We recently attended the ICTer International Conference in Sri Lanka, to present #LibreOffice during a keynote speech, and to manage a two day workshop about LibreOffice and the Migration Protocol: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource
Here’s our summary of updates, events and activities in the LibreOffice project in the last four weeks – click the links to learn more… We kicked off November with the Month of LibreOffice, November 2023, a campaign we run every six months.
#LibreOffice 24.2 will be our next major update, coming in February! 🎉 (New versioning scheme, to show the year and month when it's released.) A big new feature is styles for comments, added by Maxim Monastirsky: wiki.documentfoundation.org/Re… #foss #OpenSource
ForgeFed nails the current dilemma in open source:
> Without federation, we end up having to choose between: > > * Centralizing into huge profit-oriented websites, where we're powerless > * Hosting our code on a small website where we're in control and freedom but isolated from the community
307 sticker packs already awarded in November! But there's still time to get yours. Just post with the hashtag #LibreOffice about how much you love the suite, and you can claim your stickers in a few days 😊 blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource
Expand your skillset and gain valuable experience with UX, marketing, documentation, QA and translations – join the Month of LibreOffice, November 2023! Over the next four weeks, hundreds of people around the world will collaborate to improve LibreOf…
LibreOffice Viewer for Android is back on the Google Play Store! (And is also on F-Droid.) The app lets you view documents on the go – and also has experimental editing support. But we need your help to make editing ready for everyone! 😊blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #opensource
Daniel Rodriguez and Celia Palacios write… The ancient Aztec city of Tenochtitlán dawns on an autumn Thursday in November, which could well be just another one and, probably for many people, it will be.
Love LibreOffice development? Want to turn your passion into a paid job? We are The Document Foundation (TDF), the non-profit entity behind LibreOffice.
Love LibreOffice? Help the community that makes it, learn new things, and get a sticker pack for your contributions! (Plus the chance to win some bonus extra merchandise, including mugs, T-shirts and hoodies…) We’re two weeks into the Month of LibreO…
While it (sadly) doesn't yet have proper Native Linux support, it's still great to see more open source remakes like this and Dungeon Keeper is a true classic. KeeperFX has hit the big 1.0!
The Meet and Greet with #GNOME Foundation Executive Director, Holly Million, happens tomorrow! Join us on Nov 14 at 18:00 UTC to learn more about Holly and the Foundation: events.gnome.org/e/HollyMillio…
Today we’re talking to Jean-Francois Nifenecker, who’s working on LibreOffice extensions and macros, and more… Tell us a bit about yourself! I’m 68 years old, freshly retired from a job as a French civil servant (local IT department).
Last week we started the Month of LibreOffice, rewarding contributors in our projects and communities! So, how are we looking after the first seven days? Well, 146 people have already taken part and can claim their sticker packs at the end of the mon…
The community documentation team is happy to announce the immediate availability of the Impress Guide 7.6 and Draw Guide 7.6. The guides are updated to the latest LibreOffice release as a community effort to keep our literature sharp and up to date.
Features/Changes
#2190: Rewrite with Floem UI
#2425: Reimplement completion lens
#2498: Show Lapce as an option when doing "Open With..." on Linux
#2549: Implement multi-line vim-motion yank and d...
Expand your skillset and gain valuable experience with UX, marketing, documentation, QA and translations – join the Month of LibreOffice, November 2023! Over the next four weeks, hundreds of people around the world will collaborate to improve LibreOf…
LibreOffice events in Nepal, Indonesia, Czechia, India, Mexico and more... Plus SVG improvements in the software! Find out more in our quick recap of October: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #opensource #events
Here’s our summary of updates, events and activities in the LibreOffice project in the last four weeks – click the links to learn more… We started by announcing the LibreOffice Nepali localization sprint 2023, which began on 11 October.
This week, we are kicking off a continuing “QA Weekly Focus” to attract attention to certain topics and areas. For this first week, let’s look into issues related to our SVG support.
The Latin American LibreOffice Community proudly invites you to join our 2023 Latin American LibreOffice Conference – LATAM 2023. Please confirm that you want to play a YouTube video.
Rania Amina writes: The LibreOffice Conf. Asia 2023 took place on 7 – 8 October 2023 in Surakarta, Indonesia. This event was held simultaneously and collaboratively with UbuCon Asia 2023 at the same place, with the official name “LibreOffice Conf.
We’re excited to welcome Holly Million as Executive Director of the #GNOME Foundation! 🎉
Holly comes to us with valuable experience in nonprofit management and has served as executive director and board member for numerous organizations. foundation.gnome.org/2023/10/1…
Free Software – like #LibreOffice – isn't about zero-cost (as nice as that is). The focus is on freedom to use your computer as you wish, and take back control of your data. We were recently at Software Freedom Day in Delhi, for instance: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #opensource
On September 30 in Delhi, the Software Freedom Law Centre (SFLC) organised an event to celebrate Software Freedom Day. Ravi Dwivedi was there with a stand and merchandise, to raise awareness about LibreOffice. Here are some photos from the event:
Suraj Bhattarai, our Liaison for the LibreOffice Nepali Community, writes: The LibreOffice Nepali Community is collectively carrying out a LibreOffice localization sprint 2023, with support from major communities in Nepal, including Ask Buddie, Biren…
LibreOffice 7.6 will be released as final in mid-August 2023 (check the Release Plan), with LibreOffice 7.6 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) the third pre-release since the development of version 7.6 started in mid December, 2022.
Say hello to the team at The Document Foundation! They coordinate the @libreoffice project – but of course, hundreds of people in the community help to improve the software, every day 😊 blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #opensource
Tried #LibreOffice's dark mode yet? Our Design community added lots of improvements to it in LibreOffice 7.6 – so check it out (Tools > Options > View)... #foss #opensource
