KDE Gear 21.04, «Applications» changes name and introduces new functions

KDE Gear 21.04

Today is an important day for many Linux users. In minutes, I might be caught writing this article, Canonical will release Ubuntu 21.04 Hirsute Hippo and all its official flavors, and if I have mentioned that it is an important day for many Linux users it is because in the coming weeks they will also release other distributions based on these. . But perhaps today is more important for Kubuntu users, since a few hours ago it was released KDE Gear 21.04.

For the first-time reader of Gear, you need to know that the K project has renamed its "Applications" with a better fitting name because it encompasses more than applications, just as "gear" is "gear", like the KDE logo. Being a first version of a new series, the April 2021 application set comes with new features, like the ones you have below.

KDE Gear 21.04 Highlights

  • Kontact now supports Autocrypt, which brings security and convenience. It also offers greater control over what we download when checking messages. The design has improved and you should have no problem using the software on any POP or IMAP service.
  • Itinerary includes the real-time status of elevators and escalators in the train station map view, for example, and can evaluate OpenStreetMap opening hours expressions. It also includes a feature to distinguish between dock-based and floating rental bikes.
  • Dolphin now allows you to unzip multiple files at the same time. In the field of usability, it now animates how the icons are readjusted when dividing the view area or resizing the window. It also allows us to modify the entries in the context menu. On the other hand, it has improved the support for Git, among other novelties.
  • Elisa now supports the AAC format and can use lists in m3u8 format. The best part is that it uses less memory now.
  • Kdenlive now supports AV1 and is easier to use.
  • Kate now comes with touchscreen scrolling support; can show all TODO items in a project; and allows you to perform basic git operations from within your application, such as viewing diffs, staging, committing, and stashing.
  • In Okular, when trying to open a new document that is already open, it now switches to the already open document instead of displaying two copies; Okular's support for FictionBook files has new features; and now documents can be digitally signed.
  • Gwenview shows the current and remaining time when playing a video, and allows you to adjust the quality / compression level of images in JPEG XL, WebP, AVIF, HEIF and HEIC formats.
  • Spectacle now allows you to change the default screenshot file format when using a language other than English.
  • Complete list in the release note.

Your code now available

KDE Gear 21.04 It has been released this noon, so the developers can already start working with it. If it hasn't already arrived, it will be coming soon to KDE neon, and later on to distributions whose development model is Rollin Release. Kubuntu 21.04, which is about to land, will arrive if we add the KDE Backports PPA.


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