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Delete question from Ask Ubuntu and post it in U&L
I made a question in Ask Ubuntu trying to solve an issue that I need for my work. I chose Ask Ubuntu because the server I'm working is Ubuntu 22.04 server.
But the question is 4 days old now, has only ...
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Are ChromeOS and ChromeOS Flex questions on-topic?
ChromeOS is the Linux-based operating system that is found on Chromebooks, made by Google. It uses the Google Chrome browser as the main interface.
ChromeOS Flex is the same operating system meant for ...
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Do we have a go-to reference Q&A for "I want to do {grep,sed,awk} on {xml,json,yaml,csv with text}, how do I shoot myself in the foot?" questions?
This still seems to be a very common topic. Over time, and I guess that's a sign of how the tools matured, our answers and comments to all of these end up being:
It's very nice that you want to use ${...
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How do I find my own questions?
I would like to edit my previous question(s). How?
Wait! Some of your past questions have not been well-received, and you're in danger of being blocked from asking any more.
For help formulating a ...
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How to prevent "Community bot" fiddlings from (uselessly) messing the TOP QUESTIONS order?
Let's have an example taken from now :
This thread ( No Wifi adapter found - HP Laptop - Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS ) is being popped up by the community bot asserted modified some minutes ago.
Looking at the ...
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Gone user, answer accepted by the community
In this question the user who asked has it's account deleted or removed or another possibility.
The result is that the post won't have an accepted answer since there's no user to accept it.
In these ...
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Answer with alternative solution not addressing the question directly
I read the meta question Are answers using alternative tools not welcome?, but I'm not sure if my question has nuances that the other doesn't. I have no issues if you consider this is a duplicate.
I ...
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How to deal with solutions edited into the question itself?
I came across multiple questions, where the original poster found a solution and edited the question to add that solution to the question instead of posting the solution as an answer. For example: 1, ...
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Best place for Ubuntu using WSL?
Where's the best place to ask questions about networking under Ubuntu using WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)?
It seems like candidates are here, Super User, and Ask Ubuntu.
The question relates to a ...
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What to do with questions having good answers on another SE site? [duplicate]
It happens quite often that questions are posted, which are on-topic on U&L but have good answers on another suitable Stackexchange Site (askubuntu, stackoverflow...).
I'm referring to this ...
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Is asking for constructive criticism on a question a legitimate meta question?
I wrote a question, and it got down voted.
I'm not arguing, or upset, but I would like to understand what I did wrong, so that I will write better questions in the future (and increase their chance of ...
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How to suggest a similar question
How to suggest a similar question when we find a possible duplicate, or when it is answered in another thread, as show in the following dialog?
Is there a privilege associated with this action?
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Windows installer using GRUB - is on topic?
As I work as a technician, often I need to install Windows.
I use my own method to create a multiboot USB using GRUB.
I have managed to create a USB (16GB) with three Windows (Windows 7 BIOS, ...
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Is the new question's up-vote policy on SO coming to unix.stackexchange.com?
The value of an up-vote on questions have recently been changed on Stackoverflow.com, here is the acticle with the details (now an up-vote on a question have the same rep value as an up-vote on an ...
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My question wasn't specific enough, but got I got the right answer anyway. How should I proceed?
I have a question about my Unix & Linux Stack Exchange post: Interpret variables from read in string with shell script
The question how I asked it (I tried to break it down to the relevant point) ...
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