There’s a lot going on in the LibreOffice community, in the lead up to LibreOffice 6.1, in development, documentation, design, QA, translations and much more. Here’s a summary of news and updates in June…
LibreOffice users around the world help developers to test new features and fix bugs before a new version is released. After the first and second Bug Hunting Sessions of LibreOffice 6.1, which were held on April 27th 2018 and May 28th 2018 respectively, we’re glad to announce the third Bug Hunting Session on July 6th – the last one before the release of LibreOffice 6.1!…
Berlin, June 22, 2018 – The Document Foundation (TDF) announces LibreOffice 6.0.5, which still represents the bleeding edge in terms of features – and as such is targeted at early adopters, tech-savvy and power users – but is also ready for mainstream users and enterprise deployments.
TDF recommends deploying LibreOffice in production environments with the backing of certified professionals, providing development, migration and training support (an updated list is available at https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/professional-support/…
Donations to The Document Foundation are used for many purposes, such as organising events, maintaining our infrastructure, and paying a small team to handle QA, marketing, documentation and other tasks. But donations are also used to fund tenders, whereby companies and individuals improve LibreOffice in specific areas and share knowledge with the community.
One such tender was posted in May 2017: “improve image handling in LibreOffice (#201705-01)“.…
With free and open source software, you get back control – over your software, your data, and your computer as a whole. And in the LibreOffice community, we strive to create the best user experience, but we also recognise that different users have different requirements.
To this end, LibreOffice includes three main user interface designs, accessible via View > Toolbar Layout in the menu.…
Currently we’re posting out the sticker packs for the Month of LibreOffice. Did you contribute to the project in May 2018, and your name (or username) is on this page?
If so, and you haven’t contacted us yet, email mike.saunders@documentfoundation.org with your name (or username) from the wiki page, along with your postal address, and we’ll send you a bunch of stickers for your laptop, PC and other devices!…