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The page is designed to show each of the current teams in the Ubuntu project. If your team is not listed here, please go and add it.
Mozilla Team are the guys and gals that deal with Mozilla software in Ubuntu
Foundations Team cares for a variety of critical components needed for building and running the Ubuntu platform
Accessibility
Team Name
Responsibility
Leader(s)
Reporter*
Approved (Yes/No)
Date Approved
Improve the accessibility technology and support available with Ubuntu and provide outreach
Pendulum, TheMuso
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Yes
2005
Artwork
Team Name
Responsibility
Leader(s)
Reporter*
Approved?
Date Approved
Work on artwork and graphics for many different parts of the Ubuntu project.
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Community
Team Name
Responsibility
Leader(s)
Reporter*
Approved?
Date Approved
Planet Ubuntu is a series of RSS feeds which offers a window into the world, work and lives of Ubuntu developers and contributors.
Increase the number of women within Ubuntu through several projects
Elizabeth Krumbach, Jessica Ledbetter, Cheri Francis
Yes
January2006
Distributions
Team Name
Responsibility
Leader(s)
Reporter*
Approved?
Date Approved
Provide a system targeted towards schools and other education environments
Provide the KDE desktop and software to integrate KDE with Ubuntu
We don't need your approval
mists of time
To develop and promote the Xfce desktop on Ubuntu, striving for an elegant and easy-to-use OS, that is also light and accessible.
Yes
June 2006
Create a full featured Media Center solution in the Ubuntu spirit
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Yes
15 May 2007
To provide a installable disk for multimedia production machines and better maintain those apps in Ubuntu.
Scott Lavender, Eric Hedekar, Luke Yelavich
No
n/a
Provide an easy to setup and use media center distribution based on MythTV and Mythbuntu
Yes
May 29, 2007
Hardware
Team Name
Responsibility
Leader(s)
Reporter*
Approved?
Date Approved
Building the most secure and stable version of Linux for servers
Robbie Williamson
YES
2005
Handles all of the packages which go into the Ubuntu desktop installation
Jason Warner
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Checks the hardware compatibility of Ubuntu with laptops
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.
Team Name
Responsibility
Leader(s)
Reporter*
Approved?
Date Approved
focused on advertising and sharing the love of Ubuntu with others through various mediums
Cassidy James Keimpe de Jong Lyndon Matt Griffin Barry Drake
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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.
Team Name
Responsibility
Leader(s)
Reporter*
Approved?
Date Approved
The Ubuntu QA team is focused on developing tools, policies, and practices for ensuring Ubuntu's quality as a distribution as well as providing general advice, oversight, and leadership of QA activities within the Ubuntu project.
Pete Graner
Ubuntu Universe packaging team
Make Ubuntu's Universe better and better and more attractive; be the optimal starting point for new UbuntuDevelopers
Software Developers
The software development teams work on the full range of software which goes into Ubuntu. Whether it's patching bugs or developing entirely new applications, one of the development teams will be able to help. Documentation for developers can be found at Ubuntu Development
Team Name
Responsibility
Leader(s)
Reporter*
Approved?
Date Approved
Working on making Ubuntu suitable for embedded hardware devices
Responsible for delivering the core Ubuntu system, which is common to the whole Ubuntu family of products and services, i.e. plumbing
Yes
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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.
Team Name
Responsibility
Leader(s)
Reporter*
Approved?
Date Approved
Writes and maintains the core documentation for Ubuntu, including the system documentation and the help wiki
Writes and maintains the Ubuntu Manual, a beginner/user guide for Ubuntu.
Group of active wiki contributors working as a team to get things done quicker without redundancy
Help get Ubuntu users started, contributing to the community.
Training
Team Name
Responsibility
Leader(s)
Reporter*
Approved?
Date Approved
Produce free course materials and support for Ubuntu Training Certifications.
This team created a version of Ubuntu with a commitment to use only Free Software. It was merged to mainline (K/Ed/..)Ubuntu in 8.04, press F6 in the boot menu and select Free software only. The work continues by improving Ubuntu as a whole.
Localisation and International Users
LoCo teams should not list their teams here. LoCo teams can be found on the LoCo Teams Directory.
A map of Ubuntu Users throughout the world is available at Ubuntu Worldwide
The Translation Team co-ordinates the translation of Ubuntu into many languages
Other
If you are interested to get to know other Ubuntu users or see a list of Ubuntu teams outside the general Ubuntu world, check out our social network page.
Teams (last edited 2012-02-11 19:11:46 by chrisjohnston)
