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TL;DR As Ravexina says, I think this is about that answer, which appears intended to work on Ubuntu, but which discloses that it was tested on Fedora. Considering that it would not be considered a mod …

Scope still applies here, so I expect we would close a "list of Ubuntu releases" question here, on the grounds that it's not about this site. …

If someone asks how to do something that can't be done, and you know it can't be done and you can explain why or at least demonstrate that it cannot, then you can answer the question. If it can't be d …

Yes. "Mint," "Debian," "Kali," etc., don't mean "stop paying attention." You're right that it's bad to robo-close questions based on the presence of specific keyword or tags, and that this is somethin …

I think we should not reopen that question but could migrate it to Unix & Linux. This question is about Debian, not Ubuntu. When a user posts a question about Debian and it also applies to Ubuntu--but …

Many people assume that because Linux Mint derives from Ubuntu and is similar to it in many ways that a question about Linux Mint is within the scope of our site just because it's asking about Mint. …

I think most such questions are on-topic. Plugins aren't the only aspect of web browser usage that may apply across different platforms, and web browsers are far from the only Ubuntu software that ex …

Although the current help says we support Ubuntu Core, it doesn't say if we support installing and using snapd on other operating systems. My default assumption is that we do not--after all, using sna …

Today I saw a question, noticed it was a problem that I and other people have been having in Ubuntu for years, and wrote an answer. I also checked on my machine that the answer was correct. I would de …

Don’t hit them over the head with your scope, help them tailor their question to fit into it – and if that means your site’s scope overlaps a bit with another site’s, so be it. …

Even that is not really an issue of site scope; it's just a good idea to try with updated packages when you're having problems. …

(I think it's okay with respect to quality, scope, and so forth as well, but that's a separate matter which you haven't asked about.) …

As others have said, SteamOS is not an official Ubuntu derivative. Questions don't become on-topic here by being about SteamOS. With that said, the usual guideline applies, that if the question is in …

It could also have bits like 'you may want to post the question here' as well, where here is a relevant SE site Yes, this. Or something like it. An off-topic warning that includes actual hyperli …

Since 12.10 is non-LTS and 13.04 is non-LTS and 13.04 will be end-of-life in a week, it might seem like 12.10 must have been end-of-life a long time ago. But that is not the case. 12.10 is supported t …