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Look at the FAQ and at ontopic Meta posts for more details, but the following rule of thumb works pretty well for this site's topic: If it's about unix (any variant), and it's not exclusively of inte …

I'd really like this on the offline page: (By apswartz, from the Unix gallery on flickr) Why I like it: the slightly fuzzy look (as if there was maintenance going on); the unix theme (/dev/null); …

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There is a protection in place that silently rejects suggested edits that completely rewrite a post. However it only triggers on posts that are sufficiently long, because the detection of “completely …

The word which is in quotes in the title: . I think there's some oddity (quite possibly a bug) where the indexer stores "which" (including the quotes) but the search query parser strips punctuation an …

bash-script is a synonym of the more general tag shell-script: you can use bash-script as a tag name, but it's automatically rewritten to shell-script. If you enter both, you'll only end up with shell …

Yes, there can be multiple accounts with the same name. You can choose any name you want as long as: it isn't offensive (e.g. stuffing insults into your user name will cause moderators to forcibly …

Your question is on-topic here, there's no doubt about it. It would also be on-topic on Ask Ubuntu and on Super User. Your question requires knowledge about a specific piece of hardware, and it's alw …

You can get syntax coloring for scripts by starting the code block with something like ```lang-sh. There's no syntax coloring that would detect prompts in a terminal session, and it would be difficult …

Super User and Server Fault are fine for questions about configuring software to support a protocol, but questions about the protocol itself are usually off-topic. … Stack Overflow is fine for questions about writing software to support a protocol, but questions about the protocol itself are usually off-topic. …

Social interaction sites have ignore lists. Stack Exchange is not a social interaction site. There is no ignore list on Wikipedia. There is no ignore list on Stack Exchange either. If somebody is not …

Include a smaller image in your post and link to the larger image. With images uploaded to Stack Exchange's imgur server (as they should), you can add s or m to get a smaller image. [![](https://i.s …

Since you don't have enough reputation to vote to close, you've probably flagged to close. You can see a history of your flags in your profile, linked next to your avatar below your email address, dat …

Why change the URL to “nix”? It means the same thing as “unix”, only it's less clear. Your reason is not obvious at all. I assume it's to avoid the name “unix”. We don't officially endorse or discour …

You get a reputation bonus for editing only when your edit is reviewed by other uses and approved. You don't get a reputation bonus when your edit is immediately taken into account with no one reviewi …