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A coalition led by Nextcloud is taking on Microsoft in the European Union. It says that Microsoft is acting anti-competitively by bundling OneDrive, Teams, and other software in Windows 11.

It's been a relatively slow week due to the holidays in the U.S., but there are still notable news items you might want to catch up on including a complaint against Microsoft in the EU.

Schleswig-Holstein, a German state, has announced that it's moving away from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice. This will be followed by a bigger move from Windows to open-source Linux by end of 2026.

One German state is tired of Redmond-based software, so it's turning to Tux the penguin for assistance. This isn't the first time part of Germany's considered such a plan.

While Microsoft Office is still the ubiquitous choice for word processing, slideshow presentations, spreadsheet calculations, and many more digital tasks, there are still plenty of free alternatives. Avoid freeware full of ads and check out these free productivity suites.

The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache® OpenOffice® 4.1.11 Updates to security and availability of leading Open Source office...

Software company LibreOffice launches LibreOffice 7.2 Community, a volunteer-supported free office suite for desktop productivity. Built on the LibreO...

A new version of LibreOffice is now available for download

Ninth anniversary celebrated with bug fixes for enthusiasts and power users Richard Speed Fri 5 Mar 2021 // 17:01 UTC Share Copy A month after version 7.1 of LibreOffice hit the streets, the first update has landed replete with a swathe of bug fixes for the suite. The fixes lurk in the Community edition of LibreOffice, aimed squarely at enthusiasts and early adopters. The Document Foundation (TDF) would much prefer biz customers sign up for something from the LibreOffice...

Second attempt to run entirely in the browser – but nothing works yet Tim Anderson Tue 16 Feb 2021 // 09:30 UTC Share Copy The LibreOffice team has been working on a port to browser-hosted WebAssembly, and hopes for a working demo by summer 2021. "Its the way the industry is heading," said Document Foundation board member Thorsten Behrens. Browser-based versions of the open-source office productivity suite already exist in the form of Collabora Online and LibreOffice O...