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Following on from the introduction we have on the website, this takes more steps, by the time you've read these pages you should be all set to continue as a proactive and confident tester for the community. So, hopefully by the time you've read through these few pages you will feel well enough informed about the basics to join the community, start to help making Xubuntu better, and get testing.
There are a few terms which we use both within these pages and elsewhere in the Xubuntu world.
- OS - Operating System, referring here to Xubuntu
- ISO/Image - the ISO you download to install Xubuntu
- Cycle - this refers to the 6 month development cycle which ends with the release of our distro.
- LP - Launchpad - where much of the source code, bug reports are hosted.
Right, OK, How do I start helping?
It's as easy as 1, 2, 3 …
It's important to remember that pretty much anything that you are able to do during a development cycle is of great use to the Xubuntu community - If you've even only got 30 minutes during the whole 6 months to test that Xubuntu installs properly then this would be both a very worthwhile contribution and, most importantly, greatly appreciated.