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I see a bunch of questions like How do I set a theme in Oneiric?How do I set a theme in Oneiric? that are closed as "too localized.... unlikely to every help any future visitor". Well, the answer to it would have helped me (I think), because I can't find the Appearance dialog either.

There's an issue with an Alpha/Beta Release of Ubuntu, what should I do?There's an issue with an Alpha/Beta Release of Ubuntu, what should I do? says I should instead

  • file a bug -> well, I don't know if this is a bug, and if it is it's probably a dupe, and I'd rather have that discussion first. Filing bugs about transient issues is no more helpful than opening questions about them.
  • forums -> kind of ironic for askubuntu to point there, since they have an even bigger problem with old posts
  • irc -> yeah, I can, but I'm disappointed. irc leads to people asking the same question again and again.

I see a bunch of questions like How do I set a theme in Oneiric? that are closed as "too localized.... unlikely to every help any future visitor". Well, the answer to it would have helped me (I think), because I can't find the Appearance dialog either.

There's an issue with an Alpha/Beta Release of Ubuntu, what should I do? says I should instead

  • file a bug -> well, I don't know if this is a bug, and if it is it's probably a dupe, and I'd rather have that discussion first. Filing bugs about transient issues is no more helpful than opening questions about them.
  • forums -> kind of ironic for askubuntu to point there, since they have an even bigger problem with old posts
  • irc -> yeah, I can, but I'm disappointed. irc leads to people asking the same question again and again.

I see a bunch of questions like How do I set a theme in Oneiric? that are closed as "too localized.... unlikely to every help any future visitor". Well, the answer to it would have helped me (I think), because I can't find the Appearance dialog either.

There's an issue with an Alpha/Beta Release of Ubuntu, what should I do? says I should instead

  • file a bug -> well, I don't know if this is a bug, and if it is it's probably a dupe, and I'd rather have that discussion first. Filing bugs about transient issues is no more helpful than opening questions about them.
  • forums -> kind of ironic for askubuntu to point there, since they have an even bigger problem with old posts
  • irc -> yeah, I can, but I'm disappointed. irc leads to people asking the same question again and again.
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Are you going to close every Oneiric question?

I see a bunch of questions like How do I set a theme in Oneiric? that are closed as "too localized.... unlikely to every help any future visitor". Well, the answer to it would have helped me (I think), because I can't find the Appearance dialog either.

There's an issue with an Alpha/Beta Release of Ubuntu, what should I do? says I should instead

  • file a bug -> well, I don't know if this is a bug, and if it is it's probably a dupe, and I'd rather have that discussion first. Filing bugs about transient issues is no more helpful than opening questions about them.
  • forums -> kind of ironic for askubuntu to point there, since they have an even bigger problem with old posts
  • irc -> yeah, I can, but I'm disappointed. irc leads to people asking the same question again and again.