# Ubuntu project

> This documentation provides guidance for contributors to and maintainers of the Ubuntu Linux distribution. It covers processes and concepts, as well as project governance and team workflows. There are instructions for packaging, merging, proposed migrations, autopkgtests, and many other procedures for maintaining the Ubuntu Archive and releasing the distribution.


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## Pages in this subsection

- [Getting started](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/project/contributors/setup.md): * Set up for Ubuntu development
- [How to set up for Ubuntu development](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/project/contributors/setup/set-up-for-ubuntu-development.md): The following is a short guide to getting set up for Ubuntu development.
- [How to get the source of a package](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/project/contributors/setup/get-the-source-of-a-package.md): Before you can work on a source package, you need to get the source code of that package. This artic...
- [PGP key recommendations](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/project/contributors/setup/pgp-key-storage.md): The Ubuntu Project relies heavily on PGP keys for critical operations. These
- [Set up and manage PGP keys](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/project/contributors/setup/set-up-and-manage-pgp-keys.md): In this page, we outline how to set up and use PGP keys to fulfil the policies
- [Understand the tools](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/project/contributors/setup/understand-the-tools.md): The ecosystem of Debian packaging tools is big and diverse, with a great deal of overlap and intende...

## Optional

- [Top-level llms.txt](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/project/llms.txt): Complete documentation index.