The Ubuntu Forums is the official forum for the Ubuntu operating system.
6-628: As of May 2022, The Ubuntu Forums has 2.1 million registered members and more than 2.2 million threads. The Ubuntu Forums currently runs on the forum software vBulletin . 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" The site was compromised once again on July 15, 2016. "Usernames, email addresses and IPs for 2 million users" were compromised but 'no active passwords' were accessed. The Ubuntu Forums were created by Ryan Troy in October 2004. The forums became
12-552: A popular resource for Ubuntu and were deemed the Official Ubuntu Forums in November 2004. The forums hosting continued to be paid for by Ryan and the occasional donations of forum 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. The primary function of The Ubuntu Forums
18-649: Is for Ubuntu support, but it also has a popular community area where other topics may be discussed. The Ubuntu Forums are governed by a moderation team made up of volunteers, often referred to as The Forum Staff. The Forum Staff have three ranks: Administrators, Super Moderators and Moderators. The Administrators serve on the Forum Council. Vbulletin vBulletin is a proprietary Internet forum software package sold by MH Sub I, LLC doing business as vBulletin (formerly Jelsoft Enterprises and vBulletin Solutions). It
24-488: Is written in PHP and uses a MariaDB or MySQL database server. Similar products include XenForo , WordPress , Joomla , Drupal , MyBB , and phpBB . vBulletin was first launched in 2000 by James Limm and John Percival. Its successor, vBulletin 2, was released in 2001. A third version was launched in 2004. Internet Brands acquired the product from JelSoft in 2007. vBulletin 4 was released in late 2009. The StyleVars system
30-683: Was added to draw CSS variables directly from the vBulletin Template code. In July 2010, the BBC reported that there was a serious flaw in vBulletin software that allows anyone to easily access the database username and password. In October 2010, Internet Brands sued three former employees, just as their new competing software XenForo was to be launched, as well as a second lawsuit in the United States claiming breach of contract , copyright infringement , and misappropriation of trade secrets . In May 2011 it
36-426: Was announced that vBulletin had abandoned an attempt at preventing XenForo doing business, and in 2013 the claims were dismissed. vBulletin 5 was released in 2012. In late 2017, a post by Technical Support Lead, Wayne Luke, confirmed that vBulletin 3 and vBulletin 4 were now considered to be "End of Life" software, with no further development of the series planned. On 18 September 2023, Wayne Luke confirmed that
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