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This meta post will summarize the selection results and related findings.

Selection results: 5 suggested, 3 selected for bounties. All bounties were opened to reward existing answer, although some questions remain unanswered (#2, #3, #4).

  1. Dec 20: Pros and cons of installing Ubuntu alongside Windows Boot Manager (selected)

  2. Dec 21: Different colors for active/inactive Unity window title bars? (selected)

  3. Dec 25: How to format a SD card easily in KDE?

  4. Dec 26: Is it possible to run Windows 10 UWP apps on Ubuntu?

  5. Dec 29: Can a Raspberry Pi run Ubuntu? (selected)

Question #2 should be highly concerned, as there seems to be no way to make Ubuntu more friendly to colour-blind users. The high contrast themes are "broken" and almost all themes were not designed to differentiate colours for active/inactive window title bars. Bounty, even twice, has failed to get the real answer.

Related findings: Through this meta post, there are few things that may be inferred alongside user experience of myself as the meta original poster.

  • Meta may not be visited by established users with relatively low reputation points (around 1,500 points and below)--I similarly have started to engage meta only when reaching that range few years ago, and before that I may have visited but never engaged in meta.

  • Bounty indeed draws attention, but seems hardly effective at encouraging users to post an answer that actually answer the question--bounty instead may be ignored, or tend to receive new duplicate answers that are not any better than existing answers.

  • The amount of bounty may be downplayed and does not necessarily valued by users--almost all bounties that I had earned over the years worth only 50 points each, which I had engaged only because there were no other answers that satisfy the question and I was willing to invest some time and had the means to write a better answer at the time; otherwise, unanswered questions with bounty given with 50 or 100 points may be often downplayed (not just on Ask Ubuntu but other SE sites that I have engaged).

  • Getting a good answer is basically finding a good match that fits the question, and bringing discussion on meta--even if that turned out "preaching to the choir" (having the wrong audience) as pointed by a commentator--was the only known way to clarify this matter.

Credits: Thanks to all users who engaged in this meta post.

  • @karel, the first and the only suggested post besides the original poster

  • @Fabby, the one provided bounties to 2 suggested posts

  • @MarkKirby, @user.dz and other commentators

  • and all annonymous voters (+18/-2)

That is all to share.

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