Tag Archives: LibreOffice

Rome Moves On

Posted on October 9, 2017 by Robert Pogson

“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 →

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Debian 9 “Stretch” Released

Posted on June 18, 2017 by Robert Pogson

I’ve had a couple of systems running it. Today I will convert my main machine. See https://twitter.com/debian

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Armageddon, M$-style

Posted on May 15, 2017 by Robert Pogson

“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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TDF On Munich

Posted on February 14, 2017 by Robert Pogson

“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 →

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LibreOffice 5.3 Is Here

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Robert Pogson

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 →

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Oops! The Monopoly Is Shaken

Posted on January 29, 2017 by Robert Pogson

“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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Backup?

Posted on January 28, 2017 by Robert Pogson

“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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France And Germany Get Free/Libre Open Source Software

Posted on December 20, 2016 by Robert Pogson

“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 →

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LibreOffice Goes Online

Posted on December 8, 2016 by Robert Pogson

“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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Ho Hum. Another City Switches To LibreOffice

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Robert Pogson

“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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Open Standards And FLOSS Go Together

Posted on September 29, 2016 by Robert Pogson

“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 →

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Italian Military Gets FLOSS

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Robert Pogson

“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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