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Are software recommendations on topic or not?
There are presently over 2 300 questions tagged with software-recommendation at Ask Ubuntu. However, now and then questions are closed on the basis of this tag being off topic. As an example, Thomas W....
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Can I ask about a problem with a non-Ubuntu kernel here?
I realise that it's perfectly on topic to ask how to install a non-Ubuntu kernel, but what about problems that are specific to non-Ubuntu kernels? Are they and should they be on topic?
If not, why ...
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What ubuntu versions are covered?
There is a question on the site about this, but it belongs here so I rephrase.
Is the site just about Ubuntu or also Xubuntu Kubuntu and so on.
imho all official derivates should be covered ...
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Questions that refer to using or installing ripped/pirated software
I note in the comments to this Question, that the user is using ripped software.
umm, I just copied the folder of the game to my home folder.. thats
it.. should I download the installation and ...
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Are questions about making "unofficial" derivatives of Ubuntu welcome?
I wondered whether How to add custom services to Ubuntu that aren't Canonical's but my own (Cloud service etc) is off-topic because of "I'm making my own distribution of Ubuntu" in the body of the ...
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Do we support snapd on other distros?
Although the current help says we support Ubuntu Core, it doesn't say if we support installing and using snapd on other operating systems. My default assumption is that we do not--after all, using ...
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How should we handle questions from users asking how to brute force passwords or break encryption?
In my opinion questions that ask how to hack or bypass encryption should be closed as off-topic.
Here are some examples of some recent questions:
I don't have the LUKs password for my HP notebook
I ...
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Are bug reports suitable for this site?
Recently there was a bug report posted as a question here. I was hoping the community could discuss whether this should be done or not.
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Can we burninate [hardware-recommendation]?
The help center says:
Questions that you should avoid:
Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Backtrack, Gnome-Remix (prior to 13.04), budgie-remix (16.04 and 16.10) and other Linux distributions (try our ...
ZannaMod
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Wubi discussion (AGAIN) - Supported Here on Ask Ubuntu? (13.04 and later)
According to what the Release team told me, wubi.exe appears on the images. Whether or not this means it's "supported" is open to debate among the ops, however, for all other intents and purposes, ...
Thomas WardMod
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EOL Notice: Hardy, Oneiric, Lucid (desktop) are now End of Life
This is a reminder/notice regarding now-EOL releases.
The following versions of Ubuntu and derivatives are officially end of life as of today on May 9th, 2013:
Hardy Heron (8.04, all currently-...
Thomas WardMod
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Why are questions about (specifically) Ubuntu based distros off-limits?
I can understand (in general) questions about non-Ubuntu distros being off-limits. But is there a reason that questions about distros like Linux Mint which derive directly from Ubuntu are also off-...
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What's this sites stand on UbuntuBSD?
I think I know that UbuntuBSD is not supported by this site, however it may need to be made clear:
The website for UbuntuBSD pretty clearly states that if downloaders have questions, they should come ...
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A note on flagging end of life questions
Recently in review, there seems to be a lot of questions flagged for end of life, the issue with these flags is that when the questions were written they were ON TOPIC, this is important, old ...
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Should a question asking for a workaround for a problem in an in-development version be closed as off-topic?
I recently came across this question How to workaround "update-rc.d: error: no runlevel symlinks to modify, aborting!"? and at a first glance I assumed it was off-topic because it would ...
user364819
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How to deal with "feature request" questions?
Prompted by this question, which I flagged as "bug", it somehow doesn't feel right because the flag seems to be specific to "bug reports" and specific issues with an yet to be released version.
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I know how everyone can be happy!
Unicorns for everybody!
.... not really.
I'm talking about our long trail of "list of X" that predate the site since immemorial times. As you can see in previous discussions people doesn't ...
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Are questions about any distros based on Ubuntu on topic? (Made using tools like Distroshare Ubuntu Imager) [duplicate]
There are some tools on internet like Distroshare Ubuntu Imager to make distributions based on Ubuntu. Are questions on those distributions on topic here? Or are they off topic?
Assume that someone ...
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Ubuntu Cosmic Cuttlefish 18.10 is now released, and posts about it are (generally) No Longer Offtopic
As of about 17:47 UTC on October 18, 2018, Ubuntu Cosmic Cuttlefish 18.10 has been officially released. The corresponding release announcement email that went out to the ubuntu-announce mailing list ...
Thomas WardMod
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Is asking about how to cite Ubuntu in a investigation on topic?
I'm umming and aahing about this question. Does it belong on Ask Ubuntu? I would like to bring it to moderators attention without flagging it because I don't want to flag something not wrong.
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Ubuntu Bionic Beaver 18.04 LTS is now released, and posts about it are (generally) No Longer Offtopic
As of about 23:00 UTC on April 26, 2018, Ubuntu Bionic Beaver 18.04 LTS has been officially released. The corresponding release announcement email that went out to the ubuntu-announce mailing list is ...
Thomas WardMod
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Where do users go to ask a question about their EOL version of Ubuntu? [duplicate]
Although this subject was discussed in 2012, 2016, etc., I did't see any current discussions of it, so please forgive me as I rattle the cage again:
On AskUbuntu, I frequently see questions marked as,...
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How should we interpret "Development on Ubuntu" in the FAQ?
Sparked by this question and this comment, I'm confused to what development stuff here is on-topic and what isn't.
The FAQ says:
Development on Ubuntu.
Well, that on leaves room for wider ...
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How strict should off-topic questions be flagged as such? [duplicate]
I flagged this question as off-topic.
The question absolutely does not belong on Ask Ubuntu but on Stack Overflow or similar. But the flag got declined and that's bad for my reputation (?).
It makes ...
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Heartbleed on 13.04 is bad for the Internet, we should keep one open
Since this is a pretty serious issue I think we should keep one canonical question for heartbleed on 13.04, maybe this one?
https://askubuntu.com/questions/445710/how-to-patch-ubuntu-13-04-raring-for-...
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Should questions about using end-of-life Ubuntu releases be closed? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Should we allow questions that are about releases which are considered End of Life?
Should questions requesting advice using end-of-life (i.e., officially unsupported) Ubuntu ...
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Is "any tool that runs on Ubuntu" on topic here? [duplicate]
That's the response I got to a flag I raised about a git question which had already been answered on StackOverflow a few years earlier.
Git runs on Ubuntu as well as on Windows or Mac, so it could be ...
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Why are questions about packages included in Ubuntu by default but not maintained by Canonical not considered off-topic?
Here is an example question:
Libreoffice 5.1.6.2 “The dictionary is already full.”
It is about LibreOffice, which is a package that is included in the Ubuntu ISO by default, but not made or ...
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Clarification on GRUB's on-topic-ness
By definition questions that are on topic are these:
Using and administering official Ubuntu flavors including: Edubuntu,
Ubuntu GNOME, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin, Lubuntu, Mythbuntu, Ubuntu
Studio, ...
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Can we please ban unrelated programming questions?
This issue has been discussed in the past: http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5695/why-was-a-purely-programming-related-question-not-moved-closed
But I disagree with Andrea Corbellini because I ...
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Is UBPorts within the scope of AskUbuntu?
I have this question here:
Does SECURE BOOT need to be disabled on the Nexus 5 before I can install UBPort's Ubuntu Phone Image?
I subsequently created new tags for UBPorts, and one of its core ...
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What are the differences between Ubuntu and e.g. Mint?
First of all: I'm a Linux Mint user for about 3 years now. I was a Ubuntu user for about 7 years before and a Debian user for about 5 years. I know the Debian way of working, experienced its evolution ...
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How do we currently handle Wubi questions for 13.04 and later?
The Discussion
Wubi's been dropped from 13.04. They no longer test it, and they no longer support wubi in 13.04. There was a developers mailing list post about proposing to drop Wubi, and they ...
Thomas WardMod
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Should Ubuntu server questions be allowed?
Or should we focus on desktop and servers should go on ServerFault?
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Why is this question about the solar eclipse so heavily downvoted?
I am talking about Will the Great American Eclipse Crash Ubuntu here.
Just in case, here is its content:
Wondering if my computer will crash because of the Eclipse? Anything I need to do to ...
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Who is the public for which this service is intended, exactly?
Some of the questions appearing seem pretty advanced, wile others (like the ones I'm asking) are elementary. Who is the user we imagine using this service? The answer to this question should ...
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Do we, or do we not support wubi.exe?
I have been wondering this for a while and would like to get a definitive answer.
We still get questions on wubi on the site, however, it is no longer developed and won't work on a modern Windows OS (...
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How can we refocus on being a Q+A, not a support forum or bug tracker? [closed]
After doing some investigation on issues brought up doing these questions I've found something that I'm embarrassed that we have let get out of control, see these questions for some background.
What ...
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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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EOL Notice: Precise Pangolin (12.04) reached End of Life on April 28, 2017
This will be enforced starting on April 28, 2017.
This is a notice regarding releases of Ubuntu that have reached End of Life.
The following versions of Ubuntu and derivatives are officially end of ...
Thomas WardMod
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Needlessly closed a question?
This question was closed as off topic.
LightDM login screen configuration
Now LightDM is used with ubuntu and Ubuntu Mate. The DM, greeter, and setting package are available in ubuntu.
The OP ...
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A 404 error occurs on the about page
In the second slide of the about page, the link to the "official Ubuntu derivatives" gives a 404.
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EOL Notice: Yakkety Yak (16.10) reached End of Life on July 20, 2017
This will be enforced as of July 21, 2017.
This is a notice regarding releases of Ubuntu that has reached End of Life.
The following versions of Ubuntu and derivatives are officially end of life as ...
Thomas WardMod
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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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On-topic? What games can be played by two people on the same computer
I want to know what games can be played by two people on the same computer.
The highest-voted for this meta question is:
a "best game" one is far too open ended. You'd end up with every game in ...
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Ubuntu Eee / EasyPeasy - Offtopic?
EasyPeasy is 'Formerly known as Ubuntu Eee, a project optimized for netbooks.'
Is this really not the right place to ask questions about this Ubuntu distro? The UI says Ubuntu in the upper right ...
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Are all freeze-related questions automatically off-topic?
I'm about to ask a question on the main site, but after seeing similar questions and how they were treated, I decide to come to Meta first.
The proposed question is about my Ubuntu installation ...
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Collective "On Topic-ity"
It seems that recently on AskUbuntu, questions have been slipping through the Close-Wall (The wall that keeps a question from being seen by more than a few people). Until now this wall had redirected ...
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Let's refine and clarify our off-topic close reasons
Recently I have noticed, both as a user and a moderator, a good number of questions either being closed as end-of-life or as a development release when they probably don’t need to be.
Just a few ...
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Can I mention SteamOS in Ask Ubuntu?
I use SteamOS and am having a problem with it, but I don't know whether or not to mention it in Ask Ubuntu.
It uses the .deb files, so it is quite similar. Should I bring it up, or not?
