Linux @lemmy.world cm0002 @lemmy.world 3 days ago

LibreOffice 24.8.4, optimised for the privacy-conscious user, is available for download - The Document Foundation Blog

blog.documentfoundation.org LibreOffice 24.8.4, optimised for the privacy-conscious user, is available for download - The Document Foundation Blog

Berlin, 19 December 2024 – LibreOffice 24.8.4, the fourth minor release of the LibreOffice 24.8 family of the free open source, volunteer-supported office suite for Windows (Intel, AMD and ARM), MacOS (Apple and Intel) and Linux, is available at www.libreoffice.org/download. The release includes ove...

LibreOffice 24.8.4, optimised for the privacy-conscious user, is available for download - The Document Foundation Blog

Linux @lemmy.ml petsoi @discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago

LibreOffice 24.8.4 released

blog.documentfoundation.org /blog/2024/12/19/libreoffice-24-8-4/

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Why are they focusing on privacy now though? It's always been private.
- Probably to position themselves in relation to Microsoft offerings eager to siphon as much user data as possible for their own ratty "AI" and passing the rest off to third parties?
  
  Yes but why now exactly? The only reason I see is GitHub but it's not their competitor at all.
Is it less of a crashoholic yet? It's utterly useless even with all the handy features
- This, 100%.
  
  I recently started using Linux as my daily driver and I needed to make a step-by-step procedure with screenshots for a client, so I figured I would create a document in Writer and export it as a PDF.
  
  It was constantly hanging every time I would insert a couple of images and I would have to kill it and lose my progress to get it to close.
  
  In the end, I ended up creating the file using Google Docs and it went as smooth as can be
  
  I've tried a bunch now, libreoffice would be my pick if it were stable. But given how heckin' big that app is now, I doubt a fix is coming ever.

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