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-# About Icinga 2
+# <a id="about-icinga2"></a> About Icinga 2
 
-## What is Icinga 2?
+## <a id="what-is-icinga2"></a> What is Icinga 2?
 
-Icinga 2 is a network monitoring application.
+Icinga 2 is an open source monitoring system which checks the availability of your
+network resources, notifies users of outages, and generates performance data for reporting.
 
-## Licensing
+Scalable and extensible, Icinga 2 can monitor large, complex environments across
+multiple locations.
+
+## <a id="licensing"></a> Licensing
 
 Icinga 2 and the Icinga 2 documentation are licensed under the terms of the GNU
 General Public License Version 2, you will find a copy of this license in the
-LICENSE file included in the package.
+LICENSE file included in the source package.
 
-## Support
+## <a id="support"></a> Support
 
 Support for Icinga 2 is available in a number of ways. Please have a look at
-the support overview page at https://www.icinga.org/support/.
+the [support overview page](https://support.icinga.org).
+
+## <a id="contribute"></a> Contribute
+
+There are many ways to contribute to Icinga - whether it be sending patches, testing,
+reporting bugs, or reviewing and updating the documentation. Every contribution
+is appreciated!
+
+Please get in touch with the Icinga team at https://www.icinga.org/community/.
+
+### <a id="development"></a> Icinga 2 Development
+
+You can follow Icinga 2's development closely by checking
+out these resources:
+
+* [Development Bug Tracker](https://dev.icinga.org/projects/i2): [How to report a bug?](https://www.icinga.org/icinga/faq/)
+* Git Repositories: [main mirror on icinga.org](https://git.icinga.org/?p=icinga2.git;a=summary) [release mirror at github.com](https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2)
+* [Git Checkins Mailinglist](https://lists.icinga.org/mailman/listinfo/icinga-checkins)
+* [Development](https://lists.icinga.org/mailman/listinfo/icinga-devel) and [Users](https://lists.icinga.org/mailman/listinfo/icinga-users) Mailinglists
+* [#icinga-devel on irc.freenode.net](http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=icinga-devel) including a Git Commit Bot
+
+For general support questions, please refer to the [community support channels](https://support.icinga.org).
+
+### <a id="how-to-report-bug-feature-requests"></a> How to Report a Bug or Feature Request
+
+More details in the [Icinga FAQ](https://www.icinga.org/icinga/faq/).
+
+* [Register](https://exchange.icinga.org/authentication/register) an Icinga account.
+* Create a new issue at the [Icinga 2 Development Tracker](https://dev.icinga.org/projects/i2).
+* When reporting a bug, please include the details described in the [Troubleshooting](8-troubleshooting.md#troubleshooting-information-required) chapter (version, configs, logs, etc).
+
+## <a id="whats-new"></a> What's new
+
+### What's New in Version 2.3
+
+#### Changes
+
+TODO
+
+#### Issues
 
-## What's New in Version 0.0.3
+TODO
 
-* Lots of things.