LibreOffice monthly recap: November 2019

Here’s our summary of updates, events and activities in the LibreOffice project in the last four weeks – click the links to learn more!

  • We got started with the Month of LibreOffice, November 2019. This is a campaign that we run every six months, crediting contributions all across the project. Everyone who helps the LibreOffice community during November can claim a sticker pack, and has a chance to win a cool glass mug.

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LibreOffice Conference 2019: Lightning talks

Towards the end of the recent LibreOffice Conference 2019 in Almeria, Spain, we had a series of “lightning talks” – that is, quick presentations on various topics. Here’s the video, skip ahead for:

  • 00:03 – Unicode in 5 minutes (Ivan Sanchez Ortega)
  • 08:10 – Archiving important wiki content (Dennis Roczek)
  • 16:05 – GDB tips and tricks (Ashod Nakashian)
  • 24:19 – How to find bad synonyms in translations (Koji Annoura)
  • 35:06 – Reproducible builds in LibreOffice (Bjoern Michaelsen)
  • 41:08 – Replicating Rapid Prototyper (Michael Meeks)

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Community Member Monday: Sokibi, Indonesia

A story about how Sokibi uses LibreOffice and other FOSS to spread knowledge and love

Authors: Ahmad Haris and Franklin Weng

Sokibi (no last name – it’s a typical Javanese old-style name) was born in a rural village, around 45KM away from Semarang City in Central Java island, Indonesia. He now runs a small store residing in a traditional market, working on repairing computers, selling new and used computers, and provided open source solutions for migrations, support and training.…

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