Hackfests are great opportunities for LibreOffice developers and community members to meet face-to-face, work on new features, fix bugs and enjoy good food! In late October, CIB hosted a hackfest in Munich, Germany, with 25 participants over the three days.
Check out the achievements section for full details on the results, but in summary: many bugs were fixed, some features were polished, and knowledge was shared.…
LibreOffice is a truly international project – its user interface has been translated into over 100 languages, and our community is made up of contributors all across the globe. Today we talk to Onyeibo Oku from Nigeria, who is helping to promote LibreOffice and open standards…
Tell us a bit about you!
I live in Enugu, which is in Enugu State, Nigeria.…
Gökhan Gurbetoğlu from our Turkish community organised some LibreOffice training earlier this month. Here’s his summary:
It was a two-day training, 2-3 October 2018, from 10:00 to 17:00. The training took place in İstanbul, as part of the Open Source in Public Institutions Conference’s local sessions (Kamu Açık Kaynak Konferansı).
There were 25 trainees on both days.…
The new year at The Document Foundation starts with FOSDEM, where many LibreOffice contributors gather for the largest Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) meeting in Europe. In 2018 we had a booth in the main hall of building K, where most of the largest projects are based, and a devroom focused on OpenDocument Format (ODF) editing software.…
Next month, on November 1st, we’re starting a new Month of LibreOffice. But what does this mean? Well, it’s your chance to get some cool stickers for your laptop, PC, bike, pool table, or indeed anything else you have!
From the start of November, we’ll make a note of contributions all across the project, in development, QA, marketing, documentation, translations and more.…
The next batch of videos from our conference in Tirana is online. (Use headphones for the best audio.)
First, Simon Phipps talks about the 20th anniversary of the Open Source Initiative:
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