Berlin, 18 December 2025 – LibreOffice 25.8.4, the fourth minor update to the free office suite developed by volunteers for personal productivity in office environments on Windows, MacOS and Linux, is now available from the download page.
I use the flatpack on Linux Mint, and it updated automatically. There are dozens of little things like this that make both Linux & LibreOffice so convenient and hassle free.
This post is a good example of why truth and factuality same thing. This is the most viscerally true thing I’ve read in a long while, but the degree to which it’s factual or not is largely irrelevant. It feels like a kick in the gut nonetheless
(It is tagged as ‘non-fiction, so it probably is factual)
“The Colonization of Confidence., Sightless Scribbles”
https://sightlessscribbles.com/the-colonization-of-confidence/
> The Tech Bros haven't invented the term, but they have automated the process.
Guess what, btw, I haven't been contacted regarding my work time tomorrow until now. My taxi isn't informed yet, and I have now proactively messaged the responsible person. I'd love to just stay at home if I don't get an answer, but sadly this is my fucking job and I don't need even more trouble.
My vocational school class is going to the cinema next Friday, actually, not even just the class, several other classes from the school. Our English teacher was (apparently) able to select a movie from the catalog. But, guess what, oh no how sad, the film has no audio description, but but, we even asked the cinema, so sorry, we need to find an alternative for you. The alternative is that while my classmates to whom I already am separated thanks to several other factors of my disability enjoy themselves next Friday, I'll be sitting at the office (being given the time to work on school stuff), and of course I don't have to stay the full time. You know I'm not even angry, this was totally no surprise to me but it's so fucking ridiculous.
Ich hätte gerne mal Feedback von Menschen mit #Sehbehinderung oder #Seheinschränkung: Mir ist gestern das erste Mal begegnet, dass die im wissenschaftl. Kontext übliche Bezeichnung Double/Single #Blind Review, bzw. "verblindet" (also dass nur eine Partei den Namen der anderen kennt, oder keine:r von beiden) offensive sei, weil #ablesimus. Wie seht ihr das? Gibt es dazu einen Diskurs/Literatur? Ich finde das Argument nachvollziehbar, ist mir nur bisher noch nicht begegnet. #PeerReview
Every time there's news from Mozilla we see a lot of takes around here along the lines of: they're clueless, their heads are in the sand, they don't know their userbase.
Alternative interpretation: We're looking at another case very much like Bluesky - a corporation with somewhat-openwashed branding which knows exactly who their userbase is, hates it, and wants a different one.
The rationale is clear enough; the browser is just a massive opportunity for datamining. The "AI" startups can only dream of controlling a browser with even the marketshare of Firefox. In that light, it's no use having a userbase of technically competent, privacy-aware dissidents who can work around the extractive dark patterns. Let's face it people, we're not profitable to surveillance capitalism
Yes, finally. #FDroid #PeerTube builds are fixed and new PeerTube app version is here. I was very impatient with this update as it brings support for external identity providers to the app. 👍 Thanks for this early christmas present @peertube ❤️
Fedora's elections are now open until Wednesday, 7th January!
I'm applying for a seat at FESCo [1] as I want to represent the interests of users, developers and maintainers of what we call Atomic, Bootable Container, Image Based or Immutable variants of Fedora (CoreOS, Atomic Desktops, IoT, bootc, etc.).
Something that hasn't been made clear: Firefox will have an option to completely disable all AI features.
We've been calling it the AI kill switch internally. I'm sure it'll ship with a less murderous name, but that's how seriously and absolutely we're taking this.
I have one remaining thing to get/do/arrange ahead of Chrimbo (excluding all of the other stuff).... and that is get a present for my eldest kiddo. Just between us so be cool and don't say anything, but she's proposing to her girlfriend on Tuesday so (assuming she doesn't tell her to get on her bike) it looks like I will be inheriting a brand new daughter in law, which I'm very excited about. However - I have got ZERO ideas for a Christmas present for one or either or both of them and I thought it might be nice to do something that also encompasses their engagement.
I ask for lesbian engagement because I don't recall having a lesbian wedding in the family before (I have GOT to stop calling it a lesbian wedding) and wondered if there's some cool secret lesbian ideas for engagement and Christmas presents that I haven't yet thought of. So I'd be really grateful if you could get on the secret lesbian underground network, do the special secret lesbian handshake, give me temporary lesbian authorisation/clearance and help me come up with ideas because at the moment they are terrible. It's all..... Vouchers for a nice dinner, which is BULLSHIT. In my head I want to get them like quad-biking and such, but I can't help feel that's mildly offensive and they're not really action-lesbians. I've definitely said the word lesbian too much.
Learned something new today: Both organisation and organization are correct spellings of the word, but they are regional spellings: organization (with a 'z') is American English (AmE), while organisation (with an 's') is British English (BrE) and common in Commonwealth countries. Both refer to the same meaning: the act of organizing or a structured group of people/things.
We had some more hiccups in the past day with images: the blurring-API (kindly provided to us by @panoramax for free) was down. This meant that images would be uploaded but would not be shown, instead showing the message 'your image is being processed'
All those images should now be processed and visible
Chtěl jsem dneska makat na webu. No, mám pocit, že to nevyjde. Sice se mi fakt chtělo, ale… 😇
Ráno psala manželka, že si zapomněla průkazku do práce, housle a noty. Tak jsem jí to samozřejmě “musel” přivézt. Cestou jsem se stavil pro suroviny a už namáčím čočku (bude na kyselo). Úplně náhodou jsem upadl na gauč a pustil se mi Netflix an Anthony Jeselnik - Na porodním hoří. Sami vidíte, že příroda si nepřeje abych ten web dodělal 😇
We need to normalize declaring software as finished. Not everything needs continuous updates to function. In fact, a minority of software needs this. Most software works as it is written. The code does not run out of date.
On December 16th, 2022, a journalist confused the Twitter handle joinmastodon (and the webpage joinmastodon.org) with a hypothetical "John Mastodon" ("founder of a competing social media company named after himself") in an article 😉.
I'm setting up a new MacBook, and I need #LibreOffice obviously. It occurred to me that it might be available in the App Store, which would be slightly more convenient than a separate download. It is ... for £8.99. What on earth is going on?!
Yes, there is a small fee for the Mac App Store version, to cover the costs of putting it there, and implementing some macOS-specific improvements: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… – Of course, it will always be free directly from our website.
Berlin, September 19, 2022 – The Document Foundation (TDF) announces the release of LibreOffice on Apple’s Mac App Store, to support end users who want to get all of their desktop software from Apple’s proprietary sales channel.
Yes, I did get it from the website instead. Are the MacOS-specific improvements documented anywhere? (I don't see it described in the App Store itself.)
The Document Foundation is the small non-profit entity behind LibreOffice. It oversees the project and community, and is now expanding with new developer roles.
tech novice here, read a little about LibreOffice on here. Is it Microsoft Word compatible? Can you also read Outlook files in it? Sadly need to be able to read those files but don't want to pay for Office as would prefer to use LibreOffice if possible. Thanks.
Ist hier jemand, der mir Fragen zu Screenreadern für Personen mit Sehbehinderung beantworten kann? Ich schreibe gerade Alt-Texts für eine Website und habe eine spezifische Frage: Wie kommen Screenreader mit englischen Begriffen und Abkürzungen klar?
Die Frage kann ich mit einem eindeutigen "es kommt darauf an“ beantworten. Denn es ist stark davon abhängig, welche Sprachausgabe (Microsoft, Nuance, Apple/Siri, Android/Google TTS usw.) verwendet werden, wie gut oder schlecht englische Worte von deutschsprachigen Stimmen vorgelesen werden. Da hast Du keinen Einfluss drauf. Und Alt-Texte sind reiner Text ohne Markup oder Sprachauszeichnung. Also gar nicht erst versuchen.
Du kannst aber davon ausgehen, dass heutige Sprachausgaben mit gängigen Anglizismen klarkommen. Und wenn nicht, dass die meisten Blinden es gewohnt sind, englische Begriffe in deutschen Texten zu hören.
Falls ihr #Watchtower (automatisches Updaten von Docker Container) von containrrr eingesetzt habt: Das Projekt ist jetzt nach langer Zeit offiziell archiviert und bekommt keine Pflege mehr
It is with a heavy heart, and some sense of relief, that I'd like to announce that we are looking to archive containrrr/watchtower. Neither @piksel, nor I, are big users of docker anymore, and fran...
I've finally switched to the @Vivaldi browser. I've been using Firefox for as long as I've been on the internet, but the focus on AI means it's no longer the browser for me. Thankfully unlike Chrome, Vivaldi supports the uBlock Origin extension which is the most important extension for being able to browse the web nowadays.
Ok, so you guys are probably tired of having to disable TalkBack just to play your audio games, and that frustration only grows when the game requires keyboard input. Well, not anymore! Introducing NVGT Bridge, your solution to this problem! It works on Android 11+ devices and lets you add apps that TalkBack should ignore. However, TalkBack will still respond to the keyboard, navigation bar, and status bar if you touch them, so you can type in your games without constantly turning TalkBack on and off. Sounds interesting? Go check it out! github.com/aryanchoudharypro/N… a huge thanks to @Bri for helping me test this!
allows games written in nvgt to have functionality like ios direct touch by using an accessibility service to remove the game from the explore by touch zone" - aryanchoudharypro/NVGTBridge
Considering visiting the Open Beats 2026, no idea if it's really known outside of Germany; it's right in the next city and there are some quite nice artists. The question is wether I'll find someone who's going with me, don't think my dad who's typically going to such stuff with me is much into electronic music.
I'm updating 370 something packages on a Raspberry Pi 2 from 2014 running Bookworm. This particular rPi is just a backup pihole (primary on that network is running on an old Intel NUC). Anyway, this will take a little while. A 900 mHz quad core processor can only go so fast.
@klittle667 This rPi is a backup on my parents' network. Go figure. It's hanging from the back of an 8-port managed switch with no case by a 10CM long Ethernet cable, and a short MicroUSB. Has been for years. Probably not the best idea, but whatever.
@sun I remember when they actually debunked this but the internet still didn't believe it and still keeps pretending that this was a thing
> They told us the death was initially recorded as a COVID-19 death after the victim tested positive. After the medical examiner and epidemiologist reviewed the death, they say they removed it from the COVID fatality list.
the claim is that you can show that the inclusion process is incredibly bad and permissive not that there were secretly one million motorcycle crashes skewing covid numbers. people found a particularly bad one, and only AFTER a specific one was found, they got embarrassed and removed that single one.
furthermore tons of studies are based on scraping VAERS and there is no pre-verification at all.
> the claim is that you can show that the inclusion process is incredibly bad and permissive
but that's the way it should be. It's easier to go back and audit and remove entries that are not qualified, but it's going to be nearly impossible to find the ones you missed and record them properly, right?
two different systems in use. from the article it seems like the two-step verification process failed for this one anyway. bu yeah VAERS is supposed to be raw data and you can accept or discount a particular study by checking it, any study that is not employing people to manually check inclusions is going to have this problem
@sun I think the biggest problem is distrusting the professionals/scientists trying to get it right because the mainstream media announces everything like it's from the lips of God and suffers no consequences for it, so that whips people into a fury and it doesn't help that the internet has turned everyone into an "expert" on every possible topic
There has been a lot of talk about "raccoon domestication" lately because of one sciencey article discussing it and I saw there was this TikTok or whatever video with a caption like "I'm a raccoon biologist and this is why raccoon domestication is never gonna happen"
Ok sorry you lost me there you are a "raccoon biologist"? I'll believe raccoons can talk before I believe you have a full time career as a "raccoon biologist". There's no way you're making a living in that speciality this has to be a hoax video
@Tutanota I installed your app on my android tablet but have not used it yet. Should I be concerned about my privacy whilst using the app since Android was developed by Google? Thank you.
Excellent! I've had Tuta for over six months and love it. I just never accessed it on anything other than my laptop because I was uncertain about security on android. Good to know it's secure to use on my tablet and phone!
Anyway my wife was like, Australia should ban the rest of their guns to stop massacres like in Bondi. And I just said then they will use a truck to massacre people, like in Germany.
1. Focus indicators were added in various places 2. Events are focusable with a keyboard 3. Year/month spin buttons are navigable with arrow keys 4. Calendar grids are skippable with Tab, and cells are wrapped via keyboard focus 5. Calendar list box now behaves like a check box
For screen readers: events and year/month spin buttons have proper semantics!
I feel like if accessibility improvements in GNOME Calendar specifically is what someone is excited about, it might be better to donate to @TheEvilSkeleton, the person who made it happen:
Hey, I've been under distress lately due to personal circumstances that are outside my control. I can't find a permanent job that allows me to function, I'm not eligible for government benefits, my grant proposals got rejected, paid internships are quite difficult to find. Essentially, I have no stable monthly income that allows me to sustain myself.
Nowadays, I work mostly on accessibility throughout GNOME as a volunteer, improving the experience of people with disabilities. I helped make the majority of GNOME Calendar accessible with a keyboard and screen reader — still an ongoing effort with !564 and !598 —which is an effort no company ever contributed financially. These merge requests take thousands (literally) of hours to research, develop, and test, which would have been enough to sustain myself for a couple of years if I had been working under a salary.
I would really appreciate any kinds of donations, especially ones that happen periodically to bump my monthly income.
These donations will allow me to sustain myself while allowing me to continue working on accessibility throughout GNOME, potentially even 'crowdfunding' development without doing it on the behalf of the Foundation.
I accept donations through the following platforms:
There is no calendaring app that I love more than GNOME Calendar. The design is slick, it works extremely well, it is touchpad friendly, and best of all, the community around it is just full of wonderful developers, designers, and contributors worth …
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To the peeps doing Suno. Please keep at it. Y'all are doing better then the shit on the charts. I'd much rather listen to your stuff. It is certainly more creative.
As a musician/producer who's been at this for like 15 years now, I don't agree, however AI music clearly isn't going anywhere so IDK what to say at this point. If it makes you happy, keep at it I guess, but please don't post your AI generated stuff on streaming.
@ZBennoui My thing is when this stuff sounds better then what is on the charts, then people need to do better. This stuff shouldn't be passing for music. The stuff in the Dose of Buckley was sad and should never made it anywhere.
Does it sound better than what's on the charts though? I personally don't think so, and I doubt many would agree with you. Then again I don't listen to most stuff in the charts anyways.
@ZBennoui There is so much slop out there, I only post stuff that sounds good. And yes, I do recognize that you have much more talent than I do, but this AI stuff gives me a chance to express myself as well. I do not want to take anything away from you.
@mcourcel Oh for sure, and let me be clear that I'm not mad at people just playing around with Suno for fun, my main issue is that tools like this are being used to make music to post on streaming and take money away from musicians who put a lot of effort into writing, producing, mixing, etc.
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I use the flatpack on Linux Mint, and it updated automatically. There are dozens of little things like this that make both Linux & LibreOffice so convenient and hassle free.
You folks rock!
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