<s>
Ask	B-Application
Ubuntu	I-Application
is	O
a	O
community-driven	O
question	O
and	O
answer	O
website	O
for	O
the	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Stack	O
Exchange	O
Network	O
,	O
running	O
the	O
same	O
software	O
as	O
Stack	B-Error_Name
Overflow	I-Error_Name
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
site	O
came	O
out	O
of	O
public	O
beta	O
on	O
10	O
October	O
2010	O
,	O
launching	O
alongside	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
10.10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
Ask	B-Application
Ubuntu	I-Application
has	O
about	O
1.3	O
million	O
registered	O
users	O
and	O
more	O
than	O
380,000	O
questions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ask	B-Application
Ubuntu	I-Application
came	O
into	O
existence	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
Proposed	O
Q&A	O
site	O
for	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
users	O
and	O
developers	O
"	O
on	O
the	O
Stack	O
Exchange	O
Area	O
51	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
other	O
Internet	O
users	O
supporting	O
the	O
proposal	O
of	O
the	O
site	O
through	O
"	O
commitment	O
"	O
,	O
Stack	O
Exchange	O
chose	O
to	O
launch	O
Ask	B-Application
Ubuntu	I-Application
in	O
private	O
beta	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eventually	O
,	O
the	O
site	O
came	O
out	O
of	O
public	O
beta	O
with	O
the	O
name	O
Ask	B-Application
Ubuntu	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
chosen	O
through	O
a	O
community	O
voting	O
process	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
launched	O
alongside	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
10.10	O
Maverick	O
Meerkat	O
in	O
October	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
Stack	O
Exchange	O
policy	O
against	O
fragmentation	O
,	O
after	O
deliberation	O
and	O
voting	O
,	O
Ask	B-Application
Ubuntu	I-Application
was	O
allowed	O
to	O
continue	O
alongside	O
a	O
separate	O
'	O
Linux	O
and	O
Unix	O
 '	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ask	B-Application
Ubuntu	I-Application
has	O
received	O
help	O
from	O
Canonical	O
Ltd.	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
allowed	O
the	O
site	O
to	O
use	O
their	O
trademark	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Canonical	O
Ltd	O
has	O
also	O
helped	O
in	O
the	O
designing	O
of	O
the	O
site	O
,	O
ensuring	O
that	O
Ask	B-Application
Ubuntu	I-Application
's	O
theme	O
follows	O
the	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
brand	O
guidelines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
users	O
can	O
submit	O
edits	O
to	O
the	O
questions	O
and	O
answers	O
in	O
a	O
wiki	B-Protocol
style	O
,	O
and	O
their	O
suggested	O
edits	O
go	O
through	O
a	O
peer	O
review	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
posts	O
are	O
designated	O
as	O
"	O
community	O
wiki	B-Protocol
"	O
,	O
which	O
have	O
a	O
lower	O
reputation	O
requirement	O
for	O
editing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ask	B-Application
Ubuntu	I-Application
has	O
two	O
sub-sites	O
:	O
a	O
"	O
meta	O
"	O
where	O
users	O
can	O
ask	O
and	O
answer	O
questions	O
about	O
the	O
site	O
itself	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
real	O
time	O
chat	B-Protocol
rooms	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Stack	O
Exchange	O
network	O
of	O
sites	O
.	O
</s>
