Questions tagged [scope]
questions about the scope of this site.
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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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RE: Acceptability of Off-Topic Questions
Name suggestions for Ubuntu 12.04?
About the above linked question/post. I've seen several other name suggestions threads in the history of the AskUbuntu system, however considering that this is a (...
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How is this question "off-topic"?
I posted this Q&A style after helping another Kubuntu user solve his problem.
Why does KDE Notificaions show an update that doesn't exist?
Yes the problem is related to a bug but the ...
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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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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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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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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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Are bug complaints with addressable non-bug causes on-topic?
Sometimes a user asks a question and shows the error message, and the error message clearly indicates that there is a bug in the application. If it weren't for the bug, that message wouldn't be shown. ...
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Close Voters: Questions about upgrading EOL releases aren't off-topic
There have been many instances* where I see off-topic close votes on questions that are about upgrading EOL releases to a supported one.
According to help center:
Questions that you should avoid:
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Is it ok to mention a Brainstorm proposal in Ask Ubuntu?
This may be off-topic even for Meta, but I'd like some clarification before I do something stupid.
I've just created a Brainstorm proposal. Is it ok to mention it as part of a useful answer within ...
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Are questions about official Ubuntu software in other OSes generally on-topic?
My understanding is that we consider questions about running Ubuntu One in Windows to be on-topic for this site (thanks to Jorge Castro for clarifying this in chat).
But we close at least some ...
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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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Should the site be "Ubuntu Specific"? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do we tell if a question belongs here, or rather at stackoverflow/superuser?
I got a down vote on this issue for a question that is not "specific to Ubuntu".
I believe ...
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Are answers specific to Debian on-topic?
I use Ubuntu for my workstation and administer a lot of Debian servers. In my experience 98% of the times an Ubuntu solution applies on Debian at a similar age and vice versa.
Recently when searching ...
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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 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 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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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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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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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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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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Why is this question on using Ubuntu with Nvidia drivers off-topic?
I am utterly surprised that this question is considered off-topic: https://askubuntu.com/questions/400044/nvidia-x-server-flickers-hangs-and-segfaults-on-start-up . It represents a genuine ...
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Would superuser be a better place for How do I read <linux file system> in Windows?
Since it has been suggested on the comments to this question on reading BTRFS on Windows that if we wanted to discuss if its on topic, I will.
In many cases, the decision on what site's the best ...
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What's your opinion of X on Y? Questions
Where X == Distribution && Y == System/Hardware/Device
More and more frequently questions are appearing requesting feedback from users using such and such flavor of Ubuntu on such and such ...
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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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How do I (and should I) move a question to SuperUser?
First I asked this question at superuser which required me to upgrade away from Ubuntu's ancient ffmpeg. Then I asked this question at Ask Ubuntu whose answer requires Ubuntu's ancient version of ...
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Are "Has anyone installed Ubuntu (version) on a (Notebook brand/model) successfully" questions allowed?
Well, the title says it all. I have a laptop on which I could't install 9.04 and was wondering if anyone tried 10.10 on one. Are this kind of questions on topic?
I know there used to be a ...
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Let's identify if this question is on-topic
The question I am talking about:
Are there any official counters which keep a track on the number of downloads of a particular Ubuntu version across different derivatives?
Help Center says:
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Do we support 13.04 on the Nexus 7?
Per the Ubuntu Wiki Nexus 7 installation page:
Please note as of 12/7/2012 we strongly urge users to re-flash to Raring 13.04
The wiki also points users with problems to ask questions here:
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How do we handle questions about unmaintained software?
Either on-site or in chat.
I understand that they are technically classifiable as 'software that can be installed', but it gives rise to un-answerable/complaint types of queries.
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Closing the off-topic and duplicate questions with bounty
There are some questions which has bounty, but are clearly off-topic or are duplicates of another question.
e.g. https://askubuntu.com/questions/411887/unicode-fonts-are-not-displayed-correctly-in-...
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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?
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How do we change the policy of Ask Ubuntu if votes are low in Ask Ubuntu Meta?
Since important policy decisions regarding Ask Ubuntu's scope are taken using voting in Ask Ubuntu Meta, it's important that as many people as possible participate in the discussion related to ...
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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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Is Bitcoin on-topic on Ask Ubuntu?
I stumbled across this question. Just in case something happens to that question or its comments, here is a Wayback Machine link. I wasn't quite sure about if Bitcoin was on-topic, so I didn't flag it ...
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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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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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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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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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Let's reopen this on-topic question about using Ubuntu software in Ubuntu [duplicate]
This question is, and has always been, on topic.
The OP's reading of the FAQ is correct. A question about using built-in Ubuntu software and third party Ubuntu software on Ubuntu is a question about ...
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XBMCbuntu: Unofficial Ubuntu Derivative, or just a version of Ubuntu with extra software?
Related: https://askubuntu.com/questions/289267/dns-not-working-in-xbmcbuntu
So, the above linked quesiton has prompted a question: is XBMCbuntu a release of Ubuntu, with a few prepackaged softwares ...
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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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Should we include support for BackTrack?
This question just rolled in a few hours ago. I'm unfamiliar with BackTrack but it appears to be a highly modified Ubuntu installation which from the site's appearance - dropped most ties to Ubuntu. I ...
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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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Can we consider the recent question about syncing to Android on-topic?
I don't think this question is off-topic:
Apple cloud replacement?
But it seems like a lot of other people do, and it looks like it may be closed soon.
In that question, the OP is asking if you can ...
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Is it considered on-topic, If a user needs help to get back only Windows after he deleted Ubuntu partition?
If a user, who have dual booted system (with Windows) accidentally deletes Ubuntu partition and He now only interested to get Windows back, should we help him considering that, He fell into the ...
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Was 142386 closed because it's about FreeBSD, or because it might not also be about Ubuntu?
This question was closed as off topic, and there is a comment (though not by one of the close-voters) saying that it's off-topic but would be on topic at Unix.SE.
The question is undeniably about ...
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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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Why aren't "I compiled X from source or installed from PPA questions" considered off-topic?
It seems to me that a LARGE number of not useful for most users of askubuntu questions come from this area. Other than driver bugs, it seems to be the second most chain-gunned question that clogs up ...
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Should the welcome message put more focus on casual users?
Hi, I was wondering whether we should change the site welcome message (the one that pops up in the bar at the top) to say "Welcome to the QA site for Ubuntu users", rather than "...users and ...
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