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So I'm not sure it's the best question to help us figure out a policy about scope (as it may not work out, for reasons other than scope). …

There's one way to find out... I recommend posting the question, with a comment pointing here. (Or maybe you have already posted it, but I haven't found it the list of questions in your profile.) Then …

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. …

I think this one of those situations where we have to have some idea of what a good answer might look like, to decide if it's on topic. It's to that end that I shall discuss (but not answer) the quest …

I propose a simple rule for us to apply, to figure out if someone's operating system is really Ubuntu, and thus within the scope of Ask Ubuntu. …

(Server Fault is another but its scope is narrower, see their FAQ.) …

Speaking generally, I think: Questions about features and capabilities are usually on-topic. True feature requests, or questions where the intent is not clear enough for a good answer to be posted, a …

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 …

(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.) …

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. …

English ("so I can report an Ubuntu bug") are off-topic. 1 I've crossed that out because, as written, (a) it goes against this official network-wide policy that says not to close questions based on the scope …

The Nature of Scope Decisions There's no way to enumerate an exhaustive list of formal rules about what's on topic and what's not. This question is extremely general. … 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. …

But if comments are being posted (1) explaining clearly why it's off-topic, (2) referring to a site where it's on-topic, (3) linking to the FAQ (since it contains information about the scope of this site …

If as far as you know the OP is using a supported release, don't flag as off-topic. One possible way to interpret our policy is that it's about what release the user is running, and not how they are …

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 …