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Questions tagged [ubuntu-website]

Questions about the Ubuntu official and supported websites maintained by Canonical Ltd. User may use this tag to enquire website information or finding content within these websites.

The Ubuntu official and supported websites may include both company and community-maintained pages on Ubuntu.* domain websites.

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What does thisisthecountdown.com count down to?

The new cool page created by Ubuntu-adverts team http://www.thisisthecountdown.com/ displays a nice counter, and an Ubuntu logo followed by a short motto. It seems, however, that it's not counting down to the Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot release. So…
Rafał Cieślak
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Is apps.ubuntu.com deprecated?

I'm trying to visit https://apps.ubuntu.com and to search for an app. However, it seems based on this screenshot, that this website only supports Ubuntu versions up to Ubuntu 14.04. Is this correct, or am I missing something? Edit: karel correctly…
Flimm
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Why does archive.ubuntu.com seem to have infinitely nested "ubuntu" folders?

If you go to the http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ site, and then just click multiple times on the ubuntu folder, it looks like you can't actually go into the folder. The exact same directory listing is still shown--and after every click on folder…
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Why do cdimage.ubuntu.com and releases.ubuntu.com list different images?

There are two places I go when I want to download Ubuntu installer images: cdimage.ubuntu.com and releases.ubuntu.com. Both of these appear equally official: they are both subdomains of ubuntu.com, and the main Ubuntu website makes references to…
Paul Whittaker
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Where can I report a bug for apps.ubuntu.com?

I have a few bugs which I would like to patch for apps.ubuntu.com; however, I can't seem to find their project page on LaunchPad. Where can I get in touch with this team and where can I pull the code from?
Marco Ceppi
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How to report a bug in content (not interface) on Ubuntu.com?

I want to report a bug in the content on the Ubuntu website. I don't know how to properly do this because: This is not a bug in the web server, or in the way a page is coded. It is a content problem, not an interface problem. This is not a broken…
Eliah Kagan
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How to change the language in which official Ubuntu documentation (online) is displayed?

The official Ubuntu documentation is available at https://help.ubuntu.com/. Curiously, it automatically displays the content in the locale that the user's browser provides, without any option to change the language. For example, currently when I…
xji
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What happened to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter?

I just noticed that no new "Weekly" newsletter has been released since January, and I can't seem to find any information on why the newsletter has been put on hold for this long. Does anyone know more?
oKtosiTe
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Why is the traditional countdown absent in the Ubuntu homepage now?

We used to get more excited just seeing how close the next release date is and how game we are to download our latest favorite OS. Is the traditional homepage countdown in ubuntu.com gone for good?
Andrew Onchengco
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How do I report a bug against Ubuntu.com (the Ubuntu website)

Since the website and wiki have been redesigned, the text is not always readable. The footer text overwrites other text, the links are not uniform colors, and the colors use blend and blur the text. What is the proper procedure to report these and…
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How to find a package starting with a given string at packages.ubuntu.com?

I was trying to find a package named libkf5kjs-dev. Now I know the exact name of the package, but when I went to the search page at packages.ubuntu.com I only knew that it started with the string libkf5. If I type this into the keyword field: and…
Håkon Hægland
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Is pad.ubuntu.com available for everyone?

I really love the interface at http://pad.ubuntu.com . It seems to be a great notepad when you want to do notes with other people. However, the main page says 'Ubuntu Developer Summit'. Does it mean it's meant to be used exclusively for UDS? If not,…
Rafał Cieślak
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What happened to Ubuntu's Hall of Fame page?

Once upon a time (2008 - ????) Ubuntu had a Hall of Fame page (then located at http://hall-of-fame.ubuntu.com) in which it would give credits to contributors such as developers who patched a bug in the One Hundred Papercuts project or the top weekly…
Marco van Hilst
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Attention required One more step CAPTCHA

Why is this Attention Required One more step. Please complete the security check to access www.xyz.com" displaying whenever I'm accessing a website?
Bulbul Hossen
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Why is the official Ubuntu website only in English, when Ubuntu strives for being a multilingual OS?

For Canonical/Ubuntu it is important to provide their software in as many languages as possible. Then, why doesn't Canonical offer an official website in different languages? (As far as I know the official website www.ubuntu.com is only in English).
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