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Introducing LibreOffice
The document introduces Kinshuk Sunil and his involvement with LibreOffice, an open-source office suite that emerged after Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems led to concerns about the future of OpenOffice.org. It discusses LibreOffice's features, development history, and the community-driven nature of the project, which aims to provide a free software alternative to proprietary office applications. The presentation encourages participation in development, documentation, and localization efforts to enhance the software and its accessibility.
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Presenter: Kinshuk Sunil, Manager at OSSCube. Involvement in LibreOffice and various open-source projects.
LibreOffice is a free open-source office suite, a fork of OpenOffice.org, supported by The Document Foundation.
Includes Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Math, Base for comprehensive document production.
Chronological development milestones from Sun's open-source StarOffice to the LibreOffice launch.
LibreOffice was created to ensure independent community-driven development after Oracle gained control.
LibreOffice 3.3 matches OpenOffice.org 3.3 with added features and improvements.
Available for download at the official LibreOffice website.
Ways to get involved in development, design, documentation, and marketing of LibreOffice.
Focus on Hindi Localization Sprint held at OSScamp Lucknow to enhance community involvement.
Promotes the idea that independent community culture enhances contributions.
Open floor for questions along with references for further information about LibreOffice and its community.
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- 1. Introducing Kinshuk Sunil/ OSScamp Lucknow 11.03 / March 26, 2011 / v2.0
- 2. About Me KinshukSunil Manager (Community & Relations), OSSCube Band Member, Ctrl Alt Delhi Founder, Indie GameDev India Leads the LibreOffice Hindi Localization Initiatives Contributes to Drupal, Mozilla Firefox, Ubuntu, phpBB, Wordpress, Wikipedia and some other projects. Contact: [email_address] Web: http://kinshuksunil.com
- 3. Reuse this PresentationThis presentation is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License.
- 4. Feel free tocopy, share, and modify this presentation, given: You attribute the original work as “Based on the presentation 'Introducing LibreOffice' by Kinshuk Sunil”
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- 7. a Free OpenSource suite of office applications available for GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows.
- 8. A fork ofOpenOffice.org, because the original is now controlled by Oracle
- 9. Developed & Supportedby The Document Foundation A meritocracy focused on delivering the best possible document production software to a broad range of users
- 10. What Does itInclude ?
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- 18. July 19, 2000: Sun announces an open source StarOffice October 13, 2000 : OpenOffice.org Launched May 1, 2002 : OpenOffice.org 1.0 Released September 2, 2005 : Sun retires SISSL. OOo goes completely LGPL October 4, 2005 : Sun-Google Partnership for OOo October 20, 2005 : OpenOffice.org 2.0 Released September 10, 2007 : IBM Joins OOo Development
- 19. October 2, 2007: Go-oo announced October 13, 2008 : OpenOffice.org 3.0 Released January 27, 2010 : Oracle acquires Sun September 28, 2010 : The Document Foundation is formed. LibreOffice is announced January 25, 2011 : LibreOffice 3.3 released. First stable LibreOffice release May 2011 : LibreOffice 3.4 expected
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- 21. When Oracle acquiredSun, it was unclear if OpenOffice.org will be discontinued like OpenSolaris
- 22. Oracle controls OpenOffice.orgnow Oracle now releases Oracle Open Office, based on OOo, which is a proprietary software Oracle has also announced Oracle Cloud Office, a proprietary derivative of OOo, on the cloud
- 23. To contribute toOpenOffice.org, you have to sign the Oracle Contributor Agreement , which hands over your copyrights to Oracle for creating proprietary versions of Oracle Open Office
- 24. LibreOffice was atemporary name. It was hoped, Oracle would contribute OpenOffice.org brand to the community. Oracle refused
- 25. Oracle was invitedto participate in the development of LibreOffice and be a contributor to The Document Foundation and the community. Oracle refused
- 26. Oracle demanded thatall members of the OpenOffice.org Community Council involved with The Document Foundation step down from the Council, citing a conflict of interest.
- 27. To ensure thatthe project remained independent of a single corporate sponsor To drive the community Forward To stay community-driven To build a new ecosystem of contributions and benefits
- 28. Presently: LibreOffice 3.3has all features of OpenOffice.org 3.3 and some more
- 29. Features Unique toLibreOffice 3.3 SVG image import Lotus Word Pro and MS Works import filters Improved WordPerfect import Dialog box for title pages Navigator lets one heading be unfolded as usual in a tree view "Experimental" mode that allows unfinished features to be tried by users Some bundled extensions, including Presenter View in Impress Colour-coded document icons.
- 30. Get it Nowhttp://www.libreoffice.org/download/
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- 32. Development & QABuild LibreOffice
- 33. Find Tasks tobe solved
- 34. Write code andpatches that go into the software
- 35. Experiment with andimplement Ideas
- 36. More: Wiki/Development PerformTesting on the Software
- 37. Find and reportBugs
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- 39. Help improve thequality of the software
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- 41. Design & WebsiteDesign Buttons and Icons
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- 43. Design Badges andStamps
- 44. Make it justwork, and look great, too!
- 45. More: Wiki/Design Writecontent for the website
- 46. Help test andmaintain the Website and Features
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- 48. Documentation & LocalisationHelp write technical documentation for the project
- 49. Write technical HowTos for all the member applications
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- 51. More: Task WishlistTranslate the project in your local language
- 52. Help the softwarereach out to a Non-English-Speaking audience too
- 53. More: Wiki/Localisation and Hindi Localisation
- 54. Marketing & PromotionUse LibreOffice Share with your Family and Friends Organise community events Spread the Word More: Wiki
- 55. LibreOffice Hindi LocalizationSprint at OSScamp Lucknow 11.03 http://translations.documentfoundation.org/hi/
- 56. The culture ofan independent community brings out the best from all contributors . Do Your Best!
- 57. Questions Please (referencesfollow)
- 58. The Document Foundationand LibreOffice by Florian Effenberger at openSUSE Conference, October 22nd 2010 in Nuremberg LibreOffice Marketing at the LibreOffice Wiki LibreOffice on Wikipedia OpenOffice.org on Wikipedia
- 59. Reuse this PresentationThis presentation is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License.
- 60. Feel free tocopy, share, and modify this presentation, given: You attribute the original work as “Based on the presentation 'Introducing LibreOffice' by Kinshuk Sunil”
- 61. You share itfurther under the same license