Join the Ubuntu Studio Team!

We need people of all skill levels!

Want to contribute to Ubuntu Studio, the most used widely multimedia orientated linux distro in the world? We need people in all our areas and with all kinds of skills.

You don't need to have any particular skills to join us. All you need is a friendly attitude.

Here's what you do..

All contributors

• Subscribe to the Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list.

• If you like, drop into #ubuntustudio-devel at irc.freenode.net and say hi. Read more about our IRC chat channels at help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/IRC

Developing and testing Ubuntu Studio

To help out with testing you will need to:

• Create a launchpad account

• Install a development release of Ubuntu Studio

To do packaging and application development, you will additionally need to:

• Set up your developer environment

And that's it! You're all ready to start working!

Non-code contributions

There are many ways you can contribute to Ubuntu Studio which don't require you to be a developer or get involved with testing releases.

Some examples include:

• Helping write and improve documentation
• Editing and developing the wiki
• Supporting people on the forums
• Creating artwork and visuals
• Writing articles for the blog
• Managing social media
• Writing our newsletter

To get started, please join the IRC channel above, and let us know how you'd like to contribute. We'll get you paired up with the right people and started on some tasks!

Learn about the organization

• UbuntuStudio/Organization - main page for organization

• Policy - the policies we adhere to as developers

• Blueprints - how we organize tasks

• Team structure - we use launchpad teams to manage privileges for members of the team

For reference on the field that may interest you, see (some of these pages are less than complete):

• UbuntuStudio/Organization

• UbuntuStudio/Development

• UbuntuStudio/Testing

• UbuntuStudio/Documentation

• UbuntuStudio/Artwork

• UbuntuStudio/PublicRelations

Lastly, don't worry if it seems much. We'll help you get on track.

FAQ

Do I need to be a coder?

No, not at all. Most of the tasks we do require no special knowledge. And, what you don't know today, we can help you learn. So, really, don't hesitate to get involved if you want to contribute. We want people of all skill levels!

Is Ubuntu Studio a volunteer project?

Yes. Ubuntu Studio developers are all volunteers, so none of us are getting paid for what we do. We do this on our free time.

Where can I find more about Ubuntu Studio?

For a detailed description of what Ubuntu Studio is, and how we work at developing it, read What is Ubuntu Studio?