KDE developers released recently released November update KDE Applications 20.08.3. In total, within the November update Versions of more than 120 programs, libraries, and plug-ins have been released.
For those who are still unfamiliar with KDE Applications, we can tell you that these are a set of compatible applications and libraries designed by the KDE community, which are mainly used in Linux-based operating systems, but mostly of these applications are cross-platform and are released on a common launcher.
KDE Applications 20.08.3 Key New Features
With the arrival of this new update version, we can find that it is added a new app call "Arkade" which is a app with a collection of arcade games developed using the Kirigami framework to create universal interfaces for desktop and mobile devices.
Another application that joins the ranks KDE Applications is KGeoTag, which is intended to work with geotags linked to photos.
Also, in KDE Applications 20.08.3 the new application «Neochat» is added which is a application with a messaging system implementation that supports the Matrix protocol. Neochat is a fork of Spectral, rewritten using the Kirigami framework, and its work is supported on Windows, Android, and Linux.
As for the applications that are already within KDE Applications, we can find the updates of the graphics editor "Krita 4.4.0", version that includes a multithreaded implementation of padding layers, support for transforming fill patterns, new fill layers, new brushes, and other changes discussed in a separate review.
A KDE Partition Manager version 4.2, which is also used as the basis for the partition management interface in the Calamares installer. The new version has improved support for partitions with unknown file systems, works with mount points, and handles / etc / fstab.
In addition, We can also find the new version of the integrated development environment updated in R "RKWard 0.7.2". In the new version, the scripts have been rewritten in Python 3, vertical scrolling is guaranteed when updating the script preview interface, an item has been added to change the language in the menu, a verification wizard has been added installation and support for Kate editor plugins has been added.
Updated the client version of IRC Conversation 1.7.7, which adds support for participant icons in SVG format and offers a variant of the standard icon set for a dark theme.
In utility KRename 5.0.1, intended for massive file renaming, the problem of escaping special characters in file names has been resolved, and work on HiDPI screens has been adjusted.
Of the other changes that stand out of this new version of KDE Applications 20.08.3:
- The Gwenview image viewer solved the problem of displaying the thumbnail in a separate window when using Qt 5.15.
- The ability to send SMS is returned to KDEConnect.
- Updated Elisa music player.
- Fixed a crash in Okular's document viewer when selecting text in annotations.
- The code for the apps.kde.org app catalog has been updated and navigation in different languages has been simplified.
If you are interested in knowing more about it About this new KDE Applications 20.08.3 released update, you can check the full changelog in the original release. The link is this.
Try KDE Applications 20.08.3
Finally, this new update will be arriving gradually to the different Linux distributions, so if it is not available for your distribution yet, you will need to have a little patience.
Although also, if you already want to test the changes of this update different components can be tested separately with the help of the technology of Flatpak packages.
In this page Information about the availability of Live-assembly with new versions of applications can be found.