Welcome to the Ubuntu Team Wiki, a place for the Ubuntu community to discuss ideas and store team-related information.

You can edit almost all of the pages on this site. For more information on editing, see Help on Editing. Please observe the Ubuntu Code of Conduct at all times.

Resources

• How to Get Help - Get help with Ubuntu

• Weekly News - Weekly news from the Ubuntu community.

• Engineer Certification - Get involved in Ubuntu's new project aimed at creating the Ubuntu Engineer certification.

Software Developers

The software development teams work on the full range software which goes into Ubuntu. Whether its patching bugs or developing entirely new applications, one of the dev teams will be able to help.

• Documentation for developers can be found at Ubuntu Development

• The Desktop Team handles all of the packages which go into the Ubuntu desktop installation

• The Installer Team looks after the Ubuntu installer

• The Kernel Team is tasked with maintaining the Linux kernel in Ubuntu

• The Server Team is working to make Ubuntu the best Linux server platform on the planet

• The Embedded Team is working on making Ubuntu suitable for embedded hardware devices

• The Kubuntu, Edubuntu and Xubuntu projects all have their own development teams

Quality Assurance and Packaging

The quality assurance teams are tasked with organising and prioritising the hundreds of bugs which get reported against Ubuntu packages each week. The packaging teams are here to get new packages into Ubuntu and update older ones.

• The Bug Squad heroically handles the stream of bugs reported by Ubuntu users

• MOTU (the Ubuntu Universe packaging team) packages and maintains Ubuntu's massive collection of community-supported software packages

• The Ubuntu Studio packaging team packages multimedia applications for the Ubuntu Studio project

• The Laptop Testing Team checks the hardware compatibility of Ubuntu with laptops

Marketing and Advocacy

The marketing and advocacy teams are here to spread the word about Ubuntu. From organising promotional events to preparing presentation materials, they are here to get Ubuntu noticed.

• Promotional material for Ubuntu is available from the Presentations page

• The Marketing Team directs the marketing and promotion of Ubuntu

• Ubuntu Love aims to get you involved with the Ubuntu project

Support and Documentation

The support and documentation teams aim to help users get to grips with Ubuntu. Whether it's writing system documentation or helping out on IRC support chat, the support and documentation teams are there to help you get the most out of Ubuntu.

• The Documentation Team writes and maintains the core documentation for Ubuntu, including the system documentation and the help wiki

Accessibility

• The Accessibility Team is here to help improve the accessibility technologies available with Ubuntu.

Artwork

• The Ubuntu Artwork Team works on artwork and graphics for many different parts of the Ubuntu project.

Localisation and International Users

• A map of Ubuntu Users throughout the world is available at Ubuntu Worldwide

• List of LoCo Teams

• The Translation Team co-ordinates the translation of Ubuntu into many languages

Community

• Ubuntu Community - Where the community comes together. Lists Local Community Teams, Ubuntu Development teams, and other teams, to find out how to get involved in the Ubuntu Community and spread the Ubuntu love!

• Among many other things in these pages you can find:

  • How to Participate - Help the Ubuntu Community!

  • New Member Process - Become an Ubuntu member!

Community Councils and Boards

• Ubuntu Technical Board meets twice a month, see its next Technical Board Agenda

• Ubuntu Community Council meets twice a month, see its next Community Council Agenda

• Forum Council meets monthly, see its next Forum Council Agenda

Events

The Ubuntu community participates in many events each year, from planning and team meetings to major industry conferences and shows.

• Ubuntu Calendar of Events on the Fridge - lists team meetings.

• 2007 Ubuntu events

  • UES-Sevilla May 3-4, 2007 in Sevilla, Spain

  • Ubucon Sevilla May 5, 2007 in Sevilla, Spain

  • UDS-Sevilla May 6-11, 2007 in Sevilla, Spain

• List of past events from 2004-2006

• Conference Appearances, and Important Events at which Ubuntu should be represented.

  • See Ubuntu at Conferences for information on how to help.

Releases

• Release	Version	Release Date	Support Date
  Feisty Fawn	Version 7.04	Released April 19, 2007	Supported until October 2008
  Edgy Eft	Version 6.10	Released October 26, 2006	Supported until April 2008
  Dapper Drake	Version 6.06	Released June 1, 2006	Supported until June 2009
  Breezy Badger	Version 5.10	Released October 13, 2005	Unsupported as of April 2007
  Hoary Hedgehog	Version 5.04	Released April 8, 2005	Unsupported as of October 2006
  Warty Warthog	Version 4.10	Released October 20, 2004	Unsupported as of April 2006

For more information, please see Releases.