Two weeks ago, we kicked off a new Month of LibreOffice, crediting contributions all across the project. Participants can claim a cool sticker pack, and have a chance to win a mug too! So, how’s it looking so far? Here’s how many sticker packs have been awarded: 200 – click to see if you’re on the list We’re doing our best to track all contributions from the LibreOffice community, so if you’ve done something in the project but your name (or username) isn’t there yet, let us know. Or if you haven’t joined in yet, but want a sticker pack – and indeed, a chance to win a mug – then here’s how you can help out: You can be a… Handy Helper, answering questions from users: over on Ask LibreOffice there are many users looking for help with the office suite. We’re keeping an eye on that site so if you give someone useful advice, you can claim your shiny stickers. First Responder, helping to confirm new bug reports: go to our Bugzilla page and look for new bugs. If you can recreate one, add a comment like “CONFIRMED on Windows 10 and LibreOffice 6.3.3”. (Make sure you’re using
Thanks to our worldwide community of developers and supporters, every release of LibreOffice includes new features, bugfixes, compatibility boosts, translations, and other improvements. This month, we want to say a big thanks to everyone who helps out – and encourage more people to join our friendly community as well! So how are we going to do this? Well, everyone who contributes can claim an awesome sticker pack at the end of the month: And even better, we’ll also choose 10 contributors at random to receive an exclusive glass LibreOffice mug – there aren’t many of these in the wild: How to take part So, let’s get started! There are many ways you can help out – and you don’t need to be a developer. For instance, you can be a… Handy Helper, answering questions from users: over on Ask LibreOffice there are many users looking for help with the office suite. We’re keeping an eye on that site so if you give someone useful advice, you can claim your shiny stickers. First Responder, helping to confirm new bug reports: go to our Bugzilla page and look for new bugs. If you can recreate one, add a comment like “CONFIRMED on
Here’s our summary of updates, events and activities in the LibreOffice project last month – click the links to learn more! We started by announcing the winners in the Month of LibreOffice, May 2019! 355 sticker packs were awarded – the most ever – along with 12 exclusive glass mugs. Don’t forget to check the wiki page to see if your name (or username) is included, and claim your stickers! Want to start hacking on the LibreOffice source code? We translated a guide by a Hungarian community member, that explains registering with Git and Gerrit, and local settings. Just follow the steps, and you’re ready to go! Later in the month, we followed this up with a guide to downloading the source code and building it on Linux. In our next C++ workshop, we looked at MSTs and Graph Implementations. Stay tuned to this blog for more workshops! In LibreOffice 6.3, which is due to be released in August, The Document Foundation won’t be building 32-bit binary packages for GNU/Linux. But! That doesn’t mean that 32-bit compatibility is being removed. We prepared a statement to clarify the position, so if you use LibreOffice on a 32-bit Linux system, make sure
At the beginning of May, we started a new Month of LibreOffice, celebrating contributions all across the project. Well, May has come to a close now, so how many people got sticker packs throughout the month? Check it out… 355 It’s the best Month of LibreOffice ever, beating the previous one by 10! So congratulations to everyone who won a sticker pack – and thanks so much for your contributions. It’s great to see such a passionate community helping to bring powerful, free and open source software to the world. Now, how can you claim your sticker pack? Click the 355 above, and if you see your name (or username) on that page, get in touch! Email mike.saunders@documentfoundation.org with your name (or username) from the wiki page so that we can check, along with your postal address, and we’ll send you these: (Note: your address will only be used to post the stickers, and will be deleted immediately afterwards.) If you contributed to the project in May but you’re not on the wiki page, please let us know so that we can add you! But there is one more thing… For this Month of LibreOffice, we have a special bonus:
It’s the Month of LibreOffice, and we’re awarding sticker packs – and the chance to win cool mugs – to all contributors in the project! On this page we’re maintaining a list of names/usernames for people who’re helping out, and everyone there can claim a sticker pack at the end! We’ll also choose 10 people at random to get one of the mugs. So, how many packs have been awarded so far? 213 But there are still two weeks to go, so if your name isn’t there, check below to see how you can get involved! Many tasks only take 10 or 20 minutes, but make a big difference to the project. (And if you have already contributed this month, but your name isn’t there, email us with details and we’ll look into it.) How to take part There are many ways you can help out – and you don’t need to be a developer. For instance, you can be a… Handy Helper, answering questions from users: over on Ask LibreOffice there are many users looking for help with the office suite. We’re keeping an eye on that site so if you give someone useful advice, you can claim your
LibreOffice is made by a community of developers and supporters around the world. This month, we want to say a big thanks to everyone who helps out – and encourage more people to join our friendly community as well! So how are we going to do this? Well, everyone who contributes can claim an awesome sticker pack at the end of the month: And even better, we’ll also choose 10 contributors at random to receive an exclusive glass LibreOffice mug: How to take part So, let’s get started! There are many ways you can help out – and you don’t need to be a developer. For instance, you can be a… Handy Helper, answering questions from users: over on Ask LibreOffice there are many users looking for help with the office suite. We’re keeping an eye on that site so if you give someone useful advice, you can claim your shiny stickers. First Responder, helping to confirm new bug reports: go to our Bugzilla page and look for new bugs. If you can recreate one, add a comment like “CONFIRMED on Windows 10 and LibreOffice 6.2.3”. (Make sure you’re using the latest version of LibreOffice!) Drum Beater, spreading the word:
