Approval Application for China Team (ubuntu-cn)

The China Ubuntu LoCo team started in May 2005. Our LoCo has become one of the largest FOSS communities. We run a website, a forum, a wiki, a mailing list, a Blog, a PasteBin, Linux navigation, and an irc channel. We support users and help the development to Ubuntu.

Key Details

• Date - 2008-09-16

• Team Contact - Oneleaf <Oneleaf@gmail.com>, Zhengpeng Hou <zhengpeng.hou@gmail.com>

• Home - http://www.ubuntu.org.cn/

• Forum - http://forum.ubuntu.org.cn/

• Wiki - http://wiki.ubuntu.org.cn/

• Blog - http://blog.ubuntu.org.cn/

• PasteBin - http://paste.ubuntu.org.cn/

• Linux Navigation - http://linux.ubuntu.org.cn/

• Ubuntu-cn Archive - http://archive.ubuntu.org.cn/ubuntu-cn/

• IRC - #ubuntu-cn on irc.ubuntu.com or http://irc.ubuntu.org.cn/

• Mailing List - ubuntu-zh on lists.ubuntu.com, GoogleGroup

Statistics

• forum.ubuntu.org.cn - More than 108,000 registered users and 907,000 posts since Tue 2008

• wiki.ubuntu.org.cn - More than 11,000 registered users and 29,000 pages since Tue 2008

• Mailing List - More than 2000 members

• See http://awstats.ubuntu.org.cn/ for details.

Roadmap

• More application translations by the Ubuntu Simplified Chinese Translators team

• Translate http://wiki.ubuntu.org.cn/Category:UbuntuHelp

• Translate Full Circle by FC Simplified Chinese Translators team

• Provide more support for students
• Ubuntu CD or DVD from the local delivery
• Prepare teaching materials of Ubuntu for student
• Carry out activities in colleges and universities

Experience

Activities in 2008

• Forum add Student Associations support.

• Create Ubuntu Blog. see http://blog.ubuntu.org.cn.

• Archive add ubuntu-cn on 8.04. add medibuntu packages.

• Released eio 2009 instead OOo by Evermore Software obtained a permit on ubuntu-cn.

• Released ibus instead scim on ubuntu-cn.

• Wiki on the increase in the newbe and student support.

• Mirror https://help.ubuntu.com to http://wiki.ubuntu.org.cn/Category:UbuntuHelp