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Journalist George Monbiot reminds us that there are actually four sectors of the economy. Only two of these, business ("private sector") and state ("public sector") receive attention. Actually there a …

Ask Ubuntu was launched on 10/10/2010, so it's now just about 10 years old! To celebrate we are running some workshops / lessons in chat. So far this is the schedule: Introduction to software install …

This might well be a dupe. If so, y'all know what to do ;) When editing questions, make sure you don't eliminate all clues as to what was causing the problem by fixing incorrect commands, as this edi …

Not to put down Mithrandir's answer or Charcoal which indeed does a terrific job, but it's not only the awesome Charcoal folks and SmokeDetector who keep Ask Ubuntu clear of spam, it's also site moder …

Thanks for reviewing. I really appreciate it. Recently review got reformatted quite a lot. Personally, I don't like many of the changes. I guess I'm an old stick-in-the-mud. But about one feature in p …

Yes indeed. Instead of saying you have tried everything, please give complete details of what you have tried. For example: I tried following [this guide](link to guide). I ran all the commands m …

It seems that Ask Ubuntu was launched on or around 10th October 2010. This means that our 10th birthday is coming up in about three months :) This post is here to invite your ideas on how we can celeb …

I would be willing to stand again if there were an election :)

I often get a bit frustrated when I look at the history pages of First Posts and Late Answers and see that some prolific reviewers are clicking the No Action Needed button all the time or nearly all t …

I made this into a bingo game Suggested instructions: each player picks a card players collect links to examples for each box on their card first person to get a link for each box wins Enjoy!

Maybe I would need to take a look at my old meta discussion posts to make sure I'm not coming across too authoritatively! …

Zanna's Answers How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags from comments? I think this is a re …

I posted my answer there already. I will reproduce it here: Archive feature On Ask Ubuntu we have a lot of questions, and especially a lot of answers, which were super relevant and useful to a lot of …

OMG Many thanks from me to everyone who participated in the election, especially the folks who stepped up to be candidates. Congratulations to Ravexina! I will do my best to serve the community <3 <3 …

Sometimes, when I close my eyes in a daydream, I see a little green rectangle top left. The sign of joy! I'm not a mind reader, but I think it's probably hypocritical for people to mutter disapprovin …