Ubuntu Forums

Type of site

| Forum
Available in| English
Owner| Canonical Ltd.
Website| ubuntuforums.org
Registration| Yes, using Ubuntu One
Launched| October 2004
Current status| Online

The Ubuntu Forums is the official forum for the Ubuntu operating system.[1]

As of May 2022, The Ubuntu Forums has 2.1 million registered members and more than 2.2 million threads.[2] The Ubuntu Forums currently runs on the forum software vBulletin.[3]

On July 20, 2013 the site was compromised, with attacker(s) both defacing the site and gaining access to "all user email addresses and hashed passwords"[4]

The site was compromised once again on July 15, 2016. "Usernames, email addresses and IPs for 2 million users" were compromised but 'no active passwords' were accessed.[5]

## History

The Ubuntu Forums were created by Ryan Troy in October 2004.[6] The forums became a popular resource for Ubuntu and were deemed the Official Ubuntu Forums in November 2004.[7] The forums hosting continued to be paid for by Ryan and the occasional donations of forum members until March 2006, when Canonical offered to host the forums on its own servers. In June 2007, the forums' domain name, license, and assets were all transferred to Canonical, which now has sole ownership.[8]

## Role

The primary function of The Ubuntu Forums is for Ubuntu support, but it also has a popular community area where other topics may be discussed.[9]

## Governance

The Ubuntu Forums are governed by a moderation team made up of volunteers, often referred to as The Forum Staff.[10] The Forum Staff have three ranks: Administrators, Super Moderators and Moderators. The Administrators serve on the Forum Council.[11]

## See also

* List of Internet forums

## References

1. ↑ "Web Forums". Ubuntu. http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/webforums.
2. ↑ "Ubuntu Forums § What's Going On? - Ubuntu Forums Statistics". Ubuntu Forums. https://ubuntuforums.org/index.php#wgo.
3. ↑ "Why the Ubuntu Forums use VBulletin". Ubuntu Forums. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=176622.
4. ↑ "Notice of security breach on Ubuntu Forums site". Canonical. http://blog.canonical.com/2013/07/21/notice-of-security-breach-on-ubuntu-forums-site/.
5. ↑ Silber, Jane. "Notice of security breach on Ubuntu Forums". http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/07/15/notice-of-security-breach-on-ubuntu-forums/.
6. ↑ About Ubuntu Forums
7. ↑ "Ryan Troy". O'Reilly. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/3796.
8. ↑ Mako Hill, Benjamin; Burger, Corey; Helmke, Matthew. "A Brief History of The Ubuntu Forums". informIT. http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1688713&seqNum=2.
9. ↑ "The Community Cafe". Ubuntu Forums. http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=11.
10. ↑ Forum Staff
11. ↑ "Forum Council". Ubuntu. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ForumCouncil.

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