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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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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Non Standard CLI tools - A ruby tool question
An earlier related question on meta. This question was asked and ultimately answered on SO. This tool is is probably mostly used by Ruby programmers to test on multiple versions, and maybe slightly ...
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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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make - ontopic or SO
I know make has long been a unix tool, but me thinks it's too close to programming (at least anything beyond how do I build software X). This question prompted this, I think it should be closed... ...
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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?
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Where to draw the Line on servers
Where do we draw the line on server questions? I personally think that questions about Apache, Postfix, Postgres, OpenLDAP, etc ought to be offtopic and sent to SF. I even think this question should ...
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Are questions about software packages on topic?
Is it on topic to ask questions of the form "What program does allow me to do X"? Or more generally, is it on topic to ask questions about recommendations for certain programs? I fear that these ...
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colinux related queries are off the topic?
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"colinux related queries are off the topic?"
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OpenGL question - offtopic?
This question on where to start learning opengl was asked. I don't feel that there's any way that this could possibly be ontopic here. I realize that *nix systems use OpenGL instead of DirectX, but ...
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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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Mac OS X: What's on topic?
Mac OS X is one of the few systems officially certified as being UNIX. On the other hand, it has a great deal of its own software, including its GUI and some admin tools, that really don't behave ...
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Is Embedded Unix/Linux on topic?
Linux in particular is used in a whole lot of embedded applications. What parts of those would be on topic here?
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Are questions about CPAN ok?
I mean like if I wanted to ask 'how do I install a module with cpanp' would that be ok? obviously questions about how do I write a cpan module are offtopic and better relegated to SO.
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Are questions about firewalls on or off topic?
Is the intent of this site to stick to a core Unix functionality and not go into topics like firewalls? It seems like there is some cross-over with serverfault.com when you start getting into some ...
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