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Device fingerprinting and user privacy
We often ask to post the output of network-related commands to diagnose and resolve a problem. Even after the problem is resolved, all this information remains available to any Internet user and can ...
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Remove EOL tags
According to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases some of tags are out of date such as 13.10, 13.04 and more. and according to @rinzwind's comment
We only support official Ubuntu releases (that are not ...
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Just lets drop the software recommendation mess
Lets face it... software recommendation were never good questions for Ask Ubuntu, and don't tell me "but they are popular"... the popular questions got their popularity because they are too broad or ...
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Show only posts that need editing [duplicate]
I would like to help folks with first posts.
But all I see is "No action required."
Is there a setting to have it show only posts that need action?
https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/1053682
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No tag for ubuntu on askubuntu.com?
I want to change here the kubuntu tag to ubuntu. But i could not find it.
Is it lost? Or I'am blind.
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How to respond to "you can write a script to do this" answers
A common response to a question that I see on Ask Ubuntu and elsewhere on Stack Exchange (and pretty much any help forum) is for someone to say "you can write a script to do this".
I really dislike ...
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Please settle or at least discuss this impression I have that command line answers are preferred here [duplicate]
I provide a lot of answers here and as much as possible I try to make my answers clear enough to be understood by a relatively new user. I realize that will probably annoy some highly experienced ...
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Automatic Split Votes?
As you all know, when you reach 1k rep, you can "split" the votes and see the number of upvotes and downvotes. Would it be possible to add a setting to auto-split, and clicking results in the total?
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Ubuntu with multiple desktop sessions
Should we here on Ask Ubuntu necessary attempt to answer all questions regardless of desktop interface that person is using? Being that you can install so many different ones [Cinnamon, Gnome, Unity (...
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Tag for questions related to Ubuntu EOL
I posted a question about some specifics about Ubuntu EOL at Ubuntu end of life: will snap applications still receive updates?
I wasn't sure how to tag this because it isn't specific to a single ...
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Tag Synonym request: [.bashrc] -> [bash]
Please could we have the [.bashrc] tag made a synonym of [bash]. Statistics:
0 questions ever
0 followers ever
It is not needed.
So:
.bashrc -> bash
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Delete unanswered questions when user no longer exist?
For example, the author of this unanswered question no longer exist. Should they be deleted? (so I can flag them...)
Note I am just referring to unanswered questions for which the user has gone.
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My answer was deleted but at the same time other similar answers were not, why?
My answer was deleted but other answers on this site are not, why?? Not pointing a particular answer but several other answers like that. Why?? Why not some uniform and consistent standards?
If there ...
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Question time period limit
I sometimes have more than 6 problems in a 24-hour period, or more than 50 in a 30-day period, so I think that it would be really good if the limit could be raised, or if you could add to your limit ...
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Reveal user id in visible text in user profile
Currently the user id can be revealed by copying the user profile link or write it digit by digit from the link popup tooltip (in case you use GUI browser). That's quite compilated and non-transperant....
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Moderators should be able to mark questions as answered
I know about similar requests, but after stumbling over this question (just an example; question poster answered himself using edits instead of an answer) I thought you should at least add an option ...
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Why can I not comment? [duplicate]
This is really annoying. When trying to answer questions (e.g obtaining info), I have to "answer the question". However, without the information, I cannot. The 50 rep rule for commenting should be ...
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Video tutorials on Ask Ubuntu
This is a feature request to suggest adding a Video Tutorial section on Ask Ubuntu.
Primary target would be including videos to explain most common tasks like Installation, WUBI installation, ...
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Can we give rep to those who flag questions?
On another meta post, a user suggested that we give rep to those who upvote answers, my suggestion is giving rep to those who give helpful flags.
That way we encourage the users to flag questions, ...
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Here I go again
Ok I have gotten a few possible duplicate question tags already tonight. I just want to say that I do "NOT" feel we should have to re-word our questions 100 different ways just to see if there is a ...
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Ask Ubuntu's contact page seems to be broken
The first week of January 2021, I submitted two questions to https://askubuntu.com/contact. In week two, I submitted another. I have yet to get a response to any of these questions. Not even the usual ...
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New accounts being created for just a question.?
I have recently encountered a lot of questions by new users that create an account only for that particular question of theirs.
What is annoying is the fact that these users leave the question ...
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Why was I banned. Posted question and answer, question accepted answer banned
I'm Baffled. I had a problem with some hardware looked at the forum but didn't find the answer. After further research I cured the problem and posted a question and answer so others could benefit ...
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Support Ubuntu, quit Windows [closed]
When I went to purchase a Laptop, I found that most comes with an installed Windows. I think this is a kind of business trick that Windows is using to keep its popularity. People are forced to pay for ...
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Removed previously duplicate answer
I've moved answer from topic on how to change user name with accepted answer, and some likes, to the original one, but since theere was a gap in time between changing the earlier one, and answer to ...
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Suggest Tag-Create [tag:legacy-bios]?
Many questions relating to driver, installation and boot problems if search for "legacy"; thought it would be good to suggest create tag legacy-bios to help narrow folks search results when using tags ...
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How to continue discussions important to a meta question?
Are long comment threads on meta questions discussing issues directly pertinent to the question considered bad, even if they do not become repetitive? I know this is considered bad on main...but meta ...
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Lost more rep, after user removal loss
The user rep numbers have gone wonky in the last few weeks. Some new change on AU caused the problem(s). The numbers don't always add up any more.
Here's an example...
My summary rep shows only +10.
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Problem of vote restriction
Just wanted, you know that, usually amateur users read answers, not Experts. Amateurs don't post answers so their credit never increase. So those who read and test answers cannot vote for successful ...
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Please tell people to put meta-related questions into meta
Unable to logout from Ask Ubuntu Forum
An example ^.
Can people tell them to put meta-related stuff to Meta instead? It's a waste of time and daily vote limit.
...Right?
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Why was my Steam WINE question closed as off-topic?
I recently asked this question Why does Steam require a new installation in Wine for every game?, but I have just noticed that it has been closed as 'off-topic', but I asked a few mods and other ...
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Why can you only upload images in chat?
Currently you are unable to upload anything but images in chat, why is this so? Is this because of security or some other reason such as space?
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Why is the time displayed in my achievements notification area 1 hour behind the actual time?
In my achievements notification area it says that the current time is 14:34, however all the clocks in my house say that it is currently 15:34, so it seems that it thinks that I am in a timezone which ...
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Would creating a Q&A question to cover specific 14.04 sound issues be okay here?
I was looking at the numerous cases in a search of people having sound issues, especially with 14.04, and I was wondering if I could create a little Q&A FAQ (community wiki) about it?
Many of ...
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How do I delete my account and all questions? [duplicate]
I wish to delete my account and questions as I do not want to waste anyone's time answering my posts. The links I have to get support to do it do not work. Please advise. Regards
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Can we get a timer for ban lift in questions?
I have more good rep than bad I think, but deleted a question(s) any chance we get a timer for ban lift?
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Would it make sense to close all questions tagged with now EOL distros tag to be closed?
I was going through the Question Collection for 2014 Moderator Election Q&A, in which on of them was this:
Ask Ubuntu currently has the lowest Percent Answered of any Stack Exchange site. What do ...
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Upvote the edits and remove the abbility over 3 answers
I recently came to this thought, because of an edit I did. Can we remove the ability over 3 answers and give to users the ability to upvote some edits as answers ? or maybe the editor could share an ...
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"Splitting" an answer [closed]
Feature request: It would be nice if some time in the future we could accept multiple answers per question. (You don't need to read the rest)
Recently I asked a question about converting ...
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Edit flag for users
I have seen several questions which are asked by users who does not know English very well, (sometimes just bad, including myself). I want to propose an Edit flag, which users can raise to aware ...
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what system is using on askubuntu.com website
I'm interested about " askubuntu.com " website construction.
Does anyone know what CMS " askubuntu.com " is using?
I tested so many A&Q website system before, but "askubuntu" is one of the best ...
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Questions candidates that should be closed for historical reasons?
I got this comment regarding this question expressing that "if that was a-ok, why mine is not". Hence to prevent further problems with these kind of questions lets close and archive it for its ...
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Are we making Ask Ubuntu to uninviting to new users
Whilst down-voting is encouraged for sloppy, no effort, questions. Or answers that are bad or clearly incorrect. I have noticed a growing trend of down votes on first question/posts in the review ...
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Can anyone protect my question (What does “TTY” stand for?)
Can anyone protect my question? Because there are samlier question to it like this one that is protected! That has less upvotes!
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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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Use the GUI as much as possible in answers [duplicate]
Using the GUI as much as possible in answers and only using the terminal unless absolutely necessarily helps new users.
Including both ways is good, but by only using the terminal while there is a ...
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Opt-out of editing other's posts
How can I remove this icon from my Ask Ubuntu page?
I have enough trouble trying to get my own posts formatted correctly. When I do look at the review queue, I don't see any need for changes to a ...
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Should answers suggesting `curl | sh` be downvoted?
When answers are given that suggest curl <url> | sh (or related variants, wget, bash etc,...) should they be down-voted?
Example: How to install NodeJS 4 on Ubuntu 15.04 64 bit edition?
From a ...
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Why was my answer deleted so unfairly?
I answered Ubuntu 15.04 flashes log-in screen then black:
My honest answer.. remove Ubuntu 15.04 - uninstall it - its not up to
scratch, I had so many problems with 15.04, nearly lost all my
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EOL Policy Revisited: a case for letting Ubuntu questions be on-topic
I wonder whether it is time to re-address the question about the (currently enforced) policy of treating EOL releases as off-topic. It strikes me as not only highly unintuitive but ultimately ...
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