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• Post #4426836

  Look at this: the Austrian Military (Bundesheer) moved 16,000 PCs from Microsoft Office to #LibreOffice. But why and how did they do it? Find out in this interview: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/08/07/why-and-how-the-austrian-military-moved-to-libreoffice-part-1/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware

• Post #4413382

  The characteristics of a truly open document standard format: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/08/06/truly-open-document-standard-format/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware

• Post #4350368

  Community Member Monday: Karl-Heinz Gruner Today we're talking to Karl-Heinz Gruner, who has been supporting the LibreOffice community at events in Germany and recently became a member of The Document Foundation, the non-profit behind the suite: Tell us a bit about yourself! I live in Middle Franconia, near Nuremberg. In my spare time, I enjoy riding m https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/08/03/community-member-monday-karl-heinz-gruner/ #Community #Interviews #LibreOffice

• Post #4314426

  Please participate in a survey about LibreOffice Base In the past we run several surveys to better understand the use cases for Calc, Impress, Draw, and Writer templates. And since TDF hired a developer for Base it’s time to investigate this module. We collected a couple of questions that address not only actual users of LibreOffice Base but also people who use other tools or no database at all. So please participate at https://survey.documentfoundation.org/493555. https://design.blog.docume...

• Post #4196449

  LibreOffice, yours for a lifetime On 13 October 2026, Microsoft ends support for Office 2021. No more security updates, no more fixes, no more assurances. The software will still launch. It will still open your files. But from that date it becomes a liability rather than an asset — and the only sanctioned path forward runs through a subscription. This is not a bug in the model. It is th https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/07/29/libreoffice-yours-for-a-lifetime/ #LibreOffice

• Post #4164515

  What is Digital Sovereignty Digital sovereignty is not about owning everything, it is about ensuring that nothing essential can be taken away. That single line settles more arguments than it first appears to, because it disqualifies the two positions that dominate the debate. One side imagines sovereignty as control. The other imagines it as choice. Both are talk https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/07/28/what-is-digital-sovereignty/ #Community #OpenDocumentFormat #Standards

• Post #4083048

  What We Owe Each Other, in Millimetres and Volts A standard is a public agreement about how things should fit together. Two words in that sentence carry the weight: public and agreement. Public, because the rules are written down and anyone can read them. Agreement, because nobody imposes them alone; they are negotiated between parties who accept that the shared space is more valuable than any individual advantage within it. https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/07/10/what-we-owe-each-ot...

• Post #4083047

  We're getting very close to #LibreOffice 26.8, our next major release! The first release candidate is now available, for testing: https://qa.blog.documentfoundation.org/2026/07/22/libreoffice-26-8-rc1-is-available-for-testing/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware

• Post #4057509

  Update time: #LibreOffice 26.2.5 is now available. This is the fifth maintenance release in our current stable branch, recommended for all users: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/07/24/libreoffice-26-2-5/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware

• Post #3988986

  LibreOffice State of the Project (July 2025 – June 2026) Quarterly updated State of the Project Slide Deck, based on data from July 1st, 2025, to June 30, 2026. 309 developers worked on the source code, adding 11.464 new commits (Git): 238 volunteer developers (77%) provided 2.028 commits (18%); 11 developers from The Document Foundation (4%) provided 4.501 commits (39%), and 60 developers from 8 ecosystem companies (19%) provided 4.935 commits (47%). https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/...

• Post #3882986

  How proprietary formats have become Microsoft’s main tool for lock-in https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/07/17/microsofts-main-tool-for-lock-in/ #libreoffice #tdforg #odf

• Post #3841682

  Many improvements, fixes and code cleanups are coming to #LibreOffice, thanks to our worldwide community! Here's what they did in June: https://qa.blog.documentfoundation.org/2026/07/15/qa-dev-report-june-2026/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware

• Post #3678188

  Our next major update is coming! #LibreOffice 26.8 will be released in August, with many new features, improvements and fixes. Help our community to test the first beta version: https://qa.blog.documentfoundation.org/2026/07/08/libreoffice-26-8-beta1-is-available-for-testing/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware

• Post #3552616

  In June, we had an update to #LibreOffice, revised guidebooks, new videos, advocacy of open document standards, and more: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/07/03/libreoffice-project-and-community-recap-june-2026/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware

• Post #3531452

  One of the many new features coming in #LibreOffice 26.8, our next major release (due in August): the Word Count dialog now shows stats for before and after the cursor. Thanks to Tien Nguyen Minh for adding this! https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/26.8 #foss #openSource #freesoftware

• Post #3488891

  Open Document Format is a vital component of freedom. Learn about the invisible architecture of lock-in – the layering of dependencies: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/06/30/the-invisible-architecture-of-lock-in/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware

• Post #3486416

  The invisible architecture of lock-in: the layering of dependencies A sophisticated mechanism by which proprietary technology ecosystems maintain their grip on users and institutions, even when those users and institutions believe they are making free choices, using open standards, and building independent digital infrastructure. It does not work through force, but through a subtler and more durable strategy: the layering of dependencies. https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/06/30/the-i...

• Post #3473034

  #LibreOffice's marketing team spreads the word about the software (and the community behind it). Here's what they did in 2025: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/06/29/libreoffice-marketing-activities-in-2025-tdf-annual-report/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware

• Post #3396965

  Coming up in #LibreOffice 26.8, our next major release (in August): Draft writing mode in Writer. This removes all other elements, letting you concentrate entirely on the text. Thanks to László Németh for implementing this feature! https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/26.8 #foss #openSource #freesoftware

• Post #3380439

  #LibreOffice isn't just software – it's a worldwide community of people. Join us at events around the world! Here's a recap of what we did in 2025: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/06/23/libreoffice-conference-and-external-events-tdf-annual-report-2025/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware

• Post #3372618

  Improvements are coming to #LibreOffice's tabbed user interface, in our next major update, due in August! Big thanks to our Design community for working on them. (Of course, the menu+toolbar interface option isn't going away 😉) #foss #opensource #freesoftware

• Post #3352734

  The Document Foundation – the name that pointed at the right thing, 16 years before: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/06/19/tdf-the-name/

• Post #3345993

  Coming up in #LibreOffice 26.8, our next major release (due in August): the border toolbar button in Calc is now a split button that remembers and reapplies the most recently used border style. Thanks to Andreas Heinisch for implementing this feature! #foss #openSource #freesoftware

• Post #3339606

  Big new documentation update for #LibreOffice! Thanks to the volunteers who made it happen: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/06/17/the-getting-started-guide-26-2-has-just-arrived/ #foss #opensource #freesoftware

• Post #3324419

  Join the #LibreOffice community! Build up your skills and learn new things: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tundkAar9d4 #foss #openSource #freesoftware

• Post #3289866

  Euro-Office, open standards, and native ODF A welcome commitment to open standards — and why it should end with ODF as Euro-Office’s native document format. https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/06/11/euro-office-open-standards-and-native-odf/

• Post #3252503

  What's happening in the #LibreOffice project? Software updates, events, a new development strategy and more: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/06/10/libreoffice-project-and-community-recap-may-2026/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware

• Post #3016435

  #LibreOffice is made by hundreds of people around the world, working on code, documentation, QA, translations, marketing, infrastructure and much more. Coordinating the project’s activities is the team at The Document Foundation, the non-profit behind LibreOffice. Let’s see what the team members do: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/06/01/meet-the-team-at-the-document-foundation/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware

• Post #2577710

  New feature coming in #LibreOffice 26.8, in August: keyboard shortcuts can be configured for individual documents (and saved in them). This feature was added by Neil Roberts, who recently joined the TDF team: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/26.8#Core_/_General #foss #openSource #freesoftware

• Post #2562317

  More and more countries are taking back control of their IT! At the #LibreOffice Conference, we hear how the Austrian Military is switching. Oh, and there's cool conference swag from the organisers too... https://conference.libreoffice.org/2025/ #foss #OpenSource