Questions tagged [scope]
Use this tag when examining what is on-topic or off-topic, and why (i.e scope of the site).
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Consider a migration of two Stack Overflow questions about ethtool to Unix & Linux?
Yesterday while researching how to answer a Ask Ubuntu question related to network device offload, came across the following Stack Overflow questions: Where does the [fixed] in ethtool output come ...
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Are questions about other Linux communities and, for example distributors, on topic on U&L?
There have been a few times I've wondered about things which are not strictly related to Unix or Linux as software, but about the social and corporate eco system which supports it. One such example ...
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Best place for Ubuntu using WSL?
Where's the best place to ask questions about networking under Ubuntu using WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)? It seems like candidates are here, Super User, and Ask Ubuntu. The question relates to a ...
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Which programming languages are appropriate here?
This isn't a site for asking programming questions. It's well understood that pure programming questions should be moved to stackoverflow.com. There does seem to be an exception for bash, even where ...
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What is the Linux tag for?
When should the linux tag be used? Should it be added to any question when the OP is using Linux? Should it only be used when the question is about the Linux kernel or GNU/Linux operating systems? I'...
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Are 'bug report' kind of questions welcome to Unix & Linux?
I have been wondering if questions that have the character of a bug report or lets say questions about locating, fixing or working around bugs of certain packages in certain environments are welcome ...
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Are questions about how Linux handles specific hardware details on topic?
I'm not talking about generic hardware questions (e.g. how Linux names a disk device), I'm talking about the handling of very specific hardware details and interactions1. The main problem I see is ...
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Should software-rec tag be migrated to softwarerecs.SE?
Should software-rec questions be migrated en-masse to http://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/? That site was created because software recommendations were seen as too subjective and therefore not a ...
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