BeginnersTeam
This team is now deprecated. Official announcement about the team's closure can be found here. |
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Ubuntu Help and Support IRC Channel: #ubuntu-beginners on irc.freenode.net |
Community and Team IRC Channel: #ubuntu-beginners-team on irc.freenode.net |
Introduction
The Ubuntu Beginners Team exists to enhance the initial experience of new Ubuntu users and to guide existing Ubuntu users to become part of the global Ubuntu community. We have many Focus Groups involved in different parts of the community. You can find out more by using the header section at the top of this page. Feel free to poke around by reading our Mission Statement, checking out what our Focus Groups are up to, and learning about our team Structure.
If you are interested in contributing to the Beginners Team, see the Membership page. There you will find information on getting involved, finding us on IRC, and meeting the team.
IRC
Please read BeginnersTeam/IRC for channel guidelines.
BT Channels |
Purpose |
#ubuntu-beginners |
Support and Main channel, where the magic happens |
#ubuntu-beginners-council |
Leadership |
#ubuntu-beginners-dev |
Development |
#ubuntu-beginners-team |
The channel for team discussions and meetings etc. |
#ubuntu-beginners-launchpad |
Launchpad |
Focus Groups
Many members of the team contribute to the community in different ways. Focus Groups allow team members to direct their efforts in different areas of Ubuntu community. We also use Focus Groups to help keep the team organized and running smoothly.
Title |
IRC Channel |
Brief Description |
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#ubuntu-beginners-dev |
FLOSS/FOSS Programming and software development. |
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#ubuntu-learning |
Pass on your knowledge and experiences to other Ubuntu users. |
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#ubuntu-beginners |
Provide real time support for Ubuntu users on IRC. |
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#ubuntu-beginners-launchpad |
Contribute to Translations, bug triage and Help users on Launchpad Answers. |
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Help users become more aware of computer security, even in linux! |
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#ubuntu-beginners-wiki |
Contribute to the Ubuntu community wiki and other documentation. |
For Team Members
Meetings
The date of the next scheduled full team meeting, Focus Group meetings, and a record of previous meetings can be found on the Meetings page.
Topics for the next full team meeting can also be found on the Meetings Page. Feel free to add topics for discussion. Focus Groups should keep their agendas on their respective pages.
Current Happenings
Familiarize yourself with the new Team Structure.
Know why we are here, read the Mission Statement!
Team Avatar Theme for the forums.
- Get involved with Focus Groups! If you are a group leader, setup your next meeting soon, don't wait!
New members can introduce yourselves here.
- Raise awareness of the community docs on the forums by using links! See the following subsection for details:
bbcode
You can link easily make links to the help and team wikis using the forum's bbcode.
[uwiki]Title[/uwiki] => for https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ pages.
[uhelp]Title[/uhelp] => for https://help.ubuntu.com/ pages.
Note: drop the leading "https://wiki.ubuntu.com/" or "https://help.ubuntu.com/" from the title.
Examples:
- [uwiki]Uncomplicated_Firewall_ufw[/uwiki]
- [uhelp]8.04/internet/C/index.html[/uhelp]