Berlin, July 26, 2016 – The Document Foundation (TDF) today announced Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu GNU/Linux operating system, has joined the project Advisory Board.
Canonical is the company behind Ubuntu, the leading operating system for cloud and the Internet of Things. Most public cloud workloads, new smart gateways, self-driving cars and advanced humanoid robots are running on Ubuntu.…
Dear Community,
we hereby officially announce the upcoming elections for the next Membership Committee of The Document Foundation.
As per § 12 II of our statutes, [1] the Membership Committee’s term lasts two years. The current Membership Committee started its duty on September 19, 2014. Therefore, the old Membership Committee remains in charge until the end of September 18, 2016, so the new MC will be in charge the day after that, which is September 19, 2016.…
In this week’s developer interview, we talk to Winfried Donkers, a Dutch coder who has been using LibreOffice (and its predecessors) for almost two decades, and today works on Calc.
Where are you based, and do you work for a LibreOffice-related company or just code in your spare time?
I live in the Netherlands, in a small village in Zeeland, near the North Sea.…
In our next developer interview, we talk to Krishna Keshav, a new contributor to the LibreOffice project who is currently working on Easy Hacks and plans to expand into more complex bug-fixes in the future…
Where are you based, and do you work for a LibreOffice-related company or just code in your spare time?
I am currently pursuing my Bachelor’s in Computer Science and have just entered my final (fourth) year of study at PES College of Engineering.…
Following our previous interviews with Xisco Fauli and Muhammet Kara, we now speak to Laurent Balland-Poirier, who works in his spare time on Calc.
Where are you based, and do you work for a LibreOffice-related company or just code in your spare time?
I’m teaching chemical engineering at Rouen University (Normandy, France), and doing some research in industrial process safety.…
The LibreOffice documentation team produces the guidebooks, reference materials, wiki and online help to support users of the software. We’re working hard to add all the exciting new features and functions of recent LibreOffice versions, to show how your office productivity can be improved thanks to the free office suite – and your help would be very much appreciated! Even if you can only spare 30 minutes each week, your contribution would be very valuable, and you’ll also get experience with a big-name open source project. Read on for the full details…