More good news! Another government is freeing itself from tech giants and vendor lock-in. The Danish Ministry of Digitalisation is dropping Microsoft Office/365 and moving to #LibreOffice, to get back control: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource #freesoftware
Following the example of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, which is moving 30,000 PCs from Microsoft Office/365 to LibreOffice, the Danish Ministry of Digitalisation is doing the same.
It's more of a trial run than a commitment as far as I understand it. They are testing with the most technical people first and if that goes well, they will make a plan to get more switched.
@Strit Curious: In moving a government workforce toward LibreOffice, Is there discussion for what the support model should be?
Currently, the entire Professional Support list looks like it might support a few dozen companies totaling say 10k seats. Denmark has something like 800k bureaucrats (over a quarter of the national workforce).
Clearly not just an exercise in installing and using FOSS software, but massively scaling up the ability to support and fix and develop it for a huge (and consequential) workforce.
@BradRubenstein @Strit Bear in mind, that page on our site is only a selection of people doing support (who've asked to be on the page). There are many more people across the world doing consulting, support and custom development for open source apps. And Denmark – should it go ahead with a bigger LibreOffice rollout – could employ its own support staff too. So there's more than just the possibilities on that page.
It's comments like this: "Not because we think it’s easy – but because we know it’s necessary to lead the way if we want to create more competition and innovation – and reduce our dependence on the few."
Hi to all the libreoffice team. One questio for you... I didn't found a fast way to do it via keyboard. Is there an option to change the font quickly via keyboard in writer?
I would like to switch, but I can't find help on two things I use a lot in Word.
Is it possible to simultaneously scroll two documents?
And is it possible to install multiple language packs to check grammar, typos, and more? I type in mostly two but sometimes three.
I create a lot of work in Word, and the layout of elements is crucial since the output goes to Acrobat for printing. Placed images should not be compressed. How does LibreOffice handle this?
@pascaline Hi! For all questions, please use ask.libreoffice.org – Sorry we can't answer directly here, but we're a small non-profit, driven by volunteers, so please use our dedicated Q+A site 😊 Thank you!
@crossed absolutely, we’d love to chat with someone - we’ve already talked NextCloud and given the growing frustration with MS it seems a good follow up
Shifting tens of thousands of Italian army, navy, and air force machines to LibreOffice is already under way, and the costs and savings are becoming clearer.
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Curious: In moving a government workforce toward LibreOffice, Is there discussion for what the support model should be?
Currently, the entire Professional Support list looks like it might support a few dozen companies totaling say 10k seats. Denmark has something like 800k bureaucrats (over a quarter of the national workforce).
Clearly not just an exercise in installing and using FOSS software, but massively scaling up the ability to support and fix and develop it for a huge (and consequential) workforce.
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in reply to LibreOffice • • •It's comments like this: "Not because we think it’s easy – but because we know it’s necessary to lead the way if we want to create more competition and innovation – and reduce our dependence on the few."
That makes me believe it may actually succeed.
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🌼 Dagnabbit, Pascaline! 🌼
in reply to LibreOffice • • •I would like to switch, but I can't find help on two things I use a lot in Word.
Is it possible to simultaneously scroll two documents?
And is it possible to install multiple language packs to check grammar, typos, and more? I type in mostly two but sometimes three.
I create a lot of work in Word, and the layout of elements is crucial since the output goes to Acrobat for printing. Placed images should not be compressed. How does LibreOffice handle this?
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