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Jivings

8:09 PM

Hola

@RPiAwesomeness That's where the term crap comes from.

ppumkin

8:24 PM

Hello

@jib

@Jivings Hello :)

Jivings

Hey

ppumkin

As you may have noticed I am struggling to understand how to classify a good question and when it goes "of topic" :)

Its just allot of questions, bursh over over Pi because people use stuff on the Pi.. but like the postfix question. Its really not an issue with the Pi, or software that may or may not be compatible with the Pi.

Jivings

Yes

So we've discussed this a great deal.

I'll quickly try and find a discussion on it...

ppumkin

Ahh, cool.

Jivings

@ppumkin Here's a good one from Shoq.

Q: Are some off-topic questions necessary for a healthy community?

I want to share my experiences this week and how my opinion has been shaped by the community. I have spent a great deal of time in chat, and it seems this meta question is brought up at least once a day, and still appears to not be resolved. Today I had a discussion with Andrew Fogg. Andrew is...

Related, but there's a better one somewhere.

This is a good one:

Q: Raspberry Pi itself vs. specific OS issues

We should discuss what to consider a valid question for this site. We can expect many questions that are not Raspberry Pi-specific at all but rather specific to Linux itself or a particular piece of software. Should we direct them to other Stack Exchange sites or answer the question here?

discussion

So we proposed a few acid tests in that thread

"Is the crux of the question primarily about Raspberry Pi? Or is it a larger concern best answered elsewhere?"

Mine was:

"If you remove the words 'Raspberry Pi' from the title and question, would you be able to say for sure that the question is about the Raspberry Pi?"

Which is pretty vague.

The best advice I can offer is it completely depends on the question.

If you think the question could be better answered elsewhere, and is not directly related to the Raspberry Pi, its probably off-topic

ppumkin

8:45 PM

This is pretty complicated. I mean the borderline if it can be answered somewhere is so far with those answers on the meta links you provided, it is almost like we need experts from other sites, to answer this question because it is mostly Pi related. In terms or organical, which is a nice word for SEO, its obvious we want people for searching for terms like Postfix and Raspberry Pi, to end up here. But here, the answer might not get the correct attention.

So really, is it a good idea to answer it here, based on sources form other Exhanges?

Jivings

And if it doesn't then we can migrate it elsewhere, where it might get more.

ppumkin

Obviosly asking about a Linux specif app on Ubuntu.. is most likley off topic because it belongs here

Jivings

ppumkin

Sorry

what I mean.

Gilles comments

Ask Ubuntu takes the opposite approach: if you're doing anything on Ubuntu, it's on-topic. Even if there's nothing specific about Ubuntu about the answers.

it feels like many questions are like that here

Its about the Pi... but really its just people using the Pi to do things on it.

that origianlly developed for Ubunto, lets say

ported to the Pi. I understand that is important (correct me if I am wrong) people seek to udnerstand how to make (lets pick on postfix) work on the Pi with the Pi ported version, because of some wierd issues. Like the question about that software that runs virtually anywhere. Fair enough, its not supported on the Pi

But Postfix actually is very very mature

and the questions is more about configuring it, DNS issues, port forwarding, domains

blacklisting

pretty far away, and almost like several questions bundled into one

I am just picking on that, but there are others like this

Its just sometimes I feel like a question can be better answered, if asked somewhere else. And truthfully, it has happened where I was advised to leave it. It jsut confused me.

Q: How do I roll back a kernel upgrade?

I am using the Occidentalis distro and stupidly ran apt-get upgrade without thinking about the repercussions. After a reboot I now am on a stock kernel, which means I lost kernel support for OneWire, which was my reason for using Occidentalis. Is there any way for me to undo what I did, short o...

kernel

That one has 1 answer, with 0 votes. I bet it can be better processes somwhere else

but it has 4 upvotes, the question it self

I wish I could answer it.. but that is very Linux'y specific

And people will land there... searchign for similar question.. with no answer

well.. a generally unacpeted answer

But then again

Q: Cloning Pi Image

I've been searching for a way to make this process easier.. I have a project where we have to configure 1200 RPI's exactly the same.. Obviously I don't want to clone each card one at a time I'm trying to find the best solution. We do have access to a multi card writer but I've also seen people s...

raspi-config

this can also get better attention somewhere else, but its so frequently answered here that it should be a wiki, right?

Users can land there and get some good info without bouncing off here

Or it has so many various answers... its off topic?

or opinion based

jsut, brain farting.

Hehe

what about this

I think this must be the most asked question here

Q: Is SD card corruption still an issue?

For a project I'm using a 16GB class 10 Sandisk micro SD card (in an Adafruit micro SD card adaptor). I've got a Model B Raspberry Pi that's not overclocked, nor has it ever been. Since I'm running it headless I have assigned 48M to the GPU (lower than that and the Pi refuses to boot). I use a 2A...