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Behind the scenes at TDF: Karl Morten Ramberg, marketing intern

kmr2I am working as marketing intern since October, living and working out of Lillehammer, Norway. I have been working with open source software and projects since around the year 2000. Before that I was a development manager for ERP software for some years. I have also been heavily involved in using office suites as front ends to ERP and other systems both in private industry and the public sector.

Currently, I am working at the release planning of LibreOffice 5.1, with a focus on putting together the information for the product flyers – for both private users and enterprises – we will make available for the product launch. I have also been participating in a business exhibition in Stuttgart, and coordinating with native language groups via Sophie.

Based on previous experiences and impressions from the event, I have also written a market segmentation/positioning document, which will be broken down into prioritized actions and deliverables.

Hopefully, we will be able to streamline the upcoming major release announcements, based on the improved process we are using for LibreOffice 5.1.

Second bug hunting session for LibreOffice 5.1

noun_83830_ccBerlin, November 17, 2015 – Quality Assurance activity on LibreOffice 5.1 – planned for release in early February – is making progress with the second bug hunting session focused on new features and fixes for bugs and regressions. The session will last 3 days, from December 4 to December 6, 2015, and will be focused on the beta of LibreOffice 5.1.

On those dates, mentors will be available from 08AM UTC to 10PM UTC to help less experienced volunteers to triage bugs, on the QA IRC channel and via email on the QA mailing list.

Those who cannot join during the bug hunting session are always welcome to help chasing bugs and regressions when they have time. The bug hunting activity will continue with Release Candidates in December and January.

Builds of LibreOffice 5.1 pre-releases are already available from this link: http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/pre-releases/. Additional information are available here: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugHunting_Session_5.1.0_Beta.

FOSDEM Devroom Call for Papers

downloadFOSDEM 16 will be held at the ULB Campus Solbosch on Saturday, January 30, and Sunday, January 31, 2016.

Open document editors are coming again to FOSDEM with a shared devroom which gives every project in this area a chance to present ODF related  developments and innovations. The devroom is jointly organized by Apache OpenOffice and LibreOffice.

We invite submission of talks for the Open Document Editors devroom, to be held on Saturday, January 30, from 10:30AM to 6;30PM.

Length of talks should be limited to 20 minutes, as we would like to have questions after each presentation, and to fit as many presenters as possible in the schedule. Exceptions must be explicitly requested and justified.

Technical talks (code, extensions, localization, QA, tools and adoption related cases) about open document editors or the ODF document format are welcome.

Submissions must be done by the speakers using the Pentabarf system: https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM16/

While filing your proposal, please provide the title of your talk, a short abstract (one or two paragraphs), some information about yourself (name, bio and photo, but please do remember that your profile might be already stored at Pentabarf) and specify what topic (Apache OpenOffice, LibreOffice, other ODF editors, ODF in general…) your talk is about.

You do not need to create a new account if you already have one. If the password has been lost, you can easily recover it.

Presenting at FOSDEM implies giving permission to be recorded. The recordings will be published under the CC-BY license.

The deadline is Monday, December 7, 2015. Accepted speakers will be notified by December 15, 2015.

You can send any questions to the devroom mailing list: open-document-devroom@lists.fosdem.org.

The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice 5.0.3 “fresh” and LibreOffice 4.4.6 “still”

libo-503-446-smallBerlin, November 3, 2015 – The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice 5.0.3 “fresh”, the 4th release of the LibreOffice 5.0 family, and LibreOffice 4.4.6, the 7th release of the LibreOffice 4.4 family. So far, the LibreOffice 5.0 family is the most popular LibreOffice ever, based on feedback from journalists and end users.

LibreOffice 5.0.3 is more feature-rich, and as such is targeted to tech enthusiasts and power users, and LibreOffice 4.4.6 is targeted to more conservative users and enterprise deployments as it has been in widespread use for a longer time, and as such offers a better experience for document production.

All LibreOffice users should update their software at least to LibreOffice 4.4.6, for security reasons.

The Document Foundation strongly suggests to deploy LibreOffice in enterprises and large organizations with the backing of professional support by a certified individual (http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/professional-support/).

Both software packages include many fixes introduced since the previous version, which are listed on change logs for people interested in technical details:

For 5.0.3: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/5.0.3/RC1 (fixed in RC1) and https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/5.0.3/RC2 (fixed in RC2).

For 4.4.6: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/4.4.6/RC1 (fixed in RC1) and https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/4.4.6/RC3 (fixed in RC3).

Download LibreOffice

LibreOffice 5.0.3 and LibreOffice 4.4.6 are available for download from the following webpages: http://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-fresh/ and http://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-still/.

LibreOffice users, free software advocates and community members can support The Document Foundation with a donation at http://donate.libreoffice.org.

LibreOffice 5.1 in final development stage

Over 19,000 commits from 300 developers in the last 12 months

Berlin, October 28, 2015 – LibreOffice 5.1 has officially entered the final stage of development with the release of the Alpha version, which is available to technology enthusiasts and community members for the 1st Bug Hunting Session organized from Friday, October 30, to Sunday, November 1.

LibreOffice 5.1 starts twice as fast than the previous version, and adds to the usual incremental interoperability improvements with MS Office file formats (including MS Office 2016) some nice features, such as the Chart Sidebar to change settings in a more intuitive way, an easier workflow with Google Drive, OneDrive and SharePoint, and a Style Menu in Writer which will help user to access this fundamental LibreOffice feature.

The first release candidate of LibreOffice 5.1 will be available in mid December, and will be the first version to offer a good overview of all the features for product reviews and deployment evaluations (not to be used for the production of real documents).

In January 2016, a second and a third release candidate will come before the final availability of the application in early February, just after FOSDEM 2016 (where LibreOffice developers will provide all the technical details about the new and improved software features).

During the last 12 months, around 300 developers have hacked the LibreOffice source code, providing over 19,000 commits (corresponding to a weekly average of 375 commits).

Download LibreOffice

LibreOffice 5.0.2, the current “fresh” version, is available for download from this link: http://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-fresh/. LibreOffice 4.4.5, the current “still” version, is available for download from the following link: http://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-still/.

LibreOffice users, free software advocates and community members can support The Document Foundation with a donation at http://donate.libreoffice.org.

TDF Freelance Job Opening (#201510-02) – Documentation Lead

The Document Foundation (TDF), the charitable entity behind the world’s leading free office suite LibreOffice, seeks a

Documentation Lead

to start work as soon as possible. The role, which is scheduled for 20 hours a week, includes amongst other items:

  • Mentor and train new members of the documentation project: how we do things, how to use the tools, and writing style as needed
  • Guide and coordinate work: what needs to be done when, set priorities
  • Set standards and templates
  • Maintain Contributors Guide, which includes Style Guide
  • Improve and enhance the online help, including building and mentoring a community to work on it
  • Research, write and edit, as needed to fill gaps when volunteers contributions are lacking
  • Publish chapters and full books
  • Identify requirements for books and formats (ODT, PDF, ePub, HTML, other)
  • Develop a vision, a plan and a strategy for documentation, to include things like version tracking, workflow, scheduling and recruitment
  • Identify other forms of documentation that we should do, either in addition to, or instead of, the user guide books we’ve been producing
  • Liaise and coordinate with marketing, translation, other user support, Help

The role requires the following:

  • Experience using LibreOffice and other open source tools (such as GIMP)
  • Experience in interacting with the LibreOffice community or another large open source project
  • Working closely with our volunteer community on tooling, processes and means of collaboration
  • Project management skills
  • Technical writing and/or editing to know what’s involved, what’s realistic etc.
  • Advantageous: teaching/mentoring
  • Advantageous: native English speaker, or similar level of skill
  • Advantageous: Familiarity with and proven contribution to Open Source project documentation

The work time during the day is flexible, apart from some fixed times when availability is required (e.g. during meetings, which usually take place at 1400 or 1500 UTC once per week).

TDF welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

As always, TDF will give some preference to individuals who have previously shown a commitment to TDF, including but not limited to members of TDF. Not being a member, or never having contributed before, does not exclude any applicants from consideration.

The job is offered on a freelance basis. Work happens from the applicant’s home office, which can be located anywhere in the world.

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 no later than November 27, 2015. You can encrypt your message via PGP/GnuPG.

If you haven’t received feedback by December 18, 2015 your application could not be considered.

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