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LibreOffice Apr 4, 2024

Question! Why should local governments use taxpayers’ money to buy proprietary, closed software from a single vendor? And what happens to citizens' data? A solution is to move to free and open source software like #Linux and #LibreOffice – which is exactly what Schleswig-Holstein is doing: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/04/04/german-state-moving-30000-pcs-to-libreoffice/ #foss #OpenSource #privacy

German state moving 30,000 PCs to LibreOffice - The Document Foundation Blog

Following a successful pilot project, the northern German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein has decided to move from Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office to Linux and LibreOffice (and other free and open source software) on the 30,000 PCs used in the local government. As reported on the homepage of the Minister-President: Independent, sustainable, secure: Schleswig-Holstein will […]

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in_sympathy Apr 4, 2024

@libreoffice guys is there any way of collaborating in real time in LibreOffice like with iWork apps over iCloud or with Microsoft 365?

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I personaly like collaborating not in real time, but with intelligent merge conflict resolution, like git. That sort of precludes using libreoffice though, because binary zips don't diff well. But for projects generated from text files, revision control software is supremely effective.