= Hello = ||{{attachment:launchpad-diamond.png}}|| Welcome to Launchpad! If you're here because you've just created your Launchpad account, here are some suggestions for what you might want to do next: * [[https://launchpad.net/people/+me/+edit|Edit your Launchpad profile page]] -- add a photo, tell the world about yourself * Read the [[https://help.launchpad.net/|Launchpad user guide]] * [[https://launchpad.net/projects|Find projects to work with]] == What you can do with Launchpad == Launchpad is a hosting and collaboration service for software projects. You can use Launchpad to: * report and learn more about bugs in software you use - [[Bugs|more about Bugs]] * help translate software - [[Translations|more about Translations]] * host, share and find code * ask for help with software - [[Answers|more about Answers]] * plan, assign and follow the progress of chunks of work [[Blueprint|more about Blueprint]] * create and host Ubuntu packages - [[Packaging/PPA|more about Personal Package Archives]]. You can also [[Projects/Registering|register your software project]] in our directory, then pick and choose which parts of Launchpad you want to use. It's free for [[Legal#Project_eligibility|free software projects]] - [[Feedback|contact us]] if your project uses a non-free licence. '''Want to know more about what Launchpad can do?''' Take [[https://launchpad.net/+tour|our tour]]. = Want to try Launchpad? = Try Launchpad in our [[https://staging.launchpad.net|staging environment]] without worrying about touching real data. Staging uses a copy of Launchpad's real database and gets wiped at the end of every week. Before you can use staging, you'll need to [[YourAccount/Registering|register your account]] in Launchpad's [[https://launchpad.net|production environment]] and then wait up to one day for your account to be copied over to staging. '''Note:''' some features aren't automatically active on staging, including: * translation imports and automatic approval * translation exports. If you need to try these features on staging, [[https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad|ask us]]. = Learning more = You can find out more about what each part of Launchpad does, and how to use it, in our [[UserGuide|user guide]]. ~-[[FrontPage|< Launchpad Help front page]]-~