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Ho iniziato il processo di abbandono dalle #bigtech 1 anno e mezzo fa. Grazie a @devol e @lealternative ho iniziato con i #social (ora ho solo #Mastodon). Sto passando alle mail e servizi di #Proton. Uso #Brave come browser e #LibreOffice, #VaultWarden per le password. Ma, diciamocelo, rende difficile le connessioni con gli altri: messaggistica, Sistema Operativo, call, mappe, video online, sono cambiamenti durissimi. Si può dire addio a #Google e #Meta ma ci vuole tanta forza. #Donate un caffè

I just tried exporting a story I'm working on from #LibreOffice to an ePub file, and it worked beautifully. It used to be that you had to get a plug-in to do this, but now it's built right into the app. I even added metadata and some random image as a cover, just to see what would happen, and it worked perfectly.

I cannot figure out why more #writers don't use LibreOffice. Every single time I go to do something in it that I want to do for writing either fiction or nonfiction, it's way ahead of what you can do in Microsoft Word, and definitely way ahead of what you can do in Google Docs. Yeah you have to learn the app, but it's not like that's too difficult for what most writers need to get going.

Something my computer in 1989 could do that no modern OS today (AFAIK) does:

Convert any text from any font into an outline or drop-shadow. Of course, it was just pixel-twiddling trickery at that time, they were still bitmapped fonts back then. But it wouldn't be that hard today to do the same thing algorithmically on the vectors themselves. Also, Macintosh System 7 did the same thing, and those were vector fonts. I don't know if it was just applying the same bitmap algorithms to the bitmapped output of the font rendering, or if they had something fancier going on.

It's like modern tech isn't even trying. Or it's trying so hard to do incredibly stupid things like baking-in "AI."

I just checked on Mac OS 9, and all of the same text style transformation options were there, even with anti-aliasing and everything.

UPDATE: I am a very, very, very, very, very clever human being. [--__--] (#LibreOffice totally supports outline and shadow in regular text in Writer)

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Microsoft Office 2016 and Office 2019 will no longer receive software updates, technical support, or bug and security fixes after 14.10.2025.

Consider migrating to LibreOffice.

Supports encryption and digital signatures.

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Website: libreoffice.org
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Ich werde mein altes Notebook mit Win11 LTSC Enterprise bespielen und dann meiner Schwester schenken. Angeblich soll die Software bis 2034 unterstützt werden. Mal sehen... Der Vorteil bei LTSC Enterprise ist auch, dass es klein und weitestgehend unverwanzt ist. Kein App Store. Nix. Da kommt Browser, PDF24 und natürlich #Libreoffice drauf. Irfanview und VLC. Mehr nicht. So sollte das System hoffentlich lange ohne Reparaturen auskommen. Ich bin nämlich zu weit entfernt, dass ich mal gerade eingreifen könnte. Deswegen fällt auch Linux Mint aus.

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@poveraccio @FlavioB
Here's what I use:
#Computer #OS: #Linux
#Browser: #VivaldiBrowser
#Messaging: #SessionMessenger (mainly #European, service nodes are everywhere)
#Email: #ProtonMail and #VivaldiWebmail
#MapApp: #CoMaps
#Office: #LibreOffice
#CloudStorage: #Filen_io and #ProtonDrive
#TranslationApp: #DeepL
#AIChat: #MistralAI
#ImageEditing: #GIMP
#Blogging: #VivaldiBlogs
(I especially like that #SessionMessenger is entirely #FOSS, unlike #SignalApp)

I hope this helps :)

P.S. Please ask if there's something I missed. I tried to put here the most used types of tools, but maybe I forgot some

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FOSS NEWS

Mozilla VPN Linux app is now available on Flathub:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/mozill

Bluesky introduces improved notification management:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/

OBS Studio 31.1 released with multitrack video support on Linux and macOS, preview zoom controls, support for additional canvases for Multitrack Video output, AV1 B-frame support for AMF, support for color format/space/range GPU conversion, new UI settings, etc.:
9to5linux.com/obs-studio-31-1-

LibreOffice Writer Markdown import support is merged, will be available in LibreOffice 26.2 next year:
phoronix.com/news/LibreOffice-
(That will be really useful for me when creating downloadable versions of programming cheatsheets for FosseryWeb, because I can just export the Markdown from Joplin, import it to Writer.)

Geany 2.1 released with improved UI and file type support:
9to5linux.com/geany-2-1-open-s

KeePass 2.59 released with native Windows 11 support, faster encryption, enhanced security, improved database portability, browser integration:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/

Ardour drops GTK+ support in favor of its fork, YTK:
phoronix.com/news/Ardour-Remov

Calibre 8.6 released with improved database restore performance, support for the La Presse news source, 'Search "not in"' and 'Filter "not in"' buttons for the Manage Authors and Manage Items options, etc.:
9to5linux.com/calibre-8-6-open

OMG! Ubuntu · Mozilla VPN Linux App is Now Available on FlathubThe Mozilla VPN Client can now be installed on Linux distributions from Flathub, a change that will allow more users to access the paid VPN service.

Achievement Unlocked: now a member of the Document Foundation.
documentfoundation.org/members/

Now I can *officially* voice my wish for #LibreOffice's Bugzilla to be upgraded 😜

www.documentfoundation.orgThe Document Foundation Members — The Document FoundationTDF Members The following people have been approved by the Membership Committee as defined in our Foundation Statutes. To become a member, you should fill in the application form, after having carefully reviewed the Foundation Statutes. Adam Seskunas Adlair Cerecedo-Mendez Afshin Falatooni Ahmad Haris Allan Nordhøy Amos Aidoo Andika Triwidada Andras Timar Andreas Heinisch Andreas Mantke Antonio Faccioli Armin Le Grand Arnaud Versini Ashod Nakashian Attila Szűcs Ayhan Yalçınsoy B. Antonio Fernández Balázs Varga Battsengel Ichinnorov Baurzhan Muftakhidinov Bayram Çiçek Bayu Aji Behzat Yildirim Bogdan Buzea Brett Cornwall Caolán McNamara Celia Palacios Gómez Tagle Christian Kühl Christian Lohmaier DaeHyun Sung Daniel Rodriguez Darian Rizaludin Darshan Upadhyay Deepanshu Sharma Dennis Roczek Diego Maniacco Dieter Praas Dione Maddern Dominique Prieur Donald Rogers Eike Rathke Eliane Domingos Elisabetta Manuele Enio Gemmo Eyal Rozenberg Ezinne Nnamani Florian Effenberger Franklin Weng Gábor Kelemen Gabriele Ponzo Gerald Pfeifer Giuseppe Vizziello Gladys David Gökay Şatir Guilhem Moulin Gülşah Seymen Gustavo Pacheco Heiko Tietze Henderson Sanches Henry Castro Hiroyoshi Sudo Hossein Nourikhah Ilmari Lauhakangas Irmhild Rogalla Isabelle Dutailly Ismael Fanlo Boj Italo Vignoli Jackson Cavalcanti Junior Jaume Pujantell Jean Weber Jean-Baptiste Faure Jean-Francois Nifenecker Jean-Pierre Ledure Jesse Moreira Jim Raykowski Joan Montané Jochen Schiffers John Haller John Mills Jona Azizaj Jonathan Clark Juan Sanz Jun Meguro Justin Luth Kees Kriek Kevin Lin Khushi Gautam Kohei Yoshida Koji Annoura Körner Kristof László Németh Laurent Balland Leif-Jöran Olsson Leo Moons Leroy Geisse Vyhmeister Lothar Becker Luca Daghino Manuel Frassinetti Marc Pare Marco Cecchetti Marco Marega Marco Marinello Marco Pinto Marina Latini Martin Gube Mauricio Baeza Michael Meeks Michael Schinagl Michael Weghorn Miguel Ríos Vázquez Mike Kaganski Mike Saunders Miklos Vajna Modestas Rimkus Mohit Marathe Moritz Duge Noel Grandin Octavio Alvarez Oliver Specht Olivier Hallot Osvaldo Gervasi Paolo Dongilli Paolo Pelloni Paolo Vecchi Peter Schofield Petr Valach Pierre Vacher Po-Yen Huang Pranam Lashkari Rafael Lima Rania Amina Rashesh Padia Regina Henschel Regis Perdreau Ritobroto Mukherjee Rizal Muttaqin Roman Kuznetsov Romedenne Alain Sahil Gautam Samuel Mehrbrodt Sarper Akdemir Shantanu Oak Shinji Enoki Simon Phipps Skyler Grey Sofyan Sugianto Sokibi Imgos Sophie Gautier Sophie Sipasseuth Stanislav Horáček Stephan Bergmann Stephan Ficht Stéphane Guillou Suraj Bhattarai Svante Schubert Szymon Kłos Tibor Nagy Timothy Brennan Jr Timur Gadzo Tomaž Vajngerl Tulio Macedo Tuomas Hietala Uwe Altmann Valter Mura Vasily Melenchuk Vasyl Melnik Venetia Furtado Vernon Foote Vivekkumar Dineshbhai Javiya Xisco Fauli Xosé Calvo Yaron Shahrabani Zdeněk Crhonek Zeki Bildirici (data as of 2025-04-01)