Italo Vignoli

A Commit Named After a Conversation

My Way of Being a Good Enough Ancestor

https://open.substack.com/pub/italovignoli/p/a-commit-named-after-a-conversation?r=1va4e&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#italovignoli #audreytang #taiwan #libreoffice #ods #ethercalc #goodenoughancestor

LibreOffice State of the Project (April 2025 – March 2026)
We are releasing the updated State of the Project Slide Deck, based on data extracted from the LibreOffice dashboard and the Matomo repository.
We have started to publish these slide decks in January 2026, to provide a transparent overview about the progress of the project through some of the most significant measures of development, downloads and donations data collected by the marketing team at TDF.
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/04/09/libreoffice-state-of-the-project/
@libreoffice

Document formats: a mystery to many

A licence tells you who owns the software, while the format tells you who owns the data.

ODF has to be native, default, and by design.

https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/04/02/document-formats-a-mystery-to-many/

@libreoffice #odf

Euro-Office: sovereign in name only, or in reality too?

The announcement of the Euro-Office is welcome news. The coalition is credible, the governance is sound and the timing is perfect. Europe needs office software, and I am delighted to see such significant players allocating resources to make it happen.
However, we have a question. It is not meant to be hostile, but it is the only question that matters.

What is the native document format of Euro-Office?

https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/04/01/euro-office/

Open Letter to European Citizens
The door to digital sovereignty is open, please come in
We ask European citizens, and through them those who govern European countries, to understand one important thing: the door to digital sovereignty does not open simply by choosing different software, but by understanding what sovereignty actually entails.
It requires open document formats, open fonts, continuity of expertise, and honesty about what "open" means.

https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/31/open-letter-to-european-citizens/

@libreoffice #odf

ODF is the future, OOXML is the past

https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/27/odf-is-the-future-ooxml-is-the-past/

#odf #libreoffice

If you are a government official, a digital policy advisor, the CIO of a public administration, or a minister responsible for digital transformation in any EU country, this post is for you.

https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/23/dear-europe/

A big win for ODF, the EU Commission DG CONNECT has added the ODS template to the CRA Guidance feedback process, reacting promptly in a positive way to our request. Kudos to DG CONNECT.

https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/10/important-odf-template-added-to-cra-guidance-feedback/

@libreoffice @ODS @ODF @digitalsovereignty @digitalfreedom

ODF non è l'unico vantaggio di LibreOffice rispetto al software proprietario, ovvero a Microsoft 365, WPS Office e OnlyOffice

https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/02/27/odf-is-just-the-first-of-lo-advantages/

Chi preferisce il software proprietario per il formato dei documenti o l'interfaccia utente, ammetta candidamente di essere un sostenitore della sudditanza digitale, e di rinunciare per sempre al controllo sui propri contenuti.

Siete in buona compagnia, la maggior parte dei politici italiani è dalla vostra parte.

Io no.

LibreOffice 25.8.5, for Windows, MacOS and Linux, has landed at https://www.libreoffice.org/download.

English manuals for the LibreOffice 25.8 family can be downloaded from books.libreoffice.org/en/. End users can access technical support via mailing lists and the Ask LibreOffice forum: ask.libreoffice.org/.

LibreOffice enterprise and individual users can support The Document Foundation and the LibreOffice project with a donation at www.libreoffice.org/donate.

@libreoffice

LibreOffice Named a 2026 “Best Value” Leader by Capterra

https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/02/18/libreoffice-named-a-2026-best-value-leader-by-capterra/

@libreoffice@fosstodon.org

17 February 2026 marks the 14th anniversary of The Document Foundation’s recognition as a non-profit organisation under German law. The growth would never have been possible without the invaluable contributions of the many individuals and companies that have been involved over the years. Today, we celebrate this important milestone and prepare for further growth.

https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/02/17/the-14th-anniversary-of-our-foundation/

OpenPolis: i dati a supporto della ricerca sulle competenze digitali nell'era dell'intelligenza artificiale in formato XLS (!!!!!), a dimostrazione di una totale incompetenza. Ma non basta, dopo averglielo fatto notare in modo educato e costruttivo, e aver offerto il mio aiuto gratuito, mi hanno risposto che non possono fare altrimenti perché gli utenti hanno problemi con altri formati (usano tutti PC ante 2008?).

https://www.openpolis.it/la-sfida-delle-competenze-digitali-nellera-dellia/

Roba da non credere

La LibreOffice Conference, l'incontro annuale della comunità che sviluppa e promuove l'unica suite per ufficio veramente libera e open source, che supporta nativamente l'unico formato dei documenti aperto e standard, sarà a Pordenone, all'interno del campus universitario. E' una grande occasione per la comunità italiana per conoscere meglio l'unico software che permette agli utenti di avere un controllo completo sui propri contenuti senza l'ingerenza di una Big Tech. https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/12/05/libreoffice-conference-2026-and-2027/

ODF 1.4 is an OASIS standard, while we are waiting for the announcement of ODF 1.3 as ISO/IEC 26300:2025 standard. These are very important news for the only open document format available to users, to protect their IP and allow them to share contents in a transparent way without being controlled by Microsoft, as it should be is authorities were true authorities instead of being puppets in the hands of lobbyists. https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/12/03/tdf-announces-odf-v14-as-oasis-standard/

LibreOffice 25.8.2, the second minor release of the free, volunteer-supported office suite for personal productivity in office environments, is now available at https://www.libreoffice.org/download for Windows, MacOS and Linux. Read the blog post: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/10/09/release-of-libreoffice-25-8-2/ @libreoffice@fosstodon.org

LibreOffice turns 15: happy anniversary! https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/09/28/libreoffice-turns-15/

A long blog post to explain the artificial complexity of XLSX files, as compared to ODS files: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/09/27/the-artificial-complexity-of-ooxml-files-the-xlsx-case/ @opendocument @LibreOffice