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What is the definition of lists?

I had this question closed for being a list. But this question is open, and I think it's a list because of this: it's not scoped enough it hasn't accepted the answer that's specified in the questio …
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How do I move a Ask Ubuntu "list question" to the Ubuntu wiki?

I have some questions on Ask Ubuntu that is being closed for being lists (the FAQ doesn't allow it) and I want to move them to the Ubuntu wiki since I think they are good lists and still useful. Exa …
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Did you have both Unity and classic Gnome in 11.04?

I think we should say 11.10 and GNOME classic, or something like that.
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Why is it possible to answer one question with multiple answers?

This question is my reason. Why are you able to post two answers instead of displaying all the alternatives in one answer? If you have one answer which propose a lot of different solutions then that …
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Did you have both Unity and classic Gnome in 11.04?

in 11.04 I remember that we had both the classic desktop and Unity as a pre-installed option of desktop. But in all questions I find there's the Unity ones from 11.04 and the old ones until 10.10. W …
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what to do with questions without an owner? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What to do with abandoned questions? what is the guidlines for questions without an owner? Should they be closed? should they be maintained by anyone? what's the de …
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What is custom flair?

I hear this from time to time but I have no idea of what it is. Could someone please tell me. I still don't get what it is or how I should use it.
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what the difference between system-tray and panel?

the tag system-tray refers to the upper panel, and the panel refers to the upper panel. So why do they both exist? like this question: it has system-tray listed and not upper panel?!
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Is there a login for humans available?

Write your password down on paper! you can't hack that!
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Does user with more reputation get any profit?

the more rep I get the more I know that I've done a good answer and something people find useful. It's also a competition the more rep you have the more people respect you on the site. The reputatio …
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YELP! Old-computer tag!

I don't think this is a good name for a tag. Since it will change over time. An old computer isn't necessarily bad. A low end hardware computer isn't necessarily old. these two arguments should …
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What hardware recommendations are okay to ask?

I've looked at the original question from a while back. But that is too early to give a definitive answer. I want to know when it's OK to ask about hardware recommendations if it's OK at all. For in …
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Should we go ahead and delete out-dated content? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Should questions about using end-of-life Ubuntu releases be closed? Boot failure : No DEFAULT or UI configuration directive found! I think this question should be close …
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What windows questions are OK to ask?

I was just wondering what type of questions are on-topic and what questions are off-topic regarding windows (the operating system).
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Why do we have a specification tag?

I just found out that we have a specification tag. Can we remove it because it doesn't say anything about the problem? Or just give me a reason for that we even have it! specification Now when there …
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