Dear members
I would like to ask what is the difference between
and
Please could you elaborate a bit?
Many thanks
Best wishes
9skyblue9
Two different sites using two different pieces of software. Both are meant to provide support, but this site is meant to act as a more general forum, so there are all sorts of other conversations going on unrelated to support.
Also: AskUbuntu is an unofficial place to get support, so I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it in general.
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I’ll provide my view, as I use both sites (my askubu profile).
Ask Ubuntu is a Stack Exchange site (not a Ubuntu site), with Stack Exchange offering numerous Question and Answer sites; the AskUbuntu site is a site offering support for Ubuntu products/releases in standard support, with help provided by Stack Exchange users, plus some Ubuntu users who use the site as well. Ask Ubuntu is not a Forum, but Q&A.
Ubuntu Discourse (here) is a Ubuntu site; and is used by many different groups, originally not providing any support (that was offered at Ubuntu Forums), but now does allow support questions. Support is only a small part of what Ubuntu Discourse actually does. Ubuntu Discourse is also a Forum, and not a Q&A site, covering far more than the limited Q&A offered by AskUbuntu.
FYI: You may not see a difference between Q&A & Forums (as both are useful for support), but they do differ in approaches. Simply, on a Q&A site, you outline your single problem (question) and people write fixes (answers). Opinions & broad questions are off-topic on Q&A sites. If you do have a broad/complex question, you need to break it down into simple components, and then ask multiple questions on Q&A sites to fit within the rules. The Q&A rules aim in creating a database of simple problems & answers easy to be read later, being a benefit of Q&A format.
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Ubuntu Discourse is the primary home of the active Ubuntu Community, with areas for developer collaboration, Ubuntu’s documentation, team discussion, community governance, Canonical-owned projects, and community volunteer support.
The site is owned by Canonical Ltd for the benefit of the Ubuntu Project, administered by the Canonical Community Team, and moderated by community volunteers.
AskUbuntu specializes in community volunteer support using a question/answer format with scoring intended to highlight the best questions and answers. The site is owned and administered by StackExchange, and moderated by community volunteers.
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Many thanks to all of you for providing answers, now I understand it very well.