Questions tagged [scope]
questions about the scope of this site.
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When will I be able to ask about systemd questions with ubuntu?
This one was deleted:
Increase Trackpoint Sensititvity with SystemD (Ubuntu 15.04 or later)
because SystemD is a feature in the next version of Ubuntu. Having reinstalled, I searched for the ...
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Suggestion: Add link to relevant page in "off-topic" notification
Pretty minor suggestion, but it could be of some use.
A question of mine, https://askubuntu.com/questions/295699/the-vpn-service-failed-to-start-under-ubuntu-13-04, was put on hold (at my request) ...
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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 ...
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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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Can I ask questions about upcoming releases? [duplicate]
I know that you can't ask questions about upcoming releases that are still in development, however, can you ask questions about them when you are not asking for help with them? For instance after ...
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Is this Perl-related question being closed too hastily?
This question is about to be closed:
Perl doesn't include directory
That's too bad, since:
Perl scripting is a standard system administration technique and it doesn't make much sense to reject ...
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Let's reopen this question about setting up a Mint-like menu in Ubuntu
This is a question about how to get an interface in Ubuntu that resembles an interface available in Linux Mint:
How to install Linux mint like menu/gnomenu in Ubuntu?
This question is about Ubuntu. ...
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Are general issues/backgrounders acceptable?
My question "what are the most important ubuntu sysadmin tasks/tools" was down voted as "too general".
Is it? Should the site include some more general backgrounders?
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What should I do with an off-topic question that has an accepted answer?
This question appeared in my review queue.
It begins by stating that it relates to Oracle Linux, which isn't Ubuntu and therefore off-topic.
But it has an accepted answer.
Do I flag it as off-...
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Can we please decide if Chrubuntu installation and usage is on topic? [duplicate]
We've got couple of questions about ChrUbuntu, installing Ubuntu on a Chrome Book, problems that happens only when you use these modified scripts. So, they are welcomed with all that it carries or ...
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Should questions asking for files via download or email be flagged?
A couple times recently I've been seeing questions asking for specific files to be shared via download links posted in the answers or via email. The latest example of this I've seen is this question ...
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Packaging problems with PPA's from the user perspective are on topic?
One of the issues I find from time to time are packages dependencies problems related with PPA's due careless package maintainers. These problems are normally fixed changing one line (or several one ...
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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 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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Questions about Amazon search results in the Dash in 12.10 are off topic, are we making an exception here?
Questions about Amazon search results appearing in the Dash in 12.10 are appearing here on the site. Example 1, Example 2.
Reading our FAQ:
This is not the right place for...Issues with the next ...
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Question about deprecated releases in a container
This question (starting container process caused: error loading seccomp filter into kernel: loading seccomp filter: errno 524: unknown) is on-topic, right? The host OS is Ubuntu 20.04, and the ...
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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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systemd on or off topic
Is systemd on or off topic here ?
From the wiki page - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/systemd#Warning.21_Experimental_code
Warning! Experimental code
systemd is under active development in Ubuntu ...
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Can we connect Askubuntu with a ubuntu based custom distro?
We have made some custom distro. We want to connect that custom distro with askubuntu.com . Our distro is the same Ubuntu, with some preinstalled apps and customized so that people can use Linux more ...
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Can I ask questions about how software is supposed to be used?
I just asked a question about what the intended workflow is for doing something in Ubuntu, but it was rather poorly received thus far:
What is the intended way of creating desktop launchers?
Is this ...
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Are questions about the finer points of the linux kernel on topic?
My question is in regards to this question: https://askubuntu.com/questions/540665/packet-traversal-through-ubuntu-kernel
This is a question about the nitty-gritty underpinnings of the linux kernel. ...
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When are questions about in-development releases on-topic? [duplicate]
I remember speaking to a moderator in chat once where they told me that a question about a future release which is currently in-development is actually on-topic here as long as what is posted is not a ...
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What are "services provided by Ubuntu"?
The Help Center for Ask Ubuntu says:
We welcome questions about:
Services provided by Ubuntu
What does "services provided by Ubuntu" mean?
Is that meant to be "services provided by ...
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Was there a debate about my post? If so, can I see it?
This question is about posts on askubuntu in general, but I'll use my post as an example:
How do I backup the pre-installed Windows before installing Ubuntu?
Only recently I've found out that the ...
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Is asking about reverting phone to Android on-topic?
A device once had a mobile derivative of Ubuntu, but OP wants to revert to Android OS...is this on-topic or belong somewhere like generic linux or android enthusiasts?
Case study How to return to ...
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Are the creation and solution of CTF exercise welcomed here?
I've seen this question on the Close Votes queue:
Why does the run level change automatically?
At first, when I saw the title it picked my curiosity, but then reading OP's comment:
Thanks for the ...
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Are license questions about PPA-provided software on-topic?
We accept licensing questions on Ask Ubuntu. Or at least many such questions.
Here are just a few such questions that the community has embraced. (And this is just what I was able to find in under 10 ...
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Is this question about long-running codes on remote servers on-topic?
I asked the following question:
How to launch a long-running Python code in a Docker container running on a remote server
but I was wondering whether it would be more in-topic on Stack Overflow or ...
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Should one make a question on-topic by editing it and generalizing it?
I recently came across this question in the Reopen votes review queue, and it was edited and generalized by another user:
But as ElementaryOS is not Ubuntu should this really be reopened now that it ...
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Can we reopen the question about restarting the Tor browser?
This is a question about how to restart the Tor browser:
Restart Tor Browser after closing
The OP's motivation for wanting to do so is a bug. This question, however, is not a bug report. The bug is ...
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Should this ping question, where the OP was using improper syntax, really be closed?
This question is about how to use ping properly:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/159921/why-cant-i-ping-http-ushou-appeng01-ufm
The user is not asking:
why a particular site does not respond to ...
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Are software-recommendation questions for browser plugins on-topic?
Are questions asking how to do something in a web browser, which either implicitly or explicitly must be accomplished by a plugin, considered on-topic? That is, should we accept questions like this?
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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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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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Is this question off-topic?
I came across this question, asking how to install Landscape on CentOS/RHEL.
I think it's off-topic, as, even though Landscape is a product from Canonical, it's asking how to install it on a ...
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Can someone make clear rules about the "software-recommendation" tag? [duplicate]
Ok, apparently we don't have a clear set of rules about the software-recommendation:
As long as any answer is correct, the question is not a place for Ask Ubuntu. – Braiam 4 hours ago
@braiam any ...
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How far a fork distributions is on topic on Ask-Ubuntu? (is this question on-topic?) [duplicate]
I was trying to answer this question, but as you may notice, it has serious issues that made you think is off-topic:
It could be a bug/limitation of samba/CIFS.
The asker is using a "heavily" ...
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Are questions about hardware specifications (not compatibility) on topic?
I recently commented on this question, considering it off topic. User EliahKagan very politely indicated that he disagrees. The OP is asking for an explanation of what each of the fields in /proc/...
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Why was the question about a problem pinging a Windows system from Ubuntu off-topic?
What was causing the problem, presented in the question https://askubuntu.com/q/418957/44293, only came into light when the question was answered. Before that it was unknown and most probably would ...
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Are question about removing another OS but Ubuntu on topic?
Title says it all. This question inspired this meta-Q. So, are questions about removing another OS but Ubuntu on-topic?
Relevant comments:
mint is offtopic on askubuntu. But you can format the ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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What is the reason behind 'support' for this question
Referring to: Debian Stable vs Ubuntu LTS for Server?
This seems to be considered a valid question by the diamond mods (at least I conclude that from looking at the highest rated answer), but I'd ...
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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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Should we really divert all software recommendations? [duplicate]
In the review queue I just stumbled upon a question about a translator app for Ubuntu , which is on the way to be closed as "off topic".
Is closing and pointing to https://softwarerecs.stackexchange....
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