What is the difference between "Ask Ubuntu" and this forum?

**tc101** · January 5th, 2013

**vasa1** · January 5th, 2013

Apart from the structure?

http://askubuntu.com/faq

**ibjsb4** · January 5th, 2013

To me, Ask Ubuntu is all business and focuses on the question at hand. This forum also gets results, but is friendlier with a tolerance to open chat.

**tgalati4** · January 5th, 2013

The forums have been around a long time.

**tc101** · January 6th, 2013

Thanks for the info

**tlhIngan** · January 6th, 2013

Originally Posted by ibjsb4

This forum also gets results, but is friendlier with a tolerance to open chat.

Are you kidding???
I've been here less than a week and I've had 3 treads closed already just for asking a simple question about a technical issue I was dealing with.

**zombifier25** · January 6th, 2013

Originally Posted by tlhIngan

Are you kidding???
I've been here less than a week and I've had 3 treads closed already just for asking a simple question about a technical issue I was dealing with.

1. To be fair, AskUbuntu also closes any questions that are off topic, a duplicate, not a "good" question, etc. threads that in general does not fit into the guidelines (I'm not hating AskUbuntu here, I agree with their rules)

2. I can't see any of your closed threads (or maybe they're deleted?) But anyway, if your threads are closed, then they're closed for valid reasons depicted at the Code of Conduct. We play by the rules here. If you have a problem with the moderators and want to resolve it, create a thread at Resolution Center.

**ibjsb4** · January 6th, 2013

Originally Posted by tlhIngan

Are you kidding???
I've been here less than a week and I've had 3 treads closed already just for asking a simple question about a technical issue I was dealing with.

I doubt that

**mips** · January 6th, 2013

Originally Posted by tlhIngan

I've been here less than a week and I've had 3 treads closed already just for asking a simple question about a technical issue I was dealing with.

If that is true then I suspect you are the problem.

**Peripheral Visionary** · January 6th, 2013

I've never even been to AskUbuntu. And my experience with Xubuntu on this old hand-me-down Dell has been so trouble-free that I haven't had to deal with any big issues, so I haven't really learned how to help others much.

The one who introduced me to Linux/Ubuntu sent me here rather than to the other forum, maybe because AU is "all business, strictly business" and UF has a Cafe and Games and stuff like that.