Free software projects, such as LibreOffice and GNU/Linux, are developed by communities spread across the world. Most of the work takes place online, but there are many events for developers and supporters to meet face-to-face. One such event is the Chemnitzer Linux-Tage (Chemnitz Linux Days), in Saxony, which took place this year on 16 and 17 March.…
Author: Mike Saunders
LibreOffice monthly recap: March 2019
Check out our regular summary of events and updates in the last month!
- The next LibreOffice Conference will take place in September, in Almeria, southern Spain. Join us there and meet developers, supporters, and other fans of LibreOffice and free software! You can also give a talk or presentation – we put the call for papers online at the start of the month.
LibreOffice is now on Mastodon social media
You may have seen that we have Twitter accounts for LibreOffice and The Document Foundation – and now, we’re on Mastodon too!
But what is Mastodon, you may ask? Well, it’s an open source social media platform that’s self-hosted and federated. Instead of everything being controlled by a single company, Mastodon servers are spread across the world, and anyone can create one to boost the network.…
Next C++ workshop: Pointers and Linked Lists, 28 March at 19:00 UTC
Another workshop is coming up! Improve your C++ skills with the help of LibreOffice developers: we’re running regular workshops which focus on a specific topic, and are accompanied by a real-time IRC meeting. For the next one, the topics are Pointers and Linked Lists. Start by watching this presentation:
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Next C++ workshop: Classes and Arrays, 14 March at 19:00 UTC
Yes, it’s that time again! You can improve your C++ skills with the help of LibreOffice developers: we’re running regular workshops which focus on a specific topic, and are accompanied by a real-time IRC meeting. For the next one, the topics are Classes and Arrays. Start by watching this presentation:
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Community Member Monday: Dieudonne Dukuzumuremy and Tomas Kapiye
LibreOffice is an international project, available in many languages thanks to our enthusiastic worldwide community! Today we speak to two contributors from Africa who are currently living in Japan, starting with Dieudonne Dukuzumuremy:
Firstly, tell us a bit about yourself (where you live, your experience, and what you love – apart from LibreOffice of course!)…