The launch of cumulative update of KDE Applications 20.12. In total, as part of the December update, versions of 224 programs, libraries, and plugins were released.
For those unfamiliar with KDE Applications, they should know that is an open source software package designed as part of the KDE ecosystem that offers the ability to also be used independently on any Linux-based operating system, in addition to the fact that some of the applications are cross-platform and can be used in other operating systems, such is the case of the Kdenlive video editor.
KDE Applications 20.12 Key New Features
In this new update we can find the first release in the KItinerary (travel assistant) that youIt aims to help the user to reach their destination, uses data from different sources and provides related information they need on the road. Including timetable data for various types of transport, the location of stations and stops, hotel accommodation and locations, weather forecast and ongoing events are provided.
In addition, it supports automatic extraction of ticket parameters from emails to compose and adjust travel schedule.
On the other hand, we can find notable improvements in Kontact Personal Information Manager, then synchronization has been improved with Google services, which are now not accessed through the integrated browser, but through the user's default browser.
As well Added a plugin to change settings for multiple mail folders at once. Kleopatra Certificate Manager simplifies switching between display modes and expands the types of supported smart cards; In addition to cards with OpenPGP and NetKey, PIV cards are now also supported.
En Akonadi has added support for LZMA compression, which can save up to 30% of disk space. Library KIMAP, adds support for the QRESYNC extension (RFC 5162) to speed up email synchronization and reduce traffic. Implemented support for the EteSync service for the secure synchronization of address books, tasks, calendars and notes using end-to-end encryption.
Dolphin File Manager adds full touchscreen support and makes it easy to navigate through repositories, documents, photos, music collections, and custom directories. The address bar is combined with the toolbar.
In the detailed information display mode, it was possible to calculate the size of the directories taking into account all the nested directories. The Places panel and various file dialogs are enabled by default to display specialized Music, Pictures, and Videos catalogs.
Konsole offers the ability to customize and hide the toolbar. Added a tooltip to define parameters for the specified HTML color, plus and implemented the ability to display a vertical line to visually mark the boundaries of lines (for example, you can mark line 80), plus added support for opening URLs and files by clicking.
Added support for downloading themes with generic nickname icons from store.kde.org in the Konversation IRC client. Added a button to delete the communication history on the channel. When connected, a list of the functions provided by the IRC server is provided. Improved support for the IRCv3 protocol and added support for SASL authentication in CAP LS.
Application Updated KDE Connect to integrate the KDE desktop with the smartphone. The new version introduces the ability to quickly download correspondence in parts, added a thumbnail preview of the last attachment in the conversation list, improved the text stub shown for messages with only attachments without text.
Elisa now has the ability to set her own color schemeregardless of the system colors. Also added a setting to select the default view mode.
In Kate's text editor, the "Open With" item appeared in the context menu.
The Nextcloud and Owncloud cloud storage connection wizards have been redesigned.
If you want to know more about this new version of KDE Applications 20.12 you can check the original announcement at the following link.
Besides that this new version will be coming to the following Linux distributions that make use of KDE.