= Hello =

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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]].

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