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Are questions about EFI boot menu configuration on topic?
TL;DR – skip to the emphasised parts.
I came across this question asking for instruction and explanation on
how to configure the EFI BIOS boot menu to contain an entry for each operating system on a ...
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When are Debian questions off topic?
I just voted to close this Debian question. There are a bunch of Debian questions that are open though; when is it appropriate to close a Debian question?
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Questions seeking how to bypass security, off-topic?
Recently, this question appeared asking how to bypass a firewall using Ubuntu. What should we do about questions which seek out how to use Ubuntu to bypass security implementations?
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Are python questions appropriate for this site?
Python is so ingrained in Ubuntu. Would it be appropriate to ask python related questions on this forum? Or WHEN is it appropriate to ask questions about python? Where is a good place to ask python ...
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How to resolve conflicting information about "Chrubuntu" policy/status?
My understanding is that we do not currently consider Chrubuntu to be an unofficial derivative (or even a separate derivative at all), and that the current consensus is not to close questions as off-...
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List questions, fair cases of knowledge or just a waste of time?
We closed this as per parent site guidance and previous Ask Ubuntu meta discussion over the same issue
https://askubuntu.com/questions/115237/music-players-in-ubuntu-linux
Was it fair?
List ...
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Are social announcements not related to Ubuntu or the site on-topic on Meta?
It is defined here what is on-topic on the AU Meta site. That currently being:
Meta Ask Ubuntu is the part of the site where users discuss the
workings and policies of Ask Ubuntu rather than ...
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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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Would a off-topic tag warning be a good-idea? [duplicate]
Here on Ask Ubuntu we have quite a lot of tags for various Linux distributions/Operating Systems/things that could be off-topic if specific about them:
debian, mint, fedora, crunchbang, windows, ...
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Is Ask Ubuntu a social network?
Hey all metausers out there!
I heared an interesting talk about social networks, and what social networks are.
And now this question is engaging me:
Is ask ubuntu a social network?
I think it is ...
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How is this question off-topic?
I posted a question about the crouton tool for creating an ubuntu environment in chrome os, but it was put on hold as off-topic. The question is this:
I attempted several times to use the crouton ...
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what is the difference between askubuntu and unix.stackexchange.com
why is there this special site for Ubuntu?
I think that most of the questions are general Linux questions and would belong there
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EOL Notice: Utopic (14.10) has now reached End of Life
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 life as of July 23, 2015:
Utopic 14.10
New ...
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Ubuntu Budgie is now an official flavour (starts properly with 17.04)!
Ubuntu Budgie Remix is now an official flavour! Though 17.04/ZestyZapus (to be released in April, 2017) will be the first officially supported flavour, so questions on that should not be closed as off-...
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What happens Once Windows 8 implements Secure Boot on ARM and pc's
Will we be asked to provide instructions for booting Ubuntu on these systems, even when most of the work is done on the other operating system. For instance, currently we answer questions about OSX ...
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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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EOL Notice: Raring (13.04) is now past End of Life
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 life as of January 27, 2014:
Raring 13.04
New ...
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At what point does an Ask Ubuntu question become a Mac question?
Consider the following opening words to a question:
"I'm using HFS..." (red flag)
"I'm running Ubuntu in a VM on Mac..." (red flag)
"My Mac won't boot Ubuntu..." (red flag)
"Bootcamp..." (red flag)
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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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Is Ask Ubuntu really about solving problems?
For a new user, the freedom that Ubuntu affords is really liberating. However, the user soon finds himself or herself running into different kinds of problems – which is but natural for any new user. ...
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What windows questions are OK to ask?
I was just wondering what type of questions are on-topic and what questions are off-topic regarding windows (the operating system).
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Are non-Ubuntu-spefic questions allowed? [duplicate]
I was just wonder, let's say that there is a question which asks how to disable the cache in Firefox, and the person who asks says that they are running a supported flavour and version of Ubuntu, is ...
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Are questions more central to the user's DE on-topic here?
For instance, would a question on GNOME Extension development or management which is not specific to Ubuntu, but rather GNOME, be on-topic here? So something that's more central and specific to the DE ...
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Are questions regarding System76 hardware allowed?
Since System76 is the largest vendor for consumer PCs with Ubuntu pre-installed, are questions about their products allowed if they don't concern the OS in particular? That would include
What usb3 or ...
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Aren't Ubuntu Server end-of-life versions off topic?
The wiki document about the EOL Ubuntu versions mention that the server editions have longer life than the Desktop edition.
Is this applicable for questions on this site?
After read this question I ...
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How do we differentiate between 12.04 and 12.04.5?
As far as I know, there is only one 12.04-related tag: 12.04.
Also, 12.04 (by itself) EOLed on August 8, 2014. 12.04.5 EOLs in April 2017.
As one is off-topic and the other is on-topic, how do we ...
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Can I use this site to post a how-to?
Can (and should) I use Ask Ubuntu to ask a question that I already know the answer to in order to make a "how-to"?
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Asking questions about third-party applications running on Ubuntu
In the past when I have asked how to achieve a particular thing using a third-party application on Ubuntu, I have often come across users like here for instance that say that it has nothing to do with ...
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Are Launchpad questions on-topic?
Since Launchpad is an integral part of Ubuntu, would questions relating to the use of Launchpad be on-topic?
Obviously questions about a specific project on Launchpad would be off-topic. (Unless ...
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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 ...
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Are half-Minty questions allowed?
I was just wondering as I saw this question Unable to install Ubuntu 14.04.3 or Linux Mint, are half-Minty questions like this allowed or should they be closed even if they are also as about Ubuntu?
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Why did you close this question instead of migrating it?
This guy asked about elementary OS. I voted to notify the moderators, I commented letting him know it's off topic. But why didn't you migrate it to superuser or unix.se?
I'm not trying to defend him. ...
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Add Unix and Linux to the off topic menu
Sometimes I come across questions that I believe to be better suited on the Unix and Linux StackExchange site. E.g. How can I set up radius authentication properly? .
When using the flag as off ...
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Is this the right place to ask a question about installing another OS on an Ubuntu computer?
A few days ago I asked a question on Ask Ubuntu because I needed a way to install Windows on my currently Ubuntu-only computer. It however received some negative feedback from people in the community, ...
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Should questions related to cinnamon desktop environment be answered?
Officially Ubuntu supports Unity, KDE, XFCE and LXDE desktop environment. So naturally we can answer relating to them in Ask Ubuntu. But I saw many peoples asking help on cinnamon desktop environment. ...
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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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How do we feel about requests for learning materials?
How do we feel about requests for learning materials? Questions like "Where can I find a good tutorial on foo?" or "Is there a book for learning bar?" or "Can you suggest an online course on baz?" etc....
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What about EasyBCD?
I just edited the tag easybcd and after I found some questions like How to install EasyBCD? or Can't get bootloader to work using easyBCD. These questions have the answer in Windows.
We know that ...
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How should we deal with support requests?
More and more questions are not proper questions, but support requests. I think support requests should be "moved" to launchpad, which is the better place for them. Questions here should be more ...
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I think closing questions on Ubuntu derivatives as off-topic is unhelpful
I realize that the topic of derivatives has been touched on before but I am shocked that this community is so closed to questions that, were they answered, could assist pure Ubuntu users.
I recently ...
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Are questions about getting involved on-topic here?
I was just wondering if questions on how to get involved with Ubuntu and Ubuntu-related development were on-topic here?
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Should questions that are asking for an install guide be flagged?
I have seen many questions that are asking "How to install / upgrade". There are many tutorials out there, so they obviously haven't bothered to do much research - they've just asked over here ...
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How specific about not supporting non-Ubuntu OS's is AskUbuntu?
While browsing AskUbuntu, I found a question about Wine + Steam. The OP said that he was using Linux Mint, and upon reading that, I thought "Oh, isn't that non-supported, or something?". So I opened ...
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Please reconsider closing bug-related questions if a workaround can be produced
I would like to investigate if there is a changed point of view concerning allowing bug- related questions in specific cases. The last time this was discussed is four years ago, and practice seems 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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Quantal -> Raring -> Saucy upgrade path, how?
Recently in chat we noticed some kind of oddity about the whole 12.10 > 13.04 > 13.10 upgrade path, where Raring will reach EOL before Quantal and how that will play out for us and for the users ...
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Can I ask Kubuntu related questions here as well? [duplicate]
Or Xubuntu as well? Is this *buntu independent?
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Completely off-topic, promoting!
In the past hour, I have seen two off-topic question promoting a service. Both were marked as spam. I am not even on that much, so if there is two this hour, and there is on average one a hour, 24 a ...
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Should we answer questions regarding games played via wine?
My question is if we should really answer questions regarding games run on top of Wine. Or should we not try to support such questions? MY objection to answering this is that it is too specialized and ...
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Are questions about the software centre app submit process acceptable?
Is this question OK, I'm not sure wether it is on or off topic?
https://askubuntu.com/questions/493118/ubuntu-software-center-app-pending-review
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