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The question you're asking is designed to solicit opinions or best-practices on a particular topic, with the goal of reaching community consensus.
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Correct term for 'LiveCD'?
Which way of referring to Ubuntu bootable media (i.e. written from the .iso to a device) is best?
Live CD
The traditional (generally used), but users have asked whether a 'CD' is required.
Live U …
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Is it proper manner to mention a user specifically?
This has happened before where a user was mentioned by name (an example here). It seemed that it was acceptable by fossfreedom and Aditya, as stated in the comments to the question. In this case, the …
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Which Software Center install button should we use?
The current Software Center download button is something like this, promoted here:
http://hostmar.co/software-banner
(This seems to be newer in style and colouring, with regards to the Ubuntu theme …
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Should closed Mint questions be reopened if the OP edits to say Ubuntu?
Sometimes, a Mint user will ask a question here. It will then be closed as per the site policy. Then, the OP will notice Mint questions wont be answered and edit it to say he's using Ubuntu. It's poss …
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Should backslashes be used to break long commands?
Sometimes there are long commands of the form:
sudo apt-get install package_1 package_2 package_3 package_4 package_5 package_6 package_7 package_8 package_9 package_10 package_11 package_12 package_ …
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Using <pre> tags vs 4 space indentation
Which should be used to format a block of text in code (monospace font). I personally believe that manually indenting each line of long console output or a log file can be very slow and repetitive, so …
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Should we answer more than is asked?
Sometimes, in a question, the OP asks about a specific problem they face in a larger attempt to do something (this explanation is probably not very clear, see this question and karel's answer for an i …
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Question incorrectly duped
It's my opinion that this question: How can I make apt-get wait for another instance to finish? should not have been duped to How to make a package manager wait if another instance of APT is running?. …
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Should we split the installation tag into seperate tags for the installation of Ubuntu and t...
I think that this is a reasonably good idea in theory.
Software installation → software-installation
Ubuntu OS installation → system-installation
(IMO better because new users wont know it's called …
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Ask Ubuntu version of "Oh The Horror" Hat Club anybody?
It's certainly worth a try, though whether 41 people will answer before Saturday is questionable.
We'll all get the Guru badge anyway!
Some random HTML to cheer you up:
Coffee
Tea
Milk
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Should "How to install Broadcom wireless drivers? (BCM43xx)" be cleaned up?
Seeing as this question seems to be the main one for all "Broadcom wireless" questions, I believe the question could be cleaned up a bit.
The current question has remnants of what the original OP ha …
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How can I award a bounty to another user's question?
Quote from How does the bounty system work?:
How do I start a bounty? When can I start a bounty?
A bounty can be started on a question two days after the question was
asked.
To start a …
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What are the privileges needed for a user to vote in elections?
According to the right sidebar (under the stats) of the 'Election' phase tab of the election page:
In the election phase, up to 10 candidates advance to final community
voting. Any community mem …
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2014 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection
Evidence has been found that a high rep (> 3k) user has been sockpuppeting for a large percentage of their reputation.
What do you do in response?
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