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12 questions linked to/from Unix C API calls ontopic?
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Is the Unix C API still on-topic?
According to Unix C API calls ontopic? and the help center, "UNIX C API and System Interfaces ( within reason )" is explicitly on topic. That within reason links to the meta question.
https://unix....
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Are Skype questions off topic?
FAQ states:
If your question is about:
Using or administering a *nix desktop or server
The Unix foundation underlying MacOS (but generally not frontend application questions)
The ...
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What's better place for questions about "Linux/Unix programming libraries" - Unix.SE or SO?
Where to ask questions about "Linux/Unix programming libraries" ?
Is it better to ask such on Unix.SE or StackOverflow ?
As @Mat pointed out FAQ says "If your question is a programming question, ...
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Flood of off-topic flags, is this the norm here?
I just reached the rep to get into the close votes review queue. What I see there are a lot of off-topic flags with which I often do not agree. That's sketchy so I'll add two examples:
Midnight ...
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Learning the art of the close-vote review queue
(Forked from Learning the art of the review queue)
For those who often "Skip" in reviewing close-vote items because of lack of confidence / experience / training, is there:
A more detailed guide to ...
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Are questions about using XCB or X11 client implementations in general on topic?
I am currently studying X11 and trying to implement some applications using the XCB library. I was wondering if questions related to XCB are on topic here. While the problems that I usually face are ...
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What is the current consensus on programming questions?
I was originally going to ask a question about this, but found its been asked here a lot already (in numerous variation). Since I've now spent the time digging through meta, I'll document what I've ...
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What about questions accepting bash, python, C answers?
According to the fact hat C API questions are on-topic:
Unix C API calls ontopic?
and this is not purely administrators site like https://serverfault.com/ ,
I'd like to ask questions accepting ...
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What to do about programming questions
I think we have a consensus that programming questions are generally off-topic and belong on Stack Overflow. (I thought this was explicitly mentioned in the FAQ — is my memory failing or did it change?...
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Why was unix & linux originally created / split from stackoverflow?
Looking at https://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/3924?phase=definition
I can see who proposed it and a few other details but I cannot find the original proposal.
It this available somewhere I've ...
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Please add a reference to Stack Overflow in the site FAQ
As far as I can tell, there's a consensus that programming questions belong on Stack Overflow. This should be indicated the first section of the FAQ. Here's a wording proposal:
If your question is a ...
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Is a question regarding wpa_supplicant modifications for a research project on-topic here?
(Here != Meta-Unix&Linux)
I have a question related to a research project I am undertaking that involves knowing which files related to wpa_supplicant need to be modified to accomplish my goal of ...
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