Get Involved with Ubuntu!

Introduction

So you want to get involved but don't know how or where to start? At the outset, we are a community driven adventure which means our software, artwork, testing and development, marketing, documentation and other aspects of Ubuntu have been created, tested, used and discussed openly by people around the world participating in the Free (as in speech) community driven via the Internet. Anyone using Ubuntu is part of this global community.

You are welcome to help shape and improve Ubuntu to meet your needs by using Ubuntu in your everyday life and recommending it to others, helping other users, translating programs or documents to your native language, or testing the software and reporting bugs, creating artwork or writing documentation, fixing software bugs, creating new software or keeping others' software up to date. Some of the following tasks would be under the specialist groups in Ubuntu (Ubuntu-devel, Documentation, Translation teams, ...) and your work will finally converge with the main Ubuntu ecosystem.

If you are stuck on figuring out how to get involved with Ubuntu, the "What People Are Doing" page contains stories of how our members got involved with Ubuntu.

One of the the best ideas is to join your LoCo on LaunchPad and subscribe to their mailing-list. Once subscribed makes sure you that introduce yourself and explain what skills you have, hopefully someone can help you there.

You can do also with us:

Join Us

No effort is too small and whatever you bring to this community will be appreciated. So read on to find out how you can make a difference in Ubuntu-Women.

Here is a list of how you can get involved with us:

Add your name to the Ubuntu-Women Team on Launchpad and create your profile and send a message to the list (see next item below about the mailing list) so we can get to know you better.
Subscribe to the Ubuntu-Women mailing list to ask questions and discuss anything relevant to Ubuntu or chat with us via IRC in the #ubuntu-women and #ubuntu-women-project channels on irc.ubuntu.com
Use our Wiki to suggest your new idea for the project. There are many people who can help, guide and point out resources to accomplish it.
- A note on using the Wiki editing system: There is a guide in the Ubuntu Women Wiki. You may need to read HelpForUsers for what you need or HelpOnEditing, if you need help on just editing. See FAQ for more infomation.
Women already involved in the Ubuntu community can aggregate their blogs to Planet Ubuntu-Women by mailing the list or by writing to: Elizabeth Krumbach at lyz@ubuntu.com with a short self-introduction.