Issue KDE Gear 21.04, set of applications from KDE project

presented April summary update of applications (21.04) developed by the KDE project. Starting from this release, the consolidation set of KDE applications will now be published under the name KDE Gear, instead of KDE Apps and KDE Applications. In total, as part of April update published Releases 225 programs, libraries and plugins. Information about the availability of Live assemblies with new application releases can be obtained on this page .

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Most notable innovations:

  • The possibilities of the personal information manager kontact.kde.org/”> kontact , covering applications such as postal client, scheduler, certificate manager and address book:
  • Calendar Planner can now send invitations to scheduled meetings and send warnings in case of changes in the event.
  • in the mailbox is provided with saving information about the sender of incoming letters, even if the user clearly did not add them to the address book. The accumulated data is used in the formation of recommendations while filling out the address in a new letter.
  • In the mail client Kmail added support for the autocrypt that simplifies the encryption of correspondence due to the simple automatic setting and sharing key without using the keys servers (the key is automatically transmitted In the first sent message).
  • provided tools for monitoring data downloaded from external sites when opening letters, such as embedded pictures that can be used to track opening of letters.
  • Modernization of design, aimed at simplifying work with a calendar and address book.


  • the development of the assistant in travels kde itinerary , helping to get to the destination, using data from various sources and providing related information necessary on the road (transportation schedules, location of train stations and stops, hotel information, weather forecast, passing events). The new version added the ability to determine the state of elevators and escalators on the train station map, as well as using information from OpenStreetMap to obtain information about the time of operation. In addition, a division is provided on a map of types of bicycle rental points (you can leave on any parking or you need to return to the starting point).


  • /Media reports.