LibreOffice 24.2 Alpha 1 Brings Many New Features

[phoronix]

Phoronix: LibreOffice 24.2 Alpha 1 Brings Many New Features

LibreOffice 24.2 Alpha 1 was just tagged in Git as the first development snapshot toward this next major release of this open-source office software...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/LibreOffice-24.2-Alpha-1

[andyprough]

On this Thanksgiving day, I'm thankful that LO 24.2 will be more than 3X better than 7.6.3.

[ehansin]

On this Thanksgiving day, I'm thankful that LO 24.2 will be more than 3X better than 7.6.3.

Technically more like 3.17169069463 times better, but who's counting

[Vistaus]

Why the big jump? Another new follower of the Chrome/Firefox version mantra?

[Calinou]

Why the big jump? Another new follower of the Chrome/Firefox version mantra?

This seems to be year.month CalVer versioning, as opposed to Chromium/Firefox which increment their major version every 6 weeks.

[gnarlin]

Does anyone know if use of LibreOffice is shrinking, stagnant or growing and how much? Are there any governments/schools taking up LibreOffice en-masse?
How does Calc stack up against Excel these days? Has anyone used it long term in a professional setting with complex spreadsheets and formulas?

[Vistaus]

This seems to be year.month CalVer versioning, as opposed to Chromium/Firefox which increment their major version every 6 weeks.

Ah, in that case I encourage it! Although 2024.2 would've been better, but still.

[andyprough]

Technically more like 3.17169069463 times better, but who's counting

It's very nearly Thanksgiving Pi.

[sophisticles]

How does Calc stack up against Excel these days? Has anyone used it long term in a professional setting with complex spreadsheets and formulas?

Nothing matches MS Office, it has no peers.

[timofonic]

Nothing matches MS Office, it has no peers.

Thanks, Satya...