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Can I ask question that had been asked in other forum by myself?
I had asked for help in podman discussion on Github (see the post here) but no luck getting an answer. Is it OK to copy the content and ask the question here?
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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 ...
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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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I asked a question but now I can not find it
I asked a question:
Create Bash Alias That Accepts Commands
but now I can not find it.
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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 ...
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How do you handle questions that include Ubuntu pastebin links?
Ubuntu pastebin is a nice online tool for sharing formatted text between users, especially for very large log files for a short period of time, then it expires and is permanently deleted.
Stumbling ...
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How to transfer a question through Stack Exchange Communities
I've just earned a badge in this popular question I wrote 15 months ago in SuperUser Community. And it attracted me because, even after all this time and 1000 views, it stills not-answered. Thus I got ...
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Should I ask my question on Ask Ubuntu, on Unix & Linux or on both? [duplicate]
Let's say I have a question which concerns all Ubuntu users, but not only them. (e.g. about apt and aptitude). On which Stack Exchange site should I ask it, depending on if my distribution is Ubuntu ...
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Can users raise questions on the day of the announced release date irrespective of time?
Can users raise questions on the day of the announced release date irrespective of time or will they be closed?
To be specific, Ubuntu 20.04 will be released on the 23rd Of April.
But some countries ...
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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 ...
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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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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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How long should I wait for an answer on here?
How long should I wait for an answer to my question 18.04.2 authentication error
on here, and in the meantime is there anything I can do to make it more answerable?
I've already included a fair ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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?
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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?
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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 ...
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What are the limits for answer and question lengths?
What are the limits to which answers and questions can be pushed ? I've written quite lengthy answers in the past which seem to be quite complete, but lets pretend there's a question which requires ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Is it okay to rename questions when the title doesn't reflect what OP really wants to know?
I'm asking about the question How to delete the files of administrator by using guest session. According to my answer there and to the discussion under the other answer, I assume the problem is solved....
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Is it relevant to ask questions for other distros based on Ubuntu (e.g. GalliumOS)? [duplicate]
Since I just switched to using GalliumOS, I want to know if asking questions about distros that are not Ubuntu, but are still based on Ubuntu are relevant. GalliumOS is based on Ubuntu 15.10, so would ...
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Best way to end a question post
When I ask a question on Ask Ubuntu, I usually end it with some kind of request for knowledge, like "does anybody know the actual meaning of this message?". A lot of newer people end the question with ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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What will happen when all questions are asked?
Over time, obviously more and more questions are asked on this site, and such, many people have the same questions, which are then considered duplicates, but eventually by way of law, eventually we ...
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If an answer cannot possibly give you what you asked for, please consider accepting nevertheless
On a regular basis, people ask questions with no other possible answer then:
No, that can't be done, because...
Mostly, this is because of a lack of technical understanding of OP, or because people ...
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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 ...
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Please take your own question(s) seriously
In general, people who answer questions on AU do their job with a certain pride. We want answers to work. If not, we either remove the answer or edit it until it works for at least the situation of OP,...
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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 ...
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Are software comparisons allowed and if so how broad are you allowed to be?
Are software comparisons considered on-topic here? I mean Ubuntu software of course, and probably software which is specific to it or at least Linux but runs on Ubuntu. And how broad is considered '...
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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 ...
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Should lots of issues caused by one thing be asked in multiple questions?
There is a question saying that their USB, WiFi and Bluetooth are all broken since the upgrade to 15.10 from 15.04.
Are these multiple questions (because it's 3 different things), or should it be ...
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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. ...
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Deny cross-posting, but enable site-sharing?
I know cross-posting (writing the same question on more than one SE site) is discouraged and should not be done. I also see the reason for this and agree, but sometimes it is indeed not clear where a ...
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What's your Ubuntu question? Be specific
I don't exactly know why this is the case anyway, but I have quite often seen new questions with the above title ('What's your Ubuntu question? Be specific') as the person asking the question cannot ...
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Making a 'master thread' for bugs and workarounds for Ubuntu 15.04 issues and bugs?
What does everyone think if we get a single thread going for bugs and workarounds for people with issues relating to 15.04 install. Maybe a wiki type thread. I'm sure a lot of people are coming here ...
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Is it appropriate to ask if the Asus X555MA has any known issues running Ubuntu?
I know there have been questions about hardware before, and meta discussions about whether or not they are appropriate, but I can't remember if there was a definite answer.
I'm thinking of the Asus ...
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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 /...
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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 ...
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What is the best practice to show logfiles within a question? [duplicate]
Sometimes it might be useful to paste the content of a log file related to a question. If the part of the log a short one the markdown for code might be good enough to embed the text into the question:...
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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 ...
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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?
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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?
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Why not moderate questions from new users before making them visible on site?
I had suggested before also that questions from new users should not be posted directly on the site rather they should be moderated first and they should be visible to only users with high reputation (...
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Improve my question further in askubuntu
Newbie here as well as Ask Ubuntu. Before posted my first question I have searched a lot in Google but I couldn't find the answer to solve my installation issue problem. So I decided to post, but ...
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