Questions tagged [discussion]
The question you're asking is designed to solicit opinions or best-practices on a particular topic, with the goal of reaching community consensus.
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Where is the border between Ubuntu and Windows while the questions are WSL related? [duplicate]
Recently I've provided answers on few questions related to WSL, but, IMO, they are more Windows related rather than Ubuntu. For example:
How can I 'open in terminal' when using Ubuntu ...
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Not enough reputation points to post an answer
I'm an infrequent user of Ask Ubuntu, and have fallen into the same trap a few times now...
I see a question I know the answer to, take up to an hour to figure out what I did to solve the problem, ...
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Where is the line of topicality where WSL is involved?
Q0: Where is the line of topicality where WSL is involved?
Q1: Now that Ubuntu can be run on Windows using WSL, I see many questions about windows-subsystem-for-linux Are these questions a better fit ...
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What is the logic behind editors losing reputation when a question is removed?
Before marking this as a duplicate of this related question, take into account that my question is about the reason why this happens, not the cause of it, which is what the answer to that question ...
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Is Edubuntu 14.04 supported by askubuntu.com?
https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic stated in part when I wrote this question:
Questions that you may ask:
Using and administering official Ubuntu flavors including: Edubuntu (14.04), ...
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Proposed edit rejected - new edition is almost the same and didn't solve some problems
I proposed an edit on this post. It was rejected with the reason
This edit did not correct critical issues with the post - view the revision history to see what should have been changed.
The new ...
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unpleasant comment
I got into a difficult situation where I can't use my primary laptop. I posted a question on Ask Ubuntu seeking for help and the first comment I received feels arrogant. is it OK? IMHO it doesn't ...
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How often is [frequency] useful?
We have 51 questions tagged frequency. This seems like an extremely general, cross-cutting concept that isn't useful as a tag. However, most questions tagged frequency are questions about CPU ...
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Feature request: canned answers
It would be nice to have boiler-plate answers we can post without having to type them out all the time.
Something akin to this: I don't know where to post this
Forgive me for poorly worded ...
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Should apache2.4 be a synonym of apache2?
I'm at fault here, as I first created that tag. However, I agree with @terdon's answer on another question that, separate tags for separate versions of a tool aren't helpful unless there was a big ...
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Is this question about software recommendations on topic? [duplicate]
What to use to backup server admin files to Google Drive?
I'd like to schedule periodic backups of admin files in an Ubuntu
server to Google Drive but in a way that the server only uploads the
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Should I award a bounty to a non-accepted answer (but what if)?
In general, this meta post would have an objective answer of "yes" or "no" with simple reasoning; however, I have added "(but what if)" because I am looking for additional answers in case of not-so-...
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-proposed should be off-topic, even for supported releases
Re: this question
When a bug is reported against a package in a released version of Ubuntu and a fix is being developed, a tentatively fixed version of the affected package may be uploaded to the -...
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Raise visibility of self-answer by awarding bounty to self
So I posted a brilliant Q and A on how to resize partitions when you don't have physical access to Ubuntu as I'm seeing this happen all the time and couldn't find any specific answers here on how to ...
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Should this question be closed or answered?
This question concerns running minikube, a Kubernetes VM based on VirtualBox. The OP is experiencing the error as minikube can't be run on a nested VM (Windows, running Ubuntu on Vbox, runnin minikube)...
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Duplicate vs Linked vs Related. Best practice for site navigation
I believe that it is very beneficial for related questions to be linked together for easy navigation. When you use the duplicate tag, it has the benefit of linking questions together even if the ...
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How does this works?
I have "earned " some popularity badge AND STILL GETTING this.
It is forum owner privilege to administer the forum to his / her liking. Somehow it seems very difficult for owners to realize that ...
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Can we just add [helpfile] to [documentation]?
According to tag excerpt of documentation:
For questions regarding written documentation such as manuals, help files, policies, instructions, or guides.
But there exists helpfile too which in my ...
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Do we stop *supporting* external software?
My question is triggered by this question, which has some close votes due to being off-topic, and a comment saying that it is unsupported.
14.04 appears to be the most recently supported ...
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Methods in our madness: Suggesting a consistent reply when HW info is useful but missing
I would like to suggest more consistent methods may help us with some of our questioners seeking help.
Nearly always, we need more info, so I have created a little boilerplate I trot out when folks ...
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Should I notify about edits in the question comments?
I have a question about my Ask Ubuntu post: Using chown successfully but not actually changing user ownership in Ubuntu bash on Windows 10?
A user in the comments gave me some input on how to edit my ...
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Where can I ask for help on a 14.04 install?
Since this Exchange will not help me with a 14.04 bug, where can I go to ask the community for support on 14.04? Thanks.
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Sad question reopen time?
OK, so this is a really sad question but not everyone is familiar with the architecture of GNU/Linux¹ nor do they know the history of GNU and Linux and the very big personalities of Linus and RMS.
So ...
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Duplicate may be duplicate of a question, but not the one it was marked as a dupe of
I installed lubuntu desktop thru the terminal but my laptop reboots still as ubuntu was marked as duplicate of Using multiple desktop environments
Compare the questions and the answers.
In the first ...
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Is it OK to mark a question as a dupe when the OP might require significant additional knowledge to use the answers to the existing question?
Disclaimer: I answered the question that I believe was incorrectly marked as a duplicate.
This question, in which the OP accidentally changed the permissions of one system directory, was marked as a ...
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What is the appropriate action on the answers by the original developer/author of the project regardless of the content?
I'm in little confusion today. While reviewing Low Quality Posts, I encountered this post. I was curious that why the answerer is so confident. So, I just viewed their profile and this site and found ...
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Disagree with audit
So I was reviewing, and this answer had to be reviewed.
I added a comment explaining that this didn't solve the hot corner part of the question and was probably better as a comment on the OP, and it ...
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How can we be safe about code from this site that we install?
There are a lot of people who code solutions and post it in forums like this one. I think, maybe I'm wrong because I'm a beginner, that these people are able to introduce "evil code". Is some ...
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Should we rollback the edits by editors other than original poster which might make answers controversial?
Recently there was an answer by @kaushik on Error while trying installation using sudo apt-get install which mentioned some commands. An editor with full edit privileges edited the answer and made it ...
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Is answering twice and closing good or bad behaviour?
So yet another "What backup tool should I use?" question came up earlier today, so I:
voted to close as a duplicate
answered the question Deleted as per answer below in the meantime,
answered the ...
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Should Ubuntu Software Center links be edited?
Sometimes I encounter answers that suggest installing packages from Ubuntu Software Center written before 2015, for example, this answer. Ubuntu Software Center was discontinued in 2015 and now all ...
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My comment got removed less than one day after I wrote it and the question. Who might have done it? [duplicate]
Do moderators do this once in a while when they are in the mood or are some comments removed automatically?
The comment was not vital. I just need to know what to expect.
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Tag synonyms for [window-buttons]
I found two similar tags for referring to the "close, minimize, and maximize buttons".
window-buttons with 106 posts (6 asked this year). Tag info:
Window Buttons are the buttons at the top of the ...
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Flag declined because OP edited their answer in the meantime and I wasn't notified
I raised a custom in need of moderator intervention flag on this post because it was a link-only answer (when I did). The user has also posted another link-only with the same link. So, I found more ...
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Lost 235 rep due to user removal
Is there any tidy way to let me know which user was removed? That's a pretty big hit to take from one user's removal. Just curious.
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What is a “very high reputation score”?
When a user is deleted, reputation of users voted by the deleted user will change.
From https://askubuntu.com/help/user-was-removed I see
This removal occurs whenever a user is deleted, unless ...
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2019 Community Moderator Election Results
Ask Ubuntu's sixth moderator election has come to a close, the votes have been tallied and the new moderator is:
They'll be joining the existing crew shortly—please thank them for ...
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“One more close vote needed”, “Please vtc this one” <- should we do that?
On a regular base, we see suggestions like above in chat. In far most cases, the call is just, and I am 100% positive it is done with nothing but good intentions to the site.
Does that mean we ...
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Why are so many answers posted as comments? [duplicate]
Every morning I click on the unanswered link and every morning I see many of questions answered in the comments section. When this happens, person who asked the question cannot mark it as answered, it ...
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Opinion: Link-only answers are bad except for in one case: Software Recommendations
EDIT: I should rephrase, "Link only answers are bad should be deleted except for in one case: Software Recommendations"
If someone asks for a software recommendation, and you give a link-only answer "...
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Why do some of my tag [suggestions or creations] get rejected?
Please, I will really like to know why some of my tag suggestions or tag creations keep getting rejected for (my personal opinion) nothing?!
Meanwhile, it seems some could be needed and of important ...
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Are “respins” on-topic?
I came across Ubuntu 18.04 (respin) installer crashes on Dell XPS 15 9560.
It deals with a respin of Ubuntu 18.04:
Collection of scripts and tweaks to adapt Ubuntu and Linux Mint ISO images to let ...
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These two tags could get [compressed]
Currently we have both:
compression × 185 (19 asked this year)
the process in which a file or folder's size is reduced by using an algorithm to encode the same information using fewer bits.
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2019 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire
In connection with the moderator elections, we are holding a Q&A thread for the candidates. Questions collected from an earlier thread have been compiled into this one, which shall now serve as ...
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2019 Community Moderator Election
The 2019 Community Moderator Election is now underway!
Community moderator elections have three phases:
Nomination phase
Primary phase
Election phase
Most elections take between two and three weeks,...
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Do we need “support”?
As of now support has 137 questions tagged. There is no proper information about its usage on the site. The existing information looks vague. So, should we re-tag all questions and remove support from ...
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How do you ask OP to reconsider accepted answer and award yours?
I was a little late to the part posting an answer to this question: How to get a substring from bash command
We are all proud parents of our posted answers so I'm probably biased but I think my ...
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2019 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection [closed]
The purpose of this thread was to collect questions for the questionnaire. The questionnaire is now live, and you may find it here.
Ask Ubuntu is scheduled for an election next week, May 6th 2019. In ...
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Why is “posted on multiple sites” as a closing reason absent on Ask Ubuntu?
Sometimes I come across questions that are on-topic but cross-posted on multiple sites. According to Meta Stack Exchange, cross-posting is highly discouraged.
Unix and Linux has a closing option for ...
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What to do when a question isn't a question
So I came across this. I flagged the "question" as too opinioned based but what should one actually do?
