Behind the scenes at TDF: L10N and NLP in the first half of 2015

_SDS5526Now that the summer vacation time is over for many of us, it’s time to have a look at what has been happening behind the scenes with our fantastic native-language community. And indeed – it’s a lot of exciting things!

Now that TDF has launched the Android Viewer and even if the application itself is not yet available other than in en_US language, we could at least give its description in several languages.…

The program of the LibreOffice Conference 2015 is online

03g_schmidt hammer lassen architects-smallThe program of the LibreOffice Conference 2015 has been published on the conference website at the address: http://conference.libreoffice.org/2015/the-program/. There is a separate page for each day of the event, including the community day (which is happening, as usual, the day before the conference).

Tuesday, September 22: http://conference.libreoffice.org/2015/the-program/sept-22th-community-day/.

Wednesday, September 23 (opening sessions + tracks): http://conference.libreoffice.org/2015/the-program/sept-23th-wednesday/

Program of Events at LibreOffice Conference in Aarhus

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe organizing committee has published the calendar of events at the upcoming LibreOffice Conference in Aarhus: http://conference.libreoffice.org/2015/events/.

On Tuesday, September 22nd, there will be a Community Dinner at Restaurant Flammen: http://conference.libreoffice.org/2015/events/community-dinner/.

On Wednesday, September 23rd, there will be a Conference Dinner at Restaurant Bone’s: http://conference.libreoffice.org/2015/events/wednesday-dinner/.

On Thursday, September 24, there will be a HackFest & Party at the Aarhus University: http://conference.libreoffice.org/2015/events/hack-fest-and-party/

Extension of TDF Freelance Job Opening (#201507-01) – Development Mentoring Lead

The Document Foundation hereby extends the

TDF Freelance Job Opening (#201507-01) – Development Mentoring Lead

The new deadline for applications is September 24, midnight UTC.

TDF is looking forward to receiving your applications, including curriculum vitae, your financial expectations, and the earliest date of your availability, via e-mail to Florian Effenberger at floeff@documentfoundation.org. You can encrypt your message via PGP/GnuPG.…

LibreOffice 5.0.1 released, to keep the momentum going

libreofficsplashBerlin, August 27, 2015 – The Document Foundation (TDF) releases LibreOffice 5.0.1, the first minor release of the LibreOffice 5.0 family, with a number of fixes over the major release announced on August 5. So far, LibreOffice 5.0 is the most popular LibreOffice ever, based on the feedback from the marketplace.

LibreOffice 5.0.1 is targeted to technology enthusiasts, early adopters and power users.

Behind the scenes at TDF: Marketing and Communications

Italo VignoliThe months between April and the first half of August have been rather busy, as I have been working – together with the other members of TDF staff and several volunteers – at different projects: the first TDF Annual Report, the final development stage of LibreOffice 5.0, including two bug hunting sessions, the announcement of the publication of ODF 1.2 by ISO, and the launch of LibreOffice 5.0.…