Area 51 » Technology

169

followers

Announcements

I think this is better than SuperUser because it's focused on Ubuntu, allowing those not interested in Ubuntu to ignore this content entirely rather than spamming it. I think it's better than the proposal you link to for the same reason. Ubuntu forums is a mess, and StackEngine is an extremely effective and well-designed platform for creating a knowledge base. The forums have served us well but forum threads quickly become unwieldy and they do not age well. – David Siegel Jun 20 '10 at 17:40

It seems that it would be best to not have a branded Linux Q&A site. This leaves out Debian (upon which Ubuntu is based), Fedora, OpenSUSE and every other distro. There are certainly Ubuntu-specific questions, but in general, most questions are general Linux-desktop questions. It would be best to have a "Linux Desktop" Q&A site than one per-brand. – miguel.de.icaza Jun 20 '10 at 18:36

I believe that Ubuntu Forums has already proven that a site specifically tailored to answering questions for a single distribution is a sustainable and worthwhile endeavor. There are roughly 1.3 million threads and sixty thousand active users on that website. However, I personally feel that Stack Exchange would be a better medium than Ubuntu Forums for some users and situations, and that even if I or we ultimately end up being wrong, it's still worth giving a try and seeing where it goes. – Evan Jun 21 '10 at 8:27

show 10 more announcements

67 Example Questions (10 closed)

active newest votes

up vote 7 down vote

added by radius, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jul 11 '10 at 19:55

	Ubuntu is a Debian derivative. Ubuntu guys took Debians' code , modified it, added to it, removed from it and made Ubuntu. – Owais Lone Jul 10 '10 at 21:19
	Ubuntu is a specialized Debian you may say. – Owais Lone Jul 10 '10 at 21:19

up vote 13 down vote

added by Binoj Antony, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jul 11 '10 at 19:55

I think this could be worded better.. I'd rather see "How can I configure my computer to dual-boot between Ubuntu and Windows?" or something like that. Yes/no questions aren't very good example questions since they potentially just lead to more questions. – bratsche Jun 21 '10 at 16:23

@bratsche, reworded it to come close to your suggestion. – Binoj Antony Jun 22 '10 at 5:11

up vote 0 down vote

added by Owais Lone Jul 11 '10 at 8:17

up vote 0 down vote

added by Owais Lone Jul 11 '10 at 8:17

up vote -1 down vote

added by Owais Lone Jul 11 '10 at 8:15

This is a good meta site question, but not good for the site. Should be covered by the faq in time. – Hamish Downer Jul 11 '10 at 18:31

up vote 0 down vote

added by Owais Lone Jul 11 '10 at 8:15

up vote 0 down vote

added by Owais Lone Jul 11 '10 at 8:10

up vote 2 down vote

added by PLA Jul 10 '10 at 22:14

up vote 0 down vote

added by Jorge Castro Jul 10 '10 at 20:03

up vote 1 down vote

added by Jorge Castro Jul 10 '10 at 20:01

up vote 1 down vote

added by Jorge Castro Jul 10 '10 at 20:00

up vote 0 down vote

added by Arska, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jul 10 '10 at 1:59

up vote 5 down vote

added by radius, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jul 10 '10 at 1:38

Great question for those who installed Ubuntu without an inkling of the difference between GNU/Linux and Windows – Wayne Werner Jun 23 '10 at 17:31

up vote 0 down vote

added by Gordon Gustafson, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jul 10 '10 at 1:37

closed as off topic by Bob Hazard, gruszczy, MBraedley, David Thomas, bratsche Jun 29 '10 at 2:55

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 think this, as worded, isn't such a fantastic question because it's too open to opinion and discussion. Stack exchanges are intended to be more question-answer format. A better example of an off-topic question might be, "Is Canonical making a tablet version of Ubuntu?" or something. – bratsche Jul 12 '10 at 17:19

up vote 2 down vote

added by Gordon Gustafson, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jul 10 '10 at 1:36

up vote -1 down vote

added by Gordon Gustafson, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jul 10 '10 at 1:35

closed as off topic by Andrea, Paidhi, Eugenio Perea, bratsche, jfoucher Jul 3 '10 at 22:59

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.

	This is a poor question because it doesn't pertain to Ubuntu or even Linux in general. I would argue that this type of question would be better asked in SuperUser or some other internet specific StackExchange. – MBraedley Jun 24 '10 at 19:21
	Or a Mozilla forum ?... – paercebal Jul 11 '10 at 10:25

up vote -1 down vote

added by Gordon Gustafson, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jul 10 '10 at 1:35

closed as off topic by Andrea, Wayne Werner, Jeffrey Hulten, Shaihi, Evan Jun 24 '10 at 13:39

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'm confused.. why does everyone think this is such a great off-topic example? It's off-topic in the sense that it has nothing to do with Ubuntu, but that doesn't make it a "great off-topic example". – bratsche Jul 12 '10 at 17:14

up vote 3 down vote

added by Mike Jul 9 '10 at 7:37

up vote 3 down vote

added by Mike Jul 9 '10 at 7:35

up vote 0 down vote

added by Arska Jul 9 '10 at 4:59

up vote -1 down vote

added by user9064 Jul 9 '10 at 0:24

This is too much of an opinion-oriented question, so it's a bad example of an off-topic question. Stack exchanges should be answerable questions. – bratsche Jul 12 '10 at 17:21

up vote 0 down vote

added by user9064 Jul 9 '10 at 0:22

up vote 2 down vote

added by Ben Gartner Jul 7 '10 at 18:15

	If you right click on a window's titlebar in Ubuntu you can see the keyboard shortcuts written next to each command. Press Alt-F7 and then use the arrow keys to move a window or Alt-F8 to resize it. Press enter when you are happy with your changes – Bob Hazard Jul 9 '10 at 0:04
	@Bob Hazard Thanks, I have actually tried this. For whatever reason, when I try to resize the window, it snaps back to wherever the mouse cursor is. Might be a bug related to running Ubuntu in a VM, not sure. – Ben Gartner Jul 9 '10 at 12:08

up vote 0 down vote

added by Ben Gartner Jul 7 '10 at 18:15

This would get a better response in the VirtualBox forums – Bob Hazard Jul 9 '10 at 0:11

up vote 0 down vote

added by forefinger Jul 7 '10 at 6:11

up vote 2 down vote

added by txwikinger Jul 3 '10 at 23:39

There are two Ubuntu versions specially targeted for netbooks. The UNE (Ubuntu Network Edition) using a specialized Gnome netbook as well as KNR (Kubuntu Netbook Remix) sporting a specialized KDE plasma desktop. Both desktops are particularly design for the smaller real estate of small screens, however since both are full Ubuntu versions, any software in the Ubuntu repositories can be installed and used. – txwikinger Jul 3 '10 at 23:42

up vote 3 down vote

added by txwikinger Jul 3 '10 at 23:29

The answer is the Ubuntu brainstorm website: brainstorm.ubuntu.com – txwikinger Jul 3 '10 at 23:32

up vote 0 down vote

added by txwikinger Jul 3 '10 at 23:28

The Ubuntu Developer Week is a week of online tutorials which are supposed to inspire and train potential contributors to find their place where they can help the Ubuntu community. This is supposed to lower the on-ramp and make it easier to know what is needed to help, as well as where to find information and who can be contacted. IN contrast to the Ubuntu Open Week, this week is a little more targeted towards the development process, however, also bug triage and other support functions are mentioned. – txwikinger Jul 3 '10 at 23:36

up vote 1 down vote

added by txwikinger Jul 3 '10 at 23:27

Among other things, they help to coordinate the different grassroots groups and provide help and advice to them. They also help to facilitate communication between different Ubuntu communities as well as to Canonical. – txwikinger Jul 4 '10 at 0:20

up vote 2 down vote

added by txwikinger Jul 3 '10 at 23:26

	The process is described at wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopers – txwikinger Jul 4 '10 at 0:21
	Good luck being accepted if you can't find the wiki haha – Bob Hazard Jul 9 '10 at 0:17

up vote 7 down vote

added by Dima Jun 24 '10 at 14:55

	howtoforge.com/local_debian_ubuntu_mirror has a good explanation how to set up an apt-mirror for such purposes – txwikinger Jul 4 '10 at 0:22
	Once you update one,copy all files from /var/cache/apt/archives then paste them in the same folder on the second system and then update. It'll take half the bandwidth. – Owais Lone Jul 10 '10 at 21:22