Collabora, SUSE and The Document Foundation are Diamond Sponsors for openSUSE + LibreOffice Conference 2020. The joint openSUSE + LibreOffice Conference 2020 will run from October 15 – 17, and will be fully virtual. LibreOffice and openSUSE advocates, supporters and contributors are invited to register now and take part! Although different from past conferences, the event will be rich in contents and will also provide the opportunity of open discussions in specific virtual spaces.…
29 Sep 2020
openSUSE + LibreOffice Conference 2020 Diamond Sponsors
27 Sep 2020
LibreOffice 10th Anniversary
Today is LibreOffice 10th Anniversary: it is a significant achievement for the project, and a date to remember for all community members.
We have created a video based on pictures of community members and a few events, in two versions: a long one, for blogs and websites, and a short version for social media.
Video LibreOffice Community 10th Anniversary (7 minutes): YouTube – PeerTube
Video LibreOffice 10th Anniversary Social Media (2 minutes): YouTube – PeerTube
For Twitter, there is a MP4 version of the short video available on Nextcloud: Video x Twitter.…
25 Sep 2020
Get involved – Meet the TDF team
Joining a free and open source software project, such as LibreOffice, is a great way to build your skills, gain experience for future career options, meet new people – and have fun!
But sometimes, joining a large and well-established project can be a bit daunting at the start. So here we’ll introduce you to the small team at The Document Foundation, the non-profit entity behind LibreOffice.…
24 Sep 2020
Documentation Team Status
By Dave Barton
In recent times, the very small LibreOffice Documentation Team has been making real progress in revising and updating the user guides:
Release 6.4 |
Release 7.0 |
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| Calc Guide | Published | Work in progress |
| Base Guide | Published | Work in progress |
| Draw Guide | Published | Work in progress |
| Impress Guide | Skipped | Work in progress |
| Math Guide | Published | Awaiting volunteer contributors |
| Writer Guide | Published | Awaiting volunteer contributors |
| Getting Started Guide | Published | Awaiting volunteer contributors |
While this progress in shortened documentation development time is fairly good, it can be substantially improved by having more contributors on the team.…
18 Sep 2020
Spread the word – add LibreOffice to your email signature!
Love LibreOffice? Want to let more people know about it? An effective (and easy) way is to add a mention of the software to your email signature. This is the piece of text that’s automatically added to emails that you send, and typically includes some information about your job, or other contact details.
Many people also use their email signatures (aka “sigs”) to spread the word about causes they support – such as free and open source software projects.…
16 Sep 2020
Conference organizers announce schedule and platform registration
Organizers of the online openSUSE + LibreOffice Conference are pleased to announce that the schedule for the conference is published.
All times on the schedule are published in Coordinated Universal Time. The conference will take place from live Oct. 15 to Oct. 17 using the oslo.gonogo.live platform.
There are more than 100 talks scheduled, covering the openSUSE and LibreOffice projects.…