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Can we fix this tag or should we just [uninstall]?

I agree that the uninstall tag is too broad. It's a big tag that currently has 2,262 questions. I don't mind creating a new system-delete or system-uninstall tag though. It would be another big tag. S …
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Ubuntu 23.10 is now on-topic!

Ubuntu 23.10 has a new default software center which is called the App Center. The new App Center has been written from the ground up to be more efficient and reliable. Here is the app-center tag. Que …
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"How can I make ubuntu start faster" - close or not?

Whether or not to close a question as a duplicate of How do I improve boot speed? depends on the question. If the asker has provided a bootchart or even an excerpt from a bootchart this might provide …
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Was it necessary to close "Is a clean install better than upgrading?" as opinion-based?

Was it necessary to close Is a clean install better than upgrading? as opinion-based? The phrase "clean install" should be enough to suggest to an informed reviewer that a clean install sometimes has …
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Was it necessary to close "Is a clean install better than upgrading?" as opinion-based?

Is a clean install better than upgrading? has been reopened again. This will make it easier to keep it up to date. There's less incentive to keep a canonical question up to date if it's closed, and it …
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Dealing with past-EOL release questions

According to What topics can I ask about here? in the Ask Ubuntu Help Center questions you should avoid asking at Ask Ubuntu include: Support for versions for Ubuntu releases past their "End of Stand …
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Can I ask questions about Linux Mint here?

Questions about other Linux distributions that are not supported by Canonical are off topic at Ask Ubuntu. Questions about other Linux distributions can be asked on Unix & Linux Q&A.
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Ask Ubuntu new site theme coming soon

If you dislike having the space on the left-hand side of the page being used for navigation links, there is a Hide left navigation setting in the Stack Overflow site preferences which works well for m …
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Is this question too localized?

The owner of this question wants help changing the Language for menus and windows from Chinese (which she can't read) to Spanish. Is this question too localized because it is of interest to one person …
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Is this screenshot uncool?

I added a wallpaper screenshot to my answer to Architecture - 32-bit handling 64-bit instructions which was intended to illustrate the last sentence of the answer. Now I'm worried that I might have go …
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Question with an accepted answer is being close voted as unclear one and a half years after ...

This question with an accepted answer is being close voted as unclear one and a half years after an answer to it was accepted. I noticed this immediately after the first close vote and edited it to cl …
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ROS is not an OS but a framework, please reopen my question

ROS on BeagleBone Black? just got closed for being off topic with this message: This is not about Ubuntu. Questions about other Linux distributions can be asked on Unix & Linux, those about Windows o …
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Question about Katoolin is being close voted as off-topic because it's "not about Ubuntu"

This question Updated Ubuntu 16.04, now I'm running Kali? is not about Kali Linux, it's about a problem that occurred because of installing software in Ubuntu using Katoolin. I discovered what happene …
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Bullying as a strategy to force close a question

This question - How to install bully and mdk3 on ubuntu 16.04 - has received at the time this was posted four downvotes as well as three close votes for being unclear, however there is nothing unclear …
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Reopen an accepted answer question that is tethered to obsolete close votes and was closed a...

The question: Do I need to upgrade RAM from 4GB to 8GB for Android development? has created a lot of contentious dispute since it was asked. The question was downvoted once and put on hold for the fol …

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