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Journeyman Geek

00:31

@ArturMeinild I think OP's not sure if the de-encryption is for just the user, or systemwide

not hard to test tho

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Artur Meinild

12:15

@stumblebee I answered you WiFi question, although it strictly isn't Ubuntu specific in any way. 😊 askubuntu.com/questions/1495716/…

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terdon

15:12

@ArturMeinild Is anything ever Ubuntu specific that isn't a question about Ubuntu dev organization?

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Artur Meinild

17:11

@karel someone is having a pissy day with the downvotes.. 😅

Q: What exactly constitutes the Ubuntu iso file that you download when you "download Ubuntu"?

Is it just Debian but with more packages specified in the manifest file, or is there anything else included?

@terdon I'd say questions about Ubuntu packages (like Ubuntu Kernels, Netplan, Ubuntu Pro etc.) are pretty Ubuntu specific (although to my learning, Debian has now adopted Netplan)

terdon

@ArturMeinild Yeah, that's the thing, very, very few things are Ubuntu specific. After all, there are many Ubuntu derivatives which will share software with Ubuntu but are not on topic here. For some reason, many people think the scope of AU is "things that are specific to Ubuntu" but I honestly don't think anything apart from questions about Canonical is exclusive to Ubuntu.

Our scope has always been "applicable to Ubuntu", never "unique to Ubuntu"

Q: Are "not only Ubuntu-specific" questions on-topic?

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