The KDE Project announced the release of KDE Gear 24.08 today, presenting the most recent stable iteration of their open-source suite of applications designed for the KDE Plasma desktop and various GNU/Linux distributions.
Key features of KDE Gear 24.08 highlight enhancements in the Dolphin file manager, which now includes functionalities that simplify accessing and managing files and folders with administrative rights. New integrations feature wizards for software installation, menu options for privilege escalation, and a novel “Move to New Folder…” option that allows users to create a folder and simultaneously move files into it.
The Konsole terminal emulator has been upgraded with a new feature that enhances usability, allowing users to bookmark specific points in lengthy outputs. This is undertaken by double-clicking the scrollbar to place a marker, enabling easy navigation and retrieval later.
Furthermore, KDE Gear 24.08 brings updates to the widely-used Kdenlive video editor, including a new keyframe curve editor for more customized effects, a revamped effects stack widget, a structured grid, improved designs, better handle behavior, and enhancements to the Transform effect, now allowing direct clip selections from the monitor.
Kate, KDE’s advanced text editor, comes with an improved document formatting plugin with better support for bash, d, fish, Nix config, opsi-script, QML, and YAML files, support for the Gleam, PureScript, and Typst languages in the Language Server Protocol (LSP) feature, and an improved Project and Build plugin that now lets you open the build directory of a CMake-based project and get both files and targets.
Kongress, KDE’s companion application for conferences, now supports indoor maps of a venue, while Falkon, KDE’s full-featured web browser, received a new feature that allows users to customize things that affect privacy and functionality on a site-by-site basis.
“Say you don’t mind JavaScript on one site because the authors are trustworthy and it actually provides useful functionality, but you want to block it elsewhere for security reasons. You can now configure this in Falkon’s Settings,” said the KDE Project in the release announcement.
The chatting applications NeoChat and Tokodon have both been updated with new functionalities in KDE Gear 24.08. NeoChat, a Matrix chat client, enhances your privacy by allowing you to block invitations from unknown users who do not share a common room with you, enhancing your online security. On the other hand, Tokodon, which serves Mastodon users, has introduced notifications for new user registrations on its server, facilitating better user management.
In this release, there have been enhancements in the PDF editing capabilities, including improved support for fillable forms and a more user-friendly zoom in the Okular document viewer, addition of a “Play this next” feature, adjustable sidebar and playlist panes in the Elisa music player, and a new option in PlasmaTube to block sponsored content in videos.
KDE Gear 24.08 introduces several other minor improvements and bug fixes. For a comprehensive list of updates, view the complete changelog. Furthermore, keep an eye out for the KDE Gear 24.08 packages in the stable software repositories of your preferred GNU/Linux distribution, and make sure to update your systems promptly.
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