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Is Ask Ubuntu sponsored by Canonical?
According to the answer in Meta Stack Exchange, Ask Ubuntu is "sponsored informally, under special agreements that were negotiated before SE launched the formal site sponsorship program" by ...
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Happy 10th anniversary to Ask Ubuntu!
Ask Ubuntu was launched on 10/10/2010, so it's now just about 10 years old!
To celebrate we are running some workshops / lessons in chat. So far this is the schedule:
Introduction to software ...
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What does our community need? (Magic wand time in MSE)
Philippe, the Vice President of Community for the Stack Exchange Network, posted a question on Meta Stack Exchange seeking input from the community regarding "ONE thing" that would help one'...
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How should we celebrate 10 years of Ask Ubuntu?
It seems that Ask Ubuntu was launched on or around 10th October 2010. This means that our 10th birthday is coming up in about three months :)
This post is here to invite your ideas on how we can ...
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Is it smart to use threats or insulting language when asking for help?
I've seen many questions where the person asking for help, uses insults as part of their question. As examples, look at these:
How can I get your (bad word here) software to do what I (bad word here)...
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How do Mint users end up here?
It's clear to see how Ubuntu users arrive at the site. It's hard to Google for specific problem with "Ubuntu" in the query and not end up here. We're part of the documentation and we're featured (Ask!)...
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PSA: 11.10 Release today! (aka. let's get rockin')
I know, I know, I always put out a warning, but release time is usually when more users start using Ubuntu and as a bonus this time Ask Ubuntu is featured in the Ubuntu installer slider show:
Some ...
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Is the Ask Ubuntu community generally more friendly than Stack Overflow - If so, why?
This is not a rant! These are my initial thoughts in a discussion which I'm hoping other people will want to engage with. I want to hear your opinions on the following questions which I put to you.
I ...
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PSA: 12.04 Launches this week, steel yourselves!
Release is this week, which means that we'll have people who are going to start asking questions here, so we need to stay on our toes, update existing questions (more below), and just generally keep ...
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What's your Ubuntu story?
Ask Ubuntu is 10 years young now! And the community is always growing. It's time to celebrate, isn't it?
We came to Ask Ubuntu to ask questions about Ubuntu because many of us were noobs at using it, ...
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Organising "classrooms" for 10th birthday celebrations
This follows up on How should we celebrate 10 years of Ask Ubuntu?. The answer by jokerdino suggesting Ask Ubuntu Classrooms was very popular so this post is an attempt to start organising it. I have ...
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Scheduling lessons for 10th anniversary celebration classroom
Oops time passed.
I have created a public chat room for the 10th anniversary lessons:
Join the Classroom
All lessons will be held there. This post is for scheduling the lessons.
If you would like to ...
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Creating a banner for 10th birthday celebrations
This follows up on How should we celebrate 10 years of Ask Ubuntu?. The proposal to create a banner was well-received and it was suggested that this would be a good way to link to celebration events.
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What should be posted on Ask Ubuntu's Google+ page?
We've set up +Ask Ubuntu! Now we need your feedback about what to post on it.
Would you like top questions? What criteria? Anything else?
Or can you think of a better way to gather and review posts ...
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Has there been any suggestion to encourage AU members to become Ubuntu Members?
I noticed there are a number of dedicated and helpful members on Ask Ubuntu. Has there been any suggestion to encourage such members to become Ubuntu Members as a recognition of their contributions ...
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Reputation: How do I get the minimum necessary points in askUbuntu to get started? [duplicate]
This is a sort of catch22 situation,
I am not allowed to vote, or do anything, because i need points.
In order to comment, i need 50 points.
to Vote up, 15 points.
I know after this question someone ...
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