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LibreOffice 6.4.4 Is Now Available for Download with 98 Bug Fixes
LibreOffice 6.4.4 Released for Linux, Windows, and Mac
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Microsoft: we were wrong about open source
…21 May 2020
LibreOffice 6.4.4 available for download
Berlin, May 21, 2020 – The Document Foundation announces the availability of LibreOffice 6.4.4, the 4th minor release of the LibreOffice 6.4 family, targeted at technology enthusiasts and power users. LibreOffice 6.4.4 includes many bug fixes and improvements to document compatibility.
LibreOffice 6.4.4 represents the bleeding edge in term of features for open source office suites, and as such is not optimized for enterprise-class deployments, where features are less important than robustness.…
20 May 2020
Annual Report 2019: LibreOffice Conference
(Note: this is a section from The Document Foundation’s Annual Report 2019, which will be published in full in the coming weeks.)
The LibreOffice Conference is the annual gathering of the community, our end-users, developers, and everyone interested in free office software. Every year, it takes place in a different country and is supported by members of the LibreOffice commercial ecosystem.
…19 May 2020
LibreOffice Tuesday T&T: Windows 7 SP1
Microsoft released Windows 7 on October 22, 2009, and ended the support on January 14, 2020. Technical assistance and software updates from Windows Update that help protect PCs are no longer available for the product.
Microsoft released the first Service Pack for Windows 7, also known as Windows 7 SP1, in February 2011, just a few days after the release of LibreOffice 3.3, the very first release after the fork.…
18 May 2020
Hispanic LibreOffice community meets online
LibreOffice communities around the world love to meet in person, share ideas, work on the software, and have a good time. Of course, “real life” meetings have been difficult in recent months, so communities are going online instead. Daniel A. Rodriguez, LibreOffice contributor based in Argentina and TDF Board member, tells us about an online meetup at the weekend:
…On Saturday, the Hispanic LibreOffice community held an online event via TDF’s Jitsi instance, and streamed on YouTube.
15 May 2020
LibreOffice Weekly Clippings – May 15, 2020
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9to5 Linux: LibreOffice 7.0 Now Available for Public Testing, Final Release Coming in Early August
Phoronix: LibreOffice 7.0 Alpha 1 Released With Its Skia + Vulkan Rendering
Small Tech News: LibreOffice 7.0 First Release: Enhanced Compatibility with Microsoft Office Documents
Softpedia News: First LibreOffice 7.0 Version Is Now Available for Download
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ZDnet: Linux not Windows: Why Munich is shifting back from Microsoft to open source – again
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