I personally think that there is no need for such a tool, for the following reasons:

1. If the tool were too simple, the risk is to collect private information. Apport is a simple tool, and in fact most of the bugs reported using Apport are private.

If we were using a tool like that, we would need the ability to mark questions private and/or have a special review queue to which only privileged users could have access. This is out of the scope of Ask Ubuntu.

1. If the question requires too many specific information about the user's system, then it should be closed as too localized.

2. I'm against this sentence:

   This is not efficient, it's discouraging a new user to run terminal commands, it's taking a lot of time to teach users how to do stuff in the terminal, etc.

   People are not forced to use the terminal. Most of the problems can be solved using graphical applications. Also, if explaining something takes really too long, either the question is off-topic (as specified in the FAQ) or the Ubuntu documentation should be used.

   The Ubuntu documentation is very well written and when it is incomplete, remember that every community member is free to propose changes. Instead of investing efforts in writing a new tool, you can expand the documentation.

3. People who seek answers generally want to learn, not just to solve their own problems. A tool like the one proposed would hide the operation details, therefore removing the learning part.

   And remember that people who seek answers are not just people who ask questions, this is one of the basic principles of Ask Ubuntu.

I personally think that there is no need for such a tool, for the following reasons:

1. If the tool were too simple, the risk is to collect private information. Apport is a simple tool, and in fact most of the bugs reported using Apport are private.

   If we were using a tool like that, we would need the ability to mark questions private and/or have a special review queue to which only privileged users could have access. This is out of the scope of Ask Ubuntu.

2. If the question requires too many specific information about the user's system, then it should be closed as too localized.

3. I'm against this sentence:

   This is not efficient, it's discouraging a new user to run terminal commands, it's taking a lot of time to teach users how to do stuff in the terminal, etc.

   People are not forced to use the terminal. Most of the problems can be solved using graphical applications. Also, if explaining something takes really too long, either the question is off-topic (as specified in the FAQ) or the Ubuntu documentation should be used.

   The Ubuntu documentation is very well written and when it is incomplete, remember that every community member is free to propose changes. Instead of investing efforts in writing a new tool, you can expand the documentation.

4. People who seek answers generally want to learn, not just to solve their own problems. A tool like the one proposed would hide the operation details, therefore removing the learning part.

   And remember that people who seek answers are not just people who ask questions, this is one of the basic principles of Ask Ubuntu.

I personally think that there is no need for such a tool, for the following reasons:

1. If the tool were too simple, the risk is to collect private information. Apport is a simple tool, and in fact most of the bugs reported using Apport are private.

If we were using a tool like that, we would need the ability to mark questions private and/or have a special review queue to which only privileged users could have access. This is out of the scope of Ask Ubuntu.

1. If the question requires too many specific information about the user's system, then it should be closed as too localized.

2. I'm against this sentence:

   This is not efficient, it's discouraging a new user to run terminal commands, it's taking a lot of time to teach users how to do stuff in the terminal, etc.

   People are not forced to use the terminal. Most of the problems can be solved using graphical applications. Also, if explaining something takes really too long, either the question is off-topic (as specified in the FAQ) or the Ubuntu documentation should be used.

   The Ubuntu documentation is very well written and when it is incomplete, remember that every community member is free to propose changes. Instead of investing efforts in writing a new tool, you can expand the documentation.

3. People who seek answers generally want to learn, not just to solve their own problems. A tool like the one proposed would hide the operation details, therefore removing the learning part.

   And remember that people who seek answers are not just people who ask questions, this is one of the basic principles of Ask Ubuntu.

I personally think that there is no need for such a tool, for the following reasons:

1. If the tool were too simple, the risk is to collect private information. Apport is a simple tool, and in fact most of the bugs reported using Apport are private.

If we were using a tool like that, we would need the ability to mark questions private and/or have a special review queue to which only privileged users could have access. This is out of the scope of Ask Ubuntu.

1. If the question requires too many specific information about the user's system, then it should be closed as too localized.

2. I'm against this sentence:

   This is not efficient, it's discouraging a new user to run terminal commands, it's taking a lot of time to teach users how to do stuff in the terminal, etc.

   People are not forced to use the terminal. Most of the problems can be solved using graphical applications. Also, if explaining something takes really too long, either the question is off-topic (as specified in the FAQ) or the Ubuntu documentation should be used.

   The Ubuntu documentation is very well written and when it is incomplete, remember that every community member is free to propose changes. Instead of investing efforts in writing a new tool, you can expand the documentation.

3. People who seek answers generally want to learn, not just to solve their own problems. A tool like the one proposed would hide the operation details, therefore removing the learning part.

   And remember that people who seek answers are not just people who ask questions, this is one of the basic principles of Ask Ubuntu.