The only weak point LibreOffice still has is collaboration with people who abuse proprietary software (which violates its own published filetype "standard") to do things it was never designed for.
this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2026
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I use Libreoffice for all of my business admin, from invoices to pricing models. It's fantastic software.
Whatβs New in LibreOffice 26.2
Markdown import and export features. Improved performance and responsiveness across the suite, making large documents open, edit, and save more smoothly. Enhanced compatibility with documents created in proprietary and open core office software, reducing formatting issues and surprises. Refined user interface behavior for a cleaner, more consistent experience. Expanded support for open standards, reinforcing long-term access to documents. Hundreds of bug fixes and stability improvements contributed by the global LibreOffice community.
See the Release Notes for the full list of new features.
Markdown, great!
Also, I'm curious about the UI refinement.
Also, I'm curious about the UI refinement.
In the release notes you've linked, there's a heading called User Interface. It's a fair number of small QOL improvements.
It looks way better on macos in my opinion. Resolution is higher and the app is generally more smooth.
This project has never been more relevant in light of the recent acceleration of enshitification over at Microslop. Might be time to donate a few bucks.
I took 5+ years off from Libre, returning last year. It's come a long way and has fully replaced my need for Google Docs and MS Office. If you were turned off in the past, it might be worth revisiting.
Same, I had tried Openoffice/LibreOffice in the past and had many problems. Since I got a personal MS Office License very cheap from my employer I used that and didn't really feel the need that much to look for alternatives.
Then about a year ago, I reworked some deployments of my self hosted things and added Collabora to my Nextcloud "just for fun". And I was pleasantly surprised by it. Since that is based on libre office, I had the urge to check that out and realized that it should have everything I usually need. Also I was already dual booting for a while but still hadn't really switched many "workflows" to Linux, because I was lazy to search for alternatives. This now meant that there was less friction to use Linux as a bonus.
LibreOffice is now needed the most in terms of digital independence. And it seems to do well!
Great news! Markdown has been one of the most requested features
Good to see focus on performance and responsiveness. On cachyOS I have laggy scrolling through text documents. Will have to test later
no, too much bloat. better off using latex which beats it by far.