Brett helps out with TDF’s infrastructure, and joined us at our recent LibreOffice Conference in Rome. Here’s what he had to say about the event – and a couple of photos too!
…2017’s LibreOffice conference marked my first visit outside of the United States. I arrived some days before the conference so that I might explore a city that has contributed so much to western culture.
At the recent LibreOffice Conference in Rome, we took the opportunity to meet up and talk to various contributors to the project, like Franklin Weng from Taiwan. Franklin is helping to get LibreOffice and the Open Document Format (ODF) adopted by governments and enterprises. In this interview, he talks about his strategy and experiences. (English subtitles available – click the Settings cog.)…
Back in May we had a “Month of LibreOffice”, celebrating contributions from the community in development, documentation, QA, translations and other areas. It went really well, with over 300 cool stickers awarded – and recipients added them to their PCs, laptops and even bikes:
So in November, we’re doing it again! On November 1st we’ll be starting a new Month of LibreOffice, giving you a chance to get your hands on a shiny sticker (or another one if you contributed before).…
This year’s LibreOffice Conference, held from 11 – 13 October, was a great success with over 200 attendees from around the world. Thanks to everyone who took part, and the hard-working organisers! Check out our short video wrap-up of the event:
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The LibreOffice community has returned from a great conference in Rome (more on that later this week), and we’re now working eagerly on LibreOffice 6.0, which is due to be released at the end of January 2018. This version will include a large number of new features – and those already implemented are summarised on the release notes page.…
This year’s LibreOffice Conference, which is being held in Rome, has started. Over 160 people have registered, and the event begins with an overview of The Document Foundation, LibreOffice and our sponsors. If you’re attending the conference, we hope you have a great time! We’ll be posting regular updates on social media.
(Photo: Simon Phipps)