LibreOffice 24.8, for the privacy-conscious office suite user

The new major release provides a wealth of new features, plus a large number of interoperability improvements

Berlin, 22 August 2024 – LibreOffice 24.8, the new major release of the free, volunteer-supported office suite for Windows (Intel, AMD and ARM), macOS (Apple and Intel) and Linux is available from our download page. This is the second major release to use the new calendar-based numbering scheme (YY.M),…

LibreOffice community at FrOSCon 2024 near Bonn!

LibreOffice community at FrOSCon 2024

FrOSCon is a yearly free and open source software (FOSS) conference that takes place in Sankt Augustin (near Bonn), Germany. And this year, the LibreOffice community was present! We had a stand with information flyers and merchandise, including stickers, pens, beer/coffee mats and more:

LibreOffice community at FrOSCon 2024

Over the two days, many people visited our stand and asked us questions: what are we working on, when the next release is due (in a few days!),…

Membership Committee elections: Townhall sessions with the candidates

The Document Foundation (TDF) is the non-profit home of LibreOffice, and its Membership Committee (MC) administers membership applications and renewals following the criteria defined in the Foundation’s Statutes.

TDF would like to run “townhall” discussion sessions with the candidates for this year’s membership committee election and invite all the community. We will plan with three different sessions to accommodate for three different time zones.…

LibreOffice in the Microsoft Store: 15% “back to school” discount

LibreOffice in the Microsoft Store

LibreOffice is always free to download from our website, but it’s also available in the Microsoft Store for a small fee, which covers the costs of putting it there, and helps to sustain future development of the suite.

Currently there’s a special “back to school” offer, and LibreOffice is included, with a 15% discount on the usual price.…

Community Member Monday: Khushi Gautam

Khushi Gautam

Tell us a bit about yourself!

Hi, I am so glad to be a part of this community. I live in Delhi, India. Currently, I am a software developer serving at Amazon MiniTV.

I have experience in both frontend and backend development for mobile and web applications. I graduated a year ago with a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering from Harcourt Butler Technical University.…

Luxembourg Media & Digital Design Centre is co-organising the LibreOffice Conference 2024

LMDDC logo

The LibreOffice and Open Source Conference 2024 is coming up, taking place on October 10 – 12 in Luxembourg. And we’re happy to announce that the Luxembourg Media & Digital Design Centre (LMDDC) has joined as a co-organiser. So what do they do?

The Luxembourg Media and Digital Design Centre (LMDDC) is an Economic Interest Grouping gathering the Ministry of Education, Children and Youth (MENEJ), and the Ministry of Higher Education and Research (MESR), and the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), created to support national activities related to digital learning and to operate service and innovation platforms.