FOSS Archive
11 Dec 2019
Proprietary slide decks at FOSS events? A missed opportunity
Paris Open Source Summit is the “first European free & open source event”, but speakers were requested to send their slide decks in the proprietary PPTX format for non specified technical issues related to the visualization or
1 Jul 2019
LibreOffice Conference Asia
I have attended LibOCon Asia in late May, in Tokyo, Japan’s capital and largest city. I have been invited by conference organizers to keynote about the global community, and co-manage with Lothar Becker a business and certification
26 Jun 2018
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Embedded Systems (But Were Afraid to Ask)
Daniele Lacamera, a senior developer and an old friend, has just published a book about Embedded Systems Architecture, which can be bought in digital format for a special discounted price for the next 24 hours at the
14 Feb 2018
15 May 2017
Licenza GPL, è vero declino?
By italovignoli On 15 May 2017 In FOSS
Articolo di Simon Phipps (https://meshedinsights.com/2017/05/03/is-the-gpl-really-declining/) tradotto e adattato alla lingua italiana in alcuni passaggi con il consenso dell’autore. La licenza GNU GPL sta veramente “morendo”, o si tratta semplicemente della campagna di comunicazione di quelli che sfruttano
1 Apr 2016
Open Source Initiative
By italovignoli On 1 April 2016 In FOSS
14 Feb 2016
#ilovefs
By italovignoli On 14 February 2016 In FOSS
We love Free Software, and we definitely want to show our love on February 14: Valentine’s Day. Show your appreciation publicly using social networks or your blog to demonstrate the world how many people love Free Software,
12 Jul 2015
Essen in Essen
In mid June, I have been invited to attend the meeting of the German community at Linux Hotel in Essen, to tell about the progress of Associazione LibreItalia and the Italian community at large (including the Google+
26 Mar 2014
Achieving Document Freedom in Four Easy Steps
In order to achieve document freedom, we must learn to produce interoperable documents. Unfortunately, this means that we have to review most of our editing habits, and start thinking about several details which make a difference: the
20 Dec 2012
Linux Journal Best Office Suite 2012
I don’t think that the screenshots need additional comments: LibreOffice is THE free office suite of reference for the Linux environment, surpassing every other software by a factor of six, and LibreOffice Writer is THE best single