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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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Wrong duplicate
There are many questions regarding a buggy kernel being mis marked
This is another duplicate of Kernel panic after update to 4.4.0-108-generic being mis marked as My computer boots to a black screen, …
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Shouldn't we stop closing questions instantly as Off-Topic if we see the words "mint", "debi...
It is a hard line to define IMO. If the question has an answer, IMO, answer the question and redirect to the appropriate support channel(s).
If the question is clearly specific to mint / debian / fed …
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About "not constructive" questions
The site is , as much as possible, community maintained. As a user gains more reputation they have more and more access to moderator tools including closing questions. This is important because you wo …
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Would it be helpful it I posted a Q/A to server management
I have noticed a general tendency here for new server admins to want to install a desktop on his or her server and then forward part or more often the entire desktop over ssh or VNC server.
I am of t …
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Formerly known as bodhi.zazen
Just a heads up here on meta ...
Time for a name change , just letting you all know, and yes it has been a long strange trip ....
Web site is still bodhizazen.com / blog.bodhizazen.com
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Updating a question / answer
Posting here to try to consolidate discussion and obtain a consensus on:
Clarifying the original question (sudo w/o password vs ssh-key without password). …
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The ongoing here confuses me finaly
For the most part your question and many of the answers are frankly tl:dr
If my answer is tl;dr - check your attitude both with new users and high reputation users here at the door and learn from you …
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Accepted
editing user's posts
When editing posts I try to do as little as possible to clarify the question.
Grammar spelling - go ahead and fix.
Fix quotes or more often code blocks - go for it.
I will delete inappropriate lang …
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Comments in the answer section from new users
Another solution - If you see an new user with a good question, upvote it. We, the community, can solve the problem very easily, no need to force users to read FAQ or change the way the site works, we …
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Same questions over and over again
I would just add that sometimes the problem is burn out. If all the questions look like duplicates, or if you are getting frustrated, well both are good indications you need a break.
BUT ...
I would …
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Crouton install vs Crouton-based Ubuntu problem
In general we try to avoid absolutes and provide support as much as possible.
Example with Centos: Sometimes there are very generic questions here, such as how to use fdisk - Create new partition wi …
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Suggestion - Add a request for additional hardware information to close votes
Currently when using close votes there are a number of suggestions (as you know).
I would like to suggest a close vote to request hardware information.
For example, Microphone Volume changing random …
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What is the next step when an 'ask ubuntu' question isn't answered?
You need to be more descriptive of the problem and post more information.
Simply stating something is broken does not do much to solve the problem.
See http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bu …
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Minor site design updates
Posting a screenshot as an "anwser" as an example of the blue hightlight. I would consider changing the color to match the rest of the site.
Feel free to delete this "answer" after you have considere …
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systemd on or off topic
Is systemd on or off topic here ?
From the wiki page - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/systemd#Warning.21_Experimental_code
Warning! Experimental code
systemd is under active development in Ubuntu a …