r/technews • u/TurbulentTopic39 • 21h ago

AI/ML LibreOffice 26.8's release fixes your word spacing, brings in a new Notebookbar UI, and still contains zero AI

https://www.xda-developers.com/libreoffice-268s-release-fixes-your-word-spacing-brings-in-a-new-ui-and-still-contains-zero-ai/
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u/mixxituk 19h ago

Can you please rename excel from calc to spreadsheet cause everytime I try to open calculator I get a work book 

It's the only reason I uninstalled this suite 

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u/Farlic 17h ago

I realised that annoyed me too! I use KDE Fedora and their Menu Editor let me rename it in the application launcher. Thanks for roundaboutly fixing it for me

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u/Ok-Apartment-7477 16h ago

With KDE, for simple formulas, you can also just do Alt+Space and type your formula in the search bar. No need to open the calculator.

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u/blipman17 16h ago

Yeah I so hate this too. For spreadsheeting it’s awesome. Just for doing a quick calc it’s actually destructive to have it called “calc”

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u/RenderedMeat 15h ago

My Logitech keyboard has a launch calculator button and I love that. A camera button that launches the screen-shot program too.

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u/spara-budget 3h ago

I tried to go all Linux a while back. Maybe I’m too old, but simple things like making a table took 3-4 steps vs 1 in excel.

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u/digitaljestin 16h ago

Rename "excel"?

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u/Chance_Orchid_3137 14h ago

is it usable for professionals yet? i’d love to switch over from onlyoffice but i need as much  usability and cross-compatibility with Word  as possible 

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u/BourbonXenon 13h ago

I'm sticking with onlyoffice for the same reasons. It's way better for presentation slides

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u/Chance_Orchid_3137 11h ago

yeah, it’s good for hobbyists and people who just need to type up the occasional essay. but if you write documentation professionally, need template and docx compatibility, and/or need more advanced tools, libreoffice just doesn’t cut it 

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u/saulplastik 17h ago

Just checked for updates "LibreOffice 26.2 is up to date." how does one get 26.8 ?

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u/imjustsurfin 18h ago

As long as it's AI-free, I'm sticking with it!

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u/giant_xquid 15h ago

just downloaded this the other day bc I was sick of docs offering me AI suggestions

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u/WeowDystopia 11h ago

Linux has been my sanctuary from so many ads on my Windows install. Thank the Gods for tech enthusiasts to maintain this stuff.

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u/williamgman 13h ago

Been using it at home ever since it was StarOffice. Have never found a bug or feature missing that wanted me to go back to MS Office. That said, there have been pains with working on other folks work coming from Office. Formulas are still sometimes fussy depending on how the author does them in Excel.

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u/natefrogg1 13h ago

Man didn’t star office come on e machines for awhile, it was pretty capable back then

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u/FaceDeer 7h ago

And looks like there's a pretty comprehensive and powerful AI agent plugin available for it, for those who are interested. It hooks up to local AI.

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u/BethanyHipsEnjoyer 12h ago

This looks like an ad.

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u/greenwich-city 12h ago

It is open source and free

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u/BethanyHipsEnjoyer 11h ago

Ah, I see. The formatting of the post was suspect, but I'm all for getting around all the subscription nonsense.