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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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Is there a good tour / tutorial for complete beginers on how to use ubuntu [closed]
Right now I am trying to help this user solve this problem, and it is very difficult. They are obviously a complete beginer, and I am having to explain how to open gedit. I think their problem is very …
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There doesn't seem to be a question about "The disk drive for tmp is not ready yet"
This is an error which I have seen many times, and yet while there are multiple questions about it (here and here), none of them are up voted. Is this because there is no answer, or I can't search and …
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How much rep does a veteran have?
So occasionally around the place (on Meta) I see "Since you are a veteran" or "Veterans have this privilege".
For example, here.
How much rep does a user have to have to be considered a veteran?
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Do we accept grawlixes anywhere on the site?
In a comment, a user used the &%@# symbols to "hide" the swear word:
wont that F@£% up my Laptop – t01vO 15 mins ago
My reply was:
No, why would it? Also, please try to use appropriate language - …
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Do we/should we have a good, canonical question for "Windows missing from GRUB menu"
I have seen possibly 5 duplicates on my searches for this, and haven't found it. Is there one, and if not could one be created?
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Am I handling a suggested edit correctly?
Me too - same editor. I have rejected them all with the following custom reason:
Please don't do simple tag edits. It is too minor, bungs up the review queue and can be seen as rep farming.
Howe …
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Is it okay to offer remote access, or do we want everything kept in the site?
(This question did have more details, and they are just commented out, but I wanted it to be anonymous).
Is okay to use remote access to help someone if they asked here?
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Lots of "Closed as off-topic because it seemingly went away" close votes
I have seen quite a lot of questions (this (1 vote) and this (2 votes) for example) being closed as "off-topic because it seemingly went away" - is this the right thing to do for any questions?
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How is this site different from a forum?
I am interested as to what is different about this site compared to any other forum? How can I explain it to new users.
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Does the Off Topic please ask on... need another entry?
Just had this review.
It was someone wanting to but the Ubuntu phone and remove Ubuntu from it. This belongs on Android Enthusiasts I guess.
Do we need to add (now we support Ubuntu touch) a link to …
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What is the reason for U&L questions appearing in AU chat?
Because this is the Ubuntu site.
While they're on topic there, some questions are better suited to us, and would be good migration targets, or a user from here might be able to answer it.
Essentiall …
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Why do you use Ubuntu? [closed]
I use Ubuntu.
You probably use Ubuntu (you're here, reading this post).
So why do you use it? Why not Windows or OSX, or Debian or Arch Linux. What's so good about Ubuntu that made you want to stay …
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Please can people format code properly
Recently I've seen a lot of code being formatted as quote. This is not how it should be done.
All code should be formatted with one of two styles.
If it is just 1 line, with other text around it, u …
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Recently, I have seen an issue that has been prominent for a long time, and I don't think that the Stack Exchange / Ask Ubuntu staff have done anything about.
Oh they have. Serial voting has been …
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Is asking about how to cite Ubuntu in a investigation on topic?
From the help centre
Questions that you may ask:
Using and administering official Ubuntu flavors including: Edubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin, Lubuntu, Mythbuntu, Ubuntu Studio, Xubuntu, …
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