Whoa. @libreoffice unleashes “no AI as a feature” and breaks download records.

[markwyner@mas.to]

Whoa. @libreoffice unleashes “no AI as a feature” and breaks download records.

“In one week, the installer was downloaded more than 1 million times — not counting updates via Linux distribution repositories.”

Great work, LibreOffice team!

https://manualdousuario.net/en/libreoffice-download-record-no-ai

#LibreOffice #FOSS #AI #Software #NoAIAsAFeature

[somekindofgarf@kind.social]

@markwyner @libreoffice For absolute transparency, they allow coding agent code submissions. But, the no ai features promise is still to be commended

[libreoffice@fosstodon.org]

@somekindofgarf @markwyner Well, we discourage code submissions that use LLMs, and require all contributors to be able to explain their changes. LLM contributions are not permitted from students or people being mentored in the project.

[orange_lux@eldritch.cafe]

@markwyner @libreoffice@fosstodon.org I'm yet to see these records.

https://eldritch.cafe/@orange_lux/117236126207979007

[capnthommo@c.im]

@markwyner @libreoffice yes. After a long time of havering, as soon as duckduckgo brought out their 'no AI' version I was on it. If I used an office suite at all I'd be onto libre too.

[sed@hostux.social]

@markwyner @libreoffice https://fosstodon.org/@libreoffice/117092254310182368

Heil LibreOffice!

For shit's hell, get a brain people...

[p@hj.9fs.net]

typing words into a box doesn't require an AI. who knew

CC: @libreoffice@fosstodon.org

[jaxvent@lgbtqia.space]

@markwyner @libreoffice

Been using this on my personal devices for some time, and my daughter for her course work. It's fab, and this just makes it fabier

[kleines_z@queer.group]

@p @markwyner @libreoffice
OK well, as far as I can remember, I haven't yet encountered any use of AI that requires AI.

[p@hj.9fs.net]

that sounds pretty cool

CC: @markwyner@mas.to @libreoffice@fosstodon.org

[ptesarik@infosec.exchange]

@p @markwyner
First, @libreoffice is much more than a text editor.
Second, it's not just that we do not need AI in an office suite. We actively do not want a third party to rummage through my private documents.

[atlovato@mastodon.social]

@markwyner @libreoffice

[p@hj.9fs.net]

Yeah!

CC: @markwyner@mas.to @libreoffice@fosstodon.org

[hellpie@raru.re]

@markwyner @libreoffice

- do nothing
- win

and you know what, props to them for pulling it off

[faraiwe@mstdn.social]

@markwyner @libreoffice 1M downloads for MS OfficePay365-24-7 might be a rounding error.... But 1M *new* downloads for an alternative office suite that does NOT spend BILLIONS in advertisement and does NOT have locked dependent entities the size of US Govt is kind of a big deal.

Plus, those 1M new users usually never go back to MS stuff.
#LibreOffice #FOSS

[danish_akhtar7@mastodon.social]

@markwyner @libreoffice

I recently made a document on it. It's really great. Try it.

[kagan@wandering.shop]

@markwyner @libreoffice This makes me happy.

[starkrg@myside-yourside.net]

@markwyner @libreoffice Now they just need to expel all the "AI" generated code they've ingested.

[markwyner@mas.to]

@JaxVent fabier. Nice.

[lhauser@mefi.social]

@markwyner @libreoffice So much nicer on my Mac than MS Office. I'm not a fan of word processing software, but when you need it, you need it, and LibreOffice Writer did what I needed it to do.