Most of the work in the LibreOffice project takes place online – in our Git repository, on mailing lists, on IRC and other places. But where possible, we like to meet in-person as well, at events around the world! Last weekend, for instance, we were at the Augsburger Linux-Infotag in southern Germany.
As the name suggests, this event is all about Linux and free and open source software (FOSS). The LibreOffice community was present with a stand, and we had a laptop to demonstrate the software, along with merchandise: flyers giving reasons to use LibreOffice; flyers explaining what The Document Foundation does; stickers; and beer/coffee mats.
Most of the visitors to our stand were already familiar with LibreOffice – as is expected at such an event. But visitors also had lots of questions, like:
- Where is LibreOffice being widely used now?
- How can I customise the user interface?
- Where can I report a bug?
We also talked to several people helping to roll out LibreOffice in companies and local administrations, so we hope to have more news about those migrations soon. Thanks to everyone who stopped by, and our next planned event in Germany is FrOSCon, so see you there!