I wanted this text to appear below the URL, but it can't, so here is my accompanying blurb.
The popular Free office productivity suite sees another semi-annual release with all kinds of incremental improvements, including in MS-Office format compatibility, performance (scrolling, file loading, memory footprint), and Dark Mode polish and bug fixes - as that is still a fairly new feature in LibreOffice.
A noteworthy change, which for the technically-savyy is redundant, but is very significant for "newbie" users, is a welcome dialog on first run, which forces users to choose between a menus-and-toolbars user interface, and a 'tabbed', ribbon-like, user interface. The latter is much less polished than in MS Office or OnlyOffice, but is still apparently prefered by many who are used to that style of UI in an office suite. There had been a long argument between the faction of "but ribbons are technically inferior" and the faction of "we need to offer a smooth transition from Microsoft Office", regarding the choice of default UI, and this welcome dialog is the compromise.
LibreOffice is one of the largest FOSS projects overall; and probably the largest one which is managed by a not-for-profit organization, and funded by small donations from users (see https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/governance/ ).
einpoklum•5mo ago
The popular Free office productivity suite sees another semi-annual release with all kinds of incremental improvements, including in MS-Office format compatibility, performance (scrolling, file loading, memory footprint), and Dark Mode polish and bug fixes - as that is still a fairly new feature in LibreOffice.
A noteworthy change, which for the technically-savyy is redundant, but is very significant for "newbie" users, is a welcome dialog on first run, which forces users to choose between a menus-and-toolbars user interface, and a 'tabbed', ribbon-like, user interface. The latter is much less polished than in MS Office or OnlyOffice, but is still apparently prefered by many who are used to that style of UI in an office suite. There had been a long argument between the faction of "but ribbons are technically inferior" and the faction of "we need to offer a smooth transition from Microsoft Office", regarding the choice of default UI, and this welcome dialog is the compromise.
LibreOffice is one of the largest FOSS projects overall; and probably the largest one which is managed by a not-for-profit organization, and funded by small donations from users (see https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/governance/ ).