Today I am delighted to announce the availability of our second [Ubuntu Accomplishments](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Accomplishments) release: version **0.2**. You can read more about the release below, or the impatient among you can [install it](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Accomplishments/Installing). You will need to be running **Ubuntu 12.04** to use this release (Ubuntu 12.10 packages are being worked on).

**Please Note**: 0.1 users will need to upgrade to 0.2 as 0.1 is no longer compatible with the validation server. That is the nature of 0.1; it is now dead to us…backwards compatibility will come after we release a 1.0 down the line. 🙂

There is *a lot* that is new in this release, and a lot more maturity and stability. We are also introducing our first release of the *Ubuntu Desktop Accomplishments* for desktop-related opportunities and trophies. Our *Ubuntu Community Accomplishments* collection has also been significantly expanded with over 100 opportunities, and full support for [Ask Ubuntu](https://www.askubuntu.com) badges.

For a full summary of what is new in this release, see this video that I put together:

*Can’t see the video? [Watch it here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM2oBg8M-qk)!*

Thanks to our wonderful team of contributors; I am hugely proud to see that [an idea that turned into a spec](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/2012/01/23/hacking-on-accomplishments/) has developed into a mature application for our community and beyond, and that we are growing a really nice community of contributors.

So…go and [install 0.2](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Accomplishments/Installing) and [ask questions here](https://askubuntu.com/questions/ask?tags=accomplishments). If you want to contribute, be sure to join us in `#ubuntu-accomplishments` on freenode and join our [mailing list](https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-accomplishments-contributors)!