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## [What is the point of limiting new users to three replies per topic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-point-of-limiting-new-users-to-three-replies-per-topic/11696)

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**Author:** [@zeynel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zeynel)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2014, 10:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-point-of-limiting-new-users-to-three-replies-per-topic/11696 "2014-05-03T22:44:50Z")

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I am trying to install Discourse and I ran into a problem and I asked a question in the forum and \[trident\] is trying to help but I cannot reply to his questions!! What is the point of this? How am I supposed to reply to…

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## [Getting email notifications for my own posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-email-notifications-for-my-own-posts/12922)

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**Author:** [@uppfinnarn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/uppfinnarn)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2014, 6:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-email-notifications-for-my-own-posts/12922 "2014-05-01T06:00:13Z")

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I have checked Receive an email every time a post is made on the forum, but I did not expect it to be literal enough to email me about my own posts. Is this intended behavior, or a bug? I personally think it’s rather us…

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## [Roadmap for styling email digest](https://meta.discourse.org/t/roadmap-for-styling-email-digest/15150)

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**Author:** [@amitfrid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/amitfrid)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2014, 3:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/roadmap-for-styling-email-digest/15150 "2014-04-30T15:55:23Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Styling email digest: Hey, In a more general way, I would really appreciate any roadmap for email styling. Since html emails don’t support css there isn’t any option to style them. My fi…

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## [Reset read state on groups of topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reset-read-state-on-groups-of-topics/15186)

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**Author:** [@adopilot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adopilot)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2014, 7:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reset-read-state-on-groups-of-topics/15186 "2014-04-30T19:21:55Z")

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How hard will be to add feature to users to mark reads by bluk actions. It will be nice if We cluod bulk “READ” topics. My users want to have clear NEW lists

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## [Use one Fastmail account to serve multiple Discourse instances](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-one-fastmail-account-to-serve-multiple-discourse-instances/15178)

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**Author:** [@Sander78](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sander78)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2014, 8:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-one-fastmail-account-to-serve-multiple-discourse-instances/15178 "2014-04-30T08:07:11Z")

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Discourse uses POP to extract mails from your mailbox and then deletes them. Any mail not recognized will be dropped. This could be a problem if you - for whatever reason - have only one mailbox to spare and want differe…

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## [Last IP vs. Registration and Posting IP](https://meta.discourse.org/t/last-ip-vs-registration-and-posting-ip/14884)

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**Author:** [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2014, 1:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/last-ip-vs-registration-and-posting-ip/14884 "2014-04-30T01:48:38Z")

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Continuing the discussion from What about the spam problem?: I have reservations about outright blocking by IP. But … Even though the number of IPs that can be abused is effectively infinite. I have found it extremely …

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## [Autocomplete="off" disables Safari password manager](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autocomplete-off-disables-safari-password-manager/14472)

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**Author:** [@larry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/larry)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2014, 7:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autocomplete-off-disables-safari-password-manager/14472 "2014-04-29T19:13:31Z")

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The username and password input fields on Discourse have the autocomplete="off" attribute which disables Safari’s password manager (aka iCloud Keychain). Lastpass seems to ignore this attribute. Details: http://www.app…

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## [People with experience, Bitnami vs Communiteq? :S](https://meta.discourse.org/t/people-with-experience-bitnami-vs-communiteq-s/15156)

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**Author:** [@CleverMoniker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CleverMoniker)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/people-with-experience-bitnami-vs-communiteq-s/15156 "2014-04-29T18:44:09Z")

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Okay, so I’ve pretty much settled on using Discourse for a planned forum I intend on making. I have friends who will be joining and hopefully, within a few years, be a fairly strong community. Here’s the thing, I don’t …

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## [Pushing preferences to the Hub](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pushing-preferences-to-the-hub/15081)

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**Author:** [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2014, 3:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pushing-preferences-to-the-hub/15081 "2014-04-29T15:17:19Z")

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There are a few security/design problems with getting your preferences to the Discourse Hub. You can’t have the server make the request, because pushing should only happen at the request of the user. Using a GET redirect…

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## [A 1-year gratis one-click hosted solution for Discourse!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-1-year-gratis-one-click-hosted-solution-for-discourse/15071)

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**Author:** [@reaon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/reaon)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 27, 2014, 4:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-1-year-gratis-one-click-hosted-solution-for-discourse/15071 "2014-04-27T16:43:39Z")

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Register here: Free Cloud Computing Services - AWS Free Tier which gives you one year free service Register here: Discourse(R) packaged by Bitnami

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## [Specific customization for each category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/specific-customization-for-each-category/11992)

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**Author:** [@nXqd](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nXqd)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/specific-customization-for-each-category/11992 "2014-04-26T14:32:44Z")

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I think it’s a good idea that we can assign a class for a body based on category name or something like that. In that way, we can customize each category to have a difference styling. I know not everyone needs this, but…

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## [Additional emotions apart from like](https://meta.discourse.org/t/additional-emotions-apart-from-like/15064)

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**Author:** [@Juffin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Juffin)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2024, 8:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/additional-emotions-apart-from-like/15064 "2024-04-20T08:48:02Z")

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Just a wild idea, will it be possible to duplicate like \<3 functionality and add it as for example dislike for posts?

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## [Track email queue ID](https://meta.discourse.org/t/track-email-queue-id/15059)

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**Author:** [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2014, 2:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/track-email-queue-id/15059 "2014-04-25T14:29:34Z")

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For any email we deliver (Admin / Email / Sent) we should log the queue ID. For example: 250 2.0.0 OK 1398407462 tv5si4104952pbc.459 - gsmtp This would make it possible to track down sent email if there’s a problem.

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## [Issues with Discourse.org homepage](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-with-discourse-org-homepage/12511)

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**Author:** [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2014, 1:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-with-discourse-org-homepage/12511 "2014-04-25T13:40:30Z")

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I don’t have the “Raleway” font, so it’s falling back to Arial, which makes a few things look weird. Can you pick a batter 2nd font? What is Discourse? | Discourse - Civilized Discussion The first paragraph seems to be…

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## [Ubuntu indicator to monitor your activity on a Discourse forum?!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ubuntu-indicator-to-monitor-your-activity-on-a-discourse-forum/15020)

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**Author:** [@diff](https://meta.discourse.org/u/diff)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ubuntu-indicator-to-monitor-your-activity-on-a-discourse-forum/15020 "2014-04-23T18:02:19Z")

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I was scrolling this page, and one of indicators attracted me. This one: StackApplet is a GNOME panel applet that monitors your activity on any StackExchange site. To install it, use this ppa. The first time the ap…

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## [Privacy settings on the user's profile page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/privacy-settings-on-the-users-profile-page/14960)

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**Author:** [@diff](https://meta.discourse.org/u/diff)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2014, 2:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/privacy-settings-on-the-users-profile-page/14960 "2014-04-23T14:23:48Z")

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As an example, here’s Quora privacy features:

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## [Authorise users agains DNN site (Dot Net Nuke as OpenID provider)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/authorise-users-agains-dnn-site-dot-net-nuke-as-openid-provider/10096)

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**Author:** [@adopilot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adopilot)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/authorise-users-agains-dnn-site-dot-net-nuke-as-openid-provider/10096 "2014-04-22T17:00:22Z")

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DotNetNuke is one of most common CMS in microsoft ecosystem I love DNN and I also love Discourse. My users resident ad DNN cms and I am using theri cerdinals for sending it to other apps. Ill love to make simbiose so …

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## [Category for translations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-for-translations/13450)

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**Author:** [@probus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/probus)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-for-translations/13450 "2014-04-21T17:19:37Z")

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I think there should be a category here for topics related to translations.

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## [Thank you - Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/thank-you-discourse/11170)

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**Author:** [@Heisenberg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heisenberg)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2014, 11:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/thank-you-discourse/11170 "2014-04-18T23:59:12Z")

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Just wanted to come back and say what a great product Discourse is! This really is a beautifully crafted discussion platform and incredibly well thought out, credit to the whole team. We’ve been using Discourse now for o…

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## [Patching Heartbleed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/patching-heartbleed/14711)

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**Author:** [@PabloC](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PabloC)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2014, 4:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/patching-heartbleed/14711 "2014-04-18T04:32:19Z")

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Hi gents, one question. What’s the best way to patch Heartbleed bug on a Ubuntu Server 13.10 installation without Docker? Any recommended approach? Tks!

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## [No need for 'latest' column when updated to latest version](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-need-for-latest-column-when-updated-to-latest-version/14833)

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**Author:** [@Sander78](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sander78)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2014, 9:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-need-for-latest-column-when-updated-to-latest-version/14833 "2014-04-17T21:36:46Z")

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I just updated to the latest version, which means - I guess by design - that only the current version number is shown and not the recent one, since it’s the same. Then why show the latest column header? Dutch version, …

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## [Impersonate shouldn't clear notifications](https://meta.discourse.org/t/impersonate-shouldnt-clear-notifications/14808)

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**Author:** [@brett\_zink](https://meta.discourse.org/u/brett_zink)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2014, 7:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/impersonate-shouldnt-clear-notifications/14808 "2014-04-16T19:09:50Z")

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I don’t think any activity should be tracked when impersonating. If I click the notifications button it should not clear the notification count. If I read a new topic it should still be unread for the actual user. Curre…

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## [Allow TL4 users to see mod flags?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-tl4-users-to-see-mod-flags/14784)

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**Author:** [@Sapid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sapid)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-tl4-users-to-see-mod-flags/14784 "2014-04-16T01:06:18Z")

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TL4 users are granted moderator powers, minus the ability to approve users and to see moderator flags. The former makes sense to me, but the latter seems like it would help them contribute to the chore of moderating a co…

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## [Show what action was taken and by who for Flags](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-what-action-was-taken-and-by-who-for-flags/14679)

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**Author:** [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2014, 11:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-what-action-was-taken-and-by-who-for-flags/14679 "2014-04-12T11:35:16Z")

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Okay, another thing I am not seeing, or haven’t figured out how to see it, is to tell who performed an action on a flag (if any was taken). Example: UserA flags UserB’s post as inappropriate, ModA sees the flag, and hid…

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## [Never downloading from certain domains](https://meta.discourse.org/t/never-downloading-from-certain-domains/14705)

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**Author:** [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2014, 10:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/never-downloading-from-certain-domains/14705 "2014-04-11T22:39:51Z")

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Continuing the discussion from How are local copies of remote images made?: I knocked this out in an hour or two and created a PR: https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/2260

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## [Is it possible to use Discourse as a "commenting system"?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-use-discourse-as-a-commenting-system/12627)

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**Author:** [@pablox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pablox)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-use-discourse-as-a-commenting-system/12627 "2014-02-20T19:57:32Z")

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I actually searched the forums and found a couple of threads referring to this, but more of them are older than 6 months ago, and since discourse it’s still in development, I thought there could be different now. When I…

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## [Category for different language?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-for-different-language/14669)

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**Author:** [@fantasticfears](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fantasticfears)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2014, 5:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-for-different-language/14669 "2014-04-11T05:53:24Z")

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A separated category for different language maybe helpful when someone wants to get some knowledge in their language or ask for help. And I think we definitely need translation for how-to.

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## [Markup bypasses lower character limit](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markup-bypasses-lower-character-limit/14541)

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**Author:** [@Mikulas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mikulas)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2014, 2:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markup-bypasses-lower-character-limit/14541 "2014-04-08T14:18:00Z")

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Both title and body can be artificially extended by appending \<div\>\</div\>. Character entropy is still enforced properly though, after the markup has been removed from title. This might be seens as a power user feature a…

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## [What category should plugin support be in?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-category-should-plugin-support-be-in/14110)

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**Author:** [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2014, 1:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-category-should-plugin-support-be-in/14110 "2014-04-08T13:52:39Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Adsense plugin creates div and content, but nothing shows up: This topic is in extensibility, but it’s clearly a support request. Except it’s a support request for a plugin, so it’s a lit…

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## [Docker bootstrap failing with exit 137](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-bootstrap-failing-with-exit-137/14457)

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**Author:** [@ankur](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ankur)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-bootstrap-failing-with-exit-137/14457 "2014-04-04T16:12:26Z")

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Hello, I’ve been trying to install Discourse inside an Ubuntu Precise VM (running on VirtualBox) using these instructions. The process fails while running ./launcher bootstrap app with the following output: /pups/lib/p…

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