Ask Ubuntu
Encyclopedia
Ask Ubuntu is a community driven Question and Answer website for the Ubuntu
operating system. It is part of the Stack Exchange Network, running the same software as Stack Overflow
.
Members gain reputation based on the community's response (through voting) to their questions and answers. Reputation signifies trust for users in the answers they give. Privileges are given based on reputation levels, with users with the highest reputation having similar privileges to moderators.
The site came out of Public Beta, launching alongside Ubuntu 10.10, on 10 October 2010.
Despite a Stack Exchange policy against fragmentation, after deliberation and a vote the Ubuntu site was allowed to continue alongside a separate 'Linux and Unix' site.
The site has received help from Canonical Ltd both in allowing use of their trademark, and in helping theme the site to follow the Ubuntu brand guidelines.
and "badges". For example, a person is awarded 10 reputation points for receiving an "up" vote on an answer given to a question and can receive badges for certain contributions. Users with 2,000 reputation points can edit questions and answers in a wiki
fashion. Some posts are designated "community wiki"; these have a much lower editing requirement.
The site has two small subsites: a "meta" where users ask and answer questions about the site itself, and a real time chat
.
Ubuntu (operating system)
Ubuntu is a computer operating system based on the Debian Linux distribution and distributed as free and open source software. It is named after the Southern African philosophy of Ubuntu...
operating system. It is part of the Stack Exchange Network, running the same software as Stack Overflow
Stack overflow
In software, a stack overflow occurs when too much memory is used on the call stack. The call stack contains a limited amount of memory, often determined at the start of the program. The size of the call stack depends on many factors, including the programming language, machine architecture,...
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Members gain reputation based on the community's response (through voting) to their questions and answers. Reputation signifies trust for users in the answers they give. Privileges are given based on reputation levels, with users with the highest reputation having similar privileges to moderators.
The site came out of Public Beta, launching alongside Ubuntu 10.10, on 10 October 2010.
History
Ask Ubuntu started life as a "Proposed Q&A site for ubuntu users and developers" on the Stack Exchange Area 51. With other internet users supporting the proposal through "commitment" Stack Exchange chose to launch the site in a beta form. The site came out of Public Beta, with the name Ask Ubuntu chosen by a community voting process, launching alongside Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat, in October 2010.Despite a Stack Exchange policy against fragmentation, after deliberation and a vote the Ubuntu site was allowed to continue alongside a separate 'Linux and Unix' site.
The site has received help from Canonical Ltd both in allowing use of their trademark, and in helping theme the site to follow the Ubuntu brand guidelines.
Format
The website allows users to ask and answer questions, with the ability to vote questions and answers up or down. Users of Ask Ubuntu can earn reputation pointsTrust metric
In psychology and sociology, a trust metric is a measurement of the degree to which one social actor trusts another social actor...
and "badges". For example, a person is awarded 10 reputation points for receiving an "up" vote on an answer given to a question and can receive badges for certain contributions. Users with 2,000 reputation points can edit questions and answers in a wiki
Wiki
A wiki is a website that allows the creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor. Wikis are typically powered by wiki software and are often used collaboratively by multiple users. Examples include...
fashion. Some posts are designated "community wiki"; these have a much lower editing requirement.
The site has two small subsites: a "meta" where users ask and answer questions about the site itself, and a real time chat
Online chat
Online chat may refer to any kind of communication over the Internet, that offers an instantaneous transmission of text-based messages from sender to receiver, hence the delay for visual access to the sent message shall not hamper the flow of communications in any of the directions...
.