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1+# unity 8
2+A convergent desktop environment.
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4+This is a fork of Canonical's **Unity 8** repository. Following [Mark Shuttleworth's announcement](https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/04/05/growing-ubuntu-for-cloud-and-iot-rather-than-phone-and-convergence/) to abandon Unity 8 development.
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6+Please check (http://unity8.io/) (currently under construction) for project updates
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8+**See the file [CODING.md]for build and running instructions**
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10+### Translations ###
11+For help with translations do a pull request with the changes that you made to the .po file of your language.
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13+### Contact Us ###
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15+* If you are interesting in helping us in any way you can join [Unity8 Forum] (https://forums.ubports.com/category/36/unity8).
16+* For reporting issues with the code or wishes please use the project’s [issues page, here in github](https://github.com/ubports/unity8/issues).
17+* For IM you can join our Telegram group [for Developer users] (https://t.me/UBports_Unity8).
18+* Here there is our [Forum](https://forums.ubports.com/)