Ubuntu wiki history
The original Ubuntu wiki was born in 2004, the same year that Warty Warthog was released. Over the course of 20+ years, it was built by the combined efforts of many contributors.
Over time, a second Ubuntu community wiki emerged and the two wikis co-existed for several years. Both will be decommissioned in 2026, to be replaced by the wiki that you are reading right now.
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A public archive of both of the older Ubuntu wikis is available in the wiki archives GitHub repo. You can search for an archived page using this archives viewer
A public archive of both of the older Ubuntu wikis is available in the wiki archives GitHub repo. You can search for an archived page using this archives viewer
The original wikis were developed using the Moin moin wiki platform. In 2025, Canonical made the decision to move to the MediaWiki platform.
Canonical hosts the wiki on its infrastructure and the wiki is maintained by the Ubuntu community.