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Anwar

2:05 PM

back again

can anyone suggest me a tool to find duplicate files?

smartboyhw

@SirCharlo Hi

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Q: when users have been inactive for months and there question remain open

I have a couple of questions still open nVidia GeForce Go 7600? can it ever run unity? UFW is not logging how do I troubleshoot? Will my data be erased if I upgrade from Ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04 But the users asking those question haven't bin active for months?! what to do when users have b...

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SirCharlo

@Anwar drdobbs.com/web-development/finding-duplicate-files/184416070

Anwar

Should we even allow 9.04 questions?

@SirCharlo thanks. i'll look at it

SirCharlo

@Anwar why not

Anwar

2:17 PM

It is too old and of course un-supported. but it's only my opinion

jrg

we don't support EOLed releases.

Anwar

:) thanks

here is one askubuntu.com/questions/187342/issues-with-software-sources

SirCharlo

:O

10.10 is end-o'-lifed!

jrg

yeah, any new 10.10 questions get closed as well.

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Q: Dealing with past-EOL release questions

How should we handle new questions regarding past-End-Of-Life releases of ubuntu? Discussion is welcome!

discussion end-of-life

Anwar

\o/

thanks @jrg

fossfreedom

2:27 PM

@jrg ... that doesnt sound correct :\

smartboyhw

@fossfreedom lol

fossfreedom

... "Just because they should be using a supported version does not mean they should be alienated for not. What if they have a very valid case for using the EOL release and still need support for it! They cannot get said support from Canonical, so we are their next best option. "

Jorge Castro

yeah that doesn't sound correct to me

jrg

Here's the problem though - if someone comes along and says "How can I compile python3 on ubuntu 8.04" - how do we deal with that?

fossfreedom

let the question fester with no answers for 3 months and then close as too localised.

jrg

2:29 PM

or how do we deal with "How can I get the latest apache on my 9.10 server?"

Jorge Castro

^^^

jrg

or any number of other questions that the only answer is "If you want to have a stable system, upgrade"?

Ubuntu IRC and bug squad doesn't do EOL releases. That seems to be the standard for the community at large from what I can tell.

Jorge Castro

that question you guys just closed is answerable though

his mirror doesn't work because he's on an EOL release

fossfreedom

The meta question is not-conclusive - and as such we dont have a strict - yes we support/no we close route.

Jorge Castro

and we already have questions that can fix that

jrg

2:32 PM

yes, and he has it.

Jorge Castro

are we drowning in EOL questions?

(I don't think we are)

jrg

we aren't, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't think about it - people can and will be using 11.04 for ages to come, since they want gnome2.

fossfreedom

I think we'll see a bigger spike than usual in october with the natty diehards - probably complaining about gnome-3 changes etc - and not wanting to upgrade.

jrg

If this was the Ubuntu wiki, would we support creating new wikipages on EOLed releases?

Jorge Castro

there's already a bunch of 11.04 content

we've got most of those covered

either way, the question that was just closed has an answer!

I think it's a duplicate though, let me find it

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Q: How to install software on an old now unsupported Ubuntu version?

Recently I have installed Ubuntu 9.10 on my old machine. When ever I am trying to install any software it is giving error $ sudo -i apt-get install vlc The error being flagged is under below. Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Couldn't...

release-management

jrg

2:39 PM

duped

Jorge Castro

hah, arguing over what to do with a dupe

We should have realized everything is a dupe anyway

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jrg

ok, true.

everything is a dupe of one of two things: reinstall, or buy new hardware that is compatible. ;P

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Anwar

:)

Jorge Castro

and MergeList

jrg

and can't forget mergelist.

Anwar

2:51 PM

Just found that processing is a programming language

> One of the stated aims of Processing is to act as a tool to get non-programmers started with programming, through the instant gratification of visual feedback.