Notices by LibreOffice (libreoffice@fosstodon.org)

LibreOffice 25.2 is our new major release, but we're still maintaining the previous 24.8 branch for a while longer. And today we're releasing #LibreOffice 24.8.5: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/02/20/libreoffice-24-8-5-is-available-for-download/ #foss #freesoftware #OpenSource

@jsclark Thanks 😊

Still using OpenOffice? It has unfixed security issues over a year old: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_OpenOffice#Security – So all users are strongly recommended to update to one of the actively maintained successor projects, like LibreOffice. (Please share and help raise awareness about this!)

New on the #LibreOffice development blog: Unterstanding the existing codebase to provide better patches: https://dev.blog.documentfoundation.org/2025/02/17/understanding-the-existing-code-to-provide-better-patches/ #foss #opensource #coding

@schnedan Hi! You can submit enhancement requests here: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org – But of course, we're a volunteer-driven project with very limited resources. To get a new feature more quickly, you can consider helping our volunteers, or funding a developer. Thank you ☺️👍

Joining a big open source project like #LibreOffice can be daunting – but rewarding too! Ndidi Folasade Ogboi recently joined our Design community, to improve LibreOffice's templates: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/02/17/community-member-monday-ndidi-folasade-ogboi/ #foss #opensource #freesoftware

@Oiselarius Sorry to hear that! Can you please send a quick report to our QA community with a screenshot at https://bugs.documentfoundation.org so that they can investigate – thanks!

@Oiselarius You can choose colours for the various user interface items, along with background images: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/25.2#Application_Theming

@letterus Thanks 😊

New in #LibreOffice 25.2, our latest major update: A status bar icon indicates when Data ▸ Calculate ▸ AutoCalculate is switched off. #foss #opensource

@fjelle The Flatpak version has been updated to LibreOffice 25.2, our new stable release branch.

@seigea @ShmosKnows Note that OpenOffice's last big update was in 2014, and it now has unfixed security issues over a year old: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_OpenOffice#Security – All development in the last decade has moved to LibreOffice, the actively maintained successor project.

647,961 downloads of #LibreOffice 25.2 since we released it last week! More stats here: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/02/13/libreoffice-25-2-the-first-week-in-statistics/ #foss #opensource #freesoftware

@qftnnwo Hi! For all questions about the software, please use https://ask.libreoffice.org 😊

Oh, and we just realised that we recently went over the 30,000 follower mark! 🎉 Thanks to everyone who follows us here – and let us know what you'd like more of 😊 LibreOffice tips? Info about new features? Insights into how the project and community works?

We hope you're enjoying the new features in #LibreOffice 25.2! Our community of developers, from the ecosystem and volunteers, is working hard on improvements across the suite. Here's what they did in January: https://qa.blog.documentfoundation.org/2025/02/11/qa-dev-report-january-2025/ #foss #opensource

New in #LibreOffice 25.2, our latest major update: Hovering the mouse over a heading in the Navigator displays a tooltip showing the word and character count of the content associated with it. #foss #opensource #freesoftware

@compfu Hi! Please report all issues to our QA community at https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/ – Thanks 😊

@jeanjo As the article says, "The northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein is moving 30,000 PCs from Microsoft Windows and Office to Linux and LibreOffice."

@Jeramee Glad to hear it 😊