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diff --git a/librepcb-slides.tex b/librepcb-slides.tex
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@
 
 % Meta
 \title{LibrePCB}
-\subtitle{FOSDEM'22 Status Update}
-\date{February 5, 2022} % \today
+\subtitle{FOSDEM'24 Status Update}
+\date{February 4, 2024} % \today
 \author{Urban Bruhin}
 \institute{}
 
@@ -83,7 +83,13 @@
 % intro
 \include{slides/about}
 %\include{slides/motivation}
-\include{slides/timeline}
+%\include{slides/timeline}
+
+% news
+\include{slides/behind_the_scenes}
+\include{slides/new_website}
+\include{slides/librepcb_0_1_7}
+\include{slides/librepcb_1_0_0}
 
 % library
 %\include{slides/library_management}
@@ -109,18 +115,18 @@
 %\include{slides/cli_projects}
 
 % misc
-\include{slides/fab}
-\include{slides/installation_methods}
+%\include{slides/fab}
+%\include{slides/installation_methods}
 \include{slides/translations}
-%\include{slides/available_libraries}
+\include{slides/available_libraries}
 
 % contributing
-%\include{slides/getting_started}
-%\include{slides/live_demo}
+\include{slides/live_demo}
 \include{slides/current_project_status}
-\include{slides/madewithlibrepcb}
 \include{slides/next_steps}
+\include{slides/challenges}
 \include{slides/contributing}
+\include{slides/getting_started}
 
 % ----------------------------------------------------------------- %
 
@@ -138,12 +144,13 @@
 
 % backup slides
 %\appendix
-%\include{slides/why_not_contributing_to_kicad}
+\include{slides/why_not_contributing_to_kicad}
 %\include{slides/library_quality}
 %\include{slides/library_categorization}
 %\include{slides/footprint_assignment}
 %\include{slides/project_self_contained}
 %\include{slides/file_format_extensibility}
+\include{slides/madewithlibrepcb}
 
 % ----------------------------------------------------------------- %
 

diff --git a/slides/about.tex b/slides/about.tex
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ \section{About LibrePCB}
   \textbf{Free (GPLv3) EDA suite, started in 2013}
   \begin{itemize}
     \item Cross-platform: \faWindows\ \faApple\ \faLinux\ \faFreebsd
-          \hspace{0.3em} $|$ x86/ARM
+          \hspace{0.3em} $|$ x86/ARM/M1
     \item Intuitive \& easy-to-use UI,
           {\footnotesize for beginners, hobbyists \& professionals}
     \item Powerful library concept,

diff --git a/slides/available_libraries.tex b/slides/available_libraries.tex
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \section{Available Libraries}
 
 \begin{frame}{\secname}
 
-  24 libraries / more than 2400 elements and continuously growing:
+  32 libraries / ~4700 elements and continuously growing:
 
   \begin{center}
     \includegraphics[height=6.5cm]{images/available_libraries.png}

diff --git a/slides/behind_the_scenes.tex b/slides/behind_the_scenes.tex
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+\section{Behind the Scenes}
+
+\begin{frame}{\secname}
+  \begin{itemize}
+    \item Working full-time on LibrePCB since end of 2022!
+    \item Project is currently funded through the NGI0 Entrust Fund by NLnet!
+    \item New LibrePCB Fab manufacturing partner: PCBWay
+    \item New sponsors: PCBgogo, NextPCB, Partstack, WIN SOURCE
+  \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
diff --git a/slides/challenges.tex b/slides/challenges.tex
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+\section{Challenges}
+
+\begin{frame}{\secname}
+  \begin{itemize}
+    \item Project management (communication with sponsors \& partners,
+          email support, publicity, priorization, finances, \ldots)
+    \item Learning many new things (web development, server administration,
+          video editing, macOS, \ldots)
+    \item Part libraries (huge effort; complex cases; users expect all parts
+          to exist already)
+    \item Missing/incomplete/unclear standards (pick\&place, Gerber, IPC7351,
+          \ldots)
+    \item Platform specific issues (desktop integration, themes, sandboxing,
+          \ldots)
+    \item GUI toolkit limitations
+    \item Managing code \& library contributions
+  \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
diff --git a/slides/contributing.tex b/slides/contributing.tex
@@ -2,18 +2,21 @@ \section{Contributing}
 
 \begin{frame}{\secname}
   \begin{centering}
-    \bigskip \bigskip
+    \bigskip
     \textbf{\large{It's a huge, very time consuming task to develop an EDA software\ldots}}\\
-    \bigskip \bigskip
-    If LibrePCB is useful for you, a donation would be greatly appreciated.\\
-    It helps to spend more time on this project, making it more and more
+    \bigskip
+    If LibrePCB is useful for you, a donation would be greatly appreciated. \faHeart\\
+    It helps to keep full-time development ongoing, making it more and more
     powerful.\\
-    \bigskip \bigskip
-    {
-      Or check out other ways to contribute:\\
-      \footnotesize
-      \url{https://github.com/LibrePCB/LibrePCB/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md}
-    }\\
+    \bigskip
+    Other ways to contribute: \url{https://librepcb.org/contribute/}\\
+    \bigskip
+    \textbf{Currenty looking for help:}
+    \begin{itemize}
+      \centering
+      \item Wikipedia article writer: \url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:LibrePCB}
+      \item Share your feedback: \url{https://show.forms.app/librepcb/feedback}
+    \end{itemize}
   \end{centering}
 %  \textbf{
 %    \begin{itemize}

diff --git a/slides/current_project_status.tex b/slides/current_project_status.tex
@@ -6,16 +6,11 @@ \section{Project Status}
     \begin{tabular}{r m{0.5cm} l}
       Library Management & \Smiley[1.8][green] & \\
       Library Editor & \Smiley[1.8][green] & \\
-      Schematic Editor & \Smiley[1.8][green] & \\
-      Board Editor & \Neutrey[1.8][yellow] & (only basic features) \\
-      Export (e.g. Gerber) & \Smiley[1.8][green] &  \\
+      Schematic Editor & \Smiley[1.8][green] & (no buses \& hierarchical sheets yet) \\
+      Board Editor & \Neutrey[1.8][yellow] & (functional, but rather basic editing tools) \\
+      Data Import & \Neutrey[1.8][yellow] & \\
+      Data Export & \Smiley[1.8][green] &  \\
       Available Libraries & \Neutrey[1.8][yellow] &  \\
     \end{tabular}
   \end{table}
-
-  Not supported yet:
-
-  Hierarchical schematics, buses, 3D view, MPN in part libraries,\\
-  slotted holes/pads, blind/buried vias, arbitrary pad shapes, \ldots
-
 \end{frame}
diff --git a/slides/getting_started.tex b/slides/getting_started.tex
@@ -4,21 +4,15 @@ \section{Getting Started}
   \begin{center}
     \bigskip \bigskip
     \large\textbf{Download}\\
-    \url{https://librepcb.org/download/}
+    \url{https://librepcb.org/download/}\\
+    \small{(or by package manager on Ubuntu, Arch Linux, NixOS, FreeBSD, \ldots)}
 
-    \begin{itemize}
-      \centering\small
-      \item Windows: Installer, ZIP archive
-      \item Linux: Installer, Flatpak, AppImage, binary archive
-      \item Arch Linux: AUR packages
-      \item NixOS: Nix package
-      \item OpenPandora (ARMv7): PND package
-      \item macOS: Installer, Bundle
-      \item BSD: FreeBSD port
-    \end{itemize}
+    \bigskip \bigskip
+    \large\textbf{Quickstart Video Tutorials}\\
+    \url{https://www.youtube.com/@LibrePCB}
 
     \bigskip \bigskip
-    \large\textbf{Documentation}\\
+    \large\textbf{Quickstart Guide}\\
     \url{https://docs.librepcb.org/getting_started/}
   \end{center}
 \end{frame}
diff --git a/slides/librepcb_0_1_7.tex b/slides/librepcb_0_1_7.tex
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+\section{October 2022: LibrePCB 0.1.7}
+
+\begin{frame}{\secname}
+  \begin{itemize}
+    \item EAGLE library import
+    \item Flexible print/PDF/image export
+    \item Gerber X3 pick\&place export
+    \item Powerful measure tool in editors
+    \item Improved, configurable keyboard shortcuts
+    \item \ldots
+  \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
diff --git a/slides/librepcb_1_0_0.tex b/slides/librepcb_1_0_0.tex
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+\section{September 2023: LibrePCB 1.0.0}
+
+\begin{frame}{\secname}
+  \begin{itemize}
+    \item Advanced PCB features (thermal reliefs, blind \& buried vias, slotted pads, \ldots)
+    \item 3D PCB viewer \& STEP export
+    \item MPN management \& assembly variants
+      \begin{itemize}
+        \item Adding MPNs to libraries
+        \item Specifying MPNs in schematics
+        \item Alternate (second-source) MPNs
+        \item Different MPNs for each assembly variant
+        \item Separate BOM for each assembly variant
+      \end{itemize}
+    \item Output jobs
+      \begin{itemize}
+        \item Unified export for any kind of production data
+        \item Highly customizable
+        \item 100\% reproducible/portable
+        \item Runnable from GUI and CLI
+      \end{itemize}
+    \item \ldots
+  \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
diff --git a/slides/new_website.tex b/slides/new_website.tex
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+\section{New Website, Documentation \& Video Tutorials}
+
+\begin{frame}{\secname}
+  End of 2022:
+  \begin{itemize}
+    \item Completely new website from scratch (made with Huge \& Bootstrap)
+    \item New online documentation (made with AsciiDoc \& Antora)
+  \end{itemize}
+
+  End of 2023:
+  \begin{itemize}
+    \item New YouTube channel containing video tutorials
+  \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
diff --git a/slides/next_steps.tex b/slides/next_steps.tex
@@ -1,15 +1,24 @@
 \section{Next Steps}
 
 \begin{frame}{\secname}
-  Things to be improved (in arbitrary order):
+  Short term:
   \begin{itemize}
-    \item Part management (MPN, assembly variants, \ldots)
-    \item Advanced PCB features (arbitrary pad shapes, blind/buried vias,
-          slotted holes/pads, push\&shove router, \ldots)
-    \item 3D models in library / 3D board viewer / MCAD export
-    \item Hierarchical schematics / buses
-    \item UI improvements
+    \item EAGLE project import as it is now abandoned by Autodesk
+    \item Live part information (part status, stock availability, prices,
+          \ldots)
+    \item Under the hood: Qt6, C++17, 64-bit Windows binaries, \ldots
+  \end{itemize}
+
+  \bigskip
+
+  Long term (in arbitrary order):
+  \begin{itemize}
+    \item Improve trace routing tool (differential pairs, push\&shove router,
+          \ldots)
+    \item Hierarchical schematics \& buses
+    \item Many UI improvements
     \item Extend part libraries
+    \item Technology updates: OpenGL 2D renderer? QtQuick/QML? Rust?
     \item \ldots
   \end{itemize}
 \end{frame}
diff --git a/slides/timeline.tex b/slides/timeline.tex
@@ -4,25 +4,21 @@ \section{Timeline}
 
   \bigskip
   \footnotesize
-  \begin{chronology}[startyear=2020,stopyear=2022]
+  \begin{chronology}[startyear=2022,stopyear=2024]
     \chronoevent[datesstyle=\it,conversionmonth=false,datesseparation=.,
-      colorbox=white,markdepth=50pt]{5/2/2022}{FOSDEM'22}
+      colorbox=white,markdepth=20pt]{4/2/2024}{FOSDEM'24}
     \chronoevent[datesstyle=\it,conversionmonth=false,datesseparation=.,
-      colorbox=white,markdepth=20pt]{02/11/2021}{v0.1.6}
+      colorbox=white,markdepth=20pt]{24/9/2023}{v1.0}
     \chronoevent[datesstyle=\it,conversionmonth=false,datesseparation=.,
-      colorbox=white,markdepth=20pt]{04/10/2020}{v0.1.5}
+      colorbox=white,markdepth=60pt]{21/8/2023}{v1.0-rc1}
     \chronoevent[datesstyle=\it,conversionmonth=false,datesseparation=.,
-      colorbox=white,markdepth=20pt]{03/05/2020}{v0.1.4}
+      colorbox=white,markdepth=20pt]{13/4/2023}{NGI0 Grant}
     \chronoevent[datesstyle=\it,conversionmonth=false,datesseparation=.,
-      colorbox=white,markdepth=50pt]{1/2/2020}{FOSDEM'20}
-    \chronoperiode[color=yellow,textstyle=\it,startdate=false,stopdate=false,
-      topheight=4pt]{11/2020}{11/2021}{Migration to CMake}
+      colorbox=white,markdepth=20pt]{3/10/2022}{v0.1.7}
+    \chronoevent[datesstyle=\it,conversionmonth=false,datesseparation=.,
+      colorbox=white,markdepth=60pt]{8/9/2022}{PCBWay Partnership}
+    \chronoevent[datesstyle=\it,conversionmonth=false,datesseparation=.,
+      colorbox=white,markdepth=20pt]{5/2/2022}{FOSDEM'22}
   \end{chronology}
 
-  \bigskip
-
-  Beside implementing new features \& bugfixes, in 2021 we migrated from
-  qmake to CMake and refactored the software architecture to make it
-  future-proof.
-
 \end{frame}
diff --git a/slides/translations.tex b/slides/translations.tex
@@ -1,28 +1,27 @@
-\section{UI Translations}
+\section{Translations}
 
 \begin{frame}{\secname}
-  13 (partial) translations contributed by 42 translators
+  $\sim$3000 source strings translated into 21 languages by 59 contributors
   \textcolor{red}{\faHeart}
 
-  \smallskip
-
   \begin{center}
-    \begin{tikzpicture}[x=0.08cm,y=-0.42cm]
+    \begin{tikzpicture}[x=0.08cm,y=-0.4cm]
       \foreach \l/\x[count=\y] in {
-        English (1900 strings)/100,
-        Slovak/99,
-        Chinese (Taiwan)/94,
-        Czech/94,
-        Russian/75,
-        Chinese (China)/49,
-        Italian/44,
-        German/39,
-        Spanish/25,
-        Polish/23,
-        French/11,
-        Esperanto/8,
-        Turkish/5,
-        Ukrainian/3
+        English/100,
+        Ukrainian/99,
+        Slovak/86,
+        Czech/82,
+        Chinese (Taiwan)/57,
+        Russian/41,
+        Chinese (China)/36,
+        Italian/34,
+        German/24,
+        Spanish/16,
+        Polish/12,
+        French/7,
+        Esperanto/6,
+        Korean/4,
+        Turkish/4
       }
       {
         \node[left] at (0,\y) {\small{\l}};