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Should we be redirecting users who need general Unix/Linux help to a different site?

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extremely similar questions - Is it normal/allowed

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aws-cli usage questions go…?

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Are questions about Linux/Unix system calls or APIs suitable here?

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modified Jan 4 at 8:33 muru 19.5k

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why can't I close my own questions?

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answered Jan 2 at 1:35 Scott 3,926

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How can I improve a question on history?

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answered Jan 1 at 23:12 G-Man 6,968

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To what extent are changes to posts of others OK? When does the meaning change?

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modified Dec 31 '16 at 19:22 mattdm 20.4k

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Why are sudo su and bash root script paths different? [migrated]

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asked Dec 28 '16 at 22:29 user3260912 22

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User wants me to upvote their question

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answered Dec 28 '16 at 12:45 terdon♦ 92.5k

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Question marked as duplicate but is a specific subcase of the duplicate

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asked Dec 27 '16 at 19:03 cherdt 145

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What to do with mediocre edits with “blah blah” edit message?

discussion suggested-edits review

modified Dec 26 '16 at 15:27 grochmal 3,357

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Referenced posts redirect back to the referencing question #241173 in its answers #241190 & #241180

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answered Dec 26 '16 at 15:04 muru 19.5k

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there should be a way to invite a one-to-one chat

discussion feature-request

asked Dec 23 '16 at 19:24 shirish 1,545

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What is the [cpu] tag intended use?

discussion tags tag-wiki

modified Dec 23 '16 at 17:20 Community♦ 1

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Where to ask questions with a historical element

discussion support migration

answered Dec 22 '16 at 10:21 terdon♦ 92.5k

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I need help on a Dovecot Virtual Mailboxes setup, should I be posting here on unix SE?

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answered Dec 22 '16 at 4:33 Michael Mrozek♦ 47k

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What should I do with minor edits made, where I must put much effort into getting it into usable state

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modified Dec 21 '16 at 1:26 Jeff Schaller 11.7k

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What should I do about duplicate answers?

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answered Dec 20 '16 at 13:13 Giacomo Catenazzi 1,505

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c++ and Linux go together - why are there no questions in this section?

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answered Dec 19 '16 at 19:00 terdon♦ 92.5k

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Double notfication on Yearling Badge. Is this a bug or am I missing something?

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modified Dec 16 '16 at 17:27 Oded♦ 101

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What to do with answers to off-topic questions?

discussion close-reasons vote-to-close

answered Dec 15 '16 at 10:59 terdon♦ 92.5k

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Are hats in fashion this year?

discussion winterbash-2016

modified Dec 13 '16 at 13:57 terdon♦ 92.5k

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Not getting reply to questions as earlier

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answered Dec 10 '16 at 19:04 Michael Mrozek♦ 47k

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What should I do about highly opinionated answers?

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answered Dec 8 '16 at 23:22 terdon♦ 92.5k

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Should the help center encourage people to “give it a try” for possibly off-topic posts?

discussion support

answered Dec 8 '16 at 9:01 terdon♦ 92.5k

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Migration to Stack Overflow locked but not actually migrated

bug specific-question migration

modified Dec 5 '16 at 1:14 Gilles 388k

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Quote the source of sources?

discussion attribution

answered Dec 5 '16 at 0:53 Gilles 388k

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Why strdup question was closed?

discussion specific-question

answered Dec 5 '16 at 0:40 Gilles 388k

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Why don't Stack Exchange sites use HTTPS redirection?

discussion ssl

answered Nov 28 '16 at 7:30 strugee 6,524

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Project Reduplication of Deduplication - Unix & Linux

discussion support duplicate exact-duplicates

answered Nov 22 '16 at 17:52 Dmitry Grigoryev 3,466

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“This question already has a lousy answer here”

discussion duplicate

modified Nov 22 '16 at 17:25 Dmitry Grigoryev 3,466

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Is this a FreeBSD Handbook deficiency?

discussion support

modified Nov 22 '16 at 3:47 Jeff Schaller 11.7k

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The tag 'windows-subsystem-for-linux' is too long; the maximum length is 25 characters

discussion tags

answered Nov 16 '16 at 8:47 JdeBP 12.1k

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Should questions about improving the performance of scripts be on topic?

discussion scope

answered Nov 15 '16 at 0:22 Jeff Schaller 11.7k

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Cygwin on-topic?

discussion scope

modified Nov 14 '16 at 22:20 Gilles 388k

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Problem with downvotes for legitimate question seemingly because it self-resolved

discussion support

answered Nov 12 '16 at 12:01 terdon♦ 92.5k

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Asking support status of Node.js for UNIX

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modified Nov 11 '16 at 14:48 Community♦ 1

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Make Link Colors Brighter and/or add Dotted Underline

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answered Nov 8 '16 at 1:49 Govind Rai 101

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“/ask question” in the site header should be changed to “/ ask question”

bug design

answered Nov 4 '16 at 15:46 Jeff Schaller 11.7k

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Why was this question closed?

discussion support

modified Nov 3 '16 at 0:06 Jeff Schaller 11.7k

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Linux questions down-voting or up-voting?

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modified Nov 1 '16 at 2:47 Braiam 17.7k

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Getting to know you: who are you and why do spend time on unix.se?

discussion fun

answered Oct 31 '16 at 12:18 Bahamut 761

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Do closed questions go to a virtual land-fill and can they be seen?

discussion closed-questions

modified Oct 26 '16 at 1:16 slm♦ 174k

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Closing unanswered questions for (now) outdated software

discussion questions

answered Oct 24 '16 at 11:05 terdon♦ 92.5k

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Should commonly posted duplicate homework questions be flagged (or filtered) as spam?

discussion question-quality flagging

asked Oct 22 '16 at 1:53 Wildcard 13.4k

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Flood of off-topic flags, is this the norm here?

discussion close-reasons flagging

answered Oct 13 '16 at 10:24 terdon♦ 92.5k

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Are step by step instructions about cross compiling to a linux distro on topic?

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answered Oct 9 '16 at 1:33 derobert 47.7k

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