dslreports logo
 
    All Forums Hot Topics Gallery
spc
Search similar:


uniqs
873

chachazz
Premium Member
join:2003-12-14

chachazz

Premium Member

[Free] LibreOffice 5.0 Beta

The Document Foundation Blog
Berlin, April 17, 2015
quote:
The LibreOffice community is getting ready for the next major release - planned for the end of July - with a bug hunting session focused on new features and fixes for bugs and regressions. The session will last 3 full days, from May 22 to May 24, 2015, and check the first beta of LibreOffice 5.0.
quote:
Builds of LibreOffice 5.0 Beta 1 will be available until early June from this link: »dev-builds.libreoffice.o ··· eleases/. Further information are available here: »wiki.documentfoundation. ··· _5.0.0.0.

The decision to change the naming/numbering scheme of the next LibreOffice major release from LibreOffice 4.5 to LibreOffice 5.0 is based on the following rationale:

1. The next major release of LibreOffice will be the first available for Windows 64bit, and - during the life of the 5.0 family - on mobile and cloud;

2. The next major release of LibreOffice will integrate another significant batch of visual and usability improvements, which will complete the activity started with LibreOffice 4.4;

3. The difference in numbering will make it easier to communicate the gap in features with the previous generation, and convince an increasing number of users to switch to LibreOffice;

4. Last, but not least,2015 is the 5th anniversary of the announcement of The Document Foundation and LibreOffice.
chachazz

1 edit

chachazz

Premium Member

LibreOffice 5.0 beta 1 available for testing
The Document Foundation Blog - 2015/05/21
quote:
The first LibreOffice 5.0 Bug Hunting Session starts tomorrow at 08AM UTC, to catch bugs and regressions on the first beta of the software, available from this link: »dev-builds.libreoffice.o ··· eleases/.

The session will last until May 24, 2015.

On those dates, mentors will be available from 08AM UTC to 10PM UTC to help less experienced volunteers to triage bugs, on the QA IRC channel and via email on the QA mailing list.

Those who cannot join during the bug hunting session are always welcome to help chasing bugs and regressions when they have time. There will be a second bug hunting session in June, to test LibreOffice 5.0 Release Candidate 1.

More detailed information on the bug hunting session are available here: »wiki.documentfoundation. ··· _5.0.0.0.

LibreOffice 5.0 will be released at the end of July 2015
LibreOffice 5.0.0 Beta 1 | Release Notes

• Beta builds are in dev-configuration and can be installed alongside your stable version of LibreOffice!
• RC builds are in release configuration and will replace your existing LibreOffice installation!
chachazz

chachazz

Premium Member

LibreOffice 5.0.0 Beta 3 | Release Notes
(Beta 2 not officially relesaed)
chachazz

chachazz

Premium Member

LibreOffice 5.0.0 RC 1 | Release Notes

General for this RC: release configuration
• Linux and Mac packages can be installed in parallel to LibreOffice 4.4, but not run simultaneously - documents will be opened in the version you've started first.
• Windows package will update a previously installed version of LibreOffice

Windows
LibreOffice 5.0 will be made available as 64bit version in addition to the 32bit version. Installing the 64bit version requires Windows Vista or newer, the 32bit Version runs on Windows XP or newer.
chachazz

chachazz

Premium Member


LibreOffice 5.0.0 RC 2 | Release Notes


General for this RC: release configuration
• the Linux and Mac packages can be installed in parallel to LibreOffice 4.4, but not run simultaneously - documents will be opened in the version you've started first.
• the Windows package will update a previously installed version of LibreOffice

Windows
• LibreOffice 5.0 will be made available as 64bit version in addition to the 32bit version. Installing the 64bit version requires Windows Vista or newer, the 32bit Version runs on Windows XP or newer.
clocks11
join:2002-05-06
00000

clocks11 to chachazz

Member

to chachazz
I have not used OpenOffice(LibreOffice) in many years, but based on the installer size, I wonder if it is still bloated. I started using Kingsoft Office years ago, and like that it is lean, though it has picked up some annoying quirks now that it is WPS Office.

chachazz
Premium Member
join:2003-12-14

chachazz

Premium Member

LibreOffice 5.0.0 RC 3| Release Notes

General for this RC: release configuration
• the Linux and Mac packages can be installed in parallel to LibreOffice 4.4, but not run simultaneously - documents will be opened in the version you've started first.
• the Windows package will update a previously installed version of LibreOffice

Windows
• LibreOffice 5.0 will be made available as 64bit version in addition to the 32bit version.
Installing the 64bit version requires Windows Vista or newer, the 32bit Version runs on Windows XP or newer.

Mac
• LibreOffice for Mac OS X needs to be run at least once before installing a LanguagePack tdf#89704
• LangaugePacks for Mac OS X are unsigned and need to be run via "Open" from the contextmenu while pressing down the "Option" key tdf#89561Installing the 64bit version requires Windows Vista or newer, the 32bit Version runs on Windows XP or newer.
chachazz

chachazz

Premium Member

LibreOffice 5.0.0 RC 4 | Release Notes
chachazz

chachazz

Premium Member

The road to LibreOffice 5.0
By Italo Vignoli - 29 July 2015 - The Document Foundation Blog
quote:
LibreOffice 5.0 will be announced next Wednesday – August 5, 2015 – at noon UTC. It is our tenth major release, and the first of the third stage of LibreOffice development. To show the impressive amount of new features added to LibreOffice since version 3.3, released in January 2011, we have compiled a summary of all previous announcements...continued.

chachazz

chachazz

Premium Member

LibreOffice 5.0.0 RC 5 | Release Notes