LibO
Microsoft Copying Free/Libre Software
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Saturday 16th of June 2018 11:01:01 AM Filed under
-
Microsoft begins rolling out a simplified ribbon for Office [iophk: "This Microsoft's gratuitous loss of productivity for those who have failed to move to LibreOffice"]
Changes will arrive on Office.com starting immediately, with Outlook Insiders who are blessed appropriately will take part in a limited rollout in July. No plans are in place for the rest of the Office ecosystem, but we'd place a small side-wager on it happening to coincide with Office 2019. In all cases, the old ribbon won't disappear, but it won't be default anymore.
-
Microsoft's Office UI update includes a simpler, cleaner ribbon
Microsoft has given its infamous Office ribbon a much simpler, much less cluttered look as part of its interface redesign for Office.com and Office 365 applications. The tech giant has updated the element to only show the most basic options -- if you need any of the commands the redesign hides, though, you can always expand it to go back to its more familiar 3-line predecessor and make sure you can quickly accomplish your tasks.
-
Microsoft's New Operating System Based On Linux [Ed: Same GNU/Linux that Microsoft is blackmailing using software patents when it's not Microsoft's]
Microsoft says that Linux kernel has been reworked with security innovations that were pioneers in Windows to create a highly secure environment. We are seeing something that many would never have imagined, Microsoft applying what they have learned from security working in Windows to a Linux kernel implementation.
»
- Login or register to post comments
Printer-friendly version- Read more
- 1499 reads
PDF version
LibreOffice 6 review: The open-source favorite gets an update
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Thursday 31st of May 2018 07:25:07 PM Filed under
The free and open source suite LibreOffice is loved by many for its excellent compatibility with Microsoft Office formats including the newer DOCX, PPT, and PPTX files. LibreOffice 6, its first major update in a couple years, continues that tradition but redesigns the UI and adds productivity improvements to its “big three” programs—Writer, Calc, and Impress.
»
- Login or register to post comments
- Printer-friendly version
- Read more
- 1016 reads
- PDF version
LibreOffice 6.1 Beta Arrives Next Week for Second Bug Hunting Session on May 28
Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Wednesday 23rd of May 2018 04:52:06 PM Filed under
Now that the first bug hunting session, which took place last month on April 27 for the alpha milestone, was a success leading to 91 bugs (8 of them marked as critical and 4 already fixed) being reported by those who attended the event, it's time for a second bug hunting session at the end of May to discover and squash more of those pesky bugs and issues that may block the release of LibreOffice 6.1.
»
- Login or register to post comments
- Printer-friendly version
- Read more
- 815 reads
- PDF version
TDF announces LibreOffice 5.4.7
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Thursday 17th of May 2018 01:04:02 PM Filed under
The Document Foundation (TDF) announces LibreOffice 5.4.7, the last minor release of the LibreOffice 5.4 family, currently targeted at mainstream users and enterprises.
TDF suggests deploying LibreOffice in production environments with the backing of certified developers, migrators and trainers (an updated list is available at https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/professional-support/). This is extremely important for the growth of the LibreOffice ecosystem.
»
- Login or register to post comments
- Printer-friendly version
- Read more
- 1123 reads
- PDF version
LibreOffice 6.0.4
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Wednesday 9th of May 2018 03:18:19 PM Filed under-
The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice 6.0.4
The Document Foundation (TDF) announces LibreOffice 6.0.4, which represents the bleeding edge in terms of features, and as such is targeted at early adopters, tech-savvy and power users.
For mainstream users and enterprise deployments, TDF provides the alternative download of LibreOffice 5.4.6.
-
LibreOffice 6.0.4 Released for Linux, Mac, and Windows with 88 Bug Fixes
The Document Foundation announced today the release and immediate availability for download of the fourth maintenance update to the latest stable LibreOffice 6.0 open-source office suite.
LibreOffice 6.0.4 comes five weeks after version 6.0.3 to address a total of 88 bugs that affected various of the office suite's components, including Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Math, and others. Details about the changes implemented in this new release can be found here and here.
However, the Document Foundation still recommends LibreOffice 6.0 only to early adopters, as well as power, tech-savvy users as it contains bleeding edge features that need more thorough testing before it can be validated for deployments in production environments, so version 6.0.4 is here to make the office suite more stable and reliable.
»
- Login or register to post comments
- Printer-friendly version
- Read more
- 1058 reads
- PDF version
LibreOffice 6.1 Lands Mid August 2018, First Bug Hunting Session Starts April 27
Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Friday 20th of April 2018 04:40:08 PM Filed under
Work on the next big release of the widely-used open-source and cross-platform office suite for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Microsoft Windows operating systems, LibreOffice 6.1, has already begun this week with a focus on revamping the online experience and improving the Writer and Calc components.
A first bug hunting session was scheduled for the end of next week, on April 27, 2018, when developers will hack on the first alpha milestone of LibreOffice 6.1, which should be available to download for all supported platforms a few days before the event. During the bug hunting session, devs will try to fix as many bugs as possible.
»
- Login or register to post comments
- Printer-friendly version
- Read more
- 3663 reads
- PDF version
Collabora Online 3.2 released
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Thursday 19th of April 2018 04:23:01 PM Filed under
Collabora Productivity, the driving force behind putting LibreOffice in the Cloud, is excited to announce a new release of its flagship enterprise-ready cloud document suite – Collabora Online 3.2, with new features and multiple improvements.
»
- Login or register to post comments
- Printer-friendly version
- Read more
- 4000 reads
- PDF version
The Best Free Office Suites for Linux in 2018
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Monday 16th of April 2018 09:13:29 AM Filed under
FossMint is particular about FOSS and related projects or partnerships. Sadly, though, not all the applications that are vital to certain needs fall under that category. Maybe someday they will but until then, potential users deserve the right to know about all their alternatives.
All the listed software are free to use with similar features to the ones in Microsoft’s Office Suite and even documents that are compatible with the same.
Some are desktop software while others are browser-based so you have the option to choose which one better suits your setup.
»
- Login or register to post comments
- Printer-friendly version
- Read more
- 1021 reads
- PDF version
Changes Begin Building Up For LibreOffice 6.1
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Saturday 31st of March 2018 01:55:21 AM Filed under
LibreOffice 6.0 was released at the end of January while already is a fair amount of new features over the past two months that have started up building for the next release of this open-source office suite, LibreOffice 6.1.
LibreOffice 6.1 is expected to be released by mid-August while for that to happen an alpha release is slated for the end of April, a beta at the end of May, and the release candidates beginning in early July.
»
- Login or register to post comments
- Printer-friendly version
- Read more
- 1483 reads
- PDF version
openSUSE Tumbleweed Gets Latest Linux 4.15.7 Kernel and LibreOffice 6.0.2
Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Thursday 8th of March 2018 10:03:48 PM Filed under
On the first day of the month, OpenSuSE Tumbleweed received the KDE Plasma 5.12.2 LTS desktop environment, Gawk 4.2.1, GNU C Library (Glibc) 2.27, and GnuPG 2.2.5. The second day of March brought the latest Linux 4.15.7 kernel to Tumbleweed users, along with the OpenJDK 1.8.0.161 security patch.
"openSUSE’s rolling distribution Tumbleweed has had five snapshots so far this month and a lot of those snapshots have includes several GNU packages," said Douglas DeMaio. "There were many other packages and the first snapshot of the month included an update for KDE Plasma."
»
- Login or register to post comments
- Printer-friendly version
- Read more
- 1527 reads
- PDF version
More in Tux Machines
- Highlights
- Front Page
- Latest Headlines
- Archive
- Recent comments
- All-Time Popular Stories
- Hot Topics
- New Members
Debian GNU/Linux 10 "Buster" Installer Updated with Linux Kernel 4.16 Support
Developed under the Debian Testing umbrella, the forthcoming Debian GNU/Linux 10 "Buster" operating system series just received today the third alpha milestone of its installer, which lets people install the Linux-based operating system on their personal computers, servers, and IoT devices, such as the Raspberry Pi.
One of the most interesting changes that caught out eyes is the bump of the kernel support from Linux kernel 4.13, which was used in the second alpha build, to Linux kernel 4.16. Of course, this means that there's better hardware support, so chances are you'll be able to install the development version of Debian GNU/Linux 10 "Buster" on newer machines or if you have some exotic components on your PC.
| The New Microsoft
|
Android Leftovers
| First Ubuntu Touch OTA-4 Release Candidate Based on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Is Here
The latest Ubuntu Touch update from UBports, OTA-3, was released last year near the Christmas holidays, but it was still based on Ubuntu 15.04 (Vivid Vervet), so if you though Ubuntu Phones are dead, think again, because the UBports team has been hard at work to bring you the OTA-4, which will be the first to rebase the operating system on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus).
"The main reason why the arrival of OTA-4 seemed to take so long is because Ubuntu Touch switched its base to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Xenial Xerus. This is a mammoth milestone for the project, because it allowed us to transition from the unsupported Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet to a Long Term Support (LTS) base," reads today's announcement.
|
Content (where original) is available under CC-BY-SA, copyrighted by original author/s.
Recent comments
3 hours 46 min ago
2 days 14 hours ago
2 days 16 hours ago
5 days 22 hours ago
5 days 23 hours ago
6 days 9 hours ago
6 days 22 hours ago
1 week 17 hours ago
1 week 17 hours ago
1 week 3 days ago