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Is Jorge Castro a Robot? [closed]

Before reading see the following links I noticed today https://askubuntu.com/users/235/jorge-castro https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=voters&filter=all http://about.me/jorge.castro https://askubuntu …
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Replace 'zoom' tag with 'magnification' (synonymise + merge)?

From a user experience, it would be very bad to do the magnification idea or even remove zoom. And this is getting too complicated just because of the zoom app. I would suggest, to simplify this to: …
Luis Alvarado's user avatar
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Ubuntu Focal Fossa (20.04) LTS is now released, and posts about it are (generally) No Longer...

I gotta put here 2 cases that could be posted here but are actually bugs that I experienced: Nvidia + Auto Login - If you have an Nvidia card and install the driver (during the initial ISO setup) or …
Luis Alvarado's user avatar
5 votes

My time is as a moderator drawing to a close

I fully understand you buddy. 100%. Same reason I stepped down and let someone else help out. Between life changes, family, work and more, it has become VERY hard to maintain the same level of product …
Luis Alvarado's user avatar
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Make [desktop-recording] a synonym of [screencast]

For me, both are synonyms to be specific and not go around the bush. Anything mentioned about one will still land on the other one. What can both do: Record small videos Record long videos Record pa …
Luis Alvarado's user avatar
15 votes
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How to handle duplicate Answers

Reading How to handle duplicate answers that add nothing? I want to add, how should duplicate answers be dealt with (if they should be dealt with at all). The use case I want to focus on is: User h …
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What will happen when all questions are asked?

When that happens I will unleash my 42 special questions that I have in store but only for very special occasions such as this one. Each of this questions will trigger sleeper ubuntu agents in the c …
Luis Alvarado's user avatar
37 votes
3 answers
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Is it possible to ask a Question you already know and answer it

After reading this question: Ought one to answer one's own question? what happens in the case that you know several questions that will further help the community but you want to make the question ins …
15 votes

Is the Ask Ubuntu community generally more friendly than Stack Overflow - If so, why?

I try to avoid posting or commenting on SO for the same reason. Very negative attitude in many regards. The Askubuntu community here, even with the difference of size, which should not and has not af …
Luis Alvarado's user avatar
4 votes

Please ask people to translate, don't just close a question

If it helps, I would say about 40 to 50 questions I have created were from a Spanish Ubuntu user who did not know English at the time. I participate not only in here but several other circles and even …
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Merging launchpad + stackexchange

To help you with the question on why weren't all askubuntu accounts automatically linked to stackexchange, it is because, back when askubuntu was born, the stackexchange worked on common account syste …
Luis Alvarado's user avatar
15 votes
3 answers
557 views

Benefits of using Askubuntu versus Ubuntu Forum and what differs between both

A student today asked me when I told him to ask questions in AskUbuntu instead of the Ubuntu forums what did AskUbuntu offer instead of the forums in the Ubuntu site. I thought did would be a good que …
45 votes
6 answers
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Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year

With the best wishes from the heart, we wish all Ask Ubuntu members a superb merry Christmas and the best happy new year a geek can find. May you enjoy this special time with the ones you love and rec …
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1 answer
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Free Ubuntu course Videos and Book

I am writing for help on any feedback about 2 small projects I am working on. The first is a group of video tutorials I will be making about Ubuntu and anything related to it. From installation and co …
4 votes

Is it possible user account can be a private company?

On the same note, a user can also be an intermediate between other non-English users and the site. In my case, almost 50% of all questions I have are from either Indian, Spanish, French or even Englis …
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