The Document Foundation has been accepted as organization for the Google Seasons of Docs, a project whose goals are to give technical writers an opportunity to gain experience in contributing to open source projects, and to give open source projects an opportunity to engage the technical writing community.
For technical writers who are new to open source, the program provides an opportunity to gain experience in contributing to open source projects.…
The Call for Location for LibreOffice Conference 2020 is open until June 30, 2019. It will be the 10th of a series of successful events: Paris, October 2011; Berlin, October 2012; Milan, September 2013; Bern, September 2014; Aarhus, September 2015; Brno, September 2016; Rome, October 2017; Tirana, September 2018, and Almeria, September 2019. During or around the event we will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the project, which was announced on September 28, 2010.…
LibreOffice Conference Almeria is approaching, and people interested in participating should remember to:
REGISTER by filling up the form on the Conference Registration Page;
SEND THEIR TALK PROPOSAL based on the Call for Papers guidelines, as we want to know about your experience in contributing to or using LibreOffice.
People who need a VISA or an invitation letter to attend LibOCon Almeria can find all the necessary information on the Conference VISA Application Page.…
LibreOffice is made by a community of developers and supporters around the world. This month, we want to say a big thanks to everyone who helps out – and encourage more people to join our friendly community as well! So how are we going to do this?
Well, everyone who contributes can claim an awesome sticker pack at the end of the month:
And even better, we’ll also choose 10 contributors at random to receive an exclusive glass LibreOffice mug:
So, let’s get started!…
Check out our regular summary of events and updates in the last month!
Today we’re chatting with Roman Kuznetsov, a Russian contributor to LibreOffice who helps out in QA and other areas:
Your nickname in the LibreOffice project is “Kompilainenn” – where did that come from?
Oh, it’s simple: one day I was trying to compile the Linux kernel for my old and slow PC. And I came up with my current nickname: Kompilainenn 😀
So tell us a bit about yourself – where you’re from, where you live, how to find you on social media, and what do you do in your spare time!…