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Not that I'm a great afficionado of the Linux systems presently available, but aren't there so many different flavors (much less differences between versions within the same flavor) of Linux that this would almost resemble SU? Wouldn't you have to qualify most questions/answers with something like "this only applies to version x.yy.z of X"? – Michael Todd Jun 5 '10 at 4:23

Is this not going to overlap significantly with linuxexchange.org? – Amos Jun 6 '10 at 8:38

I like this. Very often, when you google search terms related to your problem, you often end up in long, thread based discussions that don't lead anywhere. There's also an issue with throwing strange config files at users without explaining what it all means, but that's another thing entirely. – Skizz Jun 18 '10 at 10:16

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75 Example Questions (8 closed)

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added by scope_creep, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jul 10 '10 at 1:06

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added by Binoj Antony, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jul 10 '10 at 1:50

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added by ananth.p Jun 17 '10 at 4:31

Again, not really "Experts" stuff... – jfoucher Jun 21 '10 at 13:10

This is a common problem. People burn unnecessary CDs. Solution is as simple as copying a couple of files and an entry in a configuration file. Not Geeky, just the 'copy-paste' expertize needed :) – ananth.p Jul 2 '10 at 15:44

I think this counts. I know many advanced-users who don't know how to do this. – Stefan Lasiewski Jul 2 '10 at 19:51

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added by rlb.usa Jun 9 '10 at 17:39

The answer to the vast majority these is the same - find a port if it's open source, otherwise, check on Wine's AppDB. – Toby Jun 25 '10 at 9:18

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added by Gelatin Jun 20 '10 at 22:04

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added by Massimo Jun 11 '10 at 12:30

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added by Stefan Lasiewski Jun 4 '10 at 22:06

Subjective, argumentative, and no right answer. – Good Person Jun 8 '10 at 13:32

I don't see why this is either subjective or argumentative. It asks "which method do you use and why", so it is asking for objective reasons, and it says "you" so it is not argumentative, it only asks for each person's experience. Also, there is no right answer, but this is a useful question to ask. – Master Of Disaster Jun 9 '10 at 1:42

"FreeBSD cartoons: which do you find the most useful, and why? (objective reasons only, please)" – Roger Pate Jun 21 '10 at 21:14

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added by Jørn Schou-Rode Jun 6 '10 at 20:24

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added by scope_creep, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jul 10 '10 at 1:04

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added by Evan Plaice Jun 23 '10 at 10:39

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added by scope_creep, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jul 10 '10 at 1:07

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added by theotherreceive Jul 2 '10 at 15:45

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added by Ben Gartner Jul 9 '10 at 3:31

Shit. Wish I had votes left. Someone vote for me :( Great on-topic – Aiden Bell Jul 9 '10 at 3:40

@Aiden Bell: Done :-) – Luc M Jul 9 '10 at 21:42

Thanks. Took me a lot of trial and error to get the hang of where to look for stuff. – Ben Gartner Jul 12 '10 at 22:29

@Aiden : You can take away your vote from another question and use it here instead. – Stefan Lasiewski Jul 12 '10 at 23:12

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added by Master Of Disaster, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jul 11 '10 at 19:57

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added by Stefan Lasiewski Jun 4 '10 at 22:05

	At least make the question into good English. – Master Of Disaster Jun 7 '10 at 10:50
	@Kinopkio : Well, these questions really only leave room for a simple headline, and the English was appropriate for a headline. Plus, I copied and edited this headline from one of my questions at ServerFault, so it's short ;) – Stefan Lasiewski Jun 7 '10 at 17:47

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added by Tadeusz A. Kadłubowski Jun 6 '10 at 14:02

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added by scope_creep, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jul 10 '10 at 1:03

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added by Evan Plaice Jun 23 '10 at 10:50

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added by Gordon Gustafson, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jul 10 '10 at 0:55

Title should be "is OS X really based off Unix". – miku Jul 8 '10 at 12:31

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added by theotherreceive, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jul 10 '10 at 0:49

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added by Aiden Bell Jul 5 '10 at 14:00

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added by forefinger Jul 7 '10 at 5:21

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added by miku, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jul 10 '10 at 0:48

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added by Steven Lefevre, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jul 10 '10 at 0:47

+1 : fsn [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fsn] rocks – Aiden Bell Jul 8 '10 at 18:15

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added by Stefan Lasiewski Jun 4 '10 at 22:07

Good luck if they're not the same size :-p – Massimo Jun 11 '10 at 12:33

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added by Master Of Disaster Jun 7 '10 at 10:42

	Because fcntl() file locking is broken on many NFS implementations. sqlite.org/faq.html#q5 – Robert Harvey Jun 22 '10 at 23:43
	@Robert - surely you're aware that you don't need to answer the questions. – Master Of Disaster Jun 23 '10 at 1:22
	This one is right in the SQLite FAQ. It's a LMGTFY question. – Robert Harvey Jun 23 '10 at 2:30

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added by Master Of Disaster Jun 7 '10 at 10:44

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added by Binoj Antony, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jul 10 '10 at 1:00

closed as off topic by Andrea, Mr Shark, Gelatin, Daniel Egeberg, Nifle Jun 25 '10 at 20:40

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

	I don't think such questions should be asked here, but rather on the developpers website, winehq.org – jfoucher Jun 21 '10 at 13:03
	Or, better, there should be a WINE Q&A site. – Lorenzo Jun 28 '10 at 21:27

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added by radius, edited by Robert Harvey Jun 23 '10 at 2:27

	Hum, your edit change the question a bit. Asking what Linux distribution for a firewall call for answer like 'smoothwall because it's easy to manage' while mine was calling answer like '*BSD use IPF while Linux use iptable, iptable has more functionalities, ipf is easy to understand, ...' From my point of view after you edit the question is not an Expert question because the distribution will not change anything on how the firewall is working. My question was more an Expert question asking for technical difference between firewall implantation around different Unix systems – radius Jun 23 '10 at 0:11
	So before edit this was for me a on topic example and now it more likely borderline and a bit subjective – radius Jun 23 '10 at 0:13
	RE: first question...Then that's how you should ask it. Given that I got it wrong, the original question was apparently not clear enough. – Robert Harvey Jun 23 '10 at 2:26
	@radius *BSD doesn't use IPF since OpenBSD developed pf in 2001. Actually, most started using it in 2005 bu the point stands. – qpr Jun 25 '10 at 11:17