1
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
2
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
4
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
6
<title>Welcome to Ubuntu 8.04 LTS!</title>
7
<link rel="stylesheet" href="ubuntu.css" type="text/css" />
14
<a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/" title="Visit the Ubuntu website"></a>
20
<h1 class="title"><a id="art-about-ubuntu" name=
21
"art-about-ubuntu"></a>Welcome to Ubuntu 8.04 LTS!</h1>
23
<p>The Ubuntu project is built on the ideas enshrined in the
24
<a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/philosophy">Ubuntu philosophy</a>: that software should be available
25
free of charge, that software tools should be usable by people in
26
their local language, and that people should have the freedom to
27
customize and alter their software in whatever way they need.</p>
29
<h2 class="title" style="clear: both">Getting Help with
32
<p>There are many ways to get help with Ubuntu.</p>
33
<p>Access Ubuntu's guides and documentation by
34
selecting "Help" from your System menu. You can also find help from the <a href=
35
"http://help.ubuntu.com">official Ubuntu
36
documentation website</a> and the <a href=
37
"http://help.ubuntu.com/community">community contributed documentation</a>.</p>
38
<p>If you prefer some human contact, you can use the <a href=
39
"http://lists.ubuntu.com">mailing lists</a>,
40
<a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/community/forums">web forums</a>, or chat with the community on Freenode IRC
42
<p>You can also obtain
43
<a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/support/supportoptions/paidsupport">commercial support</a>.</p>
45
<h2 class="title" style="clear: both">Participate in Ubuntu:</h2>
47
<p>The Ubuntu community is made up of software developers,
48
documentation writers, translators, graphic artists, and most
49
importantly, the people who are using Ubuntu in their everyday
50
lives. We invite you to join this community and help shape Ubuntu
51
into an operating system that better meets your needs.</p>
53
<p>To find out how to participate, visit <a href=
54
"http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate/">Ubuntu's community participation page</a>!</p>