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9.5. Launchpad
Launchpad is a collaborative Web-based suite that helps people develop directly or contribute to the development of free and open source software. It is a collaborative system developed by Canonical, with Ubuntu as the most popular project hosted on it. You can use Shipit with your Launchpad ID and order Ubuntu CDs, report a bug, assist in translation of Ubuntu and more. This course covers the Launchpad Technical Answers section, Launchpad Bug Tracking and Shipit (ordering Ubuntu CDs).
You can visit Launchpad at https://launchpad.net. The following screenshot displays the home page of the Launchpad site:
Figure 9.22. The Launchpad Page
Information stored on Launchpad can be retrieved anonymously. To submit information on Launchpad, you need to first create an account on Launchpad. You can create a Launchpad account by clicking the Register link at the top-right corner of the home page and filling the required details under the Not registered yet? section. Click Register to complete the registration process. You may also use an OpenID login to access Launchpad. For more information on on OpenID see the project website at: http://openid.net3.
Figure 9.23. Registration Page
After you register, you can log on again and return to the home page to search the required information. You can do this by either asking a fresh question or searching the relevant information within the existing answers on the Launchpad site.