LibreOffice 24.2 (with new "year.month" version scheme) arrives in a few weeks! And it has lots of new features, including explanatory tooltips for items in the Expert Configuration box β thanks to Samuel Mehrbrodt at @allotropiawiki.documentfoundation.org/Reβ¦ #foss #opensource
LibreOffice 24.2 (with new "year.month" version scheme) arrives in a few weeks! And it has lots of new features, including explanatory tooltips for items in the Expert Configuration box β thanks to Samuel Mehrbrodt @AllotropiaEN: wiki.documentfoundation.org/Reβ¦ #foss #opensource
It's tantalisingly close! π #LibreOffice 24.2 (with new "year.month" version scheme) is our next major update β due in February. And now the first release candidate is available for testing: qa.blog.documentfoundation.orgβ¦ #foss #OpenSource
LibreOffice 24.2 β with a new year.month versioning scheme β will be released as final at the beginning of February, 2024 ( Check the Release Plan ) being LibreOffice 24.
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LibreOffice documentation updates! Our Czech localisation community has finished translating the Impress Guide 7.5, covering the presentation component of the suite: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl⦠#foss #OpenSource
ZdenΔk Crhonek (aka βraalβ) from the Czech LibreOffice community writes: The Czech team has finished its translation of the LibreOffice Impress Guide 7.5.
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A bunch of comments requested an explanation on #Linux graphics drivers, so I decided to take a look at the topic, and explain Mesa, kernel drivers, the Nvidia drivers (Nouveau, NVK, the official #opensource modules, and the proprietary driver), as well as AMD drivers (with RadeonSI, RADV, AMDVLK and AMDGPU, plus AMDGPU-Pro), and Intel drivers (with i915, i965, ANV and the new Xe driver).
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LibreOffice can open files in a wide range of formats β but its native one is the Open Document Format (ODF). And now there's an update to the ODF Toolkit, a set of Java modules for programmatic creation, scanning and manipulation of ODF files: blog.documentfoundation.org/blβ¦ #libreoffice #standards #foss #OpenSource
ODF is the Open Document Format, the native format used by LibreOffice (and supported by many other apps too). It has various sub-formats such as .odt for text files, .ods for spreadsheets, and .odp for presentations.
LibreOffice's documentation is made by a worldwide community β and now, that community has an improved editor, to make their work simpler! blog.documentfoundation.org/blβ¦ #foss #opensource
Dlouho jsem pouΕΎΓval na #geocaching aplikaci #cgeo, ale Locus Map nevypadΓ‘ vΕ―bec Ε‘patnΔ. Docela na aplikaci myslΓm zapracovali. LM sice nenΓ #opensource, ale aplikace je od ΔeskΓ½ch vΓ½vojΓ‘ΕΕ―. Budu muset pΓ‘r keΕ‘ek vyzkouΕ‘et.
Hereβs our summary of updates, events and activities in the LibreOffice project in the last four weeks β click the links to learn moreβ¦ We started December by announcing the winners in the Month of LibreOffice, November 2023.
This year, we promise to bring more features, enhance user experience, and continue to uphold the values of digital freedom and community collaboration.
Let's make 2024 a year of unforgettable memories, shared moments, and groundbreaking advancements in the world of decentralized social media.
This December, if thereβs one tech New Yearβs resolution Iβd encourage you to have, itβs switching to the only remaining ethical web browser, Firefox. According to recent posts on social media, Firefoxβs market share is slipping. We should not let that happen. There are two main reasons why switching is important. βRed Pandaβ by Mathias Appel is marked with CC0 1.0.
1. Privacy
Firefox is the only major browser not built by a company that makes money from advertising and/or selling your personal data. Thereβs been a lot of talk about websites tracking users using cookies, fingerprinting and other nefarious technologies that hurt your privacy. But owning the browser puts Google, Apple and Microsoft in a position where they donβt even need those tricks. We need to use browsers that are independent, and right now that means Firefox.
2. Browser engine monopoly
Wikipedia lists four browser engines as being βactiveβ. Browser engines are the bits that take a web pageβs code and display it on your screen. Ideally, they conform to the official W3C standards, and display all elements as it describes. If thatβs the case, web developers can easily write sites that work on all browsers. No proprietary vendor lock-in nonsense, just glorious open standards at work.
Itβs happened before
In the early 2000βs, Internet Explorer had a massive 95% market share. This meant that many sites were only developed for use with IE. Theyβd use experimental features that IE supported, in favor of things from the official HTML standard. This was a very bad situation, which hindered the development of the World Wide Web.
Currenty, Chrome, Safari and Edge all use variations of the closely related Webkit and Blink engines. If we want to avoid another browser engine monopoly, we need to support Firefox, and its βGeckoβ engine.
Firefox is actually really good
If Firefox would be a bad browser, I would not recommend you to switch. Itβs fast, has a nice user interface, and feels every bit as modern and elegant as its competition. Iβve been using it as my main browser for a couple of years now, on Linux, Windows, MacOS and Android. As a web developer, I usually have at least three browsers open, but when I go look something up on the web, I pick Firefox.
Getting rid of #Telegram messaging app, a centralized commercial service that gives voice to terrorists. Jabber/XMPP turned out to be a much better choice (regarding freedom & independence). Good opensource apps: β«οΈblabber on #AndroidOS β«οΈgajim on #Linux Both are lightweight and support OMEMO and PGP encryption. More software here: xmpp.org/software/ You can also follow @xmpp #opensource #messaging
This Christmas, I've finally bitten the bullet and done some serious contributing to @openstreetmap (and also joined the OSM Foundation while I was at it). Honestly, I think it's one of the great wonders of the #OpenSource internet, so I wrote a blog post about why I'm contributing (and you should too)
Suraj Bhattarai, our Liaison for the LibreOffice Nepali Community, sent us this report: In October 2023, the LibreOffice Nepali Community organized an online localization event.
Another article on #OpenSource, this time written by Richard Pope, who was one of the founding members of the UKβs #GDS. There is just so much for which governments can benefit by engaging with the open source communities that they use. Furthermore, the government contributing their work back to the public #GitHub or #GitLab repositories makes the code more secure and drives down the costs for #DigitalGovernment.
In my talks and discussions about the role of Open Source maintainers, I usually list a number of reasons why maintainers might quit or otherwise reduce their involvement.
"The Russian army destroyed my house" hasn't been on that list yet π πΊπ¦
π A fast WebAssembly interpreter and the most universal WASM runtime - GitHub - wasm3/wasm3: π A fast WebAssembly interpreter and the most universal WASM runtime
We've got a Thunderbird for Android "Two for Tuesday!" Play two songs from your favorite band while you read our latest progress report (blog.thunderbird.net/2023/12/tβ¦). There's lots of news, updates, and community contributions to end 2023!
While we hoped to release Thunderbird for Android by now, we realized you deserve the best mobile e-mail we can give you. Read about our decision to let the newest Thunderbird take its time to hatch: blog.thunderbird.net/2023/12/wβ¦
Β»Epic-Urteil β Googles Play Store ist ein illegales Appstore-Monopol: Nach der Niederlage gegen Apple hat Epic Games nun einen Sieg errungen: Eine Jury sieht Googles wettbewerbswiedriges Verhalten als bewiesen anΒ«
Sicherlich mMn ein guter Entscheid, obwohl #Epic wie #Google ein monopolistischen #Unternehmen ist. Klar ist deren KerngeschΓ€ft ein klein diferent aber doch beide #Monopolist'en. Ich nutze zufrieden @fdroidorg fΓΌr #OpenSource #Android Tools zu installieren.
Our next big update is #LibreOffice 24.2 in February (with new "year.month" version scheme). And here's one of the new features: extra description text in the Special Characters dropdown menu, added by Jim Raykowski: wiki.documentfoundation.org/Re⦠#foss #OpenSource
Version 0.4.0 (Codename βAll Engines Runningβ) of Ltt.rs not only brings support for #UnifiedPush but also a UI refresh. The e-mail client for Android now supports Material U / dynamic colors.
Note that Ltt.rs requires an e-mail server that supports #JMAP. (There arenβt many providers that support it so Ltt.rs is currently more for the adventurous / self hosting type user.)
Coming up in February: #LibreOffice 24.2, our next big update, with many new features! (And a new "year.month" version scheme, to make it clear when it was released.) The first Beta version is now available for testing: qa.blog.documentfoundation.org⦠#foss #OpenSource
LibreOffice 24.2 β with a new year.month versioning scheme β will be released as final at the beginning of February, 2024 ( Check the Release Plan ) being LibreOffice 24.2 Beta1 the second pre-release since the development of version 24.
Walled gardens might be OK for plants, but not for email. Did you know our average donation in 2023 so far is $17.44? For the price of a bouquet, you can donate to help liberate email from corporate walled gardens, and help privacy bloom. π» Rest assured, ANY donation amount makes a difference! mzla.link/eoy23_masto
I am forever grateful to the people who contribute images to Wikimedia Commons and make them available under CC0 licenses. It's a tremendous resource for open-source projects, where typically you don't have the funding to pay for the rights to use a stock image from one of the commercial services.
Today I wanted an image of a baler (a farm machine that makes bales of hay) for use in a new software project, and found a nice one by Glendon Kuhns.
βRed Pandaβ by Mathias Appel is marked with CC0 1.0.
