The Document Foundation announces
LibreOffice 3.3.1, the first micro release
of the free office suite for personal
productivity, to improve the stability of
the software and eliminate several bugs and
crashes affecting Windows, Linux and MacOS
X versions. LibreOffice 3.3.1 also brings
new colorful icons based on The Document
Foundation branding guidelines, and
includes updates to several language
versions.
"LibreOffice 3.3 was our very first stable
release, and the feedback from users has
been extremely positive," says Thorsten
Behrens, one of the developers with a seat
on the Steering Committee. "We have managed
to troubleshoot a large number of bugs
within a very short time, in order to
maintain our enterprising release schedule.
There will be another minor release in a
month, before our second feature release in
early May."
LibreOffice 3.3.1 has been rolled out only
one week after the launch of the funds
challenge to collect donations towards the
50,000-euro capital needed to establish The
Document Foundation in Germany. An
information website has been put online at
http://challenge.documentfoundation.org,
where you can donate via PayPal or bank
transfer.
By just one week after the launch, more
than 40,000 euros had been accumulated,
bringing the final target very close. All
additional funds collected before the
closing date of March 21 will be used for
operating expenses such as infrastructure
costs and registration of domain names and
trademarks, as well as for marketing
expenses such as travel funding for TDF
representatives speaking at conferences,
booth fees for trade shows, and initial
financing of merchandising items, DVDs and
printed material. There is a blog post on
this subject:
http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2011/02/23/you-are-our-rockstars/.
During next week end, US volunteers from
The Document Foundation will be taking part
at this year's Southern California Linux
Festival (SCALE) in Long Beach, CA,
showcasing LibreOffice 3.3.1 for Linux,
Windows and MacOS in Booth #4 in the
International Ballroom.
The Document Foundation is at
http://documentfoundation.org,
while LibreOffice is at
http://www.libreoffice.org.
LibreOffice 3.3.1 is immediately available
from the download page:
http://www.libreoffice.org/download/.
* About The Document Foundation
The Document Foundation has the mission of
facilitating the evolution of the OOo
Community into a new, open, independent,
and meritocratic organization within the
next few months. An independent Foundation
is a better reflection of the values of our
contributors, users and supporters, and
will enable a more effective, efficient and
transparent community. TDF will protect
past investments by building on the
achievements of the first decade, will
encourage wide participation within the
community, and will co-ordinate activity
across the community.