03 May 2023
LibreOffice project and community recap: April 2023
Here’s our summary of updates, events and activities in the LibreOffice project in the last four weeks – click the links to learn more…
- We started the month noting Microsoft’s plans to raise the prices of its office software in Germany – and other services – significantly. And not just once, but every six months there are to be “price adjustments”. Of course, LibreOffice (and LibreOffice Technology-based products) comes to the rescue!
- Next up, we reported about our policy-related activities in the European Union. TDF is backing campaigns to support free and open source software (FOSS) in the EU – and raise awareness of problems with the “Cyber Resilience Act”, amongst others.
- Talking of FOSS, we looked at how free and open source software continues to grow, as shown by data provided by reports of analysts, and by declarations of users. Over 76% of IT managers have increased the use of open source software during 2022, while almost 22% have not changed the amount, and less than 2% have reduced it.
- Throughout the month, we posted sections from The Document Foundation’s Annual Report 2022. The full version will be online soon – but in the meantime, you can find out what we did in the LibreOffice project, in the foundation, and at the conference in Milan!
- Want new features in LibreOffice? Help to fund developers! Every major release of LibreOffice includes a bunch new features, thanks to our community of volunteer and ecosystem developers. But what can you do, if you want a new feature in LibreOffice but don’t have the technical know-how to implement it? Find out more here…
- Finally, the Brazilian community gave a presentation at the FLISOL-DF event (Festival Latino Americano de Instalação de Software Livre) about the LibreOffice project. Check it out!
