What is LibreOffice 25
- LibreOffice 25 is the current major version branch of LibreOffice. LibreOffice+2LibreOffice Marketing+2
- For example, LibreOffice 25.2.5 is one of the released builds in this branch. The Document Foundation Blog+1
- New features in the 25.x series include improved “change tracking,” more versatile comments, customizable themes independent of system theme, and other enhancements.
Things to watch out for / known issues
Some users have reported:
- Formatting breakages when upgrading (e.g. layout, fonts) in early builds of 25.2.0.3. Reddit
- “Help” menu or built-in help crashing in version 25 in certain environments. Reddit
- Performance issues in Calc (slow responses) which in some cases improved after disabling hardware acceleration or Skia rendering. Reddit
- Problems selecting text using keyboard shortcuts in version 25.2.1.2. Reddit
- Issues editing files stored on network shares (locking issues) compared to older versions. Reddit
- So, while 25 is more feature-rich, it may also introduce some regressions in certain setups.
