In an indirect manner, this highlights the point of having multiple sites. Having multiple communities is good. It's bad if they become warring states, but it's good that people form supportive groups. The flavor of interaction on Ask Ubuntu is not the same as on Stack Overflow and it has to do with the types of queries we get and the interests of the people here. I would wager the attitude of people focusing on Ubuntu is different than people who focus on programming queries, for example.
In an indirect manner, this highlights the point of having multiple sites. Having multiple communities is good. It's bad if they become warring states, but it's good that people form supportive groups. The flavor of interaction on Ask Ubuntu is not the same as on Stack Overflow and it has to do with the types of queries we get and the interests of the people here. I would wager the attitude of people focusing on Ubuntu is different than people who focus on programming queries, for example. --Chan-Ho Suh in auchat — Amith KK21 secs ago
You don't have much idea about how much Ask Ubuntu is now integrated into the entire Ubuntu community. I don't think that would have been possible if it had been reduced to just a tag in Super User. While I do agree that too much fragmentation is counter productive, combining all of them just for the sake of it isn't productive either.
Ask Ubuntu has a large enough audience that I think should be left alone. It is upsetting that someone who has been here long enough has to bring this topic at this point.
@jokerdino I agree, but the proposed merge with SU brings my experience with that site in to scope and makes me relevant. It also means that as a dual user, I am WAY more qualified to make a decision than someone who has minimal rep on both sites
Ask Ubuntu has been heavily integrated into different parts of the Ubuntu community like having the tags posted on Ubuntu IRC channels, etc. I don't think it would have reached this state if it was merely reduced to just another tag in Super User. Whie I do agree that too much fragmentation is counter productive and is a waste of resources, combining all the sites just for the sake of it isn't productive either.
Ask Ubuntu has a large enough audience that I think should be left alone. It is a little upsetting that someone who has been part of the Stack Exchange network has to bring this topic at this point of time when the Ask Ubuntu community is maturing.
@aking1012 hmm I initially thought you were referring to me. it now makes sense.
For example, you start the last paragraph with, AU should be left alone... why? It seems you are saying it's growing/maturing (which is a good thing). But it's a bit weak to just end with "it upsets me". You are making a strong point here; there should be a way to end on a stronger note.
the base of the point is that i feel i have made more than significant contributions to multiple SE sites. i also feel that this is directly related to an attack on AU, which I fully support. there is no reason, in my opinion, to try and merge the two barring SE trying to reap a benefit from Canonical including AU in the Ubuntu installer
Hello guys, need little help here, I need to install the MBR (I deleted it by a accident) I'm running the live session right now, how to install it, please help :-(
Bounty offered: How to change touch screen functionality from a relative to an absolute pointing de... http://askubuntu.com/questions/140812/how-to-change-touch-screen-functionality-from-a-relative-to-an-absolute-pointing?atw=1 #multitouch
I know that in posts(answers/questions) I can use html, but when I try to write:
<a href="http://some_link" target="_blank">Link</a>
its not working, how to fix that?
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Yeah, that was around 25 min ago, looks like there aren't alot of high level users on right now to accept the edits, so likely someone already put the formating in, I'd come back to it in a few hours, @Mitch
Can you answer this? How to tell network manager not to show wireless AP with poor quality http://askubuntu.com/questions/107074/how-to-tell-network-manager-not-to-show-wireless-ap-with-poor-quality?atw=1 #networkmanager
How can I get statistics, how line count changed over time? I use bazaar for my project and it would be really nice to know, if I am refactoring code correctly.
I need to check if mysql is installed in a bash script, what would be an efficient way of going doing that? I thought I could do this:
if [ ! -f `which mysql` ] ; then
echo "foo"
fi
But I think I might be confused about something. What would be a better solution? It's should be portable a...
Here on meta, sometimes issues arise, and then arise again later as circumstances change. Is it appropriate, in such a situation, to close older questions about a topic as duplicates of a newer question about the same topic, if we want to direct current discussion of the topic to the newer questi...
I never thought about this before, but I was wondering why they chose runlevel 2. Every other distro and OS I've used default to runlevel 2 (with the exception of AIX which also defaults to runlevel 2).
The iso file for Ubuntu 12.04 is 701.3 MB, a CD size is 700 MB. Will it be okay to burn iso into a CD?
Another question, I tried another way of installing from USB where the iso file is the only file. I stuck the USB into my laptop, and pressed F12 after starting it. I then chose to boot from USB, but it then said "Error: Not found operating system". I wonder what I did wrong to boot from USB in order to install Ubuntu 12.04?
Thanks! "To run Ubuntu from a USB stick, the first thing you need to do is insert a USB stick with at least 2GB of free space into your PC." My USB is 1GB size, is it okay?
Thanks! Now it is burning. I have another question. I now don't have a drive to back up my personal files on the laptop. Can I install 12.04 to 10.10 without changing my home and the Windows drives shared between Windows 7 and Ubuntu?
@Tim during each upgrade Ubuntu will tell you exactly which packages are going to be upgraded, which are going to be removed (because they are no longer needed), and which are no longer supported
So you can review the list during each upgrade
For software that's no longer supported, your presented with the option of keeping it installed but old, or removing it
i was tempted to provide more information about how AU and Launchpad Answers differ...but i wanted to keep my answer pertinent to the topic at hand, which is, what resources are available to people who are having problems with Ubuntu+1
Under 10.10, I have three partitions for Ubuntu. One is swap, the second is home and last one is used for installed 10.10. So I think to choose the last partition for "Device for boot loader installation"? Note that I am booting from USB now.
I want to overwrite my current 10.10 with 12.04.
Another question (2) For the partition of my 10.10, Shall I again specify its type to be ext4, and mount point to be "/", and specify to format it?
@MarcoCeppi Thanks! I only chose to format the "/" partition where my original 10.10 was installed and future 12.04 will be installed. So I think it doesn't matter?
If I dont choose to format that "/" partition, it says it will delete the directories on it.
I know that in posts(answers/questions) I can use html, but when I try to write:
<a href="http://some_link" target="_blank">Link</a>
its not working, how to fix that?
I was going to edit a post and I just found out that "edit" Is missing from all questions
Although the edit link works
How can I get statistics, how line count changed over time? I use bazaar for my project and it would be really nice to know, if I am refactoring code correctly.
I need to check if mysql is installed in a bash script, what would be an efficient way of going doing that? I thought I could do this:
if [ ! -f `which mysql` ] ; then
echo "foo"
fi
But I think I might be confused about something. What would be a better solution? It's should be portable a...
I never thought about this before, but I was wondering why they chose runlevel 2. Every other distro and OS I've used default to runlevel 2 (with the exception of AIX which also defaults to runlevel 2).
