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Methods in our madness: Suggesting a consistent reply when HW info is useful but missing

I would like to suggest more consistent methods may help us with some of our questioners seeking help. Nearly always, we need more info, so I have created a little boilerplate I trot out when folks h …
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Has Lubuntu 16.04 LTS reached End of Public Support?

Lubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) Released! (from the confirmed official Lubuntu web site) says "Lubuntu 16.04 LTS will be supported until April 2019, with three years of support." That pretty much set …
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What are the 'migration quality requirements'?

Recently, I'd suggested a post be migrated. It was denied because the post failed to meet 'migration quality requirements'. Where are those defined? I have read https://stackoverflow.blog/2012/03/22/ …
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Discussion of new tag dual-drive-dual-boot

An increasing number of questions are appearing where the problem is a dual drive installation of Windows on one drive and Ubuntu on a different drive. The solutions to dual-drive, dual-boot problem …
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Is Edubuntu 14.04 supported by askubuntu.com?

https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic stated in part when I wrote this question: Questions that you may ask: Using and administering official Ubuntu flavors including: Edubuntu (14.04), Ubun …
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Has Lubuntu 16.04 LTS reached End of Public Support?

Text in the last paragraph at this web link seems to limit flavour support: "Maintenance updates are provided for 5 years for Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server, Ubuntu Cloud, Ubuntu Base, and Ubuntu Kylin …
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Perceived rudeness

N00b member, long time contributor at Freegeek and other on-line and off-line volunteer activity. Certain that it's not your intent, but the hidden rules of the road visible only to the experienced h …
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YELP! Old-computer tag!

Low-end, perhaps, could be a machine which does not meet the specs required for Unity. That's what we use at Freegeek.org (where Xubuntu is the default, anyway).
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2014 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire

Ask Ubuntu currently has the lowest Percent Answered of any Stack Exchange site. What do you feel caused this... Multiple factors contribute: The rapidly changing nature of the OS (and supplem …
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Do we need the Adobe, Microsoft and Apple tags?

Well, at the Open Source shop I volunteer in http://freegeek.org we repair Apple hardware, and a number of folks have us put Xubuntu and other 'buntu distros on non-Macbook Macs. Therefore, I do sugge …
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2020 Potential Moderator Election: Community Interest Check

I have the time, and would be happy to serve.
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Use of new screening tool from SE

I did not find any discussion here of the 'ask' page, so may we start a discussion? …
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Use of new screening tool from SE

Suggestion 001: Which version of Linux have you installed (Ubuntu server, Ubuntu desktop, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Ubuntu MATE, et al.), and which release number? Please click [edit] and add …
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