
Digital sovereignty is of vital importance for data freedom. If governments and organisations use proprietary or pseudo-standard formats, they limit the tools that citizens can use to access data.
So we’re happy to see that the IT Planning Council in Germany is

The LibreOffice Conference is the annual gathering of the community, our end-users, developers, and everyone interested in free office software. In 2024, it took place in Luxembourg
(This is part of The Document Foundation’s Annual Report for 2024 – we’ll post the full version here soon.)
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Today we’re at the Linux-InfoDay 2025 in Augsburg, southern Germany! If you’re in the area, pop by for a chat and grab some LibreOffice merchandise 😊
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In 2024, LibreOffice celebrated its fourteenth birthday. Two new major versions of the suite introduced a variety of new features, while minor releases helped to improve stability as well
(This is part of The Document Foundation’s Annual Report for 2024 – we’ll post the full version here

The Document Foundation is the non-profit entity that coordinates the LibreOffice project and community. In 2024 we had with elections for the foundation’s Membership Committee, along with regular Advisory Board calls, and support for other projects and activities
(This is part of The Document Foundation’s Annual Report

Petr Valach from the Czech LibreOffice community tells us about feedback from the LibreOffice booth at this event…
InstallFest is a well‑established yet relatively small open‑source conference held annually in the Czech Republic, traditionally at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering building at Karlovo náměstí in