For that exist [Unix & Linux][1], that is the correct place to ask about Linux not Ubuntu. Here we have a very scoped scope, Ubuntu. If you have a question about anything else that is not Ubuntu or **oficial derivatives** there's [Unix & Linux][1] for Linux specific problems and [Super User][2] for everything else D:


  [1]: http://unix.stackexchange.com/
  [2]: http://superuser.com/