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muru

2:12 AM

@Gilles unix.stackexchange.com/questions/248843/…

You might also want to remind Gilles of unix.stackexchange.com/a/177361/5132 . It's almost 4 years, now. ☺ — JdeBP 5 mins ago

11 hours later…

terdon

1:03 PM

@muru Gilles had nothing to do with that, he'd just edited the Q.

muru

1:21 PM

@terdon he's talking of Gilles' assertion that the reaper is pid 1 on Unix systems, which the linked post shows to be outdated.

terdon

@muru Gilles hasn't written a single word anywhere on that Q&A. What do you mean?

muru

The post on which the comment is, it's about init reaping orphans. Gilles mentioned in a comment to my post that the reaper process is pid 1, and JdeBP linked to his answer in another post which shows that is not necessarily the case.

2 hours later…

Anonymous

3:06 PM

Hello. I am asking this question on ubuntu chat as well,,, but I think it is more gneral linux related.

Anonymous

I am running a xubuntu vm. Default bashrc and everything. My PS1 is gray in the form of `user@host:rel_path$` . However, if I do `. ~/.bashrc` it changes colors.
Why does this happen? Shouldn't my local bashrc take precedent over the ones set in `/etc` ?

Anonymous

3:22 PM

If you know the answer, please ping me

Faheem Mitha

@HunterStevens I'm not sure I understand the question - but it sounds like a reasonable one for the site. If you source .bashrc then it will have an effect if it was not already sourced. More context, please.

Pandya

Need help: I can't understand/justify : Is the question like this on-topic?

Faheem Mitha

 My PS1 is gray in the form of `user@host:rel_path$` .

Where was this defined, please?

Pandya

@FaheemMitha check cat .bashrc | grep PS ?

Faheem Mitha

3:39 PM

@Pandya Pardon?

Pandya

for what?

Faheem Mitha

@Pandya You don't think it's a reasonable question?

@Pandya I don't understand what you just addressed to me.

Pandya

should that question be closed?

Faheem Mitha

@Pandya Why should it be closed?

Pandya

I addressed where PS1 is defined

@FaheemMitha Help me to determine the on-topicness of such question

Faheem Mitha

3:44 PM

@Pandya It might be defined in a different file.

@Pandya Do you think the question is off-topic? If so, why?

Pandya

@FaheemMitha I know it is very helpful question but I was not clear about it's on-topicness. Thanks for clearing.

Faheem Mitha

4:00 PM

@Pandya Whether it is on-topic or not is subjective. Different people might have different views.

If you think it's off-topic you could vote to close.

Pandya

I think we can consider such question as on-topic for 2nd or 3rd point? @FaheemMitha am I right?

@terdon ? ^^^

terdon

What question are you talking about @Pandya

The one in your deleted message?

Pandya

Q: Why isn't Linux embraced as the official GNU kernel?

While I knew for quite some time the existence of Hurd, and its mission as the official GNU Operating System kernel, I was wondering how come Linux is not embraced as the official GNU kernel over the years, seeing as it is in a much better state than the Hurd? Linux has been, more or less, servi...

btw, my favourite one!

terdon

@Pandya OK, so what about it?

Pandya

@terdon That's I want to know and discuss/understand it's on-topicness (scroll-up to see my talk with Faheem Mitha)

terdon

4:15 PM

I did scroll up and you never explained why it would be off topic.

It seems OK to me.

Granted, it's not about *nix itself and more about GNU but Faheem's answer is not very opinion based so, personally, I'd let it stand. I would understand why others might vote to close it though.

Feel free to do so if you feel it's not on topic.

Pandya

@terdon OK. So, can you help me to explain our helppage regarding this?

In other word which point on-topics this?

terdon

@Pandya Nothing there. However, there is an agreement that questions about *nix history are on topic and I guess that would qualify.

Q: Are history questions on topic?

Unix has quite a bit of history, and a lot of things with historical roots. Should questions primarily about the history of Unix be on topic?

discussion scope

Pandya

@terdon Thanks!

Got it

Anonymous

@FaheemMitha I am getting help in the ubuntu room, but thank you

Pandya

And what do you think about such justification on help-centre ? (necessary or not)

terdon

4:25 PM

@HunterStevens Happy to do it here if you prefer :)

@Pandya Might be a good idea, sure. Ask on meta.

Pandya

@terdon Done!

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