Linked Questions
13 questions linked to/from Offtopic - A Stance - Programming / Servers / Cross Platform Applications
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Are questions about vi, vim, and other clones on-topic here?
$a = trueOrFalse("are they on-topic?")
$b = trueOrFalse("is this the best site for these questions?")
if (!$a || !$b)
{
pleasePrintBestSiteFor("questions about vi and clones")
}
*it just made more ...
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Is it On or Off Topic When Unix/Linux is Only Ancillary to the Question?
This is not necessarily a "specific question" discussion. It's just an example to raise the issue. I'm looking at this question: Good introduction to SubVersion for unexperienced users?
This is a ...
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Are Skype questions off topic?
FAQ states:
If your question is about:
Using or administering a *nix desktop or server
The Unix foundation underlying MacOS (but generally not frontend application questions)
The ...
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Are android questions on topic?
As I read Android wikipedia page all I found is that:
It is Linux kernel(who would suspect ;) )
"nor does it support the full set of standard GNU libraries" without mentioning if it is POSIX ...
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Using Linux tools on Windows? [duplicate]
I've always been a Windows user, but I know the OS isn't perfect. To help make it a little better I use GOW, a collection of linux tools ported to Windows. ls, cat, which, wc, and 100+ other utilities ...
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What is the relationship between Linux/Unix SE and Ubuntu SE
If both this SE and the Ubuntu SE make it out of beta, it might be a good idea to have some guidelines for when questions should be directed to the Ubuntu SE.
Personally, I can't think of an "...
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Are questions specific to a particular OS on topic?
Ok so I realize that this question has been asked a lot... or at least has been asked a lot with respect to Mac Os and Ubuntu. But I haven't been able to really figure out what the correct answer is ...
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Is it ok to ask bash language questions?
I find myself asking more and more questions that might overlap with SO.
Where should I ask bash questions that focus more on the bash language than they do on unix? Here or on SO?
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Shell scripting on-topic?
There was a question raised about whether How does “top” command show live results? belongs here, or if questions about shell scripting should fall under the domain of programming and stay on SO. I'm ...
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Are web hosting control panels on-topic?
There's a discussion over on ServerFault Meta about how to handle questions about web hosting control panels, such as e.g. webmin, cpanel and their ilk.
The consensus is that at least 99% of those ...
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Precedence on System Administration questions?
Do we have a precedence on questions that are based more on servers than unix? P.S. I'm specifically thinking that I might want to migrate this question to serverfault
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Applications are off topic for MacOS but ontopic for UNIX
Considering the What topics can I ask about here? page.
If I'm using MacOS I cannot ask about front-end applications ("The Unix foundation underlying MacOS (but generally not frontend ...
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Is there a way to ask this that is not off-topic?
Quick background: I recently posted a question on the Web Apps site, How can I remove Skype from Outlook.com. It concerns being unable to access email on Outlook.com because of a popup from Microsoft ...
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