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What is GNU MediaGoblin?
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* Initially, a place to store all your photos that’s as awesome as, if
  not more awesome than, existing network services (Flickr, SmugMug,
  Picasa, etc)
* Later, a place for all sorts of media, such as video, music, etc hosting.
* Federated with OStatus!
* Customizable!
* A place for people to collaborate and show off original and derived
  creations.  Free, as in freedom.  We’re a GNU project in the making,
  afterall.


Is it ready for me to use?
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Not yet!  We're working on it and we hope to have a usable system by
September / October 2011.


Can I help/hang out/participate/whisper sweet nothings in your ear?
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Yes!  Please join us and hang out!  For more information on where we
hang out, see `our Join page <http://mediagoblin.org/join/>`_


Where is the documentation?
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The beginnings of a user manual is located in the ``docs/`` directory
in HTML, Texinfo, and source (Restructured Text) forms.  It's also
available online at http://docs.mediagoblin.org/ in HTML form.

Contributor/developer documentation as well as documentation on the
project processes and infrastructure is located on 
`the wiki <http://wiki.mediagoblin.org/>`_.