://peppermintos.com/ See also <based on Debian>. |
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perc/cerc C: 2009-02-05 |
<reply>there's a rpm package for dellmgr utility in http://ftp.us.dell.com/ide/perc-cerc-apps-6.03-A06.tar.gz, easily converted with alien |
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perl M: 2011-04-15 |
<reply>Perl (backronymed as Practical Extraction and Report Language and Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister) is an interpreted, high-level, dynamic programming language. http://learn.perl.org/books/beginning-perl/ #perl on irc.libera.chat. See also <dh-make-perl>. |
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perl 5.14 transition M: 2011-05-04 |
<reply>Details on the Perl 5.14 <transition> are available at http://bugs.debian.org/637809 and http://release.debian.org/transitions/html/perl5.14.html . See also <apt-listbugs>. |
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perl tutorial M: 2008-11-09 |
at http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/Perl/start.html or at http://www.netcat.co.uk/rob/perl/win32perltut.html#63-Morewaystoaccessarrays or at http://www.decus.org/decus/papers/perl.html or at http://www.perl.com/reference/query.cgi?tutorials+index, or http://wwwacs.gantep.edu.tr/docs/perl-ebook/ |
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perl-policy C: 2001-11-08 |
located at http://people.debian.org/~bod/perl-policy/ (and the debian-policy package) |
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perl7 C: 2023-09-22 |
<reply>https://www.perl.com/article/announcing-perl-7/ |
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perlfs C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.assurdo.com/perlfs/ |
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perlsh M: 2006-12-26 |
<reply>http://sourceforge.net/projects/psh/ |
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permasunday M: 2005-04-29 |
<reply> All days in #debian will remain Sunday until further notice. Unfortunately, outside #debian the world keeps turning, so you still have to get up and go to work. Welcome to PermaTardsday! http://www.lyricsfreak.com/m/morrissey/96007.html |
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permissions M: 2010-12-09 |
<reply>For information on permissions, read «info coreutils 'File Permissions'», http://mywiki.wooledge.org/Permissions and http://www.comptechdoc.org/os/linux/usersguide/linux_ugfilesp.html . For further information, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_permission and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chmod and follow the setuid and setgid links within. See also <ssh permissions>, <qotd232>. http://wiki.debian.org/Permissions |
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persistence M: 2022-12-30 |
<reply>You can rework the iso-hybrid image that is used with Debian Live (from Debian 7 "Wheezy" onwards) so that you can also use it as persistent storage with the live sessions. See http://syn.theti.ca/2013/06/22/tutorial-wheezy-live-iso-hybrid-with-persistence-on-usb/, or https://live-team.pages.debian.net/live-manual/html/live-manual/customizing-run-time-behaviours.en.html#persistence |
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persistent live C: 2013-09-18 |
<reply>You can rework the iso-hybrid image that is used with Debian Live (from Debian 7 "Wheezy" onwards) so that you can also use it as persistent storage with the live sessions. See http://syn.theti.ca/2013/06/22/tutorial-wheezy-live-iso-hybrid-with-persistence-on-usb/ |
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personal jukebox C: 2000-08-19 |
at http://phobos.fs.tum.de/pjbox/ |
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petition C: 2006-02-01 |
There is a petition to make abrotman go to debconf here: http://www.petitiononline.com/abrotman/petition.html |
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pf M: 2004-03-30 |
pink floyd, or a BSD packet filter (not related to Pink Floyd), or http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/index.html |
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pflipp C: 2000-09-14 |
at http://www.hobbiton.org/~pflipp/ |
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pftp C: 2000-04-02 |
a very cool file-transfer swiss-army knife that can be found at http://www.freshmeat.net/appindex/1999/05/31/928157643.html |
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pgg C: 2000-06-14 |
http://www.nessie.de/mroth/pgg, needed to compile spruce (mail client) with GnuPG support. No debs yet. |
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pgi M: 2004-11-09 |
'piggy', the Progeny Graphical Installer. http://hackers.progeny.com/pgi/. Portland Group, who make compilers for things |
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pgi woody C: 2002-10-29 |
at http://archive.progeny.com/progeny/pgi/ |
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pgl M: 2011-09-21 |
<reply>PeerGuardian Linux (pgl) is IP blocking software utilizing blacklists and iptables/netfilter (http://sf.net/projects/peerguardian/). It is the successor of moblock, blockcontrol and mobloquer. <RFP> in Debian bug #578192, unsupported third-party packages are available from http://moblock-deb.sf.net/ . |
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pgsql gotchas C: 2005-08-19 |
http://sql-info.de/postgresql/postgres-gotchas.html |
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ph M: 2026-01-21 |
the country code for the Philippines. There is a Debian community in the Philippines and you may reach them at #debian-ph. You may also read more about their local group in this wiki entry: https://wiki.debian.org/LocalGroups/Debian-PH |
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phatlinux C: 2026-06-09 |
a linux distro that runs on a winblowz box.. u can get it at http://www.phatlinux.com |
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philippine C: 2026-01-21 |
a big archipelago country in the South East Asia. There is a Debian community in the Philippines and you may reach them at #debian-ph. You may also read more about their local group in this wiki entry: https://wiki.debian.org/LocalGroups/Debian-PH |
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philippines C: 2026-01-21 |
a big archipelago country in the South East Asia. There is a Debian community in the Philippines and you may reach them at #debian-ph. You may also read more about their local group in this wiki entry: https://wiki.debian.org/LocalGroups/Debian-PH |
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phlo C: 2000-09-21 |
http://www.phlo.net/ |
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phoronix test suite M: 2014-01-14 |
<reply>Phoronix Test Suite (PTS) is an extensible open-source benchmarking platform. Packaged for Debian in <contrib>. http://www.phoronix-test-suite.com/ |
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photopaint C: 2000-06-30 |
available at ftp://ftp2.corel.ca/pub/linux/PhotoPaint9/CorelPHOTOPAINT9LnxDEB.tar.gz (91M download) |
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photorec M: 2018-08-01 |
<reply>PhotoRec is file data recovery software (a companion program to <TestDisk>) designed to recover lost pictures, video, documents and archives from digital camera memory, hard disks and CD-ROMs. Packaged for Debian in testdisk. http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec, or see also binwalk |
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php M: 2009-04-11 |
<reply>PHP is a scripting language. To install, ask me about <install php>. See also <php wants me to download still>, <php mysql>, <php userdir>, <phpmyadmin>, <php gd>, <pear>, <pecl>, <newer php>, <xampp>. http://wiki.debian.org/PHP http://www.php.net/ #php on irc.oftc.net, #php irc.libera.chat. |
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php gd C: 2008-07-31 |
<reply>Debian's PHP packages use the external gd graphics library not the internal one hacked up by the PHP developers. It is Debian policy not to use internal copies of libraries because it makes tracking and patching security vulnerabilities much harder. The correct thing is for PHP to contribute back their improvements to libgd... see http://bugs.debian.org/321237. |
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php wants me to download still M: 2013-08-04 |
<reply>The usual problem is browser caching of content, clear the browser cache and restart it. Verify it's not the browser using another one or wget, curl, etc. If this persists after following <install php>, /usr/share/doc/php5-common/README.Debian.gz may help. See also <php userdir>. http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/PHPDownload |
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php-gtk M: 2011-04-02 |
<reply>PHP-GTK is an extension for <PHP> implementing language bindings for <GTK+>. PHP-GTK 2 is not packaged for Debian, RFP filed in bug #197196. http://gtk.php.net/ |
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php-lts C: 2025-07-28 |
<reply>https://www.freexian.com/lts/php/ is a (commercial) way to run horribly old PHP versions on recent Debian releases (eg. PHP 5.6 on Debian 12) with some security support |
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php5 M: 2017-04-13 |
<reply> php5 was removed from archives Jan 2017. See https://bugs.debian.org/841781 and <php> |
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php5.4 M: 2012-04-20 |
<reply>php5.4 will be the version of <PHP> released in wheezy. Remember that testing is a <moving target> and unsuitable for servers and that all php module packages and some application packages in squeeze will be incompatible with php5.4 meaning that providing backports of the package isn't feasible -- you can however make a backport yourself if you really want. Ask me about <ssb>. See also http://wiki.debian.org/PHP/54Transition |
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phpbb M: 2011-03-06 |
<reply>phpBB is an open-source bulletin board package written in <PHP>, packaged for Debian as phpbb3. Upgrades from Debian phpBB version 2 packages (phpbb2 in Debian 4.0 "Etch") are not supported, see http://bugs.debian.org/550321#25 for hints concerning a manual update. http://www.phpbb.com/ |
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phpmyadmin M: 2010-01-13 |
<reply>phpMyAdmin is a tool written in PHP intended to handle MySQL administration over the Internet. Can create and drop databases, create/drop/alter tables, delete/edit/add fields, execute any SQL statement, and manage keys on fields. Read /usr/share/doc/phpmyadmin/README.Debian and run "dpkg-reconfigure phpmyadmin" to configure your web server. http://www.phpmyadmin.net/documentation/#faq |
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phpnuke M: 2010-06-08 |
<reply>PHP-Nuke is an automated news publishing and content management system written in PHP, originally a fork of Thatware. Removed from Debian to resolve bug #195338. http://phpnuke.org/ See also <postnuke>, <cms>. |
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phppgadmin M: 2009-12-12 |
<reply>phpPgAdmin is a PostgreSQL frontend to add, remove, edit and configure database and database items like tables, query, views, function, stored procs etc. See "apt-cache show phppgadmin" or http://phppgadmin.sf.net/ for more information. See also <postgresql>. |
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phr0zensystems C: 2005-09-30 |
http://datablast.ath.cx, or irc server Phr0zenSystems.ath.cx, port 6337, or type /server phr0zensystems.ath.cx 6337 |
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phrack C: 2000-02-13 |
at http://www.phrack.com/ |
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physos M: 2002-05-04 |
http://physos.info, or grumpy |
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pianobar M: 2011-08-18 |
<reply>pianobar is a cross-platform console client for Pandora web radio, which can replace use of its flash player. http://6xq.net/html/00/17.html |
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pibang C: 2013-07-26 |
<reply>PiBang Linux is a derivative of <Raspbian> inspired by <Crunchbang> and is designed specifically for the <raspberry pi>. It is not Debian and is not supported in #debian; ask me about <based on Debian>. Try asking your questions in their forums at http://pibanglinux.org/forums/ |
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picobsd C: 2000-02-11 |
<reply> A mini floppy-based FreeBsd - View http://www.freebsd.org/picobsd/ |
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picolo C: 2000-10-26 |
a micro CCD camera at http://www.pixera.com |
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pidgin M: 2011-03-28 |
<reply>Pidgin (formerly GAIM) is a graphical cross-platform multi-protocol instant messaging client based on libpurple. https://wiki.debian.org/Pidgin http://pidgin.im/ #pidgin on irc.libera.chat. See also <finch>. |
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pidgin yahoo M: 2010-03-14 |
<reply>Yahoo! Inc. dropped support for older Yahoo! Messenger clients in late June 2009, affecting users of <Pidgin> versions <= 2.5.6; additional details at http://theflamingbanker.blogspot.com/2009/06/some-clarification-on-yahoo-issues.html . Fixed since pidgin 2.5.7-1 (Debian bug #533729). |
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pike M: 2011-06-05 |
<reply>Pike is a dynamic programming language, most known in association with <roxen>. http://pike.ida.liu.se/ |
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pikt C: 2000-11-25 |
Problem Informant/Killer Tool, a sysadmin's tool for detecting and fixing problems automatically. <http://gsbwww.uchicago.edu/pikt/> |
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pim fortuyn C: 2002-05-07 |
dead. http://poetry.rotten.com/pim/ |
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pimd C: 2001-10-20 |
Protocol Independent Multicast -- http://netweb.usc.edu/pim/ |
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ping M: 2009-05-26 |
<reply>(Yes, $who, you are online.|Yes, $who you are either online or you are not... http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20000326|pong|Sorry $who, you're not online.) |
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pingus M: 2005-03-10 |
a free lemmings clone, or http://pingus.seul.org, or the plural of 'pingu' (penguin) |
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pinguy M: 2011-03-16 |
<reply>PinguyOS is a GNU/Linux distribution based on <Ubuntu>. It is not supported in #debian. http://www.pinguyos.com/ See also <based on debian>. |
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pipewire C: 2022-10-29 |
<reply>visit https://wiki.debian.org/PipeWire |
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pirate M: 2004-08-09 |
a robber and murderer in international waters. See <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Piracy> |
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pirch C: 2000-02-16 |
terrible. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirch |
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pisg M: 2010-04-06 |
<reply>pisg (Perl IRC Statistics Generator) is a utility for generating channel statistics from IRC log files. It is used to provide <debstats>. http://pisg.sf.net/ #pisg on irc.quakenet.org. |
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pitchfork C: 2001-05-05 |
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com, where you can watch your favorite album of all time get 2 stars. |
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pithos M: 2011-07-25 |
<reply>Pithos is a Pandora web radio client for <GNOME>, based on <pianobar>. Packaged since Debian 7.0 "Wheezy". http://kevinmehall.net/p/pithos/ |
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piuparts C: 2012-08-02 |
a Debian quality assurance tool for testing package installation/upgrades and removal. http://piuparts.debian.org/ |
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pizza M: 2001-01-02 |
the prime geek fuel supply, if it is greasy. or a functional language for the Java virtual machine or at http://www.math.luc.edu/pizza/, or at http://www.hallopizza.de |
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pjb-100 C: 2000-08-19 |
at http://phobos.fs.tum.de/pjbox/ |
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pkg scripts M: 2012-01-19 |
<reply> During package installation, dpkg runs a script called "preinst", unpacks the .deb, then runs "postinst". When removing, it runs "prerm", deletes the files and then runs "postrm". These scripts can be found in /var/lib/dpkg/info/$package.{pre,post}{inst,rm}; as a last resort to fixing packaging problems, you can edit the script, e.g. by making the second line "exit 0" of a shell script. http://wiki.debian.org/MaintainerScripts |
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pkgconfig M: 2008-07-30 |
in http://pkgconfig.sourceforge.net, or a helper tool used when compiling applications and libraries. |
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pkgmgmt M: 2005-01-12 |
Debian Package Management - Most Important Commands: http://sgeiger.mine.nu/docs/pkgmgmt.html or 'man apt-get'; 'man apt-cache', or apt-get install apt-dpkg-ref, or ask me about <reference>. |
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plan9 M: 2006-11-23 |
at http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9dist/, written by the creators of Unix and C, a highly distributed OS, filesystem layout resembles Unix somewhat. Very mouse intensive. Now under a mostly free license. |
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planet M: 2012-11-09 |
<reply>You can follow the Debian (and sometimes non-Debian) activities of people involved in Debian development at http://planet.debian.org/ . See also http://wiki.debian.org/PlanetDebian |
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planned_features C: 2001-12-30 |
http://developer.kde.org/development-versions/kde-3.0-features.html |
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planner M: 2010-01-27 |
<reply>Planner (formerly Mr.Project) is an <ERP> application for making Gantt charts. Your IT teacher will be *most* impressed. http://live.gnome.org/Planner #planner on irc.gnome.org. |
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plb C: 2004-06-08 |
the owner of http://www.technomagick.com |
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pld C: 2002-06-09 |
a Linux distribution made mainly in Poland and by Poles. It has many interesting features like full ipv6 support. http://www.pld.org.pl |
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plesk M: 2009-05-12 |
<reply>Parallels Plesk Panel (formerly Plesk) is a proprietary web hosting control panel. Not supported in #debian, ask me about <free whcp> for alternatives. http://www.parallels.com/support/plesk/ http://forum.parallels.com/ ##plesk on irc.libera.chat. |
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plex M: 2024-01-25 |
<reply>Plex Media Server is a proprietary "freemium" media server and streaming platform. 3rd party packages are available for debian 8+ on i686, amd64, armv7 and armv8 at https://plex.tv/. For hardware accelerated transcoding, see also https://wiki.debian.org/HardwareVideoAcceleration |
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pliant C: 2000-04-08 |
a reflective system at http://pliant.cams.ehess.fr/pliant/ |
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plone M: 2011-02-21 |
<reply>Plone is a free software, cross-platform content management system built on <zope>. Packaged for Debian as plone3-site and zope-plone3; removed post-Lenny to resolve bug #564956. Plone 4.0 is not packaged for Debian, <RFP> in Debian bug #595555, see also §4.9 of the <squeeze release notes>. http://plone.org/documentation/faq http://plone.org/ |
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plop M: 2021-04-27 |
<reply>Plop Boot Manager is a boot loader with built-in IDE CD-ROM and USB drivers. This allows booting from CD-ROM and USB on legacy PC systems without BIOS support. Plop Boot Manager is proprietary but free for personal and non-commercial use. http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanagers.html |
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plotting M: 2013-09-11 |
<reply>There are many good, Free plotting packages for visualising data or equations for publication. Scripted: <gnuplot>, <R>, pyxplot, gri, <pyx>, <matplotlib>, gri, ploticus. Graphical: <grace>, kst, scidavis, <qtiplot>. See http://blends.debian.org/science/tasks/viewing , http://deb.li/ijcO2 , http://deb.li/iFKC for ideas and reviews. For quick but ugly graph you can use <libreoffice>. |
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plucker M: 2006-11-19 |
a very cool application for the Palm (offline web portal with graphics support and fast rendering) with parsing tools available first and formost for Linux. Take a look at http://www.plkr.org/ |
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plugger C: 2000-11-10 |
a neat little app that takes care of your netscape plugins, see http://fredrik.hubbe.net/plugger |
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plw C: 2000-12-17 |
at http://phreaking.at/plw |
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plymouth M: 2011-02-05 |
<reply>Plymouth presents a graphic animation while the boot process occurs in the background. It is designed to be used with <DRM> modesetting drivers and replaces both <usplash> and <splashy>. Read /usr/share/doc/plymouth/README.Debian to enable. http://wiki.debian.org/plymouth http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Plymouth |
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pm3 C: 2026-06-09 |
Permedia 3 by 3Dlabs -- 3Dlabs will be providing full 2D/3D specs for PM3, cards will be available by end of May 99 -- New kid from one of the better supported 3d card family. pm2 does 3d in linux. or portmaster 3, made by lucent/livingston; a totally different beast than the Permedia 3. or Persistent Modula-3 at http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/hosking/pm3.html |
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pmfp M: 2003-07-16 |
at http://www.pmfp.net |
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pmwiki M: 2010-08-23 |
<reply>PmWiki is a GPL licensed wiki engine written in <PHP>. Not packaged for Debian, RFP filed as Debian bug #330117. http://www.pmwiki.org/ See also <mediawiki>, <moinmoin>. |
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png C: 2000-06-18 |
the Portable Network Graphics format, a format for storing images on computers. Unofficially its acronym stands for ``PNG's Not GIF.'' PNG was designed to be the successor to the once-popular GIF format, which became decidedly less popular right around New Year's Day 1995 when Unisys and CompuServe suddenly announced that programs implementing GIF would require royalties. http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/ |
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pniam C: 2000-08-21 |
Pluggable Non Interactive Authentication Modules, http://www.msu.ru/pniam/pniam.html |
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pnp M: 2010-12-23 |
<reply>Legacy Plug and Play (PnP) is a standard that was supposed to make adding <ISA> peripherals to a x86 system as easy as plugging them in. Its biggest contribution, causing headaches, is the removal of jumpers from many devices. The lspnp and setpnp commands (pnputils package) can be used to list Plug and Play device nodes/resources and modify Plug and Play BIOS device resources respectively. http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Plug-and-Play-HOWTO.html |
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poco C: 2003-12-30 |
<reply> PoCo, or POE::Component is a perl framework for multi tasking systems. See http://poe.perl.org/ |
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podcasting M: 2005-05-01 |
a horrid maketing term for "downloading", but maybe bashpodder is what you seek. || a way to 1) listen to stupid giggling twats try to make "radio"2) an RSS feed that includes enclosures - links to mp3 files - that allows you to listen to your favourite radio show on an mp3 device or a computer. See: http://ipodder.sourceforge.net, http://www.ipodder.com, http://linc.homeunix.org:8080/scripts/bashpodder/, http://www.podcastalley.com |
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poe C: 2004-09-07 |
Perl Object Environment at http://poe.perl.org |
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point M: 2014-03-28 |
<reply>Point Linux is a distribution <based on Debian> which includes the <MATE> desktop. It is not supported in #debian. http://pointlinux.org/ |
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point release M: 2023-06-10 |
<reply>Point releases are updates to <stable> and <oldstable>, fixing security & grave bugs. If you track security updates regularly (as you should!) there will often be no updates for you in a point release. Upgrade by referencing a Debian <mirror> in /etc/apt/sources.list, then "apt update && apt full-upgrade". See <10.13> <11.11> <12.9>. https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases/PointReleases. |
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pointing stick M: 2009-05-25 |
<reply>A pointing stick (aka TrackPoint, TouchStyk) is an isometric joystick used as a pointing device. To configure for use with <ThinkPad> laptops, see http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Thinkpad/Trackpoint . See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointing_stick and http://xkcd.com/243/ . For support of the touchpad/trackpad, ask me about <synaptics>. |
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pokey C: 2000-05-10 |
Hooray! http://www.yellow5.com/pokey/ |
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poland patents C: 2004-12-27 |
- see http://www.thankspoland.info |
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polari M: 2022-01-08 |
<reply>gnome's IRC client. https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Polari #polari at irc.gnome.org |
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policy M: 2011-05-13 |
<reply>policy is the document that defines how Debian packages should (and must!) interact with each other and with the user to make sure we have a high-quality, stable distribution. You can find it at http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ or in the debian-policy package. Those who fail to understand Debian Policy are doomed to reimplement it, poorly. See also <best practices> <nmg> <mentors>. |
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policy-rc.d M: 2012-04-03 |
<reply>[policy-rc.d] a mechanism to limit what init scripts are run by maintainer scripts. See http://people.debian.org/~hmh/invokerc.d-policyrc.d-specification.txt and <invoke-rc.d>. See http://ircbots.debian.net/scripts/policy-rc.d-forbid-dpkg for an example script that disables all daemon starts and stops during package installation -- tailoring it to your needs to only skip certain daemons would be advised. |
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polkit M: 2023-02-24 |
<reply> PolicyKit or polkit is a Gnome-inspired permission control framework, implemented in javascript and/or [XXX]XML Its configuration files will be found in many more directories than described in any single documentation. Start with `man 8 polkit` and https://wiki.debian.org/PolicyKit, or https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Polkit |
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pols M: 2010-10-21 |
<reply>Principle of Least Surprise means an UI or a feature should feel and act the same way other similar well known interfaces do. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_least_astonishment or http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taouu/html/ch01s03.html |
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pontobr C: 2001-01-27 |
a brazilian slashdot-wanabe site, probably located @ http://pontobr.org |
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pony C: 2008-01-19 |
http://tinyurl.com/27gcdy |
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pool M: 2010-02-18 |
http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/1999/10/msg00052.html (proposal) and http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-ftparchives#s-pools |
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pool.ntp M: 2010-03-13 |
<reply>pool.ntp.org is a virtual cluster of time servers providing a reliable <NTP> service. Use the continental zones and preferably the country zone where possible. http://www.pool.ntp.org/en/use.html http://www.pool.ntp.org/zone/@ http://www.pool.ntp.org/en/ See also <set time>. |
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poolfaq C: 2001-10-18 |
http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/poolfaq |
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pop-is C: 2023-04-28 |
<reply>try https://chat.pop-os.org |
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popa3d M: 2010-03-20 |
a small and secure <POP3> daemon packaged for Debian. http://www.openwall.com/popa3d/ |
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popcon M: 2010-07-26 |
the Debian Popularity contest, the basis for what packages appear on the first few CDs/DVDs etc (by rank). Install the popularity-contest package to participate. See the results at http://popcon.debian.org/ -- See the FAQ at http://popcon.debian.org/FAQ . Statistics are also available via IRC, /msg judd popcon $package |
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pope card C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply> the Pope Card can be found at http://jubal.westnet.com/hyperdiscordia/popecard.html. Didn't you always want to be a pope? |<reply>Fnord.|<reply>fnord|<reply>Hail Eris! |
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poptop M: 2010-02-18 |
<reply>PoPToP is a <PPTP> server for Linux, packaged for Debian as pptpd. To troubleshoot "GRE: Protocol not available" errors, see http://poptop.sf.net/dox/qna.html#27 and http://poptop.sf.net/dox/gre-protocol-unavailable.phtml . FAQ: http://poptop.sf.net/dox/qna.html . http://poptop.sf.net/ See also <mppe>. |
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pork M: 2010-03-11 |
<reply>pork is a ncurses-based AOL Instant Messenger and IRC client, packaged for Debian. http://ojnk.sf.net/ See also <AIM>. |
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porn_in_german C: 2001-08-13 |
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=de&sl=en&u=http://www.pornno.com&hl=de |
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port M: 2000-12-11 |
<reply>[port] To port something, you translate the code for a program from one platform to another; you could port a program you wrote on a PC over to a Macintosh, for example. For TCP and UDP port numbers, see the IANA's list at http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/port-numbers |
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port list C: 2004-06-20 |
<reply> http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers |
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portaudio C: 2004-11-15 |
a portable cross-platform Audio API that can be found at http://www.portaudio.com/ |
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porteus C: 2024-11-19 |
<reply>porteus linux (formerly Slax Remix) is a "portable" OS based on slackware. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porteus_(operating_system) https://www.porteus.org/ |
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portrait C: 2002-05-30 |
<reply> See me in action at http://www.explodingdog.com/january1/andiveseenwhatitcando3b.html |
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ports M: 2002-12-22 |
http://www.debian.org/ports/ or http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/port-numbers or the FreeBSD ports system etc etc |
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portsentry M: 2001-02-01 |
a realtime port scan detection and response utility. It can be found at http://www.psionic.com, or another IDS tool from the Abacus Project. For related tools see also 'apt abacus_project', or if you have @home cable modem service, get portsentry and set it to stealth mode |
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pose C: 2000-01-03 |
The PalmOS Emulator, debian package is 'pose', source/more info can be bfound at http://www.palm.com/devzone/ , you need a ROM image to use it, they can be acquired out of your own Palm or from 3Com |
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poseidon C: 2008-07-15 |
<reply> Poseidon Linux is a Brazilian GNU/Linux distribution originally based on <Kurumin>, now <Ubuntu>. Developed by oceanologists, not supported in #debian. http://poseidon.furg.br/, http://sites.google.com/site/poseidonlinux/ See also <based on Debian>. |
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postfix M: 2009-06-10 |
<reply>Postfix is a <MTA> originally created as an alternative to <sendmail>. It aims to be fast, secure, easy to administer and (relatively) sendmail compatible. Receiving "no mechanism available" with SASL when used as a SMTP client? Install the suggested libsasl2-modules package. Kyle Dent's Postfix FAQ: http://www.seaglass.com/postfix/faq.html . http://wiki.debian.org/Postfix http://www.postfix.org/ |
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postgresql M: 2013-10-30 |
<reply>PostgreSQL is a robust, mature and full-featured relational database implementing a large subset of <SQL>. Supports views, stored procedures, triggers and scripting. Packaged in Debian, read /usr/share/doc/postgresql-common/README.Debian.gz ("for the impatient"). http://wiki.debian.org/PostgreSql http://postgresql.org/ #postgresql on irc.libera.chat. See also <postgresql jessie>, <phppgadmin>, <pg readline>, <postgresql backports>. |
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postgresql backports C: 2012-12-07 |
<reply>The Debian PostgreSQL maintainers make backports (and forward ports) of all supported versions of PostgreSQL for all supported versions of Debian (and some Ubuntu releases). They also provide many PostgreSQL extension packages. See http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Apt or http://www.df7cb.de/blog/2012/apt.postgresql.org.html for information. |
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postgrey M: 2010-10-29 |
<reply>Postgrey is a policy server for <Postfix> which implements <greylisting>. To use, see /usr/share/doc/postgrey/README.Debian. http://lists.ee.ethz.ch/postgrey http://postgrey.schweikert.ch/ See also <greylistd>. |
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postmodernism C: 2001-04-13 |
http://www.elsewhere.org/cgi-bin/postmodern/ |
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potato M: 2009-03-30 |
<reply>Potato is the codename for Debian GNU/Linux 2.2, released August 14th, 2000. It is no longer supported. Ask me about <potato->woody> for upgrade information. See also <potato sources.list>. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianPotato |
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potato 2.4 C: 2002-02-01 |
To run a 2.4.x kernel on potato, read http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/kernel-24.html . Adrian Bunk has resigned his debian maintship, but he changed his sources lines and moved his stuff. See above. |
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potato floppies C: 2008-07-07 |
<reply> boot-floppies for Debian potato can be found at http://archive.debian.org/debian-archive/dists/potato/main/disks-i386/current/images-1.44/ Please choose the set that fits you best |
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potato sources.list M: 2009-06-07 |
"deb http://archive.debian.org/debian potato main contrib non-free", "deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-security potato/updates main contrib non-free" and "deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-non-US potato/non-US main contrib non-free" |
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potato->r3 M: 2001-10-20 |
see http://www.debian.org/News/2001/20010417, or make sure you have apt souces set up (ask me about sources.list), then "apt-get update && apt-get upgrade" |
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potato->woody M: 2002-07-05 |
edit /etc/apt/sources.list, changing all non-local mentions of "potato" or "stable" to "woody" (examples: ask me about <woody sources.list>). Then "apt-get update", "apt-get install apt-utils debconf dpkg" and "apt-get dist-upgrade", et voila! Also, ask me about <woody install warnings>. http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/releasenotes |
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potato2.4.x C: 2001-03-01 |
at http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/kernel-24.html |
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potentpatents C: 2001-06-06 |
http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-06-05-002-21-NW-BZ-CY |
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poulsbo M: 2013-05-16 |
<reply>Poulsbo is the codename of Intel's first System Controller Hub, found in several <netbooks>. Its GMA 500 graphics core is not supported by the intel Xorg driver (RFP xserver-xorg-video-psb, bug #533450). A 2D <KMS> framebuffer driver (gma500_gfx, formerly psb_gfx) was introduced at Linux 2.6.39. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Controller_Hub#GMA_500_Linux_support http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_GMA#PowerVR_based_chips_on_Linux |
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poutz C: 2001-01-11 |
at http://www.do.com |
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povray M: 2011-11-18 |
<reply>POV-Ray (Persistence of Vision Raytracer) is a freeware, cross-platform ray tracing program. Packaged for Debian 6.0 "Squeeze", ask me about <non-free sources>. Version 3.7 is considered unredistributable (Debian bug #563344), version 3.6 was removed from post-Squeeze to resolve bug #649016. http://www.povray.org/ See also <blender>. |
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powells C: 2001-07-06 |
<reply> Powell's Books is a much better [independent] book store then Amazon.com. http://www.powells.com/ |
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power devil M: 2013-01-16 |
<reply>Power Devil is a power management / <suspend> system front-end for the <KDE> desktop, which replaces <kpowersave> as of KDE 4. It is part of the kdebase module, see http://userbase.kde.org/Power_Devil for configuration information. Ask me about <power saving> for other options. |
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power saving M: 2010-05-02 |
<reply>"Power saving" is not just about hugging trees and avoiding <gentoo>, it is about making your battery last longer and your computer run more quietly (less power used = less heat produced = less fan usage = less noise). Ask me about <cpufreq>, <laptop mode>, <powertop>. See also http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Ecology-HOWTO/ecology-howto-appendix-a-3.html . http://www.lesswatts.org/ #lesswatts on irc.oftc.net. |
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powerdns C: 2014-07-08 |
<reply>PowerDNS is a DNS server supporting a large number of different backends (e.g. BIND zone files, relational databases, LDAP). The authoritative server is packaged as pdns-server, the resolving DNS server is packaged as pdns-recursor. https://www.powerdns.com/ http://doc.powerdns.com/ #powerdns on irc.oftc.net. Not to be confused with <pdnsd>. |
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poweroff M: 2011-11-06 |
<reply>If your legacy x86-32 (i386) system does not power off after shutdown, add the kernel command line option acpi=off to your bootloader, then supply the power_off=1 option to the apm module (e.g. «echo options apm power_off=1 >> /etc/modprobe.d/local.conf && echo apm >> /etc/modules»). See https://bugs.debian.org/390547 for more information. |
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powerpc M: 2010-02-05 |
<reply>PowerPC is a <RISC> architecture (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerPC). See "Debian for PowerPC" at http://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc . Debian CDs are not (and cannot be made) bootable on Old World PowerMacs. Information on proper partitioning is at http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/doc/mac-fdisk-basics.txt . See also <macsound>, <yaboot>, <quik>, <bootx>, <ppc64>. #debianppc on irc.oftc.net |
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powerpcspe C: 2013-02-11 |
<reply>powerpcspe is the Debian PowerPC SPE (Signal Processing Engine) port. http://wiki.debian.org/PowerPCSPEPort |
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powertop M: 2010-07-28 |
<reply>PowerTOP is a tool for finding the software component(s) making your laptop use more power than necessary, while idle. http://01.org/powertop/ #powertop on irc.oftc.net. See also <power saving>. |
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ppa M: 2010-11-16 |
<reply>[ppa] Personal Package Archive (see https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas or <launchpad>). PPAs are either: (a) an easy way to grab packages based on nightly-builds/VCS snapshots or (b) an easy way for any idiot to publish a package of extremely poor quality (remember, you will run the maintainer scripts as root during install!). Choose your repos wisely. No equivalent exists for Debian yet. Ask me about <why not use a ppa>. |
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ppc keycodes M: 2002-11-13 |
<reply>So you just compiled your own linux and your keymap is messed up? You probably forgot to disable CONFIG_MAC_ADBKEYCODES. See http://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/keycodes |
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ppc64 M: 2011-12-11 |
<reply>The Debian PowerPC64 port (ppc64, not officially released) supports 64-bit PowerPC CPUs with AltiVec (aka Velocity Engine, VMX) e.g. PowerPC 970/970FX/970MP, Xenon, Cell BE, PowerXCell 8i, POWER6/POWER6+, POWER7. http://wiki.debian.org/PPC64 http://debian-ppc64.alioth.debian.org/ . The POWER4/POWER4+ and POWER5/POWER5+ are 64-bit PowerPC CPUs without AltiVec, use the <powerpc> port for support of these systems. |
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ppd C: 2001-07-12 |
postscript printer description. See http://www.openprinting.org, or the docs for lpr, lprng, pdq, cups, or whatever the hell printing system you use. |
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ppp M: 2009-06-02 |
<reply>Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) is a data link protocol frequently used in connecting a dial-up <modem> to the Internet. It is not supported at Debian installation time. To enable on established systems, "aptitude install pppconfig && pppconfig". For more information on Debian's PPP package, "zless /usr/share/doc/ppp/README.Debian.gz". See also <pppoe>, <kppp>, <wvdial>. http://wiki.debian.org/PPP |
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ppp-for-palm-help M: 2010-01-27 |
at http://howto.pilot-link.org/ppp/ |
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pppoe M: 2009-04-15 |
<reply>Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) is a network protocol for encapsulating <PPP> frames in Ethernet frames, frequently used in DSL connections. There are kernel-space and user-space PPPoE drivers available for Debian. To install Debian using a PPPoE connection, ask me about <pppoe install>. To enable on established systems, "aptitude install pppoeconf && pppoeconf". http://wiki.debian.org/PPPoE |
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pppstatus C: 2001-06-18 |
a simple, easy to use program for displaying commonly needed statistics in real time about ingoing and outgoing TCP/IP traffic. Packaged for Debian. http://pppstatus.sf.net/ |
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pps M: 2009-08-20 |
<reply> Use Google Docs (http://docs.google.com/) to view .pps or .ppt files or convert to .pdf. Alternatively, open PowerPoint files in <openoffice.org>. |
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pr0n M: 2007-02-15 |
at http://www.lesbian.mine.nu, or http://www.pornolize.com/pornolize4?lang=en&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.debian.org&submit=Translate, or see pr0n.sf.net/, or ask me about <qotd41> |
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prboom M: 2010-09-06 |
<reply>PrBoom is a <Doom> engine which is fully compatible with the original game. http://prboom.sf.net/ |
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prctl M: 2006-07-14 |
the PRCTL vulnerability in many 2.6 kernels has been fixed in debian. Info here: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18874/info Sarge users with backports: apt-get update and install the latest linux-source|image-2.6.16 as it has been patched (bpo2). A quick fix: echo 0 >/proc/sys/kernel/core_uses_pid && echo /dev/null >/proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern |
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pre-depends M: 2013-07-19 |
<reply>If package A pre-depends package B, then package B has to be installed and configured before package A can be installed. http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships#s-binarydeps |
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precision C: 2004-09-18 |
a dell workstation that rules! most can be pre-installed with RedHat Enterprise Linux now, too. see http://linux.dell.com/distributions.shtml#debian for more information on running debian on dell servers and workstations |
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preconfig-fix C: 2005-02-05 |
http://incoming.debian.org/debconf_1.4.44_all.deb |
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predictable C: 2019-10-11 |
<reply>Starting with Debian 9 (buster), interface names are assigned using the "predictable interface names" scheme. See <https://wiki.debian.org/NetworkInterfaceNames#predictable> and <https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PredictableNetworkInterfaceNames/> |
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preseed M: 2026-03-09 |
<reply>[preseed] Preseeding provides a way to set answers to questions asked during the Debian installation process, to allow for a streamlined or completely automated installation. The <install guide> provides an extensive appendix on preseeding with a full example. See http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Preseed |
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preseed options C: 2025-09-02 |
<reply>To find all possible Debian preseed options, check out https://preseed.debian.net. For example, https://preseed.debian.net/debian-preseed/bookworm/amd64-main-full.txt |
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press C: 2026-06-09 |
evil, and the proof can be found at http://www.it.fairfax.com.au/990323/industry/industry5.html |
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presto C: 2009-11-17 |
<reply>Xandros Presto is an "instant on" operating system based on <Xandros> Desktop, which is installed from within Microsoft Windows. It is not supported in #debian. http://www.prestomypc.com/support.php |
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princess mononoke C: 2000-01-22 |
a really cool movie. http://www.princess-mononoke.com/ |
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printer M: 2023-04-26 |
<reply>A printer is an output device to physical objects. See <cups driverless> for modern setups, or ask me about <cups>, <printconf> or use foomatic-gui for more information on how you can get your printer working under Debian. http://wiki.debian.org/SystemPrinting . See also <hplip>, <openprinting> |
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printk M: 2008-07-09 |
see docs for <sysctl> and adjust /etc/sysctl.conf kernel.printk (3 4 1 7 or so). You can also use 'dmesg -n1' command. See http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt or man 5 proc /printk for meaning of the numbers (console_loglevel, default_message_loglevel, minimum_console_level, default_console_loglevel) |
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prism M: 2013-06-11 |
<reply>Prism is a family of wireless LAN chipsets produced by Intersil/Conexant. For Prism54 (802.11g) chipset support, ask me about <p54>. For Prism 2/2.5/3 (802.11b) chipset support, ask me about <hostap>, <prism2_usb>. Device list: http://linux-wless.passys.nl/query_chipset.php?chipset=Prism&zoek=Show |
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prism firmware M: 2011-05-22 |
<reply>Wireless LAN devices based on Intersil Prism 2/2.5/3 802.11b chipsets have primary and secondary/station firmware stored in flash memory. To update, ask me about <hostap> and see http://linux.junsun.net/intersil-prism/ . Prism 3 SSF (Small Serial Flash) devices have no firmware in flash and require it to be loaded from userspace, see <hostap>. See also <prism2_usb firmware>. For Prism54 (802.11g) device firmware, ask about <p54>. |
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prism2_usb M: 2013-05-15 |
<reply>The Linux kernel's wlan-ng driver (prism2_usb module) provides support for 802.11b USB wireless LAN devices based on Prism 2/2.5/3 chipsets. <WPA> is not supported. See also <prism2_usb firmware>. http://wiki.debian.org/linux-wlan-ng |
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privacy C: 2024-07-15 |
<reply> https://wiki.debian.org/PrivacyIssues |
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privoxy M: 2009-07-13 |
<reply>Privoxy (privacy enhancing HTTP proxy) is a sophisticated fork of <junkbuster> with many new options and aggressive defaults. After installing, configure your browser to proxy HTTP and HTTPS (SSL) on host 127.0.0.1 port 8118. http://www.privoxy.org/faq/ http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/quickstart.html . See also <banner filtering>. |
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problem with extensions C: 2004-12-05 |
<reply> firefox extensions suck, and here's why: http://bugs.debian.org/283021 |
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procmail M: 2009-07-15 |
<reply>procmail is the ultimate way to process your incoming mail into folders, feed it to external programs, and so on. Ask me about <procmail tutorial> and see the procmailrc and procmailex man pages. http://www.procmail.org/ See also <maildrop>. |
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procmail tutorial C: 2001-04-13 |
http://www.ii.com/internet/robots/procmail/qs/ |
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procps M: 2011-03-19 |
<reply>The procps package provides utilities concerning the /proc pseudo filesystem, see <procfs>. http://procps.sf.net/faq.html http://procps.sf.net/ |
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procps-smp C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://queenbee.fhcrc.org/~warnes/procps/ |
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production C: 2023-08-29 |
<reply> Greg KH: «If you can't test releases before moving them into production, you might want to solve that problem first.» https://social.kernel.org/notice/AZDeSjvZ39K0vf1jKC |
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proftpd M: 2009-04-07 |
<reply>ProFTPD is a professional GPL'd FTP server for Unix and Unix-like operating systems, or dropped from other distributions because they can't keep security holes out of it; ask me about <vsftpd> if you don't need any ProFTPd specific features. Contributed tools and modules: http://www.castaglia.org/proftpd/ . http://www.proftpd.org/ See also <ftpd>. |
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progenitor M: 2003-03-21 |
a swedish linux consultant company that uses debian, or at http://www.progenitor.se |
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progeny+debian C: 2001-03-17 |
go to http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=01%2F03%2F17%2F0146202&cid=68&pid=68&startat=&threshold=0&mode=nested&commentsort=3&op=Change . There's a discussion between ElectricElf and Bruce Perens on the topic of Progeny and the Debian community. I think it's worth a read. |
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programmers resource C: 2000-05-03 |
$who: Check out http://www.armory.com:457/topics/CONTENTS.html |
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progress linux M: 2011-06-20 |
<reply>Progress Linux is a distribution <based on debian>. It is not supported in #debian. http://progress-linux.org/ #progress-linux on irc.oftc.net. |
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projector C: 2000-01-02 |
the tentative name for a tentative bug tracking/project management system that njs is working on -- see http://berlin.benham.net/wiki/html/Berlin/BugTrackingSystem.htm |
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proliant M: 2011-05-12 |
<reply>HP ProLiant utilities for Debian 7.0 "Squeeze" systems are available, ask me about <proliant sources.list>. See also <bnx2>, <nc375i>, <netxen>. http://wiki.debian.org/HP/ProLiant http://hp.com/go/debian |
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proliant sources.list C: 2011-05-12 |
echo "deb http://downloads.linux.hp.com/SDR/downloads/ProLiantSupportPack stable/current non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list && wget -O- http://downloads.linux.hp.com/SDR/downloads/ProLiantSupportPack/GPG-KEY-ProLiantSupportPack | apt-key add - && aptitude update |
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promise raid C: 2002-03-14 |
annoying to get working in debian; some fine gentleman made a howto for potato: http://bulmalug.net/body.phtml?nIdNoticia=1067&nIdPage=4 and another equally fine gent made one for woody: http://colby.tjs.org/~brendandg/promise-ft66-howto/howto.html |
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pronounce C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://ftp.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/SillySounds/english.au |
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pronounce debian M: 2008-10-29 |
<reply> debian is pronounced like Deb and like Ian. DEH bee uhn, or http://forvo.com/word/debian/ |
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pronto C: 2000-09-08 |
a super cool mailing program written in perl/gtk by Muhri, available @ http://www.muhri.net |
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pronto! C: 2000-09-08 |
<reply> see a super cool mailing program written in perl/gtk by Muhri, available @ http://www.muhri.net |
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propaganda M: 2001-11-13 |
at prograganda.themes.org. It's a site with lots of desktop wall paper etc. Also the webmaster, Bowie, deserve maximum karma points, kudos, congratulations for the way he's handled things recently regarding JFK jr, or http://x.themes.org/viewresources.phtml?type=background, or a GNOME presentation program, similar to Powerpoint, in early stages of development, though the name may be changed. |
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prosody M: 2011-09-23 |
<reply>Prosody is a Jabber/<XMPP> server written in <Lua>, designed to be easily configurable, extensible and light on system resources. http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingProsody http://www.prosody.im/doc/faq http://www.prosody.im/ xmpp:prosody@conference.prosody.im. |
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protected symlinks C: 2020-07-16 |
to follow a symlink as another user you need to set fs.proteted_symlinks to 0 in sysctl see https://sysctl-explorer.net/fs/protected_symlinks/ |
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protozilla C: 2001-09-07 |
http://protozilla.mozdev.org/ |
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proxies C: 2000-01-02 |
export http_proxy="http://proxy.dynamite.com.au:8080/" or http_proxy="http://prx1.act.schools.net.au:3128/" or "http://wwwcache.anu.edu.au:80/" |
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proxmox M: 2015-05-01 |
<reply>Proxmox Virtual Environment (Proxmox VE) is a GNU/Linux distribution <based on Debian>, providing a virtualization platform with <LXC> and <KVM>. It is not supported in #debian. There's an unofficial ##proxmox channel on irc.libera.chat. For official venues, see http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Get_support |
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proxycheck C: 2003-11-05 |
at http://www.corpit.ru/mjt/proxycheck.html |
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ps3 M: 2010-02-03 |
<reply>The PlayStation 3 is a video game console, featuring a Blu-ray drive and storage capacities of up to 250GB. It utilizes the cell processor, based on ppc64 with eight vector processing units. You may easily try and/or install Debian with <debootstrap>, installing Linux is disabled on the PS3 slim (PS3 CECH-2000). https://wiki.debian.org/PS3 #debian-ps3 on irc.oftc.net. |
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psdoom M: 2010-12-04 |
<reply>psDooM is a <Doom>-based process administration tool. Just grab your shotgun and start killing those nasty PID monsters. http://psdoom.sf.net/ |
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pset C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://isunix.it.ilstu.edu/~thockin/pset/. It allows you to bind a process to a specific CPU if you have an SMP box. Ask xk for the debianize package (0.60) . A new version (0.65, 19991003) is out, together with a patch against 2.2.12 |
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pseudo-image-kit C: 2001-11-28 |
explained at http://cdimage.debian.org/ch2211.html |
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pseudo-package C: 2011-02-07 |
<reply>A pseudo-package is a place on the <BTS> to manage bugs for various Debian services that aren't really packages themselves such as the debian website, release management and the installer. See http://www.debian.org/Bugs/pseudo-packages for a list. |
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psiplus C: 2001-12-12 |
at http://www.psiplus.orgg |
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psm M: 2002-11-12 |
Personal Security Manager for Mozilla, at http://docs.iplanet.com/docs/manuals/psm/psm-mozilla/index.html. You don't need to restart mozilla as noted on that URL. It also consumes 100% CPU unfortunately... lame piece of software. no longer works as of mozilla 0.7, or needed for viewing of some login sites, i.e. yahoo. install by apt-get install mozilla-psm |
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psst C: 2026-06-09 |
a GPL'd C implementation of the <SSH> version 2 protocol. http://www.net.lut.ac.uk/psst/ |
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pst M: 2010-12-12 |
a misspelling of <psst>, or Personal Storage Table (aka Personal Folders, Personal Folder File), a proprietary file format used by <Outlook>. The readpst utility (pst-utils package) can be used to convert a .pst file into other formats. To import into Icedove/Thunderbird and Iceape/SeaMonkey, see http://kb.mozillazine.org/Import_.pst_files |
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psybnc M: 2009-11-19 |
<reply>psyBNC is an IRC bouncer. http://www.psybnc.at/ Not in Debian due to licensing problems, see http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/06/msg00300.html . See also <sbnc>. |
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psychoacoustics C: 2005-08-11 |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychoacoustics |
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pthreads M: 2002-04-26 |
<reply> are the POSIX implemention of threads. A multithreaded program has several lines of execution sharing the same address space. To learn about how to use pthreads, see http://mas.cs.umass.edu/~wagner/threads_html/tutorial.html, or install glibc-doc then check out /usr/share/doc/glibc-doc/html/chapters_34.html, which is an overview of pthreads |
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pthreads book M: 2000-02-03 |
at http://www.sunworld.com/swol-02-1996/swol-02-threads.html, but at http://www.ora.com/catalog/pthread/noframes.html |
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pthreads examples C: 2000-02-03 |
at http://cseng.aw.com/bookdetail.qry?ISBN=0-201-63392-2&ptype=1482 |
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pthreads info C: 2000-02-03 |
at http://quest.cc.purdue.edu/Paragon/Docs/Intel/Manuals/psug/psug_58.html |
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pthreads tutorial M: 2000-02-03 |
at http://www.uq.edu.au/~cmamuys/humbug/talks/pthreads/library.html, but at http://www.math.arizona.edu/swig/pthreads/threads.html, but at http://www.actcom.co.il/~choo/lupg/tutorials/multi-thread/multi-thread.html |
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ptrace race C: 2001-10-19 |
see http://lwn.net/daily/kernel-sec-bugs.php3 for details and patch |
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pts M: 2008-05-13 |
the Debian "Package Tracking System": http://packages.qa.debian.org/ a place where you can find the current status and some of the history of a given source package. http://packages.qa.debian.org/packagename for information on a specific package |
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pubkey auth C: 2005-06-03 |
<reply> read this carefully -> http://huizen.dto.tudelft.nl/devries/security/ssh2_pubkey_auth_config.html |
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public key not available M: 2013-06-28 |
<reply>Seeing "There are no public keys available"? This means that the Release file has been signed by a key which you do not have. If it's signed by another key which you do have, you can ignore the warning. Otherwise, you can add the key listed *AFTER* checking the validity of the signatures on the key. Packaged keys for Debian repositories are in debian-archive-keyring. The current key is also at http://ftp-master.debian.org/keys.html |
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pulseaudio M: 2011-12-07 |
<reply>PulseAudio (formerly Polypaudio) is a cross-platform network sound server, intended as a drop-in replacement for <ESD>. Packaged for Debian since 4.0 "Etch", read /usr/share/doc/pulseaudio/README.Debian after installation for configuration recommendations; Debian specific how-to is at http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=12497 . https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/ #pulseaudio on irc.oftc.net. |
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puppet C: 2013-06-19 |
<reply>Puppet is an open source configuration management tool for automating system administration tasks. http://docs.puppetlabs.com/ http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/puppet |
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puppy linux C: 2011-08-10 |
<reply>Puppy Linux is a GNU/Linux mini-distribution. It is not supported in #debian. http://www.puppylinux.com/ |
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pure-ftpd M: 2009-04-07 |
<reply>Pure-FTPd is a free (BSD licensed), secure, production-quality and standard-conformant FTP server based upon Troll-FTPd. http://www.pureftpd.org/ See also <ftpd>. |
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puredyne M: 2011-03-24 |
<reply>Puredyne is a GNU/Linux Live distribution based on <Ubuntu> and <Debian Live>. It provides realtime audio and video processing tools for media artists. Puredyne is not supported in #debian. http://puredyne.org/ #puredyne on irc.goto10.org. See also <based on Debian>. |
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pureos C: 2009-04-21 |
<reply>PureOS and PureOSlight are French GNU/Linux live CD distributions, based on Debian's <testing> branch. https://www.pureos.net/ Ask me about <based on debian> https://forums.puri.sm/c/pureos/5 |
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purism C: 2021-07-21 |
<reply>purism, or librem, is a security and privacy oriented linux product, based somewhat on debian. https://puri.sm/faq/ #purism on irc.libera.chat |
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purity test M: 2002-11-03 |
at http://www.nmt.edu/~kscott/purity/, or add your score here, or docelic's favourite |
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putty M: 2008-04-14 |
a DFSG-free ssh/telnet/rsh client for Windows and Linux. It is small, simple, and has no install nonsense. Available at http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ . See also <putty linedraw>. |
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putty linedraw C: 2008-04-14 |
<reply>Make sure you have a UTF-8 encoding specified for your locale, and Window/Translation->"Received data assumed to be" = UTF-8; "Handle line draw" = "Use unicode"; Window/Appearance/Font must be a good unicode font. See http://web.archive.org/web/20080518125452/http://wp.sieker.info/ascii-line-drawing-in-putty or ask me about <locales>. |
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pvrusb2 C: 2010-08-10 |
<reply>The pvrusb2 Linux kernel driver (available since Linux 2.6.18) provides support for Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-USB2 (not WinTV-USB2) MPEG2 encoder/tuner devices. Firmware is required, ask me about <ivtv firmware> to provide. http://www.isely.net/pvrusb2/pvrusb2.html |
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pwm M: 2001-10-02 |
a VERY lightweight (really. I'm serious.) window manager that has the cool feature of being able to put multiple windows into one "frame". http://www.students.tut.fi/~tuomov/pwm/, or now in stable, or see also 'literal ion' |
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pwnage C: 2003-08-04 |
<reply>Means that the opposing player/team is owned or totally destroyed. It is used in various phrases before/during/after counter-strike (and other such) games. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pwnage |
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pwsafe M: 2013-08-29 |
<reply>pwsafe (http://sf.net/projects/pwsafe/) is a command line utility for managing encrypted password databases. It is compatible with Counterpane's Password Safe utility. Dead upstream (last version was released in 2005) and removed from Debian post-Squeeze to resolve bug #619704. |
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pxelinux M: 2010-02-12 |
<reply>PXELINUX is a derivative of <SYSLINUX>, used to boot Linux from a server via a network ROM supporting <PXE>. Packaged for Debian in syslinux-common, see /usr/share/doc/syslinux/pxelinux.txt.gz. See http://www.syslinux.org/archives/2008-February/009778.html if "pxelinux.0M-^?" is being requested. http://syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/Hardware_Compatibility http://syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/PXELINUX See also <ipxe>. |
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pxes C: 2005-04-24 |
at http://pxes.sourceforge.net a linux thin client |
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pydance C: 2003-08-10 |
the only reasonable Dance Dance Revolution emulator for Linux, written in python, available at http://icculus.org/pyddr/ |
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pygtk C: 2004-11-07 |
http://pygtk.org |
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pyopenssl C: 2002-11-07 |
at http://packages.debian.org/python2.2-pyopenssl |
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pyrit M: 2010-12-03 |
<reply>Pyrit is a <GPGPU>-driven WPA/WPA2-PSK key cracker. <RFP> pyrit-cuda filed as Debian bug #582315. http://code.google.com/p/pyrit/ |
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python M: 2021-06-14 |
<reply>Python is a nice language that can be used for short simple scripts and featureful programs. Debian has a <python 3> version in each release and does not have a usable <python 2.7> from Debian 11 <bullseye> onward. See See http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide . #python on irc.libera.chat or irc.oftc.net. Also ask me about <local python>. |
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python faq C: 2003-03-09 |
<reply> hmm... python faq is at http://python.faqts.com/ |
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pyx C: 2009-07-27 |
a set of python libraries that are designed for making high quality plots of scientific data or equations. LaTeX is used to typeset all the text on the plot and because you write a short script for each plot it's easy to do some data manipulation as you go too. Packaged for Debian in the python-pyx package. See http://pyx.sf.net/ for examples and a gallery of plots. Also ask me about <plotting>. |
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pyzor M: 2009-08-01 |
<reply>Pyzor is a collaborative <spam> detection system, originally a Python implementation of <Razor>. See /usr/share/doc/pyzor/README.Debian, http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/pyzor/wiki/Usage and pyzor(1) to configure your LDA/MTA and MUA as appropriate. http://pyzor.sf.net/ |
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q3test C: 2026-06-09 |
Quake3 Test, available at ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/q3/linux. v1.08 is the latest version, hopefully the next version will support SMP. |
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q4os M: 2022-02-06 |
<reply>A Debian-based distro: https://q4os.org/, not supported in #debian. https://www.q4os.org/contact.html https://www.q4os.org/forum/ |
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qa M: 2009-05-17 |
<reply>[qa] Quality Assurance. Debian Quality Assurance: http://qa.debian.org/ http://wiki.debian.org/qa.debian.org debian-qa@lists.debian.org #debian-qa on irc.oftc.net. |
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qemu M: 2011-02-21 |
<reply>QEMU is a fast PC emulator. https://wiki.debian.org/QEMU http://qemu-buch.de/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/FrequentlyAskedQuestions http://www.qemu.org/ #debian-qemu on irc.oftc.net. See also <kvm>, <virtualization>. |
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qextmdi C: 2001-10-04 |
a Qt/KDE library taking the application's part of visualization of an MDI architecture. Cool stuff - Childframe, Tabpage and Toplevel mode are supported as well as faked SDI. http://www.geocities.com/gigafalk/qextmdi.htm |
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qflash M: 2010-06-13 |
<reply>Qflash is an incomplete, discontinued <Adobe Flash> clone for Linux (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qflash). Ask me about <gnash>. |
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qimo C: 2010-05-29 |
<reply>[qimo] "Qimo 4 Kids" is a Linux distribution based on <Xubuntu> intended for use by children. It is not supported in #debian. http://www.qimo4kids.com/ |
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qinx C: 2002-09-17 |
some style and window decoration which can be found on http://www.kde-look.org. it looks like qnx. fancy! |
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qmail M: 2011-09-10 |
<reply>qmail is a Mail Transfer Agent by Daniel J. Bernstein. Previously <non-free>, now in the public domain. netqmail (based on qmail-1.03) is packaged for Debian in <main> since April 2011. To install qmail-1.03 on Debian 6.0 "Squeeze", ask me about <qmail squeeze> or <qmail equivs>. http://cr.yp.to/qmail.html http://qmail.org/netqmail/ See also <mta>. |
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qmmp M: 2009-06-06 |
<reply>Qmmp (Qt-based Multimedia Player) is a feature-rich audio player supporting many formats. http://qmmp.ylsoftware.com/index_en.php |
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qnx M: 2004-05-29 |
a hard real-time OS | http://www.qnx.com | microkernel | non-free | POSIX compliant | free as in beer for non-commercial use | player in the field since teh 80s | neutrino is the kernel | momentics is the non-commercial livecd (you can install too) | voyager is the browser | photon is the (micro)windowing system | qnx4fs is the ordered-write FS, plan9 style = everything is a file |
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qos M: 2009-11-26 |
<reply>Quality of Service (QoS) is a method of prioritizing IP traffic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_of_service . Ask me about <wondershaper>. |
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qotd211 M: 2008-04-15 |
<reply><PhatJ> ugh - i picked the wrong week to stop sniffling glue <Supaplex> PhatJ: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_glues just for you :) |
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qotd214 C: 2008-05-14 |
<reply><jelly-home> zarnozC: never mind. pastebin the output of ssh -vvv servername <zarnozC> http://pastebin.ca/1018307 [ssh: servername: Name or service not known] <zarnozC> jelly-home: SHould I replace servername with something? |
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qotd292 C: 2015-04-23 |
<reply><share> I have only found http://daemonkeeper.net/668/how-to-bootstrap-debian-over-another-running-linux-system/ <daemonkeeper> share: I can highly recommend that <share> daemonkeeper: why |
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qotd70 C: 2004-08-27 |
<reply> "Linux doesn't exist. Everyone knows Linux is an unlicensed version of Unix." - http://web.archive.org/web/20080731035355/http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;97798672;fp;2;fpid;1 |
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qpl M: 2001-01-01 |
the Qt License at http://www.troll.no/qpl/ it allows free development on linux based system, ask apt about qt2, or a wanna be free sofftware license, or a wanna be free software license |
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qpsmtpd M: 2010-10-18 |
<reply>qpsmtpd is a <SMTP> daemon written in Perl with an emphasis on spam detection. Its operation can be extended via plugins. http://wiki.qpsmtpd.org/ http://smtpd.develooper.com/ |
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qsa C: 2002-12-18 |
http://www.trolltech.com/products/qsa/index.html |
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qt M: 2013-03-07 |
<reply>Qt is a cross-platform application framework developed by Digia. http://qt.digia.com/ |
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qt-copy M: 2001-01-25 |
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/Incoming/, or the module qt-copy in KDE's CVS |
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qtiplot M: 2009-07-27 |
<reply>QtiPlot is a cross-platform data analysis and plotting application, similar to OriginLab Origin, packaged for Debian. FAQ: http://soft.proindependent.com/help.html . http://soft.proindependent.com/qtiplot.html Ask me about <plotting>. |
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quagga M: 2009-07-07 |
<reply>Quagga is a BGP/OSPF/RIP routing daemon, like <zebra>. http://wiki.quagga.net/index.php/Main/FAQ http://www.quagga.net/ |
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quakespasm M: 2011-03-02 |
<reply>QuakeSpasm is a game engine based on the <SDL> port of FitzQuake, which can be used to play id Software's Quake. Packaged since Debian 7 "Wheezy". http://quakespasm.sf.net/ |
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quanta M: 2010-05-23 |
<reply>Quanta Plus is a web development environment for <KDE>. It does not exist in KDE Software Compilation 4.x (Debian bug #523551) and consequently not part of the Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" release. http://quanta.kdewebdev.org/ |
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quantum M: 2019-07-20 |
<reply> Firefox Quantum is the new firefox web browser designed around a new core engine. https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/11/14/introducing-firefox-quantum/ |
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quassel C: 2016-11-19 |
a modern, cross-platform, distributed IRC client, meaning that one (or multiple) client(s) can attach to and detach from a central core. http://quassel-irc.org/ |
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queso C: 2026-06-09 |
at ftp://apostols.org/AposTools/snapshots/ or a util that allows you to see what OS a remote host is using |
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quftp C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply>QuFTP is a command line <FTP> client that allows you to select a slew of files to upload and download. When gnufo is ready it transfers them one after the other. This is still in early development, but is planned to be a fully featured FTP/FxP client. http://quftp.sf.net/ |
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quickrebuild C: 2015-03-09 |
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/build.en.html#quickrebuild |
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quicktime M: 2010-03-07 |
<reply>QuickTime is a proprietary multimedia framework by Apple Inc., also the name of its player application and media container format (.mov). The container usually has a video stream encoded with a <sorenson> codec. For playback on Debian systems, ask me about <mplayer>, <totem>, <vlc>, <xine>. libquicktime is a library for reading/writing QuickTime files, packaged for Debian. http://libquicktime.sf.net/ See also <ffmpeg>. |
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quik M: 2010-02-04 |
<reply>quik is an Open Firmware-based bootloader for Old World Power Macintosh systems. It does not run from Mac OS, does not require Mac OS or a HFS partition to exist on the system's hard drive. http://penguinppc.org/bootloaders/quik/ |
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quilt M: 2023-11-30 |
a patch management tool frequently used to help make packages for Debian. For typical usage, see https://wiki.debian.org/UsingQuilt . Also ask me about <debsrc3.0>. <gbp> |
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quine M: 2000-01-26 |
a program that produces, as its only output, its own source code. Information and examples can be found at http://www.nyx.net/~gthompso/quine.htm, but a list of quines is at http://www.nyx.net/~gthompso/quine.htm |
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quine page C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.nyx.net/~gthompso/quine.htm |
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quiz C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.linuxcertification.org/quizzes/Level1Quiz/. Some may say it is a stupid quiz |
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r M: 2011-02-17 |
<reply>R is a powerful language based on S, primarily used for statistics. It is well suited for dealing with large sets of numbers in matrices and/or vectors. To install: "aptitude -r install r-base". http://wiki.debian.org/R http://wiki.debian.org/DebianScience/R http://www.r-project.org/ And it's "are", not "r". See also <plotting>. |
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r128 M: 2011-06-20 |
<reply>Rage 128 is a 3D graphics accelerator chipset family introduced by ATI in 1998, supported by the r128 xorg driver (xserver-xorg-video-r128 package). See also <cce>. http://manpages.debian.org/man/4/r128 http://wiki.x.org/wiki/r128 |
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r5u87x C: 2010-02-07 |
<reply>Ricoh R5U87x UVC-compliant webcam chipsets are supported by the <uvcvideo> driver (Windows Driver Model (WDM) devices not supported). Most devices require firmware/microcode to be loaded; r5u87x userspace tools are not yet available in Debian (RFP in bug #563081). Supported devices: http://bitbucket.org/ahixon/r5u87x/src/tip/docs/model_matrix.txt |
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r8168 M: 2011-12-05 |
<reply>r8168 is an out-of-tree Linux kernel driver supporting Realtek PCIe gigabit Ethernet controllers, made available by the vendor. r8168 should only be used for devices not yet supported by the in-tree <r8169> driver. Packaged for Debian as r8168-dkms in <unstable>, this will never be part of a stable Debian release. Purging the r8168-dkms package is required to remove the r8169 blacklist. http://code.google.com/p/r8168/ |
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r8712u M: 2011-04-11 |
<reply>r8712u is a Linux kernel module produced by the r8712u staging driver, supporting Realtek RTL8188SU, RTL8191SU and RTL8192SU 802.11n USB wireless LAN chipsets. It replaces the rtl8192su staging driver (r8192s_usb module) which was removed at Linux 2.6.37. Firmware is required (rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin), ask me about <realtek firmware> to provide. https://wiki.debian.org/rtl819x |
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raccoons C: 2004-10-27 |
<reply> are http://raccoon.boom.ru/RACCOONS.JPG |
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race C: 2003-03-28 |
an overhead 3D car game for GNU/Linux and Windows, at http://race.sourceforge.net/ |
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racoon M: 2010-06-16 |
<reply>racoon is a key-exchange management daemon developed by the KAME project, used for automatically keying <IPsec> connections. The IPsec-Tools port of KAME's IPsec utilities is packaged for Debian. http://ipsec-tools.sf.net/ |
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radeon M: 2010-02-16 |
<reply>Radeon is a brand of graphic processing units by AMD/ATI (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radeon). The radeon open source display driver is packaged for Debian as xserver-xorg-video-radeon, optionally install libgl1-mesa-dri for 3D acceleration. Also ask me about <radeon firmware>, <radeon audio>. https://wiki.debian.org/AtiHowTo http://x.org/wiki/radeon #radeon on irc.oftc.net. For the proprietary driver, see <fglrx>. |
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radeon codenames M: 2013-01-10 |
http://www.x.org/wiki/RadeonFeature#Decoder_ring_for_engineering_vs_marketing_names |
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radio M: 2004-12-08 |
triplej.abc.net.au, or http://radioactive.fm |
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radio fujiko C: 2002-01-25 |
at http://www.radiofujiko.it |
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radiofujiko C: 2001-12-13 |
at http://www.radiofujiko.it/ |
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radius M: 2009-05-29 |
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service. http://web.archive.org/web/20010610045237/http://www.livingston.com/tech/technotes/500/index.html#RADIUS See also <freeradius>. |
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radiusd-freeradius M: 2009-05-29 |
the former name of the Debian <freeradius> package. Historical information: "The Story of radiusd-freeradius" on http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2003/02/ |
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raff and samosa C: 2005-07-29 |
<reply> Raff and Samosa took a little trip via FedEx. They've arrived now. If you even care about this, you should already be subscribed to debian-devel-announce; subscribe, and read http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/07/msg00013.html and http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/07/msg00018.html |
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rahul M: 2002-09-23 |
<reply>Rahul's ass site is at http://linux.rice.edu/~rahul/ You can find XF86Configs for XFree4 using DRI on voodoo3 as well as Xinerama there. rah0000 |
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raid M: 2009-05-02 |
<reply>Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) is a system of multiple hard drives for sharing or replicating data. Ask me about RAID{0-5}, <software raid>, <fakeraid>, <megaraid>, <raid-resizing>, <rocketraid>. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_RAID_levels http://wiki.debian.org/LinuxRaidForAdmins https://raid.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Linux_Raid |
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raid 5 C: 2004-11-20 |
striping+parity, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID#RAID_5 |
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raid-resizing C: 2008-06-24 |
at http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/424 |
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raid0 M: 2009-01-29 |
<reply>RAID0 is the wrong choice and the worst solution of several options to solve the same problem (see <LVM>). It is also a misnomer, since the R of RAID is for Redundant, and RAID0 isn't. http://bash.org/?854608 . Ask me about <qotd168>. |
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raid1howto C: 2006-08-02 |
For a fairly complete guide to setting up RAID1 on a Sarge system, see: http://www.epimetrics.com/topics/one-page?page_id=421&topic=Bit-head%20Stuff&page_topic_id=120 |
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raid5 M: 2006-10-19 |
<reply> -- I heard raid5 is see raid or http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/product/markeditorial.html?prodkey=quick_explanation_of_raid -- also see http://www.acnc.com/04_01_05.html and click the various levels (0 ... 50, 0+1) on the page's RAID LEVEL: bar |
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raif M: 2007-07-14 |
Redundant Array of Independent Filesystems. See http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0612.1/1666.html |
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ramdisk M: 2005-07-10 |
a method of using a portion of your ram as if it were another hard drive partition. See http://www.vanemery.com/Linux/Ramdisk/ramdisk.html |
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ramosa C: 2001-09-27 |
an online games developer, or latin for "With many branches", or http://www.ramosa.com |
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randr M: 2009-08-02 |
<reply>The X Resize, Rotate and Reflect Extension (RandR) allows the server to inform clients of desktop size (etc) changes, so they can update themselves. http://x.org/wiki/Projects/XRandR . Ask me about <xrandr>. |
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rants C: 2000-02-28 |
Redundant Array of NT Servers, at http://www.userfriendly.org/cartoons/archives/00feb/20000227.html |
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rape&paste programming C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?RapeAndPasteProgramming |
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rapidsvn C: 2003-04-02 |
A very nice GUI frontend for Subversion, debs available from here: http://ttimo.net/web/rapidsvn/deb/ |
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rar M: 2009-07-31 |
<reply>Roshal ARchive (RAR) is a proprietary archive file format used mostly by 3l33+ war3z d00dz. To extract, use either "rar", "unrar" or "p7zip-rar" in non-free, ask me about <non-free sources>. "unrar-free" in main cannot extract RAR3 archives. The rar package can create archives, but costs money (see the license). See also <unar>. http://www.rarlab.com/ http://www.unrarlib.org/faq.html |
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rarewares M: 2010-02-11 |
a repository for many multimedia applications. http://rarewares.org/debian.php |
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raspberry pi M: 2012-11-09 |
<reply>The Raspberry Pi is based on a Broadcom system-on-a-chip, requiring <non-free> <firmware>. Debian's <armel> port works fine, but does not use the Pi's hardware floating point unit. Debian's <armhf> port targets a newer revision of the ARM chip than is in the Pi, so armhf will not work on it. http://wiki.debian.org/RaspberryPi http://www.raspberrypi.org/ #debian-raspberrypi on OFTC #raspberrypi on irc.libera.chat. |
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raspbian M: 2020-08-17 |
<reply>Raspberry Pi OS (previously called Raspbian) is a distribution <based on Debian> made specifically for the <Raspberry Pi>. Raspberry Pi OS is not Debian and it is not supported in #debian. Please use #raspbian (or #raspberrypi) on irc.libera.chat for support. https://www.raspberrypi.com/ |
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raspbian man pages C: 2017-04-24 |
<reply>We DO NOT support your Raspbian distro here, not even if the third party blog page you got it from SAYS that it is "vanilla Debian", but if your RASPBIAN installer is preemptively removing all man pages, see https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/205246/125220 and apply it in reverse. |
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raspbmc C: 2013-05-29 |
<reply>Raspbmc was a Linux distribution enabling the <Raspberry Pi> to operate as an <XBMC> front-end, superseded by <OSMC>. It is not supported in #debian. http://www.raspbmc.com/ See also <based on debian>. |
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raspi-firmware C: 2023-08-30 |
<reply>Some 12.0 live media may install raspi-firmware on non-raspi devices, which can cause apt to get stuck trying to execute the post-install scripts. The workaround is to add `exit 0` at the first line of /etc/kernel/postinst.d/z50-raspi-firmware and then 'apt purge raspi-firmware'. See https://bugs.debian.org/1040896 |
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ratpoison M: 2010-06-09 |
<reply>Ratpoison is a tiling <window manager> largely modelled after GNU <Screen>. http://ratpoison.antidesktop.net/wiki/FAQ http://www.nongnu.org/ratpoison/ #ratpoison on irc.libera.chat. See also <stumpwm>. |
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rawrite M: 2009-12-30 |
<reply>RaWrite2 is a <DOS> program for writing an image to a floppy disk. http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/utils/dos/ For Windows, ask me about <rawwrite>. |
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rawwrite M: 2010-01-30 |
<reply> RawWrite is a Windows GUI for the <rawrite> utility, which operates under modern Windows versions. http://www.chrysocome.net/rawwrite . For a more flexible utility (e.g. writing to USB stick, CF card), ask me about <win32 dd>. |
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raxus M: 1970-01-01 |
a k-rad coder dude (http://www.raxpmh.org.uk) |
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razor C: 2009-07-14 |
<reply>Vipul's Razor is a distributed <spam> detection and filtering network. Read /usr/share/doc/razor/README.Debian and http://razor.sf.net/docs/install.php to configure your LDA/MTA and MUA as appropriate. FAQ: http://razor.sourceforge.net/docs/faq.php |
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rbl M: 2004-03-16 |
Mail Abuse Prevention System (MAPS)'s Realtime Blackhole List, a system to identify likely origins of spam. See http://mail-abuse.org/rbl/, or a general term for dozens of systems that work on the same basic principle of DNS lookups |
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rc5 M: 2001-03-10 |
never letting a CPU cycle go to waste, or at http://www.distributed.net |
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rcconf sarge C: 2004-10-11 |
<reply> From http://bugs.debian.org/271293: "rcconf is very broken and my personal opinion is that it should either be fixed or removed from Debian. There is no need for it now that we have sysv-rc-conf and sysvconfig, both of which work correctly." -- Thomas Hood |
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rdesktop M: 2011-05-31 |
<reply>rdesktop is an open source, command-line <RDP> client for Unix-like systems, supporting much of the RDP 5 protocol. http://www.rdesktop.org/ See also <freerdp>. |
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rdiff-backup M: 2010-02-14 |
a utility used to perform local or remote incremental backups. Extra reverse diffs are created in order to recover previously deleted files. http://rdiff-backup.nongnu.org/ See also <rsnapshot>. |
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reactos M: 2009-05-16 |
<reply>ReactOS is a free software operating system currently in development, based on the design of Windows XP/2003. It is intended to be binary compatible with Windows. http://www.reactos.org/ #reactos on irc.libera.chat. |
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read-edid M: 2013-07-15 |
<reply>read-edid is a package providing utilities to obtain and parse <EDID> data structures. http://www.polypux.org/projects/read-edid/ |
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readline M: 2012-02-22 |
<reply>GNU Readline is a runtime library that provides line-editing capabilities like history and is e.g. used in bash. It is licensed under the GPL (not LGPL) and therefore cannot be linked against and distributed with programs that do not also have a GPL-compatible license; this includes programs such as GNUplot. http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html |
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reaktivate C: 2001-08-21 |
active-x plugins for konqueror using wine at http://www.konqueror.org/announcements/reaktivate.html |
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realityx C: 2000-11-04 |
the most advanced script for KVirc, it's features are too many to mention here, take a look at http://www.realityx.net |
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realvnc M: 2010-09-03 |
<reply>VNC Open (formerly RealVNC Free Edition) provides a <VNC> server and client, packaged for Debian as vnc4server and xvnc4viewer respectively. It is not updated upstream (Debian bug #512703), ask me about <tightvnc> and <x11vnc> for alternative servers. http://www.realvnc.com/download/open/ |
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reassign C: 2012-11-09 |
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control#reassign |
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rebol C: 2026-06-09 |
the Relative Expression-Based Object Language, a context-sensitive Internet messaging language that directly handles the primary Internet protocols. REBOL can be found at http://www.rebol.com/ |
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recording M: 2010-12-01 |
<reply> To get recording with a microphone using <ALSA> to work, see the notes at http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Record_from_mic |
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recover C: 2003-03-18 |
http://recover.sourceforge.net/ |
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redbook C: 2003-07-24 |
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/ - a large respository of tech info |
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redhat-apt C: 2002-04-26 |
http://www.freshrpms.net/apt |
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redmeat C: 2026-06-09 |
a wacked comic strip at http://www.redmeat.com/ |
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redmond M: 2000-12-28 |
<reply> !lart Microsoft || http://www.redmondlinux.org.linux for idiots. made by ex ms employees. arg. sick. |
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redmondlinux M: 2001-01-01 |
evil Evil EVIL!!!!!!!, or http://www.redmondlinux.org made by ex-ms employees |
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reducedebian C: 2022-08-01 |
https://wiki.debian.org/ReduceDebian |
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redundancy must be free M: 2004-04-08 |
the OpenBSD 3.5 song. http://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html |
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refcard M: 2010-02-10 |
<reply>A short reference of Debian commands - quite useful for someone new to Debian - can be found at http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/refcard/refcard.en.pdf and packaged for Debian as debian-refcard. See also <grounding>, <vim refcard>. |
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reference M: 2009-10-23 |
<reply>The Debian Reference will answer most of your questions about Debian. The latest version (v2) is at http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ . Read it after installing Debian and before asking for support, as it is the closest thing Debian has to a manual. You can install this too, the package name is debian-reference: «apt install debian-reference» |
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reference cards #del C: 2006-11-16 |
<reply> are at http://www.digilife.be/quickreferences/quickrefs.htm and there are more at http://refcards.com/refcards |
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reflection C: 2026-06-09 |
commercial Win9x/NT VT and ANSI terminal emulators now with Linux server platform support!! Price is approx. $360 retail. Latest version as of Sep. 14, 1999 is v7.2. Homepage: http://www.wrq.com/ |
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reflection x && reflection suite for x C: 2026-06-09 |
<ahem> commercial Win9x/NT VT and ANSI terminal emulators now with Linux server platform support!! Price is approx. $360 retail. Latest version as of Sep. 14, 1999 is v7.2. Homepage: http://www.wrq.com/ |
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reflectionx M: 2002-11-03 |
commercial VT and ANSI terminal emulators for Win9x/NT now with support for the Linux server platform!! Price is approx. $360 retail. Latest version as of Sep. 14, 1999 is v7.2. Homepage: http://www.wrq.com/, or for unnecessarily wrapping simple things in slow GUIs. |
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refracta C: 2016-05-19 |
<reply> Refracta (http://www.ibiblio.org/refracta/) is a distribution/live CD with focus on home desktop use. It is <based on debian>, but it is not Debian and is not supported in #debian. Seek help at http://refracta.freeforums.org/ |
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regex M: 2004-12-22 |
^[$%]?s/(.*(?:(?:\\\\\\\)+|[^\\\\\\\\]))/(.*(?:(?:\\\\\\\\)*|[^\\\\\\\\]))/[i]?$, or tutorial at http://weblogtoolscollection.com/regex/regex.php |
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reich.mp3 C: 2026-06-09 |
available at http://xafloc.com/~peidran/audio/reich.mp3 or an audio invention of Optik's |
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reinstall grub M: 2009-07-30 |
<reply>See http://wiki.debian.org/GrubRecover http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch08s07.html . Boot a CD like <grml>, mount your disk read/write, (mount boot partition into your / partition if applicable,) mount -o bind /dev/ /your/root/dev; chroot /your/root; mount -t proc none /proc; grub-install /dev/foo (you may need to edit /etc/mtab and/or /boot/grub/device.map). Also ask me about <fixmbr> <rescue mode>. |
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reintroducing M: 2016-01-12 |
<reply>Packages that have been removed from the Debian archive can be reintroduced quite easily as long as the problems that led to their removal are addressed (no maintainer, bugs fixed, properly licensed etc) see https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.html#reintroducing-pkgs |
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reiser4 M: 2011-04-12 |
<reply>Reiser4 is a journaling file system succeeding <reiserfs>. It is not currently included in the mainline Linux kernel. http://reiser4.wiki.kernel.org/ #reiser4 on irc.oftc.net. |
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reject-faq C: 2016-05-23 |
https://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html |
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relaycheck C: 2001-11-26 |
http://david.weekly.org/code/relaycheck.txt |
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relaychecker C: 2001-11-26 |
http://david.weekly.org/code/relaycheck.txt |
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release M: 2023-06-10 |
<reply>Debian 12 "Bookworm" was released on 2023-06-10. It is now considered "stable". Ask me about <install debian>, <bullseye->bookworm> to upgrade from Debian 11 "Bullseye". See https://www.debian.org/releases/ or <release history> for other releases. For updates from the Debian Release Team, see https://release.debian.org/ |
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release codenames C: 2004-02-25 |
<reply> see http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2004/debian-devel-200401/msg00518.html |
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release file M: 2017-02-24 |
<reply>The Release file in a Debian <repository> is a signed index of all the resources that are within that repo. The hashes of the <Packages-file>, <Sources-file>, and <Contents-file> and netboot installer files are in the Release files. See https://wiki.debian.org/RepositoryFormat or ask me about <secure apt>. |
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release goals M: 2014-11-24 |
<reply>Release goals are the list of things the Debian project wants to achieve prior to the next release. See https://release.debian.org/testing/goals.yaml for current goals and candidates, see https://wiki.debian.org/ReleaseGoals for proposals. |
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release history M: 2023-06-10 |
<reply>Named after "Toy Story" characters. Buzz 1.1 1996-03-14, Rex 1.2 1996-10-28, Bo 1.3 1997-05-01, Hamm 2.0 1998-07-24, Slink 2.1 1999-03-09, Potato 2.2 2000-08-15, Woody 3.0 2002-07-19, Sarge 3.1 2005-06-06, Etch 4.0 2007-04-08, Lenny 5.0 2009-02-14, Squeeze 6.0 2011-02-06, Wheezy 7 2013-05-04, Jessie 8 2015-04-25, Stretch 9 2017-06-17, Buster 10 2019-07-06, Bullseye 11 2021-08-14, Bookworm 12 2023-06-10. Trixie! https://deb.li/ilB4R |
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release party C: 2011-01-28 |
a Debian Event for celebrating Debian release. See http://wiki.debian.org/ReleasePartyStretch for a list of cities organizing one. |
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release-critical M: 2010-01-18 |
<reply>Release-Critical bugs are Debian bugs with critical, grave or serious severities, preventing the next release of Debian. See the graph at http://bugs.debian.org/release-critical/ or the lists at http://bugs.debian.org/release-critical/other/all.html http://udd.debian.org/bugs.cgi?release=bookworm&patch=ign&pending=ign&merged=ign&done=ign&rc=1 . See also <rc-alert>. |
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release-dates C: 2017-03-27 |
<reply> http://release.debian.org/#release-dates |
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releasecycle C: 2020-07-26 |
<reply> https://debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/sect.release-lifecycle.html |
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releaseparty C: 2021-08-14 |
https://jitsi.debian.social/ReleasePartyBullseye |
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releases M: 2011-07-28 |
<reply> See http://www.debian.org/releases/ for an explanation of releases. See <release history> or http://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases for prior releases. Ask me about <stable>, <testing>, <unstable> and <introduction>. |
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release_schedule C: 2001-12-30 |
http://developer.kde.org/development-versions/kde-3.0-release-plan.html |
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remmina M: 2011-02-18 |
<reply>Remmina (formerly Grdc) is a GTK+ remote desktop client supporting the NX, RDP, SSH, VNC and XDMCP protocols. http://remmina.sf.net/ |
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remote install M: 2009-09-16 |
<reply>Yes, you can install Debian remotely via chroot, and some luck. Ask me about <debootstrap>. (Older, outdated article at http://trilldev.sourceforge.net/files/remotedeb.html) |
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remove linux C: 2006-01-11 |
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;247804 |
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remove systemd M: 2015-05-01 |
<reply>To use an init system other than systemd in jessie, install the systemd-shim package (for logind) and remove the systemd-sysv package: aptitude install systemd-shim sysvinit-core systemd-sysv-. To stick with sysvinit for wheezy->jessie upgrades, follow the pinning advice in the release notes: http://deb.li/30Kby - See also <upstart> and <openrc> |
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removed M: 2010-02-07 |
<reply>The log of Debian package removals (including removal reasons) for this year is at http://ftp-master.debian.org/removals.txt ; for logs of previous years, see http://ftp-master.debian.org/#removed . For pending removals see http://ftp-master.debian.org/removals.html |
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reopen C: 2012-11-09 |
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control#reopen |
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repeating M: 2019-05-10 |
<reply> We read your question the first time, and if we haven't replied, there's a good chance we either don't know, don't have time to answer, or someone doesn't like you. Repeating is annoying. <https://mikeash.com/getting_answers.html#no-repeats> |
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report-bugs M: 2010-03-10 |
<reply>[report-bugs] See "How to Report Bugs Effectively" at http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html for better results. |
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reportbug M: 2016-11-24 |
<reply> reportbug is used to submit bugs to the Debian <BTS>. Install reportbug, then run reportbug. See http://www.debian.org/Bugs/ http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch05s04#problem-report for some general information about using reportbug and/or for <debian-installer> bug reporting. Also ask me about <report-bugs>. http://wiki.debian.org/reportbug http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting, or <reportbug MTA> |
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repository M: 2017-02-24 |
<reply>A Debian repository is a set of Debian packages organized into a predefined structure for fetching with <apt>. See https://wiki.debian.org/RepositoryFormat or ask me about <secure apt> <own repo>. |
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repository howto M: 2006-09-23 |
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/repository-howto/repository-howto.en.html |
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republican C: 2001-09-28 |
http://www.scc.net/~kburton/kiddiepubs.htm |
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request-tracker C: 2010-06-25 |
<reply>Request Tracker (RT) is a ticket-tracking system written in Perl. The core of RT is packaged for Debian as request-tracker3.8 (squeeze) and request-tracker4 (wheezy, squeeze-backports). http://wiki.bestpractical.com/ http://bestpractical.com/rt #rt on irc.perl.org. |
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rescatux C: 2023-02-20 |
<reply>Rescatux is a Debian-based live distribution featuring a graphical wizard for rescuing broken GNU/Linux and Windows installations and boot loaders. https://www.supergrubdisk.org/rescatux/ #rescatux on irc.libera.chat |
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rescue M: 2009-06-13 |
<reply>see http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/FAQ ("Can I use d-i as a rescue system?"). Ask me about <rescue mode>. See also <fixmbr> and <i forgot root's password>. |
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rescue disks C: 2003-05-26 |
<reply> rescue disks or install media can be found at http://<mirror>/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-<arch>/current/, where <mirror> is a valid debian mirror, and <arch> is the architecture for which you want rescue disks. FE: http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/current/ |
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rescue mode C: 2007-06-29 |
<reply> Debian-Installer has a recovery ('rescue') mode, which can be used to reinstall the GRUB or LILO boot loaders. See section 8.6 of the <install guide> ("Recovering a Broken System") for more details: https://www.debian.org/releases/bullseye/amd64/ch08s06.en.html |
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rescuecd C: 2003-06-21 |
http://rescuecd.sf.net a neat rescue system image |
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reserved disk space M: 2010-09-15 |
<reply>Filesystems usually reserve some space that only root can use to make it easier to recover from a disk being filled by a user or daemon. Reserved space (usually 5%) is not included in the "available" column of the output of "df". Reserved space is particularly important on the root filesystem; you can reduce it on other partitions with tune2fs -m PERCENT. See also http://boncey.org/2006_11_18_reclaiming_ext3_disk_space. |
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residualvm M: 2012-12-23 |
<reply>ResidualVM (formerly Residual) is a cross-platform 3D adventure game interpreter. It is a sister project of <ScummVM> and supports LucasArts' LUA-based Grim Engine (GrimE) titles, such as Grim Fandango and Escape from Monkey Island. Packaged in <testing>, ask me about <contrib>. http://residualvm.org/faq/ http://residualvm.org/ |
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resonix C: 2002-02-07 |
a 15 year old coder from the United Kingdom. His software can be found at http://www.cdsoft.co.uk/ and a few titles at http://www.download.com/ |
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retitle M: 2017-06-10 |
<reply> https://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control#retitle |
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reward C: 2008-10-08 |
<reply> We're glad you appreciate the help you've received in $channel! Please consider showing your appreciation by donating your time to help Debian (see http://www.debian.org/intro/help). |
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rfc M: 2011-03-22 |
<reply>Request for Comments (RFC) is an Internet Engineering Task Force memorandum on Internet systems and standards. http://www.ietf.org/rfc.html http://tools.ietf.org/rfc/ http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html . For private address ranges, see <rfc 1918>. |
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rfc-reader C: 2022-05-17 |
https://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~auerswal/rfc-reader/ |
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rfc2822 M: 2006-05-17 |
Internet Message Format. P. Resnick. April 2001. (Obsoletes RFC0822), or http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2822.html |
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rfc5841 C: 2011-04-12 |
<reply>RFC 5841 - TCP Option to Denote Packet Mood : http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5841 (1 April 2010) |
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rfc968 M: 2003-02-19 |
Twas the night before start-up. V.G. Cerf. Dec-01-1985. (Format: TXT=2459 bytes) (Status: UNKNOWN), or http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc968.html |
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rfclih C: 2001-01-22 |
http://www.derkarl.org/why_to_tabs.html |
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rfftw C: 2000-09-10 |
a C subroutine library for computing the Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) in one or more dimensions, available at http://www.fftw.org/ |
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rfkill C: 2010-06-19 |
<reply>/dev/rfkill is the Linux rfkill (radio frequency <killswitch>) device interface, available since Linux 2.6.31. It is used to enable and disable wireless networking devices (e.g. wireless LAN, Bluetooth, WiMAX). The rfkill userspace tool for accessing this interface is in the rfkill package. http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/rfkill |
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rfp M: 2014-02-18 |
<reply>Request For Package (RFP) is the way to ask for a piece of software to be included in Debian. See http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp, the section on that page "Adding new entries with "reportbug"" is a good place to start. Technically, a RFP is a wishlist bug filed against "wnpp" with a title beginning "RFP: ", ask me about <wnpp>. The best way of getting software packaged is to do it yourself: ask me about <nmg>. |
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rfstool M: 2010-02-01 |
ReiserFS for Windows, a command-line utility providing read-only access to <ReiserFS> filesystems on Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP systems. http://p-nand-q.com/download/rfstool.html . A graphical frontend for rfstool is YAReG (http://yareg.akucom.de/). |
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rh2deb C: 2026-06-09 |
some kind of HOWTO that bytopian wrote in which there are instructions to convert/upgrade a redhat system to a debian system in place w/o loss of data, and can be found at: http://web.archive.org/web/20010405190557/http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/3328/rh5todeb-howto.txt and a perl tool to help can be found at http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/3328/conversion-tools.tar.gz |
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rhythmbox M: 2009-06-06 |
<reply>Rhythmbox is an audio player inspired by Apple Inc.'s iTunes for the <GNOME> desktop. http://live.gnome.org/Rhythmbox/FAQ http://projects.gnome.org/rhythmbox/ #rhythmbox on irc.gimp.net. |
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richihwwjr C: 2015-01-29 |
<reply>When _might_ jessie release? Read the latest blog at http://richardhartmann.de/tags/tech/floss/debian/rc-stats/8.0-jessie/ and guess yourself! |
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rich_ M: 2004-11-19 |
see http://sluggy.com/daily.php?date=980804 |
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rid_1 site C: 2000-02-14 |
the great 1's site and is at http://www.madasafish.com/~the_great_1/index.html |
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rio M: 2004-11-21 |
a utility (Win32/Linux/BeOS/*BSD) to transfer files between a PC and the Rio MP3 player (http://www.world.co.uk/sba/rio.htm) or refers to the Diamond Rio MP3 Player (http://www.diamondmm.com). Plan 9 window system |
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riofs C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.cs.stedwards.edu/~hazel/rio/ |
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riscv C: 2022-09-19 |
<reply>https://wiki.debian.org/Ports/riscv64 -- #riscv and #debian-riscv on irc.oftc.net, and #riscv on irc.libera.chat |
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rise of the triad M: 2011-01-12 |
<reply>"Rise of the Triad" (ROTT) is a first-person shooter video game released in 1994, its source code was released under the GNU GPL in 2002. The icculus.org port is packaged for Debian as rott in <contrib>. To use the registered version of ROTT, read /usr/share/doc/rott/README.Debian after package installation and ask me about <package rebuild>. http://icculus.org/rott/ |
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rj45 pinout C: 2003-02-12 |
see: http://www.teknologi.web.id/cable/rj45%20pinout.htm |
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rmcs C: 2000-05-04 |
the Red Meat Construction Set at http://prometheus.frii.com/~soren/buildmeat/ |
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rna homepages C: 2001-05-11 |
at http://linux-dhcp.mermaid.molbio.ku.dk |
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rndis M: 2011-03-05 |
<reply>Remote Network Driver Interface Specification (RNDIS) is an unofficial CDC ACM variant by Microsoft. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNDIS . See also <rndis_wlan>. |
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rndis_wlan M: 2009-11-09 |
<reply>rndis_wlan is a Linux kernel driver for wireless LAN <RNDIS> chips, which is only the Broadcom BCM4320 at this time. It was introduced at Linux 2.6.25. This driver does not require firmware from userspace. http://wiki.debian.org/rndis_wlan |
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roaming C: 1999-12-20 |
http://www.klomp.org/mod_roaming/ |
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robolinux C: 2014-02-06 |
<reply>Robolinux is a distrbution based on Debian. It is not supported in #debian. http://www.robolinux.org/ . See also <based on debian>. |
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rockbot M: 2001-03-02 |
a 'bot' entirely written in C - it is easy to add to. ftp://agora.rdrop.com/pub/users/rubin/, or moved to http://rockbot.sourceforge.net |
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rockylinux M: 2021-04-30 |
<reply>Rocky Linux is community-maintained distribution based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. https://rockylinux.org/ For IRC support, join #rockylinux on irc.libera.chat. |
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roflcopter M: 2010-06-09 |
http://web.archive.org/web/20040426034529/http://members.cox.net/pimpbot9000/roflcopter.htm |
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roger waters C: 2026-06-09 |
going on tour this summer! http://www.roger-waters.com/ |
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rom M: 2008-01-21 |
(Read Only Memory) Memory containing a program, data, or information about the device that has been programmed onto the chip at the factory. a mud server, relative of diku. Rivers of MUD at rom.org port 9000 (defunct), or send me all your roms http://www.linuks.mine.nu/ree/ to dump them!. RoM: Request of Maintainer |
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rom-o-matic M: 2009-06-20 |
an online ipxe and Etherboot ROM generator. It can output the following ROM formats: binary, bootable floppy image, bootable ISO image, LILO/GRUB/SYSLINUX loadable Linux kernel, PXE bootstrap loader and bootable USB/HD disk image. http://www.rom-o-matic.org/ See also <ipxe>. |
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roms C: 2000-11-25 |
go to http://www.plasticman.org/emu for all your ROM needs |
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roo9 C: 2003-04-30 |
at http://www.gotlinux.com |
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root M: 2003-06-17 |
<reply> It has been said that root is the administrative account - only use it when root power is needed. So no reading mail, compiling programs, or running applications as root. And don't even think about irc'ing as root, it increases the danger from exploits and trojans (such as bliss), or see, for example, the security advisory on BitchX http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-306 |
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root raid with lvm M: 2005-08-17 |
<reply>During install, create two RAID devices. One, md0, is for /boot and no LVM, the other, md1, make as LVM. Install GRUB. You're all good. See also http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/02/msg05104.html |
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root-tail C: 2005-06-10 |
a program that basicly tails a file(s) of choice and prints them directly to the screen (usefull for logs etc) http://www.goof.com/pcg/marc/root-tail.html |
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rootca C: 2002-12-23 |
How can I create and use my own Certificate Authority (CA)? See document: http://www.modssl.org/docs/2.8/ssl_faq.html#cert-ownca |
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rootfs C: 2011-12-15 |
http://kernel.org/doc/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt |
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rosetta stone C: 2019-05-20 |
<reply>A rosetta stone for command line equivalents of various operating systems can be found at https://certsimple.com/rosetta-stone |
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roundcube M: 2015-08-07 |
<reply>Roundcube is an <IMAP> client written in PHP. This software is not part of the Debian 8 "Jessie" release (bug #775666) but is available in <jessie-backports>. Debian 7 "Wheezy" users: SQLite v2 support was dropped, see /usr/share/doc/roundcube-sqlite/NEWS.Debian.gz and http://wiki.debian.org/Roundcube/DeprecationOfSQLitev2 . http://www.roundcube.net/ #roundcube on irc.libera.chat. See also <imapproxy>. |
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routing M: 2005-06-22 |
the Advanced Routing which can be found at http://lartc.org/ - all sorts of howtos and samples |
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roxen M: 2011-06-05 |
<reply>Roxen WebServer (formerly Roxen Challenger) is an extensible web server written in <Pike>. Roxen version 4 was never part of a stable release, removed from Debian to resolve bug #552697. http://www.roxen.com/products/cms/webserver/ |
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rpgboard C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.resonatorsoft.com/software/rpgboard/. RPGBoard is a complete rewrite of the WWWBoard script. It supports multiple forums, message previewing, spell checking, selectable backgrounds, message defaults, statistics, IP banning, browser/OS detection, word filtering, etc., etc. In short, if there's a feature SineSwiper -doesn't- have, he'll put it in. |
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rpmupgrade C: 2003-09-23 |
(rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.rpm.org/pub/rpm/dist/rpm-4.2.x/rpm-4.2-1.i386.rpm ftp://ftp.rpm.org/pub/rpm/dist/rpm-4.2.x/rpm-build-4.2-1.i386.rpm ftp://ftp.rpm.org/pub/rpm/dist/rpm-4.2.x/rpm-devel-4.2-1.i386.rpm ftp://ftp.rpm.org/pub/rpm/dist/rpm-4.2.x/rpm-python-4.2-1.i386.rpm) |
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rpn C: 2026-06-09 |
Reverse Polish (or Lucaszewicz) notation, also known as postfix. The arithmetic operators are placed after the numbers, thus removing the need for parentheses. For example, (3+(4*2)/7 becomes 3 4 2 * + 7 / or used in HP calculators, which is a large part of why they're a million times better than TI's. or at http://www.hpmuseum.org/rpn.html |
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rr2210 M: 2010-12-14 |
<reply>The RocketRAID 2210 SATA 3GB/s Host Adapter (PCI ID 1103:2210) has no open source driver available, see http://linuxdriverproject.org/mediawiki/index.php/Drivers_Needed#SATA_controllers . The proprietary vendor driver is available from http://www.highpoint-tech.cn/BIOS_Driver/rr2210/Linux/rr2210-linux-src-v1.5-091009-1018.tar.gz |
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rr2320 C: 2011-11-21 |
<reply>The RocketRAID 2320 SATA 3GB/s Host Adapter (PCI ID 1103:2320) has no open source driver available, see http://linuxdriverproject.org/mediawiki/index.php/Drivers_Needed#SATA_controllers . The proprietary vendor driver is available from http://www.highpoint-tech.cn/BIOS_Driver/rr232x/Linux/new%20format/rr232x-linux-src-v1.10-090716-0928.tar.gz |
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rrdtool M: 2009-07-21 |
<reply>RRDtool is a data logging and graphing system for time series data, a reimplementation of <MRTG>. FAQ: http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool-trac/wiki/RrdFaq . http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/ #rrdtool on irc.ircnet.net. |
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rred died M: 2009-11-04 |
<reply> aptitude and apt-get update will die with "E: Method rred has died unexpectedly!" due to a bad pdiff file from the recent mirror update. Use "aptitude -o Acquire::PDiffs=false update" once to work around this. Ask me about <pdiff> or see http://bugs.debian.org/554349 Alternatively, wait for a mirror pulse (or two) and the archive will sort itself out. |
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rrt2 C: 2001-03-10 |
at http://www.lokigames.com who sells ported games for other OSes to linux |
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rsnapshot M: 2008-08-04 |
a filesystem snapshot utility, which creates incremental backups of local and remote filesystems, using hard links to save disk space. See http://www.rsnapshot.org/howto/ and http://www.rsnapshot.org/faq.html . See also <rdiff-backup>. |
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rssh M: 2010-01-05 |
<reply>rssh is a restricted shell for use with OpenSSH, restricting a user to only use one or more of scp, sftp, cvs, rsync and rdist. It can optionally chroot into a (administrator created) jail before running the command. http://www.pizzashack.org/rssh/faq.shtml http://www.pizzashack.org/rssh/ See also <scponly>. |
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rsync M: 2009-05-18 |
a superior network file synchronization program. Handy for downloading a Linux kernel, e.g. rsync -avz --partial rsync.kernel.org::pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.29.3.tar.bz2 /usr/local/home/peej/src/ Useful for backups as per http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/ , see also <rsnapshot>. http://rsync.samba.org/ |
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rsync install C: 2001-06-11 |
at http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue67/bennet.html "Getting Debian: rsync Examples" |
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rsync mirrors M: 2007-06-06 |
http://cdimage.debian.org/rsync-mirrors.html, or http://www.debian.org/CD/mirroring/rsync-mirrors |
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rsync through firewall M: 2008-11-10 |
you can still use rsync to transfer two files between computers that cannot be directly connected due to a firewall by using ssh. See http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/firewall.html |
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rsyslog M: 2009-05-29 |
<reply>rsyslog is an enhanced <syslog> daemon. With stock logging rules, it can be used as a drop-in sysklogd replacement. rsyslog is the default kernel/system log daemon as of Debian 5.0 "Lenny", but is not installed when upgrading from Debian 4.0 "Etch" (ref. §2.2 of the <lenny release notes>). http://wiki.debian.org/Rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com/ #rsyslog on irc.libera.chat. |
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rt M: 2011-10-12 |
<reply>The PREEMPT_RT (linux-rt) realtime patch set allows for nearly all of the Linux kernel to be preempted, which may help achieve better low-latency behavior in some environments. Since August 2011, the Debian Kernel Team produce binary packages including this patch set, for the amd64 (linux-image-rt-amd64 metapackage) and i386 (linux-image-rt-686-pae metapackage) architectures. https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/realtime/start |
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rt kernel C: 2010-05-13 |
<reply>Unofficial and _unsupported_ realtime (RT) kernels for Debian can be found at http://www.pengutronix.de/software/linux-rt/debian_en.html |
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rt.debian.org C: 2013-10-27 |
https://wiki.debian.org/rt.debian.org |
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rt2400pci M: 2010-02-14 |
<reply> Ralink RT2400 802.11b PCI chipsets (RT2400/RT2460, RT2401/RT2460) are supported by the rt2400pci driver, introduced in Linux 2.6.24. It does not require firmware from userspace. http://wiki.debian.org/rt2400pci |
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rt2500pci M: 2010-02-23 |
<reply> The Ralink RT2500 802.11g PCI chipset (RT2500/RT2560) is supported by the rt2500pci driver, introduced in Linux 2.6.24. It does not require firmware from userspace. http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/rt2500 . For RT2500USB/RT2571 device support, ask me about <rt2500usb>. |
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rt2500usb M: 2011-03-09 |
<reply> The Ralink RT2500USB 802.11g chipset (RT2571) is supported by the rt2500usb Linux kernel driver. It does not require firmware from userspace. This driver will fall back to software encryption for TKIP+AES since linux-2.6 2.6.32-31 (Debian bug #611390). http://wiki.debian.org/rt2500usb . For RT2501USB/RT2571W device support, ask me about <rt73usb>. |
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rt2800pci M: 2011-08-09 |
<reply>Ralink 802.11n PCI chipsets (RT2760, RT2790, RT2860, RT2880, RT2890, RT3060, RT3062, RT3090, RT3091, RT3092, RT3290, RT3390, RT3562, RT3592, RT5390, RT5392) are supported by the rt2800pci Linux kernel driver. Firmware is required, ask me about <ralink firmware>. https://wiki.debian.org/rt2800pci |
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rt2800usb M: 2011-08-09 |
<reply>Ralink 802.11n/g USB chipsets (RT2070, RT2770, RT2870, RT3070, RT3071, RT3072, RT3370, RT3572, RT5370, RT5372, RT5572) are supported by the rt2800usb Linux kernel driver. Firmware is required, ask me about <ralink firmware>. https://wiki.debian.org/rt2800usb |
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rt2860sta M: 2010-07-25 |
<reply>rt2860sta is the vendor driver for Ralink 802.11n PCI (RT2760, RT2790, RT2860, RT2890, RT3090, RT3091, RT3092) wireless LAN devices, included as a staging driver (amd64, i386 only) in Debian Linux 2.6.32 kernel images. Firmware is required, ask me about <ralink firmware>. http://wiki.debian.org/rt2860sta . Removed at Linux 3.0, ask me about <rt2800pci>. |
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rt2870sta M: 2010-07-28 |
<reply>rt2870sta is the vendor driver for Ralink 802.11n/g USB (RT2070, RT2770, RT2870, RT3070, RT3071, RT3072) wireless LAN devices, included as a staging driver (amd64, i386 only) in Debian Linux 2.6.32 kernel images. Firmware is required, ask me about <ralink firmware>. http://wiki.debian.org/rt2870sta . Removed at Linux 3.0, ask me about <rt2800usb>. |
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rt2x00 M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply>The rt2x00 project is a development effort providing Linux kernel drivers for Ralink wireless LAN chipsets. For driver details, ask me about <rt2800usb>, <rt2800pci>, <rt73usb>, <rt61pci>, <rt2500usb>, <rt2500pci>, <rt2400pci>. http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/ |
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rt3090sta M: 2010-07-28 |
<reply>The vendor driver for Ralink RT3090/RT3091/RT3092 PCIe 802.11n wireless LAN devices (rt3090sta) was merged in <rt2860sta> at Linux 2.6.33. In Debian Linux 2.6.32 kernel images, rt3090sta was replaced with a backported rt2860sta driver at linux-2.6 2.6.32-18 (Debian bug #588863). Firmware is required (rt3090.bin), ask me about <ralink firmware>. http://wiki.debian.org/rt2860sta |
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rt61pci M: 2010-02-14 |
<reply>Ralink RT61 802.11g PCI chipsets (RT2501/RT2561, RT2600/RT2661) are supported by the rt61pci Linux kernel driver. Firmware is required, ask me about <ralink firmware>. http://wiki.debian.org/rt61pci |
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rt73usb M: 2009-07-12 |
<reply>The Ralink RT73 802.11g USB chipset (RT2501USB/RT2571W) is supported by the rt73usb Linux kernel driver. Firmware is required, ask me about <ralink firmware>. http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/rt73 |
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rtb C: 2026-06-09 |
RealTimeBattle, a robot tank game, and can be found at http://www.lysator.liu.se/realtimebattle. Install the 'realtimebattle' package today! :) |
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rtbt M: 2001-12-16 |
Tom's floppy distribution with a RooT filesystem that is BooTable, or http://www.toms.net/rb |
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rtems C: 2000-09-09 |
the Real Time Executive for Multiprocessor Systems. http://www.oarcorp.com/ |
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rtfrn C: 2005-06-07 |
Read the (Fine|(Funny|Furry|Furious|Fetid|Festooned|Flatulant|Fucking|Flocked|Flummoxed)|Furry|Fucking|Fishy|Frickin'|Funky|Fearsome) Release Notes at http://www.nl.debian.org/releases/stable/releasenotes |
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rtl8188ce-vl C: 2012-10-26 |
<reply>Realtek RTL8188CE-VL devices (built-in Bluetooth capability) are intended to be supported by the <rtl8192ce> driver in a future Linux kernel release. http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=135119083722511&w=2 |
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rtl818x M: 2015-04-29 |
<reply>Realtek 802.11b/g PCI/PCIe and USB wireless LAN chips (RTL8180, RTL8185, RTL8187, RTL8187B, RTL8187SE) are supported by the rtl8180 and rtl8187 drivers in the Linux kernel. All drivers do not require firmware from userspace. https://wiki.debian.org/rtl818x . For support of Realtek 802.11n/802.11ac devices, ask me about <rtl819x>. |
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rtl8192ce M: 2011-04-11 |
<reply>The Realtek RTL8188CE and RTL8192CE are PCIe 802.11n wireless LAN chipsets (PCI IDs 10ec:8176, 10ec:8177, 10ec:8178, 10ec:8191). mac80211 vendor driver (rtl8192ce) is available since Linux 2.6.38. Firmware is required (rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin), ask me about <realtek firmware> to provide. http://wiki.debian.org/rtl819x |
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rtl8192cu M: 2011-06-21 |
<reply>The Realtek RTL8188CUS and RTL8192CU are USB 802.11n wireless LAN chipsets. mac80211 vendor driver (rtl8192cu) is in mainline since Linux 2.6.39. Firmware is required (rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw.bin), ask me about <realtek firmware> to provide. Not to be confused with the <rtl8192su> driver. http://wiki.debian.org/rtl819x |
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rtl8192de M: 2011-11-22 |
<reply>The Realtek RTL8188DE and RTL8192DE are PCIe 802.11n wireless LAN chipsets (PCI IDs 10ec:002b, 10ec:8193). mac80211 vendor driver (rtl8192de) is in mainline since Linux 3.1. Firmware is required (rtlwifi/rtl8192defw.bin), ask me about <realtek firmware>. http://wiki.debian.org/rtl819x |
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rtl8192e M: 2010-05-16 |
<reply>r8192_pci (renamed to r8192e_pci at Linux 2.6.34) is a module produced by the rtl8192e staging driver, supporting the Realtek RTL8192E 802.11 draft-n PCIe chipset (PCI ID 10ec:8192). Enabled in Debian Linux images for x86 architectures only. Firmware is required (RTL8192E/{boot,data,main}.img), ask me about <realtek firmware> to provide. Some PCI ID 10ec:8192 devices are RTL8192SE-based, see <rtl8192se>. http://wiki.debian.org/rtl819x |
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rtl8192se M: 2011-08-09 |
<reply>The Realtek RTL8191SE (PCI IDs 10ec:8171, 10ec:8172) and RTL8192SE (PCI IDs 10ec:8173, 10ec:8174, some 10ec:8192) are PCIe 802.11n wireless LAN chipsets. mac80211 vendor driver (rtl8192se) is in mainline since Linux 3.0. Firmware is required (rtlwifi/rtl8192sefw.bin), ask me about <realtek firmware>. http://wiki.debian.org/rtl819x |
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rtl8192u M: 2010-07-08 |
<reply>r8192u_usb is a Linux kernel module produced by the rtl8192u staging driver, supporting the Realtek RTL8192U 802.11n USB wireless LAN chipset. Introduced in Linux 2.6.33, included in Debian Linux 2.6.32 kernel images (x86 architectures only). Firmware is required (RTL8192U/{boot,data,main}.img) and not currently packaged (Debian bug #588142), ask me about <rtl8192u firmware> to acquire. https://wiki.debian.org/rtl819x |
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rtl8192u firmware M: 2010-08-04 |
<reply>Firmware for Realtek <RTL8192U>-based devices (not currently packaged, Debian bug #588142) can be acquired from the archive at ftp://ftp2.dlink.com/PRODUCTS/DWA-130/REVC/DWA-130_REVC_DRIVERS_0.06_LINUX.ZIP. Extract its contents and place rtl8192u_linux_26.0003.0902.2008/firmware/RTL8192U/*img within the /usr/local/lib/firmware/RTL8192U directory. |
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rtl819x M: 2015-04-29 |
<reply>For support of Realtek 802.11n/802.11ac PCIe devices, ask me about <rtl8192ce>, <rtl8192de>, <rtl8192e>, <rtl8192se>, <rtl8723ae>, <rtl8188ee>, <rtl8723be>. For support of Realtek 802.11n USB devices, ask me about <rtl8192cu>, <r8712u>, <rtl8192u>, <r8723au>, <rtl8188eu>, <rtl8821ae>, <r8192ee>, <rtl8723bs>. https://wiki.debian.org/rtl819x |
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rtl8211c M: 2009-04-28 |
<reply>Support for the Realtek RTL8211C/RTL8211CL integrated Ethernet transceiver was introduced in the <forcedeth> driver at Linux kernel 2.6.27. Ask me about <install debian>. http://git.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=22ae03a190011fa2241e68a6c51369d78039348e |
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rtl8723au M: 2015-04-28 |
<reply>Realtek RTL8723AU-based USB wireless LAN devices (e.g. USB ID 0bda:0724, 0bda:1724, 0bda:8724) are supported by the r8723au staging driver, introduced at Linux 3.15. Firmware is required, ask me about <realtek firmware> to provide. https://wiki.debian.org/rtl819x |
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rtl8723bs M: 2015-09-12 |
<reply>The Realtek RTL8723BS is an SDIO 2.0/3.0 system on chip providing 802.11n wireless LAN and Bluetooth 4.0 functions. Supported by the out-of-tree rtl8723bs Linux kernel driver (requires Linux 3.19 or later), ask me about <rtl8723bs install>. https://github.com/hadess/rtl8723bs |
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rtl8723bs install M: 2015-09-12 |
<reply>For Debian 8 "Jessie" systems, requires Linux 3.19 or later (ask me about <bdo kernel>). «apt-get install build-essential git && apt-get -t jessie-backports install linux-headers-`uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,'` && git clone https://github.com/hadess/rtl8723bs.git && cd rtl8723bs && make && make install && depmod -a && modprobe r8723bs». |
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rtorrent M: 2011-02-14 |
<reply>rtorrent is a solid, powerful and very efficient curses-based <BitTorrent> client. http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/ ##rtorrent on irc.libera.chat. |
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rtw89 C: 2023-03-17 |
<reply>rtw89 is an out-of-tree kernel module which supports the Realtek 8852AE, 8852BE, and 8853CE 802.11ax wireless nics. Not in debian, but source and instructions to build a <dkms> package can be found at https://github.com/lwfinger/rtw89 . Mainline support should be enabled in kernels 6.3 and up. |
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rube goldberg C: 2002-12-31 |
a cartoonist who created crazy complicated contraptions for performing various mundane tasks; see http://www.rube-goldberg.com/html/gallery.htm |
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ruby M: 2011-01-21 |
<reply>Ruby is an object oriented script language with a simple and clean syntax. It's supposed to have the best characteristics of Perl and Smalltalk, or a language that seems like a messy (Perlish) Python. Learn about it at http://www.ruby.org/ , http://www.rubycentral.com/ http://mislav.uniqpath.com/poignant-guide/book/ . #ruby-lang on irc.libera.chat. |
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rulesuck C: 2011-10-13 |
a graph at http://scarydevilmonastery.net/rulesuck.month.png which reflects the net opinion on different Linux distributions and operating systems. |
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rules_sucks C: 2008-06-09 |
distribution popularity rating at http://scarydevilmonastery.net/rule_or_suck.png |
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run M: 2011-05-15 |
<reply>/run is a new cross-distribution location for storing transient writable files needed from system startup to shutdown, but do not require preserving across reboots. It replaces several locations in the <FHS>. http://wiki.debian.org/ReleaseGoals/RunDirectory |
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runit C: 2004-11-02 |
a free (public domain) replacement for DJB's daemontools, at http://smarden.org/runit/ ; a process management and supervision system (keeps daemons running, etc.). |
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runlevel M: 2008-07-20 |
<reply> 0 is halt, 1 is single user, 2, 3, 4, 5 are multiuser, 6 is reboot. By default 2, 3, 4 and 5 are identical (there are no graphic/non-graphic runlevels), but you can configure this if you wish. Read /usr/share/doc/sysvinit/*; read /etc/init.d/README; man update-rc.d; if that doesn't make sense, consider installing <rcconf> instead. See also http://debian-administration.org/articles/212, <startup>, <file-rc>, <single-user mode>. |
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runlevel howto video C: 2006-06-29 |
located at http://youtube.com/watch?v=d39izaupvEg |
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rust M: 2021-09-11 |
<reply>Rust is a memory-safe programming language. https://www.rust-lang.org/ Rust has been voted the "most loved programming language" in the Stack Overflow Developer Survey every year since 2016, though only used by 7% of the respondents in the 2021 survey. |
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rusty M: 2000-12-04 |
an odd fellow. The author of "Rusty's Remarkably Unreliable Guides" that can be found at http://netfilter.kernelnotes.org/unreliable-guides/, or "my pet hamster dressed up in a penguin suit, and appeared to me in a dream, telling me to write documentation for random stuff, and include lots of obscenities" -- rusty |
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rusty's unreliable guides C: 2001-05-14 |
a set of HOWTO's made by the netfilter guru himself. You can find them at http://netfilter.samba.org/unreliable-guides/ |
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rute M: 2010-10-03 |
<reply>Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition (RUTE) is a book for novice to intermediate users covering GNU/Linux in a non-distribution specific way. Packaged for Lenny as rutebook in <non-free>. Removed from Debian to resolve bug #540956, ask me about <grounding> for alternative resources. http://rute.2038bug.com/ |
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rvgate M: 2007-03-06 |
a dutch guy who has no idea what he is doing. He mostly asks questions regarding general usage of linux. You can find this crazy dutchman in #debian, #debian-nl and his website http://www.rvgate.nl/. /seen rvgate |
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rw C: 2001-02-03 |
Marcelo Toledo from Salvador - Bahia/BRAZIL. More information you can see in http://rw.locked.org/ |
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rxvt M: 2009-11-07 |
<reply>Rxvt (ouR eXtended Virtual Terminal) is an VT102 emulator for the X window system. http://rxvt.net/ See also <rxvt-unicode>. |
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rxvt-unicode M: 2009-11-07 |
<reply>rxvt-unicode (aka urxvt) is an <rxvt>-like terminal emulator with Unicode support. FAQ: http://cvs.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html #rxvt-unicode on irc.libera.chat. |
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s&s C: 2001-01-10 |
the Stevens and Samuels, or Samuels and Stevens. who knows. Or the style, code, or "team" by those two. see http://www.derkarl.org/s-and-s.html |
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s/linux C: 2026-06-09 |
Linux for Sun Sparc boxes. Debian ports exist for Sparc - http://www.debian.org/ports/sparc/ and Ultra Sparc - http://www.debian.org/ports/sparc64/ |
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s11 C: 2000-08-27 |
the organisation behind the upcoming protests (maybe riots) against the evil WTO and globalisation in Melbourne Australia on Sept.11, 2000. http://www.s11.org |
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s3 savage C: 2000-12-03 |
<reply> <http://www.probo.com/timr/savage40.html> |
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s30 C: 2001-11-29 |
a Thinkpad, install instructions at http://aglet.net/s30/ |
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s390 M: 2013-10-17 |
<reply>s390 is a port of Debian, which uses the Linux kernel on IBM System/390 (aka S/390, zSeries) mainframe hardware. It was previously a supported architecture from Debian 3.0 "Woody" until Debian 7 "Wheezy". It has been replaced by the <s390x> port. http://www.debian.org/ports/s390/ |
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saa7134 M: 2011-11-16 |
<reply>The SAA7134 is a PCI interface chipset from NXP Semiconductors (formerly Philips Semiconductors). SAA7134-based analog and digital TV tuner cards are supported in Linux by the saa7134 driver; <firmware> from userspace may be required for use of a device's DVB-T demodulator. http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Philips_SAA7134 . See also <e506r>, <tda10048>, <dvb>. |
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saa716x C: 2010-11-19 |
<reply>The SAA716x is a PCIe interface chipset family from NXP Semiconductors, used within some DVB-T devices. There is currently no Linux support for devices based on the SAA7160, SAA7161 or SAA7162 chips. The in-tree saa7164 driver (added at Linux 2.6.32) supports SAA7164-based devices (e.g. PCI ID 1131:7164). http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/NXP_SAA716x . See also <dvb>. |
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sabayon C: 2009-10-03 |
<reply>Sabayon Linux (formerly RR4 Linux, RR64 Linux) is a Live DVD <Gentoo>-based Linux distribution. http://www.sabayonlinux.org/ #sabayon on irc.libera.chat. |
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sacd M: 2009-05-27 |
Super Audio Compact Disc, a format developed by Philips and Sony. Hybrid SACDs can be played on existing CD players. http://www.sa-cd.net/faq http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Audio_Cd See also <dvd-audio>. |
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sadt M: 2013-11-10 |
a simple alternative to adt-run for running "autopkgtest" (DEP-8) tests. Install the package and the dependencies of the tests and run "sadt" from the unpacked source package. https://bitbucket.org/jwilk/sadt |
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safari C: 2006-05-30 |
a website where you can read almost all O'Reilly books online. Your local university library may provide free access to all visitors. Or get the free trial. http://safari.oreilly.com |
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safe-rm M: 2018-09-10 |
a configurable rm wrapper, intended to prevent the accidental deletion of important files and directories. Packaged for Debian since Lenny. http://code.google.com/p/safe-rm/ |
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safecat C: 2003-11-18 |
a program for delivering messages to maildir format mailboxes. But the Debian maintainer is an idiot. greycat's fixed version of safecat is at <http://wooledge.org/~greg/safecat/> and <http://bugs.debian.org/220849>. |
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sag M: 2004-10-11 |
The Linux System Administrator's Guide see http://www.tldp.org/LDP/sag/, or say, in german. |
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sage M: 2011-02-15 |
<reply>Sage is a cross-platform mathematics software package written in Python. Never part of a stable release, removed from Debian to resolve bug #573538. http://www.sagemath.org/ |
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saint C: 2026-06-09 |
the Security Administrator's Integrated Network Tool (http://www.wwdsi.com/saint/) |
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sal C: 2026-06-09 |
the Scientific Applications for Linux project, sponsored by Kachina Technologies, and can be found at http://sal.kachinatech.com/ |
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salix C: 2023-07-11 |
<reply>salix is a GNU/Linux distro based on Slackware. https://www.salixos.org/ #salix on irc.libera.chat |
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salsa M: 2020-10-14 |
<reply>Many Debian <source packages> are maintained in git on https://salsa.debian.org/ (a gitlab instance that replaced <alioth>). Locate the git repo by browsing salsa or from https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/$package See https://wiki.debian.org/Salsa |
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salt M: 2020-05-05 |
<reply>Salt is a tool used for remote mass system management. A vulnerability has recently become public (March to May 2020) and is being actively exploited. See <https://saltexploit.com/>. For alternatives to salt, ask me about <ansible> or <puppet> |
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salvare C: 2004-11-03 |
at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=78305 |
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samba M: 2013-05-06 |
<reply>Samba is a Unix implementation of Windows file/print sharing (the SMB/CIFS protocol). http://samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/ http://samba.org/samba/docs/ http://wiki.samba.org/ #samba on irc.libera.chat. See also <dfs>. |
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samhain M: 2011-10-26 |
<reply>Samhain is an integrity checker and host-based intrusion detection system. It supports centralized monitoring and stealth features for running undetected in memory. http://la-samhna.de/samhain/ |
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sane M: 2009-06-09 |
<reply>Scanner Access Now Easy (SANE) is an <API> for raster image <scanner> hardware. Packaged for Debian as sane, xsane (GUI frontends) and sane-utils (CLI frontend, saned server). Supported device list: http://www.sane-project.org/sane-supported-devices.html . FAQ: http://www.xs4all.nl/~ljm/SANE-faq.html . To use over a network, see http://wiki.debian.org/SaneOverNetwork . http://www.sane-project.org/ #sane at irc.libera.chat. |
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sapdb C: 2001-04-28 |
an open source enterprise database server which includes high end features like row-level locking, transaction, subselect, online backup, cluster, outer join, ANSI SQL 92 compliant, and many more. http://www.sapdb.org |
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sapphire M: 2009-08-02 |
a lightweight <window manager> similar to <blackbox>, but with a feel of its own. http://sf.net/projects/sapphire/ |
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sarge M: 2009-03-30 |
<reply>Sarge is the codename for Debian GNU/Linux 3.1, released June 6th, 2005. Sarge security support ended on 2008-03-31, this release is no longer supported. Sarge users should upgrade to Etch, ask me about <sarge->etch>. Removed from the mirrors; ask me about <sarge sources.list>, <sarge-backports>. Get old sarge ISOs here: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/archive/3.1_r8/ http://wiki.debian.org/DebianSarge |
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sarge floppies M: 2009-06-02 |
http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/sarge/main/installer-i386/current/images/floppy/ -- substitute your arch for "i386". |
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sarge freeze C: 2005-05-04 |
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/05/msg00001.html |
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sarge page update bug C: 2005-05-07 |
at http://bugs.debian.org/307978 |
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sarge release notes C: 2005-03-14 |
<reply>Release Notes for Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (Sarge) are at http://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/releasenotes . Also ask me about <sarge sources.list>. |
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sarge sources.list M: 2009-06-07 |
"deb http://archive.debian.org/debian sarge main contrib non-free" and "deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-security sarge/updates main contrib non-free" |
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sargedvd C: 2005-06-13 |
http://www.dddi.nl/neword_en.html also search google for the terms: 'debian dvd sale' (without quotes) |
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sargeisnotout C: 2005-04-20 |
http://linuxmafia.com/~karsten/Images/sarge-not-out.png |
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sata M: 2011-08-02 |
<reply>Serial ATA (SATA) is a computer bus interface connecting host adapters to mass storage devices (e.g. hard disks, optical drives). http://ata.wiki.kernel.org/ http://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/SATA_RAID_FAQ http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html . See also <sata delete>. |
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satux C: 2010-11-11 |
<reply>Satux is a Brazilian desktop Linux distribution <based on Debian>. It is not supported in #debian. http://www.satux.org.br/ |
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savage M: 2007-08-22 |
<reply> http://www.probo.com/timr/savage40.html, or if it locks up when 3d is enabled, try Option "DmaMode" "Vertex" in the Device section of xorg.conf |
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savage3d C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply> S3 Savage3D information is a available at http://savage3d.reviewboard.com/ and a preliminary X-Server is available at http://members.xoom.com/s3dlinux/ |
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savannah C: 2003-10-17 |
http://savannah.gnu.org/. Free Software project hosting ala SourceForge. Also available at http://sv.gnu.org/ |
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sawfish M: 2009-06-17 |
<reply>Sawfish (formerly Sawmill) is a <window manager> written in C and Lisp, configurable using a Lisp-based scripting language (Librep). Previously the default in <GNOME> prior to <Metacity> in GNOME 2.2. http://sawfish.wikia.com/FAQ http://sawfish.wikia.com/ |
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sbcl C: 2000-10-25 |
Steel Bank Common Lisp, http://sourceforge.net/projects/sbcl, based on cmucl, looks easier to build than cmucl |
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sbnc M: 2009-10-02 |
<reply>shroudBNC is a multi-user IRC proxy. Packaged for Debian, see /usr/share/doc/sbnc/README.Debian regarding file locations. http://wiki.shroudbnc.info/ http://www.shroudbnc.info/ #sbnc on irc.quakenet.org. |
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sbp M: 2010-08-03 |
<reply>The "Stuck Beacon Problem" (SBP) is a known <madwifi> issue. http://madwifi-project.org/wiki/StuckBeacon . Consider using <ath5k> instead, which has access point functionality since Linux 2.6.31. |
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sbr C: 2009-01-05 |
simple bash redirection http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO-3.html |
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sbrk patch C: 2003-12-03 |
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset@marcelo@dmt.cyclades|ChangeSet|20031002082056|19757 |
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sbuild M: 2019-07-09 |
The 'sbuild' package provides a way to build Debian packages within <chroot> environments that are managed using the <schroot> utility. Building within sbuild saves installing the build-dependencies on your machine and also compiles in a clean environment; sbuild is used on the Debian <buildd> network. See https://wiki.debian.org/sbuild. An alternative to sbuild is <pbuilder>. |
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sc2 M: 2009-11-14 |
<reply>"Star Control II: The Ur-Quan Masters" is a science-fiction computer game. Source code for the 3DO version was released under the GPL, allowing the Ur-Quan Masters (UQM) project to port the game to modern operating systems. Packaged for Debian as uqm and uqm-content in <contrib> and <non-free> respectively (uqm-music and uqm-voice are recommended). http://sc2.sf.net/ |
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scala C: 2009-11-23 |
<reply>Scala is a <Java>-compatible programming language. Tools for development are packaged for Debian in scala. http://wiki.debian.org/Scala http://www.scala-lang.org/ #scala on irc.libera.chat. |
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scalability C: 2004-12-31 |
http://bulk.fefe.de/scalability/ |
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scale C: 2006-02-06 |
<reply> SCALE or Southern California Linux Expo is at the LAX Raddison Feb 10-11th, 2006. See http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/ for more details |
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scale 3x C: 2005-02-09 |
<reply> SCALE 3x is the Southern California Linux Expo #3 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. See http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/ |
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scanssh M: 2009-09-16 |
<reply>ScanSSH scans a list of addresses and networks for SSH/HTTP/SMTP servers and open proxies. It can display the SSH versions in use for an entire network. Packaged for Debian. http://www.monkey.org/~provos/scanssh/ See also <nmap>. |
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scarynetworkguy M: 2005-02-20 |
Do not meddle in the affairs of NetAdmins for they are subtle and quick to anger, or http://www.scarynetworkguy.net |
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sccs C: 2005-03-12 |
a version control system. There is a free workalike at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/cssc/; for Debian, apt-get install cssc |
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scene C: 2001-06-12 |
ftp://ftp.scene.org/pub/ |
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schedule C: 2001-01-29 |
at http://developer.kde.org/development-versions/kde-2.1-release-plan.html |
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schematic C: 2000-07-02 |
A great, though not GNU, schematic/pcb/spice editor designer thingie is at http://www.cadsoft.de <freeware> |
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scheme M: 2011-02-22 |
<reply>Scheme is the most elegant programming language, or the language with the most annoying syntax, or something that overuses your () keys, or the language with the smallest defining document, or the language with practically no syntax whatsoever. http://wiki.debian.org/Scheme http://www.schemers.org/ #scheme on irc.libera.chat. See also <mit-scheme>. |
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schroot M: 2016-10-03 |
<reply>schroot is an easy way of setting up a <chroot> in a way that can be treated as a session. If desired, modification to the chroot can be prevented using overlayfs or LVM snapshots, making it very convenient for building packages or simply running packages from other releases with minimal containment. See https://wiki.debian.org/Schroot and http://linuxgazette.net/150/kapil.html |
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scientific applications C: 2000-08-18 |
http://sal.kachinatech.com/index.shtml |
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sco M: 2009-05-07 |
Santa Cruz Operation, http://www.sco.com/, who failed suing everyone over Linux. The SCO that was doing the suing is actually Caldera, renamed to SCO (The SCO Group). The original SCO (Santa Cruz Operation) went bankrupt years ago and became Tarantella. EFAIL (cruel irony of errno.h), or http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2009050519075131 |
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scotty C: 2000-07-27 |
Tcl Extensions for Network Management Applications (http://wwwhome.cs.utwente.nl/~schoenw/scotty/) and one neat network management tool |
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scour C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply> the Scour media Agent is available at http://www.scour.net/General/Scour_Media_Agent/SMA_UNIX.phtml |
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scponly C: 2010-01-05 |
<reply>scponly is a restricted shell limiting user access to OpenSSH applications (scp, sftp). It can optionally operate chrooted, which requires a chroot jail for the user to be established; see /usr/share/doc/scponly/README.Debian and Debian bug #551868. http://sublimation.org/scponly/wiki/index.php/FAQ http://sublimation.org/scponly/wiki/ Removed from Debian post-Squeeze to resolve bug #650590. See also <rssh>. |
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scratchbox C: 2005-05-26 |
you can get this crosscompiler tools adding to sources.list -> deb http://scratchbox.org/debian/ ./ |
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screader C: 2000-09-26 |
<reply> a screen reader, based off screen. get it at ftp://ftp.leb.net/pub/blinux/screader/ |
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screen M: 2010-03-23 |
<reply>screen is a terminal multiplexor, allowing you to have n terminals and easily switch between them, add key bindings, scroll back, copy/paste and lets you resume all your sessions if your terminal dies or are disconnected. See /usr/share/doc/screen/README.Debian and ask about <screen tutorial>, <byobu>. See http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/GnuScreen to keep ctrl-a unbroken. http://www.gnu.org/software/screen #screen on irc.libera.chat. |
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screencasts C: 2010-09-23 |
<reply> Some programs to capture your screen are recordmydesktop, istanbul, pyvnc2swf, xvidcap (from deb-multimedia.org; ask me about <dmm>). See also http://wiki.ubuntu.com/ScreenCasts . |
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screenclean C: 2001-04-05 |
the all useful screen polisher and waxer. Makes your screen shiny, clean and it even removes scratches using Tim Warner's patented complex carbohydrate formula! http://www.pdalife.com |
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screenshot M: 2010-04-16 |
<reply> To take a screenshot of your current desktop, you can probably just hit the "PrintScreen" key on your keyboard (Gnome and KDE). Alternatives include ksnapshot, gnome-panel-screenshot, the Gimp's "Acquire->Screenshot", "import -window root screenshot.jpg" (imagemagick package), scrot, xwd. For framebuffer consoles, use fbcat. http://wiki.debian.org/ScreenShots http://screenshots.debian.net/ |
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scribus M: 2011-11-16 |
<reply>Scribus is an open source, cross-platform desktop publishing application. It can produce commercial grade output in PDF and PostScript. http://wiki.scribus.net/ http://www.scribus.net/ #scribus on irc.libera.chat. |
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scriptkiddie M: 2011-03-16 |
<reply>[script kiddie] A lamer who exploits others using various pre-written exploit scripts. They are uncreative individuals who only know how to download and run scripts written by someone else who actually knows something. The piles of strange entries in your SSH and Apache logs are from these sorts of morons. See the Script Kiddie HOWTO at http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/script-kiddy-HOWTO for more information. |
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scroogle C: 2008-02-02 |
http://www.scroogle.org/cgi-bin/scraper.htm a proxy that you can use to search google, but doesn't store search-term records or cookies, and deletes all access logs within 48 hours; or for SSL/encrypted google searching (useful at work!) see https://ssl.scroogle.org/sslnote.html and https://ssl.scroogle.org/ |
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scsi M: 2009-09-29 |
<reply>SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) is a standard data pathway used mostly for hard drives and CD-ROM drives, but also a common interface for scanners and sometimes printers. Ask me about <scsi firmware>, <scsi rescan>. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCSI |
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scsi connectors C: 2000-03-21 |
at http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/scsi_connecters.html |
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scummvm M: 2010-10-19 |
<reply>ScummVM is a cross-platform 2D adventure game intepreter. It supports many SCUMM-based titles, Sierra AGI/SCI titles and other game engines; see http://scummvm.org/compatibility/ for a complete list. http://scummvm.org/faq/ http://scummvm.org/ #scummvm on irc.libera.chat. See also <residualvm>. |
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sdate C: 2009-10-31 |
a program that wraps the libc localtime() and gmtime() functions to output the eternal September 1993 date. Packaged for Debian. http://www.df7cb.de/projects/sdate/ See also <usenet>, http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/S/September-that-never-ended.html |
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sdf M: 2009-06-24 |
the Simple Document Format, "the Author-Friendly Markup Language". http://www.mincom.com/mtr/sdf/ http://web.archive.org/web/20020802051524/http://www.mincom.com/mtr/sdf/ |
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sdl M: 2010-03-17 |
<reply>Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) is a cross-platform multimedia programming library. http://libsdl.org/ #sdl on irc.libera.chat. |
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sdl rename M: 2010-03-17 |
<reply>[sdl rename] The Debian SDL package rename (circa 2001) was a huge mess, caused by XFree86 releasing some libraries only as static, and some architectures cannot link static objects to shared ones. See http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2001/debian-devel-200110/msg00353.html for historical information. |
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sdo M: 2026-05-21 |
<reply>https://snapshot.debian.org/ is an archive of almost all Debian packages uploaded since 2005, including those removed from the official archives because they were very buggy, unusable, broken, vulnerable or in some way non-free. A CDN mirror exists: https://snapshot-cloudflare.debian.org/ https://www.debian.org/News/2010/20100412 |
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seagate C: 2009-01-20 |
<reply> Seagate Barracuda 7200.11, ES.2 and DiamondMax 22 models have potential firmware issues, check http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=207931 - the firmware update is known to toast 500 GB drives |
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seahorse M: 2009-12-09 |
<reply>Seahorse is a GNOME front-end for managing GPG and SSH keys. https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Seahorse |
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seamonkey M: 2014-02-16 |
<reply>SeaMonkey is a cross-platform Internet suite, a continuation of the unmaintained Mozilla Application Suite, based on the same source code. Formerly packaged for Debian as <iceape>. For help with upstream issues, ask #seamonkey on irc.libera.chat. http://www.seamonkey-project.org/ |
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search M: 2009-02-08 |
<reply>Please search for things rather than just asking, e.g. «apt-cache search regex», or with <aptitude search>. The following ways can locate packages that own a file (installed, or candidate for install): «dpkg -S /bin/foo», <apt-file>, <pdo> (online) and «/msg judd help file» (bot). <search dpkg> for factoids. See http://wiki.debian.org/WhereIsIt and ask me about <bot help>. See also <axi-search> <debtags> <dlocate>. |
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search dpkg M: 2010-09-01 |
<reply>You can search my database on the web at http://ircbots.debian.net/ or on IRC by asking me about <help listkeys> and <help-listvals>. My factoids are available at https://dpkg.donarmstrong.com/ in archives that are updated nightly and the previous 18 days are there. See also <search>. |
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search engine M: 2005-03-27 |
typically a Web site that compiles and indexes a large amount of stuff on the Web and lets you search through it in some orderly manner. Search engines have many different strategies for collecting data and presenting it. If you can't find something in one, try another. what are you doing here if you don't know what's a search engine? or see http://google.com for the reference search engine |
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second life M: 2010-04-02 |
<reply>Second Life is an online virtual world developed by Linden Lab. ITP the Linux client in Debian bug #406335. http://secondlife.com/ |
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second system effect C: 2011-10-14 |
<reply>The second-system effect refers to the tendency of small, elegant, and successful systems to have elephantine, feature-laden monstrosities as their successors. http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?SecondSystemEffect E.g. <GRUB2> |
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secpack M: 2008-12-05 |
<reply> secpack implements automatic security updates for Debian. To support unattended updates the system uses signatures to verify the authenticity and integrity of the upgrade packages. http://clemens.endorphin.org/secpack/, or see <unattended-upgrades> |
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sections M: 2016-08-14 |
<reply>Packages in the Debian archive are categorised by "sections" that describe their function: games, web, devel, net etc. The sections are sometimes arbitrary and unhelpful. See https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive#s-subsections and https://packages.debian.org/unstable/ |
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secure apt M: 2017-02-24 |
<reply>[apt-secure] Starting with version 0.6, <APT> performs signature checking of the Release file for all archives. See http://wiki.debian.org/SecureApt , "man apt-secure" and chapter 7 of the Securing Debian Manual (ask me about <securing debian>) for more information. The archive signing key can be found at https://ftp-master.debian.org/keys.html . See also <key>, <no public key>. https://wiki.debian.org/RepositoryFormat |
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secure boot M: 2021-02-22 |
<reply>Beginning with buster, the very basic bootloader (the "shim") is built by Debian and signed by Verisign/Microsoft with their key that is commonly preloaded on vendor firmwares (and is also used to sign the windows bootloader); the shim ships the debian trust root, and grub, the kernel, and the kernel modules for secure boot are signed with a Debian key -- see https://wiki.debian.org/SecureBoot |
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secure-linux C: 2001-02-02 |
security patch at http://www.openwall.com/linux/ |
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securecrt M: 2009-09-29 |
<reply>SecureCRT is a proprietary <SSH> and telnet client for Windows. http://www.vandyke.com/products/securecrt/ Ask me about <puTTY>. |
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securing debian M: 2009-12-08 |
<reply>The Securing Debian Manual describes the security of the Debian GNU/Linux operating system and within the Debian project. http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-manual/ Packaged for Debian as harden-doc. See also <manuals>. |
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securing debian manual C: 2018-04-17 |
<reply> I heard securing debian manual is https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ |
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security M: 2021-09-11 |
<reply>Put "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security trixie-security main contrib non-free" in your /etc/apt/sources.list file to keep up-to-date on security updates in <stable>. Run "apt update" and "apt upgrade" (or "apt full-upgrade" if the updates are kept back). Also ask me about <dsa>, <security backports>, <oldstable security>, <testing security>, <unstable security>, <browser security>. |
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security audit M: 2007-03-12 |
at http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/forum_message.html?forum=2&head=32&id=32 <broken link> |
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security bugs C: 2005-06-14 |
at http://qa.debian.org/bts-security.html |
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security erase C: 2022-08-31 |
<reply> An ATA operation that erases all data on a drive. Security erase restores <SSD> drives which suffer from <write amplification> to factory default write performance. To issue a security erase with <hdparm> see: https://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/ATA_Secure_Erase |
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security faq M: 2016-10-11 |
<reply>"The most important guideline when making a new package that fixes a security problem is to make as few changes as possible. ... moving to a new upstream version is not a good solution, instead the relevant changes should be backported." https://www.debian.org/security/faq |
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security mirror M: 2005-10-05 |
http://www.debian.org/security/faq#mirror, or there is a unofficial, temporary mirror to security.debian.org at ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-security use it at your own potential peril |
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security tips M: 2003-12-08 |
<reply>$who How to secure Debian: http://www.debian.org/doc/user-manuals#securing | Understand Debian's security: http://www.debian.org/security/faq | Subscribe (at least) to this list: http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/ |
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security tools C: 2006-11-12 |
<reply> some good security tools are packaged at http://midnightresearch.com/projects/debian-security-pkgs/ |
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security-howto C: 2005-08-30 |
at http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Security-HOWTO/ |
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security-upload C: 2016-09-01 |
<reply> Please read https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.html#bug-security |
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sed M: 2009-04-20 |
<reply>sed is a stream editor that can perform text transformations on a file or a pipeline. it is not that easy to learn but it is a very powerful tool once mastered. See http://sed.sf.net/ for detailed documentation, books, scripts, etc. Also ask me about <sed tutorial>. For advanced sed help, join ##sed on irc.libera.chat. |
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sed tutorial M: 2009-01-27 |
<reply>Sed takes a bit of getting used to: google "paolo bonzini sed", http://sed.sf.net/sed1line.txt http://sed.sf.net/grabbag/scripts/, or http://www.student.northpark.edu/pemente/sed/sed1line52.txt, or http://sed.sf.net/grabbag/tutorials/ |
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selfhtml C: 2000-04-04 |
a german guide to the html language or at http://www.teamone.de/selfhtml/ |
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selinux M: 2020-12-29 |
Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) is NSA's port of the FLASK Security Architecture to Linux. Also it can make your system unbootable if you uninstall it. http://wiki.debian.org/SELinux http://selinuxproject.org/ #selinux on irc.libera.chat. See also <apparmor>, <tomoyo>. |
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semplice M: 2012-11-15 |
<reply>Semplice is a GNU/Linux distribution based on Debian <unstable>. It is not suppored in #debian. http://semplice-linux.org/ See also <based on debian>. |
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sendmail M: 2009-08-10 |
<reply> Sendmail is one of the older Mail Transfer Agents, configurable using m4 and its own cf language. If you don't know why you want to use sendmail, consider using <postfix> or <exim> instead. Ask me about <mta comparison> for more information. http://www.sendmail.org/ #sendmail on irc.libera.chat. |
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september M: 2007-08-27 |
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=38678b4b.4522355%40supernews.sirius.com&output=gplain, or well, one could add that Christmas is worst nowadays, or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September |
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septor C: 2021-07-07 |
<reply>Septor is a linux variant based on Debian and TOR. It is not debian, and is not supported here. See https://sourceforge.net/p/septor/wiki/Home/ |
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sequencer C: 2005-01-16 |
A hardware or software midi playback system. If your soundcard doesn't have midi built in, try the Timidity package that is part of debian, or http://timidity.sourceforge.net |
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ser2net M: 2011-11-03 |
<reply>ser2net is a serial-to-network proxy, allowing TCP sessions (e.g. telnet) to be established with a remote system's serial ports. It supports RFC 2217. http://ser2net.sf.net/ |
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serial console M: 2010-07-29 |
<reply>A serial console can be used to administrate a system or capture kernel crash/panic information. https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/serial-console.html . You will also want your bootloader to use the serial console. See also <netconsole>. |
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services M: 2011-09-27 |
<reply>To view and alter system services, use one or more of <rcconf>, <sysv-rc-conf>, <update-rc.d>; or use ls, ln and mv in /etc/rc?.d/ . The /etc/services file provides a port numbers list, which is updated from http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers and other sources. The 'service' command (used to run an init script) is packaged for Debian in sysvinit-utils. See also <disable services>. |
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set default umask C: 2011-08-30 |
<reply> see http://wiki.debian.org/DebianDesktopHowTo -- in short: /etc/login.defs: UMASK 002; /etc/pam.d/common-session: session optional pam_umask.so umask=0002; and note gdm has a bug, so /etc/gdm/Xsession: umask 002 |
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set time M: 2016-08-25 |
<reply> To set the time on Debian systems, use date --set. The truly enlightened user, however, will install <ntp> to have their clock set automatically on reboot and slewed to match time servers. Also verify the system's UTC setting and set the correct time zone; ask me about <utc>, <timezone>. see systemd-timesyncd instead of installing ntp https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd-timesyncd |
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seti@home M: 2013-05-01 |
<reply>SETI@home is a volunteer grid computing project for analyzing radio telescope data. The SETI@home BOINC client is packaged for Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" as boinc-app-seti, availability is intended for Debian 7 "Wheezy" via wheezy-backports following its release. http://wiki.debian.org/BOINC http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/ #boinc on irc.libera.chat. |
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setuidgid C: 2002-09-06 |
at http://cr.yp.to/daemontools/setuidgid.html. |
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setup cvs C: 2004-01-02 |
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-vcs.en.html#s-cvs-inst |
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setup subversion M: 2009-06-25 |
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch10.en.html#_subversion |
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setup.exe M: 2009-10-16 |
<reply>setup.exe is a way of installing Debian from Windows using <CD1>, just insert the CD/DVD and let it AutoRun; packages are acquired from this media if available. You can also use it from a USB install. See http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch05s01#boot-win32 for more details. See also <win32-loader>. |
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seul-edu C: 2026-06-09 |
the SEUL Educational Project, http://www.seul.org/edu/ |
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severity C: 2012-11-09 |
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control#severity |
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sextips C: 2001-06-12 |
for hackers who dont have to be helpless chum in the dating-game shark pool. Eric S. Raymonds Sex Tips For Geeks can be found at http://catb.org/~esr/writings/sextips/ |
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sexuality M: 2003-05-09 |
a characteristic possessed by humans, not bots. See http://www.sexuality.org/ for details. |
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sexygeek C: 2001-01-22 |
http://www.sexygeek.org, homepage of the regular ipchains |
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sf M: 2004-06-04 |
sourceforge, at http://www.sourceforge.net, or san francisco |
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sfdc C: 2003-12-11 |
Security Forums Dot Com http://www.security-forums.com |
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sfgi C: 2006-05-26 |
see http://www.fuckinggoogleit.com |
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sfs M: 2004-10-28 |
secure file system at http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/Filesystems-HOWTO.html#ss9.24 Self-certifying File System, sorta like AFS and CODA, at http://www.fs.net |
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sftp M: 2012-08-17 |
<reply>sftp is a program that provides FTP-like functionality over an ssh2 tunnel and is usually what you should be using instead of ftp://ftp. Linux clients are in the packages openssh-client, filezilla, gftp and many file managers like dolphin, konqueror and nautilus. The server is in the package openssh-server. For Windows clients, ask me about <winscp>, <filezilla>. See also <scp> and <sshfs>. |
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sfwporn C: 2004-03-04 |
http://www.area29.com/sfwporn/ |
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sg M: 2013-07-06 |
Singapore (.sg), or the Linux SCSI Generic (sg) driver: http://kernel.org/doc/Documentation/scsi/scsi-generic.txt |
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sgi indy C: 2004-06-04 |
http://www.obsolyte.com/sgi_indy/ |
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sha1 C: 2016-03-17 |
Getting W: gpgv:/var/lib/apt/lists/[...]: The repository is insufficiently signed by key [...] (weak digest)? Read https://juliank.wordpress.com/2016/03/15/clarifications-and-updates-on-apt-sha1/ |
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shared object C: 2002-07-09 |
at http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-shobj/ |
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sharity M: 2000-05-08 |
at http://www.obdev.at/Products/Sharity.html, or a samba client |
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shayde C: 2001-01-03 |
just some guy, yaknow? He wrote some wanky app called Keystone (no, not the KDE one). http://www.stonekeep.com/ |
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shebang M: 2009-12-21 |
the "hash-bang" (#!) line at the start of a script that instructs the kernel which interpreter to use. Examples: "#!/bin/sh", "#!/usr/bin/perl -w". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebang_(Unix) |
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sheepshaver C: 2004-03-02 |
<reply> sheepshaver is a project that allows one to emulate m68k on various other archs. It's based on Basilisk II, the m68k emulator. It runs Mac OS 7-9. See http://www.uni-mainz.de/~bauec002/SheepShaver.html |
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shellter C: 2006-02-09 |
an <iptables>-based firewall. What sets it apart is its built-in SSH brute force protection. Not packaged for Debian. http://sf.net/projects/shellter |
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shn M: 2009-04-19 |
(aka shorten) - a <non-free> lossless audio encoding scheme commonly used to encode concert tapings: see http://research.umbc.edu/~hamilton/shnfaq.html. Sid packages for shn utils (and many other audio utils) are available at deb http://www.rarewares.org/debian/packages/unstable ./, or obsolete, ask me about <FLAC>. |
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shockdiode C: 2002-10-13 |
check out http://www.theepoxies.com |
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shockwave flash M: 2009-06-07 |
a confusing term for Adobe <Flash>, or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Shockwave#Branding_and_name_confusion and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWF |
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shorewall M: 2008-07-21 |
<reply>The Shoreline Firewall, more commonly known as "Shorewall", is a Netfilter (iptables) based firewall that can be used on a dedicated firewall system, a multi-function gateway/router/server or on a standalone GNU/Linux system. http://wiki.debian.org/HowTo/shorewall http://www.shorewall.net/ #shorewall on irc.libera.chat. |
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shoutcast M: 2010-06-14 |
<reply>SHOUTcast is a proprietary cross-platform streaming media server developed by Nullsoft. http://www.shoutcast.com/ See also <icecast>. |
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shroom C: 2001-09-15 |
<reply> are http://www.erowid.org/plants/mushrooms/mushrooms.shtml once said esko |
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shxd C: 2002-06-29 |
an enhanced version of hxd (a linux hotline server clone) created by Devin Teske. See http://synhxd.sf.net |
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si units C: 2001-12-08 |
new standard units for computer stuff by the people who do physics units... at http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html |
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siag C: 2000-03-25 |
A Free Office Package for Unix at http://siag.nu. It includes such gems as Pathetic Writer and Scheme In A Grid, and it's motto is "SIAG - It Sucks Less!" |
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sicp C: 2012-02-09 |
<reply> The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programming is a book used to teach introductory computer programming at MIT. The complete course, book, quizzes, answers, etc. is available on-line at http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/ . See also http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/docs/faq/guile-faq.html#How-do-I-make-foo_002escm-into-an-executable-script_003f |
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sid faq M: 2011-04-16 |
<reply> http://deb.li/sidfaq ; it doesn't hurt to read the FAQ, even if you are using <testing>. See also http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2009/08/msg00041.html and <sid upgrade test>. |
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sid timidity M: 2025-08-18 |
<reply> put http://brouits.free.fr/tmp/midia.cfg in /usr/share/timidity/patches/ |
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siduction M: 2021-07-07 |
<reply>siduction is a "rolling" distribution that is <based on Debian> sid. It is not supported in #debian. Try #siduction on irc.oftc.net, or their forums at https://forum.siduction.org/. https://siduction.org/ |
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siert C: 2002-04-13 |
at http://www.fraggles.nl |
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sieve M: 2001-01-06 |
a mail filtering language, used by cyrus-imap, or at http://www.cyrusoft.com/sieve/ |
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sig11 M: 2009-09-08 |
<reply>[sig11] Process Signal 11, SEGV (Segment Violation or Segmentation Fault). The program has been smacked down by the kernel for accessing memory outside its segment; indicates a bug in the software, or, with memory-intensive software like gcc, may indicate failing RAM. See the Sig11 FAQ at http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/ Also ask me about <memtest>. |
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sigkill C: 2006-12-24 |
<reply>Are you sure you want to use kill -9? What's wrong with -15, -2 and -1? See http://partmaps.org/era/unix/award.html#uuk9letter |
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signals C: 2005-01-04 |
http://www.frostbytes.com/~jimf/papers/signals/signals.html |
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signify C: 2008-05-28 |
a program which generates a random signature from a set of rules. http://signify.sf.net/ |
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silc M: 2002-08-22 |
Secure Internet Live Conferencing, IRC with encryption in short, see http://silc.pspt.fi/, or http://www.silcnet.org/ |
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siliconviper C: 2005-04-20 |
Chris Olstrom, casual programmer, systems administrator, and one of those people who dislikes 'distro zealotism'. Ask about <bonuspack>. More info on Chris at: http://colstrom.whatthefork.org/ and http://wiki.debian.org/ChrisOlstrom |
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sillypip C: 2016-09-23 |
<reply> never never ever sudo pip install things. https://notes.pault.ag/debian-python/ |
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silo M: 2010-07-04 |
<reply>SILO (SPARC Improved bootLOader) is used to boot GNU/Linux on Sun <SPARC> hardware. http://silo.auxio.org/ |
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simple-cdd C: 2007-11-14 |
<reply>http://wiki.debian.org/Simple-CDD |
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simpsons M: 2000-05-03 |
<reply> SIMPSONS RULE, DUDE!, or check http://www.snpp.com for an authoritative list on the simpsons' goodies :> |
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simputer C: 2002-07-22 |
http://www.simputer.org |
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simulate baudrate C: 2006-10-19 |
<reply> peterS's http://p12n.org/tmp/baud.c does the job perfectly |
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sinbad C: 2006-02-10 |
an ancient arabian legendary character coming from the "Arabian nights", or is the main programmer and founder of ogre3d ( http://www.ogre3d.org ) |
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sinfest M: 2006-03-12 |
at http://www.sinfest.net, or the greatest comic in the world |
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sing M: 2001-01-17 |
<reply> Heyyyyy, Macarena! || <reply> Everybody's got a water buffalo, yours is fast but mine is slow..... http://www.bpfh.net/stories/tcp-towers/water-buffalo.html || '\o Everybody wants a rock to wind a piece of string around '\o || <reply> Daisy, daisy, give me your answer do... |
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sip M: 2012-07-11 |
<reply>Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is an <IP> network protocol typically used for <VoIP> telephony. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Session_Initiation_Protocol |
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sirc M: 2009-07-16 |
a small and extensible <IRC> client written in Perl. http://www.iagora.com/~espel/sirc/sirc.html |
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sire C: 2003-12-07 |
at http://www.sire.com |
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sis M: 2011-04-10 |
<reply>Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) is a chipset manufacturer. For SiS 191 gigabit Ethernet adapter details, see <sis191>. The X driver for SiS and XGI Volari cards is packaged for Debian as xserver-xorg-video-sis, see http://www.winischhofer.net/linuxsisvga.shtml for details. The X driver for SiS USB-attached video devices is packaged as xserver-xorg-video-sisusb, see http://www.winischhofer.net/linuxsisusbvga.shtml for details. |
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sis191 M: 2011-04-10 |
<reply>The SiS 191 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (PCI ID 1039:0191) is supported by the sis190 Linux kernel module. It was previously not functional in Linux x86_64 kernels (2.6.26 through 2.6.30 inclusive) on systems with 4GB of RAM or more, due to the bug described at http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11509 ; corrected in mainline at Linux 2.6.31 and fixed in linux-2.6 2.6.26-20 (part of the <5.0.4> point release). |
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sisal C: 2026-06-09 |
a programming language, and is at http://www.llnl.gov/sisal/ |
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site C: 1970-01-01 |
http://ksteele.com/ipaq/memory-upgrade.html |
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site map C: 2018-04-02 |
<reply> The Debian website map is located at https://www.debian.org/sitemap |
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sitecopy C: 2002-05-25 |
an app that allows you to easily maintain remote Web sites. The program will upload files to the server which have changed locally, and delete files from the server which have been removed locally, keeping the remote site synchronized. FTP and WebDAV are supported. http://www.lyra.org/sitecopy/ |
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sitescooper M: 2000-10-17 |
at http://sitescooper.cx, or now at http://sitescooper.org |
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sixpack M: 2001-01-29 |
a graphic and command line bibliograhy database manager, that rocks! http://sourceforge.net/projects/sixpack/, or see screenshots at http://www.santafe.edu/~dirk/sixpack/ |
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siyh M: 2009-04-29 |
Sooner If You Help. How? http://qa.debian.org/ , http://wiki.debian.org/BSP |
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skanlite M: 2012-01-21 |
<reply>Skanlite is an image scanning application for KDE 4, based on libksane. It can be considered to be the replacement of <kooka>. http://userbase.kde.org/Skanlite . To determine if your scanner is supported, ask me about <sane>. |
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skins C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://skinz.org. Skins are available for nearly everything. |
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skipstone C: 2001-05-17 |
A GTK+ browser coded by muhri, available in WOODY or at http://www.muhri.net/skipstone |
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skolelinux M: 2009-04-09 |
<reply>Skolelinux is a Debian Pure <Blend> produced by the <Debian Edu> project, see http://www.skolelinux.org/ for more details. For user/admin support, join #skolelinux on irc.oftc.net. |
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sky cries mary M: 2000-06-04 |
like seeing god, or available as an mp3 stream (DSL speeds) http://166.90.148.106:8528, or at http://www.skycriesmary.com |
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skype M: 2013-06-11 |
<reply>Skype is a proprietary cross-platform <VoIP> service and application owned by Microsoft. Debian cannot distribute the application due to its license. See http://wiki.debian.org/skype and ask me about <skype amd64> for community-contributed information. Consider using free and secure alternatives: <ekiga>, <empathy>, <jitsi>, <linphone>. |
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skype amd64 M: 2020-08-26 |
<reply> Current offerings from skype.com (MS) include a native 64 bit version packaged for debian as a .deb -- see <skype> or https://wiki.debian.org/skype |
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skype squeeze C: 2012-12-31 |
<reply>To install <skype> in Debian 6.0 "Squeeze", you need to grab the "Generic Dynamic" version of Skype (not the .deb version), unpack the tarball and then install the required libraries with apt. For amd64, you also need to manually unpack some i386 libraries into the installation directory. See https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA12120/getting-started-with-skype-for-linux ("Downloading and installing Skype on Debian") for more information. |
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slackware M: 2006-02-16 |
a distribution made by Patrick. http://www.arouse.net/despair-linux/slackware.jpg . http://www.slackware.com/ ##slackware on irc.libera.chat. |
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slakware C: 2000-06-23 |
<reply> see a distribution made by Patrick. See ##slackware, or http://www.arouse.net/despair-linux/slackware.jpg |
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slartibartfast C: 2002-11-15 |
the legendary designer of earth's fjords who lives on the planet magrathea. http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/hitchhikers/guide/slartibartfast.shtml |
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slashdot_secrets C: 2000-06-14 |
a site at http://prunepatch.org/slashlist/ that lists all you'd ever want know about secret slashdot discussion pages. Enjoy -- Netsnipe |
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slashem C: 2026-06-09 |
Super Lotsa Added Stuff Hack - Extended Magic. Find it at http://slashem.cjb.net |
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slash_applet_fix C: 2000-10-14 |
perl -pi.bak -e '$from = "http://gnotices.gnome.org/gnome-news/rdf"; $to = "http://slashdot.org/slashdot.rdf"; $to .= chr(0) x (length($from)-length($to)); s/$from/$to/' `which slash_applet` |
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slate M: 2000-06-23 |
ask water, or http://arrow.cx/slate-home.html |
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slax C: 2022-05-27 |
<reply>Slax is a live usb distribution intended for persistent use, currently based on <bullseye>. It is not supported in #debian. Support is available from social media groups, see the https://wwww.slax.org/ footer. See also <based on debian>. |
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slayer C: 2001-08-30 |
at http://www.slayerized.com |
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sleepd M: 2013-03-19 |
<reply>sleepd is a daemon to put a laptop to sleep, when not being used or the battery is low. http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/sleepd/ |
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slicker C: 2002-12-17 |
a sexy new Kicker alternative for KDE. http://slicker.sourceforge.net |
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slim M: 2020-02-17 |
<reply>SLiM (Simple Login Manager) is a <display manager> based on Login.app. http://slim.berlios.de/ For Docker slim images like buster-slim, ask me about <docker-slim> |
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slink M: 2009-03-30 |
<reply> Slink (Debian GNU/Linux 2.1) was released March 1999. It is no longer supported. Ask me about <slink->potato>. Get old slink ISOs here: http://mirror.debianforum.de/debian-iso-archive/slink/i386/ http://wiki.debian.org/DebianSlink |
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slitaz C: 2009-06-21 |
<reply>SliTaz GNU/Linux is a Live CD mini-distribution, similar to Damn Small Linux. It is not supported in #debian. http://www.slitaz.org/ #slitaz on irc.alterinet.org. |
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slmodem M: 2009-06-24 |
<reply>The Smart Link software modem for Linux is packaged for Debian as sl-modem-daemon in <non-free>. A Linux kernel module is required: either ALSA's snd-atiixp-modem, snd-intel8x0m, snd-via82xx-modem (supports some PCI devices) or Smart Link's proprietary slamr/slusb built using Debian's sl-modem-dkms package (supports PCI and USB devices). Device is accessible as /dev/ttySL0. http://wiki.debian.org/slmodem |
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slrn M: 2009-06-15 |
<reply>[slrn] S-Lang read news, the <mutt>'s nuts of console newsreaders. Beside the usual features of a newsreader, slrn supports scoring rules to highlight, sort or kill articles based on information from their header. It is highly customizable, allows free key-bindings and can easily be extended using the sophisticated s-lang macro language. SSL support added in slrn 0.9.9~pre122-1. http://slrn.sf.net/ |
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sls M: 2001-01-02 |
the distribution that preceded Slackware. Buggier than Slack, too. super ls, an ls where _you_ control the outputformatting: echo 'deb http://limehouse.org woody main'>>/etc/apt/sources.list && apt-get update && apt-get install sls |
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slug M: 2010-01-25 |
the Sydney Linux User Group. Meetings are normally held on the last Friday of each month, at the University of Technology. http://www.slug.org.au/ #slug on irc.libera.chat. See also <nslu2>. |
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slurm M: 2012-01-11 |
<reply>slurm is yet another network load monitor, which provides realtime traffic statistics, detailed interface statistics and can monitor any kind of network interface. https://github.com/mattthias/slurm . See also <vnstat>. |
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sm56 C: 2011-01-06 |
<reply>The Motorola SM56 is a <HSP> software modem chipset. In Squeeze, the SM56 PCI II (PCI ID 1057:3052) is supported by the proprietary slamr driver (i386 only), ask me about <slmodem>. http://www.xmodem.org/chipsets/motorola/motorola_sm56pci.html |
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small-dvd C: 2009-03-23 |
<reply>Receiving incomplete files when downloading Debian DVD images? (i.e. reported size of 0.4 GB or 385 MB) See http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#small-dvd for the reason. Also ask me about <fat32> and <netinst>. |
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smart M: 2008-11-02 |
the opposite of stupid, or the opposite of straightforward and polite, or what I definitely am, or "Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology" used by some hard drive manufacturers to detect imminent drive failure; ask me about <smartd>. S.M.A.R.T. can also be unreliable, no reason to believe it blindly without further testing. http://research.google.com/archive/disk_failures.pdf |
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smart questions M: 2018-07-31 |
<reply> Asking the right question can be hard, and effective communication is easier if you give us extra information. https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html has some suggestions. The key points are: tell us what you actually did and what you were trying to achieve, provide the full command and full output in a <pastebin>. |
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smartcards C: 2013-12-09 |
<reply> http://wiki.debian.org/Smartcards |
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smarties C: 2001-06-05 |
http://www.smarties.com/faq.htm |
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smartmontools M: 2011-01-05 |
<reply>The smartmontools package provides the smartctl and smartd utilities, used to control/monitor devices supporting "Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology" built into modern ATA and SCSI hard disks. After installation, read /usr/share/doc/smartmontools/README.Debian for initial configuration and upstream recommendations. http://sf.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/wiki/FAQ http://smartmontools.sf.net/ |
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smb2 C: 2006-01-25 |
the new SMB (ask me about "smb"), and has been released by the Samba team in a testing phase (READ: NOT for production servers!!!) in the new Samba 4. http://us4.samba.org/samba/news/#4.0.0tp1 |
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smc M: 2007-10-22 |
the Self-Made Critic at http://www.brunching.com/selfmade/ Secret Maryo Chronicles is an Open Source two-dimensional platform game with a style designed similar to classic sidescroller games. which utilizes the platform independent libray, SDL and since Version 0.98 with the OpenGL accelerated Graphics Renderer developed in C++. http://www.secretmaryo.org/, or <SMC Networks> |
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smcwusb-g M: 2010-02-14 |
<reply> The "SMCWUSB-G EZ Connect" is a USB wireless LAN device manufactured by SMC Networks. For device support on Debian systems, ask me about <zd1211rw>. Not to be confused with the identically styled <smc2862w-g>. http://www.smc.com/index.cfm?event=viewProduct&localeCode=EN_USA&cid=5&scid=&pid=1545 |
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smil C: 2001-10-05 |
Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language, pronounced as "smile". Nice for creating multimedia presentations. Based on XML, check http://www.w3.org/AudioVideo/ |
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smiley C: 2002-07-19 |
http://www.cg.tuwien.ac.at/~helwig/smileys.html or http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/outerspace/netnews/smilies.html |
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smoothwall M: 2010-04-15 |
<reply>SmoothWall Express (formerly SmoothWall GPL) is the freely distributable version of SmoothWall, a Linux distribution providing a firewall configurable via a web browser. Neither it nor the commercial SmoothWall products are supported in #debian. http://www.smoothwall.org/ #smoothwall on irc.oftc.net. See also <ipcop>. |
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smos-linux M: 2013-12-31 |
<reply>SMOS (Scrypt Mining Operating System) is a Linux distribution based on Debian and BAMT. It is not supported in #debian. http://smos-linux.org/ See also <based on debian>. |
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smp M: 2011-04-27 |
<reply>Symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) is where a computer processes different instructions using multiple processors at the same time, in separate units (a form of parallel computing). http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/SMP-HOWTO.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symmetric_multiprocessing |
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smplayer C: 2009-08-08 |
<reply>SMPlayer intends to be a complete front-end for <MPlayer>, from basic features like playing videos, DVDs, and VCDs to more advanced features like support for MPlayer filters and more. FAQ: http://sf.net/apps/mediawiki/smplayer/index.php?title=FAQ . http://smplayer.sf.net/ #smplayer on irc.libera.chat. |
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smtp auth M: 2010-10-18 |
RFC2554, an ESMTP extension allowing authentication and security negotiation during an SMTP session. http://web.archive.org/web/20071014043621/http://members.elysium.pl/brush/smtp-auth/ . To test a MTA supporting SMTP AUTH, ask me about <swaks>. |
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smtp via telnet C: 2004-09-15 |
http://www.yuki-onna.co.uk/email/smtp.html |
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smug C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.smug.com/contents.html |
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smurf M: 2000-07-28 |
a little blue annoying thing. Especially when one has a hangover and they are singing. or an annoying network attack or check http://www.netscan.org for good smurf info, or a good weapon to use against the RIAA |
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smuxi M: 2009-10-14 |
<reply>smuxi (Smart MUltipleXed Irc) is an <irssi>-inspired IRC client for the <GNOME> desktop. The IRC session can run within the Smuxi server, allowing for <screen>-like detachment/reattachment. Written in C# and requires <mono>. http://www.smuxi.org/ #smuxi on irc.oftc.net. |
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smxi M: 2014-06-01 |
<reply>smxi is an interactive Debian system maintenance script; its sgfxi script module can install non-free graphics drivers. Not supported in #debian. http://smxi.org/ #smxi on irc.oftc.net. |
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sn9c20x M: 2010-09-11 |
<reply>sn9c20x is an out-of-tree Linux kernel driver (forked from the Syntek Linux Webcam drivers) providing support for non-UVC webcams using a SN9C201/SN9C202 bridge (e.g. devices from Microdia). http://repo.or.cz/w/microdia.git. Deprecated by the in-tree <gspca> sn9c20x sub-driver available since Linux 2.6.31. |
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sna C: 2000-12-23 |
a LAN protocol invented by IBM typicaly used in mainframe communication.. linux related info can be found at: http://www.linux-sna.org/ |
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snappy M: 2016-04-03 |
ubuntu's new package manager. http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/more-stable-future-ubuntu |
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snark C: 2001-10-02 |
at http://www.sans.org/newlook/resources/IDFAQ/knark.htm |
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snes9x M: 2011-03-14 |
<reply>Snes9x is a portable, freeware Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) emulator. Removed from Debian to resolve bug #617588 (RFP version 1.53 filed as #643595). http://www.snes9x.com/ See also <zsnes>. |
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snmp M: 2011-09-19 |
<reply>The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a standard for managing devices on IP networks. http://wiki.debian.org/SNMP |
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snoopy C: 2010-12-26 |
<reply>snoopy is a shared library used as a wrapper to the execve() function, useful for logging purposes by system administrators. Removed from Debian post-Lenny to resolve bug #587515, ask me about <auditd>. http://sf.net/projects/snoopylogger/ |
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snort M: 2010-10-26 |
<reply>Snort is a GPL-licensed open source network intrusion detection system, capable of performing real-time traffic analysis and packet logging on IP networks. It can perform protocol analysis, content searching/matching and can be used to detect a variety of attacks and probes. http://snort.org/snort/faq/ http://snort.org/ #snort on irc.libera.chat. |
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snoweb C: 2000-05-18 |
http://www.interlog.com/~gray/snoweb.html |
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soc M: 2010-03-19 |
<reply>[SoC] System-on-a-chip, or Summer of Code, a mentoring program created by Google, see http://code.google.com/soc and http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode . #gsoc on irc.libera.chat, #debian-outreach on irc.oftc.net. |
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social contract C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply>The Debian Social Contract is the document that defines Debian's purpose, see http://www.debian.org/social_contract Summary: Debian is a 100% free software platform suitable for running all software. |
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socket faq C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/socket/index.html |
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socketcan C: 2009-02-24 |
a set of open source CAN drivers and a networking stack contributed by Volkswagen Research to the Linux kernel. Formerly known as Low Level CAN Framework (LLCF). See http://developer.berlios.de/projects/socketcan/ |
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sockets M: 2014-02-05 |
used for commmunication between processes. For an introduction to sockets, and more specifically to network programming with sockets, see http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/socket/index.html |
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socks5 M: 2001-10-23 |
at http://www.socks.nec.com/. a pain in the butt to download |
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soekris C: 2004-01-15 |
a company that makes a router board with an optional box for DSL/Wireless/Other routers and access points, as well as small servers. See http://www.innercite.com/~mike/soekris for instructions on running debian on the soekris router. Also check out pebble at http://www.nycwireless.com/pebble . Their homepage is at http://www.soekris.com |
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softupdates M: 2001-04-07 |
<reply> are really neat and make journaling file systems seem low tech, and more information is available at http://www.mckusick.com/softdep/, or http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~ganger/papers/CSE-TR-254-95/ |
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software patents C: 2000-09-21 |
at http://www.freepatents.org |
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sogo M: 2011-03-03 |
<reply>SOGo is a <groupware> server based on OpenGroupware.org (OGo). Packaged for Debian since May 2012 (Debian bug #584073). http://sogo.nu/ |
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soi M: 2002-10-15 |
Silicon on Insulator a method of chip fabrication that could speed up tomorrow's processors hundredfold, or going to make computers as hella fast as Mr. T's truck. see http://www-3.ibm.com/chips/bluelogic/showcase/soi/ |
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solang C: 2010-03-29 |
<reply>Solang is a photo manager for <GNOME>. Never part of a stable release, removed from Debian to resolve bug #547506. http://projects.gnome.org/solang/ |
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solar neutrino problem C: 2000-04-05 |
check out http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jnb to find all about it |
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solaris 8 source code C: 2000-12-04 |
available for download from http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/source/. |
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solr C: 2011-03-13 |
<reply>Apache Solr is an open source enterprise search platform written in Java, from the Apache Lucene project. http://wiki.apache.org/solr/ http://lucene.apache.org/solr/ #solr on irc.libera.chat. |
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solusos M: 2016-06-21 |
<reply>SolusOS is a Linux distribution based on Debian <stable>. It is not supported in #debian, please see https://solus-project.com/community/ for support options or join #solus on chat.libera.chat. See also <based on debian>. |
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solydk C: 2013-09-06 |
<reply>SolydK is a GNU/Linux distribution <based on debian> with the KDE desktop environment. It is not supported in #debian. http://solydxk.com/products/solydk/ |
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solydx C: 2018-10-02 |
<reply>SolydX is a GNU/Linux distribution <based on debian> with the XFCE desktop environment. It is not supported in #debian. Check out http://solydxk.com/support to get support. |
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solydxk C: 2014-07-01 |
<reply>SolydX and SolydK are GNU/Linux distributions <based on debian>. They are not supported in #debian. http://solydxk.com/ |
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some funny shit C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.email.net/work-well-together.html |
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somegeek C: 2006-12-01 |
the creator of http://www.somegeek.info, famous as the valhalla for geeks that crave raw meat |
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soname C: 2006-08-01 |
a version number by shared libraries used to refer to the binary compatibility of a shared library's api. when the api changes in such a way as to potentially require code changes by clients of the library, the soname changes. also see the Debian Shared Library Packagin guide: http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/column/libpkg-guide/libpkg-guide.html#sonameapiabi |
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sonata M: 2009-06-04 |
a GTK+ client for the Music Player Daemon. http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/Client:Sonata/FAQ http://sonata.berlios.de/ See also <mpd>. |
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songbird M: 2010-04-06 |
<reply>Songbird is a desktop web player, digital jukebox and web browser. Not in Debian, see http://bugs.debian.org/412437 for the <RFP>. Linux support dropped as of version 1.7.2, see http://blog.songbirdnest.com/2010/04/02/songbird-singing-a-new-tune/ . http://www.getsongbird.com/ #songbird on irc.mozilla.org. |
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sonic M: 2016-03-10 |
<reply>A hedgehog, or a collection of networking software components required to have a fully functional L3 device that can be agnostic of any particular Linux distribution. https://github.com/Azure/SONiC/blob/gh-pages/FAQ.md |
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sonoma C: 2004-11-11 |
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/mobile/display/20030920013030.html |
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sony M: 2010-10-20 |
<reply>Sony is a very screwed up company, or someday you will drive your Sony to the Sony to pick up some more Sony. "Most people, I think, don't even know what a rootkit is, so why should they care about it?" - Thomas Hesse of Sony BMG, November 2005. See also <playstation>, <vaio>. http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Sony |
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sopwith C: 2003-03-26 |
a brilliant 20 years old computergame: http://sourceforge.net/projects/sdl-sopwith/ |
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sound blaster M: 2010-12-20 |
<reply>Sound Blaster is a family of sound cards produced by Creative Technology (aka Creative Labs). Ask me about <x-fi>, <audigy>, <sblive>, <sblivedell>. http://connect.creativelabs.com/opensource/ |
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sound-juicer C: 2009-11-07 |
<reply>Sound Juicer is an audio CD extractor/ripper for <GNOME>. See /usr/share/doc/sound-juicer/README for answers to common problems. The GStreamer LAME plugin is required to provide the "CD Quality, MP3 (mp3 audio)" output format option, ask me about <lame>. http://burtonini.com/blog/computers/sound-juicer |
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soundconverter C: 2010-10-19 |
<reply>SoundConverter is a <GNOME> utility for audio file conversion, able to read any <GStreamer> supported format. The GStreamer LAME plugin is required to enable MP3 output, ask me about <lame>. http://soundconverter.berlios.de/ |
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soundtouch C: 2004-11-15 |
an Audio Processing Library that can be found at this adress : http://sky.prohosting.com/oparviai/soundtouch/ |
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soundtracker M: 2011-05-04 |
<reply>SoundTracker is a <GNOME> application for creating music, by rearranging sound samples into "tracks". http://www.soundtracker.org/ Removed from Debian post-Lenny to resolve bug #559525. |
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source judd M: 2023-03-15 |
<reply>Judd uses a local instance of the Ultimate Debian Database <udd> for packages data. Piccy uses various data files scraped out of the kernel, kernel modules and xorg packages. Source code for these plugins can be found at https://salsa.debian.org/debian-irc-team/judd |
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source mage M: 2011-06-15 |
<reply>Source Mage GNU/Linux is a source-based distribution forked from Sorcerer. http://www.sourcemage.org/ #sourcemage on irc.libera.chat. |
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source package M: 2010-04-01 |
<reply>A source package is a set of files used to make a Debian binary <package>. The main file is the Debian source control file (<dsc>) which lists the other required files; use "dget http://.../foo.dsc" (see <devscripts>) to download the dsc and all referenced files. There is also a <tarball> and (usually) patches in <diff.gz> or <debsrc3.0> format. The dsc contains checksums and is cryptographically signed by the uploader. <policy> <nmg> |
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source upload C: 2016-01-30 |
<reply>The <source package> can be uploaded without the binary packages and *all* the binary packages, including those that are Architecture:all can then be built on the buildd. https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2015/08/msg00007.html https://wiki.debian.org/SourceOnlyUpload |
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sourceforge M: 2008-08-09 |
an insecure site http://www.sf.net, sponsored by VA Linux, they will give your project free webspace, cvs, email, ftp, bug tracking and much more. Many projects are moving there, because it's a nice and easy way to get everything in one free package, and makes starting projects much simpler, so you can focus on the project, not the administration of it. It doesn't work if you've signed up recently! Grr!, or irc.slashnet.org #sourceforge |
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sources file C: 2017-02-24 |
<reply>The Sources file in a Debian <repository> is an index of all the source packages that are available for a particular release. It contains metadata about the package such as versions, build-dependencies and the file <hashes>; the hash of the Sources file is cryptographically checked using the <Release file>. See https://wiki.debian.org/RepositoryFormat or ask me about <secure apt>. |
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sources.list examples C: 2021-08-16 |
<reply>Some examples and further explanation of sources.list can be found in the wiki: https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList#Examples . See also <sources.list> . |
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sox M: 2013-05-06 |
<reply>Sound eXchange (SoX) is the swiss army knife of sound processing. Essentially <imagemagick> for audio: a command line utility for converting files of various computer audio formats into other formats, files can also be played and recorded. Install the suggested libsox-fmt-all package for all free SoX format libraries. http://sox.sf.net/Docs/FAQ http://sox.sf.net/ |
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space indenters C: 2001-04-12 |
a fun game at http://www.derkarl.org/~neil/spaceindenters.html |
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spaceballs M: 2002-12-13 |
<reply> What? you don't already know about spaceballs? Figure out why apt's schwartz is bigger than yours. Rent or buy it today. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094012/ |
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spacemoose C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.spacemoose.com |
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spam M: 2008-07-08 |
a preferred environment. SPAM; Shut up, You damn Vikings! SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM, to destroy it, try <spamassassin> (spamd+spamc), <bogofilter>, <razor>/<pyzor>, <crm114> (but be ready to train it for a week), <dspam>, http://www.craphound.com/spamsolutions.txt . See also <greylisting>, <spf>, <list spam>. |
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spamassassin M: 2010-06-25 |
<reply>SpamAssassin is a <spam> filter utilizing content matching rules. Read /usr/share/doc/spamassassin/README.Debian.gz after package installation. If installed, <razor> will be automatically used. http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/FrequentlyAskedQuestions http://spamassassin.apache.org/ #spamassassin on irc.libera.chat. |
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spamcop M: 2000-08-18 |
a service on the 'net that parses spam you've received and lets you complain to the respective ISPs with a single click, or at http://www.spamcop.net |
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spamfilter C: 2005-01-20 |
Spam filtering is best done at SMTP time, for a howto (mostly for exim4, also works for other MTAs) go to http://slett.net/spam-filtering-for-mx/ |
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spam_filtering C: 2004-07-25 |
<reply>http://www.xmission.com/~jmcrc/spamfilter20040701.html |
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spanish M: 2020-04-02 |
<reply> Este canal es de soporte técnico en Inglés para Debian. Si prefiere que el soporte sea en Español, puede ingresar en #debian-es tecleando /join #debian-es en la línea de chat. - https://lists.debian.org/debian-user-spanish/ |
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sparc M: 2014-05-15 |
<reply>SPARC is the CPU architecture used in Sun Microsystem's proprietary hardware (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPARC). To install Debian, ask me about <install guide> and see http://wiki.debian.org/PortsSparc ; the <sparc32> port has been retired and the sparc64 port has been removed from <testing> (bug #745938). For help with Debian on SPARC, join #debian-sparc on irc.oftc.net. |
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sparc audio C: 2002-04-22 |
http://www.dementia.org/~shadow/sparcaudio.html "Everything you wanted to know about audio for Sun SparcStations and clones running Linux, and then some." |
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sparc32 M: 2010-12-01 |
<reply>The sparc32 port of Debian was dropped after the release of 4.0 "Etch". http://wiki.debian.org/Sparc32 http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/News/2007/20070721 . The sparc64 port is still supported for Debian 7 "Wheezy", ask me about <sparc>. |
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sparkylinux C: 2013-04-05 |
<reply>SparkyLinux is a Linux distribution based on <testing>. It is not supported in #debian or #debian-next. http://sparkylinux.org/ https://forum.sparkylinux.org/ See also <based on debian> or <install debian> for a distro with IRC support. |
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sparse file M: 2014-10-09 |
a type of computer file that attempts to use file system space more efficiently when blocks allocated to the file are mostly empty. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparse_file |
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spdif C: 2001-02-08 |
Sony Philips Digital InterFace, usualy a coaxial connection (RCA Phono) the Optical verson is known as TOSLINK. Get your kernel patch to enable this on an sblive from http://emu10k1.fsck.tv |
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spdif patch C: 2001-02-08 |
at http://sblive.fsck.tv |
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speakup C: 2001-01-01 |
<reply> a set of kernel modules for linux that enables blind people to work at the linux console directly. see http://linux-speakup.org for details. |
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specperl C: 2000-01-11 |
at http://www.keck.ucsf.edu/~kvale/specPerl/ or a big timesaver if you want to make a reasonably complex perl/Tk interface |
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spectre M: 2018-01-07 |
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5753 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5715 |
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speedtouch 330 M: 2009-07-13 |
<reply>The SpeedTouch 330 (formerly SpeedTouch USB) is an ADSL modem. Requires non-free firmware and configuration for use on Debian systems, see http://wiki.debian.org/Speedtouch330 and http://linux-usb.sourceforge.net/SpeedTouch/ . br2684ctl is packaged for Debian. |
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speex M: 2009-05-15 |
<reply>Speex is an audio codec by <Xiph>, designed for compressing voice at low bit-rates. http://www.speex.org/ |
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spf M: 2010-10-14 |
<reply>Sender Policy Framework (formerly Sender Permitted From) is an e-mail validation system for preventing <spam>. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sender_Policy_Framework http://www.openspf.org/ #spf on irc.perl.org. |
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spi C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply>Software in the Public Interest (SPI) is the umbrella organization for Debian and other Free Software projects. http://www.spi-inc.org/ |
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spice M: 2009-05-02 |
a circuit simulation tool, check out spice opus at http://www.fe.uni-lj.si/spice/welcome.html for a small f free implementation of SPICE, or gnucap - gnu circuit analysis package |
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spiffy C: 2002-09-29 |
at http://oralse.cx/ |
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spinlock metering C: 2026-06-09 |
the runtime recording of data about spinlock usage -- how often each spinlock is acquired by each locker and held for how long, how often an acquisition attempt faced contention and had to wait because someone else owned that spinlock, and how much wait-time passed before the lock was released and the contention went away. It's at http://oss.sgi.com/projects/lockmeter/download/ |
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spinning C: 2001-03-18 |
at http://spinning.be |
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spirallinux C: 2023-07-17 |
<reply>SpiralLinux https://spirallinux.github.io/ is a desktop-focused distro <based on debian> with multiple "editions" for different desktop environments. It is not supported in #debian. Support is available on a forum: https://github.com/orgs/SpiralLinux/discussions See also <they don't know> |
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spl M: 2001-02-08 |
the seattle public library and is at telnet://spl.lib.wa.us. Splay PlayLister and avaiable at http://spl.doesntexist.com |
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splashy M: 2010-10-27 |
<reply>Splashy is a user-space boot splash program (no Linux kernel patching required). Not part of the Squeeze release due to Debian bug #599245. http://splashy.alioth.debian.org/wiki/faq http://splashy.alioth.debian.org/ Removed from Debian to resolve bug #648063, ask me about <plymouth>. |
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split access M: 2006-05-19 |
when you have two networks connected to the same computer, with their separate default gateways, the first step in loadbalancing, http://yellowpigs.net/computers/multiple_subnets , or http://lartc.org/howto/lartc.rpdb.multiple-links.html |
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splitfire M: 2000-02-29 |
an incredible script for EPIC, making it usable as a irc-client. Web site: http://www.innerx.net/~nuke. Debian package: epic4-script-splitfire, or the best script for epic4 |
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splitvt C: 2001-06-11 |
a program that takes any vt100 terminal window and splits it into two horizontal shell windows, one on top of the other which can be found at http://www.devolution.com/~slouken/projects/splitvt/ |
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sponsor M: 2010-05-02 |
a DD that uploads a package prepared by a maintainer that is not (yet) a DD, therefore trusting, verifying (hopefully) and accepting responsibility for the maintainer's work. See http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/new-maintainer#mentors |
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sprunge.us C: 2014-07-26 |
a sophisticated command line pastebin hosted at http://sprunge.us/ with simple usage: command | curl -F 'sprunge=<-' http://sprunge.us |
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spurious 8259a interrupt M: 2004-11-11 |
see http://search2.intel.com/corporate/default.aspx?culture=en-US&q=spurious+8259a&x=0&y=0 |
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sql M: 2000-09-01 |
Structured Query Language. This is a type of relational database that features data in rows and columns. Each row represents a record. Each column is a field. Most serious database solutions today use some form of SQL to store and access large quantities of data quickly and reliably. http://www.arsdigita.com/books/sql/ |
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sql tutorial C: 2000-02-03 |
at http://w3.one.net/~jhoffman/sqltut.htm |
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sqlite M: 2004-08-18 |
<reply> SQLite is a very fast, simple, embedded relational database _library_ implementing a fairly large subset of SQL. Tiny footprint; stores entire schema in a single flat binary file. Typeless. Annoying row size limit. Robust transaction support. No views, stored procedures or triggers. http://sqlite.org/ |
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sqlite cookies M: 2009-02-13 |
<reply>To use cookies from Iceweasel 3 with curl or wget, you first need to export the cookie from the browser's sqlite database. Obtain the cookie and make your own cookies.txt file with: javascript:prompt("Cookie:", document.cookie); or you can use a Firefox extension https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8154 to do this. |
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squash hunting C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.public.iastate.edu/~jvandyk/squashhunt.html |
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squashfs M: 2009-06-22 |
<reply>SquashFS is a compressed read-only filesystem for Linux, merged with mainline at Linux 2.6.29. Utilities for creating and appending to SquashFS filesystems in the squashfs-tools package. http://squashfs.sf.net/ |
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squeak M: 2000-04-24 |
a free Smalltalk implementation written in Smalltalk. Get it at http://squeak.org/, or debs are at ftp://st.cs.uiuc.edu/pub/Smalltalk/Squeak/2.8 |
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squeeze M: 2014-04-17 |
<reply> Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" was released on 2011-02-06: http://www.debian.org/News/2011/20110205a . Security support for Squeeze ended on 2014-05-31, but ask me about <squeeze-lts>. Squeeze is the three-eyed space alien. See http://wiki.debian.org/DebianSqueeze ; ask me about <install squeeze> <squeeze release notes> <lenny->squeeze>. Currently <6.0.10>. Not to be confused with the <Xfce> archive manager. |
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squeeze installation guide C: 2011-02-05 |
<reply>The Installation Guide for Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" can be found at http://www.debian.org/releases/squeeze/installmanual . See also <squeeze errata>, <squeeze release notes>. |
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squeeze kernel M: 2010-01-25 |
<reply>Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" released with Linux 2.6.32, it does not have kernel mode setting enabled by default. See http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2009/10/msg00003.html and ask me about <KMS>. See also <squeeze udev>, <kernel abi>. |
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squeeze release notes M: 2011-02-05 |
<reply>Release Notes for Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" are at http://www.debian.org/releases/squeeze/releasenotes . See also http://bugs.debian.org/release-notes and http://wiki.debian.org/NewInSqueeze . Also ask me about <errata>, <i-g>, <install squeeze>, <lenny->squeeze>. |
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squeeze security M: 2014-04-17 |
<reply>Squeeze security support ended on 2014-05-31, but ask me about <squeeze-lts>. Put "deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free" in your /etc/apt/sources.list file to keep up-to-date on security updates in <oldoldstable>. Run "aptitude update" and "aptitude upgrade" (or "aptitude full-upgrade" if the updates are kept back). Also ask me about <lifespan>. |
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squeeze sources.list M: 2016-03-08 |
<reply>A suitable /etc/apt/sources.list for Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" has two lines: "deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main" "deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-lts main". Put "Acquire::Check-Valid-Until false;" in /etc/apt/apt.conf and run «aptitude update». Also see <deb-src> <contrib> <non-free> <squeeze-lts> <squeeze-updates> and "man sources.list". |
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squeeze udev M: 2010-10-20 |
<reply> As of <udev> version 150 (i.e. squeeze), Linux kernel 2.6.27 or later is required for correct operation. As of udev 163, you should be able to accept this warning message and complete the dist-upgrade to squeeze. Ensure that you have the current squeeze kernel installed (aptitude versions '~nlinux-image~i') prior to rebooting. See also <squeeze kernel>, <kernel abi>, http://bugs.debian.org/571255 |
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squeeze-backports M: 2013-06-03 |
<reply>Selected packages intended for the "Wheezy" (7.x) release of Debian but recompiled for use with "Squeeze" (6.0) can be found in the "squeeze-backports" repository. A suitable line for your sources.list is «deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian-backports/ squeeze-backports main». squeeze-backports will continue to be supported for the lifetime of <squeeze-lts>. Also ask me about <bdo>. |
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squeeze-lts M: 2014-06-02 |
<reply>Volunteer-provided security support for Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" ended on 2016-02-29 for a limited set of packages for i386 and amd64. An appropriate line for your sources.list is «deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-lts main». |
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squeeze-updates M: 2011-09-19 |
<reply>squeeze-updates is a suite providing updates to some packages (from <oldstable-proposed-updates>) prior to a <point release>. All packages from squeeze-updates will be included in point releases. The stable-updates suite replaces the Debian Volatile archive starting from Debian 6.0. http://www.debian.org/News/2011/20110215 . Not to be confused with <squeeze/updates>, see <squeeze security>. |
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squelch C: 2002-08-14 |
an Ogg Vorbis player written by rikkus. See http://rikkus.info/squelch.html |
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squid M: 2010-12-21 |
<reply>Squid is a caching web proxy supporting HTTP/S, FTP and others. Debian's squid packages are not built with SSL support (Debian bug #180886), ask about <package rebuild> and supply "--enable-ssl" for this. See also <squid deb caching>, <transparent proxy>. /usr/share/doc/squid{,3}/* http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq http://squid-cache.org/ #squid on irc.libera.chat. |
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squid forwarding C: 2000-03-25 |
http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/FAQ/FAQ-4.html#ss4.9 |
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squidguard M: 2010-01-07 |
<reply>squidGuard is a combined filter, redirector and access controller plugin for <Squid>. http://www.squidguard.org/ Not anticipated to be released with Squeeze, see Debian bugs #553319 and #563967. |
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squirrelmail M: 2009-11-12 |
a GPL-licensed <webmail> application, written in PHP. http://wiki.debian.org/SquirrelMail http://www.squirrelmail.org/ |
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sridhar C: 2004-10-20 |
'I have a homepage http://cs.annauniv.edu/~rsridhar' |
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srm M: 2022-09-15 |
<reply>Short for "Stable Release Manager", a member of the Release Team - see Debian's Organizational Structure for details. https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/ReleaseTeam https://www.debian.org/intro/organization |
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srs C: 2004-02-18 |
the Sender Rewriting Scheme, at http://spf.pobox.com/srs.html -- also, ask me about "spf". |
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sry M: 2005-09-10 |
Sorry, or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRY |
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ssh chroot C: 2003-06-18 |
Stop. Read http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/121/325425/30/0/ and think it through a little more. This is hard, massively wasteful of disk space, and almost certainly a waste of time. |
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ssh install M: 2010-03-18 |
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch06s03#network-console (obsolete article at http://www.underhanded.org/papers/debian-conversion/remotedeb.html). See also <hd-media>, <debootstrap>. |
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ssh permissions M: 2010-06-16 |
<reply>You cannot use your ssh key if the permissions are set on your client so that someone else can steal it, or if the permissions on the remote machine permit someone else adding keys. On the client: chmod 755 ~/; chmod 700 ~/.ssh; chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_rsa. On the server: chmod 755 ~/; chmod 700 ~/.ssh; chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys See also <ssh-copy-id>. http://mywiki.wooledge.org/SshKeys |
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ssh tunneling M: 2010-12-11 |
http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/facilities/faqs/SSHTunnelingUnix.html , or http://www.google.com/search?q='ssh+tunneling' , or http://www.debian-administration.org/article/38/Tunneling_connections_securely_with_SSH |
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ssh without passwd M: 2009-08-04 |
<reply>(1) on the client: ssh-keygen -t rsa (2) ssh-copy-id server.example.com. Ask me about <keychain> and <ssh-askpass> for ways of storing your ssh key's passphrase between uses. If you are wanting to use ssh to allow root logins for rsync backups (or something similar to that) then you might want to limit what this key can do and from where you can use it, see http://www.nanonanonano.net/linux/rootrsync for one approach. |
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ssh-vulnkey C: 2008-05-14 |
a tool to identify known weak ssh keys (ask me about <dsa1571>, <dsa1576>). It is found in the openssh-client package since version 4.3p2-9etch1; you will need to "aptitude update && aptitude dist-upgrade" to also install the new openssh-blacklist package. See http://wiki.debian.org/SSLkeys for usage. |
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sshfaq C: 2003-08-14 |
The SSH FAQ, located at http://www.employees.org/~satch/ssh/faq/ |
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sshfs M: 2012-02-27 |
<reply>sshfs is a <FUSE>-based filesystem using <SSH> for securely mounting remote resources. See http://fuse.sf.net/sshfs.html and http://sf.net/apps/mediawiki/fuse?title=SshfsFaq for more information. Remember to add yourself to the 'fuse' group. If you have problems with stale sshfs mounts, set ServerAliveInterval 30 (for 30 seconds) in /etc/ssh/ssh_config or ~/.ssh/config. |
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ssi C: 2026-06-09 |
Server Side Include, a Good Thing in a web server. or at http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/docs/tutorials/includes.html#Format |
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ssl-check C: 2001-01-30 |
at https://www.fortify.net/sslcheck.html |
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ssmtp M: 2009-12-06 |
<reply>sSMTP is an extremely simple <MTA> to get mail off the system to a mailhub. It does not receive mail, expand aliases or manage a queue. http://wiki.debian.org/sSMTP . See also <nullmailer>. |
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ssp M: 2004-03-19 |
http://www.research.ibm.com/trl/projects/security/ssp/ |
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ssus C: 2000-06-05 |
http://boarder2.phrozen.org/~serf/ssus-1.2.14.tar.gz |
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ssx C: 2002-10-08 |
at http://slash.com.org |
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stable M: 2009-03-31 |
<reply>[stable] The status of a Debian release when no packages will be added or version-bumped, and changes will only fix security issues and critical bugs. Packages can be removed in rare circumstances. The current stable version of Debian is Trixie (13.x); ask me about <releases>. Security bugs are fixed in stable by backporting the fix to the stable version (ask me about <security backports>). https://wiki.debian.org/DebianStable |
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stable security issues M: 2010-05-15 |
<reply> http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/status/release/stable |
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stable-proposed-updates M: 2012-03-12 |
<reply>stable-proposed-updates is a repository containing packages being prepared for the next <point release>. While they have already been tested, your additional testing is most welcome prior to wider release. http://www.debian.org/releases/proposed-updates http://release.debian.org/proposed-updates/stable.html . See also <oldstable-proposed-updates>, <testing-proposed-updates>. |
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stack smashing C: 2003-01-25 |
a popular way to get a certain process to execute arbitrary instructions with the process' privileges. Usually stack smashing is achived through buffer overflow which is caused by coding error by the programmers. Many remote exploits are made possible by stack smashing privileged process. Aleph1's article in Phrack is widely regarded as the bible in stack smashing: http://www.phrack.com/show.php?p=49&a=14 |
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staind C: 2000-06-26 |
an amazing 'new metal' band discovered by free durst (see fred durst). They sound nothing like Bizkit. The lyrics are amazing and actually show emotion and the instruments are also amazing. http://www.staind.com (ask apt about fred durst) |
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stampede M: 2011-05-04 |
<reply>Stampede Linux was a PGCC compiled, i586 optimized distribution. http://replay.web.archive.org/20020802164606/http://www.stampede.org/news.php3 |
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stamps C: 2000-09-02 |
https://www.stampsonline.com:443/ordering/index.htm |
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stardudes C: 2001-04-12 |
<reply> are the StarWars series recreated and dudified in flash at: http://www.dudestudios.com/stardudes.htm |
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starfighter C: 2006-07-28 |
a 2d shoot 'em up game with sweet graphics and trancy tunes that requires SDL. Homepage: http://www.parallelrealities.co.uk/ To waste lots of time and have fun doing it at the same time, type: apt-get install starfighter |
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startups C: 2001-01-20 |
<reply> http://www.fuckedcompany.com/ |
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status of unstable C: 2007-10-15 |
at http://wiki.debian.org/Status/Unstable |
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statuspage malte C: 2001-03-11 |
http://xray.mine.nu/status.php |
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statuspage triskelios C: 2001-03-12 |
http://kainga.quasarnet.org/~trisk/mydesktop.shtml |
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steam M: 2023-09-28 |
<reply>Steam is a proprietary content delivery and management application for PC software with Linux support. In Debian 12 and up on amd64, enable <contrib> as well as <multiarch> and install the 'steam-installer' package. Users of the proprietary nvidia driver will also need nvidia-driver-libs:i386. http://wiki.debian.org/Steam |
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steamos C: 2013-12-14 |
<reply>SteamOS is an operating system released by Valve as a gaming platform, based on Arch Linux. It is not supported in #debian, support is available at http://support.steampowered.com/ . |
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stepmania M: 2009-07-16 |
<reply>StepMania is a rhythm video game engine, originally a Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) simulator. Not packaged for Debian, see Debian bugs #200715 and #201448. http://www.stepmania.com/ |
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steve case C: 2026-06-09 |
founder of the AOL, a huge corporation, that provides many 1am3 people with access to the internet as well as useless chat. http://www.aol.com |
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stfw M: 2005-05-24 |
Search The Fucking Web, a modern incarnation of <RTFM>. http://google.com/ http://www.google.com/help/index.html http://groups.google.com/ http://unix.rulez.org/~calver/pictures/bart.gif http://tldp.org/ |
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stick figure death theater C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.sfdt.com/ |
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stickers M: 2010-12-08 |
http://www.debian.org/events/material#stickers , http://debian.ch/merchandise/ . See also <debian logo>, <merchandise>. |
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stinky public licenses C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply> why standard licenses are a Good Thing: http://pobox.com/~graydon/stinky.html |
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stl M: 2003-02-06 |
the Standard Template Library, or http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/ |
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stoned M: 2007-02-23 |
<action> sits in a corner rocking singing "jingle bells, jingle bells" quietly to himself with an evil grin on his face... as he touches himself ever so slightly... http://stoned.is.dreaming.org |
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stoners C: 2001-01-02 |
found at http://members.nbci.com/_XMCM/awol4life/index.html and include Phreakazoid and crew |
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stop prozilla M: 2010-05-04 |
http://dominia.org/djao/limitipconn2.html -- an <Apache> module to limit concurrent connection from a single IP address. |
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stormix M: 2010-03-14 |
<reply>Stormix was a company producing the "Storm Linux" distribution, based on Debian. The company filed bankruptcy and was closed in January 2001. http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000226 |
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stormpkg C: 2000-03-14 |
a graphical interface for apt, available from http://www.stormix.com/ |
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stow M: 2010-02-03 |
a nifty program used to manage a /usr/local/ hierarchy. It keeps all the programs separate, so you can install and remove them without playing the "which program does that file belong to" game; ask me about <stow usage>. http://www.gnu.org/software/stow . See also <usrlocal>, <uupdate>, <checkinstall>. |
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stretch M: 2017-06-17 |
<reply>Stretch is the codename for Debian 9, released 2017-06-17. "Stretch" is the rubber octopus in Toy Story 3, see http://wiki.debian.org/DebianStretch . Ask me about <install stretch>, <release notes>, <stretch->buster>, <elts>. |
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stretch backports C: 2017-10-22 |
<reply>Some packages intended for Buster (Debian 10) but recompiled for use with "Stretch" (9.x) can be found in the "stretch-backports" repository. See http://backports.debian.org/Instructions/ . A suitable line for your sources.list is "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ stretch-backports main". Also ask me about <bdo>. |
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stretch freeze M: 2017-02-06 |
<reply>Stretch is frozen as of 2017-02-05; see https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2017/02/msg00001.html or <freeze>, <slushy>. |
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stretch ifconfig C: 2017-05-23 |
<reply>ifconfig, route, arp and some other commands part of "net-tools" package are not present in <stretch> by default. Use their equivalents from iproute2 package. A quick list of equivalents is present in <stretch release notes> https://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#iproute2 |
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stretch install guide C: 2017-04-11 |
<reply> The Installation Guide for Debian 9 "Stretch" can be found at https://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/installmanual . See also <errata> <stretch release notes>. |
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stretch installation guide M: 2017-09-21 |
<reply>The Installation Guide for Debian 9 "Stretch" can be found at https://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/installmanual . See also <errata> and <stretch release notes>. |
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stretch kernel M: 2017-01-24 |
<reply> Debian 9 "Stetch" will release with the Linux 4.9 kernel as that is a kernel release that will have long term support from the kernel developers. Later kernel versions will be available through <debian backports>, ask me about <bdo kernel>. https://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2016/08/msg00169.html |
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stretch release notes M: 2017-06-17 |
<reply> The release notes for Debian 9 "Stretch" are at https://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/amd64/release-notes/ . See also <jessie->stretch>, <stretch install guide> |
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stretch sources.list M: 2023-06-17 |
<reply>Debian 9 "Stretch" was moved to archive.debian.org on March 26, 2023. A suitable sources.list has one line: "deb http://archive.debian.org/debian stretch main". Users should upgrade to a supported release, see <stretch->buster> followed by <buster->bullseye>. |
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stretch->buster M: 2019-07-07 |
<reply>Read (at least) the upgrading chapter of the <release notes> http://deb.li/JFKc . TL;DR: In /etc/apt/sources.list, change "stretch" to "buster", remove lines like stretch-backports, debian-multimedia <dmo>, and other 3rd party repos as they are known to cause issues then do: apt update && apt upgrade && apt full-upgrade |
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stretch-backports M: 2020-02-13 |
<reply> Some packages intended for Buster (Debian 10) but recompiled for use with Stretch (Debian 9) can be found in the stretch-backports repository. To enable, add 'deb http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-backports main' to your sources.list and run 'apt update'. Ask me about <bdo>, <backports>. |
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stretch-updates C: 2017-06-16 |
a suite providing updates to some packages (from <proposed-updates>) prior to a <point release>. All packages from stretch-updates will be included in point releases. https://wiki.debian.org/StableUpdates . Not to be confused with <stretch/updates> which is for <security> updates. |
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stretch-vbox-guest C: 2017-11-15 |
Ilyas> oh, I got it working! I followed this guide https://www.linuxbabe.com/debian/install-virtualbox-guest-additions-debian-9-stretch |
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strongswan M: 2012-08-27 |
<reply>strongSwan is an <IPsec> implementation for Linux kernels, forked from <freeswan>. As Debian stock kernels have IPsec (NETKEY, aka 26sec) and crypto support enabled, the openswan-modules-source or linux-patch-openswan packages are only necessary for KLIPS use. See also /usr/share/doc/strongswan/README.Debian.gz. http://wiki.strongswan.org/projects/strongswan/wiki/Start http://www.strongswan.org/ #strongswan on irc.libera.chat. |
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struts C: 2005-01-20 |
http://struts.apache.org/ |
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stty C: 2015-11-16 |
a *nix command to set terminal settings (termio(s), baud, rows et al.), which is frequently used in old days when a user connected to a *nix machine at the first time. See also: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Text-Terminal-HOWTO.html |
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stumpwm M: 2008-08-18 |
a tiling, keyboard-driven window manager written in common lisp (clisp version). It is the intended successor of <ratpoison>. http://www.nongnu.org/stumpwm/ #stumpwm on irc.libera.chat. |
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stunnel M: 2010-01-25 |
a multi-platform SSL tunneling proxy, packaged for Debian as stunnel4. See "Basic configuration" within /usr/share/doc/stunnel4/README.Debian to start configured tunnels during boot. stunnel version 3 is obsolete and has been removed from Debian. http://www.stunnel.org/ |
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stupid M: 2006-01-09 |
the typical person. or Linux distro flamewars, BSD-vs-Linux flamewars, and anything with "vs" and "flame" and "war" in it, unless it's Vietnam. Wich would fall into the "plain braindead" category, or the opposite of smart, or alias rm='sudo rm -rf /', or well, stupid is as stupid does. http://web.archive.org/web/20030217111331/http://www.ecotopia.com/webpress/stupidity/ |
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stuyvesant M: 2000-02-01 |
the premier math and science HS in NY, with a 100% student run linux backbone, or a HS that's way overrated, but located at http://www.stuy.edu |
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stv22 C: 2012-04-21 |
<reply>The Sveon STV22 is a USB dual DVB-T tuner (USB ID 1b80:e401), supported by the Linux kernel's dvb-usb-af9015 driver since Linux 3.1. Firmware from userspace is required, ask me about <af9015>. http://www.sveon.com/fichaSTV22.html |
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sua M: 2011-05-12 |
<reply>[sua] Stable Updates Announcement. See http://lists.debian.org/debian-stable-announce/ and ask me about <squeeze-updates>. |
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sub-process gzip error C: 2007-11-07 |
a notorious error that occurs that when update goes mad. No matter how many times you try, you get this error: Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1). Remove any files you find in /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ and sanity should restore. You might want to go through http://bugs.debian.org/328485 for more details. |
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subdomain C: 2003-06-14 |
formatted as subdomain.domain.com and also http://www. is nothing more then a subdomain, it means absolutely nothing, start using http://domain.com and not http://www.domain.com |
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subkeys C: 2013-06-22 |
http://wiki.debian.org/subkeys |
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submitter C: 2012-11-09 |
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control#submitter |
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subnet calculator C: 2001-04-02 |
http://www.subnetonline.com/subcalc/subnet8.html |
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subversion M: 2009-07-10 |
<reply>Apache Subversion (SVN) is a centralized version control system and compelling replacement for <CVS>: adds atomic commits, file renaming/copying and a very tight network protocol. Read "Version Control with Subversion" online at http://svnbook.org/ . http://subversion.apache.org/ #svn on irc.libera.chat. |
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suckit C: 2003-08-27 |
http://hysteria.sk/sd/f/suckit/readme |
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sudo M: 2020-12-12 |
<reply>Sudo, aka Substitute User DO, is a common way to give limited super user privileges to specific users. Not the magic "do what I want" button. Good in scripts with "username ALL = NOPASSWD: /some/program". See <sudo path>, <visudo>, <sudoers>. http://wiki.debian.org/sudo |
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suhosin M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply>Suhosin is a protection system for <PHP>. The PHP patch was disabled at php5 5.3.9-4, see http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2012/02/msg00079.html for rationale. The PHP extension (php5-suhosin package) is not available for Debian 7 "Wheezy" due to bug #675312. For squeeze->wheezy upgrades, run «dpkg --purge php5-suhosin» to remove /etc/php5/conf.d/suhosin.ini (see §4.5 of the <wheezy release notes>). |
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summary C: 2012-11-09 |
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control#summary |
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sun ipc C: 2004-06-04 |
http://www.obsolyte.com/sun_ipc/ |
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sun ipx C: 2004-06-04 |
http://www.obsolyte.com/sun_ipx/ |
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sun ray C: 2001-05-17 |
http://www.sun.com/sunray/sunray150/ |
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sun sparc classic C: 2004-06-04 |
http://www.obsolyte.com/sun_lx/ |
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sun sparc lx C: 2004-06-04 |
http://www.obsolyte.com/sun_lx/ |
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sun-java6 M: 2013-03-07 |
<reply>The sun-java6 source package (providing sun-java6-jre, sun-java6-jdk etc) was removed from Debian after the 6.0 "Squeeze" release. Oracle does not permit Debian to distribute newer versions of Oracle Java 6 or 7 (see bug #646524). Instead, use <openjdk> which is the reference implementation of Java for Debian 7 "Wheezy" onwards. Alternatively, use <java-package> to create packages containing Oracle Java: http://wiki.debian.org/Java/Sun |
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sunray C: 2001-05-17 |
http://www.sun.com/sunray/sunray150/ |
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sup M: 2010-06-25 |
<reply>Sup is a console mail user agent written in Ruby, intended for people with a lot of email. Inspired by <mutt> and <Gmail>. Packaged for Debian as sup-mail. http://sup.rubyforge.org/ |
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super audio cd C: 2004-05-20 |
<reply> see super audio compact disc, new format developed by Philips and Sony. Hybrid SACDs can be played on existing CD players. Check http://www.sacd.philips.com/FAQ.html |
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super audio compact disc C: 2004-05-20 |
<reply> see super audio compact disc, new format developed by Philips and Sony. Hybrid SACDs can be played on existing CD players. Check http://www.sacd.philips.com/FAQ.html |
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super os C: 2009-10-20 |
<reply>Super OS (formerly Super Ubuntu) is a Linux distribution based on <Ubuntu> 9.04, with additional software not in official repositories. http://hacktolive.org/wiki/Super_OS_support . See also <based on Debian>. |
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superbad C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply>the ultimate in web weirdness can be found at http://superbad.com. |
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superblock M: 2006-01-27 |
<reply> The Superblock contains a description of the basic size and shape of the file system. See http://www.science.unitn.it/~fiorella/guidelinux/tlk/node97.html for more info. |
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superfish check C: 2015-02-21 |
https://filippo.io/Badfish/ |
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supergrub M: 2012-01-11 |
<reply>Super Grub Disk and Super Grub2 Disk are forks of <GRUB Legacy> and <GRUB2> respectively, which can be used to repair existing GNU GRUB installations. http://www.supergrubdisk.org/ See also <fixmbr>. |
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superh M: 2008-02-01 |
a processor made by Hitachi. http://www.linux-sh.org/shwiki/FrontPage |
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supermount M: 2005-01-29 |
a nice patch to the kernel that the mandrake developers are working on currently. it allows to change a cd while it is mounted, which is VERY useful in wine. a patch that works for a 2.4.18 kernel can be found at http://espectro.hypermart.net/supermount.patch. README can be found at http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/8144/supermount.README.txt, or see http://supermount-ng.sourceforge.net |
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superrescue C: 2001-12-13 |
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/dist/superrescue/v2/superrescue-2.0.0a.iso.gz |
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supertux M: 2005-04-16 |
"mario bross" with a tux, or http://supertux.sourceforge.net |
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supybot M: 2021-06-20 |
<reply>Supybot is a cross-platform <IRC> bot written in Python. <judd> runs Supybot. http://supybook.fealdia.org/ http://supybot.com/ #supybot on irc.libera.chat and irc.oftc.net. Supybot development has been taken over by the Limnoria project which you will find in #limnoria. |
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suraj M: 2002-08-07 |
at http://symonds.net/~suraj/ and by the time you are reading this, he might already be at http://surajkumar.net/, or http://symonds.net/~suraj/ |
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surf M: 2010-01-15 |
<reply>surf is a simple web browser based on WebKit. <ITP> in Debian bug #563912. http://surf.suckless.org/ #suckless at irc.oftc.net. |
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surfraw M: 2011-01-10 |
<reply> "Shell Users' Revolutionary Front Rage Against the World Wide Web" (Surfraw) is a set of shell scripts providing a fast and easy CLI to several web-based search engines. http://surfraw.alioth.debian.org/ |
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sury M: 2025-07-28 |
<reply>PHP Packages with different versions than stable are available from deb.sury.org, provided by the same developer who maintains PHP for debian stable. Not supported in #debian, but should be about as reliable as <backports>. Instructions can be found at https://github.com/oerdnj/deb.sury.org/wiki . Also, <php-lts> for even older PHP versions. |
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sus M: 2002-04-15 |
Single UNIX(R) Specification, or http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/ |
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suse M: 2014-12-19 |
<reply>SUSE Linux is a brand of products available as <opensuse> and SUSE Linux Enterprise. http://www.suse.com/ #suse on irc.libera.chat. |
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suspend M: 2013-01-16 |
<reply>Suspend can mean either suspend to disk (hibernate) or suspend to RAM. The in-kernel suspend system has worked well since Debian 4.0 "Etch". Installing the pm-utils or hibernate packages along with a front-end like gnome-power-manager or <power devil> should be enough. See also <suspend troubleshooting>, <uswsusp>, <swapwake>, <noresume>, <disable lid suspend>. https://wiki.debian.org/Suspend |
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suspend troubleshooting M: 2011-01-12 |
<reply>A guide for troubleshooting suspend-to-RAM and suspend-to-disk problems is at http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Suspend_to_RAM and http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Suspend_to_disk . The tools it references are available in the Debian <uswsusp> package. See also http://kernel.org/doc/Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt |
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sux M: 2015-04-08 |
<reply> sux was a utility for running X apps as a different user but is no longer in Debian; ask me about <gksu> and <root x> for alternatives. Documentation for sux is at http://fgouget.free.fr/sux/ . Sux is also the way some people spell sucks and usually implies that they don't know what they are talking about; ask me about <u>. |
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sv92p M: 2009-12-19 |
<reply>SV92P (PCI IDs 11c1:048c, 11c1:048e, 11c1:048f) and SV92PP (PCI IDs 11c1:0620, 11c1:0621, 11c1:0622, 11c1:0623) are software modem chipsets from Agere Systems. An out-of-tree Linux kernel driver supporting these chipsets is available from http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/ltmodem/sv92/ (not packaged for Debian). For Agere 164x "Mars" support, ask me about <martian>. |
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svg M: 2013-03-12 |
<reply>Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is an open, XML-based vector graphics format developed by the W3C. http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/ . See also <inkscape>. |
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svgalib M: 2013-10-20 |
<reply>SVGALib is open source, low-level graphics library. Removed from Debian post-Wheezy to resolve bug #666490. http://www.svgalib.org/ |
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svideo->cvideo C: 2003-10-04 |
<reply>Information on creating your own S-Video to Composite Video cable is at http://www.hut.fi/Misc/Electronics/circuits/svideo2cvideo.html |
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svk M: 2010-04-19 |
<reply>SVK is a <Subversion>-based decentralized version control system written in Perl. Dead upstream, removed from Debian post-Lenny to resolve bug #554335. http://svk.bestpractical.com/ See also <vcs>. |
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svn book C: 2009-12-10 |
<reply> An excellent guide to subversion is "Version Control with Subversion" available for free at http://svnbook.red-bean.com/ |
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svn home C: 2006-10-12 |
http://kitenet.net/~joey/svnhome.html |
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swaks M: 2010-03-20 |
<reply>swaks (Swiss Army Knife SMTP) is a utility for testing <SMTP> configurations. Supports <SMTP AUTH> and STARTTLS. The test procedure can be halted to examine returned responses. http://www.jetmore.org/john/code/swaks/ |
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swap C: 2008-02-21 |
<reply>Swap is RAM you wish you had. Generally it is said that for low amounts of RAM (say, less than 2GB), you should have twice the RAM as swap. You don't have to have a swap partition either, as you can always create a <swap file> and use that. See also <am i swapping> <zram>. http://wiki.debian.org/Swap http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swap_space#Linux |
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swap 2x ram M: 2005-04-29 |
a stupid rule made by stupid people, for stupid people. ...but see: http://sourcefrog.net/weblog/software/linux-kernel/swap.html |
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swappiness M: 2021-06-12 |
https://linuxhint.com/understanding_vm_swappiness/ |
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swearing M: 2007-07-24 |
Silence, you sock-clucking mother-trucker, or if you don't want to see it, read http://f0rked.com/public/irssi-docs/help-full.html#IGNORE (for irssi) |
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sweet M: 2008-08-25 |
http://sweet.nodns4.us/ |
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swf M: 2008-05-27 |
a shockwave format file for web stuff - it's copyrighted and requires director or similar to create multimedia shockwave files .. alternatively you can create them with PHP's SWF functionality - see http://reality.sgi.com/grafica/flash/ for details on libswf, or for another swf output library, check out ming. |
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swift linux M: 2011-05-14 |
<reply>Swift Linux is a distribution based on <antiX> M11. It is not supported in #debian. http://www.swiftlinux.org/ See also <based on debian>. |
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swiftfox C: 2010-04-18 |
<reply>Swiftfox is a modified form of Mozilla Firefox, with binaries made available under a proprietary license. It is not in Debian, so the support that #debian can offer is limited. Seek support in their forums at http://forums.getswiftfox.com/ |
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swim M: 2000-06-11 |
at http://the.netpedia.net/ and claims to be a versatile research, development, distribution tool and package manager for the whole world., or good for searching uninstalled (or missing) files, since you can do queries on the entire Debian package range. Similar to RPM, and works even on non-Debian systems, so you could use it to install a Debian package on a non-debian system if you had to. |
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swirl icon C: 2026-06-09 |
get solomon's ereet iconified swirl at http://www.feist.com/~jajohnson/swirl.png ... or see how to make your own at http://www.feist.com/~jajohnson/swirl.html |
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syb C: 2000-04-08 |
a dude into Techno, Debian GNU/Linux, OpenGL, Next Generation User Interface Projects (3Dsia, Netverse, Synapse) and may have a homepage at: http://sm.vircom.com.au/ |
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sylpheed M: 2010-02-03 |
<reply>Sylpheed is a light-weight GTK+ email and news client, similar in appearance to Outlook Express for Windows. http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/ See also <claws mail>. |
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symbola M: 2013-05-20 |
<reply>Symbola is a fallback font with lots of otherwise often missing glyphs. Packaged for Debian in ttf-ancient-fonts. http://users.teilar.gr/~g1951d/ |
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synaptic M: 2009-06-05 |
<reply>Synaptic is a graphical user interface to add, remove and reinstall packages. It has dependency handling just like apt-get and integrates well with apt-get (also behaves well with aptitude too). http://wiki.debian.org/Synaptic http://wiki.debian.org/HowToSynaptic . Not to be confused with the <synaptics> touchpad driver. |
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synaptic stretch C: 2018-02-27 |
<reply>Synaptic in stretch has a bug (http://bugs.debian.org/864640). It creates /etc/apt/trusted.gpg with the wrong permissions. You may safely delete this file. |
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synaptics M: 2017-06-28 |
<reply>As of stretch, the synaptics driver isn't used by GNOME. If your touchpad stopped working in stretch, try installing xserver-xorg-input-libinput and removing xserver-xorg-input-synaptics; see https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2016/07/msg00266.html and https://wiki.debian.org/SynapticsTouchpad |
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sync M: 2007-06-07 |
<reply> for monitor sync ranges and refresh rates, see http://monitorworld.com/monitors_home.html, or man 1 sync, man mount (search for sync options). |
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synergy M: 2020-07-29 |
<reply>Synergy is a client/server program for sharing a keyboard and mouse between multiple systems (Linux, Mac OS X, Windows). http://synergy-foss.org/wiki/User http://synergy-foss.org/ #synergy on irc.libera.chat. Went proprietary; see <barrier>. |
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syscalltrack C: 2002-04-17 |
a GPL project, that monitors linux system calls based on root-created criteria, and can be found at http://syscalltrack.sourceforge.net/ . |
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sysfs M: 2010-10-10 |
<reply>sysfs is a virtual filesystem that exports kernel data structures and attributes. sysfs attributes can be set at system boot via /etc/sysfs.conf (sysfsutils package); or via udev ask me about <sysfs udev>. http://kernel.org/doc/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt |
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syslinux M: 2010-02-12 |
<reply>SYSLINUX is a suite of boot loaders for x86 systems, supporting FAT/NTFS filesystems (SYSLINUX), bootable ISO-9660 CD-ROMs (ISOLINUX), PXE network booting (PXELINUX) and ext{2,3,4}/btrfs filesystems (EXTLINUX). Also includes MEMDISK for booting legacy operating systems (e.g. MS-DOS). Used in Debian x86 installation media. http://syslinux.zytor.com/ See also <extlinux>, <pxelinux>. |
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syslog-ng M: 2010-08-31 |
<reply>syslog-ng is an open source <syslog> implementation, providing additional features over syslogd such as reliable transport via TCP and TLS encryption. http://www.balabit.com/network-security/syslog-ng/ |
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sysrq M: 2009-04-25 |
Alt-PrintScreen-[Key]. For a clean reboot with a semi-locked machine, try [Key] with s-u-b, s for sync, u for remount readonly and b for reBoot. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key and http://kernel.org/doc/Documentation/sysrq.txt . See also <sysrqd>. |
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sysrqd C: 2009-04-25 |
a small daemon to send <sysrq> commands over a network. http://julien.danjou.info/sysrqd/ |
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system compromise recovery C: 2002-09-24 |
<reply>Recovering a compromised system is difficult because you can't believe a thing it tells you -- ls, ps, top, netstat are all likely to be lying to you. The only sane thing you can do is to <reinstall>. See also http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/win-UNIX-system_compromise.html -- this document describes suggested steps for responding to a UNIX or NT system compromise. |
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system-info C: 2003-06-29 |
a script which will give a detailed listing of your system configuration at http://twiki.iwethey.org/Main/LinuxSystemInfoScript |
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system.map M: 2001-10-16 |
not essential but would prove to be useful if you come across any kernel OOPS messages. Have a read of http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt or edit /etc/init.d/sysklogd and add '-k /boot/System.map-`uname -r`' to the args line, or nm vmlinux | grep -v '(compiled\)\|\(\.o1225\)\|\( [aUw] )\|\(\.\.ng1225\)\|\(LASH[RL]DI\)' | sort > /boot/System.map-`uname -r` |
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systemd M: 2026-05-31 |
<reply>systemd is a system and service manager for linux. It is the default init system for Debian since 2015, replacing SysV, in Debian 8 ("jessie"). See https://wiki.debian.org/systemd and upstream documentation at https://systemd.io/. For alternatives, see https://wiki.debian.org/Init. |
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systemd debugging C: 2014-10-24 |
<reply> If you have a problem with systemd, see https://wiki.debian.org/systemd#Debugging and http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/Debugging/ for more information on how to debug the issue. If it's a boot problem, start by using systemd.unit=rescue.target systemd.log_target=kmsg systemd.log_level=debug on the kernel command line to get more information |
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systemd-timesyncd M: 2016-10-29 |
a daemon that has been added for synchronizing the system clock across the network. It implements an SNTP client (no need to have/install NTP anymore). see https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/systemd-timesyncd |
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szip C: 2000-10-21 |
a free but closed-source compressor at http://www.compressconsult.com/szip/, compresses better and faster than bzip2 |
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t-prot M: 2010-09-22 |
<reply>t-prot is a <TOFU> protection script, packaged for Debian and usable within <mutt>, <slrn> and inn2. http://www.escape.de/~tolot/mutt/ . Not to be confused with <f-prot>. |
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t38modem M: 2013-02-03 |
<reply>t38modem is a gateway between a fax application and IP network. It provides a H.323 endpoint with T.38 fax support, which appears to applications as a fax modem pool. It can operate with <hylafax>. http://t38modem.sf.net/ |
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t64 C: 2024-12-06 |
<reply>https://wiki.debian.org/ReleaseGoals/64bit-time |
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tabs vs spaces M: 2001-04-12 |
http://www.jwz.org/doc/tabs-vs-spaces.html, or http://www.derkarl.org/why_to_tabs.html |
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tachyon C: 2002-04-21 |
a superluminally fast particle with imaginary mass traveling back in time. http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/ParticleAndNuclear/tachyons.html and http://www1.shore.net/~ewall/ for more |
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tacticalops C: 2003-02-23 |
semi-realistic counter-terrorist First Player Shooting Game and an Unreal Tournament modification. It's simply one of the best mods ever, and can be downloaded for free. TO also recently went retail and can be bought at your local store. If you want more information about TO, you can visit http://www.TO-City.com This great site has everything a TO player wants. and yes it is larger than a breadbox... |
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tags C: 2012-11-09 |
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control#tags |
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tahoe-lafs M: 2013-09-08 |
<reply>Tahoe-LAFS (The Least-Authority File System) is an open source, decentralized, peer-to-peer distributed data store and file system. https://tahoe-lafs.org/ #tahoe-lafs on irc.libera.chat. |
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tails M: 2012-06-16 |
<reply>Tails (The Amnesic Incognito Live System) is a live DVD/USB <based on Debian>, with the aim of preserving privacy and anonymity. It is not supported in #debian. https://tails.boum.org/ #tails on irc.oftc.net. |
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tainted M: 2010-10-05 |
<reply>Tainted is the state of your Linux kernel when non-free drivers (e.g. <fglrx>, <nvidia>, <slamr>, <slusb>, <wl>) or <ndiswrapper> are loaded into it. Kernel hackers and the Debian kernel team will not support tainted kernels. If /proc/sys/kernel/tainted has a non-zero value, the running kernel is tainted. http://kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/lkml/#s1-18 |
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taiwan M: 2005-02-23 |
a sovereign island nation off the coast of China. It is also known as "Formosa" to some. Its neighbor China claims it is a renegade province, but actually exerts no control over it. For debian information in traditional Chinese (Big-5 encoding), go to http://www.debian.org/intl/zh |
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tal C: 2000-09-09 |
This American Life. Listen to previous broadcasts at http://thislife.org |
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talonix C: 2001-05-04 |
<reply> talonIX has DSL finally! | <reply> talonIX is at http://midkemia.yi.org |
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talonix's resume C: 2000-12-27 |
<reply> check it out at http://whitestar.soark.net/~talein/resume.html and email constructive criticism to talein@whitestar.soark.net |
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tamagotchi C: 2001-05-17 |
stupid,but if you really want it, you can find one for kde on http://ktamaga.sourceforge.net/ |
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tamarin M: 2008-12-21 |
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/tamarin/faq.html, or https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Tamarin/Tamarin_Releases |
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tanenbaum v torvalds C: 2004-07-12 |
at http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/appa.html |
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tangent C: 2005-06-11 |
at http://www.tangent.pl |
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tanglu C: 2013-03-20 |
<reply>Tanglu (http://tanglu.org/) is a Debian derivative that is seeking to fulfil the "constantly usable testing" goal (ask me about <debian cut>). It is based on Debian, but it is not Debian and is not supported in #debian. Also ask me about <based on debian>. |
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tango studio M: 2013-09-05 |
<reply>Tango Studio is a live Linux distribution based on <ubuntu>. It is not supported in #debian. http://tangostudio.tuxfamily.org/ See also <based on debian>. |
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tannenbaum v torbalds C: 2004-07-13 |
at http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/appa.html |
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tao of irc C: 2008-05-17 |
http://irc.carnet.hr/docs/docs/tao.txt |
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taocli C: 2016-04-29 |
The Art of Command Line - a guide for both beginners and experienced to achieve fluency on the command line. https://github.com/jlevy/the-art-of-command-line |
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taocp M: 2001-02-21 |
the bible of computer scientists, or the art of computer programming ( http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/taocp.html ) |
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tasksel M: 2009-01-07 |
<reply>tasksel is a program to select and install "tasks": a collection of packages for a system to perform a specific task (e.g. desktop environment, web server). Ask me about <standard task>, <server tasks> and <laptop task>. https://wiki.debian.org/tasksel |
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tbserv C: 2001-01-16 |
at http://www.tbserv.com.br |
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tc M: 2012-02-16 |
<reply>The tc utility (packaged for Debian in iproute) is used to configure Traffic Control in the Linux kernel. Ask me about <lartc>. http://wiki.debian.org/TrafficControl |
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tcfs C: 2000-06-21 |
like 'cfs'. The difference between TCFS and CFS is the trasparency to the user obtained by using TCFS. As a matter of fact, CFS works in user space while TCFS works in the kernel space thus resulting in improved performance and security. The dynamic encryption module feature of TCFS allows a user to specify the encryption engine of his/her choiche to be used by TCFS. Currently available only for Linux. http://tcfs.dia.unisa.it/ |
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tcl M: 2009-06-15 |
<reply>[tcl] Tool Command Language. Install the tcl dependency package to provide Debian's default Tcl version. http://www.tcl.tk/ XMPP: tcl@tach.tclers.tk #tcl on irc.libera.chat. |
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tcm C: 2000-05-01 |
texas connection monitor: ftp://ftp.blackened.com/pub/efnet/tcm-dianora/ |
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tcp window scaling M: 2011-12-08 |
<reply>The TCP window scale option (RFC 1323) can increase the TCP receive window size above the 65,535 byte maximum. Since 2.6.17, Linux aggressively uses TCP window scaling, which may cause network problems with buggy routers; use "echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_window_scaling" to disable. See http://www.debian.org/releases/oldstable/debian-installer/#errata for more information. |
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tcpdump M: 2009-07-27 |
a packet sniffer, that lets you spy on network traffic. Also known as the bane of privacy invading software companies. Its output can be analyzed using tcptrace. http://www.tcpdump.org/faq.html http://www.tcpdump.org/ See also <wireshark>. |
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tcpserver C: 2001-12-19 |
part of ucspi-tcp, see http://cr.yp.to/ucspi-tcp.html |
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tda10048 C: 2014-07-25 |
<reply>The TDA10048 is a DSP-based DVB-T demodulator produced by Philips Semiconductors. Supported by the Linux kernel's <saa7134> driver. Firmware is required (dvb-fe-tda10048-1.0.fw) and currently not packaged; this can be extracted from Hauppauge's Windows device driver: http://steventoth.net/linux/hvr1700/ |
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tda18218 M: 2011-03-31 |
<reply>The TDA18218HN is a silicon tuner IC for DVB-T reception, designed by NXP Semiconductors. Supported by the mainline af9013 and <af9015> drivers since Linux 2.6.37 (TDA18218HN is reported as tuner ID 179 in Linux < 2.6.34). http://www.nxp.com/documents/data_sheet/TDA18218HN.pdf |
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tdfsb C: 2002-05-08 |
the Three Dee FileSystem Browser and its homepage is at http://www.hgb-leipzig.de/~leander/TDFSB/index.html |
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tdfx M: 2011-03-01 |
<reply>tdfx is an Xorg driver for <3dfx> Voodoo Banshee, Voodoo3, Voodoo4 and Voodoo5 video cards. Packaged for Debian as xserver-xorg-video-tdfx. http://x.org/wiki/tdfx |
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tdg C: 2001-04-22 |
http://www.blackie.dk/dotfile/ |
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techno C: 2004-07-10 |
music that can be streamed via http://www.di.fm |
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teco C: 2026-06-09 |
the stupidest editor ever made, or what <emacs> was originally implemented in. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text_Editor_and_Corrector http://almy.us/teco.html |
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teknap M: 2000-08-23 |
a curses-based Napster client clone, formerly known as BWap. It's done by the author of Bitchx. Get it at http://www.teknap.com/ ., or ask me about <teknap vbr patch> |
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teknap vbr patch C: 2000-08-23 |
<reply>TekNap reports VBR files as 64 kbps, with an incorrect duration. Get a patch at http://www.kellnet.com/wooledge/teknap-libmad.diff |
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temperature conversion C: 2002-03-17 |
at http://transamrit.ma.cx/convertTime.php |
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tempest M: 2001-03-11 |
the idea that your computer spits out radiation all the time, just by existing, and that other people can pick up that radiation with a radio and see exactly what your computer is doing; see http://www.eskimo.com/~joelm/tempest.html, or to see how a TEMPEST attack might work first-hand, grab your shortwave AM radio and go to http://www.erikyyy.de/tempest/ |
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template toolkit C: 2009-09-28 |
<reply>Template Toolkit is an extensible template processing system, written in <Perl> with a <Python> port available. Packaged for Debian as libtemplate-perl, also provides the Perl XS replacement for Template::Stash. http://template-toolkit.org/ #tt on irc.perl.org. |
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tenacious d C: 2000-07-08 |
at http://www.sidehatch.com |
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tendra M: 2000-12-08 |
a C/C++ compiler, or found at http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~patrykz/TenDRA/ |
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tera term C: 2026-06-09 |
a freeware terminal utility for windowz with ssh - http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002416/teraterm.html |
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teraterm C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply> [TeraTerm]: A windows-based terminal program with available ssh extensions. TeraTerm: http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002416/teraterm.html SSH-Ext: SSH-ext: http://www.zip.com.au/~roca/ttssh.html |
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terminal compromise C: 2002-10-31 |
available at http://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/published/books/terminal-compromise/ |
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termux C: 2024-02-06 |
<reply>Termux is a terminal emulator application enhanced with a large set of command line utilities ported to Android OS. The main goal is to bring the Linux command line experience to users of mobile devices with no rooting or other special setup required. https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/Community #termux on irc.libera.chat |
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terraserver C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://terraserver.microsoft.com |
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terrorism C: 2001-11-02 |
http://web.mit.edu/webcast/tac/tac24oct02-1930-16k.ram (transcribed at http://www.zmag.org/globalwatch/chomskymit.htm) |
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test-for-apt C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://test-url.com |
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testdisk M: 2009-07-20 |
<reply>TestDisk is a partition scanner and disk recovery tool, an alternative to <gpart>. Try gpart first. TestDisk checks the partition and boot sectors of your disks, very useful in recovering lost partitions. http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk See also <photorec>. |
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testdisk testdisk C: 2001-04-12 |
<reply> see a great tool to recover partition table when deleted some partitions by mistakes or overwrited the partition table... go get it at: http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/filesystems/gpart-0.1b.tar.gz, or more recent verstion at authors site: http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/user/76201/gpart/, or see also testdisk |
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testing M: 2023-06-10 |
<reply>Testing is a continuously updated release between <stable> and <unstable>, currently codenamed <forky>. See http://wiki.debian.org/DebianTesting . Support in #debian-next on irc.oftc.net; ask me about <testing faq> <trixie->forky> <testing security> <moving target> <apt-listchanges> <apt-listbugs> and <bts>. You need a sound knowledge of Debian and be prepared for a very bumpy ride. Don't use it on things that are critical! |
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testing excuses M: 2008-01-22 |
at http://ftp-master.debian.org/testing/update_excuses.html http://bjorn.haxx.se/debian/ http://qa.debian.org/excuses.php http://release.debian.org/migration/ |
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testing faq M: 2009-05-06 |
an _unofficial_ FAQ for the <testing> branch of Debian: http://www.linuxmafia.com/debian/testingfaq.html . See also <sid faq>. |
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testing installer M: 2023-07-22 |
<reply>The testing installer is for testing the <installer>, *not* for installing <testing>. To install testing, do a minimal installation using the <stable> installer and ask me about <stable->testing>. Installer bugs should be filed against the debian-installer pseudopackage. https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ |
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testing security issues M: 2010-08-01 |
http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/status/release/testing |
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testing status C: 2007-10-29 |
http://wiki.debian.org/Status/Testing |
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testing-security M: 2019-07-07 |
<reply>Security updates in testing are delayed by the normal testing migration *and* may be further delayed by missing dependencies, etc. See https://www.debian.org/security/faq#testing ; «deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security forky-security main» can be used (but will be empty until release). |
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tetrinetiscool17 C: 1999-12-11 |
come play us... get the gtetrinet deb at http://gtetrinet.netpedia.net and connect to server debian.entropy.net (go debian!) or get some nifty gtetrinet themes ... get http://debian.entropy.net/~solomon/themes.tar.bz2 and tar -xvIf into ~/ (note: I as in capital eye) |
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tew-648ubm M: 2011-05-23 |
<reply>The TRENDnet TEW-648UBM "150Mbps Micro Wireless N USB Adapter" is an 802.11n device (USB ID 20f4:648b). It contains a Realtek RTL8188CUS chipset; for device support on Debian systems, ask me about <rtl8192cu>. http://www.trendnet.com/products/proddetail.asp?prod=195_TEW-648UBM |
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tew424ub M: 2009-12-15 |
<reply>The TEW-424UB is a USB 2.0 wireless LAN device manufactured by TRENDware. Not sure which version you have? See http://www.trendware.com/downloads/list_subcategory.asp?SUBTYPE_ID=700 to identify. For support of version A, ask me about <zd1211rw>. Versions 2 and 2.1R contain an SiS 163 chipset (USB ID 0457:0163), no native Linux driver currently exists; ask me about <ndiswrapper>. For support of version 3, ask me about <rtl8187>. |
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texmacs C: 2000-09-25 |
at http://www.math.u-psud.fr/~anh/TeXmacs/TeXmacs.html |
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texstar C: 2002-10-14 |
found at http://www.pclinuxonline.com |
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text C: 2021-12-08 |
Don't Post Text as an Image! See e.g. https://textnot.pictures/ |
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textroom M: 2009-12-15 |
<reply>TextRoom is a cross-platform full screen text editor developed for use by writers, based on <Qt> 4.3.2. Not in Debian, third-party TextRoom packages are not supported by #debian. http://code.google.com/p/textroom/ http://textroom.sf.net/ |
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tg C: 2004-04-06 |
The biggest computer party in the world (over 5100 participants). It's held each easter in the Vikingship, Norway. Check out http://gathering.org (official homepage) and http://tg.nlc.no (Tech:Server-Crew) |
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thekernel C: 2001-05-24 |
at http://www.kernel.org and is really cool |
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thekompany C: 2002-06-24 |
http://www.thekompany.com |
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theme files C: 2001-03-02 |
<reply> the theme files are at http://www.memoware.com/craig/palm_desktop4_themes.zip |
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themesorg C: 2001-06-08 |
http://download.sourceforge.net/pub/mirrors/themes.org/ |
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theora M: 2009-05-15 |
an open video codec developed by the Xiph.org Foundation as part of their Ogg project. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theora http://www.theora.org/ #theora on irc.libera.chat. |
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think this C: 2007-09-01 |
the right addresse for cinelerra: http://cvs.cinelerra.org/getting_cinelerra.php#apt |
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thinkcspy C: 2003-07-03 |
at http://www.ibiblio.org/obp/thinkCSpy/ |
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thinkgeek M: 2004-06-04 |
#thinkgeek [for help with linux on sparc], or http://www.thinkgeek.com |
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thinkpad M: 2009-05-29 |
<reply>[thinkpad] one of the best laptops you can buy, or a thing that dies when your car hits it (according to abrotman). Some models restrict MiniPCI card use, see http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Problem_with_unauthorized_MiniPCI_network_card . See also <gobi>, <hdapsd>, <martian>, <slmodem>, <synaptics>, <tpb>, <trackpoint>. http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Thinkpad http://www.thinkwiki.org/ ##ibmthinkpad on irc.libera.chat. |
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thinkwiki M: 2010-03-23 |
<reply>Lots of information on Thinkpads and Linux is available at http://www.thinkwiki.org/ . See also <thinkpad>, <laptop>. |
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thirdeye M: 2000-01-20 |
a rockin' epic4 script at http://www.ncal.verio.com/~keebler/te.html, but epic4-script-thirdeye |
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threewave C: 2003-11-08 |
the best quake3 mod ever. capture the flag with style at http://www.threewave.com/. |
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thttpd M: 2009-03-30 |
<reply>thttpd is a tiny/turbo/throttling HTTP server. Set "ENABLED=yes" in /etc/default/thttpd to start the server (Debian bug #142306). MIME types are defined at compile time (via mime_types.txt). Does not support serving files larger than 2 gigabytes (bug #208437). Removed from Debian post-Squeeze to resolve bug #653752. http://www.acme.com/software/thttpd/ See also <httpd>. |
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thunar M: 2010-05-17 |
<reply>Thunar (originally Filer) is a file manager for the X Window System, included with <XFCE> since version 4.4. Install the <thunar-volman> package to enable automatic management of removable media. http://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/faq http://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/start |
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thunderbird M: 2019-10-25 |
a mail user agent (MUA) developed by Mozilla. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Thunderbird |
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thyroid C: 2006-07-02 |
a small gland in the neck http://www.thyroidmanager.org/ |
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tibook M: 2010-02-05 |
a nickname for the "Titanium PowerBook G4". For installation help, see http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc-0103/msg00139.html . Also ask me about <powerpc>. |
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tidy C: 2002-10-14 |
found at http://tidy.sourceforge.net |
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tiff C: 2001-02-08 |
<reply>Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) is a widely used format for storing image data. TIFF manipulation and conversion tools are packaged for Debian as libtiff-tools. http://libtiff.maptools.org/ |
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tigervnc C: 2010-09-04 |
<reply>TigerVNC is a fork of <TightVNC>, with the aim to merge enhancements from the TurboVNC project. <ITP> filed as Debian bug #650394. http://tigervnc.sf.net/ |
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tightvnc M: 2010-02-27 |
<reply>TightVNC is an enhanced version of <VNC> optimized for low-bandwidth (e.g. dial-up modem) connections. Packaged for Debian as tightvncserver and xtightvncviewer. http://tightvnc.com/faq.php http://tightvnc.com/freesupport.html |
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timbot C: 2000-11-12 |
http://members.home.com/tdouglas/download/snapshots/timbot2-20001112.tar.gz i think |
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timbpt C: 2000-07-20 |
at http://members.home.net/tdouglas/timbot.html |
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time M: 2008-08-20 |
found on http://www.time.gov/, or $date $time, or an illusion, and lunchtime doubly so - Ford Prefect said that. of no essence here!, or it's beer o'clock!!, or see http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch09.en.html#_system_and_hardware_time and ask me about <set time>. |
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time sync M: 2001-09-13 |
apt-get install ntp and maybe install ntp-doc, or see server-list at http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/servers.htm |
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timecube C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply> check http://www.timecube.com |
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timidity M: 2002-05-12 |
a great midi player, using timidity-patches (gravis ultra sound) it sounds perfect, (try these switches too -in or -ig), grab few midis from http://www.classicgaming.com/tmk/midi.shtml |
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tinc M: 2005-09-26 |
<reply> http://www.tinc-vpn.org/ or There Is No Cabal, or http://tinc.debian.net/ |
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tinkeros C: 2017-05-24 |
<reply>TinkerOS is a Linux distribution for the Asus Tinker Board (armhf, rk3288 soc) based on Debian. Not supported in #debian, resources for the board itself are at https://www.asus.com/uk/Single-Board-Computer/Tinker-Board/HelpDesk/ |
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tint C: 2000-02-27 |
<reply> TINT will be an open source, multi-platform, modularized, and highly k-r4d tetris- and tetrinet- like game. After it gets out of the concept stage. Help! by joining the mailing list at http://www.complete.org/cgi-bin/listargate.cgi |
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tinyirc C: 2000-08-09 |
new version 1.2 at http://members.tripod.de/mirabilos/KBB/tinyirc.c |
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tinyurl C: 2006-03-20 |
instead of pasting those long urls that take several cut 'n pastes to get into the url bar of a browser, please visit http://tinyurl.com and paste your url there.. turn this: http://www.google.com/search?q=debian+gnu%2Flinux&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial into this: http://tinyurl.com/pdxzw |
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tis C: 2000-11-26 |
Trusted Information Systems (http://www.tis.com/), a leading provider of comprehensive security solutions for protection of enterprise-wide networks, merged with Network Associates (http://www.nai.com/) in February 1998. TIS is well known for the TIS Firewall Toolkit located at http://www.tis.com/research/software/index.html. Ask me about FWTK. |
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tkirc C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.north.de/~atte/tkirc/ or is The Krap IRC client |
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tkmpeg C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.users.wineasy.se/aros0304/ |
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tkpoint C: 2019-11-29 |
<reply>tkpoint is a python/tkinter tool for real-time adjustment of trackpoint settings on linux. http://iamcowhearme.mooo.com/tkpoint |
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tl-wdn3200 M: 2013-12-01 |
<reply>The TP-Link TL-WDN3200 "N600 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter" is an 802.11n device. Version 1 (USB ID 148f:5572) uses a Ralink RT5572 chip; for device support on Debian systems, ask me about <rt5572>. http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/?model=TL-WDN3200 |
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tl-wdn4800 C: 2012-12-19 |
<reply>The TP-Link TL-WDN4800 "450Mbps Wireless N Dual Band PCI Express Adapter" is an 802.11n device. Version 1 (PCI ID 168c:0030) uses an Atheros AR9380 chip; for device support on Debian systems, ask me about <ath9k>. http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/?model=TL-WDN4800 |
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tl-wn321g M: 2012-05-02 |
<reply>The TP-LINK TL-WN321G is an 802.11g wireless LAN device. For support of versions 1, 2 and 3 (all USB ID 148f:2573, Ralink RT2571W chip), ask me about <rt73>. For support of version 4 (USB ID 148f:2070, Ralink RT2070 chip), ask me about <rt2070>. http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/?model=TL-WN321G |
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tl-wn322g M: 2010-11-26 |
<reply>The TP-LINK TL-WN322G "Wireless USB Adapter" is an 802.11g device. For support of version 1 (USB ID 0ace:1215), ask me about <zd1211rw>. For support of version 3 (USB ID 0cf3:1006), ask me about <ar9271>. http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/?model=TL-WN322G |
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tl-wn422g M: 2011-06-28 |
<reply>The TP-LINK TL-WN422G "High Power Wireless USB Adapter" is an 802.11g device. For support of version 1 (USB ID 0ace:1215, ZyDAS ZD1211B chip), ask me about <zd1211rw>. For support of version 2 (USB ID 0cf3:1006, Atheros AR9271 chip), ask me about <ath9k_htc>. http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/?model=TL-WN422G |
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tl-wn722n M: 2011-08-02 |
<reply>The TP-LINK TL-WN722N "150Mbps High Gain Wireless USB Adapter" is an 802.11n device (USB ID 0cf3:9271). It contains an Atheros AR9271 chip; for support on Debian systems, ask me about <ath9k_htc>. http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/?model=TL-WN722N |
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tl-wn727n C: 2012-04-12 |
<reply>The TP-LINK TL-WN727N "150Mbps Wireless N USB Adapter" is an 802.11n device. For support of hardware version 1 (USB ID 148f:3070, Ralink RT3070 chip), ask me about <rt3070>. For support of hardware version 3 (USB ID 148f:5370, Ralink RT5370 chip), ask me about <rt2800usb>. http://www.tplink.com/en/products/details/?model=TL-WN727N |
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tl-wn951n M: 2014-03-28 |
<reply>The TP-Link TL-WN951N "300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter" is an 802.11n device (PCI ID 168c:0023). Version 1 (PCI ID 168c:0023) uses an Atheros AR5416 chip, ask me about <ath9k>. Version 3 uses an Atheros AR9223 chip, ask me about <ath9k>. http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/?model=TL-WN951N |
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tlapd C: 2005-09-01 |
Talk Like a Pirate Day. Learn more at http://www.talklikeapirate.com/ |
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tld M: 2002-07-31 |
top level domain. .com, .org, .edu, and so on; also includes the country top-level domains .au, .it, .cx and so on, or see http://www.iana.org/cctld/cctld-whois.htm for a complete listing |
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tldp M: 2009-11-05 |
The Linux Documentation Project: http://www.tldp.org/ |
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tls M: 2007-09-10 |
Transport Layer Security (ssl), or Thread-Local Storage, or in polish, TrzyLiterowy Skrot, translated to ThreeLetter Acronym, or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security |
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tmi M: 2004-08-26 |
too much information, or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Mile_Island |
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tml M: 2002-01-28 |
The Missing Link, a simple caveman, frightened by society || <reply>TML is a father! Sat. Jan 26th, 2002 11:36am MST Joseph Clark Smith, Jr. joined the world. || <reply>TML is a father! Sat. Jan 26th, 2002 11:36am MST Joseph Clark Smith, Jr. joined the world. http://www.joeysmith.com/~joey/jj.jpg |
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tmpfs M: 2012-02-25 |
<reply>tmpfs is a file system which keeps all files in virtual memory; you can change its default size by editing /etc/default/tmpfs. Temporary filesystems can be mounted with a line such as "tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults 0 0" in /etc/fstab. http://kernel.org/doc/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt |
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tmt C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.angelfire.com/oh/KatieHolmesMaynia/TMT.html |
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tmux M: 2011-04-28 |
<reply>tmux is a terminal multiplexer. It enables a number of terminals (or windows) to be accessed and controlled from a single terminal and is intended to be a simple, modern, BSD-licensed alternative to programs such as GNU <screen>. http://tmux.sf.net/ |
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tnfrules C: 1999-12-17 |
<reply>Please point yer browsers to http://www.sn8.co.uk/tnflesh.htm |
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to-city M: 2003-05-06 |
probably the best tactical ops fansite, with downloads, news, tutorials, tips & tricks, links, screenshots and basic information about Tactical-Ops. Behold, shudder and visit: http://www.TO-City.com, or visit their forums @ http://www.to-city.com/forums and join their channel at Gamesnet: #TO-City |
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toctou race C: 2014-07-01 |
CWE-367: Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/367.html, or see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOCTOU |
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tom's root boot C: 2003-08-02 |
"The most GNU/Linux on one floppy disk", 1.7MB of Linux goodness at http://www.toms.net/rb/ |
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tomcat M: 2010-03-14 |
<reply>Apache Tomcat (formerly Jakarta Tomcat) is a reference implementation of the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages technologies. http://tomcat.apache.org/ http://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/FAQ #tomcat on irc.libera.chat. See also <mod_jk>. |
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tomoyo M: 2010-05-20 |
<reply>Tomoyo is a mandatory access control implementation for Linux. Available in Debian kernel images since linux-2.6 2.6.32-13, boot with "security=tomoyo" on the kernel command line to enable. http://wiki.debian.org/Tomoyo http://tomoyo.sf.jp/ See also <apparmor>, <selinux>. |
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toms root boot C: 2005-04-13 |
<reply> see http://www.toms.net/rb/ The most Linux on 1.7MB floppy (that's 1.4 MB superformatted) |
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tomsrtbt C: 2026-06-09 |
a single floppy linux distribution made to fulfill a last-hope need or at http://www.toms.net/rb/ |
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too much coffee man C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.tmcm.com/ |
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too much porn C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.prehensile.com/does/2muchporn.htm |
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toolbox C: 2026-06-09 |
a graphical configuration tool for the ultra-leet Blackbox window manager. It is available at http://www2.bc.edu/~kelleyry/toolbox/ |
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top ramen C: 2000-02-22 |
at http://www.nissinfoods.com/top.htm |
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top-posting M: 2009-12-08 |
<reply>Top-posting (aka TOFU: Text Over, Fullquote Under) is evil. See http://catb.org/jargon/html/T/top-post.html and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Top-posting . mutt/slrn/inn2 users: ask me about <t-prot>. |
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top500 C: 2007-11-14 |
<reply> top500 is the list of the top 500 supercomputers in the world. As of writing, #1 is BlueGene/L at 596Tflops over 212K processors with 73TB ram. See http://www.top500.org/ for more information. |
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topic-diff C: 2004-01-17 |
http://www.redellipse.net/scripts/topic-diff.pl |
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toplevel domain M: 2001-03-22 |
http://www.nikhef.nl/~e07/index/topdomains.html, or toplevel domains |
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tor M: 2022-09-19 |
<reply> Tor is a low-latency anonymous communication system for Internet traffic. The support channel is #tor on irc.oftc.net. The version packaged for Debian enables only the client proxy by default. See also https://torproject.org/ For use on OFTC, ask me about <oftc tor>. |
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tor cloak C: 2014-03-05 |
<reply>Many channels ban anonymous tor users. If you have registered and identified with NickServ (/msg nickserv help register ; /msg nickserv help identify) then you can arrange a cloak for your account. See http://www.oftc.net/UserCloaks/ |
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tor repo M: 2016-01-11 |
<reply>Debian runs an official mirror that is accessible via tor; see http://richardhartmann.de/blog/posts/2015/08/24-Tor-enabled_Debian_mirror/ https://wiki.debian.org/TorifyDebianServices and the apt-transport-tor packages for details. |
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torcs C: 2005-09-02 |
<reply>TORCS - The Open Racing Car Simulator. TORCS is a 3D racing cars simulator using OpenGL. http://torcs.sourceforge.net/ |
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torg C: 1999-12-13 |
<reply> Sluggy Freelance Viewer Guide: http://www.sluggy.com/stuff/guide.html |
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torinux C: 2009-12-29 |
<reply>Torinux is an Italian desktop distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux. It is not supported in #debian. http://www.torino.linux.it/index.php/ita/Progetti/Torinux . See also <based on debian>. |
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toshiba M: 2010-10-27 |
<reply>Toshiba Corporation is a Japanese multinational conglomerate. http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Toshiba . See also <laptop>, <toshutils>. |
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toshutils M: 2011-02-21 |
<reply>toshutils is a collection of utilities to control a <Toshiba> laptop (e.g. turning the fan on/off, viewing the power mode, setting the supervisor password). http://www.buzzard.me.uk/toshiba/ Removed from Debian post-Squeeze to resolve bug #543237. |
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totala C: 2003-03-28 |
Total Annihilation, http://cavedog.com/totala/ - best game in its genre |
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totem M: 2009-09-19 |
<reply>Totem is the official media player of the <GNOME> desktop environment, based on the <GStreamer> framework. <xine> libraries were previously supported until totem version 2.27.1. To resolve "Could not read from resource" errors when playing a DVD, ask me about <libdvdcss>. http://projects.gnome.org/totem/ #totem on irc.gnome.org. |
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toy story M: 2011-09-08 |
<reply> The names of the Debian releases (buzz, rex, woody, ...) are the characters from the "Toy Story" animated movie. Toy Story was released by Pixar November 22nd, 1995; one year later Debian 1.1 was released. Bruce Perens was the <Debian Project Leader> at the time and also worked for Pixar. See http://wiki.debian.org/ToyStory and ask me about <release history>. |
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tpb M: 2009-07-10 |
a utility to enable the special keys on an IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad. An on-screen display is presented for volume/mute/brightness, the ThinkPad and other buttons can be bound to programs of your choice. http://www.nongnu.org/tpb/ See also <thinkpad>. |
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tp_smapi C: 2010-11-17 |
<reply>tp_smapi is an out-of-tree Linux kernel module, which exposes some ThinkPad hardware/firmware features via <sysfs> (e.g. control of battery charging, extended battery status). Install the tp-smapi-dkms package to provide this module; an updated hdaps module recommended for use with <hdapsd> is also installed. http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Tp_smapi http://tpctl.sf.net/ |
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trac M: 2009-05-29 |
<reply>Trac is a Python wiki and issue tracking system for software development projects, packaged for Debian. Read /usr/share/doc/trac/README.Debian.gz after installing to configure Trac and create a project environment. http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/TracFaq http://trac.edgewall.org/ #trac on irc.libera.chat. |
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tracker C: 2020-09-10 |
<reply>The Debian package tracker can be found at https://tracker.debian.org (or go directly to https://tracker.debian.org/packagename) and has loads of information about a given package, including: available versions, security alerts, bugs, maintainer info, upload history, and upstream info. Take a look! |
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tracker of doom M: 2008-11-09 |
<reply>The Tracker of Doom is a vulnerability database maintained by the Debian security team, viewable at http://security-tracker.debian.org/ . Ask me about <cve lookup CVE-yyyy-nnnn> to get Debian-specific information on a CVE number. See also http://www.debian.org/security/crossreferences or ask me about <debsecan> http://www.enyo.de/fw/software/debsecan/ |
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tracker-miner-fs C: 2021-02-07 |
<reply>tracker-miner-fs is a filesystem indexing search tool with an unfortunate name, *not* a cryptocurrency miner. It is used by <nautilus> and similar utilities to make local file searches faster. It is normal to see high resource usage from tracker-miner-fs on a new debian install. https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Tracker/WhatIsTracker https://gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/tracker/ |
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transcode M: 2010-10-10 |
<reply>transcode is a console utility for video stream processing. Packages are available from <deb-multimedia>. http://www.transcoding.org/ #transcode on irc.ircnet.org. See also <ffmpeg>, <dvd ripping>. |
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transgaming M: 2003-04-11 |
adding a full implementation of the DirectX API to Wine (known as WineX), see http://www.transgaming.com/ for CVS / patches. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2002/debian-devel-200205/msg02174.html |
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transition M: 2012-02-12 |
<reply>A transition occurs when changes in a package require alterations to several other packages which depend on it. To do this, many packages using the package are updated, either being recompiled or updated to a new version; packages blocking a transition might be removed from <testing> so it can complete. Transitions can become very large and complex, involving tens or even hundreds of packages. http://release.debian.org/transitions/ |
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transmeta M: 2000-11-27 |
<reply> Transmeta has announced their 'Crusoe' processor which is rumored to be an anagram for "Source" but according to transmeta itself just a reference to innovation and strength, nothing more.. Linus Torvalds' employer, or at http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/publicfeature/tran.html, or at http://www.transmeta.com |
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transmission M: 2009-06-02 |
<reply>Transmission is an open source, cross-platform and lightweight <BitTorrent> client. http://wiki.debian.org/BitTorrent/Transmission http://www.transmissionbt.com/ #transmission on irc.libera.chat. |
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transparent proxy M: 2007-10-26 |
http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/TransparentProxy.html, or aka "interception caching", see http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/InterceptionProxy. Note that httpd_accel_* for transparent proxy is now implemented by the "transparent" http_port option in Squid 2.6 and later. |
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trap C: 2014-03-24 |
at http://wiki.bash-hackers.org/commands/builtin/trap |
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trb C: 2005-04-13 |
http://www.toms.net/rb/ The most Linux on 1.7MB floppy (that's 1.4 MB superformatted) |
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trelane C: 2007-03-23 |
the Owner and operator of the AHBL (http://www.ahbl.org) and SOSDG (http://www.sosdg.org) |
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trevor C: 2004-07-26 |
http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/37/ - Everyone loves Magical Trevor! |
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trickle C: 2008-06-10 |
a portable lightweight userspace bandwidth shaper. It can run in collaborative mode (together with trickled) or in stand alone mode. http://monkey.org/~marius/pages/?page=trickle |
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trinity M: 2013-05-02 |
<reply>The Trinity Desktop Environment project is a fork of <KDE> 3.5. It is not part of Debian (KDE SC 4 is packaged) and their packages are neither supported by #debian nor by the Debian Security Team. http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/ #trinity-desktop on irc.libera.chat. |
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trinux C: 2000-08-24 |
The linux security toolkit -- boots in 2 or 3 floppys (http://www.trinux.org) |
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tripwire M: 2011-10-26 |
<reply>Open Source Tripwire (packaged for Debian as tripwire) is a host-based intrusion detection system. It monitors a designated set of files, notifying the system administrator about corruption or tampering. http://tripwire.sf.net/ http://sf.net/projects/tripwire |
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trisquel M: 2010-01-02 |
<reply>Trisquel is a Spanish distribution initially based on Debian, now Ubuntu. It is not supported in #debian. http://trisquel.info/en #trisquel on irc.libera.chat. See also <based on Debian>. |
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tritium C: 2010-08-11 |
<reply>Tritium is a tiling <window manager> written in Python, inspired by ion3. http://sf.net/projects/tritium/ |
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trixie M: 2025-08-09 |
<reply>Trixie is the codename for the current <stable> release, Debian 13, released 2025-08-09. Trixie is the dinosaur in Toy Story 3, a blue Triceratops owned by Bonnie; see https://wiki.debian.org/DebianTrixie . Ask me about <install trixie>, <release notes>, <bookworm->trixie>. |
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trixie freeze M: 2025-01-23 |
<reply>the freeze process for upcoming Debian 13 'trixie' is scheduled to begin on 2025-03-15, see https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2025/01/msg00004.html and https://release.debian.org/trixie/freeze_policy.html |
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trixie install guide C: 2025-08-09 |
<reply> The Installation Guide for Debian 13 "Trixie" can be found at https://www.debian.org/releases/trixie/installmanual . See also <errata> and <trixie release notes>. |
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trixie installation guide C: 2025-08-09 |
<reply> The Installation Guide for Debian 13 "Trixie" can be found at https://www.debian.org/releases/trixie/installmanual . See also <errata> and <trixie release notes>. |
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trixie release notes M: 2025-08-09 |
<reply>The release notes for Debian 13 (Trixie) are at https://www.debian.org/releases/trixie/release-notes/index . See also <bookworm->trixie>, <trixie install guide> |
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trixie sources.list M: 2025-08-09 |
<reply>A suitable /etc/apt/sources.list for "Trixie" has three lines: "deb https://deb.debian.org/debian trixie main" "deb https://deb.debian.org/debian-security trixie-security main" "deb https://deb.debian.org/debian/ trixie-updates main". See <deb-src> <contrib> <non-free> <trixie-updates> and "man 5 sources.list". |
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trixie-backports M: 2025-08-09 |
<reply>Some packages intended for Forky (which will be Debian 14) but recompiled for use with Trixie (Debian 13) can be found in the trixie-backports repository. See https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/ . Ask me about <bdo>, <backports>. |
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troubled C: 2007-02-09 |
you are, like, a stats whore, or http://debstats.mine.nu/'s pimpdaddy, or resident trouble daemon on #debian, or a Sarah McLachlan fan. rather troubled, or a lesbian |
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truenas C: 2023-03-22 |
<reply>TrueNAS is a free NAS appliance OS that makes use of many <zfs> features. The TrueNAS SCALE version is based on debian bullseye, but it is not debian and is not supported in #debian. Support is available in #truenas on irc.libera.chat and from https://forums.truenas.com See also <based on debian> and <they don't know>. |
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truetype mini howto C: 2003-12-13 |
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/TT-XFree86.html |
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trunk M: 2010-04-24 |
<reply>Trunk is a term from version control systems such as <cvs>, <svn> and <git>. The "trunk" can often be thought of as a developer's playground, the stability (or otherwise) of the code varies from project to project. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trunk_(software) . Debian 2.6.32-trunk-* kernel image/headers packages are obsolete and were removed from the archive (/msg judd kernel --release squeeze). See also <kernel abi>. |
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try something else C: 2009-04-30 |
<reply>http://www.xkcdb.com/?5088 |
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tsmtpd C: 2000-11-23 |
timmy's smtpd daemon at (download) http://members.home.com/tdouglas/download/tsmtpd |
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tt-rss C: 2014-02-27 |
<reply>Tiny Tiny RSS is open source, web-based RSS/Atom news reader and aggregator. Packaged for Debian as tt-rss. http://tt-rss.org/ |
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ttf aa C: 2002-02-14 |
http://www.joeysmith.com/~joey/ttf-xf4.html |
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ttssh C: 2026-06-09 |
a free SSH client for Windows, available at http://www.zip.com.au/~roca/ttssh.html. |
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ttyquake C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://webpages.mr.net/bobz/ttyquake/ |
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tucows C: 2026-06-09 |
some groovy stuff at http://www.tucows.com |
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tulip #del M: 2001-02-23 |
at http://www.scyld.com/network/tulip.html or http://www.bmen.tulane.edu/~siekas/tulip.html, (or ask me about <2.2 tulip>) |
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tun M: 2010-07-23 |
the universal TUN/TAP device driver. http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt |
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tuning linux C: 2026-06-09 |
a good idea or at http://www.tunelinux.com or at http://www.linux.com/tuneup/ |
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tunisia C: 2000-07-26 |
http://anagogica.lly.org/tunisia-2000/ |
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turbolinux C: 2000-05-07 |
another Linux distribution, based on RedHat, at http://www.turbolinux.com |
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turnkey M: 2011-01-14 |
<reply>TurnKey Linux is a project providing ready-to-use "virtual appliances" packaged as live CDs, which are based on <Ubuntu> 8.04.3 LTS. TurnKey Linux appliances are not supported in #debian. http://www.turnkeylinux.org/ See also <based on Debian>. |
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tux M: 2009-05-26 |
a like, a cute cuddly penguin. Worship him. The logo of Linux, or the Linux logo because once, while on vacation in the southern hemisphere, Linus Torvalds was bitten on the hand by a penguin! http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Tux.png . See also <tuz>. |
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tux attacks C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.penguincomputing.com/tuxattacks-small.jpg |
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tux-aqfh C: 2026-06-09 |
"Tuxedo T. Penguin: A Quest for Herring.", a very cool game for Linux featuring the one, the only, Tux! Information is available at http://www.woodsoup.org/projs/tux_aqfh/ or won't compile that easily |
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tux2 M: 2002-07-24 |
a kernel-based web server. TUX can serve static content very efficiently from within the Linux kernel. http://people.redhat.com/~mingo/TUX-patches/2.1-docs/intro.html, or has more info to be found at: http://www.evolt.org/article/Introducing_TUX_the_cute_and_cuddly_IIS_killer/18/3392/ |
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tux2fs M: 2001-05-23 |
at http://innominate.org/~phillips/tux2/, or a mailing list at, or mailing list at http://innominate.org/mailman/listinfo/tux2-dev, or http://kernelnewbies.org/~phillips/ |
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tuxaqfah C: 2000-03-19 |
<reply> Tuxedo T. Penguin: A Quest for Herring, found at http://tuxaqfh.sourceforge.net/ Looks fun! |
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tuxcake C: 2001-10-25 |
good! http://ikt.hia.no/nilsum/tuxcake/TuxCake-HOWTO.html |
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tuxedo C: 2025-02-22 |
<reply>Tuxedo Computers is a German computer manufacturer whose products include a pre-installed custom OS based on Ubuntu. https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Infos/Help-and-Support/Help-for-my-device |
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tuxeyes C: 2026-06-09 |
xeyes "replacement" - will feature dustpuppy, luxus,and bsd daemon figures as well - http://zero.xs4all.nl/~ivo/tuXeyes/ |
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tuxonice M: 2009-05-30 |
<reply>TuxOnIce (formerly Suspend2, swsusp) is a project providing a set of Linux kernel patches for suspending a system to disk within half a minute, then wake it into the previous state. Not part of the Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" release due to bug #586615, not part of the Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" release due to bug #629027. http://www.tuxonice.net/ See also <suspend>. |
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tuxos C: 2005-08-14 |
the worlds best linux distribution. it can be found at http://tuxos.tuxtalk.org, and it's support site is TuxTalk - http://www.tuxtalk.org, the best Linux site on the net |
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tuz M: 2009-05-26 |
a Tasmanian Devil and mascot of the Linux 2.6.29 kernel, featured to raise awareness of the endangered species. From Rusty Russell: "Tux is taking a three month sabbatical to work as a barber, so Tuz is standing in." http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Tuz-logo.png/800px-Tuz-logo.png http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=8032b526d1a3bd91ad633dd3a3b5fdbc47ad54f1 See also <tux>. |
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tvtime M: 2011-10-09 |
<reply>tvtime is a television display application, which processes the input from a capture card for display on a computer monitor or projector. FAQ: http://tvtime.net/help.html . http://tvtime.net/ |
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twcp C: 2026-06-09 |
The Walled City Project http://farreach.netpedia.net/ |
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twidge M: 2013-01-09 |
<reply>Twidge is a command-line <twitter> and identi.ca client. Not part of the Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" release due to bug #665254. https://github.com/jgoerzen/twidge/wiki |
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twin C: 2000-10-30 |
http://sourceforge.net/projects/twin and http://twin.sourceforge.net/twin-screenshot.gif |
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twisted C: 2001-10-05 |
http://twistedmatrix.com, and l33t. |
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twitter M: 2010-11-20 |
<reply>Twitter is a social networking/micro-blogging service. The official Debian twitter account is at http://twitter.com/debian . Tweet clients packaged for Debian include: <bitlbee>, bti, choqok, gwibber, pidgin-microblog, python-twyt, qwit, tircd and <twidge>. |
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twofish C: 2001-06-14 |
http://www.counterpane.com/twofish.html |
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twonz C: 2026-06-09 |
http://www.interlog.com/~gray/twonz/twonz.html, a little program for helping make passwords easy to remember and impossible to guess. |
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twotowers C: 2000-12-19 |
Listen to Tolkien read from "The Two Towers"! http://www.salon.com/audio/2000/10/05/tolkien/ |
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txtfmt C: 2000-04-24 |
Its an ASCII text formatting utility at http://www.tun.com/software/txtfmt/ |
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typec C: 2023-06-04 |
<reply>The pseudo-files under /sys/class/typec/ are documented in https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-typec |
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typo3 M: 2010-10-19 |
<reply>TYPO3 is an open source, cross-platform content management system (CMS) written in PHP. http://wiki.typo3.org/wiki/FAQ http://www.typo3.com/ #typo3 on irc.libera.chat. |
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tyscheme C: 2026-06-09 |
"Teach Yourself Scheme in Fixnum Days" at http://www.cs.rice.edu/~dorai/t-y-scheme/ |
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u M: 2004-11-25 |
<reply>Damnit Jim! It's YOU. Y-O-U. Not *U*. U is a letter. YOU is a word. See ne1, or wud. Dutch for 'you' (formal singular). See http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20041201 |
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u2 M: 2005-09-10 |
the Greatest Rock band on Earth! Look 'em up in Guinness Book o' records! :), or at http://www.u2.com, or a Lockheed Spy Airplane used in Cold War : http://home.iae.nl/users/wbergmns/info/u2.htm, or at http://www.milairpix.com/planes/tr1.htm (the plane) |
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u3 M: 2011-06-01 |
<reply>U3 was a joint venture between SanDisk and M-Systems, producing a proprietary method of launching Microsoft Windows applications from a USB flash drive. U3 "smart drives" differ from traditional flash drives, as they come with the (Windows only) U3 Launchpad preinstalled and appear as a virtual CD-ROM drive. To replace the CD image, change its size or uninstall entirely, use the u3-tool utility (u3-tool package). http://u3-tool.sf.net/ |
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u4x C: 2000-05-16 |
<reply>U4X, pronounced "eu-phor-ix" is collective effort of open source developers to create a Linux Distribution specially suited for those that have interested in multimedia, both and home and in the office. http://u4x.sourceforge.net |
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ubcd M: 2006-02-14 |
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ or and a version full of windows tools http://www.ubcd4win.com/ |
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uberstudent C: 2013-03-26 |
a GNU/Linux distribution based on <Ubuntu>. It is not supported in #debian. http://uberstudent.org/ See also <based on debian>. |
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ubunto M: 2011-04-16 |
http://www.erisian.com.au/wordpress/2005/06/07/on-ubuntu, or an ancient african word, meaning "I can't configure Debian". |
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ubuntu-fr C: 2007-08-07 |
at http://www.ubuntu-fr.org/ |
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ubuntu2debian M: 2012-04-19 |
a set of scripts to try to turn an ubuntu installation into something that is not debian and not supported in either #debian or #ubuntu. http://gnu.ethz.ch/linuks.mine.nu/ubuntu/ Please direct all questions about this procedure to tarzeau. |
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ubuntuone M: 2013-09-26 |
<reply>Ubuntu One is a cloud and OpenID-based single sign on service from Canonical. <ITP> Ubuntu One client filed as Debian bug #559752. http://one.ubuntu.com/ |
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ubuntustudio M: 2009-05-19 |
<reply>Ubuntu Studio is a <Ubuntu> derivative oriented towards multimedia production. Not supported in #debian. http://ubuntustudio.org/ #ubuntustudio on irc.libera.chat. See <based on Debian>. |
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ubuntuzilla M: 2013-09-20 |
a repository of mozilla related packages for Ubuntu. The packages are not designed for Debian and should not be used on Debian boxes. Debian already has recent versions of iceweasel (browser) and icedove (mail client) -- ask me about <mozilla backports>. http://ubuntuzilla.sourceforge.net/ |
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uclinux C: 2026-06-09 |
the Linux/Microcontroller project at http://www.uclinux.org/ |
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udd C: 2009-02-12 |
<reply>The Ultimate Debian Database (UDD) is an effort to gather lots of useful information about Debian from a variety of sources and stuff it all into a giant PostgreSQL database. http://wiki.debian.org/UltimateDebianDatabase http://udd.debian.org/ |
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ude M: 2010-01-19 |
the Unix Desktop Environment, packaged for Debian. http://udeproject.sf.net/ |
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udev M: 2009-11-19 |
<reply>udev is a /dev and hotplug management daemon, the Linux kernel's userspace equivalent of <DevFS>. Ask me about <udev mac>, <blacklist.conf>. See also <udev rules>, <udev squeeze>, <udev details>, <dpin>, <devtmpfs>. http://wiki.debian.org/udev #systemd on irc.libera.chat. |
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udev 620995 M: 2011-04-06 |
<reply>udev 167-1 in sid is currently broken, because it tries to use /run created by base-files 6.2 which is not yet supported by the initscripts version in sid. Downgrade udev, libudev0, libgudev-1.0-0 to 166-1 and base-files to 6.1 and remove /run to fix it. Install <apt-listbugs> and see #620995, #620191, #621036 and http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2011/04/msg00353.html for details. |
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udev details C: 2009-01-14 |
see http://www.kroah.com/linux/talks/ols_2003_udev_paper/Reprint-Kroah-Hartman-OLS2003.pdf for all the details. |
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udev rules M: 2013-05-19 |
http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html |
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udf packet writing M: 2010-05-25 |
<reply>UDF packet writing functionality is included in the mainline Linux kernel, since about v2.6.8.2 (2004-09-04), see http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cdrom/packet-writing.txt and /usr/share/doc/udftools/README.Debian.gz. |
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udi C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.projectudi.org and is the Uniform Driver Interface, an effort to allow platform (*nix) independent (means binary only) drivers |
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udma M: 2002-01-24 |
a fast (66/100 MB/s burst) standard for DMA transfers, mostly used by modern harddisks. The standard is also called UATA, ATA/66 and ATA/100. To get it working with 2.2 kernels, you'll need a kernel patch, recent 2.3 and 2.4-test kernels have support built in. A howto can be found at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/archived/Ultra-DMA/index.html, or UDMA 133 is the new standard for harddisks bigger than 137GB. its using now 48bit LBA instead of 32bit LBA |
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udpcast C: 2001-03-17 |
nice for cloning one image to multiple systems, get it at http://udpcast.linux.lu/ |
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uefi M: 2018-09-01 |
<reply> Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is a firmware interface specification, intended to replace the <BIOS> firmware interface. Debian 7 "Wheezy" and later releases support installation in (U)EFI mode on 64-bit PC systems (amd64), <secure boot> is supported starting with Debian 10 "Buster". https://wiki.debian.org/UEFI |
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uefi live M: 2020-06-10 |
<reply> Starting with Debian 9 Stretch, UEFI boot works in both installer and live images. Starting in Debian 10 Buster, UEFI "Secure Boot" works in both installer and live images. <https://wiki.debian.org/UEFI> |
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uemacs C: 2000-02-20 |
http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/editors/uemacs/ |
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ufs M: 2010-03-31 |
<reply>UFS is the Unix File System. Different implementations are used in various Unix and Unix-like operating systems. http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/filesystems/ufs.txt . See also <filesystems>. |
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ufw C: 2010-09-15 |
<reply>Uncomplicated firewall (ufw) is an <iptables> front-end with syntax similar to OpenBSD's Packet Filter (PF). https://launchpad.net/ufw |
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uget M: 2010-05-04 |
<reply>uget (formerly urlgfe) is a cross-platform graphical downloader manager written in GTK+2. Supports download resuming, queuing and batch downloading. http://urlget.sf.net/ See also <download manager>. |
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ugg C: 2015-01-22 |
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Games/Upstream/ |
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uha C: 2005-08-30 |
<reply> http://www.uhaul.com/supergraphics/images/ugo.gif |
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uhb C: 2006-03-17 |
the unix haters book, http://www.simson.net/ref/ugh.pdf |
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ui M: 2001-06-19 |
user interface, or http://www.cyberpunkproject.org/lib/in_the_beginning_was_the_command_line/ |
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uif C: 2008-07-18 |
the Univeral Image Format used by MagicISO. The uif2iso utility (http://aluigi.org/mytoolz/uif2iso.zip) can convert this format to either <ISO>, <NRG> or CUE/BIN depending on the input file. See also <iat> and <bchunk>. |
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ukuug C: 2026-06-09 |
http://www.linux.ukuug.org/linux99/, the UK Unix Users Group's Linux conference |
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ulogd M: 2009-11-08 |
<reply>ulogd is a daemon which listens for Netlink packets generated by iptables' ULOG target. It is an alternative to syslog for logging packets. Packets can alternatively be logged to SQL databases and as pcap files. http://www.netfilter.org/projects/ulogd/ |
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ultamatix C: 2008-11-02 |
<reply>A tool that installs a pile of software. SHOULD NOT be used on Debian, see also http://mjg59.livejournal.com/99905.html |
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ultima online C: 2002-04-27 |
http://www.linuxgames.com/uofaq.php3 for OSI's unsupported Linux client. Reports say that it runs a lot smoother in Linux, even on hardware below the Windows system requirements. An open source client is being developed at http://uop.sourceforge.net/ |
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ultimate lart C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.srl.org/machines/pitching/index.html |
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ultimate-lynx C: 2001-03-24 |
at http://reality.sgi.com/raju/lynx/lynx.html for the ULTIMATE lynx, I mean ULTIMATE, better than netscape, better than mozilla, and best of all for console |
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ultra x linux C: 2009-04-15 |
<reply>Ultra X Linux is a GNU/Linux distribution based on <Ubuntu>, includes a recompiled kernel "with extra cool support" (http://ultraxlinux.forumsland.com/ultraxlinux-about3.html). http://ultraxlinux.org/ See also <based on Debian>. |
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umarell M: 2013-09-20 |
<reply>Umarell /uma'rɛl/ (oo-mah-rell), n; pl. Umarells. People in a community who offer all sorts of comments to those who are trying to get some work done, but who are not doing any work themselves. http://www.enricozini.org/2013/debian/umarells/ |
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ums M: 2013-06-15 |
<reply>Universal Media Server (UMS) is a open source, cross platform, <UPnP> AV server written in Java, based on PS3 Media Server. Not packaged for Debian and not supported in #debian; use http://www.universalmediaserver.com/forum/ for general support requests. |
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umsdos M: 2009-06-05 |
<reply>UMSDOS was an overlay filesystem driver for the Linux kernel, providing a traditional Unix filesystem within a FAT volume. It allowed Linux distributions to be installed within an existing FAT filesystem, avoiding disk partitioning and ext2 filesystem establishment. Removed at Linux 2.6.11 due to lack of maintenance, see http://lkml.org/lkml/2004/7/11/68 |
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unar M: 2011-09-30 |
<reply>The Unarchiver is an Objective-C application for uncompressing archive files. It notably provides RAR3 extraction using a free implementation released under the GNU LGPL. Packaged for Debian as unar. http://unarchiver.c3.cx/ |
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unarchive C: 2012-11-09 |
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control#unarchive |
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unattended-upgrades C: 2014-12-24 |
a package for installing security upgrades automatically, unattended. See https://wiki.debian.org/UnattendedUpgrades |
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unblock C: 2012-11-09 |
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control#unblock |
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unc M: 2005-01-08 |
Universal Naming Convention or a m$ product or at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q160529/ (and http://network.wwc.edu/UNC.shtml if that page comes back online) |
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uncap C: 2007-03-18 |
at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncap |
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unetbootin M: 2013-11-06 |
<reply>UNetbootin (Universal Netboot Installer) allows creation of bootable USB drives for a variety of Linux distributions. http://unetbootin.sf.net/ Not recommended for use with Debian CD/DVD images, as it mangles the installer in cruel and unusual ways, resulting in hard to debug problems. Ask me about <hybrid images>, <usb install>, <win32diskimager>. |
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unicode emotes M: 2016-04-04 |
<reply> The font symbola has most unicode emotes. Not packaged for Debian. To install for a single user in $HOME, run: mkdir ~/.fonts;cd ~/.fonts/;wget http://users.teilar.gr/~g1951d/Symbola.zip;unzip Sym*.zip |
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unicode font C: 2006-10-23 |
http://www.unifont.org/fontguide/ |
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uninstall eset C: 2018-06-19 |
https://support.eset.com/kb2704/?locale=en_US&viewlocale=en_US |
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unionfs-fuse M: 2010-05-14 |
<reply>unionfs-fuse is a union filesystem (<unionfs>) implementation using <FUSE>. http://podgorny.cz/moin/UnionFsFuse |
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unison M: 2010-12-05 |
<reply>Unison is file-synchronization tool for Unix and Windows written in OCaml. It uses a version of the <rsync> protocol and can be used over SSH or a socket. http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ |
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unity M: 2011-06-13 |
<reply>Unity is a shell interface for <GNOME>, part of the Ayatana project. <RFP> filed as Debian bug #609278. http://unity.ubuntu.com/ |
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unix M: 2008-01-18 |
a broad definition for a very popular kind of OS, is what the Internet was built on, sexy, http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/otherunix.html, http://www.unix-systems.org/, a gift from the gods, http://www.scarynetworkguy.net. a linux-like operating system |
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unix map C: 2003-02-09 |
http://www.sco.com/scosource/unixtree/unixhistory01.html |
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unix myths C: 2002-03-28 |
http://www.tux.org/~niemi/software-competition/myths/unix-myths.html |
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unix philosophy C: 2004-09-10 |
http://www.scarynetworkguy.net |
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unix programming C: 2000-07-24 |
easy if you read the FAQ at http://docs.linux.cz/programming/c/c-faq_comp.unix.programmer/, it's easy. |
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unix rosetta stone C: 2001-04-19 |
A Sysadmin's Universal Translator http://bhami.com/rosetta.html |
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uni_vga C: 2005-11-13 |
see http://www.inp.nsk.su/~bolkhov/files/fonts/univga/ for a good unicode font for both console and x |
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unlambda C: 2000-09-22 |
at http://www.eleves.ens.fr:8080/home/madore/programs/unlambda/ and it is the world's only *purely* functional programming language. Forget INTERCAL, man! |
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unmerge C: 2012-11-09 |
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control#unmerge |
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unofficial M: 2010-10-03 |
<reply>External package repositories are listed at http://wiki.debian.org/UnofficialRepositories . Most are not managed by the Debian project, caution in their use is advised. See also <dmm>, <dmo>. |
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unofficial apt sources C: 2001-01-21 |
<reply> are at http://www.internatif.org/bortzemeyer/debian/apt-sources/ |
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unofficial packages C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply> A list of unofficial sources for apt. The URL is http://www.internatif.org/bortzmeyer/debian/apt-sources/ |
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unofficial sources C: 2001-10-08 |
Stephane Bortzmeyer has a good list of unofficial apt'able sources at http://www.internatif.org/bortzmeyer/debian/apt-sources/ |
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unresolved symbols in kernel C: 2001-05-18 |
http://www.tux.org/lkml/#s8-8 |
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unst C: 2002-07-09 |
at http://www.primelevel.com |
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unstable M: 2011-05-06 |
<reply>Unstable is the status of a Debian release when packages can be added at any time, that can disrupt the integrity of the whole system! Ask me about <break>. If you have to ask whether you should use it or how, you shouldn't. http://www.debian.org/releases/unstable/ http://wiki.debian.org/DebianUnstable . See also <testing>, <sid>, <sid faq>, <apt-listbugs>, <apt-listchanges>, <bts>. |
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unstable iso M: 2012-09-12 |
<reply>As packages in <unstable> change quickly, there are no unstable (aka sid) CD/DVD images available. http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#unstable-images |
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unstable status C: 2007-10-29 |
http://wiki.debian.org/Status/Unstable |
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unsupported C: 2016-04-06 |
<reply>whoops, it looks like you're using something that has no irc channel, forums, or other public support. It looks like you're on your own. Or maybe you'd like to try something a little more established, with other users who can help? http://www.debian.org |
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update certbot M: 2023-06-08 |
<reply> PSA for anyone who may update certbot: depending on the versions involved, you might get bitten by a bug that changes existing RSA key certificates to ECDSA certificates. It is easy enough to fix: https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/existing-rsa-key-cert-renewed-as-ecdsa-on-certbot-upgrade/195317 |
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upgrade tests M: 2005-05-20 |
<reply> Upgrade Tests - It is recommended to read the release notes before upgrading, and in particular Chapter 4 <release notes>, "Upgrades from previous releases". upgrade report template to help when reporting problems with the upgrades (http://release.debian.org/upgrade-report.html). If you do run into problems please fill it out, and email it to submit@bugs.debian.org, thanks. |
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upgrade-ia32-libs M: 2012-12-12 |
<reply>The process of upgrading ia32* libraries to <multiarch> in <wheezy> is detailed in http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading#ia32libs . See http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/amd64/release-notes/ch-whats-new#multiarch and http://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch/HOWTO for further details. |
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upgrade-multiarch M: 2012-12-03 |
http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/amd64/release-notes/ch-whats-new#multiarch, or http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading#ia32libs |
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upgrading the kernel C: 2003-05-17 |
http://mossad.org.il/~atterdag/kernel_compilation_help.txt |
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upgrading-checklist M: 2017-07-17 |
<reply> https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist |
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uplink C: 2001-12-09 |
hollywood style hacking game, visit http://www.uplink.co.uk/ |
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upnp M: 2011-05-29 |
<reply>Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) is a series of protocols for enabling device discovery and device-to-device networking. UPnP AV is an audio and video extension of UPnP; media servers packaged for Debian include gmediaserver, mediatomb and <minidlna>, clients include <djmount> and <totem> with the coherence UPnP/DLNA plugin (totem-coherence package). http://www.upnp.org/about/ See also <daap>, <zeroconf>. |
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upstart M: 2014-02-14 |
<reply>Upstart was an event-based replacement for the /sbin/init daemon which handles starting of tasks and services during boot, stopping them during shutdown and supervising them while the system is running. https://wiki.debian.org/Upstart http://upstart.ubuntu.com/ |
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upstream M: 2012-12-21 |
where Debian developers download software from. https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/ch03.en.html#upstream-coordination |
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upstream-guide M: 2012-12-21 |
<reply>If you contact <upstream>, please point them at our upstream guide: http://wiki.debian.org/UpstreamGuide |
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upstream-guide-games M: 2012-12-27 |
<reply>If you contact game <upstreams>, please point them at http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Games/Upstream |
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urban terror M: 2011-03-12 |
<reply>Urban Terror (aka UrT) is a closed source, first person shooter based on <ioquake3>. Not in Debian, RFP in bug #468325. http://www.urbanterror.info/ |
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usability M: 2003-08-16 |
just fine on Linux KDE vs Windows XP, report here http://www.relevantive.de/Linux_e.html |
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usb M: 2010-04-24 |
<reply>Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a technology that has replaced the way that some peripheral devices connect to a computer. It is much faster than serial/communications and more flexible: many devices can be connected to simultaneously. USB 3.0 is supported by the Linux kernel since version 2.6.31. http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/book1.html http://www.linux-usb.org/ See also <usb install>, <usbreset>. |
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usb card reader C: 2004-06-30 |
at http://www.cs.sfu.ca/~ggbaker/personal/cf-linux |
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usb install C: 2013-03-18 |
<reply>You can install Debian from a USB stick/thumbdrive/pen drive/key on x86 systems, as long as your system's BIOS can boot from USB. Details are in the Installation Guide, see http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch04s03 and ask me about <install debian> for hybrid CD/DVD images. Use http://sf.net/projects/win32diskimager/ to write images from Windows. For BIOSes not capable of USB boot, ask me about <plop>. |
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usb install squeeze M: 2013-04-28 |
<reply>You can install squeeze from a USB stick/thumbdrive/pen drive/key on x86 systems, as long as your system's BIOS can boot from USB. Details are in the Installation Guide, see http://www.debian.org/releases/squeeze/i386/ch04s03 and ask me about <install squeeze> for hybrid CD/DVD images. Use http://sf.net/projects/win32diskimager/ to write images from Windows. For BIOSes not capable of USB boot, ask me about <plop>. |
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usb-brush C: 2003-07-18 |
http://j0hn.ath.cx:8888/blog/random/images/usb_brush.jpg |
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usb-n10 C: 2011-06-20 |
<reply>The ASUS USB-N10 "EZ N Wireless Adapter" is an 802.11n device (USB ID 0b05:1786). It contains a Realtek RTL8188SU chipset; for device support on Debian systems, ask me about <rtl8192su>. http://www.asus.com/Networks/WiFi_Networking/USBN10/ |
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usb-n13 M: 2012-04-15 |
<reply>The ASUS USB-N13 is an 802.11n wireless LAN device. For support of hardware revision A1 (USB ID 0b05:1784, Ralink RT3072 chip), ask me about <rt3072>. For support of hardware revision B1 (USB ID 0b05:17ab, Realtek RTL8192CU chip), ask me about <rtl8192cu>. http://www.asus.com/Networks/WiFi_Networking/USBN13 |
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usbid C: 2021-05-11 |
<reply> an enumeration of USB IDs to manufacturer and device description is at http://www.linux-usb.org/usb-ids.html |
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usbip C: 2009-06-24 |
<reply>The USB/IP Project aims to develop a system for sharing USB devices over a network. It currently provides no encryption or access control. http://usbip.sf.net/ |
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usbreset M: 2010-04-24 |
a program for sending a USB port reset to a device: http://marc.info/?l=linux-usb-users&m=116827193506484&w=2 . Request for inclusion in usbutils package in Debian bug #554122. |
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usb_modeswitch M: 2010-04-01 |
<reply>usb_modeswitch is a tool for controlling "flip flop" USB devices, e.g. WAN dongles. This utility can disable the storage device (aka "ZeroCD", containing non-Linux drivers) and enable the serial device. Packaged for Debian as usb-modeswitch. http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/ |
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use google C: 2003-03-07 |
see http://leech.dk/bart.gif |
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used C: 2006-11-23 |
you can buy used Linux books for as low as $1 plus shipping at http://www.abebooks.com or http://www.amazon.${com,ca,fr,etc.} |
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user friendly M: 2000-08-19 |
a comic strip (http://www.userfriendly.org/) or a euphamism meaning that any inbred ozark yokel could use the thing in question, or available in Cartoon format. Illiad is releasing them in Flash (GPL player now available!) http://www.userfriendly.org/animation |
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user mode linux M: 2013-10-22 |
<reply>User Mode Linux (UML) is a port of the Linux kernel to user mode, so you can run one or more Linux hosts inside a running Linux system, each with its own scheduler, process table, etc. http://wiki.debian.org/UserModeLinux http://user-mode-linux.sf.net/ #uml on irc.oftc.net. |
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user private groups C: 2010-10-05 |
<reply>[user private groups] a system configuration idiom which allows users to collaborate by granting shared access to a directory and its content. Access is controlled by associating each collaborative project team with a Un*x group and then granting Un*x group membership to the userids of the designated project members. http://wiki.debian.org/UserPrivateGroups |
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user space kernel M: 2000-02-26 |
the linux kernel ported to linux's own control I/O, or allows users to run their own kernel under the machines "host" kernel allowing for development and testing of unstable features safely, or http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net |
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userfriendly C: 2026-06-09 |
a hilarious computing comic strip which constantly raises Linux to the skies and puts Bill in the mud. http://www.userfriendly.org/ |
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usershutdown M: 2002-07-29 |
to allow a not-superuser to shutdown. have a look at http://www.patoche.org/LTT/all/00000059.html, or apt-get install sudo |
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usertags M: 2010-05-15 |
http://wiki.debian.org/bugs.debian.org/usertags , http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/09/msg00002.html |
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using find M: 2009-07-27 |
http://mywiki.wooledge.org/UsingFind or "man find" |
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usrmerge M: 2021-03-11 |
<reply> /usr merge is the combining of /bin and /usr/bin, /sbin and /usr/sbin on fresh installs of Debian 10 and newer. This is required on Debian 12 (bookworm) and later. On earlier releases this can be accomplished if desired via the usrmerge package, or <https://wiki.debian.org/UsrMerge> Note that usrmerge can be confusing for tools like dpkg -S. |
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uswsusp M: 2013-06-20 |
<reply>uswsusp is a package for userspace software <suspend>, including the s2ram and s2disk programs. Use of <initramfs> is required. This package was not part of the Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" release. http://suspend.sf.net/ |
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ut M: 2007-06-25 |
Unreal Tournament, a 3D shoot-em-up similar to Quake 3. Which works in linux, both with openGL (xf4+dri,xf3+utah-glx,mesa) and Glide (glide2+device3dfx) , see http://www.lokigames.com for patch, or get GOTY edition. Urban Terror, ask me about <urt>. |
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ut2004 M: 2008-10-06 |
sequel of ut2003, which has improved graphics, faster framerates and cooler gameplay! And it runs on linux natively, with OpenGL. You'll want the aoss package for sound on ALSA, graphics options from http://icculus.org/cgi-bin/finger/finger.pl?user=icculus&date=2005-12-15&time=16-37-32 and patch from http://treefort.icculus.org/ut2004/ut2004-lnxpatch3369-2.tar.bz2 . |
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utah-glx M: 2001-03-07 |
a hardware accelerated implementation of the GLX protocol, or at http://utah-glx.sourceforge.net/, or primitive, thus slower then DRI but simpeler to implement and write drivers for. |
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utc M: 2013-09-06 |
<reply>Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the standard by which the world regulates clocks and time (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time). For Debian 7 "Wheezy" and later, set "UTC" or "LOCAL" in /etc/adjtime (man 8 hwclock). For Debian 6.0 "Squeeze", set the UTC option in /etc/default/rcS appropriately (man rcs). For all systems, run «service hwclock.sh restart» to apply changes. See also <windows utc>. |
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utnubu M: 2009-09-09 |
<reply>One of the frequent activities of Ubuntu developers is copying packages from Debian to Ubuntu. Well, Utnubu is about the reverse, copying packages from Ubuntu to Debian. Utnubu is a subproject of the Debian project (currently inactive). http://wiki.debian.org/Utnubu #debian-ubuntu on irc.oftc.net. |
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uupdate M: 2009-10-14 |
<reply> uupdate (in the <devscripts> package) upgrades a source code package from an upstream revision, or e.g. if the newest foo in debian is 1.2, and upstream is at 1.4: apt-get source foo; wget -nd http://foo.org/foo-1.4.tar.gz; cd foo-1.2; uupdate ../foo-1.4.tar.gz Ask me about <package recompile>. |
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uvcvideo M: 2012-12-21 |
<reply>uvcvideo is the Linux USB Video Class (UVC) driver, part of the Linux kernel (since Linux 2.6.26). Supported devices are listed at http://www.ideasonboard.org/uvc/#devices . For support of Ricoh R5U87x webcams, ask me about <r5u87x>. See also <gspca>, <webcam>. |
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uvesafb M: 2010-08-05 |
<reply>uvesafb is a generic <framebuffer> driver for Linux systems, providing support for non-VESA resolutions. Introduced at Linux 2.6.24. The v86d userspace helper (v86d package) is required by uvesafb, see /usr/share/doc/v86d/README.Debian after installation. http://kernel.org/doc/Documentation/fb/uvesafb.txt |
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uvm M: 2001-09-04 |
http://www.ccrc.wustl.edu/pub/chuck/tech/uvm/, or "new and advanced" VM of OpenBSD and NetBSD |
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uw M: 2003-09-05 |
the university of washington, http://www.washington.edu/ Don't use anything from UW, they are hellspawn of security vulnerabilities. |
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uw-imap C: 2005-10-14 |
the university of washington IMAP toolkit, see http://www.washington.edu/imap/, also it sucks |
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uwb M: 2002-01-29 |
Ultra Wide Band, or at http://www.uwb.org |
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v M: 2004-01-04 |
at http://objectcentral.com/ (Portable C++ GUI Framework) or velocity, or the roman numeral for five, or a highly caffeinated "energy drink" thats availible in Australia and in some parts of the UK. XFire runs on this stuff. very for lazy people |
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v.92 C: 2003-12-11 |
a modem standard. Still 56k but faster handshaking, modem-on-hold (MOH), and better compression than v.90 and prior. Many older modems can be upgraded. See http://www.v92.com/ |
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v4l M: 2011-03-29 |
<reply>"Video For Linux" (Video4Linux, V4L) is a video capture <API>. The V4L1 API is obsolete and does not work with most newer V4L drivers. http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/What_is_V4L_or_DVB%3F http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/ http://www.exploits.org/v4l #linux-media on irc.oftc.net. See also <dvb>, <webcam>. |
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vaapi C: 2013-07-18 |
<reply>VA-API (Video Acceleration API) is an <API> specification and open source software library (libVA), providing accelerated video playback by offloading video decoding/post-processing to the <GPU>. The i965-va-driver Debian package provides a VAAPI driver for the Intel G45 and HD Graphics family. http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/vaapi . See also <vdpau>. |
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valgrind M: 2002-04-26 |
http://devel-home.kde.org/~sewardj/, or a l33t t00l to find memory l34kz, or capable of finding use of uninitialized memory and invalid reads/writes |
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valid-until M: 2019-04-10 |
apt-get/aptitude -o Acquire::Check-Valid-Until=false and/or see https://ftp-master.debian.org/#validuntil |
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vampire C: 2006-05-18 |
see: http://www.slash7.com/pages/vampires |
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vancouver M: 2005-04-01 |
the city with the highest standard of living on earth. the vancouver prospectus proposes criteria for architectures support aiming to reduce release times : http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/03/msg00012.html |
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vanilla-kernel C: 2009-01-07 |
at http://kernel.org |
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vapour M: 2000-12-03 |
an OS without processes, kernel, or filesystem. http://ftp.rook.com.au/. New web page at http://vapour.sourceforge.net |
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vast C: 2000-02-23 |
Visual Audio Sensory Theater at http://www.onlinerock.com/musicians/4vast/home.html |
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vavoom M: 2012-08-25 |
<reply>Vavoom is a source port of the id Tech 1 game engine, created by merging the Doom, Heretic and Hexen source trees. http://www.vavoom-engine.com/ |
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vbns C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.vbns.net |
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vbox buster backport C: 2019-12-13 |
<reply>Lucas Nussbaum maintains an unofficial and unsupported backport of the sid package at https://people.debian.org/~lucas/virtualbox-buster/ |
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vbox extpack M: 2015-04-26 |
<reply>An extension pack to Oracle VM VirtualBox provides it with additional functionality (e.g. USB 2.0 device support, <RDP> and <PXE> boot). These closed-source components are released under the VirtualBox PUEL and made available by Oracle: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads . For VirtualBox 4.3.18 (Debian 8 "Jessie"): http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.18/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.3.18-96516.vbox-extpack |
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vbox extpack wheezy M: 2013-11-12 |
<reply>An extension pack to Oracle VM VirtualBox provides it with additional functionality (e.g. USB 2.0 device support, <RDP> and <PXE> boot). These closed-source components are released under the VirtualBox PUEL and made available by Oracle: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads . For VirtualBox 4.1.18 (Debian 7 "Wheezy"): http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.1.18/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.1.18-78361.vbox-extpack |
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vbox guest M: 2018-02-22 |
<reply>For Debian VMs (guests) under VirtualBox, install the virtualbox-guest-utils package (from <stretch-backports>) inside the guest to provide Guest Additions; Linux kernel modules are built automatically by <dkms>. For MS Windows guests, install the virtualbox-guest-additions-iso package on the host (see <non-free sources>) and see https://virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html for installation instructions. |
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vbox migrate win M: 2011-02-10 |
<reply>Information on migrating an existing Microsoft Windows installation to VirtualBox is available at http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Migrate_Windows . See also <vdi>. |
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vbox rename M: 2013-05-06 |
<reply>Prior to version 4.0, two editions of VirtualBox existed: VirtualBox OSE (free and open source software, some features removed) and VirtualBox PUEL (Personal Use and Evaluation License, all features present). Since version 4.0, only the open source version exists; closed-source components have moved to an extension pack, ask me about <vbox extpack>. http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Editions |
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vbox-install buster M: 2019-12-13 |
<reply>Ask me about <vbox buster backport> or install the upstream package by doing: echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian buster contrib" | pkexec tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list && wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc -O- | pkexec apt-key add - && pkexec apt update && pkexec apt install virtualbox-6.1 |
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vbvm C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://SoftworksLtd.com/vbvm.html |
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vcdimager M: 2010-12-18 |
<reply>GNU VCDimager is a mastering suite for analyzing, authoring and disassembling Video CDs and Super Video CDs. http://gnu.org/software/vcdimager/ |
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vcrstream C: 2001-12-19 |
at ftp://202.98.21.56/gj/vcr10b3.zip |
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vegemite M: 2005-06-19 |
like sump oil, or http://www.vegemite.com.au/index.cfm?fuseaction=VegemiteDiscovery.welcome, or not marmite |
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vendors M: 2009-05-29 |
<reply>Not enough time or insufficient bandwidth to download a Debian CD/DVD image? Vendors of Debian CDs/DVDs are listed at http://www.debian.org/CD/vendors/ . If your country is not listed, use a vendor who ships internationally. See also <install guide>. |
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venenux M: 2011-06-27 |
a South American Debian derivative. http://www.venenux.org/ . It is not Debian and it is not supported in #debian. Go to http://foros.venenux.org/ for support. See also <based on debian>. |
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ventoy M: 2022-11-15 |
<reply>Ventoy is an open-source utility to facilitate booting .iso images from USB storage. It installs grub to the USB, and then uses grub to select among multiple .iso images on the USB. https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventoy We *think* it's safe to use with the debian-installer images (unlike tools like rufus). |
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verisign M: 2003-09-24 |
You too can protest by running: while :; do sleep 5; rand=`( date +%s%N; echo $RANDOM ) | md5sum | cut -b 1-10 `; lynx -dump http://${rand}.THIS-QUERY-SHOULD-RETURN-NXDOMAIN.NET > /dev/null; done or see http://imperialviolet.org/dnsfix.html, or http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/delegation-only.html |
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verisign fix C: 2003-09-16 |
http://www.imperialviolet.org/dnsfix.html and http://achurch.org/bind-verisign-patch.html |
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verp C: 2003-04-02 |
Variable Envelope Return Paths, http://cr.yp.to/proto/verp.txt |
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version compare M: 2009-09-03 |
<reply>The canonical way to test whether one version string is considered greater than another is by testing an assertion such as «dpkg --compare-versions 1.1 gt 1.1~rc1 && echo true». See also http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields#s-f-Version , <version epoch>, <debian revision>. |
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vetere C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://sine.com/ or Evan Vetere |
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vga M: 2007-03-15 |
Video Graphics Array or something you SHOULD know, maybe you should sell your computer huh, or 60 Hz vsync, 31.5 kHz hsync gets your old VGA monitor going, or http://ruslug.rutgers.edu/~mcgrof/grub-images/configs/linux/menu.lst |
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vgb M: 2000-05-17 |
Virtual Gameboy emulator. http://elektron.et.tudelft.nl/~jdegoede/vgb.html Tucows claims that it is opensource but it's distributed in binary-only form. |
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vhd M: 2011-04-11 |
<reply>Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) is a hard disk file format used by Windows <Virtual PC>. VHD images can be converted to other formats on Debian systems using the qemu-img and kvm-img utilities, available in the qemu-utils and qemu-kvm packages respectively. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHD_(file_format) |
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vhosts C: 2008-01-12 |
covered in detail in the apache documentation, see http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/vhosts/ |
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vi tutorial M: 2004-11-07 |
<reply>Tutorials on the vi text editor include: http://www.dina.dk/~abraham/religion/vi-tutorial.html , http://bignosebird.com/docs/vi.shtml , http://www.eng.hawaii.edu/Tutor/vi.html |
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vic20 C: 2001-07-04 |
at http://www.classicgaming.com/pfauzeh |
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victory C: 2005-07-12 |
http://wiki.ffii.org/Ep050706En |
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video M: 2009-03-31 |
interrupt 10h for the video BIOS. If you meant the Debian Meetings Video Archive, look at http://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/ |
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video editor C: 2001-06-21 |
http://heroines.sourceforge.net a set of Free video tools for Linux, including non-linear editing, capture and conversion |
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vim M: 2009-11-30 |
<reply>Vi IMproved (vim) is an enhanced <vi> editor. Extremely popular clone with syntax highlighting and graphical X interface available. The vim-tiny package no longer installs vim <alternatives> as of version 2:7.2.049-1 (Debian bug #529977). See also <vim refcard>, <cream>, <colored pager>, <vim syntax highlighting>. http://www.vim.org/ http://vim.wikia.com/ #vim on irc.libera.chat. |
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vim cheat sheat C: 2006-04-11 |
<reply>A very nice vim cheat sheet can be found here: http://www.viemu.com/a_vi_vim_graphical_cheat_sheet_tutorial.html |
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vim for dos C: 2000-05-09 |
at ftp://ftp.rge.com/pub/editors/vim/pc |
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vim for windows C: 2000-05-09 |
at ftp://ftp.rge.com/pub/editors/vim/pc |
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vim gpg C: 2004-07-05 |
see http://twiki.iwethey.org/Main/IwtNix |
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vim refcard M: 2009-11-30 |
http://www.viemu.com/a_vi_vim_graphical_cheat_sheet_tutorial.html or perhaps http://tnerual.eriogerg.free.fr/vim.html |
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vim syntax highlighting M: 2008-12-28 |
a way to make <vim> highlight script or source code syntax. Install the vim package and type ':syntax on' when in vim. You can have it enabled every time by adding 'syntax on' to your ~/.vimrc file. See http://vimdoc.sf.net/htmldoc/syntax.html . See also <colored pager>. |
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vim-gtk M: 2002-10-20 |
vim with gtk+, it looks pretty in X. Colors are even configurable! and it does source color coding, or if gvim silently refuses to start and goes into text mode, check out http://bugs.debian.org/119808 |
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vim-gtk2 C: 2003-05-18 |
deb http://people.debian.org/~mmagallo/packages/vim/i386 ./ |
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vim6 C: 2001-06-15 |
http://people.debian.org/~wakkerma/vim/ |
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vimpager C: 2010-01-28 |
a slightly more sophisticated replacement for less.sh that also supports being set as the PAGER environment variable. Displays man pages, perldocs and python documentation properly. http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1723 ; Instead of aliasing pager to less, alias pager to vimpager for example; alias pager=$HOME/bin/vimpager ; can also be used as a MANPAGER; export MANPAGER=$HOME/bin/vimpager |
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vimperator M: 2012-10-01 |
<reply>Vimperator is an add-on for Iceweasel/Firefox to appear and operate like the <Vim> editor. Packaged for Debian as iceweasel-vimperator. http://vimperator.org/vimperator #vimperator on irc.libera.chat. See also <pentadactyl>. |
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vincent C: 2000-06-15 |
the name of the guy who runs Vincent's Bazaar at http://www.debian.org/~vincent/ which contains stacks of updates like October Gnome and XFree86 3.3.6 that you're missing out if you're still on Debian 2.1 aka Slink. |
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vine M: 2001-08-29 |
maybe you mean wine? Or maybe adrianS does.. VINE: Vim Integrated News and Email at http://www.mossbayeng.com/~ron/vim/vine.html |
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vinux M: 2009-12-06 |
<reply>Vinux is a Live CD distribution for visually impaired users, based on Debian Lenny (as of version 2.0). It is supplied with non-free software (multimedia codecs, wireless LAN device firmware) and has the deb-multimedia, Debian Backports and Proposed Updates repositories enabled by default. It is not supported in #debian. http://vinux.org.uk/ See also <based on Debian>. |
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viper2's screenshot C: 2003-01-29 |
at http://www.eastlab.org/~viper2/ |
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viri C: 2002-03-27 |
not correct, it's "viruses". See http://www.perl.com/language/misc/virus.html for explanation. |
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virii M: 2003-10-29 |
incorrect. the correct plural form is viruses. see http://www.cknow.com/vtutor/vtplural.htm, or see viri, or "virii" would be the plural of "virius", just like "radius/radii". |
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virt-manager M: 2020-08-29 |
<reply>Virtual Machine Manager (virt-manager) is a desktop user interface for managing the linux Kernel Virtual Machine (KVM) as well as Xen VMs and LXC, with very similar functionality to <virtualbox>. https://wiki.debian.org/KVM https://virt-manager.org/ #virt on irc.oftc.net. |
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virtualbox M: 2022-01-09 |
<reply>Oracle VM VirtualBox is <virtualization> software. Not in any debian stable releases due to #794466. Packages are available from <fasttrack> for Debian 10+ as well as a 3rd party Oracle repo, see https://wiki.debian.org/VirtualBox to install; we recommend <virt-manager> instead. http://www.virtualbox.org/ #vbox on irc.oftc.net. |
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virtualenv M: 2016-11-21 |
a python development environment that's separate from global system installed binaries and libraries. https://linuxconfig.org/setting-up-the-python-virtualenv-development-environment-on-debian-linux Always use a virtualenv rather than running <pip> as root. Repeat after me: DO NOT RUN PIP AS ROOT. See <local python> |
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virtualization C: 2009-04-02 |
<reply>For resources concerning the use of Debian as a host for virtual computers, or as a guest within a virtual computer, see http://wiki.debian.org/SystemVirtualization . Also ask me about <hyper-v>, <kvm>, <linux-vserver>, <lxc>, <openvz>, <pearpc>, <qemu>, <user mode linux>, <virtualbox>, <virtual pc>, <vmware>, <xen>, <xve>, <ksm>. |
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virtuoso M: 2013-02-05 |
<reply>OpenLink Virtuoso is a high-performance, object-relational SQL database. Virtuoso Open-Source Edition is packaged for Debian. http://virtuoso.openlinksw.com/wiki/main/Main/ |
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virus M: 2009-11-06 |
a program that makes unbidden copies of itself in order to proliferate. Usually plays a role either as graffiti or for malicious intent, or a working version of Windows without Windows, or see http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch-sec-tools.en.html#s8.8 See also <clamav>, <amavis>. |
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visor M: 2000-02-28 |
palm done right, http://www.handspring.com or cheaper and faster , and fully compatible, or supported by linux 2.3.40+ (STABLIZED!) visit http://usbvisor.sourceforge.net |
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visor recharge hack C: 2001-06-26 |
take a look at http://www.maksystems.com/visor/ |
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visualboyadvance M: 2011-06-23 |
<reply>VisualBoyAdvance is an emulator of the Nintendo Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance handheld game consoles. Packaged for Debian as visualboyadvance and visualboyadvance-gtk. http://vba.ngemu.com/ |
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vlc M: 2010-12-27 |
<reply>VLC media player is a free software multimedia player developed by the VideoLAN project. For DVD support, ask me about <dvd playback>. http://www.videolan.org/support/faq.html #videolan on irc.videolan.org (currently a CNAME for irc.libera.chat) |
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vm M: 2011-06-03 |
either virtual machine (ask me about <virtualization>) or VM (View Mail), a mail user agent for <Emacs> bundled with XEmacs. http://www.nongnu.org/viewmail/ |
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vme M: 2012-04-20 |
<reply>vme is an x86 CPU flag indicating Virtual 8086 mode support (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_8086_mode). Not to be confused with <vmx>. |
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vmware M: 2010-02-23 |
<reply> VMware isn't part of Debian, therefore it's not supported, ask me about <vmware support>. VMware is not in Debian because it is not Free software; even though you might be able to download it for no cost, the source code is not available for some parts and Debian is not allowed to distribute it, see <dfsg>. http://wiki.debian.org/VMware #vmware on irc.libera.chat. See also <virtualization>. |
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vmware support M: 2007-10-13 |
<reply>Support for VMware products is not offered here; please go to http://vmware.com/support/ or join #vmware on irc.libera.chat. |
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vnc M: 2010-02-27 |
<reply>Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a platform-independent graphical desktop sharing system (i.e. provides GUI remote access). Server packages in Debian include <tightvncserver>, <vnc4server> and <x11vnc>; "apt-cache search vnc" will list other servers and clients. Ask me about <vnc setup>, see also <x-not-vnc> for an alternative. http://wiki.debian.org/VNCviewer |
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vnc2swf M: 2010-02-21 |
<reply> vnc2swf is a cross-platform screen recording tool. It's not in Debian (yet?). There are two versions available, a Python and a C version. See http://www.unixuser.org/~euske/vnc2swf/ and http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/270 Superseded by vnc2flv. |
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vnstat C: 2009-04-22 |
<reply>vnStat is a console network traffic monitor, logging daily network traffic for selected interfaces. http://humdi.net/vnstat/FAQ http://humdi.net/vnstat/ . See also <slurm>. |
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voicebot C: 2000-10-01 |
a new lame way of keeping the kiddies down see help at http://vc.bc.ca/~ddent/VoiceBot.help |
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voiceprint C: 2000-12-17 |
a new plugin for noatun: http://noatun.derkarl.org/shots/voiceprint.png |
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voip M: 2012-07-11 |
<reply>Voice over IP (VoIP) is a series of technologies and protocols for delivery of voice communications / multimedia sessions over <IP> networks. http://voip-info.org/ #debian-voip on irc.oftc.net. See also <ekiga>, <empathy>, <linphone>. |
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volatile M: 2012-02-08 |
<reply>Debian Volatile was a project aiming at keeping Debian releases up-to-date for fast moving packages such as virus scanners, spam scanners and firmware downloaders. It was replaced by the <stable-updates> suite as of Debian 6.0 "Squeeze". http://lists.debian.org/debian-volatile-announce/2012/msg00000.html |
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volatile mirrors M: 2009-05-17 |
<reply>For a list of servers mirroring debian-volatile, see http://www.debian.org/volatile/volatile-mirrors |
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vomjom C: 2001-12-05 |
http://www.vomjom.org/ |
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vorbis M: 2009-05-15 |
<reply> Vorbis is a patent free, open, lossy audio <codec>; it's usually found in the <ogg> multimedia wrapper (i.e. files with an .ogg extension) and hence is generally referred to as 'Ogg Vorbis'. Vorbis is natively VBR and sounds much better than MP3 at a given bitrate. See http://www.vorbis.com/faq/ for other reasons why you should choose Ogg Vorbis over MP3. http://www.vorbis.com/ #vorbis on irc.libera.chat. |
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vorbis hardware C: 2004-06-01 |
http://wiki.xiph.org/VorbisHardware |
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voyage linux M: 2009-11-17 |
<reply>Voyage Linux is a distribution <based on Debian> targetted for x86 embedded platforms. Supported via mailing list. http://linux.voyage.hk/ Not supported in #debian. |
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vpnc M: 2010-01-16 |
<reply>vpnc is a <VPN> client compatible with Cisco 3000 series concentrators (aka Easy VPN), Cisco IOS routers, Cisco PIX / ASA Zecurity appliances and Juniper NetScreen appliances. The only Linux kernel module required by vpnc is the <tun> driver. Frontends include kvpnc and network-manager-vpnc. http://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~massar/vpnc/ |
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vpopmail M: 2012-09-09 |
<reply>Vpopmail is open source, virtual user management software for <postfix> and <qmail>. Removed from Debian to resolve bug #382944. http://www.inter7.com/index.php?page=vpopmail |
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vps M: 2010-08-13 |
Virtual Private Server (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_server), or http://wiki.debian.org/DebianHosting#Virtual_Dedicated_Server |
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vscodium C: 2022-11-09 |
<reply>vscodium is a free & open-source clone of Microsoft VS Code editor. https://itsfoss.com/vscodium/ |
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vsftpd M: 2009-04-07 |
<reply>Very Secure FTP Daemon (vsftpd) is a GPL licensed FTP and FTPS server for Unix-like systems. Frequently Asked Questions: http://viki.brainsware.org/?en/FAQ . Wiki: http://vsftpd.brainsware.org/ . http://vsftpd.beasts.org/ See also <ftpd>. |
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vt6656 M: 2011-03-19 |
<reply>vt6656_stage is a module produced by the vt6656 vendor driver, supporting wireless LAN devices based on the VIA VT6656 USB chipset. Enabled in Debian x86 kernel images since linux-2.6 2.6.32-31 (part of the <6.0.1> point release). Firmware is required (vntwusb.fw) and packaged for Debian in firmware-linux-nonfree, ask me about <non-free sources>. http://wiki.debian.org/vt665x |
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vtcl C: 2026-06-09 |
an advanced Tk GUI builder. It can be found at http://www.neuron.com/stewart/vtcl/ |
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vuze M: 2010-04-09 |
<reply>Vuze (formerly Azureus) is a social <BitTorrent> client which uses the Azureus engine, packaged for Debian. http://faq.vuze.com/ http://wiki.vuze.com/ http://www.vuze.com/ |
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vyatta C: 2009-07-07 |
<reply>Vyatta Core is a Linux distribution based on Debian, providing routing, stateful firewalling and secure communication through IPsec and OpenVPN. It is not supported in #debian. http://www.vyatta.org/ See also <based on debian>. |
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w.d.o C: 2002-01-05 |
the website http://www.debian.org/ |
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w311u C: 2010-05-22 |
<reply>The Tenda W311U is an 802.11n USB device (USB ID 148f:3070), containing a Ralink RT3070 chip. For device support on Debian systems, ask me about <rt2800usb>. http://www.tenda.cn/tendacn/Product/show.aspx?productid=340 |
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w322p C: 2011-10-15 |
<reply>The Tenda W322P "300Mbps Wireless PCI Adapter" is an 802.11n device. Version 2.0 (PCI ID 1814:3062) uses a Ralink RT3062 chip; for device support on Debian systems, ask me about <rt2800pci>. http://www.tenda.cn/tendacn/Product/show.aspx?productid=356 |
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w54c M: 2011-10-15 |
<reply>The Tenda W54C "54M Wireless Notebook Adapter" is an 802.11g Cardbus device. For device support on Debian systems, ask me about <ath5k>. http://www.tenda.cn/tendacn/Product/show.aspx?productid=348 |
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waawa C: 2008-06-08 |
<reply> You mean http://kevininscoe.com/pub/whaaambulance.jpg right? |
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waimea C: 2002-09-17 |
an xclient for debian you can find more about it at http://www.waimea.sf.net |
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wang M: 2004-12-04 |
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2000-05-05&res=l, or http://www.bash.org/?111338 |
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wap M: 2010-01-02 |
Wireless Application Protocol, an open international standard for applications that use wireless communication. http://wapforum.org/ Not to be confused with <WPA>. |
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warehouse 23 C: 2026-06-09 |
the place They don't want you to see. http://www.warehouse23.com/basement/ |
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warez M: 2004-07-01 |
what GNU/Linux people do not need to run their computers and talk about in mundane ubergeek parties. http://www.little-gamers.com/index.php?id=275 or http://www.blerp.org/warez/ |
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warezed capacitors C: 2004-10-21 |
<reply> are the bane of 2002-era motherboards. See http://www.siliconchip.com.au/cms/A_30328/article.html |
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warmux M: 2010-06-06 |
<reply>WarMUX (formerly Wormux) is an open source, cross-platform artillery game inspired by <Worms>. http://download.gna.org/warmux/ |
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warriors of the net C: 2001-05-07 |
a simplifed 3D movie about how the internet works, you can find it at http://warriorsofthe.net/ |
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wat M: 2026-01-27 |
https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat |
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watch M: 2013-06-18 |
<reply>The 'watch' file in a source package's debian directory is used to check for newer upstream versions, and to download if necessary. You can use the utilities <uscan> and <uupdate> to import a new upstream version into the Debian <source package>. http://wiki.debian.org/debian/watch |
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wattos C: 2014-08-11 |
<reply>wattOS is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. It is not supported in #debian. http://www.planetwatt.com/ #wattos at cqchat.co.in. See also <based on debian>. |
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wavelan M: 2009-09-13 |
<reply> WaveLAN is like cool, or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WaveLAN . Pre-IEEE 802.11 WaveLAN (aka Classic WaveLAN) ISA and PCMCIA client adapters are supported by the wavelan and wavelan_cs drivers in the Linux kernel; these devices are completely incompatible with the 802.11 standard. For support of WaveLAN IEEE client adapters, ask me about <orinoco>. |
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wayland M: 2013-10-27 |
<reply>Wayland is a display server protocol and implementation library, intended as a simpler replacement for the X Window System. Ask me about <weston>. http://wayland.freedesktop.org/ #wayland on irc.oftc.net. |
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wd719x C: 2001-04-16 |
http://www.knowplace.org/719x.html |
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wdm M: 2009-08-01 |
WINGs Display Manager, a xdm replacement providing a look similar to WindowMaker. To install: "aptitude install wdm". http://voins.program.ru/wdm |
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wearables C: 2000-03-02 |
http://wearables.www.media.mit.edu/projects/wearables/lizzy/index.html |
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wearlab C: 2002-08-16 |
at http://www.wearlab.de |
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wearlable computing C: 2002-08-16 |
at http://www.wearlab.de |
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web M: 2014-09-16 |
<reply>Web (formerly Epiphany until GNOME 3.4) is a WebKit-based web browser and the primary browser of <GNOME>. https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Web/FrequentlyAskedQuestions https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Web #epiphany on irc.gnome.org. |
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web design C: 2000-11-10 |
Please design your web sites to be as accessible as possible. <http://www.anybrowser.org/campaign/> <http://www.alistapart.com/stories/dao/> |
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web economy bullshit generator C: 2000-07-03 |
at http://www.dack.com/web/bullshit.html |
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webalizer M: 2011-05-03 |
<reply>Webalizer is a web server log analysis program. http://www.mrunix.net/webalizer/ |
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webcam M: 2009-04-06 |
<reply>For webcam device support in Debian, ask me about <gspca>, <uvcvideo>. See also <quickcam>, <ov51x-jpeg>, <ov511>, <m560x-driver>, <w9968cf>, <pwc>, <sn9c20x>. http://wiki.debian.org/Webcam |
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webcamstudio M: 2011-03-17 |
<reply>WebcamStudio for GNU/Linux creates a virtual webcam for mixing several sources (e.g. desktop, video, actual webcam) for live broadcasting. http://www.ws4gl.org/ |
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webfs M: 2010-05-19 |
<reply>webfs is a simple, lightweight HTTP serving for static content with limited CGI support. http://linux.bytesex.org/misc/webfs.html . See also <httpd>. |
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webm M: 2010-06-01 |
<reply>WebM is a media container format extended from <Matroska>, providing VP8/VP9 video and <Vorbis> audio. Playable with <GStreamer>-based players (e.g. gst123) provided gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad (>= 0.10.18.3-2) is installed. Preliminary support is available in <youtube-dl> as of version 2010.04.04-2. http://www.webmproject.org/ |
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webmin M: 2010-10-04 |
<reply>Webmin is a lame web-based interface for unsafe system administration for Unix. Check it out at http://webmin.com/ Remember, dondelelcaro *hates* webmin. "i'd rather sit on the floor shoving table knives into live electrical outlets than run webmin on an exposed server." Removed from Debian post-Sarge, see http://bugs.debian.org/343897 . The Debian package from webmin.com is of poor quality. See <free whcp> for alternatives. |
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weboob C: 2018-12-20 |
<reply>It's not just the name. It uses gratuitously sexual icons, and derogatory/inflammatory language in its output. See <https://git.weboob.org/weboob/devel/merge_requests/228> for example. |
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website down M: 2010-07-26 |
don't ask the channel, check using a service such as: http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ |
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website of fpc C: 2007-03-03 |
http://www.freepascal.org |
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webvc M: 2000-04-16 |
a web interface for everything you can think of, by ddent and abradley, or at http://vc.bc.ca/webvc |
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weechat M: 2009-11-19 |
<reply>WeeChat is a light and extensible cross-platform <IRC> client that promises a lot, and has some unique features like console nick list and horizontally split windows. http://weechat.org/files/doc/weechat_faq.en.html http://weechat.org/ #weechat on irc.libera.chat. |
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weekly builds C: 2008-10-16 |
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/ |
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weird-keyboard-layout C: 2007-10-24 |
You want to look at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=442316 |
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weirdx M: 2001-02-02 |
a Pure Java X Window System Server under the GNU GPL at http://www.jcraft.com/weirdx/, or two versions, one uses Swing and requires Java Plug-in, the other does not. |
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welcome M: 2019-02-28 |
<reply>Welcome to #debian, the larger but unofficial support channel for Debian GNU/Linux stable releases. Official channels have moved to OFTC (irc.oftc.net) see https://wiki.debian.org/IRC for a complete list. If you are new to Debian see https://www.debian.org/intro/why_debian and https://www.debian.org/social_contract.en.html if these sound good to you, then, welcome to the Debian community! |
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welcome oftc C: 2021-06-01 |
<reply> Welcome to OFTC/#debian, the official support channel for Debian GNU/Linux stable releases. See https://wiki.debian.org/IRC for a complete list of Debian IRC channels. If you are new to Debian see https://www.debian.org/intro/why_debian and https://www.debian.org/social_contract.en.html if these sound good to you, then, welcome to the Debian community! |
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wellies C: 2006-04-06 |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellies |
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wep M: 2008-02-18 |
<reply>Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is the utterly useless level of wireless encryption (about as secure as rot13) available prior to WPA. Ask me about <wpa>. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wired_Equivalent_Privacy |
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weplab M: 2011-02-15 |
<reply>WepLab is a security analysis utility for Wired Equivalent Privacy (<WEP>) protected networks. It performs network traffic capture, analysis and breaking of WEP keys. http://weplab.sf.net/ |
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wesnoth M: 2010-05-09 |
<reply>"The Battle for Wesnoth" (aka Wesnoth) is a free software turn-based strategy game with a fantasy setting. http://wiki.wesnoth.org/FAQ http://www.wesnoth.org/ #wesnoth on irc.libera.chat. |
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weston M: 2013-10-27 |
<reply>Weston is the reference implementation of a <wayland> compositor (display server), developed by the Wayland project. Available since Debian 8 "Jessie" although very much a work-in-progress. http://wayland.freedesktop.org/ #wayland on irc.oftc.net. |
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wg511 M: 2010-09-26 |
<reply>The Netgear WG511 is a 802.11g Cardbus device. Four variants exist, see http://daemonizer.de/prism54/wg511 for descriptions and pictures. For v2 and v3 (both PCI ID 1260:3890), ask me about <p54>; v1 (EEPROM-less) is only supported by the deprecated prism54 driver. For the device physically labelled "WG511v2" / "WG511 v2" (PCI ID 11ab:1faa), ask me about <88w8335>. For the WG511T and WG511U, ask me about <ath5k>. |
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wget C: 2013-05-06 |
<reply> GNU Wget is an excellent file retrieval utility (HTTP and FTP) with many options. Winner of the greycat award for "Package Whose Man Page is Least Likely to be Read by Newbies". http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/ #wget on irc.libera.chat." |
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wgetpaste M: 2010-07-16 |
<reply> wgetpaste is a CLI application for sending text to a pastebin, its only dependencies are bash and wget. To install and use: wget http://wgetpaste.zlin.dk/wgetpaste-2.17.tar.bz2 && tar xvjf wgetpaste-2.17.tar.bz2 && cd wgetpaste-2.17 You can then use it as ./wgetpaste; e.g. dmesg | ./wgetpaste It is also safe to copy to /usr/local/bin for easier use. |
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what's my wireless M: 2007-12-08 |
<reply> Install the hwinfo package and execute "/usr/sbin/hwinfo --wlan", or http://linux-wless.passys.nl/ , or ask me about <whats my hardware>. See also <wireless>. |
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what-nic-chip M: 2004-12-20 |
<reply> http://scyld.com/network.html is a good place to look to find out which module you need for your nic's chipset. |
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whatports C: 2001-05-14 |
The current list of registered|defined ports ca be found at http://www.iana.org/numbers.htm |
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whats the url M: 2005-02-11 |
<reply> The URL you're looking for is http://www.google.com/ |
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wheezy M: 2018-07-24 |
<reply> Wheezy is Debian 7, released on 2013-05-04: https://www.debian.org/News/2013/20130504 ; security support ended on 2016-04-25. Wheezy is the rubber toy penguin with a red bow tie. See https://wiki.debian.org/DebianWheezy and ask me about <install wheezy> <wheezy release notes> <wheezy->jessie>. Final update <7.11>. Consider upgrading. |
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wheezy installation guide M: 2013-02-19 |
<reply>The Installation Guide for Debian 7 "Wheezy" can be found at http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/installmanual . See also <errata wheezy>, <wheezy release notes>. |
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wheezy kernel M: 2012-09-25 |
<reply>Debian 7 "Wheezy" released with the Linux 3.2 kernel, with additional features backported (from later kernel versions) to provide better hardware support. See http://lists.debian.org/20120129182205.GR12704@decadent.org.uk and http://womble.decadent.org.uk/blog/whats-in-the-linux-kernel-for-debian-70-wheezy-part-4.html for further details. Later kernel versions are available through <debian backports>, ask me about <bdo kernel>. |
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wheezy release notes C: 2013-02-19 |
<reply>Release notes for Debian 7 "Wheezy" are at http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/releasenotes . See also <squeeze->wheezy>, <install guide wheezy>. |
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wheezy sources.list M: 2020-12-17 |
<reply>Debian 7 "wheezy" is archived. A suitable /etc/apt/sources.list for wheezy has the two lines «deb http://archive.debian.org/debian wheezy main» and «deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-security wheezy/updates main». Be sure to run «apt-get update». Also see <deb-src> <contrib> <non-free> <mirrors> <apt-spy> and «man sources.list». |
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wheezy->jessie M: 2015-04-25 |
<reply>Read (at least) the upgrading chapter of the <release notes> http://deb.li/ldcj . In /etc/apt/sources.list, change "wheezy" to "jessie". apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade. 3rd party repos like <dmo> are known to cause problems with the upgrade. See also <jessie sysvinit>. |
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wheezy-backports C: 2013-03-21 |
<reply>Selected packages intended for the Debian 8 "Jessie" release but recompiled for use with "Wheezy" (7.x) can be found in the "wheezy-backports" repository. Note that wheezy-backports are on the regular mirror network, not on backports.debian.org. A suitable line for your sources.list is «deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-backports main». Also ask me about <bdo>. |
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wheezy-lts M: 2018-08-22 |
<reply>Security support for Debian 7 "Wheezy" from the Debian Security Team ended on 2016-04-25. The amd64, i386, armel and armhf architectures receive additional long term support (LTS) via <wheezy/updates> until 2018-05-31. See http://deb.li/2aC for excluded packages. No changes to /etc/apt/sources.list are needed for wheezy-lts. limited commercial support extending further on exists in form of <elts> |
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wheezy-updates M: 2012-10-20 |
<reply>wheezy-updates is a suite providing updates to some packages (from <proposed-updates>) prior to a <point release>. All packages from wheezy-updates will be included in point releases. https://wiki.debian.org/StableUpdates . Not to be confused with <wheezy/updates> which is for <security> updates. |
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when will bookworm release M: 2023-06-10 |
<reply>IT'S OUT! https://www.debian.org/News/2023/20230610 |
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when will bullseye release M: 2021-08-15 |
<reply>IT'S OUT! https://www.debian.org/News/2021/20210814 |
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when will buster release M: 2019-07-07 |
<reply>IT'S OUT! http://www.debian.org/News/2019/20190706 |
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when will etch release M: 2007-04-08 |
<reply>IT'S OUT!! http://debian.org/News/2007/20070408 |
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when will jessie release M: 2015-04-26 |
<reply>IT'S OUT! http://www.debian.org/News/2015/20150426 |
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when will lenny release M: 2009-02-15 |
<reply>IT'S OUT! http://debian.org/News/2009/20090214 |
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when will squeeze release M: 2011-02-06 |
<reply>IT'S OUT! http://debian.org/News/2011/20110205a |
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when will stretch release M: 2017-06-18 |
<reply>IT'S OUT! http://www.debian.org/News/2017/20170617 |
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when will wheezy release M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply>IT'S OUT! http://www.debian.org/News/2013/20130504 |
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whfo M: 2004-04-12 |
<reply> When Hell Freezes Over. See: http://c.faculty.umkc.edu/cowande/hell%20frozen.jpg |
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which httpredir.debian.org C: 2015-05-05 |
<reply>To see which mirror you are being sent to by the <httpredir.debian.org> redirector, substitute the appropriate release and architecture into the following: «wget -O/dev/null --max-redirect=0 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz 2>&1 | grep Location». You can also look for the Release file or individual .debs if you want. |
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which repo M: 2014-10-30 |
<reply>To see what repository a package may have come from, try https://www.palfrader.org/gitweb/?p=tools/weaselutils.git;a=blob_plain;f=apt-listrepository or use dpkg -l | awk '/^.i/ {print $2}' | xargs apt-cache policy | awk '/^[a-z0-9.-]+:/ {pkg=$1}; /\*\*\*/ {OFS="\t"; ver=$2; getline; print pkg,ver,$2,$3}', or ask me about <obsolete>, or http://people.debian.org/~dannf/apt-inventory, or <bdo list>, or <dmm list> |
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which security.debian.org M: 2016-03-05 |
<reply>The security.debian.org servers use GeoDNS to select a close mirror to you. To work out which mirror: curl -o /dev/null -s -w '%{remote_ip}\n' http://security.debian.org/dists/ |
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whichwm C: 2003-01-08 |
<reply>If your looking to decide which window manager you would like to use, stop by http://www.plig.org/xwinman/ |
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whitebox linux M: 2009-11-18 |
<reply>White Box Enterprise Linux is a rebuild of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux RPMs by a few volunteers. http://www.whiteboxlinux.org/ |
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whizziwig M: 2000-01-22 |
now 15, but and has hsi website at http://www.whizziwig.com |
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whohas M: 2010-05-18 |
<reply> whohas searches through a list of distributions and displays those that carry a version of a given package. Currently supported are Arch, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, openSUSE, Slackware, Source Mage, Ubuntu, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Fink and MacPorts. Now in squeeze. http://www.philippwesche.org/200811/whohas/intro.html |
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whonix C: 2013-11-13 |
<reply>Whonix is a Linux distribution based on Debian, distributed as two virtual machine images. It is not supported in #debian; ask me about <based on debian>. http://whonix.org/ IRC support discontinued -- instead use: https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Project_Chat If you are new to linux try Debian instead: https://www.debian.org/intro/why_debian |
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why 127.0.1.1 C: 2009-01-06 |
http://qref.sf.net/Debian/reference/ch-gateway.en.html#s-net-dns |
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why 7.x M: 2013-07-26 |
<reply>From the debian-release mailing list (http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2013/05/msg01020.html): "Major versions are always X.0 now, so hard-coding the second component to "0" for point releases is simply a waste." |
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why amd64 C: 2008-10-14 |
<reply>The Debian architecture that runs on 64-bit processors from AMD and Intel is called "amd64" because the architecture was first developed by AMD. AMD64 is variously known as x86-64, x64, IA-32e, EM64T and Intel 64 (most of which are the Intel marketing people changing their mind). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/x86-64 |
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why aptitude M: 2010-10-20 |
<reply> aptitude has more advanced conflict/dependency resolution and will often find a solution where apt-get gives up. It can be used from the command line like apt-get plus an interactive resolver makes it much easier to recover from broken dependencies. It has advanced search capabilities (see <aptitude search>). For some upgrades, apt-get is preferred (e.g. <lenny->squeeze>, <squeeze->wheezy>). http://tinyurl.com/3g4d4d9. |
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why debian M: 2018-05-15 |
<reply> Debian strives to maintain your freedom whilst also paying close attention to the technical aspects of making a great OS. Debian is stable, upgradable and well tested. See also http://www.debian.org/intro/free http://www.debian.org/intro/why_debian http://people.debian.org/~srivasta/talks/why_debian/ . As an added bonus, you get to ask questions in #debian. |
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why exim C: 2008-12-13 |
<reply>Exim was chosen as the default MTA a long time ago: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/1997/06/msg00476.html or see http://feayn.org/~lewis/exim.txt |
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why gnutls C: 2009-04-24 |
<reply>http://www.openssl.org/support/faq.html#LEGAL2 and http://www.gnome.org/~markmc/openssl-and-the-gpl.html |
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why iceweasel M: 2008-02-25 |
<reply>Due to Mozilla logos licensing, Mozilla software isn't DFSG-free, so Debian distributes Mozilla software with different logos. Mozilla Corp revoked the agreement to let Debian use Mozilla trademarks, so Debian changed to non-trademarked product names. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation_software_rebranded_in_Debian for more information. http://glandium.org/blog/?p=933. Ask me about <dfsg> <iceweasel vs firefox>. |
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why not aptitude M: 2011-06-30 |
<reply> Aptitude is more memory intensive and slower than <apt-get>, the <ncurses> interface is always loaded regardless of being used or not. Moreover the resolver can sometimes produce unexpected results and most of <aptitude>'s former exclusive features are now available in <apt-get> as well. Ask me about <why aptitude> and see http://tinyurl.com/3g4d4d9. |
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why not ntpdate M: 2009-10-10 |
<reply>Use a daemon like ntpd, chrony or openntpd instead of <ntpdate> to keep your time synchronised. Rationale at http://www.redhat.com/archives/nahant-list/2005-December/msg00009.html . ntpdate is deprecated upstream (Debian bug #514318). |
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why not pptp M: 2013-02-26 |
<reply>PPTP is cryptographically broken and not recommended for use. http://pptpclient.sf.net/protocol-security.phtml http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPTP#Security |
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why not sav C: 2007-09-28 |
<reply> http://www.postfix.org/ADDRESS_VERIFICATION_README.html#limitations , http://taint.org/2007/03/16/134743a.html , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callback_verification#Limitations , http://www.spamresource.com/2007/01/whatever-happened-to-vrfy.html , http://www.onlymyemail.com/blog/?p=21 , http://www.circleid.com/posts/sender_address_verification/ |
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why software raid C: 2007-05-21 |
<reply> to find out about why software raid http://linux.yyz.us/why-software-raid.html |
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why systemd M: 2014-08-28 |
<reply>a tired argument. Start by reading rra's excellent analysis at https://lists.debian.org/debian-ctte/2013/12/msg00234.html Support for other init systems (sysvinit) is still present in Debian 8-10. systemd-shim allows userspace requiring some systemd APIs to work without it. See <jessie sysvinit> if you have to delay or wish to avoid using it. |
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why wayland C: 2016-10-16 |
<reply> https://blogs.gnome.org/mclasen/2016/03/04/why-wayland-anyway/ |
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whydoesaptnotusehttps C: 2021-08-23 |
<reply>https://web.archive.org/web/20200806030606/http://www.whydoesaptnotusehttps.com/ (alas, the domain expired) |
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whygnu C: 2002-08-13 |
http://kt.zork.net/kernel-traffic/kt20020805_178.html#1 |
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whynomongodb C: 2019-09-18 |
<reply> MongoDB is not in Debian because of Bug https://bugs.debian.org/916107 in src:mongodb (open): «mongodb: MongoDB should not be part of a stable release» |
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whynotpentesting C: 2018-07-30 |
<reply> For some reasons why Kali/Parrot/Other based-on-Debian penetration testing distributions shouldn't be used as a home desktop, see https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/399626/why-is-kali-linux-so-hard-to-set-up-why-wont-people-help-me |
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why_down C: 2004-05-29 |
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2004/05/msg00009.html |
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why_not_apt-get C: 2002-01-23 |
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2002/debian-devel-200201/msg01699.html |
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wicd C: 2009-04-08 |
<reply>Wireless Interface Connection Daemon (wicd) is a wired and <wireless connection manager>. http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse#wicd http://wicd.sf.net/ See also <netdev>. |
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wifi compat C: 2004-01-09 |
http://www.linux-wlan.org/docs/wlan_adapters.html |
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wifislax C: 2009-04-28 |
<reply>Wifislax is a Spanish <Slackware>-based Live Linux distribution containing security and forensic utilities, along with various unofficial network drivers. http://www.wifislax.com/ |
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wigglit C: 2002-12-30 |
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=g:thl2684500645d&dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=200211151630.06458.ron%40wigglit.com |
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wiki wiki C: 2000-07-03 |
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki |
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wiki403 M: 2020-09-16 |
<reply>If your IP address is blocked from the Debian wiki, please mail wiki@debian.org with your IP address. See also <https://web.archive.org/web/20200916205935/https://wiki.debian.org/DebianWiki/FAQ>. |
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wikibot C: 2003-11-02 |
the bot from #wikipedia for wikipedia found at http://www.wikipedia.org |
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will it work C: 2021-06-28 |
<reply>https://xkcd.com/1742/ |
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willyless C: 2002-02-19 |
at http://www.lol.com/willyless.html |
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wimax M: 2009-10-23 |
<reply>Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) is a technology based on IEEE 802.16, providing last mile wireless broadband access in metropolitan areas. See <i2400m-usb>, <madwimax>. http://linuxwimax.org/ |
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win xp C: 2001-02-15 |
an os for retards. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/guide/newlook.asp for screenshot |
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win32 dd M: 2009-12-30 |
<reply><dd> for Microsoft Windows operating systems is available from http://www.chrysocome.net/dd |
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win32 md5sum M: 2009-12-30 |
<reply>[win32 md5sum] Windows utilities for verifying MD5 checksums include: http://code.kliu.org/hashcheck/ , http://www.md5summer.org/ , http://www.fourmilab.ch/md5/ |
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win32 x server C: 2026-06-09 |
available at http://www.microimages.com/freestuf/mix/download.htm from MicroImages |
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win32-loader.exe M: 2013-05-20 |
<reply>http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/tools/win32-loader/stable/win32-loader.exe will install Debian side-by-side with an existing Microsoft Windows operating system. It can be non-destructive if you follow directions, or if you want, can replace Windows entirely. It supports the GNU/kFreeBSD and GNU/Hurd Debian-Installer flavours as of version 0.7.4. Also ask me about <install guide>. |
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win32diskimager M: 2014-01-22 |
<reply>win32diskimager is much more reliable than <rufus> or <etcher> for copying ISO images to USB sticks and you can download it from https://sf.net/projects/win32diskimager/ . Adjust the file mask from *.img to *.* if it doesn't show Debian .iso images. See <usb install> and <install debian> for further details. |
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win4lin M: 2013-02-12 |
<reply>Win4Lin is a discontinued proprietary virtualization product based on Merge. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Win4Lin |
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winblows M: 2005-01-03 |
an even more accurate name than windoze, or not the name of windows damnit ! Microsoft aren't monitoring your communications, no Microsoft employees shed a tear when you use these nasty, hurtful words. You just look like a retard. http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2002-07-22 |
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window manager M: 2009-06-15 |
<reply>A window manager is a special application class which decorates and manages windows for the X server. To list available window managers in your system, run «apt-cache showpkg x-window-manager». Not to be confused with a desktop environment such as <GNOME> or <KDE>. To set your system-wide default window manager, use «update-alternatives --config x-window-manager». For a guide to available window managers, see http://xwinman.org/ |
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window manager list M: 2005-03-25 |
the ultimate list of window managers and desktop environments at http://xwinman.org |
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window managers for x C: 2004-07-30 |
http://www.xwinman.org/ |
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windowmaker M: 2009-06-08 |
<reply>Window Maker is a <window manager>, flexible and highly configurable. Packaged for Debian as 'wmaker'. http://www.windowmaker.info/ #windowmaker on irc.windowmaker.info. |
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windows utc M: 2013-06-20 |
<reply>Setting the BIOS clock to <UTC> is a little more difficult if you dual-boot with legacy operating systems that think that local time is a good choice. Windows can be instructed to handle a BIOS clock in UTC too: http://superuser.com/a/185780/130459 |
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windows+linux dual boot M: 2007-08-09 |
Go read http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/Linux+Windows-HOWTO, or see <dual boot guide> |
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windows-refund howto C: 2007-02-09 |
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/110706-dell-windows.html |
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wine M: 2016-05-21 |
ine (Wine Is Not an Emulator) is an application intended to allow execution of Microsoft Windows programs on Unix-like operating systems. Application compatibility database: http://appdb.winehq.org/ .https://wiki.debian.org/Wine http://wiki.winehq.org/HowTo http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ #winehq on irc.libera.chat. See <mmap_min_addr> regarding use of Win16 binaries. See also <newer wine>. |
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winetools C: 2005-09-08 |
<reply> WineTools is a menu driven installer for installing about 90 Windows programs under Wine. http://www.von-thadden.de/Joachim/WineTools/ |
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winex M: 2004-11-02 |
<reply> see the new name for Transgaming's WineX - a proprietary fork of WINE designed to play Windows games. Limited CVS available at http://transgaming.org/cvs/ but missing key components such as copy protection or installshield functionality, or and the packaging saga summarised at http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2002/debian-devel-200205/msg02823.html |
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winfs C: 2001-02-21 |
"This should be an FAQ - running windows on a system where you have a Linux partition is dangerous, and you run the risk of losing all your data. Any Linux system that contains important data should NOT dual boot with windows." (LKML) http://kt.linuxcare.com/kernel-traffic/kt20010202_105.epl#1 |
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wingate C: 2000-08-31 |
a proxy/NAT program for Windows, very insecure by default (http://www.insecure.org/sploits/wingate.insecure.attacks.html), is often used to "bounce" as an IRC proxy, checked for from vc.bc.ca |
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wings3d M: 2013-02-01 |
<reply>Wings 3D is a polygon mesh modeller inspired by Nendo. http://wings3d.com/ |
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winhe C: 2001-01-02 |
Windows Historical Edition - see top ten reasons to downgrade at http://www.microsoft.com/windowshe |
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winlinux C: 2026-06-09 |
linux for windoze. http://www.winlinux.net |
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winmodem M: 2009-11-26 |
<reply>A Winmodem (or software modem) is a modem with minimal hardware, relying on the host computer to perform most or all processing and operational tasks. For device support on Debian systems, ask me about <agrsm>, <martian>, <sv92p> (Agere/Lucent); <slmodem> (SmartLink); <pctel> (PCTel); <sm56> (Motorola); <hcf>, <hsf> (Conexant/Rockwell). See also <3com>, <winmodem-trick> http://www.linmodems.org/ |
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winnuke C: 2001-07-17 |
a lame Windows 3.1x/95/NT DoS attack, or for 31337 scr1p7 k1dd33z. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinNuke |
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winprinter M: 2010-09-26 |
something you do not want, it's evil MS influenced trash. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_Device_Interface#GDI_printers |
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winrg C: 2003-12-19 |
http://www.google.com/search?q=swf+winrg |
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winscp C: 2001-08-08 |
<reply>WinSCP is a free and open source GUI <SCP> protocol, <SFTP> and <FTP> client for Microsoft Windows. http://winscp.net/ |
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winstep2000 C: 2026-06-09 |
a afterstep for windows at http://members.xoom.com/WinSTEP2000/wsmain.html |
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winusb C: 2016-09-07 |
a tool to create bootable usb using windows ISO. debian package can be found at https://dipconsultants.com/jessie/?dir=winusb/binaries |
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wireguard C: 2019-12-16 |
an in-kernel layer 3 VPN with a reputation for speed and code simplicity. See https://wiki.debian.org/Wireguard and https://www.wireguard.com/ |
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wireless M: 2011-03-08 |
<reply>Support for your wireless LAN device is dependent on the chipset within. Don't know what you have? Ask me about <what's my wireless>. Atheros: <atheros>; Atmel: <atmel>; Broadcom: <broadcom>; Intel: <intel>; Intersil: <prism>; Marvell: <marvell>; Ralink: <ralink>; Realtek: <realtek>; TI: <acx-mac80211>; VIA: <vt665x>; ZyDAS: <zydas>. See also <crda>, <killswitch>, <wpa>. http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi |
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wireless help M: 2009-12-14 |
<reply>For help with your wireless LAN connection, please <pastebin> (at http://paste.debian.net, for example) the output of the following commands at a minimum: lspci -knn (or lsusb for a usb card), uname -a, lsb_release -a, dpkg -l *firmware\*, ifconfig -a, iwconfig, cat /proc/net/wireless . See also http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi |
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wireless-testing M: 2010-08-01 |
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation/git-guide . You probably want <compat-wireless> instead. |
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wireshark M: 2009-12-13 |
<reply>Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) is a cross-platform network protocol analyzer. It allows data to be examined from a live network or from a capture file. To run as a normal user, see /usr/share/doc/wireshark/README.Debian. Console version is packaged as tshark. http://www.wireshark.org/faq.html #wireshark on irc.libera.chat. |
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wizard M: 2004-12-28 |
a dehancement to programs that makes them easier to operate by guiding you through, step by step, what is required to achieve your purpose. at http://www.photo.net/nz/klaus-and-stefan#wizard, or subtle and quick to anger |
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wka C: 2002-01-29 |
at http://axtorpsv020.sn.umu.se/wka-stats/ |
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wl M: 2013-04-30 |
<reply>Broadcom's proprietary wireless LAN driver (wl, aka broadcom-sta) supports devices based on the Broadcom BCM4311, BCM4312, BCM4313, BCM4321, BCM4322, BCM43224, BCM43225, BCM43227, BCM43228, BCM43142, BCM4331, BCM4352 and BCM4360 chips. To install (amd64 and i386 only), see https://wiki.debian.org/wl . Most of these chips are also supported by the open source <b43> and <brcmsmac> drivers. ask me about <bcmhybridbt> for bluetooth firmware. |
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wl-1600usb M: 2011-06-22 |
<reply>The AirLive WL-1600USB is an 802.11g wireless LAN adapter produced by OvisLink Technologies (USB ID 1b75:8187). It contains a Realtek RTL8187L chipset; for device support on Debian systems, ask me about <rtl8187>. http://www.airlive.com/product/product_3.jsp?pdid=PD1223473034861 |
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wl-344 M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply>The Sitecom WL-344 "Wireless USB Adapter 300N X2" is an 802.11n device (USB ID 0df6:0040). It contains a Ralink RT3071 chipset. For device support, ask me about <rt2800usb>. http://www.sitecom.com/300N-Wireless-USB-Adapter/WL-344/p/745 |
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wla-2000 M: 2012-01-11 |
<reply>The Sitecom WLA-2000 "Wireless Network USB Micro Adapter 300N X2" is an 802.11n device. Version 1 / v1.001 (USB ID 0df6:005d) contains a Realtek RTL8191SU chip. For device support on Debian systems, ask me about <r8712u>. http://www.sitecom.com/wireless-network-usb-micro-adapter-300n-x2/p/827 |
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wlan howto M: 2009-11-30 |
<reply> The Linux Wireless LAN HOWTO (last updated 2007) is at http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux . Additional resources and links to related information/websites are also available. See also http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi and http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse . Related: <wireless-tools>, <adhoc>, <hostapd>, <rfkill>. |
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wling C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://holomorphy.com/~wli/archives/wling2.0.tar.gz , but check for newer versions |
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wlm200nx C: 2010-04-08 |
<reply>The WLM200NX is an IEEE 802.11 draft-n mini-PCI device produced by Compex (PCI ID 168c:0029). It contains an Atheros XSPAN AR9220 chipset, ask me about <ath9k> for device support. http://www.compex.com.sg/Datasheets/WLM200NX_DSv3.2.9.pdf |
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wmaster0 M: 2012-12-09 |
<reply>wmaster0 was an internal interface created by <mac80211>-based wireless drivers to represent the physical card, where as wlan0 is the network interface. No longer created as of Linux 2.6.32. See http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation/mac80211#The_master_device_wmaster0 for historical information. |
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wmdctrl C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~trwcolem/wmdctrl/index.html |
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wmii M: 2010-02-21 |
<reply> Window Manager Improved 2: a lightweight window manager for X, which attempts to combine the best ideas of tiling and tabbing window managers like larswm, <ratpoison> and <ion>, with the flexibility of the Acme programming environment. http://wiki.debian.org/Wmii http://wmii.suckless.org/ #suckless on irc.oftc.net. |
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wml M: 2008-06-09 |
Website META Language, or a superior HTML generation tool, or http://www.thewml.org |
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wmrack C: 2000-09-17 |
a wery good sound playing program and is available from http://www.fga.de/~ograf/WMRack.shtml |
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wmsysmon C: 2026-06-09 |
yet another windowmaker dockapp that displays Memory, Swap, Disk IO, Uptime, and (the best part): blinky lights for interrupts. It can be found at http://www.neotokyo.org/illusion/ or from potato (since talon finally uploaded it) |
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wmv M: 2010-08-24 |
<reply>Windows Media Video (WMV) is a partially reverse-engineered proprietary video format by Microsoft. Support under Debian (without using <non-free> software) is limited. If `strings -n19 foo.wmv` returns a URL, the file is <DRM>-protected. See also <libavcodec>, <w32codecs>. http://wiki.debian.org/WindowsMediaVideo |
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wmx C: 2001-07-27 |
a very usable, minimal, zen-like window manager. see: http://www.all-day-breakfast.com/wmx/ |
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wnpp M: 2010-10-02 |
<reply> For information on packages which are not in Debian but you think should be, check the Work-Needing and Prospective Packages list at http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp (refinable list at http://wnpp.debian.net/). Use wnpp-alert (from the <devscripts> package) to see what packages you are using that are in need of help. |
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wnu M: 2011-06-15 |
<reply>The A-Link WNU is an 802.11n USB wireless LAN device (USB ID 0bda:8192). It contains a Realtek RTL8192U chipset; for device support on Debian systems, ask me about <rtl8192u>. http://www.a-link.com/uk/WNU |
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wodim M: 2011-03-17 |
<reply>wodim ("write optical disk media") is a <DFSG> compliant fork of <cdrecord>, part of <cdrkit> and available in the wodim package. See http://lwn.net/Articles/198171/ for the release notice. Use -pad for .wav files when burning audio. Use -swab if your CDR uses little endian or .cdr is in big endian -- basically if the audio on CD is static, use -swab. |
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woeusb M: 2019-04-11 |
<reply> WoeUSB is a tool to create bootable usb from a Windows iso. It is a fork of <winusb> https://github.com/slacka/WoeUSB |
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wol M: 2009-11-21 |
<reply>Wake-on-LAN (WOL) is a method of powering on a computer remotely through the use of a "magic" packet. See http://wiki.debian.org/WakeOnLan for more information. WOL utilities packaged for Debian include etherwake and wakeonlan. Online WOL services include http://stephan.mestrona.net/wol/ and http://www.rshut.com/products/wol/mobile |
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wolf4sdl M: 2013-02-03 |
<reply>Wolf4SDL is an open-source port of Wolfenstein 3D to <SDL>, available in <contrib> since Debian 7.0 "Wheezy". The game requires additional data files not available under a free license, ask me about <game-data-packager>. http://www.chaos-software.de.vu/ |
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wolk C: 2002-09-28 |
Working Overloaded Linux Kernel http://sf.net/projects/wolk |
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womad C: 2000-07-31 |
at http://www.womadusa.com and http://www.womad.com/ |
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wombat M: 2005-01-20 |
<reply> Waste Of Money, Brains And Time, or http://feayn.org/~lewis/wombat.jpg |
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women M: 2010-06-10 |
woman > 1, or HOWTO Encourage Women in Linux : http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/Encourage-Women-Linux-HOWTO.html, or http://xkcd.com/322/ . Also ask me about <debian women>. |
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wondershaper M: 2009-11-26 |
<reply>The Wonder Shaper is a script using the traffic shaping features of the Linux kernel to fix some problems, e.g. ensuring downloads continue at full speed while uploads occur at their maximum rate, keeping good interactive response times while bulk transfers are busy. Packaged for Debian, read /usr/share/doc/wondershaper/README.Debian after installation. http://lartc.org/wondershaper/ See also <lartc>. |
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wontfix M: 2010-06-08 |
a bug tag used in the Debian <BTS>, indicating a bug which will not be fixed. http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#tags |
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woody M: 2009-03-30 |
<reply>Woody is the codename for Debian GNU/Linux 3.0, released on July 19, 2002. Security support for woody was terminated on 2006-06-30. Woody was archived on 2007-01-10, ISOs are available from http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/archive/3.0_r6/ . See also <woody sources.list> and <woody->sarge>. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianWoody |
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woody mod_perl problems C: 2001-08-26 |
http://lists.debian.org/debian-chinese-gb/2001/debian-chinese-gb-200107/msg00059.html |
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woody sources.list M: 2009-06-07 |
"deb http://archive.debian.org/debian woody main contrib non-free", "deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-security woody/updates main contrib non-free" and "deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-non-US woody/non-US main contrib non-free" |
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woody xf4.3 M: 2004-03-29 |
http://people.debian.org/~nobse/xfree86/ |
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woody->sarge M: 2009-11-08 |
<reply>Read the release notes, ask me about <sarge release notes>. Ask me about <woody sources.list> as woody has been archived, then: "apt-get install aptitude". After this, ask me about <sarge sources.list>, then: "aptitude update && aptitude dist-upgrade". There is serious breakage for around 30% of users according to http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/06/msg00006.html . Also ask me about <sarge> and <sarge->etch>. |
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woody-o-meter C: 2002-05-06 |
at http://apt-get.mine.nu/woody-o-meter/ |
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wordnet C: 2026-06-09 |
is an on-line lexical reference system whose design is inspired by current psycholinguistic theories of human lexical memory. Information can be found at http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/~wn/ or the dictionary can be access via the web at http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn/ |
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wordperfect M: 2010-02-09 |
<reply>WordPerfect is a proprietary word processing application owned by Corel. The last Linux-native version released is 8.1. Rick Moen's WordPerfect for Linux FAQ is at http://www.linuxmafia.com/wpfaq/ |
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wordpress M: 2025-09-29 |
an open source blogging tool written in PHP, forked from b2/cafelog. http://wiki.debian.org/WordPress http://wordpress.org/ #wordpress on irc.libera.chat - consider (for security reasons) if you want to use the Debian package, or upstream instead |
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words C: 2001-03-21 |
"This is such a paradoxical time right now. It is the age of information and the age of misinformation. There was a time when people thought that something printed in a newspaper must be true. It's not like that online, but it almost is. ... but then you realize that it's just words, and that anybody can say anything at all." (http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0112/ferrandino.shtml) |
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workspot C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.workspot.net or a cool peice of GPL software developed on Debian or going to be packaged by Chris McClimans <mailto:chris@mcclimans.net> |
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world of ends C: 2012-02-13 |
<reply> A succicent description of the Internet. http://www.worldofends.com/ (The Internet isn't a thing. It's an agreement.) |
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worldforge M: 2010-03-13 |
<reply>WorldForge (formerly Altima) is a project producing an open source framework for massively multiplayer online role-playing games. Sear (3D client) was removed from Debian post-Etch to resolve bug #524484. Ember (3D client) is packaged. http://worldforge.org/ #lounge on irc.worldforge.org. |
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worldvista C: 2005-12-09 |
http://worldvista.sourceforge.net/ |
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worse M: 2011-05-13 |
better, or http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WorseIsBetter |
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wp (.*?) M: 2005-02-19 |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ (.*?) |
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wpa M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply>Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is a wireless encryption standard. A WPA supplicant for Debian systems is in the wpasupplicant package, read /usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/README.Debian.gz to configure (especially "Troubleshooting" for association to hidden SSIDs). Since Debian 7 "Wheezy", it is possible to install Debian over a WPA-protected network. https://wiki.debian.org/WPA https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse#wpasupplicant |
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wpad M: 2009-03-30 |
<reply>The Web Proxy Autodiscovery Protocol (WPAD) is a non-standard method for clients to locate proxy automatic configuration files via DNS or DHCP. http://wiki.debian.org/ProxyAutodetectConf |
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wpcli C: 2017-03-23 |
http://wp-cli.org/ WP-CLI is a set of command-line tools for managing WordPress installations. You can update plugins, configure multisite installs and much more, without using a web browser. |
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write amplification C: 2022-08-31 |
<reply> Write amplification is when hardware is asked to write a single sector but writes more than one. This can happen with <SSD>s as they become near full, and can only be fixed by a <security erase>. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Write_amplification. To avoid leave free space unpartitioned for <over provisioning>. |
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wsl M: 2018-05-15 |
<reply>https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Microsoft/Windows/SubsystemForLinux, or irc channel #debian-wsl on <OFTC> |
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wtfpl C: 2005-10-08 |
http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/, DFSG-compliant, GPL-compatible, free, non-copyleft, simple software license. |
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wtx C: 2000-08-15 |
a new board-set and system form factor developed for the mid-range workstation market. This specification defines the board-set volume, interface between the board-set and chassis, and required chassis features. It also provides a number of design suggestions for thermal management and EMC. More information can be found at http://www.wtx.org |
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wu-name C: 2026-06-09 |
http://tv.cream.org/boredrate/wuname/wuform.html |
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wub300g C: 2010-05-22 |
<reply>The Aolynk WUB300g is an 802.11g USB device (USB ID 1472:0007). For device support on Debian systems, "modprobe zd1211rw && echo 1472 0007 FFFFFFFF FFFFFFFF 0 0 0 > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/zd1211rw/new_id" (see http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/zd1211rw/AddID for more information) and ask me about <zd1211rw>. |
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wusb54g M: 2010-04-13 |
<reply>The Linksys WUSB54G "Wireless-G USB Adapter" is an 802.11g device. For support of version 1 (USB IDs 1915:2234, 5041:2234) and version 2 (USB ID 13b1:000a) on Debian systems, ask me about <p54>. For version 4 (USB ID 13b1:000d), ask me about <rt2500usb>. http://homesupport.cisco.com/en-us/wireless/lbc/WUSB54G . Not to be confused with the <WUSB54GC>, <WUSB54GP> or <WUSB54AG>. |
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wusb54gc M: 2011-06-06 |
<reply>The Linksys WUSB54GC "Compact Wireless-G USB Adapter" (aka WUSB54GC-EU) is an 802.11g device. For support of device version 1 (USB ID 13b1:0020) on Debian systems, ask me about <rt2571w>. For version 2 (USB ID 1737:0073), ask me about <rtl8187b>. For version 3 (USB ID 1737:0077), ask me about <rt2070>. http://homesupport.cisco.com/en-us/wireless/lbc/WUSB54GC |
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wusb54gp M: 2010-04-13 |
<reply>The WUSB54GP "Wireless-G Portable USB Adapter" is a 802.11g device produced by Linksys. For support of version 1 (USB IDs 1915:2235, 5041:2235), ask me about <p54>. For support of version 4 (USB ID 13b1:0011), ask me about <rt2500usb>. http://homesupport.cisco.com/en-us/wireless/lbc/WUSB54GP |
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wvdial M: 2009-06-23 |
<reply>WvDial is a console <PPP> dialer requiring minimal configuration. http://wiki.debian.org/Wvdial http://alumnit.ca/wiki/?page=WvDialFAQ http://alumnit.ca/wiki/?page=WvDial |
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wwan C: 2024-11-05 |
<reply>Wireless Wide Area Network tech uses cellular radio technologies to transfer data. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_WAN |
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wwbr M: 2023-05-01 |
<reply> Debian "Bookworm" is the current testing branch as of 2021-08-14 and it will be released "when it's ready". Tentative release date 2023-06-10, see https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2023/04/msg00007.html |
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www-data C: 2013-06-02 |
<reply>In Debian, web servers normally run as the "www-data" user. Web content should not be owned by this user, or a compromised web server would be able to rewrite a web site. Data written out by web servers will be owned by www-data. See /usr/share/doc/base-passwd/users-and-groups.txt.gz and http://webapps-common.alioth.debian.org/draft/html/ |
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www.debian.org M: 2011-02-06 |
<reply>As part of the Squeeze release party, the http://www.debian.org site has had a face-lift. Enjoy! |
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wwwoffle M: 2011-11-21 |
<reply>WWWOFFLE (World Wide Web OFFline Explorer) is a caching proxy server with special features for use with dial-up internet links. Removed from Debian post-Squeeze to resolve bug #649286. http://www.gedanken.demon.co.uk/wwwoffle |
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wx C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply> A free C(plusplus) framework to make cross-platform programming child's play. http://web.ukonline.co.uk/julian.smart/wxwin/ |
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wxwidgets M: 2010-03-13 |
<reply>wxWidgets (formerly wxWindows) is a cross-platform GUI widget toolkit. http://www.wxwidgets.org/ #wxwidgets on irc.libera.chat. |
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w|ggl|t C: 2002-12-30 |
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=g:thl2684500645d&dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=200211151630.06458.ron%40wigglit.com |
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x consortium C: 2000-08-18 |
the group of people who oversee the development of the X11 protocol and also keep the reference implementation. The GNU/Linux system uses the XFree86 source tree, which is based on the X consortium's reference implementation, but has specialized drivers for graphics boards that make use of hardware acceleration. More info is at http://www.x.org/ and http://www.xfree86.org/ |
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x over a modem C: 2001-04-09 |
http://www.medialogic.it/projects/mlview/ |
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x windows disaster C: 2001-04-18 |
http://catalog.com/hopkins/unix-haters/x-windows/disaster.html |
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x windows trap C: 2001-10-01 |
<reply>Yes, there are important flaws in the xfree86-style license. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/x.html to know why. |
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x-g3n C: 2001-12-15 |
at http://xgen.linux.org.tr it is a gimp site |
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x-not-vnc M: 2010-01-13 |
<reply>Instead of running a <VNC> server on Linux, run an X server on Windows and use SSH X11 forwarding. <Cygwin> provides a free (speech) X server, MicroImages has a free (beer) one, see http://www.microimages.com/mix/mix-faq.htm . To enable X11 forwarding, ask me about <sshx>. |
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x-remote C: 2003-03-18 |
http://jgo.local.net/LinuxGuide/linux-X-remote.html |
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x-sys M: 2012-09-17 |
<reply>X-Sys is a plugin for <X-Chat> to display your current system statistics. Packaged for Debian as xchat-xsys. http://dev.gentoo.org/~chainsaw/xsys/ |
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x10 C: 2000-12-11 |
a home automation protocol, you can get neat toys for it at http://www.x10.com |
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x11vnc M: 2010-02-27 |
<reply>x11vnc is a <VNC> server for displaying the running X session. Ask me about <vnc setup> to use with SSH. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/faq.html |
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x1550 C: 2008-06-10 |
http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Radeon_x1550, http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2007/04/msg03525.html |
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x2 M: 2001-03-02 |
This is US Robotics 56 Kbps modem standard. It uses the fact that most ISPs are digitally terminated, and this eliminates one analog loop. Due to this fact, digital transmissions can remain more intact than previously, theoretically allowing for up to 56 Kbps data rates. See also K56flex. a channel service bot http://x2serv.sourceforge.net |
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x264 M: 2012-04-23 |
<reply>x264 is a cross-platform free software library and application, for encoding video streams into the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC format. libx264-* and x264 packages are available in Debian from wheezy (and squeeze-backports) onwards. http://www.videolan.org/developers/x264.html #x264 on irc.libera.chat. |
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x2go M: 2013-10-03 |
<reply>X2Go is an open source terminal server project using the NX protocol (not compatible with other NX servers and clients). The Qt-based X2Go client is packaged as x2goclient, the X2Go server is currently not packaged (bug #465821). Packages from third-party repositories are not supported in #debian. http://wiki.x2go.org/ |
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x2vnc M: 2010-10-03 |
<reply>x2vnc is a dual-screen hack, linking an X display with another system running a <VNC> server. When the pointer is moved off a specific edge of the X display, it will appear on the other system's screen. Movements and keystrokes are then sent via <RFB> until the pointer is moved back. http://fredrik.hubbe.net/x2vnc.html |
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x2x M: 2011-08-22 |
a tool which lets you link the keyboard and mouse of two X displays together and copy text from one display to another. http://freecode.com/projects/x2x See also <synergy>. |
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x32 C: 2012-04-21 |
<reply>amd64 gives great improvement including an ability to directly address more than 4GB of ram, however for some algorithms the larger 64-bit pointers cause a significant slow-down due to poorer utilization of CPU cache. x32 allows 32-bit code on amd64 machines (only) that can use all the new features of amd64 including new registers. It was merged in Linux 3.4. http://lwn.net/Articles/456731/ https://wiki.debian.org/X32Port |
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x7spa-h M: 2010-06-21 |
<reply>The X7SPA-H is a motherboard produced by Super Micro Computer, Inc. The Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet controller is supported by the <e1000e> driver since Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.3. http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/ATOM/ICH9/X7SPA.cfm?typ=H |
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x8sti-f M: 2010-06-08 |
<reply>The X8STi-F is a motherboard produced by Super Micro Computer, Inc. The Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet controller is supported by the <e1000e> driver since Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.3. http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon3000/X58/X8STi-F.cfm |
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xaiki C: 2003-09-17 |
a fuckin troller, you can find it at http://www.trolldescavernes.net |
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xanadu C: 2026-06-09 |
the long-awaited original hypertext project. Source is available at http://udanax.xanadu.com/ |
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xandros M: 2009-11-17 |
<reply>Xandros Corporation produces the Xandros Desktop Linux distribution, originally based on <Corel Linux>. It is not supported in #debian. http://www.xandros.com/ See also <presto>, <based on Debian>. |
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xanmod C: 2020-09-10 |
<reply>XanMod is a general-purpose Linux kernel distribution with custom settings and new features. Built to provide a stable, responsive and smooth desktop experience. https://xanmod.org/ |
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xar M: 2010-04-18 |
<reply>xar (eXtensible ARchive format) is an open source file archiver and the archiver's file format. The archiver was removed from Debian post-Lenny to resolve bug #574023. http://code.google.com/p/xar/ |
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xaric M: 2010-07-01 |
<reply>Xaric is an <IRC> client forked from <BitchX>. http://xaric.org/ |
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xaudio C: 2026-06-09 |
an mp3 player/sdk for multiple platforms. or nonfree as hell or http://www.xaudio.com |
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xauth M: 2008-04-24 |
the mechanism for sharing around authorisation for clients to connect to your X server. Ask me about <mit-magic-cookie> for more information. Packaged for Debian as xauth (previously xbase-clients). See also http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/workshops/cool_unix/xauth.html or ask me about <sshx>. |
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xbase C: 2026-06-09 |
<reply>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/xBase . See also <dbf2mysql>. |
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xbox M: 2003-10-29 |
should be renamed to the wintendo, or http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2003-06-30&res=l |
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xboxdrv M: 2013-01-24 |
<reply>xboxdrv is a userspace Xbox, Xbox 360 (USB, wireless) and Thrustmaster Dual Power 3 gamepad driver. It is an alternative to the Linux kernel's xpad driver. Packaged for Debian 7 "Wheezy" and later releases. http://pingus.seul.org/~grumbel/xboxdrv/ |
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xcache M: 2013-12-06 |
<reply>XCache is a fast <PHP> opcode cacher, packaged for Debian as php5-xcache. Read /usr/share/doc/php5-xcache/README.Debian after installation. http://xcache.lighttpd.net/ #lighttpd on irc.libera.chat. |
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xcb M: 2008-01-20 |
http://xcb.freedesktop.org, or used by libx11-6 1.1 and newer, with Xlib/XCB; <http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/11/msg00010.html>, or seeing Assertion `c->xlib.lock' failed? Ask me about <xcb assertion> |
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xchat M: 2010-01-21 |
<reply>XChat is a graphical <IRC> client similar to AmIRC. http://xchat.org/faq/ http://xchatdata.net/Using/FAQ http://xchat.org/ #xchat on irc.libera.chat. XChat hasn't been developed for a few years and is succeeded by <hexchat>. |
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xcin C: 2026-06-09 |
a Chinese XIM input server that most Chinese-speaking user uses, it can do Big5 and GB. Xcin is still under heavy development. You can find it at http://xcin.linux.org.tw |
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xcursor change M: 2004-03-29 |
http://crew.ccs.neu.edu/wiki/Linux?action=historypage;id=248 |
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xdebug C: 2015-03-29 |
http://xdebug.org a php 'debugger' |
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xdg autostart C: 2020-05-14 |
~/.config/autostart/ or see https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/XDG_Autostart |
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xdg variables C: 2013-09-25 |
<reply> The freedesktop.org specifications for interoperability (<xdg>) have a set of standard directories for storing user configuration (XDG_CONFIG_HOME=~/.config), data ($XDG_DATA_HOME=~/.local/share), cache ($XDG_CACHE_HOME=~/.cache), sockets and pipes ($XDG_RUNTIME_DIR). http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html#variables |
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xdm themes C: 2026-06-09 |
http://net.house.cx/~nemo/visible/xdm/ |
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xdmcp M: 2013-04-11 |
<reply>The X Display Manager Control Protocol (XDMCP) provides a uniform mechanism for an autonomous display (e.g. X terminal) to request login service from a remote host. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_display_manager_(program_type)#X_Display_Manager_Control_Protocol |
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xdoc C: 2005-09-01 |
<reply> http://www.xfree86.org/4.3.0/ http://x.org/X11R6.8.2/doc/ |
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xebian M: 2009-06-07 |
<reply>Xebian (aka Ed's Debian) is a GNU/Linux distribution - based on Debian <Sarge> - for the Microsoft Xbox video game console. It is not supported in #debian. http://www.xbox-linux.org/wiki/Xebian #xbox-linux on irc.oftc.net. See also <based on Debian> and <stable sources.list>. |
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xemacs C: 2026-06-09 |
http://www.xemacs.org or better than FSF emacs or bloatware like the original emacs. or an editor with a buttonbar not unlike MS Word or not as good as pure FSF emacs |
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xen M: 2010-04-30 |
<reply>Xen is an open source virtual machine monitor / hypervisor, allowing several guest operating systems to execute concurrently on the same system. Provides paravirtualization (requiring guest OSs to be modified/ported) and hardware-assisted virtualization (for running guests unmodified). For detailed help, see http://wiki.debian.org/Xen . #debian-xen on irc.oftc.net. See also <virtualization>. |
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xenu.ca C: 2002-07-05 |
at http://xenu.ca |
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xerces C: 2001-02-20 |
a valiadating xml parser for java and c++. It is at(c++ version, for java version switch the -c in xerces-c for a -j) http://xml.apache.org/xerces-c/index.html |
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xevil C: 2001-05-30 |
<reply> A game. Kill things. http://www.xevil.com/ |
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xf4.0.3 M: 2001-04-21 |
see branden's site for pre release 4.0.3 .debs, or add deb http://people.debian.org/%7Ebranden/ woody/i386/ to sources.list and upgrade. Sometimes, overworked maintainers release packages built with xf4.0.3 even if not in the sid distribution |
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xf4.1.0-dri C: 2001-06-20 |
http://www.xfree86.org/~alanh/ |
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xf410 potato C: 2001-08-06 |
http://people.debian.org/~cpbotha/xf410_potato/READ.THIS |
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xf42 woody C: 2002-11-25 |
http://people.debian.org/~blade/woody |
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xf421 woody C: 2003-07-04 |
deb http://people.debian.org/~frankie/debian woody/x421/ |
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xf4299 C: 2003-01-23 |
available at deb http://capricorn.woot.net/~daniels/current/sid/(i386|powerpc) ./ or deb ftp://ftp.cs.umn.edu/pub/debian-misc/daniels/xfree86/current/sid/(i386|powerpc) ./ |
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xfaces C: 2000-08-17 |
a mail notification tool. Whether you like it is your decision, but you have to see it (at http://www.cs.indiana.edu/l/www/ftp/faces/ or http://www.xfaces.de/) |
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xfaq M: 2005-02-02 |
the Debian X FAQ; http://necrotic.deadbeast.net/xsf/XFree86/trunk/debian/local/FAQ.xhtml or /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ (woody) or /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.{gz,xhtml} (sarge,sid) |
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xfce M: 2009-06-01 |
<reply>Xfce is a pretty nifty Desktop Environment. Lightweight, fast, compact. To install, ask me about <install xfce>. https://wiki.debian.org/Xfce http://wiki.xfce.org/faq http://www.xfce.org/ #xfce on irc.libera.chat. |
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xfce config C: 2015-09-03 |
~/.config/xfce/xinitrc , see https://wiki.xfce.org/tips#how_to_customize_starting_xfce |
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xfig M: 2000-07-28 |
at http://www.xfig.org, or a neat lil' vector drawing thingy |
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xfld C: 2004-12-16 |
an XFCE4 live cd that can be found at http://www.xfld.org . |
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xforms C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://bragg.phys.uwm.edu/xforms/ or butt ugly |
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xfree4.0 C: 2000-08-11 |
the new release of the common used X-server XFree86 which is provided for free under its own license - get @ http://www.debian.org/~branden |
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xfree4.0 debs C: 2000-08-05 |
<reply> read http://www.debian.org/~branden/ ; don't say I didn't warn you. |
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xfree86 M: 2020-08-03 |
<reply>X.Org X11 is the reference implementation of the X Window System, forked from XFree86 4.4RC2 and first included in Debian 4.0 "Etch". To install, ask me about <install x>. To configure, ask me about <xorg config>. To remove, ask about <remove x>. http://wiki.debian.org/Xorg http://x.org/ #xorg on irc.libera.chat. XFree86 is now defunct last release was 4.8.0 in Dec 2008. |
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xfree86 4.4 C: 2004-07-06 |
xfree68 4.4 won't be in debian (or most other distros) because of licensing issues. See http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/01/msg00284.html and following thread |
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xfree86 bloat C: 2003-05-05 |
http://www.xfree86.org/pipermail/forum/2003-April/001373.html |
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xfree86 windows C: 2001-12-07 |
http://cygwin.com/xfree/ |
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xfree86-4.0 C: 2000-08-08 |
http://deadbeast.net/~branden/phase1/README |
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xfree86-6 C: 2000-11-21 |
run "dpkg --unpack xserver-xfree86_4.0.1-6_i386.deb && lynx -source http://togo.dhs.org/debian/xserver-xfree86.postinst.diff | patch -p0 -d /var/lib/dpkg/info && dpkg --configure --pending", *untested* - use with caution! If that does not help, ask me about "xfree86-6 2". |
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xfs M: 2009-05-30 |
<reply> XFS is a filesystem developed by SGI for high-performance (metadata-only) journalling and large disk support. Zeroed files on power failures is fixed since Linux 2.6.17 (http://lwn.net/Articles/279036/). Supposedly not as mature, in linux, as <ext3>. Unable to be shrunk. Broken on armel and hppa prior to Linux 2.6.34 (Debian bug #423562). http://xfs.org/index.php/XFS_FAQ http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/ #xfs on irc.oftc.net. |
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xft M: 2003-01-31 |
X FreeType interface library, a lib for antialiasing, http://http://www.xfree86.org/~keithp/render/, or http://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~dchest/xfthack/ |
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xgl M: 2009-05-29 |
<reply>Xgl is the X server architecture layered on top of OpenGL, takeing advantage of available accelerated 3D rendering hardware. http://en.opensuse.org/Xgl Deprecated and unsupported. Replaced by the Accelerated Indirect GLX project, ask me about <aiglx>. |
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xhost M: 2008-06-12 |
<reply>xhost is EVIL! There are so many other ways of getting remote X apps to work that xhost should never be needed. For a more sensible approach, use SSH X11 forwarding, ask me about <sshx>. Also see <mit-magic-cookie>, http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/workshops/cool_unix/xauth.html <nolisten> and "apt-cache show x11-xserver-utils | grep xhost". To run applications on your local machine as another user, see <root x>. See also <xhost +localhost>. |
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xine M: 2009-04-15 |
a video/media player library. Several frontends are available: xine-ui for "generic" X11, gxine (GTK+), <kaffeine> for KDE, totem-xine for GNOME (dropped as of totem 2.27.1), xine-console. For DVD support, ask me about <dvd playback>. http://xine-project.org/faq #xine on irc.oftc.net. |
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xine css C: 2002-07-26 |
http://www.google.com/search?q=xine+css+plugin |
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xine css plugin C: 2002-07-26 |
http://www.google.com/search?q=xine+css+plugin |
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xinerama M: 2008-08-12 |
where you have several monitors but only one logical desktop -- XFree86 4.0 and X.org have it. http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Xinerama-HOWTO/ . This functionality is provided by RandR in recent Xorg drivers, ask me about <randr>. |
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xiph M: 2009-05-15 |
<reply>Xiph.Org Foundation is a community organization developing projects pushing for open multimedia, including ogg, vorbis and theora. Ask me about <flac>, <ogg>, <theora>, <vorbis>, <xspf>. http://wiki.xiph.org/ http://www.xiph.org/ #xiph on irc.libera.chat. |
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xircon C: 2000-02-16 |
terrible. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XiRCON |
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xkb M: 2012-01-21 |
<reply>The X keyboard extension (XKB) is part of the X Window System, extending the ability to control the keyboard over what is offered by X Window System core protocol. See http://www.x.org/releases/current/doc/xorg-docs/input/XKB-Config.html , http://www.charvolant.org/~doug/xkb/html/xkb.html and http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/XKeyboardConfig#Links for more information. See also <xkblayout>. |
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xkcd C: 2008-01-30 |
<reply>http://www.xkcd.com https://xkcd.com/456/ https://c.xkcd.com/random/comic/ |
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xl2tpd M: 2010-01-28 |
an open source <L2TP> implementation, forked from <l2tpd> and packaged for Debian. It implements both the LAC and LNS roles of L2TP. See also Debian bug #542521. http://www.xelerance.com/software/xl2tpd/ |
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xlib M: 2006-11-27 |
Xlib/XCB in libx11-6 1.1 and newer; <http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/11/msg00010.html> |
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xlibre C: 2025-09-14 |
a fork of the Xorg Xserver that claims "lots of code cleanups and enhanced functionality", https://x11libre.net/ |
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xlivecd C: 2006-03-06 |
<reply>XLiveCD is a CD based on <Cygwin> for X Windows forwarding via SSH. http://xlivecd.indiana.edu/ |
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xmail M: 2011-01-25 |
<reply>XMail is an open source POP3, SMTP and <finger> server. http://www.xmailserver.org/ . See also <mta>. |
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xming M: 2011-03-28 |
<reply>Xming is a free X server for Microsoft Windows XP/2008/7 and later, with no dependency on <Cygwin>. http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/ |
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xml M: 2003-01-12 |
eXtensible Markup Language, and more info can be found at Homepage: http://www.jclark.com/xml/expat.html or There are generally two types of xml parsers: validating and those checking well-formedness. A valid xml document is one that is well-formed, and also complies with SGML conventions. getting bastardised by linux, call the XML-Men ~.linux bleh, or , or s-expressions in drag |
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xmms M: 2010-02-21 |
<reply>[xmms] the old X MultiMedia System media player. Removed from Debian post-Etch to resolve bug #461309, see http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2007/07/msg00026.html for removal reasons. For alternatives, ask me about <amarok>, <audacious>, <exaile>, <qmmp>, <quod libet>, <rhythmbox>, <xmms2>. |
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xmms2 M: 2010-06-29 |
<reply>X(cross)-platform Music Multiplexing System 2 (XMMS2) is a new generation of the <XMMS> audio player, currently in development. It features a new design written from scratch, independent of the original XMMS code. http://xmms2.org/ See also <mpd>. |
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xmonad M: 2010-03-13 |
<reply> xmonad is a dynamically tiling <window manager> written in <haskell>. http://wiki.debian.org/Xmonad http://www.xmonad.org/ http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Frequently_asked_questions #xmonad on irc.libera.chat. |
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xmpp M: 2011-02-25 |
<reply>Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP, originally Jabber) is an open communications protocol based on <XML> for message-oriented middleware. http://wiki.debian.org/Jabber http://xmpp.org/ Non-official Debian chat room is at xmpp:debian@conference.jabber.org. For packaged XMPP servers, ask me about <ejabberd>, <jabberd14>, <jabberd2>, <prosody>. |
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xmris M: 2000-01-02 |
the bestest X game ever;; a port of Apple ]['s classic Mr. Do to X.;; at http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/~nathan/xmris/ |
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xnp C: 2006-09-20 |
at http://86.104.196.200/scripts/scripts.php |
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xntp C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/ |
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xonotic M: 2013-04-15 |
<reply>Xonotic is a first-person deathmatch game forked from <nexuiz>. <ITP> filed as Debian bug #646377. http://xonotic.org/ #xonotic on irc.quakenet.org. |
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xorg M: 2009-05-29 |
<reply>X.Org X11 is the reference implementation of the X Window System, forked from XFree86 4.4RC2 and first included in Debian 4.0 "Etch". To install, ask me about <install x>. To configure, ask me about <xorg config>. To remove, ask about <remove x>. http://wiki.debian.org/Xorg http://x.org/ #xorg on irc.oftc.net. |
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xorg manual config M: 2010-11-27 |
<reply>From Debian 5.0 "Lenny" onwards, you can often use an <empty xorg.conf>. To configure your keyboard layout for both X and console, run «dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration». If you have further things you wish to configure, use "X -configure" ("X -configure :1" if server is already active) to produce a xorg.conf template. See also <xorg hal>. http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/InputHotplugGuide |
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xorg modules C: 2008-06-19 |
described briefly here: http://www.x.org/wiki/XorgConfModulesSection |
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xorg69to7 C: 2006-04-20 |
http://wiki.debian.org/Xorg69To7 |
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xorp M: 2014-01-22 |
<reply>XORP (eXtensible Open Router Platform) is a network routing daemon that supports several routing protocols, including BGP, OSPF, RIP and ISIS. http://www.xorp.org/ |
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xosl C: 2001-01-13 |
the extended OS loader: http://www.xosl.org |
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xp M: 2004-12-14 |
<reply> Whoooz the man? Bubba is about to run away with your money again! Or ask me about ".NET". XP is not a brand name, it's an emoticon, or http://www.epic.org/privacy/consumer/microsoft/default.html, or <tarzeau> windows xp isn't modern! it's just new, or the best Linux and BSD compatible CPU currently out, or http://www.extremeprogramming.org/, or http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/images/logos/paranoiaxp.jpg |
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xp source C: 2001-04-30 |
at http://www.geocities.com/xpbeta2/ |
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xpde M: 2002-11-12 |
a desktop environment attempting to make it easier for the newbie. stands for "XP Desktop Environment.", or at http://www.xpde.com/ for more info. |
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xpdf M: 2010-07-17 |
a Portable Document Format viewer for X11. http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/ . Ask me about <pdf> for alternative viewers. |
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xpilot C: 2026-06-09 |
a 2d space game for unix, http://www.xpilot.org or one of the coolest X games there is!!! |
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xplanet M: 2010-07-06 |
<reply>Xplanet is an application that can render images of the earth in various projections, add on cloudscapes, day/night, satelites, point maps of places on the globe, and even model other planets|moons. "aptitude -r install xplanet". http://xplanet.sf.net/ |
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xpra C: 2013-09-14 |
<reply>xpra (X Persistent Remote Applications) is a tool providing the functionality of <screen> for X applications: allowing remote X programs to be viewed on a local host, and disconnect/reconnect without loss of application state. http://xpra.org/ |
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xprint C: 2004-07-11 |
is an advanced printing system which enables X11 applications to use devices like printers, FAX or create documents in formats like PostScript, PDF, PCL, etc. See http://xprint.mozdev.org. Re mozilla printing, see http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2004/07/msg00288.html and following messages. |
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xracer C: 2026-06-09 |
a Free clone of Wipeout, a 3d race game - http://xracer.annexia.org |
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xrandr M: 2009-04-08 |
a command-line interface to the <RandR> extension; used to set the screen size, orientation and/or reflection. http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12 |
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xrdp M: 2009-09-29 |
an open-source remote desktop protcol (RDP) server for Unix-like operating systems. http://xrdp.sf.net/ |
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xrender C: 2003-07-05 |
cool, or http://www.keithp.com/~keithp/talks/usenix2000/render.html |
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xscreensaver M: 2016-04-19 |
<reply>XScreenSaver upstream doesn't understand that people don't want to spend their lives upgrading every component from git and that a stable distro is a good idea so inserted silly "very old" alerts. This annoying warning is removed from the packages in jessie-updates and sid. https://bugs.debian.org/819703 ; consider light-locker as alternative program. |
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xsession M: 2017-04-21 |
<reply>Debian uses ~/.xsession for startx(1) as well as *most* Display Manager logins. See https://wiki.debian.org/Xsession |
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xsf motto C: 2003-09-15 |
http://people.debian.org/~branden/humor/the_real_official_motto.jpeg |
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xsl M: 2003-05-14 |
Extensible Stylesheet Language, for transforming XML to XML, HTML or formatted output, and has a web page at http://www.w3.org/Style/XSL/. or CSS on crack, or has the terseness of XML with the legibility of Brainfuck and the power of Visual Basic. |
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xslt M: 2003-08-19 |
the Extended Stylesheet Language Transformations language, or at http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt, or useful for converting XML into HTML, or http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/1/15/1562/95011 |
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xspf M: 2011-06-16 |
<reply>xspf (pronounced "spiff") is an XML-based playlist format for digital media, developed by the Xiph.org Foundation. http://wiki.xiph.org/XSPF_FAQ http://xspf.org/ |
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xstrikeforce M: 2011-05-27 |
<reply>The "X Strike Force" takes care of packaging <X.Org> for Debian. http://lists.debian.org/debian-x http://x.debian.net/ #debian-x on irc.oftc.net. See also <xorg config>, <xrandr>. |
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xswallow C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.csn.ul.ie/~caolan/docs/Xswallow.html () or a package that allows netscape to 'swallow' X apps to use them to play unsupported mime types. |
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xteddy M: 2004-06-15 |
your new cuddly friend. Find him here: http://www.itn.liu.se/~stegu/xteddy/xteddy_info.html |
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xterm M: 2014-03-06 |
<reply>xterm is a terminal emulator for the X Window System. http://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.faq.html |
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xubuntu M: 2010-01-13 |
<reply>Xubuntu is a derivative of <Ubuntu> with the <Xfce> desktop environment. It is not supported in #debian, join #xubuntu on irc.libera.chat for support. http://www.xubuntu.org/ See also <based on debian>. |
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xul M: 2012-01-10 |
<reply>XUL (XML User Interface Language) is an XML user interface markup language developed by the Mozilla project. https://developer.mozilla.org/En/XUL |
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xulrunner C: 2005-07-11 |
a minimized mozilla release without user interface. the xul applications provide the user interface. see: http://wiki.mozilla.org/XUL:Xul_Runner |
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xv M: 2008-01-07 |
at http://www.trilon.com/xv/index.html - very popular but NON-FREE image viewer, many formats, thumbnails. Also, the X-Video extension, try 'xvinfo' to see what your videocard is capable of (XFree86 >= 4.0.2 needed), ask me about qiv, or use the 'display' and 'import' and 'convert' programs from imagemagick, or mplayer -vo xv goes faster |
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xvid M: 2010-02-17 |
<reply>Xvid (formerly XviD) is a cross-platform, open source video codec library, a competitor of the <divx> codecs. http://www.xvid.org/ Packaged in deb-multimedia as libxvidcore4, ask me about <dmm>. |
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xvidcap M: 2010-09-23 |
a screencast application or desktop recorder, which can record videos. Not in Debian (RFP filed as Debian bug #289168);. http://xvidcap.sf.net/ See also <screencasts>. |
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xwin M: 2003-08-12 |
a developing, alternate implementation of X. http://xwin.org, or just a website |
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xwinman M: 2008-01-21 |
probably http://xwinman.org/ - Look here for a lot of popular window managers with somewhat recent screenshots and descriptions/links and decide which one works best for you... or TRY THEM ALL! |
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xwl-11buzx C: 2010-06-12 |
<reply>The XWL-11BUZX "WLAN 11b USB Adapter" is a 802.11b device produced by X-Micro Technology (USB ID 0ace:1201). For device support on Debian systems, ask me about <zd1201>. http://linux-lc100020.sourceforge.net/x-micro-adapter.gif http://web.archive.org/web/20060311220712/http://www.x-micro.com/wlan-usb.htm |
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xybernaut C: 2002-08-27 |
kotu cocuk, kotu adam, lamerde olabilir, aslinda ne oldugu tam olarak belli degil, http://digitdown.mine.nu adli web sayfasina sahip Linux olarak debian kullanir. |
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xyiff C: 2005-08-12 |
at http://www.iki.fi/wwwwolf/games/xyiff.html |
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xyproblem M: 2015-03-08 |
<reply>Slow down for a bit! Are you sure that you need to jump through that particular hoop to achieve your goal? We suspect you don't, so why don't you back up a bit and tell us about the overall objective... We know that people often falsely diagnose problems because they are too close to them -- it's easy to miss that there is a better way to proceed. See http://mywiki.wooledge.org/XyProblem |
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xz M: 2024-04-01 |
<reply>XZ is a lossless data compression format using LZMA2, providing a container for a single file (ala gzip, bzip2). Command line tools for working with XZ compression are in the xz-utils package. http://tukaani.org/xz/format.html http://tukaani.org/xz/, or <xz2024> |
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y5b C: 2000-12-05 |
scarier than Y2K, it's the Year 5 Billion bug <http://y5b.com/> |
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yaboot M: 2013-01-09 |
<reply>yaboot is a <PowerPC> bootloader for Open Firmware based systems (New World Apple Macintosh, IBM RS/6000, IBM pSeries, IBM OpenPower). ybin installs yaboot to a bootstrap partition and can create boot menus for Linux and Mac OS (X). HOWTO: http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/doc/yaboot-howto.html . http://yaboot.ozlabs.org/ Not for Old World Apple Macintosh systems, ask me <quik>. |
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yahoo2mbox M: 2010-11-08 |
<reply>yahoo2mbox is a Perl script for retrieving messages from a Yahoo! Groups mailing list archive to store within a <mbox> file. Use the --delay option to avoid download limit restrictions. http://www.tt-solutions.com/en/Products/yahoo2mbox . To download messages from a Yahoo! webmail account, ask me about <fetchyahoo>. |
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yanoff list C: 2026-06-09 |
at http://www.civeng.carleton.ca/~nholtz/Yanoff.html |
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yapc C: 2001-05-31 |
Yet Another Perl Conference, at http://www.yapc.org. YAPC::America::North at McGill University in Montreal, June 13-15, 2001. YAPC::Europe at Hogeschool Holland, Amsterdam, Aug. 2-4, 2001. |
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yaps M: 2007-02-25 |
<reply> Yet Another Program Synthesiser Yet Another Paste Site, available at http://pasteitto.gnea.net/ |
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yard C: 2026-06-09 |
a rescue disk creator. check it out at http://www.croftj.net/~fawcett/yard/ |
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yarly M: 2006-10-09 |
"Yeah, Really". http://www.nf.web.za/images/Yarly.jpg .responding "Ya rly" to the question "O rly?" is considered VERY LAME. |
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yast M: 2006-10-16 |
Yet Another Stupid package Tool :), or http://yast4debian.alioth.debian.org/ |
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yate M: 2011-03-25 |
<reply>Yet Another Telephony Engine (YATE) can be used to build a private branch exchange (PBX), session border controller (SBC), <VoIP> client or any telephony-related application. http://yate.null.ro/ |
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yatta C: 2005-11-25 |
completely awesome, found at http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/yatta.php |
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yazzy C: 2001-05-28 |
...YazzY - url: http://www.yazzy.org , email: yes@start.no |
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yeeloong C: 2012-12-23 |
<reply>The Lemote Yeeloong is a lightweight laptop (<netbook>) with a 64-bit Loongson 2F <MIPS>-compatible processor. To install Debian, see http://wiki.debian.org/DebianYeeloong . #debian-yeeloong on irc.oftc.net. |
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yellow dog linux M: 2008-06-25 |
at http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/ |
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yellowdog M: 2001-08-20 |
at http://www.yellowdoglinux.com |
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yics M: 2005-12-27 |
an open-source cross-platform protocol adapter for using open-source chess clients on Yahoo Chess. see http://www.yics.org and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YICS |
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yiff C: 2005-08-12 |
the Y sound server - from apt-cache show, " a network based and multi client connection system that supports X Window Systems style event and client handling". See http://wolfpack.tmu.edu/YIFF for details. See also <xyiff> for a game. |
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ylmf C: 2010-04-21 |
<reply>Ylmf OS is a Chinese Linux distribution based on <Ubuntu>, with a user interface modeled on Microsoft Windows XP's Luna theme. It is not supported in #debian. http://www.ylmf.org/en/ See also <based on Debian>. |
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ymfpci C: 2010-04-29 |
<reply>The snd-ymfpci ALSA driver (supporting Yamaha YMF-724/740/744/754 devices) requires firmware from userspace for device operation. Device firmware cannot currently be distributed by the Debian project as its license is unknown (Debian bug #510780); to acquire, refer to the procedure at http://wiki.debian.org/snd-ymfpci |
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yocto C: 2022-11-05 |
<reply>https://www.yoctoproject.org/ is a Linux Foundation open source collaboration project for embedded linux. #yocto on irc.libera.chat |
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yodl C: 2008-08-01 |
Your Own Document Language, a pre-document language designed for ease-of-use and extensibility. Programs are available in the Debian 'yodl' package, to convert a Yodl document to a final document language (e.g. HTML, man, LaTeX and XML). http://yodl.sf.net/ |
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yoper M: 2009-05-29 |
<reply> Yoper (Your Operating System) is an i686 optimized desktop Linux distribution. http://www.yoper.com/ |
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yopy M: 2000-03-05 |
a Linux handheld (Casio Cassiopeia E105 class) Samsung/GMate, or at http://www.sem.samsung.co.kr/eng/product/digital/pda/index.htm, or at http://www.gmate.co.kr/english/frame1.htm, or pics at http://www.gicom.de/yopy/ |
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your butt C: 2003-06-27 |
at http://www.yourbutt.com |
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your source M: 2007-03-05 |
"Eeeek, you big pervert, don't look at me like that!", or available at http://blootbot.sf.net, or "apt-get source blootbot" |
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youtube M: 2011-03-29 |
<reply>YouTube is a video sharing website. Video download utilities include <clive>, <cclive>, <minitube>, quvi and <youtube-dl>; gcap can retrieve closed captions. For <VLC>, use Ctrl+N. The <HTML5> player can be used instead of <Adobe Flash> for supported browsers, see http://www.youtube.com/html5 ; for <Epiphany>, install the epiphany-extensions package and enable its HTML5 plugin. |
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youtube-dl M: 2020-04-03 |
<reply> youtube-dl is a command line utility for downloading videos from <youtube> and other sites, and is available from debian repositories, but that version is not usually the newest. The most up-to-date version can be installed directly by instructions at https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html There is also #youtube-dl on irc.libera.chat |
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youtubewithoutflash M: 2010-03-21 |
<reply>"Youtube without Flash Auto" is a <greasemonkey> script allowing Youtube video playback without flashplugin-nonfree. http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/50771 . You will need to install the <gecko-mediaplayer> package. |
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yum M: 2009-10-11 |
"Yellow dog Updater, Modified". Somewhat like <APT> for RPM-based systems. It automatically computes dependencies and figures out what things should occur in order to safely install, remove, and update RPM packages. Packaged for Debian. http://yum.baseurl.org/ #yum on irc.libera.chat. |
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yunohost C: 2018-03-25 |
<reply>Yunohost (https://yunohost.org/) is a server operating system aiming to make self-hosting accessible to everyone. It is <based on debian> and not supported in #debian. Seek help in #yunohost or https://forum.yunohost.org/latest |
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z80 M: 2004-12-01 |
a processor used in many older systems, for example gameboy or amstrad's notebook computers,one z80 is still cutting edge http://www.z80.info/sharp/z80_glas.htm |
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z8pe-d12 M: 2010-06-08 |
<reply>The Z8PE-D12 is a motherboard produced by ASUSTeK Computer Incorporated. The Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet controller is supported by the <e1000e> driver since Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.3. http://asuswiki.asus.com/usaSupport/index.php?title=Z8PE-D12 |
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za M: 2006-04-22 |
the cctld for South Africa, or http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/sf.html |
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zabbix M: 2013-07-04 |
<reply>Zabbix is a cross-platform network management system. http://www.zabbix.com/ #zabbix on irc.libera.chat. |
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zapping M: 2010-02-06 |
a TV viewer for <GNOME> with real-time MPEG recording. http://zapping.sf.net/ . To control X server zapping, ask me about <dontzap>. |
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zd1201 M: 2010-06-06 |
<reply>zd1201 is a driver for ZyDAS ZD1201-based 802.11b USB devices, included in the mainline Linux kernel since 2.6.12. Firmware is required, see http://wiki.debian.org/zd1201 . Does not support <WPA> or 16-bit PCMCIA devices. For support of ZD1211 and ZD1211B 802.11g USB devices, ask me about <zd1211rw>. |
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zd1211rw M: 2010-10-03 |
<reply>zd1211rw is a Linux kernel driver supporting USB wireless LAN devices based on ZyDAS ZD1211 and ZD1211B (aka Atheros AR5007UG) chips. Firmware is required, ask me about <non-free sources> and install the zd1211-firmware package to provide. Supports master mode (access point) operation as of Linux 2.6.39. http://wiki.debian.org/zd1211rw |
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zebra M: 2010-09-11 |
<reply>Zebra is a GPL-licensed, BGP/OSPF/RIP capable routing daemon. http://www.zebra.org/ Considered orphaned, ask about me about <quagga>. |
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zen M: 2010-05-31 |
<reply>Zen is :)(:, or a school of Mahayana Buddhism, or the Zen kernel: a variant of the Linux kernel optimized for desktop systems, including code not present in mainline. Liquorix kernel image packages (http://liquorix.net/) are Zen-based and are not supported in #debian, use #zen-kernel on OFTC instead. http://zen-kernel.org/ Not to be confused with <Xen>. |
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zenirc M: 2001-02-02 |
a IRC major mode for the Emacs editor (or operating system, depending on your beliefs :), or http://www.splode.com/users/friedman/software/emacs-lisp/zenirc/ |
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zenmap M: 2014-01-13 |
<reply>Zenmap is an <nmap> frontend, originally derived from Umit. http://nmap.org/zenmap/ |
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zenoss C: 2009-11-11 |
<reply>Zenoss is an open source application/server/network management system based on <zope>. Zenoss Core is not in Debian, see bug #361253 for the <RFP>. The packages from zenoss.com are not supported in #debian. FAQ: http://community.zenoss.org/docs/DOC-2446 . http://www.zenoss.org/ |
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zephyr M: 2000-12-16 |
like ICQ but it predates it by a decade!, or at ftp://athena-dist.mit.edu/pub/ATHENA/zephyr/ |
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zeroconf M: 2009-10-10 |
<reply>Zero Configuration Networking is a set of techniques that automatically create a usable IP network without configuration or special servers. This allows unknowledgeable users to connect computers, networked printers, and other items together and expect them to work automatically. http://wiki.debian.org/ZeroConf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeroconf http://www.dns-sd.org/ |
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zeus C: 2026-06-09 |
the fastest webserver out for Unix boxes, snatch a copy from http://www.zeus.co.uk/products/zeus3/ |
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zevenos C: 2012-08-19 |
<reply>ZevenOS is a distribution based on <Xubuntu>, ZevenOS-Neptune is a distribution based on Debian <testing>. Neither distribution is supported in #debian. http://www.zevenos.com/ See also <based on debian>. |
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zfs M: 2023-03-22 |
<reply>ZFS (originally Zettabyte File System) is a file system / logical volume manager. Not supported by the debian installer due to license conflicts, but available in <contrib> in Debian 8 "jessie" and newer as zfs-dkms. See https://wiki.debian.org/ZFS and https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/Getting%20Started/Debian/index.html . |
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zgv M: 2001-12-02 |
a graphics viewer at ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/graphics/viewers/svga/zgv2.8-bin.tar.gz or zgv does gif. lame, or laden with a nasty bug and the MAINTAINER WON'T ANSWER! |
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zikula M: 2010-06-08 |
<reply>Zikula (formerly PostNuke) is an open source, modular content management system written in PHP. Originally forked from <phpnuke> 5.0. PostNuke was removed from Debian to resolve bug #227772, Zikula is not packaged for Debian. http://zikula.org/ See also <cms>. |
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zimbra M: 2009-08-07 |
<reply>Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) is a <groupware> application by Zimbra Inc. ZCS Open Source Edition is not currently packaged for Debian, see http://bugs.debian.org/498316 for identified packaging issues. http://www.zimbra.com/support/ #zimbra on irc.libera.chat. |
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zinx M: 2004-06-19 |
http://zinx.xmms.org/, or < zinx> <><oO <- fartfish |
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zip M: 2013-07-30 |
<reply>ZIP is a data compression and archive format. The "zip" command can create archives and the "unzip" command can extract. http://www.info-zip.org/ |
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zipspeak C: 2000-07-02 |
http://www.linux-speakup.org/zipspeak.html |
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zisofs C: 2002-01-04 |
the transparent decompression for ISO9660 cdroms (only available in Linux!!). It is supported by Linux 2.4.14 and later, more info at http://freshmeat.net/projects/zisofs-tools/ |
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zmailer M: 2010-07-21 |
<reply>ZMailer is a <MTA> intended for gateways or other large site environments, with extreme demands on mailer abilities. Removed from Debian to resolve bug #373908. http://www.zmailer.org/ |
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znc M: 2020-07-31 |
<reply>ZNC is an irc bouncer. It stays connected to the irc server with your nick so your client can disconnect/reconnect without losing the chat session. Available in debian since time immemorial. Try the Backlog plugin (packaged as znc-backlog) for better scrollback. #znc on irc.libera.chat ; https://wiki.znc.in/ |
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zomg C: 2005-11-27 |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZOMG |
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zoom M: 2020-12-16 |
<reply>Zoom is a commercial cross-platform video conferencing platform that can be used for meetings or classes. You can download Zoom for Linux as a package for Debian 8 onwards from https://zoom.us/client/latest/zoom_amd64.deb and then "apt install ./zoom_amd64.deb" to install the package and its dependencies. Ask me about <jitsi> <big blue button>. |
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zope M: 2011-01-16 |
<reply>Zope is an open source application server for building high-performance dynamic web sites. Packaged for Lenny as zope2.10 and zope3, packaged for Squeeze as python-zope.* . http://www.zope.org/ |
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zordon M: 2000-02-14 |
A SUPER COOL dude, meister of all things internet, or http://www.daniel-ebdon.co.uk |
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zorin os M: 2012-10-28 |
<reply>Zorin OS is a Linux distribution based on <Ubuntu>. It is not supported in #debian. http://www.zorin-os.com/ See also <based on debian>. |
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zram M: 2025-08-10 |
<reply>zram: Compressed RAM-based block devices. Very fast I/O and compression provides good amounts of memory savings: 1GB of zram is ~600MB of real ram. Install systemd-zram-generator and get an automatic zram swap space; see https://github.com/systemd/zram-generator/blob/v1.2.1/README.md to configure |
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zsh M: 2010-05-04 |
<reply>The Z shell (zsh) is a powerful Unix shell. For usage tips, see http://www.rayninfo.co.uk/tips/zshtips.html and http://zshwiki.org/home/docs/wikifaq. Work through http://zsh.sunsite.dk/Guide/ and ask questions in #zsh on irc.libera.chat. Those who use zsh say it's more powerful than bash and well worth the switch. http://www.zsh.org/ |
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zsnes M: 2014-04-19 |
<reply>ZSNES is an emulator of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Not portable to non-x86 architectures due to it being ~67.2004% i386 assembly. amd64 users are required to enable <multiarch> and install the zsnes:i386 package. For difficulties involving audio, ask me about <zsnes sound>. http://zsnes-docs.sf.net/html/faq.htm http://zsnes.com/ #zsnes on irc.libera.chat. See also <snes9x>. |
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zsync M: 2012-06-01 |
a file transfer program which uses the <rsync> algorithm. If a file's previous version is locally available, zsync downloads only the changed parts. http://zsync.moria.org.uk/ See also <jidgo>. |
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zulu M: 2001-05-24 |
a synonym for Coordinated Universal Time. Formerly a synonym for Greenwich Mean Time, or http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/questions/zulutime.html |
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zyxel M: 2010-01-04 |
<reply>ZyXEL Communications Corp. is a manufacturer of networking devices. For support of Zyair M-102 and M-302 wireless LAN devices, ask me about <ar5513>. See also <b-120>, <g-102>, <g-162>, <g-220>, <g-220f>, <g-302>, <nwd2205>. http://www.zyxel.com/ Not to be confused with <ZyDAS>. |
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\broken C: 2000-01-02 |
mailto:nothing@machine.cx -> http://machine.cx:8080/debian/ - screenshots are in http://machine.cx:8080/screenshots/ -> cool geek mp3s! ftp://machine.cx:2121/pub/mp3/ |
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_mentors intro C: 2013-02-22 |
<reply> Welcome to the #debian-mentors channel! Here volunteers help answer Debian packaging related questions. While you're here, you might find the following resources useful: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMentorsFaq https://mentors.debian.net/ http://wiki.debian.org/UpstreamGuide |
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_tor exittips C: 2017-04-19 |
<reply> Don't run an exit at home. See https://www.torproject.org/eff/tor-legal-faq and https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tips-running-exit-node |
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_tor guards C: 2017-04-19 |
<reply> It is normal to have the same first hop for every circuit - https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq#EntryGuards |
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_tor lifecycle C: 2014-10-28 |
<reply>Please read Roger's blog post on the lifecycle of Tor relays - https://blog.torproject.org/blog/lifecycle-of-a-new-relay |
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_tor tor C: 2014-10-28 |
<reply> The Onion Router (Tor) is a low-latency anonymous communication system. https://torproject.org/ You can get help here in #tor (irc.oftc.net) |
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`shift C: 2000-02-10 |
a two-faced, clueless, no-good two-bit finger-in-arse ihavenorealfriends.com ARSEHOLE., but mailto:shift@sonique.com, http://www.sn8.co.uk/, free free to spam |
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~kernel C: 2003-05-04 |
http://www.kernel.org |
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~rtfm C: 2003-12-01 |
http://www.readthefuckingmanual.com |
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