What should be done here (if anything)? The accepted answer gives dangerous advice and a wrong explanation.fglrx* is first a glob for filename expansion in the shell. Then if that doesn't match files, whether APT's purge action next treats it as a glob for a whole package name or a regex for any part of a package name depends on what release one is running. Can we dupe it? Is that okay? (I've VTC'd.)

Even on new releases where apt tries such operands (to install, remove, purge, or optionally autoremove) as literal full package names, then as globs for full package names, then if it doesn't match that for example due to misspelling or a disabled repo, it still moves on to try it as a regex for any part of a package name. So the drastic effects that used to be very common have still far from left us, even assuming a much newer release than existed when that answer was posted.

@Videonauth Upvotes past the cap still count for stuff besides rep though, like (a) attesting to the quality and value of your answer, (b) badges awarded for individual answers, such as the Guru badge, and (c) other score-related badges, most especially tag badges, which eventually (i.e., once you have a gold badge) give you glorious closing, reopening, and dupe-target-altering powers.

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Two questions are both being reviewed as duplicates of each other. This question: askubuntu.com/questions/976032/… has the better answers so it should not be closed. imo the other question: askubuntu.com/questions/262796/… should be closed instead. muru who flagged it initially has already retracted his close vote and commented as such under the question.

@karel I agree. Of course, I could be biased, having written that answer on the question you're saying not to close. :)

Oh, and actually you wrote the other one. I remember now! But yes, the question is clearer and our answers are better, I think, than on the other one. I've voted to close the other one as a duplicate, as you recommend.

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Collaboratively built is better.

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@EliahKagan voted for the dupe

and downvoted the answer

what's wrong with this answer? Can it be edited to improve? There's nothing in the question about not having internet access

@Zanna Since terdon's edit, I don't think anything else has to be done with it (except flagging obsolete comments). Do you?

oh, no :)

well, I also upvoted it

Should I have posted my comment as an answer here and possibly averted deletion?

I don't think it's justified for us to undelete that question. But I'm wondering if I should've answered it.

hopefully they deleted it because their problem was solved. But if there is a specific answer different from the generic target, then I don't like closing, and if it's an XY problem, I think we should try to get to the real question and answer that

Spam.

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@EliahKagan i need your help on this answer, while the whole answer is good and by far the safest approach on the list of answers it would be better to have the script shown start at 1001 UID and not 1000 UID which is the Ubuntu main user, as i stated in my comment, but I'm unable to make 1 character edits and don't want to deface the answer.

why 1099?

he counts from 1000 to 1099 which are 100 numbers

but it should be 1001 to 1100

since on all ubuntu stock systems user no 1000 is the main user which you get with install

unless you go on and change min UID to something else all new users will have numbers above 1000

starting with 1001

at least on ubuntu, ah end well on arch too unless you change it, same with debian

my concern is that people simply copy and paste the script and replace echo with userdel to make it easier and end up with a bricked system

copy and pasting this script directly outputs the standard user

I agree. I had to go afk and just got back. In the mean time, Zanna has applied the edit to the post.

thank you

I hope my edit is ok

yes it is

im now removing my comment? and mark the others as no longer needed ?

I lost my summary message though... argh

Lost it how?

what you think should i remove my comment since its fixed now?

I lost it by cutting and then submitting the edit before rewriting. Anyway edited again to write something

@Videonauth Yeah, I think the two remaining comments by the author are no longer needed.

yes since its edited now and i removed mine i flagged them as such

Should this comment be kept for the (unexplained) warning against using the same directory as a home directory for both systems? That might not actually have been what the author meant to do; also, from experience, I would consider such a warning somewhat overblown, though perhaps not entirely meritless.

It seems to me that the comment is mostly giving wrong instructions about how comments should be used.

Also, the answer is definitely addressing the core question, which is how to separate one's desktop environments even more. I've edited it to clarify it and add a bit more explanation; perhaps the comment is obsolete? I've flagged the comment as no longer needed, but ought there be a warning about the coupling introduced by sharing a home directory?

well sharing a /home is possible but very very tricky and not a good advice to give on a page where many newcomers might read it, otherwise i agreee the answer is adressing the question, but michalbays comment is partly wrong in stating that it should be a comment and is not adresing the question

mark the above as not need anymore and write a comprehensive comment about why it is a bad idea to share home between to DEs (in regards to settings overwrites etc

I am willing to post such a comment, but do you want to? I think you may have a clearer idea of the most important issues than I do.

@EliahKagan Watch out if you're responding to MB's misleading comments because he's hard to talk to. One way or another he's dyslexic so you have to work hard searching for double meanings that may trip you up later.

oh i not even reply to his comment, im writing one which doesnt include NAA hints, and marked his one as obsolete and no longer needed.

@EliahKagan what do you think of this comment?

Shared /home should be avoided due to possible settings overwrites from the different desktop environments. Its is overall better to have the essential folders you want to share between the environments being sym-linked from a fixed position to separate /home folders.

Looks good to me.

flagged michaels comment as no longer needed

or would it be better to ask a mod to squash it?

I don't follow.

michaels comment i mean

Are you asking if it should be flagged, or how it should be flagged?

well i flagged it as no longer needed, but thinking about that people who look at the flags not find it obvious why its flagged as no longer needed and if i should involve a mod to delete it

:) dont like getting disputed or rejected flags :)

Oh. Well, the "no longer needed" flag reason for comments is construed pretty broadly. We'll see what happens. I'm not too worried about it one way or another.

Well I don't think comment flags can be disputed. They can be rejected.

Currently the way flags are disputed is that they are handled in a review queue and, due to the disagreement of reviewers, do not lead to action being taken.

if youre interested

Thanks.

love this overview :)

bettwer as checking each and every site for it

A declined flag is supposed to mean that the flag should not have been cast, and although there may be some corner cases where technical limitations lead to declined flags, I think it is best to assume that a declined flag means a moderator thought the flag should not have been cast. Disputed flags are totally different and they are nothing to worry about at all. They are considered neutral. Having a disputed flag is neither good nor bad.

It just represents disagreement between community members about whether or not action should be taken, such that there was insufficient consensus for the flag to be actioned. Back in the old system, flags were disputed by 10k users counterflagging them. The 10k counterflaggers' also had disputed flag listed for them. Both then and now, disputed flags are considered neutral.

ok i only know that to many declined flags could lead to a flagging ban but i think thats calculated on the overall accuracy percentage

so on Au i should be fine as long i not mess up many in a row as flags

but example superuser i have cast 11 flags and one declines which leaves me with an overall accuracy of 91%

OT

I wonder how this here is off-topic ? O_o

and why did it accumulate 4 close votes already for it

do i read something wrong?

here is the link to the review askubuntu.com/review/close/775561

if you can you could VTLO

My VTLO removed it from the queue. We'll see what happens with it.

I think its simply the oh i read windows its off-topic syndrome, sadly there is no medication to heal that yet, only a way to treat the symptoms

I think people thought it was a hardware or firmware problem and not related enough to Ubuntu.

yep, well to me it was clear that he had the hardware part covered in knowledge and was asking specific how to make Ubuntu boot up with AHCI

Not actually a duplicate. (I've added a comment to clarify.)

What is this asking?

@EliahKagan True that and i see my error there and voted to reopen

@EliahKagan not sure

I've voted to close it as unclear.

NAA (should be an edit)

--> Not sure ! :P

I love that movie, should watch it again maybe

but thats overall the best scene

Its so viral that i have it always in mind when i write 'not sure' somewhere

in german this is even funnier since you can translate "Nicht sicher" with "not sure" and "not secure"

@Videonauth I think because it's about BIOS settings which is hardware-specific

oh reads the next message haha

@Zanna yes but unless you change ubuntu as well to accept the BIOS settings it wont simply boot at all

:) glad i could cast a smile on you

(:

OMG this is nearly to good to delete lol

ehr can you help me out i want to grep for two things in a line the word service and running can i do that in one command?

yes...

are you joking or asking?

asking? askubuntu.com/a/976384/522934 my answer here only lists the services but he asked for running services

and my grep services dont cut it there

and i want to avoid doing a grep chain

like grep service | grep running

which wors too but is unnessecary if it can be done in one command

@Videonauth So what are you trying to match?

service and running

oh... if they always come in the same order you can do grep 'service .*running' or similar, no? But I think there should be a way to answer this question without parsing anything

systemctl list-units lists a whole hell of stuff

from mounts to kerne, to you name it

yes... but systemctl is very flexible

it has loads of options

i know

so many that i get lost in them

I'm not suggesting you change your answer

I'm thinking about finding another answer haha.

mhmm so grep -E 'service.*running'

well feel free to write another answer :)

systemctl list-units '*service' works too but lists all services and egrep concatenating doesnt work there for [PATTERN]

I wrote an answer :)

you want me to nitpick ducks

it shows as well services which have exited

systemctl --type=service --state=running list-units

would be the right line

cc @Zanna

:)

still kudos for that answer, i mostly go the lazy way :)

Oh I've left my machine! Feel free to edit if that does what they want better

yes activa lists all services which are active but also those which have status exited

running cuts that down to only those who are actually running

ok edited :)

@karel maybe you should ask a mod for merging then or flag it for mod attention for that case

@Videonauth I've flagged other questions before to be merged with the same duplicate question. I always wait until the duplicate question is closed before I merge flag it.

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@karel Sorry for my lack of attention earlier. I've moved those messages here so more people will see them and they are more likely to be acted on. A cursory look made me think I agree with you but I want to read the posts through to be sure before I VTC. I should get to it soon.

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@jokerdino that'll be Anwar's work :)

@Videonauth thanks!

youre welcome

@karel I agree, and I've cast the final close vote. Now Failure to Boot Windows 7 after Ubuntu install is closed as a duplicate of Unable to boot into Windows after installing Ubuntu, how to fix? Had you wanted to flag to request merging? Or shall I?

do we have a dupe target for that what includes stil valid and working information? askubuntu.com/q/976451/522934

the ones i found so far are all very much outdated