All Questions
Tagged with discussion asking-questions
112 questions
4
votes
1
answer
226
views
Are EFI/UEFI installation type of question appropriate at Ask Ubuntu?
Searching "ubuntu-12-10 install uefi" gives a google page of Ask Ubuntu Q&A all pointing to same recommendation. (which is make a grub-efi partition before trying to install)
Have asked this type ...
- 1,590
4
votes
1
answer
189
views
Is it ok to post someone's question in general chat?
I stumbled accross a question which I thought was very well written and didn't get as much attention as it deserved, and/or the answers aren't complete enough, other than putting a bounty on it there ...
- 1,919
4
votes
2
answers
77
views
How to improve a question that isn't being answered?
I asked this question (How to reformat/reindent all the source files in a given directory?) which – I admit – at the beginning was not very well defined, but, with the help of the comments left by ...
- 1,033
4
votes
1
answer
147
views
Can I ask software specific questions here?
I am a new Linux (Ubuntu) user and I would like to ask about how to do certain things with popular applications like LMMS.
Can I ask these types of questions here?
I don't know how popular the site ...
- 694
4
votes
0
answers
32
views
Is it on topic to ask for resources? [duplicate]
If I want to find out more about a certain topic but don't have a specific question because I'm so out of my depth I don't even know where to start e.g. "I have some software that I want to package as ...
- 338
3
votes
1
answer
131
views
A chat room to help users improve posts?
Following on from my last post and these style guide post we get on meta, do you think a chat room dedicated to help people improve their posts would be useful?
Let's imagine, a user posts an answer ...
- 18.8k
3
votes
1
answer
186
views
Are questions about elementary OS off topic even if it's about the kernel?
I'm currently on Xubuntu and I'm so happy with it, but I want to try Elementary OS, I do know that if I ask something about Elementary OS my question will be closed. I'm well aware of that. Elementary ...
- 6,745
3
votes
1
answer
479
views
Can we ask questions about Debian and Ubuntu-based operating systems on Ask Ubuntu?
I've just installed Debian alongside Ubuntu and windows 7 in other partition. since I have a problem with my Debian OS (about booting it) but I don't see an Ask Debian site and since I trust the ...
user677696
3
votes
1
answer
139
views
How much research effort is expected of Ask Ubuntu users?
What's the expected research effort show by an asker in their question?
I'm not asking about close votes! But normal up and downvotes based on the research level of a question. That's all.
- 68.5k
3
votes
1
answer
129
views
Does the title of this question capture OP's question well enough?
OK, so we have this HNQ, which gathered quite a lot of attention, snarky comments, and a small edit war between me and another user about the title of the question. I've edited the answer to match the ...
- 107k
3
votes
1
answer
94
views
Why are higher ranked users not flaged for off-topic?
As a newer user on Ask Ubuntu I have seen activity from older (higher ranked) users that they themselves would count as off-topic. For example questions on EOL versions or versions that are soon to ...
- 1,478
3
votes
4
answers
218
views
What's the final word on "What X are available" and "List of X" type questions?
What is our final decision on questions like these?
https://askubuntu.com/questions/40606/what-arcade-platform-or-role-playing-games-are-available
What IDEs are available for Ubuntu?
Our FAQ is ...
- 87.8k
3
votes
1
answer
166
views
Do we need thousand of "dumb questions"? or can we just duplicate them to more general answer?
This is something which have me concerned sometime now. I've seen a bunch of "Will Ubuntu work in X?" things that most of the time will end in "why you don't try?" kind of answers, and generate ...
- 68.5k
3
votes
1
answer
91
views
How to ask a following question?
I've found a question corresponding to mine (What is the purpose of favoriting questions?), but need some precisions (Do favoriting questions help to get an answer?).
If I had enough reputation : by ...
- 135
2
votes
2
answers
110
views
Has anyone noticed some questions on Ask Ubuntu that are totally unrelated to Ubuntu?
About a week ago, there were some questions on Ask Ubuntu by various users that were totally unrelated to Ubuntu. One was about cooking or something like that.
The same thing happened today with a ...
- 846
2
votes
2
answers
75
views
How can I ask others to verify a bug report I have filed?
I have filed a bug report on Launchpad against a package.
I would like other users to verify this bug report.
Would asking a question on AskUbuntu for others to verify the bug be against AskUbuntu ...
- 12.6k
2
votes
2
answers
118
views
My question has 10 pictures, but I can't add them beacuse I don't have 10 reputation. What should I do?
I have a question and I write it down and there's 10 picture in it, now after 1 hour of writing it when I wanna post it, I got you need at least 10 reputation to post images. What should I do?
- 3
2
votes
1
answer
110
views
Why separate "torrent" and "bittorrent" tags?
Why do we have torrent and bittorrent as separate tags on main?
- 119k
2
votes
1
answer
34
views
How do I ask a question that applies to the default flavor of Ubuntu specifically?
If I would like ask a question that applies to just the default flavor of Ubuntu specifically (not Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, etc.), how should I phrase and tag it?
- 8,350
2
votes
2
answers
72
views
What is the best way to ask for level of support for a new laptop model?
I am in the market for a new laptop and I would like to ask for the level of support for Ubuntu on recently released laptop models. I would like to be able to ask the askubuntu community if a given ...
- 6,377
2
votes
2
answers
38
views
Is it on topic to ask about installing a game on Wine?
I want to install 8ballclub on Wine and I think there's a bug. Can I ask how to install the game here or will it be close as off topic or low quality or too specific? or something? Is it okay to ask ...
- 6,745
2
votes
1
answer
52
views
Are questions about legislation welcome to AU?
The question Is it legal to install msttcorefonts package? Is Wine legal? has just caught my attention. I'm tempted to vote it as "Off-topic - too localized", but also see that the question may be ...
- 177k
2
votes
0
answers
91
views
Cross-posting okay from SuperUser? [duplicate]
There's a SuperUser question which is on-topic here, and has some answers. Normally, I'd recommend the OP to delete and repost here, but this question has existing answers that would be lost.
Is ...
- 552
2
votes
0
answers
113
views
Should I edit or re-ask my question?
If I edit my question after attempting to fix a problem and the problem still exists does my question still get answered or do I have to re-ask the question?
- 61
2
votes
0
answers
78
views
Is this question appropriate here?
I asked the following question:
Cannot assign address inside a Docker container
do you think it would be more appropriate for Stack Overflow, or SuperUser? Or is this the right site?
- 315
2
votes
0
answers
61
views
How to deal with "un-appreciated" answer? [duplicate]
User A ask question.
User B came across the question, he knew the answer to question.
User B answer the question provided by User A.
User A view the answer.
But.. User A doesn't:
Give any feedback ...
- 15.6k
1
vote
2
answers
91
views
Stopped from asking questions
I posted some questions on main website of Ask Ubuntu and was rated -4.The reason was grammatical mistakes and lack of details (as per my views) so I was stopped from asking questions for three days. ...
- 620
1
vote
2
answers
105
views
Is it bad practice to ask for an improved answer by asking a new question?
How to set folder icons of multiple folders automatically?
In the question above I asked for a little improvement to the answer on an existing question:
How to set the first picture of every folder ...
- 9,106
1
vote
1
answer
108
views
Question about asking general questions
I have recently posted a question on ask ubuntu. However, that question was not about a problem that I am currently facing but about something I have faced before and that could happen again. This ...
- 102
1
vote
2
answers
95
views
Should we or should we not support questions on Unity 8?
You are all aware Unity 8 is not ready yet, so, should questions about it be off topic?
I vote off topic, it is in no way ready yet, perhaps Unix & Linux would take it?
Example question: Snap ...
- 18.8k
1
vote
1
answer
74
views
Is this question inappropriate for the StackOverflow Q&A format?
I asked a question earlier today (Why isn't there a 64-bit binary for Skype?) and immediately received a number of downvotes (with only 9 views the question had 3 downvotes).
I've since edited the ...
user51157
1
vote
1
answer
41
views
Closing questions using a non-valid argument
I posted yesterday this question and I was put on hold as off-topic because:
"Bug reports and problems with the development version of Ubuntu should be reported on Launchpad so that developers can ...
- 9,673
1
vote
1
answer
116
views
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 ...
- 5,198
1
vote
1
answer
98
views
Are hardware support questions on topic?
Can I ask about Ubuntu native (just plug it in) hardware support here?
I didn't see the word "hardware" on the tour. If this isn't the correct place, where should I ask?
If it IS on topic, can that ...
1
vote
1
answer
56
views
What do you do when all answers to your question brings you back to where you first started?
I know this may prolly be the dumbest question but what can you do when all answers to your question leads you to where you first started: with the same problem?
Let me clarify this:
I posted a ...
- 101
1
vote
1
answer
81
views
Why nobody answers my latest questions?
It's obviously that my latest questions received low views, no votes and nobody answered.
I use to mark the correct answers, so if you find good answers for these questions, post them.
Here you ...
- 9,673
1
vote
1
answer
46
views
Should my Super User question be migrated to Ask Ubuntu?
I asked this question on Super User.
Is it on topic here or not? If yes (and migrated), what will happen to the bounty?
- 6,745
1
vote
1
answer
34
views
Is asking about the relative merits of various releases for main or meta?
Is asking about the relative merits of various releases for main or meta? or both? or Neither?
Thanks
- 246
1
vote
1
answer
32
views
I'd like to know how to replicate the process of building Ubuntu. How do I tag such a question?
I'd like to know how to replicate the process of building Ubuntu. How do I tag such a question?
- 8,350
1
vote
1
answer
51
views
Should we close questions that aren't well asked, even if it's obvious what the OP wants?
This is an example.
My first reaction was to vote for closure as Not a real question, yet the title says what's wrong, and the OP gave his error message.
Therefore, it doesn't really fall in the ...
- 39.8k
1
vote
1
answer
29
views
How do I know when a question has become a second question?
I have a question open here: What should I do about seeing the message "/boot/config-3.2.0-74-generic: No such file or directory"? which is specifically about the missing config file in /...
1
vote
1
answer
152
views
How do I bump questions? [duplicate]
How can I bump my question up to the front page so it will be seen without asking it again? I feel like once you ask a question, if it's not answered that day, it kind of goes into limbo.
- 3,811
1
vote
1
answer
42
views
How do I find out if I have an answer to a question I post?
How do I find out if I have an answer to a question I post?
I have posted 2 questions. One was tagged as too vague, the other seems to have disappeared.
I am trying to get some traction on Ubuntu, ...
user74870
1
vote
0
answers
42
views
What are the quality standards for posting questions here? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I interpret this “Your question does not meet our quality standards” error?
I keep trying to post a question and it won't let me because
It does not ...
user92780
0
votes
2
answers
113
views
Why did this question get so many downvotes?
How to automatically execute a command every time a certain command terminates?
What did I do wrong? It's a perfectly suitable question... so why has it got so many downvotes?
Was it due to me not ...
- 17.8k
0
votes
4
answers
65
views
Create sub sections/categories to accommodate specialities?
So perhaps Ask Ubuntu has enough weight to initiate subsections in the site. I was looking through the questions and felt quite intimidated because I didn't know any of the answers.
Perhaps ...
- 477
0
votes
1
answer
51
views
Is replacing with the Tech Slang needed?
I'm having a doubt that, recently I found this question in Askubuntu :How do I watch Youtube videos?
On seeing that my instinct told me to edit the question as : Flash player not working in firefox
...
- 525
0
votes
1
answer
96
views
How can I ask a question that, by its nature, will be "too broad"?
I'm specifically interested in looking for "gotcha" instances in upgrading Kubuntu 14.04.1 to 16.04, to help me decide whether to upgrade or ride 14.04 another two years. I know there's a newer ...
- 5,198
0
votes
1
answer
71
views
Can I ask a question on Ask Ubuntu about all the old distros?
I thought about creating a "question" in order to remind (or "honour") all the old Ubuntu releases (4.10 Warthy - 16.10 Yakkety).
But this question is mostly like a discussion one, not an answerable ...
- 846
0
votes
2
answers
69
views
Shouldn't users be asked to give more info, especially on their their desktop environment, when asking questions?
People using Gnome/Unity usually post their questions without bothering to mention this fact. Also, most users assume that when talking about folders or file browser we should assume they are talking ...
user47206