LibreOffice is made by volunteers and certified developers across the globe, and today we’re announcing a new system to credit their work and show appreciation: Open Badges. So what are they?
In a nutshell, Open Badges are PNG images that are awarded to contributors for reaching a certain threshold – such as a number of commits to the codebase, or answering questions on Ask LibreOffice.…
Bringing new community members on board, and helping them to get started in the LibreOffice community, is an essential part of our work. Here’s what we did in 2021…
(This is part of The Document Foundation’s Annual Report for 2021 – we’ll post the full version here soon.)
Onboarding tools and sites
Joining a large and established project like LibreOffice can be daunting for many.…
Here’s our summary of updates, events and activities in the LibreOffice project in the last four weeks – click the links to learn more!
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In late January, we announced LibreOffice New Generation, which focuses on bringing younger contributors into our projects and communities. We’ve had many discussions in our Telegram group since then, and today we’re announcing our first finished project: a LibreOffice flyer for schools and universities:
The goal of this flyer is to not only make students aware of LibreOffice, but also encourage them to get involved and help to improve it.…