14 DAY TRIAL // The Document Foundation released the first Release Candidate (RC) build of the upcoming LibreOffice 6.1 open-source office ahead of the final bug hunting session that'll take place on July 6, 2018.
Tomorrow, July 6, The Document Foundation plans to host the third and final bug hunting session for the LibreOffice 6.1 office suite, due for release in mid-August 2018. This bug hunting session is aimed at fixing last remaining issue against the Release Candidate milestone.
Those interested in joining the final bug hunting session to find, report and triage bugs can now download the first Release Candidate version of LibreOffice 6.1 for GNU/Linux as DEB and RPM packages, as well as for macOS and Microsoft Windows platforms.
On July 6, the mentors will be available from 7.00 UTC to 19:00 UTC for questions or help in the #libreoffice-qa IRC channel and the respective Telegram bridge, says Mike Saunders. There will also be a dedicated session for testing LibreOffice's new offline help system from 14:00 and 16:00 UTC.
Second LibreOffice 6.1 Release Candidate available end of July
If you can't join the final bug hunting session on July 6, you'll be able to help by testing the LibreOffice 6.1 Release Candidate build until the end of the month when the second Release Candidate version will be available to download.
In early August, a third and last Release Candidate version will be released to eliminate any remaining bugs before the final release of LibreOffice 6.1 hits the streets sometime in the week of August 6. For more details, visit the dedicated wiki page.
LibreOffice 6.1 is the first major release of the open-source, free, and cross-platform office suite since LibreOffice 6.0. It will be available this summer for Linux, Mac, and Windows operating systems with a plethora of new features and improvements.