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title: 'Apache OpenOffice.org (incubating) Developer Education: Building on Linux'
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date: '2011-09-01 22:41:22 -0400'
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<h2>&nbsp;Developer Education<br /></h2>
<p>It is September.&nbsp; In the northern hemisphere it is time for cooler weather and time to go back to school.&nbsp; The Apache OpenOffice.org podling is ready for the season with events to help developers learn more about OpenOffice.org.&nbsp; </p>
<p>Do you want to learn how to build Apache OpenOffice.org on Linux?&nbsp; Do you want to take the first steps towards becoming an OpenOffice hacker?&nbsp; Do you want to help test, review and improve our build instructions, on any one of a variety of Linux distros?&nbsp; If so, you will not want to miss this event.</p>
<p>Next week, from Wed September 7th through Saturday September 10th we will be making a concerted effort to enable everyone who wants to be able to build OpenOffice. This will be the first of a series of Developer Education topics we hope to deliver.&nbsp; Others may include how to build on Windows and Mac, and how to work on particular OpenOffice features.</p>
<p>This will be a virtual event, with collaboration on the ooo-dev mailing list and on IRC.&nbsp; Members of the OpenOffice.org podling will be on hand to help anyone who wishes to get started with OpenOffice development on Linux.</p>
<h2>&nbsp;How to Get Involved<br /></h2>
<p>There are a few things you should do to prepare for this event:</p>
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<li>Find a Linux machine, at least 1GB RAM and 75 GB free disk space</li>
<li>Run any updates needed to make your distro current</li>
<li><a href="http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/source.html">Download the latest source code</a> for OpenOffice.org via Subversion.</li>
<li>Before Wednesday, <a href="http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/mailing-lists.html">sign up</a> for the <a href="mailto:ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org">ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org</a>&nbsp; mailing list.</li>
<li>Bookmark the <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide">OpenOffice.org Building Guide</a>.&nbsp; This is the documentation we'll be following, and correcting.</li>
<li>Starting on Wednesday, follow the discussions on the ooo-dev mailing list.&nbsp; We'll use a subject tag of [LINUX-BUILD] for threads related to this event.</li>
<li>Also starting on Wednesday, join us on IRC: <a href="http://irc.freenode.net">irc.freenode.net</a>&nbsp; on channel <a rel="nofollow" title="irc://irc.freenode.net/dev.openoffice.org" class="external text" href="irc://irc.freenode.net/dev.openoffice.org">#dev.openoffice.org</a></li>
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