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Looking for a career change – maybe in technical writing? Join the #LibreOffice documentation community, and improve our help content and guidebooks! You can pick up valuable experience along the way. Dione Maddern explains more: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #opensource


#SCaLE21x, it's almost time to say goodbye, but it's been a blast. Thank you everyone who came by our booth to share your stories, heard @linuxflower talk about Thunderbird for Android, and made our first time here a great one. 🐧 💙

#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Community


Sam Thursfield, a software engineer at Codethink, recently led a project for Outreachy covering improving end-to-end testing for #GNOME.

Outreachy is an organisation that provides paid open source internships to people who are subject to systematic bias and underrepresentation.

You can read about how the project went and the outcomes here: buff.ly/3PkufkA

#opensource #outreachy #careers #DiversityinTech #careerbuilding


Today's tip is all about getting help.

Our official community support site where amazing contributors offer advice is Mozilla Support, aka SUMO: support.mozilla.org/en-US/ques….'

Here's our top 5 tips for getting the most from SUMO.

1. Search for your issue - maybe there's already a solution!
2. Be detailed! Include your OS, TB version, and other info.
3. Answer follow up questions.
4. Mark solutions to help future readers!
5. Be patient - it's a global community!

#Thunderbird #OpenSource




New guidebooks, for our shiny new #LibreOffice 24.2 release! Get the most out of Writer and Calc: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #opensource



It is really terrific to hear about the great work on #OpenSource being done by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. It was terrific to learn about the work of @jakerella work & about the adoption of #OSS in #DigitalGovernment.

Great to see government agencies setting up Open Source Program Office #OSPO & beginning to change the culture around buying, building and sharing code. All this helps broader goals towards government transparency and #OpenGovernment.

medium.com/@DigitalServicesCoa…


It's SCaLE21x week! We're dragging out our suitcases and making our packing lists - can't forget the stickers! We'll be at Booth 215 Friday through Sunday, and we hope you come visit us. It's our first year at SCaLE and we can hardly wait. 🐧 🌴

And in a completely, totally, honestly unrelated question, we've been thinking about the kinds of Easter Eggs you can't eat. What are YOUR favorite hidden surprises? Any media counts! 🐣 😉

#Thunderbird #OpenSource #SCaLE21x


So @gnome is removing the x11 session, leaving just the Wayland one.

If this goes out before Orca, the GNOME screen reader, is fixed to work on Wayland, it will mean that people who rely on screen readers will have no way to use one on GNOME. And thus on the major Linux distributions.

So I’m hoping the plan is that this change will not land until GNOME has a working screen reader.

#accessibility #a11y #gnome #linux #openSource #foss #wayland #x11 #orca peoplemaking.games/@ailepet/11…




Keep the momentum going for free open source projects in this week's Follow Friday by giving your support with contributions, boosts and follows.

adamsdesk.com/posts/discover-f…

- LÖVR @lovr
A framework for rapidly building immersive 3D experiences.
- NV Access @NVAccess
A screen reader.
- BiznisBox @biznisbox
A web app for managing invoices, clients, & payments.
- BookStack @bookstack
Documentation system.

#FollowFriday #fediverse #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #ff #oss #foss #floss


The #GUADEC2024 call for abstracts for those looking to be *sponsored* has passed (due to visa reqs & travel lead time), BUT the call for both in-person (if you don’t need sponsorship) and remote talks IS STILL OPEN!

events.gnome.org/event/209/abs…

If you’ve been working on something interesting in GNOME or GNOME-adjacent spaces and can present remotely or get yourself to Denver in July, you still have just over two weeks to propose a talk!

#GNOME #GUADEC #OpenSource #Linux #FOSS #FLOSS


Our Nepali Community celebrated the #LibreOffice 24.2 Release Party with CS50x Nepal students 🥳 blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #opensource


Check out this recap of the work that Community Platform Engineering did in 2023! The CPE team is made up of the folks who manage Fedora infrastructure, Fedora release engineering, and @centos infrastructure.

Projects worked on or investigated:
* Making a @matrix native zodbot
* Moving our registry to quay.io
* Backend service for Fedora Badges
* And more!

➡️ communityblog.fedoraproject.or…

#Fedora #Linux #OpenSource #Matrix


#LibreOffice 24.2 is our latest big update, with many new features, including password strength indication when saving encrypted files. Find out more: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #opensource


We’re happy to announce the release of K-9 Mail 6.800! The main goal of this version is to make it easier for you to add your email accounts to the app by integrating Thunderbird’s autoconfig feature.

With another item crossed off the list, this brings us one step closer towards Thunderbird for Android! Read the details and how to get it at our blog:

blog.thunderbird.net/2024/03/t…

#Android #Development #Thunderbird #OpenSource


#LibreOffice 24.2 is our latest big update, with many new features. For instance, the special characters dropdown now shows description text. Find out more: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #opensource




#LibreOffice 24.2 is our latest big update, with many new features. For instance, in Math, you can now change the font used in formulas. Find out more: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #opensource


#LibreOffice 24.2 is our latest big update, with many new features, including tooltip help for expert configuration options. Find out more: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #opensource


Poprvé pořádně zkouším #xmpp komunikaci v terminálu, rozhodl jsem se vyzkoušet doporučené #ProfanityIM a je to super 😀👍 Těch možností a ta rychlost ⚡.
Samozřejmě to chce trošku pročíst základní informace na profanity-im.github.io/guide/0… a potom si vygenerovat svůj OMEMO a důvěřovat OMEMO klíčům od lidí, se kterými si chci šifrovaně psát. Ale během 10 minut jsem měl vše nastaveno.
Jen zatím nevím, jak uložit heslo, něco jako auto-login při spuštění, možná ví @archos ? #Linux #opensource #messaging


New Changeset newsletter is out:

buttondown.email/Changeset/arc…

Guides on #opensource project management, caregiving and persuasion, arguing responsibly, and asking more effective questions. And: celebrating Beautiful Soup's 20th anniversary.

#Python #maintainership #FLOSS #burnout #sustainability #management


#LibreOffice 24.2 is our latest big update, with many new features. For instance, in Impress, you can now use small capital letters in text boxes. Find out more: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #opensource


“Improved build validation, increased moderation, and the long-awaited switch to libappstream” by @barthalion

Heads up to app developers: Flathub’s automatic build validation is more thorough now, and includes checks for issues we previously would have only flagged manually. There’s a chance that if your app has been passing continuous integration checks previously, it will fail now; here’s why, and what to do about it:

docs.flathub.org/blog/improved…

#Flathub #Flatpak #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS


This is your friendly reminder for our monthly Community Office Hours this Thursday at 18:00 UTC! Team Thunderbird will be joined by John Bieling, who will be talking to us and answering your questions about Add-ons and Add-on development.

Find out how to join live and more on the blog post: blog.thunderbird.net/2024/02/f…

#Thunderbird #Community #OpenSource


#LibreOffice 24.2 is our latest big update, with many new features. For instance, in Calc, there's now a search field in the Functions sidebar deck. Find out more: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource


Hey Fedi! We're hosting a panel at SCALE 21x with some of the major players in the Linux desktop ecosystem to discuss where we go from here, any big ideas you want us to discuss?

Here's our list as of now: outline.fyralabs.com/s/8f1ce88…

And the abstract: socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x/p…

Post your ideas in the replies!

#foss #linux #oss #opensource #gnome #kde #stardustxr #stardust #vanillaos #xdg #scale21x


The next beta version of #Signal will be version 7.0.0.
There's a good reason for the round number. This will be the first version where usernames and phone number privacy are available outside of the staging environment.
From this version on, you'll be able to talk to people on Signal without revealing your phone number, and also, you may use Signal without revealing to people who have your number saved that you do.
This is huge.
github.com/signalapp/Signal-An…

#Privacy #FOSS #OpenSource #PNP



Today we released #TurrisOS 7.0 into #RC! It is long awaited update to newer #OpenWrt 22.03. If you have our #opensource #highperformance #router give it a try over the #weekend and let us know if you find any issues. #releaseday #fridayrelease
forum.turris.cz/t/turris-os-7-…



#LibreOffice 24.2 is our new big update, with many new features. For instance, in the Navigator, hidden sections of a document are now greyed-out. Find out more: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #opensource