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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What is a duplicate?
This question was marked and closed as a duplicate: Ubuntu Server 20.04.4 LTS is unable to detect Wi-Fi adapter
The closure pointed to this as the duplicate: My wireless/WiFi connection does not work. ...
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Is it safe to download links from Ask Ubuntu?
I don't know if this is the right place to ask this, but I haven't seen it answered anywhere. More than a year ago, I was asking Ask Ubuntu about having a desktop shortcut to Google Calendar on Ubuntu ...
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AWS will be sponsoring Ask Ubuntu
We're thrilled to announce that AWS will be sponsoring Ask Ubuntu starting on July 22 through December 31. We wanted to give you a heads-up and walk you through what that means.
How and where will the ...
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Answer unfairly blocked
I have a question about my Ask Ubuntu post: ubuntu 22.04 app black screen and laggy
To start, this was my first answer on this site although I’ve used for years. I’ve posted answers on many sites for ...
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End of Life Notice: Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri) reached End of Life on July 14, 2022
This will be enforced starting from July 14, 2022 and onwards.
This is a notice regarding releases of Ubuntu that will be reaching, or have reached, the end of their life cycle. These releases are ...
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Let's talk about the Ubuntu Code of Conduct in Ask Ubuntu!
First things first, we all know that Ask Ubuntu is independent and does not follow orders from Canonical (related: Is Ask Ubuntu sponsored by Canonical?).
But, the imposition of Ubuntu Code of Conduct ...
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Mounting wrecks an old boot drive? [migrated]
Got a new SSD drive so disconnected the old HDD and installed 22.04 on the SSD. Everything went fine. Re-connected the HDD and mounted it so I could copy off some files. Still fine. Then I needed ...
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"Errors on boot" duplicate questions
I have noticed a lot of questions lately about generic "errors on boot" (ACPI warnings and such).
Here are some that came up since June 1st:
How to fix these errors during boot?
Strange ...
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Duplicate questions about Slack v4.27.154
It appears that Slack v 4.27.154, which was released 3 days ago, isn't working for some users, and the official workaround from Slack support is to downgrade to an older version. We right now have 4 ...
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What do we do with these 5 questions about Software Center from today?
Snapcraft is having some firewall issues today, resulting in issues with the Snap Store crashing. As a result, we now have five questions asking about crashing Software app, all from today.
Ubuntu ...
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Does the word "best" automatically make a question "Opinion based"?
I recently posted a question, and it was closed as "opinion based", presumably (and from a comment here) because of the word "best" in the title. I don't quite see where the ...
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Copy a screenshot of an area to clipboard
No, I don't want to copy the screenshot of an area to the clipboard. But these users do:
How to get back previous screenshot functionality on 22.04?
Screenshot selection in 22.04
"Copy a ...
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Is a question about third party software on topic if there is no reference to Ubuntu?
Sometimes I come across a question in Ask Ubuntu about how to do something with a third party software application, without any reference to the OS the OP is using. For example:
Way to share Virtual ...
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Use of Anaconda/Alternate python for AI and data analysis
It seems to me that users often face problems when they tinker with system python, such as
Problem updating 20.04 - python3.7 errors,
who attempted to install python3.7 to use AI/ML and ended up with ...
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Should 'he' to 'they' edits be accepted?
First off, I am not interested in having an argument about the CoC changes regarding pronouns. Nor am I interested in debating mod resignations as a result of that. Those discussions should go ...
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Question with the sole purpose to validate a particular regular expression - what to do?
So this question (which actually isn't even a question)...
It seems the only purpose is to get someone to solve or validate a particular regular expression.
Feels much to me like doing somebody else's ...
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Is asking questions about the ubuntu wiki off-topic
Is asking questions about the Ubuntu wiki off-topic.
So I ask a question here about an error in the Ubuntu wiki and how do I edit said wiki page and the question got flagged as off-topic, why is this.
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What to do with a downvoted answered question on Ask Ubunbu?
I have asked this question.
If I delete it I get:
We do not recommend deleting questions with answers because doing so deprives future readers of this knowledge. See "I've thought better of my ...
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Would it be useful to allow Meta duplicates after a certain amount of time?
Regarding the main Ask Ubuntu site, there are two Meta questions here that I found that mention "time" and "duplicates":
Primarily: Would it be useful to allow duplicates after x ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 is released and posts about it are no longer off-topic
Now that 22.04 is released, questions pertaining to it are no longer off-topic (due to the version) as of Thu Apr 21 17:09:48 UTC 2022; however, they may still be closed for other reasons. New 22.04 ...
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Why does Ask Ubuntu subject users to tracking?
Ask Ubuntu quotes Alphabet's misleading ad blurb about ajax.googleapis.com, as if Ask Ubuntu doesn't know that ajax.googleapis.com is an open door to tracking. ajax.googleapis.com passes user data ...
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How can I ask this question without it being closed or being ridiculed for not being an Ubuntu guru?
I tried to ask a question about how to improve my odds with "upgrade" process (hoping to save a weekend doing a clean install when it's time to upgrade).
While I was still proofreading the ...
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Is Ubuntu Core (20) on-topic on Ask Ubuntu?
Is Ubuntu Core (20) on-topic on Ask Ubuntu?
If so, does it have 10 years of support as advertised?
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How to stop a mod from tagging a question as related to unsupported version when the question is not version specific?
How can I stop a mod from tagging a question as related to an unsupported version when the question is not version specific?
This is a very generic question that applies to probably every Ubuntu ...
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Merge tags [video-driver] and [gpu-drivers]?
I think the tags video-driver and gpu-drivers basically means the same thing.
I suggest we merge one of the tags into the other.
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Should We "Mind Our Language"?
Monica R Ayhens-Madon penned a blog post on the Ubuntu blog this month about Canonical's participation in the Inclusive Naming Initiative and how language in the code and documentation of Ubuntu will ...
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"What topics can I ask about here?" in need of an update?
Our What topics can I ask about here? help center page feels like it could use an update.
The first section, "Questions that you may ask", looks fairly good. Apparently at one point in time,...
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2022 Community Moderator Election Results
Moderator election #8 on Ask Ubuntu has come to a close, the votes have been tallied, and the new moderator is:
They will be joining the existing crew shortly — please thank them for volunteering and ...
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Why was my question closed as a duplicate?
Why was my question Installing python: who is deadsnakes and why should I trust them? closed as a duplicate of Are PPAs safe to add to my system and what are some "red flags" to watch out ...
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Maybe change the tag description for [uninstall]
Related to Synonym request: [software-uninstall] to [uninstall]:
To help with choosing the right tag, between uninstall and software-uninstall maybe the tag description for uninstall should be changed?...
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An Unclaimable Bounty?
A bounty has gone up for this question and, given the number of upvotes, it's certainly something that a number of people would like to see an answer for:
However, the comment from Jalil has me ...
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Question marked as "already answered", but the answer linked to does not answer my question
XUbuntu 20.04 Network Device disconnecting every few minutes
The linked-to solution does not solve the problem. How can it be said that it has already been answered? Perhaps someone else with a ...
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2022 Community Moderator Election
The 2022 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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Please provide guidance to new users seeking to elevate old, unanswered questions
I have a question about my Ask Ubuntu post: Full Disk Encryption that is FIPS certified
I had the exact same question as the poster in the link above. Unfortunately, it does not have any answers. ...
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why I cannot post my question?
Today I try asking the question 'How to send a mail with two or three copies from Thunderbird?'; I have completed details 'I was used to click Enter after address for the copy; it resulted in showing ...
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2022 Moderator Election Q&A – Question Collection
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, 2022-03-14. In ...
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Is it OK to edit a question to replace the ubuntu spin off to its ubuntu equivalent?
For example, editing the question to change Linux Mint 19 to Ubuntu 18.04, or Zorin OS 16 to Ubuntu 20.04, etc.
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Is Extended Security Maintenance on-topic?
Is Extended Security Maintenance on-topic on AU even though the subject OS is EoSS?
Ubuntu Help states:
Questions that you may ask: include:
"Services provided by Ubuntu and Canonical".
ESM ...
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Can the [charset] and [character-set] tags be made synonyms?
The charset tag and the character-set refer to the same thing. One is simply the abbreviation. I don't see any reason for them to be seperate. Can they be made synonyms, please?
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Should we make an exception to our general end-of-life policy for the 18.04 release?
Per the general end-of-life policy, as the 18.04 LTS release of Ubuntu will go out of support five years later in April 2023, questions asked about it afterwards will be closed on sight as off-topic, ...
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End of Life Notice: Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) reached End of Life on January 20, 2022
This will be enforced starting from January 20, 2022 and onwards.
This is a notice regarding releases of Ubuntu that will be reaching, or have reached, the end of their standard support period. ...
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How do I log out of Ask Ubuntu? [duplicate]
Sorry - I'm new here, but I couldn't find how to log out of askubuntu.com again. Did I just miss it? Is logging out of askubuntu.com the same as logging out of the Ubuntu Software Centre, which seems ...
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Implementing three-vote-close on Ask Ubuntu? [duplicate]
Edit: I completely missed the Shouldn’t we lower the close/reopen vote threshold? post of which this could be considered a duplicate. Things have changed since then, since three-vote-close is now ...
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Should we vote to reopen duplicates that have lots of votes and good answers?
These two questions came up in the "reopen votes" review queue:
How to permanently uninstall Microsoft Teams?
How do I increase swapfile in Ubuntu 18.04?
Both of these questions were closed ...
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Answer removed without reason as if never was created. Need reason
I made answer, probably in october 2020 (guessing from my login data), which was about keyboard problem after boot.
According to it - keyboard stoped to work after some upgrades. I discovered, that ...
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Should invalid answers be deleted?
I found this answer, which is about a discontinued Chrome extension. Should such answers be deleted, since they don't help anyone anymore?
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Order of operations when editing/flagging
A bit of a question and a bit of a PSA for others to potentially avoid the problem I ran into.
This question was originally unclear. The title did not match the question body, and there was (...
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Is translating posts using Google Translate acceptable?
I've seen several questions in non-English, where a user (typically high-rep) puts it into Google Translate. Here's an example (Wayback Machine if it gets deleted). I do realize that post had other ...
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2021: a year in moderation - Handled Question Flags
A question (but first a comment) regarding 2021: a year in moderation:
First, that's 32,646 actions taken by our hard working Mod team in 2021. I know that there's even more that you do that isn't ...
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2021: a year in moderation
As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange ...
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