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LibreOffice Conference 2026 group photo – and final video updates
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/10/11/libreoffice-conference-2026-group-photo-and-final-video-updates/
Published: October 11, 2026 10:59
Last month we had the LibreOffice Conference 2026 in Pordenone, northern Italy. Huge thanks to the organisers for such a great event! At lunchtime on the final day we took a group photo, which you can see above – but of course, some people had left by…
The Document Foundation has its own visual identity
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/10/09/tdf-visual-identity/
Published: October 9, 2026 13:44
Since its founding in 2010, The Document Foundation has used the LibreOffice logo to represent itself. This was a deliberate choice: a young project needed to concentrate recognition on a single name and a single mark, and LibreOffice was the name people…
LibreOffice 26.8.1 is now available, at last
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/10/08/lo-26-8-1-available-at-last/
Published: October 8, 2026 15:06
Unfortunately, the release of LibreOffice 26.8.1 has been a bit of a struggle, firstly due to a series of minor issues with the packaging of the Windows version, and then because of a serious malfunction in the server managing the downloads, which forced…
State of the Project (October 2025 – September 2026)
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/10/07/state-of-the-project-oct-25-sept-26/
Published: October 7, 2026 08:43
We are releasing the State of the Project Slide Deck, which is updated quarterly and based on data extracted from the LibreOffice dashboard and the Matomo repository between 1 October 2025 and 30 September 2026. Over the course of 12 months, 297 developers…
Where is LibreOffice going? Talk from Mike Saunders at LinuxDays in Prague
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/10/06/where-is-libreoffice-going-talk-from-mike-saunders-at-linuxdays-in-prague/
Published: October 6, 2026 07:04
Why did LibreOffice 26.8 get over 4 million downloads in September? We answered this question, and more, in our talk at the recent LinuxDays event in Prague: Please confirm that you want to play a YouTube video. By accepting, you will be accessing content…
Community Member Monday: Adlair Cerecedo-Méndez
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/10/05/community-member-monday-adlair-cerecedo-mendez/
Published: October 5, 2026 11:18
( Note: this is a translation of an article on the Spanish-language blog) For Adlair Cerecedo-Méndez, his work with LibreOffice began as a response to a specific need: helping the Mexican government obtain an office suite tailored to public institutions.…
LibreOffice 26.8.1 improves compatibility and text import
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/10/02/libreoffice-26-8-1/
Published: October 2, 2026 15:09
Berlin, 2 October 2026 – The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice 26.8.1, the first minor release in the LibreOffice 26.8 family, available for Windows, macOS and Linux. The new version contains around 40 bug fixes, focusing on documents from the…
LibreOffice project and community recap: September 2026
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/10/01/libreoffice-project-and-community-recap-september-2026/
Published: October 1, 2026 07:29
Here’s our summary of updates, events and activities in the LibreOffice project in September – click the links to learn more… We started September with a record-breaking response to the release of LibreOffice 26.8: in its first week, the new version passed…
Welcome Bogdan Buzea, new LibreOffice QA Analyst
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09/29/welcome-bogdan-buzea-new-libreoffice-qa-analyst/
Published: September 29, 2026 18:00
The LibreOffice project does extensive testing of every major update before release. But as it’s a large piece of software used in millions of different ways across the whole world, sometimes there are issues with certain setups. So The Document…
Today, we are celebrating sixteen years of LibreOffice’s independence and commitment to supporting free software, open standards and digital sovereignty
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09/28/sixteen-years-of-libreoffices/
Published: September 27, 2026 22:05
On 28 September 2010, a group of OpenOffice.org community members announced the launch of the LibreOffice project and the foundation that would support it: The Document Foundation. The announcement sparked some confusion and scepticism, as well as enormous…