Once a year, the LibreOffice Community hosts its annual, global community event, the LibreOffice Conference. After a successful Paris event in October 2011, in Berlin in October 2012, in Milano in September 2013, in Bern in September 2014, in Aarhus in September 2015, in Brno in September 2016, and in Rome in October 2017, the venue for the upcoming year 2018 will be in Tirana.…
Author: Italo Vignoli
TDF Chairwoman and Deputy Chairman announced
The Board of Directors of The Document Foundation has confirmed Marina Latini in the role of Chairwoman and appointed Bjoern Michaelsen in the role of Deputy Chairman.
I have used their own words – from the email they have sent to present their candidacy – to describe themselves, although they are both very well know both in the LibreOffice community and in the wider FOSS community.…
The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice 6.0.2
Berlin, March 1st, 2018 – The Document Foundation (TDF) announces LibreOffice 6.0.2, the second minor release of the recently announced LibreOffice 6 family in just over a month, with around 50 bug and regression fixes. All LibreOffice users are invited to update either to LibreOffice 6.0.2 or to LibreOffice 5.4.5 to solve potential security-related issues.
TDF suggests to conservative users and enterprises to deploy LibreOffice with the backing of certified developers, migrators and trainers (an updated list is available at: https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/professional-support/…
Friday Community #6
Bjoern Michaelsen has just announced the LibreOffice Hackfest Hamburg 2018 on April 7th and 8th, which will be the first of The New Generation. Details about the LibreOffice Hackfest Hamburg 2018 are kept on the TDF wiki page and will be continuously updated. If you are interested in joining the event please start adding your name there (especially if you are looking for TDF travel and accommodation sponsorship).…
Sunday Marketing #6
Last week, we have published the crash report chart just two days after the announcement of LibreOffice 6.0.1, to show the impact of the new version on the issues reported by Windows users.
Ten days after the announcement the impact is even more visible, and the chart on the left shows that the situation is now under control.…
The Document Foundation 6th Anniversary
The Document Foundation was incorporated in Berlin on February 17, 2012. Today is the 6th anniversary, and all TDF Members around the world are celebrating another year of outstanding achievements. The last one has been the successful announcement of LibreOffice 6, which represents the combined effort of hundreds of people around the world, involved in development, localization, quality assurance, documentation and marketing.…