
In 2020, LibreOffice celebrated its tenth birthday. Two new major versions of the suite introduced a variety of new features, while minor releases helped to improve stability as well
(This is part of The Document Foundation’s Annual Report for 2020 – the full version will be posted here on the blog soon.)
The Document Foundation announced two major releases of LibreOffice in 2020: version 6.4 on January 29, and version 7.0 on August 5.…

Today we’re talking to Necdet Yücel from the Turkish LibreOffice community, who has been mentoring students and helping them to get involved with LibreOffice…
Tell us a bit about yourself!
I have been working as a lecturer at a university for more than 20 years. I teach programming and computer networks courses in the computer engineering department.…
Our New Generation project is encouraging new – and especially younger – people to join the LibreOffice community, improve the software, and gain valuable skills.
We’ve created a flyer that can be handed out in schools and universities, and here it is:

Now, we need your help to spread the word! If you study or work in a school or university, we can send you some flyers that you can give to interested people.…

In 2020 we had with elections for the foundation’s Membership Committee, along with regular Advisory Board calls, and support for other projects and activities
(This is part of The Document Foundation’s Annual Report for 2020 – the full version will be posted here on the blog soon.)
Election of new Membership Committee (MC)
Members – more formally known as the “Board of Trustees” – are a crucial part of The Document Foundation.…

2020 was a year to remember, because of LibreOffice’s 10th anniversary and the COVID-19 pandemic, which impacted our lives, hindered travel and canceled community meetings
(This is part of The Document Foundation’s Annual Report for 2020 – the full version is here.)
On March 11, 2020, when the World Health Organization declared a pandemic, few could foresee the long road ahead or the different ways in which people would suffer: the deaths and agony of millions, the damaged economies, the disrupted lives and near-universal loneliness and isolation.…