Community Member Monday: Muthuramalingam Krishnan (Tamil project)

Today we’re talking to Muthuramalingam Krishnan, who’s helping to spread the word about LibreOffice in southern India…

Tell us a bit about yourself!

I’m Muthuramalingam, from Tirunelveli – a southern district in Tamil Nadu, currently living in Chennai. I was in the IT industry for around 10 years, from 2007 to 2017. Currently, I’m giving training on technical matters around open source programming languages like Java and Python in Payilagam, Chennai.…

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LibreOffice ID at the Indonesian Linux Conference 2022

Great activities in the Indonesian LibreOffice community! They got in touch and gave us a quick summary:


LibreOffice’s Indonesian community collaborated with the Organizing Committee of the Indonesia Linux Conference 2022, to hold a short presentation, “Implementation of LibreOffice in the Ecosystem at a University”.

This event was held on Friday, November 4, 2022 in the 2nd Campus Hall of Universitas Muhammadiyah Sidoarjo, Surabaya – and at the same time became a pre-event running up to the Indonesian Linux Conference 2022, which was held on November 5, 2022.…

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LibreOffice Technology DevRoom at FOSDEM 2023: Call for Papers

After two virtual events, FOSDEM 2023 will be in person, taking place on Saturday, February 4, and Sunday, February 5. LibreOffice Technology DevRoom is scheduled for the afternoon of Saturday, February 4, from 3PM to 7PM.

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

December 11: Submission deadline
December 13: Announcement of selected talks
December 15: Publication of DevRoom schedule

We might update this call for papers with further details, as soon as we receive them from FOSDEM organizers.…

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Month of LibreOffice, November 2022 – First week results!

A week ago, we started the Month of LibreOffice, November 2022. Anyone who contributes to our projects will get a cool sticker pack – and has a chance to win more merch! So far, over 100 people have joined in – here are their names/usernames:

Adolfo Jayme Barrientos afit5 ajlittoz Alain Romedenne Alessandro Alex Pakhotin Alex Thurgood Amarjargal Gundjalam Annabelle Wübbelsmann Anupam Malhotra Aron Budea Asier Sarasua Garmendia Ayhan YALÇINSOY bantoniof Baurzhan Muftakhidinov Bayram Çiçek Benyamin Limanto Bogdan B Chollot Christian Kühl cpb csongor Daniel Lohmann David Gilbert David Lynch Dieter Dimitris Spingos EarnestAl Elisabetta Manuele Emanuele Goldoni Eyal Rozenberg floris_v Francisco.ruiz

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LibreOffice Conference 2022: Impressions from an attendee (and speaker!)

Regina Henschel writes:


Since the LibreOffice Conference 2022 was a “hybrid” conference, I decided to travel to Milan. These were exciting days. I gave two presentations: “Introduction to the ‘Limo Stretch’ feature of shapes” and “Creating ‘fontwork’ geometries beyond the predefined shapes”. The first one is addressed at developers, whereas the second one is suitable for everyone.…

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