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No, it's not time to review the Ask Ubuntu policy about Linux Mint and we do sympathize, but basically you're barking up the wrong tree... Long answer: Until recently (April 2015) Linux Mate was in th …

In my (not so) humble opinion, 14.10 is an EOL release, so questions about 14.10 itself are off-topic, but questions on how to upgrade are not. In this particular case, I don't think BQ will unpack al …

This site is called Ask Ubuntu. Other distros are better mentioned on Unix&Linux. ;-) And even for Ubuntu-derived versions, have a look at the officially supported versions here.

As no one has given you an answer: Ask Ubuntu is all about providing support for Ubuntu and its official derivatives by an army of volunteers (no we don't get paid for doing this) so everyone answers …

To quote Einstein: Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. People come here, ask questions, we duplicate (most of) them, find an interesting …

From the comments in your original question, it looks like you didn't follow any of the answers in the duplicate question and its answers. So the best thing to do right now is to follow the answers in …

Be nice! :-) That includes gksu bashing IMNSHO

I don't want to get personal, so no links to example questions, but sometimes I feel uncomfortable answering some questions like: How do I hack my employers network? How do I spam my teacher? (not …

The correct way is to click "flag", "duplicate" and look for a duplicate... If there is no way of finding a duplicate, "flag" again, "it should be closed for another reason", "Off topic because..." a …

Ask Ubuntu is not a forum: it's a Question & Answer site. I always say it's part Knowledge base, part Wiki, part Blog, part Chat and all together they make up for something unique, but it's definit …

Disclaimer: I'm not a moderator, just sharing some experience. Your question just shows that you're a really nice person who doesn't understand how obnoxious some people can get. (Willingly or unwill …

The short answer is: You can't (yet) The long answer: We, higher rep users, sometimes forget how hard it is to get those first 50 points of reputation here on the site, so you shouldn't have been t …

What I do is interact with the OP and tell them their original question is now answered and that they should ask a new question as they really, positively don't have to pay any extra money if they ask …

The main goal of Free/Libre Open Source Software is to advance the human race without any intellectual encumbrants. AU is to allow you to contribute to the advancement of FLOSS, therefore you're just …

It's unclear to me in what category our local god should be nominated in the first UbuContest... As per the site: 3/ Outstanding Technical Contribution: Members of the general public may nominate ca …