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+Welcome to the Lubuntu wiki! This wiki exists to house information about everything Lubuntu.
+
+Additional documentation can be found at:
+
+* The Official Lubuntu Manual for the latest stable release
+* The Official Lubuntu Manual for the latest LTS release
+* Documentation on Discourse, which is more like tricks and tips.
+* Main Lubuntu site
+* Contributing
+* On launchpad
+* Please use the main Lubuntu site for links to the forum (discourse), for downloads etc.