Tags
A tag is a keyword or label that categorizes your question with other, similar questions. Using the right tags makes it easier for others to find and answer your question.
Questions related to physical hardware, and how it interacts with Ubuntu.
1622 questions
Chromium is the open source (BSD-licenced) web browser that Google Chrome is based on. Use this tag for questions about installing, configuring or using the free software Chromium browser, not the pro…
1599 questions
A USB drive (or USB flash drive, or thumb drive, or memory stick, or pendrive) is a portable device for storing data that includes a flash memory and has and integrated USB interface, thus can be conn…
1555 questions
RAID stands for redundant array of independent disks, and allows for disks to be linked in various ways. Common RAID setups in Ubuntu are a hardware RAID, FakeRAID and software RAID.
1552 questions
Questions about Intel products or technologies. Intel is one of the leading manufacturers of CPUs and motherboards as well as a host of other hardware.
1546 questions
Questions about managing/using repositories in general and about selecting Ubuntu repositories in particular. Most of the latter questions could be added under the "ppa" and "apt-get" tags as well.
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For questions related to users, user accounts, user permissions or guest accounts.
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VMWare, Inc. is a company that provides cloud and virtualization products and services. Use this tag if you are using VMware's products along with the tag for the software you are using; either [vmwar…
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Random-access memory (RAM) is a form of computer data storage. Today, it takes the form of integrated circuits that allow stored data to be accessed in any order with a worst case performance of const…
1498 questions
Questions about improving the performance, speed, and/or overall system responsiveness of Ubuntu. Note that this is a general tag, and should be accompanied by another tag indicating what kind of perf…
1495 questions
Questions related to crashes of system or applications.
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For questions related to AMD graphic cards, their drivers and related problems.
1478 questions
VLC Media Player is an open-source media player / transcoder / streaming server maintained by the VideoLAN organization.
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Broadcom wireless cards are known to have compatibility issues in Linux systems, and this tag should be used for questions about getting wireless working well on Ubuntu when a Broadcom card is involve…
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Python 3 is the latest major version of Python, a scripting language used by many open source developers.
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CPU stands for Central Processing Unit, and is the main processing chip used in every computer. Brands include Intel, AMD and ARM. CPUs are commonly available in 32- and 64-bit, and come in a variety …
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Portable Document Format (PDF) is an open standard for document exchange.
1422 questions
Juju is a Charmed Operator Framework, composed of a Charmed Operator Lifecycle Manager and the Charmed Operator SDK.
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The /etc/fstab file contains static file system information. It normally contains an entry for each partition name or UUID that lists the mount point, filesystem type and mount options.
1407 questions
should be used for questions relating to desktop environments, and not a specific desktop environment such as Gnome Shell, KDE, XFCE, LXDE, Unity.
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Unix systems, and other Unix-like operating systems, use the term "swap" to describe both the act of moving memory pages between RAM and disk, and the region of a disk the pages are stored on. In some…
1395 questions
Questions about 19.04 are off-topic on Ask Ubuntu. Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo) was a non-LTS version released on April 18, 2019. It became End Of Life (EOL) on January 23, 2020.
1380 questions
Brand of laptop computers originally designed, manufactured and sold by IBM and now owned by Lenovo.
1374 questions
for questions relating to Windows Subsystem for Linux, the compatibility layer developed by Canonical and Microsoft to run Ubuntu programs natively in newer versions of Windows.
1366 questions
Brand of graphics processing units from AMD, included with other manufacturers' graphics cards. Ask questions about configuring or troubleshooting in Ubuntu.
1360 questions
Questions about modifying the system's BIOS to make it fit Ubuntu's need, or questions about recovering Ubuntu after a BIOS modification. Note that questions about accessing the BIOS should not be as…
1342 questions
Indicators are the icons that are located in the upper panel, doing things like estimating the battery level, displaying the current time, letting you adjust your volume, etc.
1332 questions
Flash Players and Flash in general (the format etc). Use this tag if you have trouble enabling or installing Flash in Ubuntu.
1322 questions
Questions about 19.10 are off-topic on Ask Ubuntu. Ubuntu 19.10 (Eoan Ermine) was a non-LTS version released on October 17, 2019. It became End Of Life (EOL) on July 17, 2020.
1321 questions
Ubuntu One is the single account you use to log in to all services and sites related to Ubuntu. Previously, it was also a cross-platform synchronization service for files, contacts, notes, music and b…
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Questions related to email setup and troubleshooting. Most questions can be tagged with your email client (such as "thunderbird" or "evolution")
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Iptables is used to set up, maintain, and inspect the tables of IP packet filter rules in the Linux kernel.
1309 questions
A microphone is a device that turns sound waves into something the computer can interpret. You can use microphones to capture audio for things like video chat, recording videos or podcasts, etc.
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for questions regarding installing or using Ubuntu on Mac hardware. For questions about the hardware MAC address use the "networking" tag.
1295 questions
Questions about the login screen, specifically customizing/troubleshooting it.
1287 questions
Questions about 17.04 are off-topic on Ask Ubuntu. Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) is a non-LTS version released on April 13, 2017. It became End Of Life (EOL) on January 13, 2018.
1287 questions