# Welcome to Edubuntu 7.04, the Feisty Fawn!

Edubuntu is an operating system designed with education in mind. It is based on Ubuntu, a complete operating system that uses the Linux kernel and is freely available to the public.

The Edubuntu project is built on the ideas enshrined in the Ubuntu philosophy: that software should be available free of charge, that software tools should be usable by people in their local language, and that people should have the freedom to customize and alter their software in whatever way they need.

## Getting Help with Edubuntu:

There are many ways to get help with Edubuntu.

Access Edubuntu's guides and documentation by selecting "Help" from your System menu. You can also find help from the official Ubuntu documentation website and the community contributed documentation.

If you prefer some human contact, you can subscribe to the Edubuntu mailing list, web forums, or chat with the community on the Freenode IRC Channel: #edubuntu.

You can also obtain commercial support.

## Participate in Edubuntu:

The Edubuntu community is made up of students, teachers, software developers, documentation writers, translators, graphic artists, and most importantly, the people who are using Edubuntu in their everyday lives. We invite you to join this community and help shape Edubuntu into an operating system that better meets your needs.

To find out how to participate, visit Edubuntu's community participation page!