(Note: this is a section from The Document Foundation’s Annual Report 2019, which will be published in full in the coming weeks.)
19 May 2020
LibreOffice Tuesday T&T: Windows 7 SP1
Microsoft released Windows 7 on October 22, 2009, and ended the support on January 14, 2020. Technical assistance and software updates from Windows Update that help protect PCs are no longer available for the product.
Microsoft released the first Service Pack for Windows 7, also known as Windows 7 SP1, in February 2011, just a few days after the release of LibreOffice 3.3, the very first release after the fork.…
18 May 2020
Hispanic LibreOffice community meets online
LibreOffice communities around the world love to meet in person, share ideas, work on the software, and have a good time. Of course, “real life” meetings have been difficult in recent months, so communities are going online instead. Daniel A. Rodriguez, LibreOffice contributor based in Argentina and TDF Board member, tells us about an online meetup at the weekend:
…On Saturday, the Hispanic LibreOffice community held an online event via TDF’s Jitsi instance, and streamed on YouTube.
15 May 2020
LibreOffice Weekly Clippings – May 15, 2020
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9to5 Linux: LibreOffice 7.0 Now Available for Public Testing, Final Release Coming in Early August
Phoronix: LibreOffice 7.0 Alpha 1 Released With Its Skia + Vulkan Rendering
Small Tech News: LibreOffice 7.0 First Release: Enhanced Compatibility with Microsoft Office Documents
Softpedia News: First LibreOffice 7.0 Version Is Now Available for Download
Interesting
ZDnet: Linux not Windows: Why Munich is shifting back from Microsoft to open source – again
…15 May 2020
Month of LibreOffice, May 2020 – Two weeks in!
Two weeks ago, we started a new Month of LibreOffice, saying thanks to contributors from our worldwide community. Everyone who helps out with our projects this month can claim a cool sticker pack at the end – and also has a chance to win a hoodie, T-shirt or mug!
So far 259 sticker packs have been awarded – click the link to see if your name/username is in the list.…
13 May 2020
Annual Report 2019: The Document Foundation’s activities
(Note: this is a section from The Document Foundation’s Annual Report 2019, which will be published in full in the coming weeks.)
2019 was a busy year for The Document Foundation, with elections for the Chairperson and Deputy, new staff members, and other activities.
Election of new TDF Board of Directors
The Board of Directors (or “BoD”) is the Foundation’s Board of Directors, the main administration of the Foundation’s projects and teams.…