
The LibreOffice community organises regular Hackfests, where developers and community members meet up, work on new features, fix bugs and enjoy good food! Later this month, we’ll meet in Munich, in the south of Germany. Munich is situated just north of the Alps, and is known for its cosy old town,						
 
						
					 
									
						
						
						
													
						
							
Here’s our regular recap of events and updates in the last month!
- From 25 to 28 September, our Albanian community organised the LibreOffice Conference 2018 in Tirana. They did an excellent job, so we’d like to give a special thanks to all the organisers for their help! The conference brought together						
 
 
						
					 
									
						
						
						
													
						
							We started the day with presentations – such as LibreOffice’s user experience advantages:

Meanwhile, the Engineering Steering Committee met in person:

Relaxing with pasta for lunch!

And then time for the group photo…

Having fun at the hackfest in the evening:

Now we’re into the						
 
						
					 
									
						
						
						
													
						
							We welcomed attendees this morning:

Then the opening session began!

Erion Veliaj, Mayor of Tirana, joined us to talk about the importance of free and open source software in the city:

Fun and games at lunchtime:

Björn Michaelsen and Florian Effenberger celebrated 20 years of the Open						
 
						
					 
									
						
						
						
													
						
							We’ll be posting regular updates on this blog from the conference in Tirana – in the meantime, check out some pics of the city, the conference venue, the pre-meeting dinner, and the community meeting…





					 
									
						
						
						
													
						
							
Today we are celebrating the International Day Against DRM.
DRM, or Digital Rights Management, is a set of access control technologies for restricting the use of proprietary hardware and copyrighted works, by