LibOCon 2019 will be in Almería, a sunny, lovely city on the south-east coast of Spain. On the shores of the Mediterranean sea, the city was founded in 955 by Abd-ar-Rahman III, who ordered the construction of the famous Alcazaba (the Citadel), one of the largest moorish castles in Europe. The modern city has grown over the hills that surround the Alcazaba, staying true to its visual and architectural tradition.…
Year: 2018
LibreOffice Conference 2018: Day 3 in pictures
We started the day with presentations – such as LibreOffice’s user experience advantages:
Meanwhile, the Engineering Steering Committee met in person:
Relaxing with pasta for lunch!
And then time for the group photo…
Having fun at the hackfest in the evening:
Now we’re into the final day! Stay tuned…
…Announcement of LibreOffice 6.1.2 at LibreOffice Conference
Tirana (Albania), September 27, 2018 – The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice 6.1.2, the second minor release of the LibreOffice 6.1 family, targeted at early adopters, technology enthusiasts and power users. The new release was launched during the LibreOffice Conference 2018, in Tirana, the capital city of Albania. LibreOffice 6.1.2 provides around 70 bug and regression fixes over the previous version.…
LibreOffice Conference 2018: Day 2 in pictures
We welcomed attendees this morning:
Then the opening session began!
Erion Veliaj, Mayor of Tirana, joined us to talk about the importance of free and open source software in the city:
Fun and games at lunchtime:
Björn Michaelsen and Florian Effenberger celebrated 20 years of the Open Source Initiative:
Meanwhile, Heiko Tietze gave a talk about recent user interface improvements in LibreOffice:
See you tomorrow!…
LibreOffice Conference 2018: Day 1 in pictures
We’ll be posting regular updates on this blog from the conference in Tirana – in the meantime, check out some pics of the city, the conference venue, the pre-meeting dinner, and the community meeting…
LibreOffice at droidcon Vienna
LibreOffice is available for Android smartphones and tablets – albeit as a “Viewer” application, for checking documents on the go. There is an experimental editing mode, but it still needs more work, and we’d love to have more help and feedback to improve it!
So to spread the word amongst potential contributors, Christian “Cloph” Lohmaier (LibreOffice’s release engineer) and Mike Saunders attended droidcon Vienna on 21st and 22nd of September.…