General Activities LibreOffice 7.5.3 was released on May 4 LibreOffice 7.4.7 was released on May 11 Sophia Schröder corrected menu item paths in Help alongside other cleanups Adolfo Jayme Barrientos made some tweaks to wordings in UI and Help Olivier…
We want a fair and open system for all. We support The Linux Foundation's Open Source Software Patent Defense. Join us by submitting your own comment: linuxfoundation.org/blog/stand…
The USPTO has issued proposed rules that will make it harder for everyone in #opensource to challenge bad #patents. Let them know you want a fair and open system for all, where anyone can seek a review of an invalid patent.
This is a campaign supported by @eff, @EclipseFdn, @mozilla, Open Invention Networks (OIN), @osi, Unified Patents, and likely more as we progress.
What a beautiful story of #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #software from #ABC news from Kristine Taylor and Susan Chenery - @kristineataylor@twitter.com and @chenery3@twitter.com - Jamie Teh - @jcsteh and Mick Curran - @md_curran@twitter.com, who both live with #blindness, created #NVDA software which is a desktop #ScreenReader - and continue to give it away for free.
Alright, here's a response article to @martijnbraam's "Developers are lazy, thus Flatpak". I'll be addressing some of their claims by explaining why some of the design decisions make sense the way they are.
Recently, the article “Developers are lazy, thus Flatpak”, by Martijn Braam, was published to criticize a few things regarding Flatpak. I want to go over the article and address some points that were raised.
Our community in Asia let us know about an event they’re organising… LibreOffice Conf Asia x UbuCon Asia 2023 (hereinafter referred to as LOUCA23) is an event that brings together Linux and Open Source Software (OSS) activists, contributors, users, c…
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The application for our Executive Director role closes today. If you or someone you know would be a good fit for this position, make sure to submit your application now! foundation.gnome.org/careers/
The deadline to apply for our Executive Director role is only open for one more day. If you or anyone you know is a good fit, make sure to submit your application by June 2! foundation.gnome.org/careers/
If you plan to attend the LibreOffice Conference 2023 in Bucharest, it’s time to: REGISTER: https://conference.libreoffice.org/2023/registration-form/ CHECK IF YOU NEED A VISA: https://igi.mai.gov.
In 2022, 11,769 commits were made to the #LibreOffice source code, from 218 authors, in 10 repositories. We also took part in the Google Summer of Code, to support student developers: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #opensource #foss
The Document Foundation (TDF) is the non-profit entity behind LibreOffice, providing infrastructure and support for the community that makes the suite.
The LibreOffice Google Summer of Code projects have been selected for 2023. Ahmed Gamal Eltokhy – Improve PGP/GPG encryption support: the project aims to enhance the experimental PGP/GPG encryption support in LibreOffice by addressing several shortco…
Be part of Linux App Summit 2024! We are already looking for the location of our next event. What about near you? Send in your proposal and let's get things rolling! linuxappsummit.org/cfl/
The Linux App Summit (LAS) is designed to accelerate the growth of the Linux application ecosystem by bringing together everyone involved in creating a great Linux application user experience.
In 2022, the documentation community continued to update LibreOffice guidebooks, and the Help application (This is part of The Document Foundation’s Annual Report for 2022 – we’ll post the full version here soon.
Ever heard the term "scratching your own itch"? It means: doing something out of motivation to solve a personal problem. Rafael Lima came across a limitation in #LibreOffice, and helped our community to fix it! Learn more : blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #opensource #qa
Xisco Fauli from The Document Foundation (the non-profit entity behind LibreOffice) writes: On May 12 and 13, the esLibre Conference took place in Zaragoza, Spain and the LibreOffice spanish community took the oportunity to meet in person and talk ab…
This year our annual conference, GUADEC, takes place in Riga, Latvia on July 26-31. Throughout the six days of presentations, BoFs, workshops, and social events we’ll need volunteers to help the conference run smoothly! The volunteer’s responsibilit…
LibreOffice 7.6 will be released as final in mid August, 2023 ( Check the Release Plan ) being LibreOffice 7.6 Alpha1 the first pre-release since the development of version 7.6 started in mid December, 2022.
So far, 202 sticker packs have been awarded in the Month of LibreOffice, May 2023. But we’re only half of the way through – so if your name (or username) isn’t on the list, join in, help to make LibreOffice even better, and get some cool swag! We’ll …
We're getting closer to Thunderbird for Android! One of our next steps for K-9 Mail is to incorporate Thunderbird’s Autoconfig mechanism. This will dramatically improve the new account setup experience.
Want to expand your skillset and gain experience with UX, marketing, documentation, QA or translations? Join the Month of LibreOffice, May 2023! Over the next four weeks, hundreds of people around the world will collaborate to improve LibreOffice – a…
Design (UI and UX) has been one of the major focus points of LibreOffice in the last few years, and the Design community has produced new icon sets and a number of incremental updates to the user interface – menus, toolbars and the SideBar – along wi…
I'm still on Gajim 1.3.3 and simply can't upgrade because of the lack of the history manager (separate window to view chatlogs). I'm hoping that it will come back someday and that the old version I'm using will work a bit longer.
LibreOffice’s QA (Quality Assurance) community helps to identify and fix bugs in the software. Every week, Ilmari Lauhakangas from The Document Foundation (the non-profit entity behind LibreOffice) live-streams bug triaging sessions, so that others c…
Our mission is to build the best email client we can. To make professional software that puts your privacy first. To boost your productivity, compliment your daily workflow, and meet your customization needs.
To expand the #Thunderbird experience to Android and iOS. And to do it all transparently, guided by the values of free and #OpenSource software.
Last year, our donors gave us a clear signal that they believe in that mission, too!
Today I am tremendously grateful for the 300K donors who gave a record-breaking amount to the @thunderbird Project in 2022.
And I'm tremendously thankful to be part of such an incredible #OpenSource project. One that is undoubtedly thriving, when only a few years ago its existence was in question.
Here is the 2022 Financial Report for #Thunderbird. I hope it inspires you to consider a financial gift to your own favorite #FOSS project.
The organizing team of LibreOffice Conference 2023, which will be hosted by the Faculty of Automatic Control and Computers of the University Politehnica of Bucharest – the capital city of Romania – from Wednesday, September 20 (community meetings), t…
Want to expand your skillset and gain experience with UX, marketing, documentation, QA or translations? Join the Month of LibreOffice, May 2023! Over the next four weeks, hundreds of people around the world will collaborate to improve LibreOffice – a…
Welcome back to the ThunderCast: Episode 2 is READY!
We welcome special #Mozilla guest @mconley, a software mechanic, musician, livestreamer, and self-described “pre-internet phenomenon” among many other awesome things.
Join us for a great conversation full of nostalgia, a behind-the-scenes look at some great Firefox features, and much more!
India News: NEW DELHI: The Central government has blocked 14 messenger mobile applications that have been widely used in Jammu and Kashmir for spreading terror.
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