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When People Freely Share, It Makes Things Better For Everyone

Ginny Skalski | OpenSource.com | September 18, 2013

Joshua Holm is the kind of guy you want to have on your chat list if you’re ever looking for an open source tool to tackle a task. That’s because he actively keeps up with the latest open source tools and projects because much of his work involves helping people find the right software tool to meet their needs. So if you’re looking for an open source version of something, chances are Joshua can make a recommendation...

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Why Public Libraries Need to Support Open Source

People turn to public libraries for answers, and a lot of times libraries are superb at providing them. But when it comes to providing answers about open source, libraries have an uneven track record. What can we do to make this better so that more people can turn to their public library to learn about open source software, hardware, and principles? Right now, if you walked into my public library and pelted me with questions about open source—like, "What is it?" "How does it work?" "How can I use open source?"—I'd rattle off answers so fast you'd be walking out with a new tool or technology under your belt. Open source is a big world, so of course there are some things I don't know, but guess what?...

Why Use Open Source Software?

Matt Harley | Datamation | December 14, 2015

Almost everyday, someone within the open source community is talking about how folks should be using open source software. I completely agree with this point of view. To further dive into the issue, I'll share my opinion as to why using open source software offers significant advantages over proprietary alternatives. Did you know that most people run their software because it allows them to accomplish a specific task, not because it runs on a particular operating system? While mobile users may be die-hard fans of their chosen platforms, when it comes to the desktop most people simply use what is familiar to them...

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Writing Documentation with AsciiDoc

I discovered AsciiDoc while writing Learn Linux in a Month of Lunches. AsciiDoc is a fantastically thorough markup language for writing books—think Markdown, but with more options, such as sidebars, notes, and tables. AsciiDoc lets you just type, with simple syntax controlling the formatting. When I first started writing my book, I was using Word style sheets with LibreOffice. Manning, my publisher, offered .odt versions for OpenOffice, but I had trouble getting the styles to work...

LibreOffice Conference 2014

Event Details
Type: 
Conference
Date: 
September 2, 2014 (All day) - September 5, 2014 (All day)
Location: 
University of Bern Bern
Switzerland

The LibreOffice Conference is the annual gathering of the worldwide LibreOffice Community and interested developers, marketers, adopters, end-users and supporters. This year, the LibreOffice Conference will be held in Bern, Switzerland, on September 02 - 05, 2014, at the Bern University. Our program reflects the broad engagement and diversity of the community: it includes talks and workshops from various areas of the project. We currently work on the program and put it online as soon as possible.

The LibreOffice Conference 2014 will be jointly organized by the Document Foundation (TDF), the Swiss Open Systems User Group, and the Research Center for Digital Sustainability of the Institute of Information Systems at the University of Bern and hosted by the University of Bern.

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