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Where should I place a "wish" for developers of Ubuntu? [closed]
Questions similar to the In Ubuntu 16.04, how to set shortcut-keys for maximizing a window only horizontally or only vertically?
lead to a "wish" for developers of Ubuntu. (After I have got some ...
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What/how/where do I get the "link to a valid account" for the purpose of deleting my account?
My problem is that I want to delete my account. Very simple. How?
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asked for a solution didn't got any one of them [closed]
I don't understand I have asked for help because none of the multiboot usb creator is recognizing my usb drive and for solution and despite being an expert nobody is helping me . I used a solution of ...
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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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Some basic tags?
I'm not that much crack on askubuntu - more of an asker than an answerer. Compared to other experiences with S.E. sites, I find it pretty difficult to find useful information. I think that you could ...
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Reward for flags?
I know that your are rewarded with bages for x amount of helpful flags for closing duplicate questions or off topic etc. However why dont you get any rewards like +1 for flags that others agree with ...
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Merging launchpad + stackexchange
I know it's been asked for a lot of times. But here it goes again: Please, merge my askubuntu/launchpad account with the stackexchange account. I began using launchpad back in 2010, but now I'd prefer ...
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Question migration
Shouldn't this question be migrated to unix.stackexchange.com? As I see it almost has nothing to do with Ubuntu as a Linux distro, but rather Linux in itself.
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OS Release in Questions
Given the number of questions asked which do not include the OS release, thus requiring asking the OP to (at best) amend their question or (not ideal) add the info in a comment, it is possible that ...
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Are Qt questions on topic?
Are Qt questions on topic?
I ask because I get hassled for asking them, despite clearly being linked to Ubuntu, especially since unity is becoming pure Qt. I am very rarely hassled for QML questions,...
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Users under 500 rep need to leave a comment as to why they downvoted? [duplicate]
I'm sure many users have experienced the dreaded "Downvote with no explanation."
This causes many problems, such as unexplained loss of reputation, lack of knowledge of how to improve a post (which ...
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User Removed, and I lost 590 points! [duplicate]
A user was removed, and I lost 590 rep points!
The reason that this question got asked again, is I still don't understand why us (other) users get penalized because some user got removed. Their votes,...
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The StackExchange website keeps me logged in between sessions without asking me
The login screen for StackExchange/AskUbuntu has no option to select or deselect a "keep me logged in" function, but it retains the login by default.
Retaining an everlasting login session without ...
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A Quick Suggestion About Commenting [duplicate]
It would be nice letting new users Comment instead of posting an answer requesting for more info About the question/Issue
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Why not to merge this SE with Unix/Linux? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Are we better off with a general “Unix & Linux” stackexchange site?
I am using Ubuntu but will crosspost to Unix/Linux 100% of my questions since I can't be 100% sure it ...
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Can we change the bounty rep requirement?
Currently, you need 75 reputation to start a bounty.
However, some migrating users (meaning users that have an account with 100+ rep on another site) use this privilege a bit much.
They will ...
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Perceived rudeness
N00b member, long time contributor at Freegeek and other on-line and off-line volunteer activity.
Certain that it's not your intent, but the hidden rules of the road visible only to the experienced ...
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What is the connection between an answer and its poster, none?
For quite a while I have been asking myself what it is that makes us want to produce answers. Good answers. Sometimes answers that take a considerable amount of time to research, walk around with, ...
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why the hatred....only here
why the hatred? Only on askubuntu is just about every question down-voted. take this:
failed to start dockerd after installing docker with snap (artful, 17.10)
even when there is a comment, like "...
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Can we have an XKCD bot?
I was on SuperUser chat the other day, and they had an XKCD Bot.
Can our chat have access to that bot? I'm sure a lot of AU users are followers of XKCD.
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Missing comments. Who deleted them?
Ethernet is disabled after reboot - Ubuntu server 20.04.3
Question posted yesterday.
I left a comment requesting more info from the OP. OP responded with info, and then pinged me with a comment to let ...
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Is CAELinux Supported on Ask Ubuntu?
The Alternate Title is:
At What Point Does an Official Ubuntu Flavor Become Off-Topic on Ask Ubuntu?
It must be agreed that a Live Ubuntu install is on-topic on Ask Ubuntu.
It must also be agreed ...
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Memory leak (Very relevant to 18.04/GNOME 2.6+) Question put on hold for being opinion based, but it is not
I recently had this question that I asked put on hold.
Memory leak on 18.04-- Is it even worth upgrading? (do you have memory leak issues?)
Now, this is not an opinion-based question. Some computers ...
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Are edits like this OK?
We all reject edits that change the meaning of posts but I came across this one and it adds meaning to the post that was never given by the OP.
Here is the original post
and here is the edited ...
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Third Party Software - where do we draw the line on 'on topic'?
The Question was:
I need to use the Creative Cloud for Photoshop, Illustrator, etc for work so I'd like to install a very minimal windows 10, in Ubuntu VirtualBox, so I can run just what's necessary ...
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What is this 'hammer'?
I'm sure that at some point I knew this, but I have forgotten now, and can't remember how to remember, so I thought that I would ask, what exactly is the mod-hammer, and what does it mean to give ...
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1K close votes!!! Any celebrations?
Yes!! Finally we have reached the 1k close votes milestone!!
I Heartily congratulate all 3k rep users(except the stewards and others who try to shorten the list) for letting the queue to grow up to ...
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Change the links in Ask Ubuntu Meta contact page
I recently noticed the Ask Ubuntu Meta contact page.
The Yahoo link redirects to https://help.yahoo.com/kb/account
The Google link is HTTP and redirects to https://about.google/contact-google/.
The ...
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It seems 15.10 has too many problems, is this natural or Canonical should resolve the bugs? [closed]
It seems that Ubuntu 15.10 is bringing up a lot of questions here on Ask Ubuntu. Is this natural? (Newbies getting excited to actually test it out, they know nothing so a lot of problems/questions ...
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Option to not show edit in Active feed
There are times when I need to update an answer with some minor changes and I would rather the "Active" feed not be updated with these changes. Can we have an option "Don't update Active feed" such ...
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Should we get reputation points for passing review tests?
I'm aware that one can get "punished" for failing several review tests in a row, but where is the reward for passing these tests? Other than the satisfaction of helping the community of course...
I ...
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Should we have Meta posts where people can vote for Development codenames?
I was reading this today, it is where people can suggest code names for upcoming Ubuntu versions.
Do you think we should take part by taking suggestions here?
I am sure the devs would see it and it ...
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More Nvidia problems than anything else?
In the past 3-4 months I've noticed that on the main site, there is a ratio of about 5:1 referring Nvidia graphics questions than anything else, and I'm wondering why? I do understand that NVidia ...
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Why are people voting down my good posts?
I mostly post on the main site but since this is about that site itself I decided this belonged on meta. I needed hep with upgrading to VMware Worstation 11 but Workstation said I needed drivers for ...
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Can we not use sh here?
bash is the default login shell in Ubuntu. Most users use bash for scripting. Some answers use sh as the interpreter, even if the question mentioned bash (force of habit, I assume). (For example, a ...
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If a question has nothing to do with one tag, or it's tagged wrongly, shouldn't I remove it?
If an user unknowingly or not use or add the wrongs tags, isn't the community task to correct them (I mean the tags, through if the user ask for guidance it's cool for me too, everyone loves to teach, ...
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How to pragmatically deal with down-votes on a good question when you are the author of the questions?
Recently someone down-voted a question I posted on Ask Ubuntu which was a very good question. I do not give a damn but is it alright to sit and see the down-vote on a good question or is there a way ...
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Isn't it time to make the standard system-wide comments more welcoming?
First of all: Please stop thinking:
Stack OverFlow
Super User
Ask Ubuntu
Unix & Linux
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and start thinking:
Cooking
Veganism & Vegetarianism
English Language & Usage
Worldbuilding
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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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Good idea to remove EOL release questions?
Like the title suggest since it has no relevance anyways, especially, the questions that don't have an accepted answer.
I think it would be great to do this for a cleaner site.
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Combine [vi] and [vim] tags
We should combine the [vi] and the [vim] tags.
From the [vi] tag wiki:
Questions about the text editor "vi" or "vim"
I am not sure whether to keep the [vi] tag or the [vim] tag, but I don't think ...
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Embedded Video(& Youtube) on AskUbuntu Questions & Answers? [duplicate]
How is it possible to embed a video when we submit a new question or answer? Till now, this feature is only applied for images. Any ideas on how to solve this or is this feature currently in progress ...
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How is my question "primarily opinion-based"?
I asked a question about the future stability of packages in the Proprietary GPU Drivers PPA. I wasn't particularly hopeful of receiving answers, but when my question was put on hold as "primarily ...
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Is it possible for beginners to suggest tags?
Seriously is it possible to let beginners suggest tags? I tried to create the tag XFCE-desktop which is the large package I had to reinstall, but was told I did not have 300 points. It is more to the ...
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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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Is Ubuntu at war with VLC? [closed]
Once again I come with yet another question. I don't know if I am the only one facing this problem because I have looked through the tags for same problems, hoping someone must have it already but I ...
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When a version specific tag alone is good in a single question?
Ok, I'm here so people can point me out where my logic is wrong. I'm talking about the version specific tags.
Every time I create, see, modify, processes a question or answer using the queues, ...
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Require obligatory user registration! [duplicate]
Ok, I'm mad... why? because users that need to use Live sessions use the cookie registration, etc... then when that live session is deleted because they restart, reinstall, re... whatever, we get 2, 3,...
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Question validation error info
Just wasted my time trying to understand what 'your question does not meet our quality standards'.
The error was that i did not put a capital at the beginning of each sentence.
I suggest to either ...
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Can I award myself a bounty? [duplicate]
I was just curious, let's say that I posted a question, then put a bounty on it, and then found the answer myself, could I then award that bounty back to myself?
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