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Finishing the Beta off strong and prepping for 10.10.

Don't forget to get your votes in for the Captcha and 404 image nominations. These things need to be decided on soon. Also, I'm going to make sure my tools get updated and everything is in place for …
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Happy First Anniversary Ask Ubuntu!!!

For those of you who have been around this site for one year or more (in other words, you have the yearling badge), you will most definitely remember what transpired exactly one year ago (10/10/10): …
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What to do when the correct answer to my question is a comment to a wrong answer?

You need to ask the user to put their comment in an answer. In most cases they will gladly do this because they will earn at least 15 reputation. If they don't, feel free to post the comment as an ans …
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Ask Ubuntu swag for top users

I just wanted to let you know that my package arrived in the mail today. Thank you again for the t-shirt and accessories. The shirt looks awesome and I look forward to wearing it around!
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How to point out the real answer when another was selected by the question's author?

The best thing you can do is leave a comment on the incorrect answer indicating that it no longer works and vote up the correct answer. You could also leave a comment on the question for the OP - and …
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Ask Ubuntu Troubleshooter - Defining a Tool that New Users Will Use

Wireless Connection Problems ifconfig - returns current network interfaces and IP addresses lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 Network - returns network controllers along with subsystems and kernel modules in u …
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Ask Ubuntu Troubleshooter - Defining a Tool that New Users Will Use

Graphics / Display Problems lspci -nn - returns a list of display adapters on the computer xrandr state of outputs and modes (screen size problems) Read Xorg.conf and alternate Xorg config files to …
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Ask Ubuntu Troubleshooter - Defining a Tool that New Users Will Use

Package / apt-get Problems dpkg --get-selections - returns a list of all currently installed packages dpkg --yet-to-unpack can help get a list of packages that for some reason didn't unpack successf …
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Please can people format code properly

There is one special case where <pre> may be desirable instead of 4 spaces: This is the important part of the program Notice that I can use <strong></strong> within the block of code when I use <pre …
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How to attach Link

Link markdown is as follows: [text](url) So the following markdown: [test](http://example.org) Produces the following output when rendered: test
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fitbit tag axe request

Fitbit is also the name of a line of products. I took a look at the question with the tag and it seems like an on-topic question. Given that the question specifically relates to the product, it seems …
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Running programs in WINE -- on-topic or off-topic?

Boom — here is a proposal on Area51: http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/103848/wine-windows-compatibility-layer?referrer=rIbWHfRfHyVN-CahX8P22A2 Follow if you are interested and we'll see whe …
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When are we going to rename the Ask Ubuntu General Room?

Suggestion Seth pointed out that not everyone who voted in the meta question may be a regular chat visitor, and this may skew the results. Therefore, I would like to propose the following suggestion …
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What is the difference between Ubuntuforums and Askubuntu?

Questions there are structured more around discussion rather than the question / answer format that Ask Ubuntu uses. The Ubuntu forums have been around since 2004. …
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So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

Officially: thanks for all the time you've invested here and all the best in your new job. Unofficially: noooooooo... You will definitely be missed.
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