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Jul 5, 2011 at 14:13 comment added mattdm Mod I don't think "except Ubuntu" is really an "of course". Ubuntu users and questions are welcome here too, as long as the questions are not very distribution/culture specific.
Jul 5, 2011 at 11:16 comment added xenoterracide Mod idk, I've asked a few gui questions, and answered some too. Ask more Gui questions?
Jul 5, 2011 at 11:02 comment added tshepang Instead of the official channels?
Jul 5, 2011 at 11:00 comment added Jez And mine was that their second search may be Debian Q&A.
Jul 5, 2011 at 10:56 comment added tshepang Now you are speaking like someone who already knows the goodness of Stack Exchange. I was referring to someone who didn't. If that guy doesn't find decent answers, the next best thing was to ask on the official channels. Anyways, my point is that their Google search term will be How to do X in Debian instead of Debian Q&A.
Jul 5, 2011 at 10:41 comment added Jez There are plenty of StackExchange sites which have alternatives on the web (in fact, I defy you to find one that doesn't!) The fact is, StackExchange sites often have better quality answers than you'll get elsewhere (or answers at all!) and it's often much more likely you'll get a good answers to your question if you ask here.
Jul 5, 2011 at 10:36 comment added tshepang I would think you would then go ask on the official channels (mailing list, IRC, and/or forums). Why you use a 3rd party service?
Jul 5, 2011 at 10:27 answer added Jeff AtwoodStaffMod timeline score: 8
Jul 5, 2011 at 10:22 comment added Jez Unless you can't find the answer to the question, after which you may search for such a site. :-)
Jul 5, 2011 at 10:16 comment added tshepang I agree. My reasoning was based on the fact that if you have a specific question, you google it, instead of searching for a site where you can ask (or search) such a question
Jul 5, 2011 at 10:06 comment added Jez @Tshepang I disagree. If the question hadn't yet been asked on this site, it wouldn't have been linked on Google. Other sites with perhaps similar questions would be, but none of them may answer the specific question one has when Googling. What one therefore needs is a site where one can ask it and get a good answer, which would seem to be here.
Jul 5, 2011 at 9:59 comment added tshepang That was the wrong Google search term. It should have been something like How to do X in Debian.
Jul 5, 2011 at 9:32 history asked Jez CC BY-SA 3.0