The NEW kubuntu.org website

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As some of you have noted, we have recently soft-launched a brand-new Kubuntu website – and we’re excited to announce
that the entire site code is now fully open source and available on GitHub at GitHub - kubuntu-team/kubuntu.org: The Kubuntu Public Website!

This move enables wider contributions from the whole Kubuntu community. Whether you spot a typo, want to improve
accessibility, translate a page, or help shape the next design evolution, you can fork, fix, and send us a pull request.
Together we can make the official home of Kubuntu even better, faster. The previous site ran on WordPress, which always
carried a certain maintenance burden and a defacement risk. We have now switched to a static website generator (Hugo).
That means:

  • We can safely sleep at night :sleeping:
  • We keep our custom design
  • We can push new themed content whenever we need to
  • Lightning-fast loading speeds and almost zero server load

We chose a soft launch so we can enable features and polish the design as we go. That’s why we started with AI-generated
placeholder images – they’ve been replaced with proper Kubuntu artwork very soon.The new site already renders much faster
than the old one, it’s inherently safer without server-side scripting, and with your kind assistance we’ll have it in
tip-top shape in just days.Check out the latest commits in the public repository and follow the progress live! If you
enjoy giving back to open source, your help is more than welcome:

  • Report remaining issues
  • Submit well-crafted PRs (after syncing with our roadmap)
  • Translate content
  • Improve the theme

At the same time, the team is heads-down preparing for Kubuntu 26.04 LTS, and we’ll share a proper update as we approach
this next major milestone.

Thank you for being part of the Kubuntu family – let’s build the best Linux experience together! :rocket:

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Great work by the whole team. Brilliant, looking forward to seeing the awesome work the Kubuntu team have install for us.

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Amazing work, @ricktimmis and team! The future of Kubuntu looks very bright!

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I had a look at the website yesterday and it looks awesome. Well done and keep up the great work! :slight_smile: :partying_face:

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I mean, why use Hugo and all that instead of Astro or something else like React and similar options?

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Welcome jaainil. :slight_smile:

I often wonder: Does there always have to be a “why” when something changes or is made use of something else either distro or website wise? I mean Kubuntu has their new website up and running, Xubuntu too. It works, looks great and even better. That’s what it’s about. People who browse on the web and find the sites don’t care with what they’ve been built.
I also think the teams have gone through the various options available and found that Hugo fits better to their needs.

If you have other thoughts, which you clearly have then please elaborate on why someone should use Astro or React. Maybe open another topic about the subject otherwise i think we’re going offtopic here. :wink: :slightly_smiling_face:

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