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Video interview: Muhammet Kara on the LibreOffice community and migrations in Turkey

At our recent conference in Tirana, Albania, we sat down with Muhammet Kara from the Turkish LibreOffice community. He talks about the conference, recent FOSS migrations in his home country, and why he joined the Membership Committee:

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LibreOffice monthly recap: November 2018

Here’s our regular recap of events and updates in the last month!

  • At the start of November, we began a new Month of LibreOffice, crediting contributions all across the community! Everyone who took part in the LibreOffice project during November can claim a cool sticker pack – see here for

LibreOffice localisation sprint: Bengali

LibreOffice’s localisation communities translate the software’s user interface and documentation. They help to make a powerful office suite available to millions of people around the world, in over 100 languages! Biraj Karkamar reports on a recent localisation event in India:

Ten people participated in our sprint in Kolkata, on November 11.

Community Member Monday: Cathy Crumbley

At our recent LibreOffice Conference in Tirana, Albania, we invited community members across the globe to join us. Cathy Crumbley from Massachusetts, USA, has recently been involved in the documentation project, and flew over to meet us. Here’s what she had to say:


Tirana on the Move

I was surprised and

It’s the final week of the Month of LibreOffice, November 2018…

…and if you haven’t yet been awarded a sticker pack, you still have a few days to get involved, help to improve LibreOffice, and join our friendly community! Here’s how it works:

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Coming up on November 19: Bug Hunting Session for LibreOffice 6.2 Beta 1

LibreOffice 6.2 is being developed by our worldwide community, and is due to be released in early February, 2019 – see the release notes describing the new features here. LibreOffice 6.2 will include a new (optional!) user interface design called the Notebookbarsee here for some screenshots. You can