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| name = Ubuntu Forums

| logo = Ubuntu Forums Logo.png

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| caption = Screenshot of The Ubuntu Forums, March 2012

| url = http{{URL|https://ubuntuforums.org}}

| type = Forum

| language = [[English language|English]]

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The '''Ubuntu Forums''' is the official [[Internet forum|forum]] for the [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]] operating system.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/webforums | work = Ubuntu | title = Web Forums | access-date = 29 March 2012}}</ref>

As of DecemberMay 20132022, The Ubuntu Forums has 2.1,880,658 million registered members and more than 2,000,670.2 million threads.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ubuntuforums.org/index.php#wgo|work=Ubuntu Forums|title=Ubuntu Forums § What's Going On? - Ubuntu Forums Statistics|access-date=7 May 2022}}</ref> The Ubuntu Forums currently runs on the forum software [[Vbulletin|vBulletin]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=176622 | work = Ubuntu Forums| title = Why the Ubuntu Forums use VBulletin | access-date = 7 Feb 2013}}</ref>

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"<ref>{{cite web | url = http://blog.canonical.com/2013/07/21/notice-of-security-breach-on-ubuntu-forums-site/ | work = Canonical| title = Notice of security breach on Ubuntu Forums site | access-date = 16 Dec 2013}}</ref>

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==History==

The Ubuntu Forums were created by Ryan Troy in October 2004.<ref>[http://ubuntuforums.org/index.php?page=about About Ubuntu Forums]</ref> The forums became a popular resource for Ubuntu and were deemed the Official Ubuntu Forums in November 2004.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/3796 | work = O'Reilly | title = Ryan Troy | access-date = 29 March 2012}}</ref> The forums hosting continued to be paid for by Ryan and the occasional donations of forum community 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.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1688713&seqNum=2 | work = informIT | title = A Brief History of The Ubuntu Forums | access-date = 29 March 2012 | last1 = Mako Hill | first1 = Benjamin | last2 = Burger| first2 = Corey | last3 = Helmke| first3 = Matthew}}</ref>

==Role==