KDE Gear 25.08.2 has been officially released, featuring an extensive package that encompasses over 180 applications, libraries, and plugins. This update addresses numerous bugs and includes enhanced translations, with a primary focus on improving stability and user experience across various KDE components. Notable applications such as KDE Connect, Dolphin, Kdenlive, and the Konqueror web browser have received significant updates aimed at enhancing their functionality and reliability.
Among the key improvements, KDE Connect now supports uppercase keysyms for portal input, resolving several bugs. Additionally, the Dolphin file manager has implemented fixes to prevent crashes when creating video preview panels, while Kdenlive has addressed bugs related to applying fade-to-black presets and dragging effects.
Other applications have also seen valuable updates. Kitinerary has refined its address extraction patterns from booking.com and introduced new extractor scripts for handling various airlines and ticket types. The Kio-extras component now accommodates limit arguments, which improves tracking of recent usage. Krdc has been updated to detect DPI changes, enhancing its remote-view implementation, and KWeather has simplified its settings and removed unnecessary page animations for a smoother user experience.
Additional updates include kpkpass's improved handling of UTF-8 BOMs in message catalogs and Umbrello's fixes for the movement of association widgets. Overall, KDE Gear 25.08.2 aims to deliver a more stable, user-friendly, and efficient suite of applications and libraries.
For further details, users can access the full changelog and checksums via the provided links. This release underscores KDE’s commitment to continuous improvement and innovation, ensuring that users have a robust and reliable set of tools at their disposal. The ongoing updates and enhancements reflect the community's dedication to addressing user feedback and evolving the KDE ecosystem
Among the key improvements, KDE Connect now supports uppercase keysyms for portal input, resolving several bugs. Additionally, the Dolphin file manager has implemented fixes to prevent crashes when creating video preview panels, while Kdenlive has addressed bugs related to applying fade-to-black presets and dragging effects.
Other applications have also seen valuable updates. Kitinerary has refined its address extraction patterns from booking.com and introduced new extractor scripts for handling various airlines and ticket types. The Kio-extras component now accommodates limit arguments, which improves tracking of recent usage. Krdc has been updated to detect DPI changes, enhancing its remote-view implementation, and KWeather has simplified its settings and removed unnecessary page animations for a smoother user experience.
Additional updates include kpkpass's improved handling of UTF-8 BOMs in message catalogs and Umbrello's fixes for the movement of association widgets. Overall, KDE Gear 25.08.2 aims to deliver a more stable, user-friendly, and efficient suite of applications and libraries.
For further details, users can access the full changelog and checksums via the provided links. This release underscores KDE’s commitment to continuous improvement and innovation, ensuring that users have a robust and reliable set of tools at their disposal. The ongoing updates and enhancements reflect the community's dedication to addressing user feedback and evolving the KDE ecosystem
KDE Gear 25.08.2 released
KDE Gear 25.08.2 has been released with a large package of over 180 programs, libraries, and plugins, including new source versions that fix bugs and updated translations. The release includes significant changes to various parts of KDE, such as improved stability for KDE Connect, Dolphin, Kdenlive, and the Konqueror web browser. Additionally, other applications like Kitinerary, Kio-extras, Krdc, KWeather, kpkpass, and Umbrello have been updated with bug fixes and improvements. The goal of these changes is to make KDE Gear 25.08.2's many applications and libraries more stable, easier to use, and better overall.
