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Tag Archives: LibreOffice
Rome Moves On
“In 2018, Rome will run a pilot to test the use of workstations running Linux. Some of the IT support staff already have much experience with Linux servers and workstations, which should help resolve possible issues with network drives, shared … Continue reading
Posted in politics, technology
Tagged adoption, desktop, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, government, LibreOffice, Linux, market share, migration, politics, security, server, small cheap computers, uptake
64 Comments
Debian 9 “Stretch” Released
I’ve had a couple of systems running it. Today I will convert my main machine. See https://twitter.com/debian
Posted in technology
Tagged adoption, Debian, desktop, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, LibreOffice, migration, server, uptake
9 Comments
Armageddon, M$-style
“On May 12, hackers hit more than a hundred countries, exploiting a stolen N.S.A. tool that targeted vulnerabilities of Microsoft software. The attacks infected only machines running on Windows operative system. Among the victims are public administrative bodies such as … Continue reading
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Tagged Debian, desktop, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, government, LibreOffice, market share, migration, politics, security, that other OS, uptake
43 Comments
TDF On Munich
“According to the report, only a minor percentage of users (between 18% and 28%, based on different applications) had severe issues related to software, which could be solved by migrating these users to Windows and MS Office. Incidentally, 15% of users … Continue reading
Posted in politics, technology
Tagged adoption, desktop, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, government, LibreOffice, migration, politics, that other OS, uptake
33 Comments
LibreOffice 5.3 Is Here
You can grab the release notes and be amazed. What I noticed right away is that there are now proper styles for tables in Calc and that there is an accompanying application to run on a server for on-line/collaborative editing. … Continue reading
Oops! The Monopoly Is Shaken
“Subscriber additions peaked in the first quarter of 2015, at 3.2 million, followed by 3 million in the third quarter, providing a foundation for a record 11.4 million new subscribers during the year. After Q4 2015, however, the trailing 12-month numbers … Continue reading
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Tagged desktop, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, LibreOffice, Linux, market share, migration, small cheap computers, uptake
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Backup?
“This virus affected all Microsoft Office Suite documents, such as Word documents and Excel files. In addition, all body camera video, some in-car video, some in-house surveillance video, and some photographs that were stored on the server were corrupted and … Continue reading
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Tagged Debian, desktop, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, government, LibreOffice, Linux, migration, security, server, small cheap computers, uptake
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France And Germany Get Free/Libre Open Source Software
“Industry in France and Germany should embrace open source, the governments of both countries say in the closing statement of the German-French digital conference in Berlin on 13 December. Open source is a key driver for digital innovation, the countries … Continue reading
Posted in politics, technology
Tagged adoption, android, desktop, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, government, LibreOffice, Linux, migration, politics, server, uptake
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LibreOffice Goes Online
“With the Collabora Online Development Edition (CODE) you can easily get your own online Office Suite up and running at home! The development edition is aimed at home users and contains the latest and greatest developments. We want as many people … Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, cloud, desktop, FLOSS, LibreOffice, market share, migration, server, small cheap computers, uptake
27 Comments
Ho Hum. Another City Switches To LibreOffice
“The experiments taught the IT department that when installing LibreOffice, the proprietary predecessor should be removed. “If a workstation had both, users would revert to the old tool whenever they had a difficulty  In Nantes, 75 percent of the users … Continue reading
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Tagged desktop, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, government, LibreOffice, market share, migration, politics, that other OS, uptake
70 Comments
Open Standards And FLOSS Go Together
“in the 66 courts across Slovenia, the 4400 staff use Apache OpenOffice. It is well-integrated in the court’s case management system, allowing automatic document generation by combining a template repository with case data. The courts also use the Mozilla Thunderbird … Continue reading
Posted in Linux in Education, politics, Teaching, technology
Tagged desktop, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, LibreOffice, market share, migration, politics, uptake
37 Comments
Italian Military Gets FLOSS
“Over the next four years, the LibreDifesa project aims to migrate all of the Italian military’s well over 100,000 desktops PCs to LibreOffice. This would make it the largest free software transition involving desktop PCs by a European public administration. … Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, desktop, FLOSS, government, LibreOffice, market share, migration, security, that other OS, uptake
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